Fatalidad a tu servicio (2021)

The drama has everything but a lousy script

Things DAYS has and does well
- Beautiful scene, romantic, beautiful film color
- The soundtrack is so good, any song can become a hit, my favorite is Baekhyun's song "U"
- The acting of all five actors is good, especially Seo In Guk and Park Bo Young, Lee Soo Hyuk is also quite interesting.

What DAYS can't do and does very badly
- Script

I can say this is the worst script among dramas I have ever watched, lack of investment, lack of imagination, lack of sophistication, lack of logic, lack of empathy even than the scripts of low-budget makjang dramas with hundreds of episodes. After this film, I understand more deeply the art of telling the story of a drama, it doesn't have to say all the philosophies that the it convey, the writer should give the viewers the chance to feel. It's philosophy will present itself to the reader, not the writer trying to fill it in the audience's brain.

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Great Potential

After the first episode I was really excited, because i really like the actors, the main ones AND the secondary ones, but I don't know why, I felt like it was trying too hard. I never felt the connection between our leads and found their romance forced -- which is sad because I know both of them are capable of sizzling chemistry. The story fell pretty flat, and I found myself frequently sleepy and continuing to watch in 2 or 3 sittings, which is rare for me -- I'm a binge watcher normally.
This isn't a fast moving drama...there isn't much moving the plot most of the time. Instead, he moments are supposed to be found in the deeper mysteries and philosophy. What is life? What is loss? What is the end of something and what is the beginning? What does it mean to be human? What is love? Even though I don't mind dramas like this usually, this one just didn't resonate well for me.
It was entertaining enough to watch, but I don't think I'll watch it again.

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Maybe lower your expectations??

Doom at your service is labeled as a fantasy drama because duh, but that's actually where some people may be misled. It's more like a slice of life/melodrama in a fantasy setting. It's a character driven drama where the fantasy elements are used to move them forward.

The plot is actually very simple. Girl finds out she's dying, makes a wish, seals a deal with the personification of doom. And what seemed very simple ends up with them in a difficult position. This is a drama about fate, destiny and the inevitability of things; it's about death and life and everything in between.

It has the tragic, star-crossed lovers kind of love that I like and a bittersweet feeling that's felt throughout the whole drama.
The storytelling is one of the strongest points of this drama, having that kind of poetical way to narrate things (and I personally love it). Gorgeous cinematography. Amazing one liners. Perfect OST.
Park Bo Young, Seo In Guk and their otherworldly chemistry carried the drama on their back throughout the highs and lows.

Obviously, the drama is not perfect. It doesn't have the most complicated of plots and the story fell flat at the end and a ​few episodes felt a bit like fillers.
One of my biggest issues was the disconnection between the main leads and the second leads' plot . It's like they're telling two separate stories that have nothing to do with each other and sometimes it feels a bit off putting to go from one to another. It gets better near the end tho.
Also, I think they kind of wasted Park Bo Young and Seo In Guk's chemistry. Sparks fly whenever they're near each other and they didn't fully capitalize on that. A shame and one of the reasons why everything fell flat.
The ending is so underwhelming it makes me angry. I was doubting whether to drop the rating to 8 just for that, but I guess the beginning makes up for the end. Maybe in a few days I end up dropping it, who knows...


Anyway, it's a good drama and I enjoyed it a lot but it could have been better. A lot of missed opportunities and wasted potential.

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You will never know if you don't press play

How's life...? Good
How would i define this drama? A slice of life drama mixed with fantasy about the personification of death learning to love a human with a terminal ilness, humans and life itself. And the human learning to love that personification of death and life at the same time.
Let me start this review by saying if you are asking yourself “I'm going to like this drama if I watch it?” my answer will be I don't know because like everything in life there is people who love it and there is people who don't.
Do I believe the first episodes are worth the try to, then you should decide if continue or not? Yes I do. In my opinion I think the first 4 episodes are good they have an interesting story line great lines great deliver of lines good main characters good acting and a good OST.
It's this drama worth of my time as a whole? For me it was. But there is something about this drama it's a fantasy drama BUT it's not your typical fantasy drama with a constant villain trying to destroy the main characters. So if you are looking for a drama with a villain and action maybe it won't be for you.
Now I enjoy it, I spend a good time watching it. I may not had watch 500 k dramas but I have watch TV shows and movies all my life from the US, from every country in Latin America, from Spain, Turkey and more and a lot of them were fantasy and i still enjoy it.
Why I enjoy it?
* I personally enjoy something with good main characters than badly written main characters and a lot of nonsense plot. The main characters are well written in my opinion and EXCELLENT 10/10 acted.
* There is a lot of depth and thought put into this drama. The story doesn't treat me (the audience) as dumb.
* They were sad moments yes I cry even tho I'm not a crier at all, but they were also a lot of funny and heartwarming ones and I HAVE A GOOD TIME! If I look back I have a good time watching this live.
* The ending was good it didn't had any low blow or something out of nowhere and lately I appreciate a good ending.
* The main romance was great. I have been watching media with this type of hate to love romance a lot is something I enjoy and have fun watching and for me it was well-made not boring neither problematic either I adored them.
* The non romantic relationships were great as well every relationship the FL has with her family is well written and acted.
Why I watch it?
I was looking since the start of the year for a drama to watch live since I spend all 2020 watching already finished dramas. But I drop many. I never watched anything with these actors.
What I dislike?
* As some people mention here the “love triangle”. For me? I'm tired of love triangles I found them useless and besides that both male leads here were just not well handle. Specially the character of Joo Ik he was not well written or handle at all. But this is not the first and probably won't be the last I dislike second leads characters I didn't skip their romantic scenes but when I re-watch I probably will.
I always write reviews in my mother language for google but something evoke this drama in me for want to write it here.
So in conclusion I believe you should try to watch it if you don't care that much about villains and action. If this isn't your cup of tea then you can stop watching.
I don't found it a waste of time or potential at all I'm glad this drama exist. I'm glad to see this two talented actors paired together and see their characters develop for the past weeks. And I'm glad i watched it.
Thank you for reading.

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*sigh*

I was hooked until episode 4 or 5. Then it went downhill each episode it went by.
It was a mess. All stories were insanely poorly written.
Some actors credited here as "main actors" are nothing but secondary... the 2nd love story was beyond terrible. One of then is a coward and the other is obsessed with non-consensual kissing. The main story could be okay... no... jesus it could've been pretty solid, but the writers only got the premise right... after that was a disaster.

The worst part of it all? The last two eps. Painfully boring and with nothing but a nonsense and cheesy lines.
Some plots don't connect... it was a hot mess.

Honestly i've watched it all because i love In Seo Guk, if it had any other ML i would've drop it.
The rating i am giving is too high... but the first eps were indeed very powerful and the main leads showed immense potential. I'm so sad it turned out to be like this... just wow. The writers really lost their minds on this one.

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Heartwarming Drama

The drama was highly anticipated prior its airing for obvious reason the leads are well known great actors. They proved everyone right, once again, in terms of acting.

Doom is similar to grim ripper characters very simple. So from ep 1 i kinda foresee the roller coaster ride of the romance. Ive watched many fantasy dramas they obviously fall on the same level. What makes this drama one of the best is how the leads delivered their characters and built the chemistry. Their eyes, facial expressions and dialogues really synched. After all the divided comments in this group, im very satisfied with the last 3 episodes and im glad i sticked to this drama till the end.

Ost as always is great.

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Helpless God.

I had such high hopes for this drama. It started with much promise and interesting storyline but fizzled out before reaching half way. A woman with terminal diagnosis granted one wish and a supernatural being who doesn't care for the frail and selfish humanity.

Its supposed to have a touch of melodrama but it never got me pulled into the emotions. I didn't cry even once and I tend to be a water tap. Why? because the FL was lovely and adorable and did not convey the devastation well. The ML was like a blunted knife when he could be so much cooler and ruthless.

The story line was so flimsy on the premise of one wish and kept on going in circles with no plausibility of the anguish. The God was such a helpless creature that good luck to the rest of the poor world when she was unsure of what the fate of two people will turn out to be.

I got more invested in the second lead story line. They were gorgeous. I have always like the second ML so much and wondered why he didn't get better roles. This was good opportunity for him to shine. Alas the poor kissing at his part. I really hope he gets a better role and is able to widen his acting range.

This was the only recent drama that I watched as it was airing. I forgot when new episodes would come out near the end.

So underwhelming and loss of a great opportunity.

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Boring........

Doom at your service is one of the most anticipated dramas of 2021 because of it amazing cast.First 2 episodes of the drama was good with Tak signing a contract with myul mang and thus potentially bringing doom to the world.Its quite good in first 3 episodes and downfall started. Its extremely boring from episode 6 to 12 and there after picks pace in 12 to 13 and then again falls. I comtemplated on dropping this one many times but continued just for the sake of cast.It has the potential to became a top drama with good plot line and cast and writer somewhat ruined it by going in circles and teasing us with a sad ending line.It has a love triangle of second leads.I especially like the part of young prince.The drama lacks a solid plot.They could have stopped the drama at episode 15 ,I will not have any complaints there ,episode 16 felt like some filler scenes and drama itself is a filler one.Despite having a good cast the drama is a failure.The hype it had around it dissolved into nothing.There has no depth to the characters and story goes back and forth with rom com cliches. You can skip a lot of scenes and I don't even know the point of having lee kyung after a point of time and tak brother got better story line and character development. In short if you want to waste your time,have a hard time with sleeping or love the cast take up the drama.DAYS wanted to be another goblin of dramaworld but failed even holding its basic plot. It is one of the forgettable dramas of 2021.

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Had Potential to be Something Better Than Just a Mediocre Fantasy Drama

I would not really recommend this drama unless you are a fan of the main leads, then you could just skip a lot of scenes as I did or just have the time to pass.
SPOILERS
I originally started watching this drama for Seo In Guk. I also went into this drama with high expectations after seeing all the promotions and captivating trailers. It appeared to be a supernatural fantasy romance; my impression assumed it would be something good like Goblin or my love from another star, boy was I wrong! The drama started off as a fantasy rom/com that later reached to become a boring melodrama once the main leads got together. Episodes 1-6 were well written; however, it becomes pretty bad in episodes 7-15. I oddly liked episode 16, extremely cliché with the main leads getting back together, but the entire episode gave off good vibes like the earlier episodes in the drama.
If the writers intended to make the whole drama mediocre like this, it could have been cut to 12 episodes! 16 episodes were soo annoying, like there were so much unnecessary clichés added in the climax like amnesia and on and off breaking up.

PROS:
Seo In Guk and Park Bo Young’s chemistry- what keep me going from dropping the drama! Their chemistry felt so wasted from the bad script written :( I hope they reunite in a better project together!
The comedic brotherly relationship between Myeol Mang and Tak Seon Kyung!
The starting set up of discussing the destruction keeping balance with the good event role played in our world
The main leads cohabitation scenes when the FL discovered that their houses have been merged XD
The cinematography used with the supernatural fantasy scenes.
Seo In Guk’s divine acting expressions playing both Myeol Mang and human- despite the lackluster plot, he can really pull any role he’s given!!

CONS:
The story kept dragging on with long dialogues once the main leads got together- usually in drama for me, it’s supposed to be exciting to see drama couples get together after a long wait. BUT with DAYS, I felt the complete opposite!
I feel like DAYS had so much potential to be a great drama with the concept presented of the balance of destruction and good events placed in our world. I thought the drama would add to that is a better, interesting way. Instead, the drama just focused on the melodrama of the main lead's romance.
In some episodes, I didn't like the FL. I really like seeing Park Bo Young on screen. However, her character was sometimes annoying. A lot of times, she would make decisions on her own without telling Myeol Mang! Examples like breaking up without telling him she's leaving and making both herself and Myeol Mang forget they ever met. Like wtf, why does she not at least communicate any of these problems?!
The second lead love triangle was complete BS and super irrelevant to the drama plotline. I skipped almost all their scenes cause I just couldn't care less. I also hated the SML were close friends going after the same girl ;( If the writers really wanted to do a second lead love story, it could have been added nicely like what Goblin did with AT LEAST no love triangle and was relevant to the plot.
Plain ending- drama kept teasing that the main leads will get married, but what happened to that? At least show a scene where they get engaged :/
Giving no explanation to how Myeol Mang became a doctor as his human career. Are we just going to assume he magically gained all the knowledge from the Deity as well? Like realistically, it takes many years of college and med school for that. As a pre-med student, this was funnier than annoying honesty to me XD
This could have been a 6.5/10, but I’m giving the drama a 7/10. That's me being nice since I'm biased towards Seo In Guk. I hope someday Seo In Guk and Park Bo Young get a better project together in the future to make up for their chemistry wasted in DAYS.

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This show is like being stuck sober in a room full of drunk first year philosophy students.
They think they're being logical, original and profound but they are most definitely not.

A mess of bad writing and romcom cliches, this show is nothing but a shallow cohabitation romcom. But instead of embracing its own trashiness, it instead delivers the whole thing with an air of earnest profundity that comes across as pretentious.

SIG and PBY are good, especially considering their characters (all the characters) are nothing but chalk outlines. But as well as the rudimentary characterisation and non-existent plotting, the dialogue is ridiculous and unintentionally hilarious. Nobody has actual conversations, they just intone non-sequiturs at each other.

Doom himself (played by a SIG who is always mesmerising somehow no matter what he's doing) is nothing but a walking one-dimensional metaphor signifying the bad things that happen in the world. Kind of the chaos in chaos theory, the randomness of an ultimately ordered system. He is rebelling against Order, known as the deity: an annoying child, terminally ill as this cycle comes to an end and the new one begins. He makes a deal with the terminally ill Tak Dong-kyung to doom the world in exchange for... something. The terms of this contract change in every second episode and even when you think you understand it, you realise it still doesn't make any sense.

The two fall in love or something, although the basis of this love appears to be "he's hot and all about her" and "she's literally the only human he's ever spoken to". Which is to say, they're not in love at all. In fact, for a show obsessed with romantic love, nobody in it seems to know what love is nor is there any believable love relationship in it. It's as shallow as the connection between our leads, which consists of a bit of hand holding, weird nonsensical conversations consisting entirely of allegory and metaphor, and the odd kiss.

The plot structure is like being stuck on a carousel, you look like you're moving but in the end you're back where you're started and the ride just keeps on going. Each week the two episodes bring our two leads back to where they were before the episodes aired. As an emotional journey, it's glacial. As a plot, it's mind numbing.

With the thin shell of bright glossy surface and hollow innards, this show is a Christmas tree ornament. It's super pretty, stylised and somehow antiseptic, doing nothing but decorate. Lacking any real warmth or heart but having a slick and polished exterior.

With this nonsense, Korean romcoms have finally reached peak derp.

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