Are you hoping to find a love that will make your heartbeat? Would you sleep in a coffin for 100 years to meet them? Today I return to the podcasting world to vent about ending of Heartbeat, a Kdrama with an ending that broke my heart (and not in a good way!). We talk about why the ending sucked (pun intended!) and discuss wha mistakes studios, directors and writers continue to make with Rom Com Endings. We also talk about what makes a good sad ending .I also look at what Heartbeat does right: Subverting vampires stories to be more fun, portraying a strong female lead ad just showing pretty romantic scenes. Lastly we look at how Heartbeat ranks in terms of the vampire Kdramas I've (Kinda) seen
In this episode, let's chat about:
1. The interesting plot
2. My new loves - Ok Taecyeon and Won Ji An: Their continuously growing careers and cute chemistry
3. Why this Ending Sucked: An analysis of all the main problems that seem to repeatedly happen in Rom Com K-dramas, specially applied in this Kdrama, Heatbeat:
-Bad Pacing - The story didn't pick up with any of the exciting events and never took off, the world of the vampires was too small and budgeted, the storyline dragged with unncessary subplots
-Draggy Subplots - All the subplots about the guesthouse customers, the second leads' self centred plots, the neighbour's redevelopment plans and the vampire friends' search for missing gold really held back the main plot.
-Noble Idiocy - The main character, Seon Woo Hyeol, continued to perform acts of noble idiocy, which did not make sense and lead to overdramatic events,
-Illogical Events - Some of the character's actions and revalations in the drama didn't make as much sense as they should have.
But we also talk about why Heartbeat had it's beautiful moments: how it made a good discussion of morality, how ti subverted vampire stereotypes and made the vampire world more inclusive, how it showed beautiful romantic scenes and how it portrayed a strong female lead who called out bad behaviour!
4. Vampire Kdramas - It turns out that I haven't finished as many Kdramas as I thought relating to vampires! Nevertheless, I talk about some titles I've watched, have Kinda watched and will watch in the future.
Chat with me about Dramas:
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Other related dramas and films mentioned in this episode:
- Bite Sisters [Korean Drama]
- Scholar who Walks in the Night [Korean Drama]
- Blood [Korean Drama]
- Orange Marmalade [Korean Drama]
- Vampire Flower [Korean Drama]
Other dramas mentioned in passing in this episode:
-Weighlifting Fairy [Korean Drama]
-Strong Woman Do Bong Soon [Korean Drama]
-Dodososolalasol [Korean Drama]
-Monthly Home Magazine [Korean Drama]
-Hometown Cha Cha Cha [Korean Drama[
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