Giant - you make me so confused

[walkwithheroes]

With four episodes left, Giant is trying to wrap up its million plot lines and fill in all those damn plotholes. And while some of these things make me happy, it also makes me annoyed. Why? Because a lot of it seems rushed and half-ass.






Sung Mo finally gets some more character development. For ages he's been all about his two younger siblings and stalking Jo Pil Yeon for the revenge that seemed to never come. It was nice to see him breakdown in his younger brother's arms. After all SM has spent the last 20+ years of his life seeking revenge and never having a life. Now people he cared about are dead and he's no closer to bringing JPY down then he was when he was seventeen. It was nice to see him taking all that in. He's wasted so much time and because of that innocent people have died. It's good he knows that.


Min woo and Miju. . .wait, what? They had a whole thing of flashbacks. She still has the ring he gave her. They are still in love. He watches her from afar as she signs records. This can end in one of two ways: a quick reunion that barely makes sense (but will make me happy) or MW is killed saving someone. I cannot get over the idea that MW will die taking a bullet for one of the brothers, Miju, or maybe even someone else.


As for the rest - frankly I just don't care anymore. With four episodes left, I'm basically watching to see how the writer solves the MW/Miju stuff. Though I have a sinking feeling I'm not going to be happy: either because they don't end up together or they do, but in a totally 'Oh yeah, those two.' half-ass, last minute, sort of way.


In other news: episode 6 of Mary didn't air today because of the Asian Games. Funny, I thought it wouldn't air because of what happened at the boarder earlier. But, no, they canceled today's episode for swimming.

Comments

[clairiere.livejournal.com]

I am glad at least Giant aired. Clearly both MBC and KBS are sort of insane.

It's all about ratings for all three networks.

For MBC and KBS, their dramas are doing so badly that the Asian Games pull better ratings for them. They could have aired news specials tonight, and odds are they wouldn't have done any worse than Mary or QoR.

SBS saw no interest from the outset in broadcasting the Games alongside the other two, and it also happens all their dramas are well-entrenched in their timeslots, so pre-emption for anything wouldn't have made much sense. They did pull out the variety shows out of respect for today's events.

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

That's very true. Giant's ratings are hanging around 29-30%. They are fine. While Mary is hanging around 7-8% and QoR isn't fairing much better. I'm sure the games are bringing in the ratings, which brings in sponsors, which brings in money. Still, apart of me finds it odd that they postponed the shows in favor of games and not news about what happened today. I'm glad to hear they pulled the variety shows, though.