The three new Korean dramas on this week are no longer revenge content, and the genre distribution is relatively wide:
Launched on May 13 is South Korea's first traffic crime drama "Collision Search Line", which has a very pleasant atmosphere of light comedy and a good story rhythm, but the details cannot be carefully scrutinized.
The most important thing is that the appearance of the male and female protagonists is a bit lacking, and for those Korean drama fans who "look is justice", the attraction will be relatively poor.
Launched on May 15th, "Uncle Against Poverty" is set in the 60s of the 20th century, which is about the same as the domestic period drama genre, in fact, I was quite looking forward to this drama at the beginning, after all, it is a lineup composed of Song Kanghao, Bian Youhan, and Lee Kuijiong, which should not be underestimated.
At present, this drama has not been completed, judging from the first few episodes, the story is a little bland and routine, but fortunately, the acting skills of several uncles are indeed impeccable, giving this drama enough bonuses.
But there is no way to hide the blandness of the script, and I was a little disappointed after watching a few episodes.
The last thing to say is the game drama "The Eighth Show" launched on May 17, which should be the most popular drama genre in Kimchi Country after the phenomenal Korean drama "Squid Game" exploded around the world in 2021.
The series is a story that combines the content of the webtoon "Money Game" and "Scramble Game", and I watched the whole episode and felt that it has a lot of similarities with "Squid Game" and "Hunger Platform".
In particular, the origin of the story of "The Eighth Show" is in the same vein as "Squid Game", which is also about a group of desperate Korean low-level people who receive an invitation from a mysterious organization to participate in a game full of temptation and danger.
There are eight people participating in this game.,The audience's perspective is replaced by the male protagonist on the third floor.,He's an ordinary man living in extreme predicament.,Because of the high debt.,I feel like I've been wiping the glass for a lifetime.,When he was about to jump off the building,Received an invitation to this game.。
Tempted by money, he entered the secret room with eight floors and started this secret room game show with the purpose of money and time.
At first, the game is not difficult to visualize, although there are certain rules as constraints, but there is also money as a reward.
As soon as they entered the sealed hall, they were greeted by an eight-story room with a red staircase, and each person entered his own sealed room according to a prior choice.
They can perform various talents in front of the camera at will to please the people behind the camera to get more bonuses.
You can also use the bonus money you get to buy anything, but the consumption here is very expensive, and the poor 3rd floor, at first, only changed the cardboard to deal with it for one night, and did not dare to spend the bonus money you earned.
He originally thought that the other floors were the same as him, but when they gathered in the hall cold and hungry, and wanted to solve the problems of life, they found that the woman on the eighth floor who lived on the top floor had a good life, did not worry about food and clothing, and even controlled the food and water of the entire floor at the beginning, and had absolute domination.
This is a bit similar to "Hunger Platform", the food supply starts from the eighth floor, and once the woman on the eighth floor wants to torture the people downstairs, the others have no way at all.
And the woman who lives on the eighth floor is precisely a crazy woman, arrogant and domineering, and has never thought about the people on the seventh floor downstairs.
The glasses man on the seventh floor has an IQ online, and he hopes that there will be a reasonable management system on each floor from the beginning; On the sixth floor is an irritable uncle, who has a bad mind and colludes with the woman on the eighth floor from the beginning.
The fifth floor is a character like a wallhead, and what he does is disgusting; The fourth floor is an absolute dog's leg, and it is absolutely inflammatory.
The male protagonist on the third floor, his mind is very simple, and he wants to earn some money to go home and leave this game; On the second floor is a Madonna character who, although kind, often acts as a pig teammate.
The lame uncle on the first floor looks pitiful, but every time other low-level people want to concentrate on breaking the game and returning to the real world, he is secretly poking and prodding to stop it, and he is a pitiful and hateful character.
The whole story of "The Eighth Show" is full of deception, betrayal, and class control, although the rhythm is acceptable, the origin and ending of the story are a little vague, I don't know what the creator wants to express?
Even though this drama is supported by a mature film and television drama platform like Netflix, and the drama itself has enough reversal and high settings, Korean dramas of this kind have been filmed too much and are not very attractive.
I always feel that Netflix is filming such a Korean drama because it wants to replicate "Squid Game" in 2021, after all, this drama is not only popular in ratings, but also has formed a cultural trend, and even the surrounding and related game shows have received dividends.
In that year, it was even rated as an absolutely popular series comparable to the British "Harry Potter".
But Netflix's "Eighth Show" this time was quite improvised, there are not enough game brain holes and scene output, and the current score of 6.8 on Douban feels high, and the series wants to replicate the success of "Squid Game", it is difficult to visually inspect!
However, although the plot is slightly less exciting than "Squid Game", the setting of eight floors and eight classes exposes some social realities extremely cruelly. Even if the people at the bottom get some so-called "truth", they are just clowns in the eyes of the upper class. Overall worth a look.