The Night Watchman's Journal

Saw this when it first came out as a weekly series. I was excited, because it sounded so good. The writers and director fell flat. There was so much potential to such a great story. 12 episodes in, there is still no Night Watchman. The 2 lead males couldn't carry the series off by themselves. The 2 lead females were superfluous. Ho Do, or whatever, should have been a footnote. Too much romantic fluff for this type of program. Not enough action , explanation, "watchman" scenes. Perhaps this is how I forgot how slow it . Keep the fast forward button at the ready. D~

The drama attempted to explore the supernatural realm through the eyes of night watchmen which were a small tiny portion of a drama titled after them. The drama actually had a reasonable start but a few episodes later it got lost and scattered with no clear direction. It got increasingly messy the longer it went as it was struggling to fill its 24 episodes. There were some strange out of place pieces of dialogues that can be labeled as incoherent nonsense. In addition, a lot of inconsistencies with the characters, poor motives and sudden changes contrary to their established and developed character. The OST was awful, it was like listening to a bad cover band in a dive bar. There were moments that caught my attention but they fizzled out quicker than a damp firecracker.

Just like everythings in the production. All are very good.

Lets cut to the chase here; there is more corn than in a big field of corn, an enormous field of corn at that.

It is a soap of epic proportions, the acting both dramatic and delightfully ham, the inspired mix of more than adequate CGI and palpably 1970's cinema effects put me in mind of watching Monkey (Saiyûki) King on a Friday night in the 80's, a classic of it's time. Just this time it's Demonic Spirit Monster kicking Korean fantasy madness instead.

All the things that are right with it work well and all the things that are wrong with it just seem to make you feel little tinges of joy as they pass by.

Turn your brain off, muffle your intellect with cotton wool, don't worry too much if the storyline seems a bit complicated and confusing at points (it all kind of makes sense in the end) and enjoy an entertaining show.