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dangermousieI was going to hold out for subs, but viki is freezing on me and I am working and travelling all day tomorrow so no getting to a subbed version until Saturday. No way was I going to hold out that long. So I watched the raw. I'll probably do a proper liveblog once I get the subs, but for now this will have to do.
This might just be my favorite scene in the drama, the culmination of all the themes of revenge and tangled families and Yoon Sung's utter breakdown (he pulls the gun on himself and you can see it's almost a relief for him, he's beyond gone - look at his eyes) and his self-sacrificialness and Nana's strength (she needs it, he has none by then, but oh, the look on his face when he sees her). And the sheer mindfuck of Yoon Sung getting shot by one father when protecting another as Nana sees, and Nana shooting (thankfully not fatally or they'd be hard-pressed to move past that) Undaddy to protect Yoon Sung. And Undaddy doing the one unselfish thing in his life (probably out of horror of seeing YS shot by him) and getting the bodyguards to mow him down after confessing to being City Hunter. Yoon Sung's nightmare coming true only with a different loved one than Nana. Just the sheer intensity of it all, and YS not being able to move and likely slowly dying as he watches the only father he's really known (even if he was awful, YS loved him) get shot in front of him. God, he needs so much therapy.
And this was the second. Clearly, some time has passed and then they meet, never to separate again and to start a new future without the horrors of the past (I hope he got the best therapy money could buy, 10 hrs a day, every day, since they separated) and to heal each other and be healed.
City Hunter, I thought you would be horrible. The idea sounded dull and the promos worse (this is a revenge drama where the concept of revenge was mentioned nowhere before it started! Some promos made it look like an office romcom. And Godfather is a fun story of an Italian family, I suppose). But you came, I gave you a chance, and you stole my heart and soul away. You had a tight, twisty script, gorgeous cinematography, competent directing, and characters I fell in love with, as played by actors who did an amazing job (oh, what a pleasure to see Lee Min Ho given a chance to show off his chops in a genuinely great drama). Oh, and the OTP. The OTP. They are in running for my OTP of the year award.
City Hunter, you were perfect.
This might just be my favorite scene in the drama, the culmination of all the themes of revenge and tangled families and Yoon Sung's utter breakdown (he pulls the gun on himself and you can see it's almost a relief for him, he's beyond gone - look at his eyes) and his self-sacrificialness and Nana's strength (she needs it, he has none by then, but oh, the look on his face when he sees her). And the sheer mindfuck of Yoon Sung getting shot by one father when protecting another as Nana sees, and Nana shooting (thankfully not fatally or they'd be hard-pressed to move past that) Undaddy to protect Yoon Sung. And Undaddy doing the one unselfish thing in his life (probably out of horror of seeing YS shot by him) and getting the bodyguards to mow him down after confessing to being City Hunter. Yoon Sung's nightmare coming true only with a different loved one than Nana. Just the sheer intensity of it all, and YS not being able to move and likely slowly dying as he watches the only father he's really known (even if he was awful, YS loved him) get shot in front of him. God, he needs so much therapy.
And this was the second. Clearly, some time has passed and then they meet, never to separate again and to start a new future without the horrors of the past (I hope he got the best therapy money could buy, 10 hrs a day, every day, since they separated) and to heal each other and be healed.
City Hunter, I thought you would be horrible. The idea sounded dull and the promos worse (this is a revenge drama where the concept of revenge was mentioned nowhere before it started! Some promos made it look like an office romcom. And Godfather is a fun story of an Italian family, I suppose). But you came, I gave you a chance, and you stole my heart and soul away. You had a tight, twisty script, gorgeous cinematography, competent directing, and characters I fell in love with, as played by actors who did an amazing job (oh, what a pleasure to see Lee Min Ho given a chance to show off his chops in a genuinely great drama). Oh, and the OTP. The OTP. They are in running for my OTP of the year award.
City Hunter, you were perfect.
