Изыди, сатана!

[dangermousie]

I tried, I tried so hard with A Man Called God. Normally I'd run like the plague from this after the promos, but I adore Song Il Gook beyond measure.

WELL.

I can deal with the shounen manga-induced cheesiness. But I cannot watch Song Il Gook - his face is cavernous - I get images of famine victims when I see his sunken cheeks, skin stretched over bones of the face. He looks starving, unhealthy, awful.

Yes, the hair has escaped from the 1980s, the short pants and purple socks are horrible. But whatever. It's not the first or last time dramas have awful fashions and hair. But it's the face, the face that kills me.

Why?

He looked fine and healthy and fit and hot before. I have never seen a single comment criticizing his looks in Jumong, Lobbyist, or Kingdom of the Winds. Why on earth did they make him lose so much weight so now he looks like a skeleton that still moves? He is playing a mob boss, not a victim of starvation. It doesn't look good, it doesn't look acceptable, it doesn't look anything but horrific.

And why on earth did he agree to their insanity? He isn't some young wannabe just starting out, desperate for any break and willing to do anything to get it? He's an A-list star in his mid-30s with clout and one of the biggest drama hits ever to his name.

Whyyyyyy?

All I know is they lost this viewer. I have tried watching everything SIG was in, but I cannot do this one.

I hope this drama gets good rating so at least he wouldn't have starved himself for nothing, but I am out.