dangermousie | The devil: ep 1 picspam

Because I am rather madly in love with it, I bring you a bunch of unspoilery, yet awesome, screencaps from the second half of the first ep of The Devil.

(Because I love this drama for its sophisticated characters and complex plot).

I apologize for objectifying you, Rumpled Hot Policeman, but come on, can you blame me?

Meanwhile Sexy Deadly Lawyer is meditating, lit in the extra-harsh early morning light he always seems to be shot in (did you notice that? The cop is shot in warm earthy tones and colors (as far as this drama's purposely sterile-looking filters allow), and Psychic Librarian is bathed in this pure light/colors which is a few shades lighter than the cop's, but Lawyer's light goes over that and into extremes of harshness.

It is just so unsettling how his eyes are completely blank, like a dead person's, or a accident victim who's in shock.

Compare his space with Psychic Librarian's warm, livable space:

Uhm Tae Woong is pure awesome. I mean, I loathed him so much in Chun-Hyang but I adore him here, beyond measure, which is very impressive. Note to self: must watch Resurrection!

See what I mean about the slightly grotesque angles and lights?

And the fact that Sexy Deadly Lawyer always gives this odd vibe of...something is not quite right. It's like a pleasant facade with nothing underneath.

Joo Ji Hoon has the market cornered on 'icy' and in Goong they used it to show that it's a forced reserve and underneath he is boyish and desperate for warmth, but here, it's just sort of iciness stripped to the bone. I have to say, the casting with this is spot on, not just because of the iciness thing but because JJH has literally no bad angles and rather 'aristocratic' features and it makes him look even more 'not fitting in' because it's slightly unsettling to have a person that purely 'perfect' looking (that perfection of looks is different from hotness, not that he can't be hot when he wants).