City Hunter Episode 1
Jul. 22nd, 2012 10:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iariaThe fact that the whole episode was back story was unexpected. I was mostly left meh but I will watch the next one so I can at least get a better feel for what this series will be like.
The only thought I have on this episode is that I hate Lee Jin Pyo. Man, do I not care about his pain and angst. In fact I'm really hoping for his death by the end.
- "I will take the child and raise it well. You can only be happy without this child. Start a new life. You must be happy." - Jin Pyo. ... WTF? I don't even know where to start. How does any of that make any sense? Team betrayed by country, best friend dies in arms, want revenge - steal best friend's newborn son from his mother, raise him as a soldier, train him to be an assassin and your instrument of revenge. Oh, yeah, sure - good plan! I bet your best friend would totally approve.
How is making Moo Yul's son a killer, depriving him of a loving mother/home and putting his life in constant danger seem like a fitting tribute to his best friend? And how is any of it consistent with 'raising him well'?
Is simply killing the people responsible too simple? He created a drug empire in Thailand with his own small army - why the hell isn't he going after those responsible himself? Does he want it to be a surprise? Does he enjoy the anticipation of a long wait?
- Then there's the bit about him wanting Kyung Hee to be happy - uh, you stole her child asshole! She's soon to learn her husband died or he'll just never return and you took her son so I'm sure that's exactly what she'll be. Happy. I kind of felt like Jin Pyo has feelings for Kyung Hee which makes it even worse and I really hope the series doesn't go anywhere with that.
- I dislike him so much that when he told Yoon Sung that it was worth losing his leg because he saved him I immediately wondered just how much of that was because Yoon Sung was his son and how much it was about Yoon Sung as his instrument of revenge. And decided it was mostly the latter.
- Also I just really do not understand why Yoon Sung isn't mad at Jin Pyo. In fact he agrees to go through with Jin Pyo's revenge, devotes seven years preparing and even wants them to go off together afterward to have a normal life. I realise that he sees Jin Pyo his father but - seriously? I'm both boggled and left feeling really sorry for him. He is so starved for affection/love/family. I really want him to realise how toxic Jin Pyo is and to reject him at some point.
- To end on a more positive note: I really want to see Yoon Sung's reunion with his mom and to see how their relationship plays out.
The only thought I have on this episode is that I hate Lee Jin Pyo. Man, do I not care about his pain and angst. In fact I'm really hoping for his death by the end.
- "I will take the child and raise it well. You can only be happy without this child. Start a new life. You must be happy." - Jin Pyo. ... WTF? I don't even know where to start. How does any of that make any sense? Team betrayed by country, best friend dies in arms, want revenge - steal best friend's newborn son from his mother, raise him as a soldier, train him to be an assassin and your instrument of revenge. Oh, yeah, sure - good plan! I bet your best friend would totally approve.
How is making Moo Yul's son a killer, depriving him of a loving mother/home and putting his life in constant danger seem like a fitting tribute to his best friend? And how is any of it consistent with 'raising him well'?
Is simply killing the people responsible too simple? He created a drug empire in Thailand with his own small army - why the hell isn't he going after those responsible himself? Does he want it to be a surprise? Does he enjoy the anticipation of a long wait?
- Then there's the bit about him wanting Kyung Hee to be happy - uh, you stole her child asshole! She's soon to learn her husband died or he'll just never return and you took her son so I'm sure that's exactly what she'll be. Happy. I kind of felt like Jin Pyo has feelings for Kyung Hee which makes it even worse and I really hope the series doesn't go anywhere with that.
- I dislike him so much that when he told Yoon Sung that it was worth losing his leg because he saved him I immediately wondered just how much of that was because Yoon Sung was his son and how much it was about Yoon Sung as his instrument of revenge. And decided it was mostly the latter.
- Also I just really do not understand why Yoon Sung isn't mad at Jin Pyo. In fact he agrees to go through with Jin Pyo's revenge, devotes seven years preparing and even wants them to go off together afterward to have a normal life. I realise that he sees Jin Pyo his father but - seriously? I'm both boggled and left feeling really sorry for him. He is so starved for affection/love/family. I really want him to realise how toxic Jin Pyo is and to reject him at some point.
- To end on a more positive note: I really want to see Yoon Sung's reunion with his mom and to see how their relationship plays out.
