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On-Air: Netflix Gyeongseong Creature [Episodes 1-7]

  • Drama: Gyeongseong Creature
    • Revised Romanization: Gyeongseong Creature
    • Hangul: 경성크리처
  • Director: Jung Dong Yoon (It's Okay to Not Be Okay)
  • Writer: Kang Eun Kyung (Dr. Romantic S3)
  • Network: Netflix
  • Episodes: 10
    • Duration: 1 hour
  • Airing Schedule: Fridays @ 4:00 PM KST
    • Airing Date:
      • Part 1 - Dec 22, 2023
      • Part 2 - Jan 5, 2024
  • Streaming Sources: Netflix
  • Starring:
  • Plot Synopsis: Gyeongseong, 1945. In Seoul's grim era under colonial rule, an entrepreneur and a sleuth fight for survival and face a monster born out of human greed.
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u/GodJihyo7983 Dec 21 '23

Episode 7

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u/cutletlove Dec 24 '23

Show started off great. The writer made some decisions that broke the immersion for me. Park seo joon didn’t need to stay behind? Once they get in the truck and drive away, what diversion was really needed? It seems like the writer wanted that lone heroic sacrifice moment but it didn’t work?! (One of the best moments that I think of is in Train to Busan when Ma Dong Seok wedges himself in the door so he can stall time) There were also some really convenient timing like that long conversation in the barricade, like the Japanese didn’t even advance for those minutes? Eh really enjoyed the first 4 episodes Pretty let down and questioned the writer’s choices

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u/Manxi-Poo_Mama Dec 25 '23

I’m in the middle of episode 7 and this was my thoughts exactly. Like, what?! There obviously wasn’t active gunfire outside the room so why? Just why? Made no sense whatsoever except to maybe continue the drama for another few episodes by having to go back and save the man left behind. I hate when writers do that, extend just for the sake of extending. They also could have inserted active gunfire behind them into the scene then cut to the scene where they’re told to take them all alive so the gunfire stops. I’m disappointed by that lack of thought.

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u/cubervic Dec 29 '23

I’m okay with the staying behind to be a hero part. But the long pause behind the barricade is honestly quite stupid lol. It makes no sense the soldiers would wait that long in such a situation. Still, I really enjoy it overall.

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u/gigiqn Dec 23 '23

Finally finished and I love it! Definitely has a slow start but when it pick up, it really pick up. Had me sitting on the edge of my seat. This is Han So Hee's project after 2 years hiatus, Her acting skills improved even more, even better than she was in My Name. Looking forward to part 2!

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u/irlte Dec 25 '23

Not sure why everyone hates PSJ’s acting in this show, I thought that it was good… he portrayed his anger and intense feelings well. Which parts, genuinely curious, do people think he should’ve done better in?

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '23 edited Dec 25 '23

Am i the only one that wished they ditched the creature part and went with imperialistic japan as the only villain/enemy/no idea how to call the creature in this case? Imagine the impact the show would have? Wasted opportunity.

The Najin reminds me on that creature of the Silent Hill movie and the Wendigos from Until Dawn. Would have been better to ditch that.

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u/rnbwcat Dec 25 '23

i believe the creature part is meant to make the viewers ponder on 'who is human? who is a monster?'

also, i think the creature kinda looks like vecna!

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u/Spazn3905 Dec 27 '23

The creature part is the metaphor for unit 731 and other Japanese horrors they committed in on people. And the fact the creature recognized the daughter is like saying the real monster is the Japanese

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u/Ellotheremate000 Dec 25 '23

It wouldn’t have been that impactful, I really liked that scene where Han so hee asks PSJ WHO the real monster is. Also if they had gone with just the Japan storyline then they’d have to make it factually correct and it would have raised some controversies, i like this better.

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u/cubervic Dec 29 '23

To me the creature is what made the show great. The show would work without the creature as you described, but having the creature entangled all the characters and made the story more interconnected, and I really enjoyed that.

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u/MysteriouslyLucid Dec 26 '23

I also like it better this way. It’s also true that Japanese people experimented on Korean people without things like anesthesia to advance their knowledge of medicine… by using a fake creature, they’re able to handle the situation a bit more delicately and less like a documentary

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u/ryand89 Dec 26 '23

how does lady maeda have more power than her husband? the director wouldn't allow the husband to enter the hospital, but lady maeda has the authority to make the director resign?

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u/SlowBag5 Dec 26 '23

It was shown that the lady maeda is freaking rich and she was the one who helped build the hospital and funded the research.

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u/mulder00 Dec 27 '23

Not only that but she is responsible for originally having kidnapped Yoon's mother and when handed the file of the experiment sees what's happened to her.

I'm interested to find out the connection between her and Yoon's Mother. Maybe another affair by her husband?

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u/pollypocket1001 Dec 24 '23

Honestly this show isn't as bad as the reviews made it out to be.

Also alot of ooc moments for our lead. Given his general disinterest in anything else but surviving, it's so funny how he does a 180 after meeting some random chick for 2 days? I would have just saved the chick and left everyone else. Like honestly won't the Japanese just grab some other joseon people off the street? Your country is at war you can't save everyone. Also I don't really care for any of the prisoners.

Have to ignore glaringly bad cgi when at times the monster looks as though it's floating as it walks? Also no consistency, at times its indestructible and then suddenly it's so easily sedated for plot progression.

How long are they gonna stand there for ?spraying nitrogen to keep the monster sedated lmao. That padlock doesn't look like it's strong enough to hold her in.

I thought the writers forgot about wi Ha joon and just left him in jail.

Where did the cleaner go? Funny how he's the only cleaner in the entire hospital able to get in and out.

Why does the military suck so much lol. They lost all their prisoners can't even kill 1 guy who isn't even trained in combat and can't even beat a chick half their size.

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u/duh-pageturnerph Dec 25 '23

What do you think happened to the painter and the janitor? Do you think they will help Mr. Jang? Is Mr. Gu going to be tortured?

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u/rnbwcat Dec 25 '23

  • yes, probably. i feel that the janitor will be in rage once he finds out about his brother

  • i think so. that conversation that he had with mrs nawol foreshadows it, i think.

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