After three years of waiting, Netflix's top Korean drama is finally back. On the scale, it can be filled directly. The three male protagonists appeared in front of the camera without any clothing. Includes front, side and back. Unreachable dead ends?This is almost non-existent.
The welfare package of fans is obviously very generous. Regrettably, however, its reputation has declined dramatically. Douban's score has slipped to only 51 point.
What was supposed to be the last surprise turned into a year-end shock. Today, Uncle Yu will lead you to go deep into the story behind this drama
Sweet Home 2
Three years ago, "Sweet Home" was officially launched. The production cost of a single episode is 2.7 million US dollars (about 19 million yuan), which breaks the production record of a Korean drama. We also brought in special effects teams from Stranger Things and The Avengers. **The results are remarkable, and the score on Douban soared to 8 points for a while. This Korean drama finally became the first work in Netflix's history to enter the top 10 of the US Netflix ratings, ranking third.
The drama's rapid popularity is largely due to its excellent creative team. The director's name is Lee Ying-bok. High-quality Korean dramas such as "Mr. Sunshine", "Lonely and Brilliant God: Ghosts" and "Descendants of the Sun" are all his masterpieces, which is enough to prove his strength.
The charm of the cast is really eye-catching. Song Jiang, Lee Shiyin, Li Zhizhi, Lee Jin-wook, Gao Min-she, Park Jun-young, Ko Yun-jung and others. A group of handsome men and beautiful ladies are really very attractive to the eye.
Sweet Home is based on the Korean manga of the same name. This original has won high praise from many fans because of its excellent reputation. The story unfolds in an apartment called Green Home. In just one night, the outside world has entered the apocalypse, and monsters are wreaking havoc everywhere.
This apartment has been turned into the last safe haven. Therefore, all the inhabitants are united to face the invading monsters. At the same time, we must always be vigilant, because the emotions of the people in the apartment are difficult to **.
As a work with the theme of post-apocalyptic monsters, Sweet Home is unique in its setting. The show is different from the traditional bite infection, in which the monster needs to further stimulate its inner desires. There is no problem simply because it is infected with a virus, and it is only when the desires of the heart are completely consumed that it truly transforms into a monster. The appearance and behavior patterns of monsters are a precise reflection of the desires of the human heart.
Early symptoms manifest themselves as frequent nosebleeds, for example, the presence of a giant monster called protein. He was a thin young man alive, full of envy, jealousy, and hatred for muscular men. As a result, when it transforms into a muscle monster, it will yell "protein" while preying on humans and possibly other monsters.
For example, there is a "security guard" who is covered in flies. When he was alive, he was not respected by the residents, but was teased. After transforming into a monster, his appearance became disgusting, and he became an avenger, picking up ** and killing everywhere.
Interestingly, not all monsters triggered by desire are **. Because people's desires can distinguish between good and bad, good and evil. There is a gentle and kind aunt whose heart is always filled with a deep obsession with her deceased baby. In the end, instead of transforming into a monster, she became a new life conceived in the womb.
However, the most striking role is undoubtedly the male lead, Cha Hyun-so. In the course of his battle with the monster deep within him, he has endowed himself with a unique energy that has endless self-healing abilities. They become a unique infected people who are neither humans nor monsters. On the one hand, he showed unparalleled combat effectiveness in the apartment, and on the other hand, he also became the focus of constant attention and vigilance of the residents. Opinions of him vary, which are a direct reflection of the true face of that apocalyptic society.
It is difficult for the monster in front of you to distinguish between good and evil, and it is difficult for the humans behind you to distinguish between good and evil. This setting also makes the progress of the whole plot full of uncertainty. Whenever and wherever the inhabitants are consumed by desire, they will quickly transform into monsters. The struggle between humans and monsters gradually evolved into an internal struggle between the surviving humans. In this dilapidated apartment, people's complex and difficult emotions have instead become the most frightening part.
When we enter the second season, the setting of the whole story has undergone a huge transformation. Everyone finally had the opportunity to step out of the apartment and into the outside world. They came to realize that the challenges they faced were not just monsters. In addition to the unfamiliar soldiers, there are many more peculiar people.
In addition, there are more specific cases of infection similar to Cha Hyun-so. They call themselves "new humans" and expect to mold the whole world into a "new human."
During this season, the number of characters has increased, and at the same time, the worldview has been fully displayed. In this setting, there seems to be a grander intention hidden. Sadly, however, this ambition turned into a groan of despair. The experience of watching dramas is very different from our original expectations, and the problems are endless.
In fact, the plot of this manga is limited to the last part of the first season. Thus, the plot of the second season turned into an original story in the drama version. Compared to the previous season, which was full of foreshadowing in terms of moderation and restraint, this season undoubtedly unleashes a chaotic atmosphere across the board. The most obvious thing is that the way monsters are handled is rather perfunctory. In the previous work, the form of the monster was subtly linked to the desires of the people's hearts, but this time it was completely marginalized. For Uncle Yu, the only thing he can recall is a young man who cares a lot about his appearance, and in the end he turns into an ugly monster.
More common are monsters that are able to change color and blend in with the environment. Or a bunch of monsters hidden deep in the jungle.
Despite the wide variety of monsters, it feels as if you're browsing through a certain monster encyclopedia. However, it has lost its uniqueness.
What's even more frustrating is that the level of special effects simply can't be described in one sentence. If you just rely on a variety of strange monsters to attract attention, then at least it can bring some basic scare effect. However, if the level of special effects of monsters is not uniform, sometimes good and sometimes bad, "Schrödinger's special effects funding" will be staged. Therefore, even the most terrifying monsters can become the laughing stock of people.
Take, for example, one of these scenarios. The work was originally a serious and brutal drama that was meant to show the weaknesses of children who are also monsters, but humanity is determined to destroy the children of these monsters. This has led to the blurring of the line between good and evil between humans and monsters.
However, when the camera's focus turns to the monster, the moment is filled with joy. The special effects of that little monster are so bad that the audience is afraid that they won't be able to tell that the actor is performing with full dedication in the air. If even the picture can't move people's hearts, then the presentation of emotions is even more impossible.
Regarding the fight scenes between the main characters, it has also become boring now. In the war between the two new humans, they almost fight each other with their newly grown flesh spines. You swing your arms while I twist my waist. That special effect is really hard to take care of** and makes people feel embarrassed the whole time. Are you in conflict with a transhuman?Obviously, even dancing in the rain is not as good as this.
It can be said that the show's collapse in terms of monster design has actually lost its original form. Therefore, the lack of success in character creation is actually a loss of the core spirit of this play. When the setting of the story shifts outside of the apartment, a number of new characters emerge, each of which is actually a tool user, although there are many of them. Crazy women, crazy scientists, crazy soldiers. Almost all items are discarded immediately after use, without any prominence. By the end of the story, a new character doesn't leave a deep memory for the audience.
There is indeed a role for a priest, but it is very different from the image of a pastor in the previous quarter, and the treatment of the old characters is equally unsatisfactory. The male protagonist only appears at the beginning and end of the story. I didn't give a clear explanation as to what happened in between. Although he has very few roles in the play, he does not wear clothes most of the time. I'm really confused, I don't know if it's the male protagonist or the welfare monster.
The item known as the bloody suit is also the firefighter sister, who is very popular in her own right, and is unfortunately killed by the plot. In the first season, she showed amazing courage and attracted many fans. By the time of the second season, the writers directly portrayed her as a kind-hearted mother, and eventually lost her life because her child turned into a monster.
As for the other characters, they have either died or disappeared. On the inside of the play, they know nothing about life and death, and on the outside of the play, they also know nothing about the future. The whole plot feels like the screenwriter is practicing Xi essays, writing as he pleases, completely unaffected by the previous character creation. In the end, the original attractive character also loses its original charm.
In this season, the heroine of the comic becomes an ill-fated supporting character, and all of these aspects from the storyline to the visual effects to the character setting are extremely bad. As a result, the various discussions about human nature have become rather lacking in depth during the quarter. Every statement that is full of profound meaning on the surface is actually a superficial embellishment, a superfluous embellishment.
Not long ago, director Lee Ying-bok was asked about the plot details of the second season. He responded and said that the answer will be released in the third season. In this way, the second season is just a super long trailer. Although the content of the trailer is already like this, how much more can you expect from the feature film of the third season?Relying only on the buttocks of the three male gods to attract attention may only be exchanged for the indifference of the audience.