Tag: kdrama
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The Best Television of 2020
As 2020 ends with a bang and not a whimper. As we ride out this global hell year. As we look back on everything we missed out on, did not do, wished we could do, regretted happened or just made us plain angry. It’s good to remember that 2020 got at least one thing right.…
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Nothing in his eyes: SF8 Empty Body
SF8 finishes its anthology with a darkly disquieting piece about parents, children, suicide and dealing with death
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Nothing’s Changed: SF8 Love Virtually
A cute Uee and Choi Shi-won carry a cute story on virtual dating that has little depth but a lot of cute. Did I mention it’s cute?
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Full Circle: SF8 White Crow
SF8’s sixth story is an enigmatic and disturbing tale of bullying and suicide in a world where reputation means more than life
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It’s the end of the world: SF8 Baby It’s Over Outside
It’s the end of the world. SF8’s fifth story fails as science fiction but works as a story.
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Korea’s Technological Optimism: SF8 Blink
Technology is universally beneficial in the universes created by SF8. That techno-optimism is most evident in the anthology’s fourth episode, Blink.
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A Fleeting Moment: SF8 Joan’s Galaxy
Joan’s Galaxy is a short piece about finding happiness in a fleeting life. But while it might work as a character study, it fails as a piece of science fiction.
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The Incorruptible Man Wants Nothing
Forest of Secrets (Stranger) is now winding up its second season on Netflix. What does its protagonist’s brain injury tell us about corruption?
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School Nurse Files: A Celebration of Weird
Netflix’s new Korean original The School Nurse Files is a bizarre, surreal and fun-filled ride that celebrates non-conformity and calls for us to embrace every part of ourselves
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Choosing Free Will: SF8 Manxin
In the near future, a fortune-telling artificial intelligence (AI) called Manxin can accurately predict our futures. But should we listen? SF8 continues with Manxin.