Newtopia

Not your typical romcom or zombie thriller. Feels more like a movie than kdrama. Director should've start the show with female lead since kdrama fans love beautiful visuals. And show more of them together to get viewers connected with them til 8th ep

**They'll show more of their relationship in between as flashbacks, like the scenes in Shop for killers (same writer).

Pros: Good acting, good chemistry between cast, easy and straight forward plot, zombies are bloody gore, the lead couple are cute in flashbacks, the FL team looks promising for a fun ride with zombies, ML seems creative and not scared fighting zombies so it's not dumb and dumberer just a hint of humor take

Cons: Too short and quickly done scenes, unsure which direction it'll take next which is good to keep us guessing but also worry it'll be heavily leaning to soldiers instead of the romantic leads. I hope I'll come back and say how happy there's very little military scene especially the squad leader we don't really care about them like that.

Actually I'm not a fan of zombies because I hate gore but this series is great it's very funny and doesn't make me feel disgusted by blood or zombie scenes, also at first I was worried about Jisoo's acting because everyone criticizes her acting exaggeratedly, but when I watched episode 3, bro she's a great actress the role suits her perfectly I think all these critics are just haters who don't like Jisoo only and don't judge her performance but because she's Jisoo the idol, you can't believe she's the least experienced among the crew and yet her performance is great, also the lead and his friend are very enjoyable. Thanks to all the makers of the work for this great effort.

Absolutely hilarious. I love Jisoo's acting so much, she delivered so much emotions in just 2 episodes. Although the first episode got me slacking a little but in episode 2 everything changes. It gotten way more funnier! And I love the dynamics between Jisoo's boyfriend and his friend. The way he kept looking out for him haha. Furthermore, I have to admit it that I watched this show for Jisoo because she always served!! Like whenever she pops out on screen I was like "YES GIRL" "OKAYY FACECARDDDDDD" Overall, I love this show, I don't watch much K-drama.. but for Jisoo, I will :) And the zombie appearance is lowkey scary haha.

Honestly, I watch Newtopia just to see actress Jisoo back on screen. I normally don't watch Korean movies or series but you shoud give this Newtopia series a chance.

As I watched episode 1 and 2, I realized that this series is so good. Zombie series but presented as funny, humorous way, plus the love story between Jisoo's characters and her enlisted army boyfriend making me curious, will they survive and meet again? Resolved their love?. It's refreshing, funny, so engaging, thrilling and Jisoo's acting is so good. She is improving, evolving as an actress. I am looking forward to her future acting projects.

As I said earlier, you shoud give this Newtopia series a chance.

So far I'm into episode 4. Ep1 was indeed a bit boring, as has been said by others. But you'll get to the end. In Ep2 the story begins to unfold. Don't expect a masterpiece in originality or story telling or camera work or dialog or anything really. All the 10 star reviews are just not objective, but neither are the 1 stars. Taste may be a bigger factor here than in other shows, because the story is nothing new, but it is done in a somewhat original way as a mix of horror (not much of it really), drama, and comedy (childish/quirky /silly, like in many k-series), and it may just suit you or it may not. It's harmless k-comedy-drama at its core in a zombie setting. Why not. The characters are a bit generic and could use more depth, but I do care about the main parts. And I wonder how the story continues, and what becomes of them.

So all in all, a solid 7. After Ep4 I raise to 7.5. Fine with me for a few hours of escapism.