Is it just me or is MBC Wed-Thurs drama W: Two Worlds gone spectacularly cuckoo in the last few episodes. With three more episodes left until it wraps up, what started off as an exhilarating fresh narrative ride has turned into bizarre nonsense even by fantasy element standards. It’s such a shame as Lee Jong Seok is doing so well in selling his character Kang Chul’s smorgasboard of emotions and experiences, but I really can’t take the drama seriously anymore and with it my interest is seeping away like a big hole at the bottom of a barrel. Happily I can still gaze adoringly at Lee Jong Seok as he graces the pages of High Cut Magazine, looking like Kang Chul whipped out his late fall attire to hang around the house. Perhaps that’s enough to finish up W, the chance to see what outfits Kang Chul will wear for the remaining three episodes.
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He is the 'wink' master. The picture with blue coat is my favorite one.
It has certainly gone cuckoo. I'm disappointed because I actually thought that the writer knew a bit of philosophy in the first (four) episodes...
She knows how physics works, way better than average Asian drama writers, specifically those time-travel suckers. LOL
She may know physics (not sure about that) and a bit of philosophy (that is sure), but she certainly lacks one very important skill as a fiction writer: and that is coherence.
As I said, it's not an easy job to flesh out plots of complex concepts with merely 16 episodes. It's too much to handle all the wild elements. It is not an easy watch like most popular but fluffy dramas and will not work for average audience. But to some viewers like me, we enjoy the the process to ponder on the reasoning behind writer's ideas. The chaos as a result of inadequate clarification of the narrative doesn't hinder me from appreciating the watching experience.
Only ppl who know Relativity Theory know what I refer to. LOL
Surely, not easy, but this is a drama (form of art): her not being able to be coherent, reminds me of a painter who has an image in his/her mind but doesn't even know how to mix the colours (would you even call him/her a painter?)
As for her drama theories, I tend to think that those are "the emperor's new clothes", actually (rather than her being a genius). She should have stuck to philosophy. LOL
It's not for everyone as one commenter said. Personally, I appreciate the plot and the writer's writing style A LOT. DotS is still my fave in 2016 so far just given the overall gratifying watching experience for myself. But plot wise, DotS has nothing much for me to rave about, not comparable to Beautiful Mind nor W. We love dramas for different reasons. I understand why W appears incoherent and messy for some viewers. But some drama fans including me really appreciate all the intertwined and wild elements in the plot development. It has flaws that mostly are attributed to a limited number of episodes to convey such complicated concepts, imo. Still, I applaud the writer for her(his?) attempt to jump out of the box and stay away from cliches. Besides, I'm a sci-fi sucker and fantasy trash. LOL
Oh, DotS had almost no plot. That is sure. But I still loved it.
"We love dramas for different reasons."
Certainly. I'm more interested in characters, writing style, format rather than the plot (of course, a drama would be complete with an nice plot...). And as I like Han Hyo Joo and Lee Jong Seok, I wanted it to be a character-driven drama.
I actually like fantasy (you mentioned somewhere Lord of the Rings - that is one of my favourite books, and Tolkien, yes, he was a genius), but not science-fiction (you also mentioned Star Trek - I never liked that one).
I watch w about 2 episode but i don't like it, may be because i don't like really like fantasy but nine time travel is exception i love it very much n it still one of the best korean drama i ever watch,i see the writer is the same person n i also love her other drama the three musketeers, i thought i could love this drama too but i'm wrong
Still with it although very confused. I loved Nine Time Travel, but there was also a point where I just got lost. I'll stick with it till the end.
The show is obviously not for every one. I love it to pieces at least to episode 12. Everything's great and clear to me.
For the newest episode I have reservations but I am willing to hold the doubt for a little while.
Miss Koala, have you seen the news that LJS will go into filming the movie VIP after W and play a serial killer at that!
Nope! Koala, I don't think you are the only one who could be fazed out by the bizarre plot development in the last few episodes. But I'm fantasy trash, plus an action drama sucker. I love films like Star War, Star Trek, and Lord of the Rings. My understanding of Relativity Theory in Physics tells me that while time travel is albeit theoretically impossible, coexistence of different space dimensions with distortion of time frame are all plausible in theory. That's why I'm so fascinated by W and amazed at the writer's sensible imagination. Has she ever studied classical physics or quantum mechanics or what? The only qualm I have about the recent episodes is that the narrative was kinda forced to take a ride on a speed train and the story was delivered in a sloppy hurry, to the point, a lot of reasoning behind the unthinkable development all relied on LJS's dull narration. LJS was reduced to an emotionless moderator in a monotone to explain what had been going on. But this is perhaps the common weakness shared by many K dramas under live shooting. In a sense, for a fantasy drama like this with fanatic imagination beyond common sense, 16 eps are not enough to flesh out the story. W should have been delivered like Star War or Star Trek sequels. W has a fantastic and innovative storyline. Unfortunately, the narrative is too rich to fully deliver with merely 16 episodes.
+1 agree on all points. The recent personality change and look is a little to drastic for me to get over. I understand the reset but not the personal reset. The only understanding is bad guys are changing the characters but the writer has not explained anything yet.
I also think having flash backs, dream sequences and future sequence all in a time travel show has become to much to understand.
My prediction for last episode was that it was all a dream except for the first 6mins or so . I have a feeling the politician guy had Kang kidnapped whole time. When they show female lead at hospital talking about getting out of surgery is start of dream. Someone posted screen shots of Kang being tied to chair and on table the tablets can be seen with the bad guy.
He was a model after all. That tells everything about his pictorial.
Is everyone kidding me, W is like the best drama this year for me along side Signal imo. I understand ep 13 got me nervous but pls appreciate the spetacular writing of Song jae jung and the stellar acting of the actors. Well i guess cheesy people wont like that kind of drama but pls it's a masterpiece
Just because people think the drama isn't that great you call them cheesy? W has more fanservice than a lot of the "cheesy romance" dramas I have seen.
Your masterpiece can't get the rating that a young saeguk drama got after 2 weeks? Clearly not many people agree with you
Well ratings isn't generally an indicator of quality (see Beautiful Mind, I Remember You, and even Sungkyunkwan Scandal). Shows like W don't tend to attract new viewers as you can't just start watching the drama midway through its run. Frankly, I'm happy as it is that it retained most of its viewership up to this point.
This isn't a diss on Moonlight, though. I really love that show and it deserves the high ratings.
@Kisskiss rating doesn't indicate the rating but what people want to watch. There are a lot of similarities between Doctor and Moonlight which is the reason they have good ratings. But the later deserves the high rating because you like it and the other one doesn't?
You are such a joke!
Please stop putting down other shows and their fans just because you don't enjoy it.
@EK Since when have I put down Doctors? I never even mentioned it. Please stop being so defensive just because I said that Beautiful Mind is a good drama (which it is) that got poor ratings (which it did).
I'm sorry if you take being cheesy is an abuse but everyone is liable to an opinion and i just gave mine. Most people can't think along with the show, am saying if it's a mess for you, it's not for others. In simple words *it's not for everyone*
And to correct you as much as I like Moonlight, it will surely get more ratings bcus it is simple to watch and w is much more complicated but still Is going down as a hit I think. And if I remember Pinocchio never passed 13% but still considered a hit
No signal is something else, W is a mess right now!
Since ppl brought it up, I have to say honestly. Yup! Signal is something else. It's hella boring. LOL.
why is it that any one that said they didn't like W or understands it becomes a hater or someone who only likes cheesy storylines? can't someone voice their opinion again? I love the drama but when people say they don't like the drama,I don't attack them and start calling them out for liking cheesy stories. it's their opinion. they're free to express it. just becos u like/love it does not mean others should too.
At first i thought it was about philosophy and metaphysic but it's about physics. I find it interesting because i'm a fan of DR Who but i can't stop to feel a bit disapointed ...As a very old graduate of philosophy and french and spanish literature i was fond of a theory where the 2nd world was the representation of what fans and antis wanted for the webtoon they were reading over the years. A world where they are the creators. When you read a book you create your own vision of it . That's why reading is so magical. And it explain fan's war when there's a live adaptation of it !