"Sisyphus: The Myth" off to a good start

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JTBC's new big-budget series "Sisyphus: The Myth" got off to a good start Wednesday with a 5.6 percent viewership rating.

The mystery fantasy series revolves around a genius engineer named Han Tae-sul (Cho Seung-woo) who runs a world-class business called Quantum and Time Company. Despite his success, Han suffers trauma from his brother's death 10 years ago.

One day, he meets a woman from the future named Gang Seo-hae (Park Shin-hye) who seems to hold the key to his brother's death, introducing him to dangerous secrets of the world.

The first episode shows Tae-sul becoming a hero after he saves airplane passengers by putting his genius mind to work to prevent a crash. Meanwhile, Seo-hae, who lives in a war-torn century in the future, travels to the current year with a warning from her father not to meet Tae-sul.

JTBC has high hopes for the series, which is the network's 10th-anniversary project with a production budget of over 20 billion won ($18 million).

Cho said he was excited to star in the series and praised the storyline. "When I picked up the script, I went through six episodes. I remember being so immersed in the story," he said during an online media conference, Wednesday. "The concept that the future and present coexist felt really interesting."

The series' director, Jin Hyuk, known for the hit series "Master's Sun," noted his latest work started with the question "how would people respond to a disaster or tragedy?"

"When I first started the project four years ago, some people were saying how there could be a war (in Korea). And I was surprised to see how people outside the country didn't react much while Koreans could have been in imminent danger," he said. "(The genre) is science fiction so it is a fantasy, but it's also based on reality," he said.

"Sisyphus: The Myth" airs every Wednesday and Thursday at 9 p.m. and is available on Netflix.





source: The Swoon & The Korea Times

Comments

[imahurricane.livejournal.com]

tbh i wasn’t sure i’m gonna check this out since after reading the synopsis, i get so confused (also i’m not a big fan of sci-fi and park shin hye’s acting). but then i saw ppl tweeting about it on my timeline and i got curious. if it wasn’t for cho seung woo, i won’t be bothered. to my surprise, i actually quite enjoy it! it got me intrigued!

[rabbitfacts.livejournal.com]

haha i also enjoyed it but man is it confusing af! the storyline is wacky lmao, but it intrigues me so far!