tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post7894176386855138821..comments2024-03-28T13:54:32.155-04:00Comments on Outside Seoul: Drama Review: Cruel City (2013)Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062557298628072047noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-73622047311021001172014-08-17T11:31:22.546-04:002014-08-17T11:31:22.546-04:00The plot twists in this show make no sense! What...The plot twists in this show make no sense! What the hell are you folks watching?! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-36199393965957103452013-12-25T21:35:12.451-05:002013-12-25T21:35:12.451-05:00didn't like it! watch it fastforward... just w...didn't like it! watch it fastforward... just wanna know the ending... rotten toamtoes!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-4388042504883966122013-10-11T10:06:47.311-04:002013-10-11T10:06:47.311-04:00Cruel City is one of the best dramas this year and...Cruel City is one of the best dramas this year and one of the great dramas that I've seen so far. Jung Kyung Ho! He can do any kind of characters and genre. He did comedy and action/serious. Wow just wow! Now, I want to see him again in mainstream networks' dramas. Please!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00812979971756108460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-54121563221095179982013-10-06T11:08:03.089-04:002013-10-06T11:08:03.089-04:00*avoiding most of your review* but I think I'l...*avoiding most of your review* but I think I'll add this to my watch list later - as soon as I recover from what I'm sure will be a slump when I finish Nine (in about 4 hours lol). I haven't been much in the mood for something "with teeth" as you say, but I think I've watched enough fluffy recently and it occurs to me that I'm not enjoying it much anymore. Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01325086650312547686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-67436799574200291192013-10-05T22:45:53.187-04:002013-10-05T22:45:53.187-04:00Definitely rewards a rewatch -- I can vouch for th...<i>Definitely</i> rewards a rewatch -- I can vouch for that. :) This was such a good drama, and very much unlike any drama I've seen.<br /><br />I hadn't made the connection with the tie-thing. Glad you pointed it out! Great review. :D<br /><br />--Betsy HpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-55251514753952860502013-10-05T21:41:13.710-04:002013-10-05T21:41:13.710-04:00I kinda liked that they didn't flash out the &...I kinda liked that they didn't flash out the "romance" too much, I don't think it ever really went there with Baksa and Soo Min. The intimate ambiguity between Baksa, Jin Sook, and Safari, though, was absolutely delish. Mesmerizing. emsterzhttp://dramarathon.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-73160294523506938192013-10-05T20:57:12.941-04:002013-10-05T20:57:12.941-04:00I love Time Between Dog and Wolf! In fact I'm...I love Time Between Dog and Wolf! In fact I'm watching again it right now. Lee Jun Ki is such a good actor but I hadn't seen anything of Jung Kyung Ho before this. Just wow! Both of them have the ability to just "be" on camera which is a really rare quality. Most actors, even the best ones, don't have it. So I was excited about Cruel City. It did not disappoint. I love gritty, slice of low life crime dramas but not so big on the romance angle. It always feels so tacked on in this genre. But in Cruel City the female characters were just as respected thematically as the men, not just as afterthoughts only there for the required bed scene. When the two leads get together, it's simultaneously hot, sexy, poignant, romantic, dangerous and revealing of their true selves. It's so refreshing.<br /><br />I had the same feeling about Korean prostitutes as well. If it's anything like in Cruel City, it seems like a pretty good gig. And the knives - why are they blurred? Also Doctor's Son's gang tattoo - it covers his entire back and we never once see it. Why? <br /><br />It's interesting you mention the fussing with the tie thing. I noticed this as well because, when he does it, Doctor's Son reminds me of my own dear father. We always knew, growing up, when he was about to blow. It didn't happen often but when he started fiddling with his tie and collar, watch out! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-56527717749692043702013-10-05T08:10:24.031-04:002013-10-05T08:10:24.031-04:00I think I remember this now—it was more of a "...I think I remember this now—it was more of a "Not my kind of show" than didn't like it. I thought it wouldn't be my kind of show, either, but now I'm so obsessed I want to watch it again.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062557298628072047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-39065780100068168992013-10-05T01:16:53.711-04:002013-10-05T01:16:53.711-04:00From what I know, Javabeans said that she didn'...From what I know, Javabeans said that she didn't like Cruel City much in her first impressions via podcast...I think she might have dropped the drama...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-83057692462355958462013-10-04T02:53:31.604-04:002013-10-04T02:53:31.604-04:00If I'm not mistaken, i heard it on their podca...If I'm not mistaken, i heard it on their podcast: Yes, dramabeans also watched this drama even though they didn't make any recap.motskeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-37753933777318820642013-10-03T23:26:16.992-04:002013-10-03T23:26:16.992-04:00"Cruel City is the most compulsively watchabl..."Cruel City is the most compulsively watchable drama I’ve come across in a long time." THIS. I had no idea when I started watching it that I wouldn't be able to stop watching it! Thank god I started watching it on a weekend when I had nothing planned. And lol at the Dramabeans comment. It would have been awesome if they'd recapped it; i wonder if either of them actually watched it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01065928807649744906noreply@blogger.com