I, too, chuckled at the problems pointed out in episode 1 of Sisyphus: The Myth, from when Seo Hae kept crying to her dad, to her escaping from 20 armed agents by climbing on top of a train (suitcase in tow) and then sitting up there wind blowing of course, to the really stupid in every way plane crash to safe landing. But in setting the world building narrative of this time-travel sci-fi thriller I was okay with giving leeway, but hoo boy does episode 2 just fall off a cliff in WTF-land. I want so much to love this drama wholeheartedly but the writing is sooooo stupid!! I can’t believe genius Tae Sul hasn’t done more in his investigation to connect dots with what his hyung said to him before. Scenes with Seo Hae and the Chinese restaurant boy are like rom-com meet-cute scenes which awkwardly ruin the flow of the tense mood, and for god’s sakes why is she basking in the sun dappled roof for a good 2 minutes shit get running girl!.
Not to mention I cannot imagine how the head of the Entry Control Center and his minions are running around present day South Korea openly with their marked cars with sirens, guns, hazmat suits and blowing shit up without getting into any trouble with the present day authorities, and if they are actual government agents then stop acting so weird and shady and just be assholes straight up. It’s like a really baaaad Men in Black parody except with illegal future travelers to the past rather than actual aliens. I also am not pleased Seo Hae is Tae Sul’s wife, throwing a romantic angle increases the odds of the drama falling apart to try to grasp a happy ending, and also if she’s his wife in the near future how the hell is she still who she is in the farther apocalyptic future and then traveling back to the present. My head hurts from all this nonsense so far but I plan to hang on just to get some answers despite how much this episode was a scramble of my brain. I do think the premise has merit still, if Sisyphus is the central theme then all is futile and nothing anyone does will change anything but right now I just want to smash everyone over the head with a banana.
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Hahaha... thank you, Koala. But according to some fans of the leads, we're haters for pointing out the flaws. And expressing our honest opinions (which is a capital sin, apparently) mean we watch the wrong dramas/don't watch sci-fi/are nit-picking. What a wonderful blog you have here. Lol.
Ikr? And according to one particular hypocrite, stating your opinion also means you don't know the cast. I'm a fan of both leads and I'm enjoying the drama, flaws and all. But even I didn't see anything out-of-line with yours and some others' comments. Ignore those people.
Hahaha...I know that hypocrite. They think no one will figure it out because they post under two (obvious) handles. Thanks for the vote.
I felt that, it's like one scene after another is different and absurd. Like?? Yes all you said was what I questions. And I like ML previous drama stranger
This is a drama where I allow my brain to rest and let my eyes do all the work. I had a lot of questions watching the first 2 episodes, and made conscious decision that "it's a sci/fi drama, SCI/FI!!!" answer would suffice. Although there's a tinge of disappointment with the choice of drama for CSW, coming out from the air-tight plotted drama "Secret Forest".
Okay Mister Tony Stark Jr trying to use the key he found on all the locks of in his house... that was beyond not smart. I expected an intelligent...genius man to recall which key is for which lock in his home already. He was the same genius to repair a broken airplane window with tape should I expected more?
I also had much fun using the fast forward button this episode.
This drama gave us such an amazing gratuitous scene when FL told waiter boy to strip off his clothes. He has a nice bod, but it was so nonsensical. If you needed to borrow clothes, get freshly cleaned ones from his closet or drawer. And somehow his clothes magically fitted her and not only that even his pants became skinny-size on her ? Her scenes with this high school level maturity guy seriously feels like I’m watching a drama within a drama. Can we have a romcom spin-off? They are actually cute together :)
The house party fight was ludicrous. It’s like they were standing in line at a barber shop holding a number waiting to be called to fight her with their gun. While she is distracted with one guy, another guy could had taken her down easily with their gun haha
The waiter boy was so annoying when he left the hiding place and essentially shouted that “he’s innocent, so leave him alone.” My eyes rolled and rolled like a ball in a pool billiards table haha FL then pushed him off and it looked like he was flying and then she did the same thing too, she flew to a different rooftop. It felt like watching a wuxia, historical drama haha
High school waiter wondered why those men were after her and trying to harm her, so instead of asking her a common sense question, “what’s going on” he started with asking her, “are you an illegal immigrant?” I’m not joking this is what he asked her lol
Just because this drama is a mystery-fantasy, it doesn’t give it free reign to do whatever it please with some common sense. Might as well let pikachu or katara from avatar the last airbender or Naruto show up in this drama if it’s a fantasy haha
Sigh I’m not sure if I should continue to watch or not, even if I do, I’ll need to suspend my brain and just watch it for laughs haha
The cast is so talented and brilliant unfortunately they are let down by poor writing and spotty directing :/
With all the things that happened, the scene with the clothes bothered me a lot. Hahaha. I was also wondering the moment she was asking for the pants if they will let her wear the same size as the guy wore, or made it "miraculously" fit her,.. and they did the latter. XD I expected so much from this drama, and so far, I am a disappointed. This is scifi but those people have no magic or whatsoever so they still have to provide at least some common sense. Even the FL has no special powers (????) aside from having fighting skills. I would still try to watch it next week. If I will still feel the same, I will just drop it.
I was thinking how unhygienic it was wear his PANTS of all things. Gross! They must be magic pants from Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants because they are so not the same size.
@jamie @ally
I’m ngl I did swoon at his body but it was indeed a ridiculous scene and it was unhygienic haha I’m not sure why she couldn’t wear the woman uniform/outfit that he originally offered her and then maybe take just the jacket only. Why did she also need his undershirt? Haha
I wonder if some gender equality advocates would raise an eyebrow at that scene? She demands he give her his clothes and doesn't even look away to give him privacy as he's shyly and reluctantly stripping. But when it's her turn, she goes to a corner for privacy and glares at him for sneaking a peek till he quickly glances away. Some K-dramas have been sanctioned for alleged gender equality infringements and I'm curious where this weighs on that scale.
What an interesting thought! It made me thought of while you were sleeping drama where the FL was trying really hard to see 2ML shirtless body while he was changing while the ML was trying to cover it up because he was jealous haha
Laura, this episode had me in stitches. Stitches, I tell you.
Seo-hae, if you know associating with you means death for the other person, why drag this kid into something dangerous he knows nothing about? And afterwards leave him behind to deal with the repercussions of the mess you made alone?
That changing scene? Oh lawd.
The rooftop leap scenes? Lmao. I could almost see the harness ropes used for those stunts. And the kid landed like that without at least pulling a muscle?
The scene where Seo-hae flipped the bird as the truck drove off was hilarious without meaning to.
Tae-sul's therapist is gorgeous. I first saw her in Graceful Family but she had short hair there.
You're right. For a so-called genius, Tae-sul isn't very smart.
Control Bureau leader and Sung Dong Il's characters are caricatures and I love it! Lol.
From the preview, the main leads will meet in next week's episode. I'm certain the ratings will go up.
There are three groups of people who will watch this:
* those who will hate-watch and bash it every week.
* those who will see it as good comedy and watch just for the laughs.
* and devoted fans of the leads who'll attack anyone who doesn't believe the drama sh/ts gold.
I'm firmly joining the second group. This is not sci-fi; it's pure comedy. If Alice had been this hilarious, it'd have been tolerable.
You’re right, I didn’t think about it. Why did she drag this “high school” guy around with her and exposing him to all sorts of danger especially after he thought she was a ghost when she “glitched” and begged her to leave him alone because he’s the bread winner of the family. She should had just told him to hide and get lost.
He probably didn’t eat the entire day until after the actor filmed that scene to retained his sculpted figure haha
The bad guys all acted like FL was some kind of dangerous hot stove that couldn’t be touched with bare hands but idk she doesn’t seem much different than any other skilled fighter although she seems to have the jumping abilities of cat woman haha I’m not sure why more of the bad guys couldn’t enter the room and fought her rather than have the majority standing patrolling outside haha
I can’t wait until Saturday, I hope I’m not wrong but I feel like Vincenzo is going to be amazing
Idk why my comment to u isn’t here but I did reply back
Don't sweat it. Happens on this site sometimes. The comment will eventually post when it's good and ready. Lol.
I'm calling it she's her own mother and daughter. They're already hinting at Dark with all the "The Question isn't Where" dialogue which is basically plagiarism.
Sorry but Alice was a big mess , i don't think i'm ready to suffer another disapointment ... Sci/fi doesn't mean non common sense and absurdity . I'll watch ep 3 to confirm . I watched Hello ? it's me and it wasn't bad at all . Now i'm wating for Vincenzo .
Hello it's me episode one was okay but have you watched episode two? Didn't like it.
As for Sisyphus, when I saw the wedding photo I had a sinking feeling. Sigh. I'll give it it a few more episodes to decide whether I need to look for another drama.
On the bright side the 6% plus ratings means audience are tuning in. If it increases next week that means star power means more to viewers.
Park Shin Hye became a true ratings magnet despite of script quality, after the boost given by the Heirs.
The Heirs is her luck but Pinocchio, Doctors, MOA and even FBND are part of the reason she become a trusted name among Korean audien.
If she failed in all her project after Heirs, then she wouldn't become who she is now... But she didn't and continue winning.
Is it as absurd as abyss kind of level? Haha. I need to know.
this drama, what can I say about this drama, chapter one was a surprise, but chapter two was a much bigger surprise and surprises are not always good, episode two had many incongruities but for me to do a PCR in ashes It was a great ... what? I'm sure they taught me that you can't do that and a genius who knows how to joke about telomeres must know it, but the undeniable thing is that the drama has a fast and entertaining rhythm,
At the end of chapter two I said to myself, you are going to enjoy it or you are going to analyze it, because if you stay analyzing it you will not really enjoy it, I think I will enjoy it better, it is an entertaining nonsense, the performances are really admirable and we will not They delivered seriousness and a perfect script in the first chapters, those who stay already know what to expect.
I will support those that say science fiction, being in this case more fiction than science, LOL, I will get comfortable, I will disconnect my brain and I will pretend that I am watching an avengers type drama, you know logic type comes out of the window fun enters through the door.