The Atypical Family (2024) 히어로는 아닙니다만
Directed by Jo Hyun-tak, starring Chun Woo-hee and Jang Ki-yong.
Bok Gwi-ju (Jang Ki-yong) and his family were born with different supernatural powers. Bok Gwi-ju is able to travel back in time, but only to happy times in his life. He can't change the past, so he can only dwell on those happy moments. Bok Gwi-ju becomes afflicted with depression and this leads him to lose his supernatural power. His family also loses their own powers due to modern day problems like insomnia, bulimia, and smartphone addiction. One day, Do Da-hae (Chun Woo-hee) happens to get involved with Bok Gwi-ju and his family. She begins to live with them and change occurs. (Synopsis: AsianWiki)
Only two episodes have been aired and I'm so underwhelmed with this new fantasy series for which I had high hopes. I like the lead actors, I like the story with the fantasy element, but it's all a bit weird and not captivating (yet). It certainly doesn't capitalise on its promising premise. The biggest problem I have with this show is that the characters are not appealing and I don't care about them at all. I also don't like the scam plot, and it feels uncomfortable watching it unfold. And to scare Gwi-ju's daughter with a stalker is soooo wrong.
I did like the start of episode 2 where we see a young Gwi-ju discovering his supernatural gift. Once he realised that a happy moment for him could be a miserable moment for someone else, he couldn't enjoy his happy memory anymore and could not go back to that part of his past. Episode 2 ends with a twist which made me curious about the time-travel part, but I'm still not sure whether to keep watching this or putting it on hold. Maybe for the better that it's an ongoing series because binge-worthy this is not.
Directed by Jo Hyun-tak, starring Chun Woo-hee and Jang Ki-yong.
Bok Gwi-ju (Jang Ki-yong) and his family were born with different supernatural powers. Bok Gwi-ju is able to travel back in time, but only to happy times in his life. He can't change the past, so he can only dwell on those happy moments. Bok Gwi-ju becomes afflicted with depression and this leads him to lose his supernatural power. His family also loses their own powers due to modern day problems like insomnia, bulimia, and smartphone addiction. One day, Do Da-hae (Chun Woo-hee) happens to get involved with Bok Gwi-ju and his family. She begins to live with them and change occurs. (Synopsis: AsianWiki)
Only two episodes have been aired and I'm so underwhelmed with this new fantasy series for which I had high hopes. I like the lead actors, I like the story with the fantasy element, but it's all a bit weird and not captivating (yet). It certainly doesn't capitalise on its promising premise. The biggest problem I have with this show is that the characters are not appealing and I don't care about them at all. I also don't like the scam plot, and it feels uncomfortable watching it unfold. And to scare Gwi-ju's daughter with a stalker is soooo wrong.
I did like the start of episode 2 where we see a young Gwi-ju discovering his supernatural gift. Once he realised that a happy moment for him could be a miserable moment for someone else, he couldn't enjoy his happy memory anymore and could not go back to that part of his past. Episode 2 ends with a twist which made me curious about the time-travel part, but I'm still not sure whether to keep watching this or putting it on hold. Maybe for the better that it's an ongoing series because binge-worthy this is not.