'My Name' Discussion Post

[kyungwons.livejournal.com]

Director: Kim Jin-Min
Writer: Kim Ba-Da
Network: Netflix
Episodes: 8
Release Date: October 15

Plot: Yoon Ji-Woo’s (Han So-Hee) father dies suddenly. She wants to desperately take revenge on whoever is responsible for her father's death. Yoon Ji-Woo works for drug crime group Dongcheonpa.Choi Mu-Jin (Park Hee-Soon) is the boss of the drug gang. With the help of Choi Mu-Jin and to uncover the reason for her father's death, Yoon Ji-Woo joins the police department and becomes a mole for the drug group. Yoon Ji-Woo is assigned to work in the drug investigation unit in the police department. Her partner there is Detective Jeon Pil-Do (Ahn Bo-Hyun).

You can watch all episodes now on Netflix.

Source: AsianWiki (Drama info & poster)

Comments

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

I am four episodes in, so I can only comment on the first half so far.

I like revenge plots alot personally and Jiwoo is a great character for me. She cries AND fights in equal measures. She's a messy woman and I am on board with that. Episode 1 was beautifully acted between, not just the scenes at school but everything between Han Sohee and Yoon Gyungho too. She gets points for this one. I was expecting alot of chemistry with Ahn Bohyun, but there has been surprisingly little? Like none? Perhaps its because I don't really see much affection or romance between their characters so far. His character is actually a little annoying imo lol. As far as the guys go, Park Heesoon and Lee Hakjoo showing up like male models everywhere they go has been really satisfying.

Did anyone else already finish it? What did you think? I'm pretty sure the plot will get some twist soon enough — I expect the murder of Jiwoo's father isn't as simple as we think — and I hope they're the good kind!

[kyungwons.livejournal.com]

i did really enjoy this but only because i like revenge type films and dramas in general. its very typical of the genre just with the gender reversed like instead of women dying for male pain its the opposite but still has plenty of misogyny directed at the female lead and scenes of attempted rape so like still not a fun watch for women despite the role reversals so i wouldnt recommend it to people who don't or can't normally watch things of this genre.

some of han so hees acting i thought was a bit too much when she was playing the teenage version of her character in ep 1/2 but in general she was pretty good! especially in the later episodes. i did worry when i started watching that the whole thing was supposed to be based when she was a teen because that was really asking me to suspend my disbelief lol both in regards to a 17 y/o beating up experienced gang members and her looking 17 when shes clearly in her 20s but thankfully i was wrong and the time jumped forward lol.

the fight scenes were also filmed really well with the actors doing a lot of shots themselves.

the "twist" that her dads killer was choi mu-jin was soooo obvious to me from like episode 2 that i'm not sure it even counts as a twist because i can't be the only person who saw it coming from pretty early on but it was still engaging to watch her realise and go through it emotionally.
also park hee soon has never looked attractive to me before but in this specific role...i felt something...and then i see what he looks like normally and the attraction dies lmao

i'm not that into ahn bo hyun's acting normally but i think it suited his character sort of being dumbly trusting like if girl wasn't so beautiful there was no way anyone was giving her the benefit of the doubt he did she was obviously shady!
i think i watch too many dark dramas these days and have ruined my ability to enjoy normal romance because things like hometown cha cha cha haven't really been doing much for me feelings wise but when he handcuffed himself to her and took her to the beach so she couldnt take revenge i was like damn thats some real romance right there
and i really did believe they were going down the route of taking the higher road and not becoming a monster, living a happy live is the best revenge type story and was thinking it was a little disappointing but i would accept it and then he got shot in the head!!!! and she went on that murder spree which is what i originally wanted and suddenly i was like noooo i was wrong let them have a happy ending lol but that was at least something i wasnt expecting (but maybe would have if i'd seen how long was left of the ep lol) so at least there was some kind of twist for me even if it was a bad one it was still entertaining for shock value alone

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

I didn’t like the beach romance stuff cos I really wanted her to lean on him as a friend (I can’t imagine she has a healthy idea of any sort of friendship/relationship) but I too foolishly thought that she at least deserved some happiness and would be ok if they wanted to take that route but they ended it so quickly lmao

[kyungwons.livejournal.com]

you're right that would have been more healthy and the romantic connection felt a bit one-sided like i felt he liked her and she just went with it as its her only semi healthy human connection since her fathers death but for revenge media i drop any expectations of healthy relationships being shown lol so i just embraced it for what it was.

they shut down that happy ending so quick lol, with the camera angles there was half a second i was like oh maybe he like moved a bit in time and hes only like super seriously injured then they zoomed in on his forehead it was like nevermind!!!

i think i would have liked the happy ending too but would have also maybe found it a bit anti climactic so considering it was a pretty standard revenge drama i was happy enough that they went the more shocking route.

[daynr.livejournal.com]

I just saw this on Netflix and I've been so bored by light fare lately (I went from busy/overwhelmed to sick, so I needed light for awhile) that I think I'll check it out....


But are we liking the writing so far or is the show nonsensical crap?

[kyungwons.livejournal.com]

some suspension of disbelief is needed for some things but no more than any other vengeance film you've ever seen so i wouldnt say its nonsensical but like, no revenge media is amazingly written

the acting is decent from the majority of the cast, its entertaining and relatively a quick watch for a drama, only 8 eps and most are closer to 45 mins than an hour

[daynr.livejournal.com]

Excellent, thank you. Sounds like I may be able to root for her too, which is nice.

[frequency.livejournal.com]

this sounds fairly interesting so it'll go on my list

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

I went in with zero expectations and breezed through 5 episodes (it helps that each episode is under 50 minutes and tightly edited). Solid acting, the violence had me cringing at times because I didn’t expect it to be so explicit, and I appreciate that it isn’t such a predictable storyline — I was as confused as Jiwoo over who to trust. Oh and no PPLs, scenes repeated from 20 different angles, or unnecessary flashbacks to scenes we JUST saw. Time to finish the last few episodes!

[kyungwons.livejournal.com]

Oh and no PPLs, scenes repeated from 20 different angles, or unnecessary flashbacks to scenes we JUST saw.

romance dramas really need to stop doing this, especially the flashbacks, and tighten up their editing because episodes are getting so long now, regularly an hour and 15-30 minutes, and when theyre already such a time commitment to watch its sooo annoying to watch the same scenes over and over. i know theyve always been filmed this way but it annoyed me less when the episodes were shorter, all those extra half an hours add up over 16 episodes!

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

This was how I felt watching the last 2 episodes of HTCCC tbh

[spikiegirl.livejournal.com]

I just finished it and I actually liked it.
It was predictable and honestly we all knew who the real killer was but it was entertaining.
The actors were pretty good especially Park Hee-Soon, he was a scene stealer to me and so damn hot!! Han So-Hee's acting was nice too, I could feel her involvement in her character. Too bad there wasn't much chemistry between her and Ahn Bo-Hyun (who is quite fine by the way, I thank the director and writer for giving us a bare chest scene).

I love that Netlfix dramas don't have all those PPLs and don't hesitate to show violence and sex (even though it was short and kind of "out of the blue" the scene immediately made me think 'yep that's definitely a Netflix show' lol).
I can't wait for their next kdrama.

Oh and everyone should be warned that it's really violent and graphic at times.

[nudrive.livejournal.com]

I finally finished it and really liked it!! Han So Hee is really improving as an actress so I love that for her.

I think the addition of the romance was unnecessary but I saw it coming and figured that was the twist but I still wanted to root for the 'wrong team' all the same looooool like pls give me something truly revolutionary.

I didn't expect it to be that violent and bloody ngl. I was scared we weren't gonna get that rampage at the end, I was expecting more but glad we got it anyway lol