City Hunter

So i finally watched it after the hype is long gone. It was actually pretty good! i liked the storyline of it all (although it was somewhat predictable, but what kdrama isnt?).
but because im feeling shitty, why not focus on what made city hunter shitty?

What bugs me TO NOOOO END, is how in kdramas, THEY NEVER SAY BYE IN PHONE CALLS :( Like i can understand its to keep the drama moving, but stilllll, im always left wondering how they know when to hang up and what if there was somethign else to say. Especially in the mellow moments of the drama, IT DOES NOT HURT TO AT LEAST SAY 'IM HANGING UP NOW, LATERS'. That was only said ONCE. :( NOT LIKE YOU'RE IN A RUSH TO KEEP PONDERING ABOUT HOW THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE LOOKED AT YOU

The cliches. i understand thats what kdramas stand for, but mannnnn, im so tired of them. this was the reason i stopped watching them in the first place. Your typical korean drama consists of:
SLOWWW pacing, then random unnecessary FASSST pacing

a doe-eyed, pale girl who has no flaws. Her parents are either dead or very poor.
a tall, handsome man who's rude to everyone but that girl (someone remind me how that's attractive?)

a lot of events which lead to the demise of the beautiful girl, but WAIT, the handsome tall broody man comes to the rescue. Even in dramas where the girl can supposedly take care of herself, she ends up a pitiful heap. crying from one eye.

i find the male protagonists SOOOO annoying now. theyre kinda CREEPY. who the fuck spends time outside the girl's house (edward aside) just WATCHING THE LIGHTBULB. and he spends AGESSSS AND DAYS AND GOD KNOWS HOW MUCH TIME, just STARING at a ring he wants to give the girl just as a PRESENT, and 20 episodes later he still hasnt == its okay if he's playing a 17y/o, but he's meant ot be like what 25+? calm down.
LOL and it was really funny cause there was this scene where the girl is trapped in a fish tank (i can complain about that too) and he arrives at the scene. he sees her dying and instead of running to find a way to save her. he full taps on the massively thick glass and goes 'NaNa..NaNA...are you okay? I'll save you! Hold on! *insert another paragraph*" visual observation will tell you that 1. she's not okay, she's drowning 2. whispering through like.. a 1 meter thick glass will not save her and 3. obviously she's doing her best to hold on you prick.
Lol which makes me question, why the fuck did the villian randomly decide to drown her in an aquarium. YOU HAVE A GUN, JUST SHOOT HER. or if you're using her as hostage, at least choose a place that actually makes sense. (and what kind of aquarium is vacated during daytime?)

the lack of attention to detail. Especially in a drama consisting of action. my god the number of times i mentally questioned how the fuck shit happened...RUINS MY IMMERSION BIG TIME. and the sequences are good and all, but you question the common sense of the characters. like this scene where the fucking policital leader is dangling off a bridge about to die, you see all these cars just drive past as if all's good int he hood. SOMEONE CALL SOMEONE MAYBE? like DUHH?

and the police force in the drama seem to be daft. They full stress out about finding the DNA of the city hunter after suspecting the main guy (forgot his name), but they dont think to collect the DNA at his fucken workbench where he taps away at his keyboard ==. They visit the place too and stand tehre all 'OMG HOW WILL I COLLECT YOUR PRECIOUS DNA' == how about you collect a punch to the face.

and the city hunter looks so silly running around in designer bright clothing. i remmebr this scene where he full does his shit in this hotel or some shit and he's wearing a red..whatever (you know how crazy male fashion can get) and the people chasing him cant find him ==. AND in the scene where jong shik or whatever was dying, the prosecutor saw the city hunter. THE SAME DAY, the main guy rocks up in the same outfit, AND NO ONE QUESTIONS HIM. I sighed with fucken relief when they finally decided they just didn't have enough evidence to frame him.

i did not feel the love between the two main characters. like, it was there, but it was irritating. cause the guy spends 20 episodes going all 'NO FORGET ME MY LOVE' to 'STAY WITH ME, DONT GO MY LOVE' to 'FUG OFF MATE' to 'WAIT FOR ME MY LOVE' like far out someone punch him. i can see in his situation why loving her is an issue, but tone it down after a few eps because it gets soo draining. like herreee weeeee gggooooo aaaggggaaiiiiiin.


other than that, city hunter was lovely. i enjoyed watching it. and it had considerable quantities of originality. My love for minho was momentarily rekindled, but now ive returned to the land of mehs.