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Tag Archives: Alice

SBS Drama Alice Shuffles Off This Mortal Coil as Episode 16 Ends with Zero Narrative Logic or Emotional Resonance

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 25, 2020 by ockoalaOctober 24, 2020
Two people looking at each other on street.

Yeah, I freaking hate SBS drama Alice and definitely regret spending 16 episodes with it. The upside is learning to love male lead Joo Won, re-energizing my love for Kwak Si Yang, and meeting fresh face Lee Da In as a rising actress I was to see more of. Kim Hee Sun was passable but ended up saddled with annoying … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Alice, Joo Won, Kim Hee Sun, Kwak Si Yang, Lee Da In | 19 Replies

SBS Drama Alice Jumps a Billion Sharks in Episode 15 and Inadvertently Turns Itself into a Comedy of Pointlessness

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 23, 2020 by ockoalaOctober 23, 2020
Intense moment with characters in a dramatic scene.

I won’t regret watching SBS Fri-Sat drama Alice despite its horrific levels of insanity and shark jumping in the last few episodes but goodness is this going down in flames. This Friday’s episode 15 just had me laughing and making WTF faces the entire time even though tons of people died that I should care about. And I do, I … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Alice, Joo Won, Kim Hee Sun, Kwak Si Yang | 14 Replies

Episode 13 of Alice Turns into Ouroboros and Fails to Deliver Clarity or Catharsis With Lots of Talking But Lack of Important Information Shared

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 16, 2020 by ockoalaOctober 16, 2020
Two characters in a dramatic cross-section scene.

SBS Fri-Sat drama Alice would have benefited so much from airing on OCN and being a tight 12-episodes like Train. I’m making this conclusion even though it’s not finished yet because the last few episodes have felt like much ado about not a lot, dragging things out to fill screen time when it could be much tighter to maintain the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Alice, Joo Won, Kim Hee Sun | 22 Replies

SBS Fri-Sat Drama Alice Gets Back on Track Ditching the Fauxcest Insinuation and Delivering Reveals on Time Traveling Conspiracy

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 10, 2020 by ockoalaOctober 10, 2020
Two people forming a heart shape with hands.

Those hesitant on SBS Fri-Sat sci-fi drama Alice can safely get back on the train now. The drama is not going to awful route of making leads Joo Won and Kim Hee Sun in any universe romantically inclined towards each other. She’s his mother in one universe and basically she’s like a mom/older sister to him in every universe is … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Alice | 4 Replies

SBS Fri-Sat Drama Alice to Skip One Week Airing Due to Chuseok Holidays

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 30, 2020 by ockoalaSeptember 30, 2020
Romantic scenes from a drama series.

I paused writing about SBS time travel drama Alice because while I am still watching the inexplicable flourishes the production insists on adding that adhere to K-drama tropes. I really wish this drama aired on OCN instead, alas it doesn’t so the last few episodes annoyed the heck out of me by throwing in typical rom-com cohabitation tropes between leads … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Alice, Joo Won, Kim Hee Sun, Kwak Si Yang, Lee Da In | 17 Replies

Alice Steps Over the 10% Ratings Mark in Episode 4 as Leads Delve Deeper into the Time Travelers Mystery

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 6, 2020 by ockoalaSeptember 6, 2020
Two characters in a conversation, office setting.

I’m so glad to see more viewers getting into SBS Fri-Sat drama Alice, though the downside is enduring the weekly wait with us all now. This weekend’s episode 3-4 continued the great starting momentum of the opening two episodes and dropped enough new information to keep me content. Joo Won‘s Jin Gyeom is my favorite character (he’s the proxy for … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Alice, Joo Won, Kim Hee Sun | 17 Replies

Alice and Kim Hee Sun Top the Good Data Last Week of August 2020 Internet Search Rankings

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 3, 2020 by ockoalaSeptember 3, 2020
Emotional moment between two characters.

I know believe that Kim Hee Sun (and Joo Won) have descended from another space/time to save SBS Fridays lol. The leads of new Fri-Sat drama Alice finally gave the network infusion of life in that time slot and with it also a win in internet searches. Good Data’s last week of August 2020 rankings have Alice as the most … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Alice, Flower of Evil, Joo Won, Kim Hee Sun, Lee Jun Ki | 4 Replies

Joo Won and Lee Da In are Refreshingly Delightful as the Male Lead/Second Female Lead OTP in SBS Sci-fi Drama Alice

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 1, 2020 by ockoalaSeptember 1, 2020
Four people posing at a promotional event.

I’m super loving EVERYTHING about Alice, even if it’s a story about a mother/son duo kick-assing everything back to the way it is and saving humanity from wonky time-travel shenanigans. Kim Hee Sun and Joo Won are the oddest yet totally believable mother/son leads of Alice, trust me it makes sense when you watch it but I can see why … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Alice, Joo Won, Lee Da In | 7 Replies

SBS Fri-Sat Drama Alice with Joo Won and Kim Hee Sun Premieres to Increasing Ratings and Excellent Narrative and Emotional World Building

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 30, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 30, 2020
Two characters facing each other, dramatic backdrop.

Okay, I checked out new SBS Fri-Sat drama Alice because why not, don’t love any of the leads but also none of them annoy me and I was curious if another time-traveling parallel worlds topic genre would handle this subject matter after The King: Eternal Monarch and Train. Consider me gobsmacked in surprise at how much I LOVE THIS DRAMA … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Alice, Joo Won, Kim Hee Sun, Kwak Si Yang, Lee Da In | 12 Replies

Kim Hee Sun and Joo Won Travel Through Time in Sci-fi Fri-Sat SBS K-drama Alice

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 18, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 18, 2020
"Promotional image for the drama 'Alice'"

This is the year of time-travel and/or parallel universes, it has been done before in K-dramas but seems lumped together this year with Train, 365: Repeat the Year, The King: Eternal Monarch, and now Alice. This past weekend felt a little empty because the normally bustling with viewer commentary SBS Fri-Sat time slot was empty after Backstreet Rookie ended the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Alice, Joo Won, Kim Hee Sun, Kwak Si Yang, Lee Da In | 9 Replies

First Teaser for SBS Time Travel Drama Alice With Kim Hee Sun and Joo Won

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 17, 2020 by ockoalaJuly 17, 2020
Two people posing for a photo together.

I totally lost track that this drama was on the horizon but that’s allowed me to be intrigued when I saw the first teaser dropped this week. The next SBS Fri-Sat drama is the sci-fi fantasy time traveling romance Alice starring Kim Hee Sun and Joo Won. He plays a detective that learns about the existence of time travelers from … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Alice, Joo Won, Kim Hee Sun | 10 Replies

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