The timeline after JinWoo arrived in Granada is easy to establish. But the timeline BEFORE February 28, 11:34 pm, the date and time when he opened SeJoo’s email containing the Memories of the Alhambra file cannot be reconstructed and verified. Question: How did I know it was February 28? Answer: It was on the cellphone. […]
Memories of the Alhambra: Notes on Episodes 7 and 10
To me, these four episodes, Episodes 7, 8, 9 and 10, comprise the middle section of the kdrama. The characters are fast-forwarded a year ahead in the future. Everybody is now back in South Korea. But despite the passage of time and return to original places, little have changed in their lives. I urge the […]
Memories of the Alhambra: On Sec Seo’s Death
*This was posted in soompi and I’m copying it over here. I also heard that another old friend of mine is asking (in another forum) why JinWoo didn’t shut down the server the second he left Sec Seo behind on the Granada platform. As I explained here, it has nothing to his callous indifference to […]
Memories of the Alhambra: On Game Logic
What frustrates me about this kdrama is NOT that the game logic is missing but that it unfolds piecemeal. So far, the game appears logical to me but I’ve come to expect the TWIST in the plot. The rules are very much different from what JinWoo, Sec Seo and their programmer YangJoo would ordinarily expect […]
Memories of the Alhambra: Did Sejoo Kill Marco?
What better way to start a new year than to discuss murder? There are two way to interpret the death of Marco: according to the script according to the JinWoo’s delusional interpretation As I said in last post, based on the script, SJ isn’t dead but trapped in the game somehow. In Episode 1, he […]
Memories of the Alhambra: On Platforms and Staircases
*part of this was posted in soompi* As for SeJoo, he isn’t dead. He’s most likely stuck in that AR game mode and trying to get his way out of that level. In Episode 1, he was shot on board the train and he wasn’t holding a gun when he opened the door. In Episode […]
Memories of the Alhambra: On HeeJoo’s Leveling Up
Viewers always notice when the hero levels up because the signs are visible. For instance, once JinWoo reached Level 5, the audience immediately took note that he could finally communicate with both the pirates (or mercenaries) and Emma in that Alcazaba Café. But I doubt the audience even noticed when the heroine HeeJoo leveled up. […]
Memories of the Alhambra: Reality vs Fantasy
A few things to consider about the real death of Hyun Sik after playing a virtual game or Augmented Reality (AR) with JinWoo: 1. In the game, Hyun Sik was killed by JinWoo. When the two men decided to duel each other in the AR game, they both knew they were playing to kill each […]
Memories of the Alhambra: Eps 3 and 4 from a Gamer’s Mindset
Okay, where shall we begin? (cracking fingers) Gamers. A bit of disclosure here: My only experience of being a gamer is playing Spyro the Dragon. I have zero interest in video games but I bought SuperMario, Age of Empires, and games like that so my sons could invite their friends for sleepovers and have something […]
Memories of the Alhambra: First Impressions 👍
On the recommendation of @growing_beautifully and @agdr03, I went ahead and watched Episodes 1 and 2 of Memories of the Alhambra. I’ll see if I can fit it in my December/January schedule. 1. To be honest, I was drawn to the story because of the stairs. To me, the spiral staircase is a brilliant symbol of […]