I only liked the plot point revolving the recurring video game bug-assassin Hyung-seok. All of these people were at each other's throats for huge chunks of the show, and you know what? I didn't care. They cooked up a stinker of a drama between CEO Jin-woo, his best friend-turned-enemy CEO Hyung-seok, his cheating ex-wife Soo-jin, and let's go ahead and throw in Hyung-seok's dad Professor Cha and Jin-woo's second wife Yoo-ra. It seems all the money went into effects and didn't go to the writing team. I can't stress enough how much money must have gone into producing all the CGI effects, the entirety of the AR gameplay that overlaid the real world. Or maybe his character was on the autism spectrum? That would explain why he was such a savant for video game design.Īnyway, the visuals on this show were stunning. And on top of all this, they seemed to have given his character crippling shyness. Chanyeol (aka Se-joo) was somehow sucked into the game Jumanji-style and was stuck there until somebody rolled a 5 or an 8-I mean, until Jin-woo leveled up enough to receive a quest, then until Jin-woo leveled up some more, traveled to Granada, almost died, traveled to Korea, almost died, and then gave Emma the stinkin' key to simultaneously self-destruct the game and release Chanyeol.Ĭhanyeol, meanwhile, is suffering from PTSD over his own game, afraid to even leave the house and scared shitless of thunderstorms ::cue classical guitar intro:: For hiring such an in-demand K-pop star, they barely used him. Apparently, Jin-woo's suspicions were all correct. He dramatically reappears at the end of episode 14, after Jin-woo finishes his quest in the game. This show exhibited the Chris Brown Effect (that is, just like Chris Brown's character in Stomp the Yard): Chanyeol's character mysteriously disappears in the first episode and is presumed dead for much of the show. I think pacing issues totally screwed up this show, and more than anything, a refusal to adequately explain any video game phenomena. I wish that it delivered on all its promises and lived up to all that high-budget gloriousness that blew me away in the very first episode.
Memories in alhambra series#
They are both drawn into a series of strange and unexpected events. After the death of her parents, she takes on various jobs to support herself, including running the old hostel. Hee Joo (Park Shin Hye of Heirs, Heartstrings, Pinocchio, Doctors) is a former classical guitarist who came to Spain to further her studies. He ends up at a hostel that Jung Hee Joo owns.
Suffering after his best friend betrays him, he takes a business trip to Granada, Spain, in search of the mysterious inventor of an innovative augmented-reality video game. He has an adventurous and competitive spirit. Strong-spirited Yoo Jin Woo (Hyun Bin of Secret Garden) is the CEO of an investment company with a degree in engineering and a knack for developing video games. Memories of the Alhambra tells the unique and suspenseful love story of Yoo Jin Woo and Jung Hee Joo. Re-watch value: 1 out of 5 stars Synopsis
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