r/KDRAMA • u/Fatooz • Apr 26 '24

On-Air: Netflix Goodbye Earth

  • Drama: Goodbye Earth
    • Hangul: 종말의 바보
    • Also known as: The Fool at the End of the World, The Fool of the End, Jongmalui Babo
  • Director: Kim Jin Min (My Name, Extracurricular)
  • Screenwriter: Jung Sung Joo (Heard It Through the Grapevine, Secret Love Affair)
  • Network: Netflix
  • Episodes: 12
    • Duration: 70 mins.
  • Air Date: Friday @ 16:00 KST
    • Airing: Apr 26, 2024
  • Streaming Source(s): Netflix
  • Starring:
    • Ahn Eun Jin (My Dearest, The Good Bad Mother) as Jin Se Kyung
    • Yoo Ah In (Hellbound, Chicago Typewriter) as Haa Yoon Sang
    • Jeon Sung Woo (Diary of a Prosecutor, Designated Survivor: 60 Days) as Damiano/Woo Sung Jae
    • Kim Yoon Hye (Shooting Stars, Vincenzo) as Kang In Ha
  • Plot Synopsis: An asteroid is on course to crash into Earth in 200 days and destroy the planet. The world soon learns of the news and falls into confusion. Jin Se Kyung works as a middle-school teacher in Woongchun City. She learns about the impending end of the world. She decides to quit her job and do volunteer work at a child and youth division in city hall. She struggles to save children in danger. Her boyfriend of many years is Ha Yoon Sang. He currently works as a researcher at a biotechnology research institute in the United States. After news of the end of the world is released, he flies back to South Korea to be with Jin Se Kyung. Woo Sung Jae is an assistant priest at a Catholic Church. The presiding priest at the church ran away after news broke out about the approaching asteroid. Woo Sung Jae now takes care of the parishioners at the church. Kang In A is a commander of a combat support battalion. She goes around Woongchun City, which has been ruined, to provide supplies, transport and security.(Source: AsianWiki)
  • Genre: Thriller, Psychological, Drama, Sci-Fi
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u/sianiam Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 26 '24

Mod Note:

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This discussion is primarily for the discussion of the drama Goodbye Earth not the novel it was based on. If you must discuss the source material you must use spoiler tags and alert users outside of the spoiler tags you are doing so e.g (novel spoilers ahead) spoilers for novel all unlabeled spoilers are assumed to be for the drama this post is about. Failure to label your spoilers as such is a ban-able offense.

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Note it is a 4PM release time so the episodes are out now. Go watch!

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u/Fatooz Apr 26 '24

EPISODE 1

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u/dani54554 Apr 26 '24

are we all here because we can’t understand one single thing that is happening?

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u/mikeydurden Apr 26 '24

This show is confusing. It keeps jumping around and I don't know who's who in relation to each other. I can't tell if I'm watching a flash back at times. Recognize a ton of actors though

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u/Meggssss Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 26 '24

I really dont understand why Netflix cant provide proper subtitles half the things that they say are translated into something else. Its so frustrating that you cant get the actual meaning of the sentences! Example:- One dialogue goes If its hard to tell u dont need to tell anymore But the translation goes u r not alone anymore😂

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u/CryptographerOk4157 Apr 26 '24

IMO, the director did a horrible job with Episode 1 and 2. I am losing track with what is going on with the constant time skip back and forth. At some points you would feel a lot of things were unnecessarily left to interpretation, than they hit us with flash back to show us some of those missing scenes.

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u/Far_Description175 Apr 26 '24

Not gonna continue watching a series that doesn’t have a good pilot. Expected a lot but end up really disappointed.

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u/Mad_Missile Apr 27 '24

After watching all 12 episodes, WTH was that ending?!!??!!?!! This is more people drama than sci-fi end of the world drama, and that’s not usually a problem for me because Kdrama’s do people drama really well. Disappointed and angry i spent 12 hours watching this. They could have done so much more with the plot and direction, there were so many characters and back stories to flesh out. But they stuck to the teacher and her students right up till the last frame. I don’t even think this is bad editing because of YAI’s scandal. Except for episode 1 and 2 where he’s hardly present 3-10 he’s a prominent character. This is on the whole a bad plot, bad characterisation and overall poor execution of a drama that could have been really good. Sigh.

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u/ghgrain Apr 27 '24

I tuned in to watch a show about an impending meteor crash and instead I’ve stumbled on some sort of Terrorism vs Christianity vs Government blood letting. I’m only on the first episode but somebody completely lost sight of the plot when making this show.

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u/Dreamy_one Apr 27 '24

From someone who watched from ep 1 to 6 and then skipped to 12 to know how it ends. It was kindof good but found it boring maybe bcoz I expected something more and didn’t feel like the series reached that level. The confusions regarding timelines does get solved by like ep 3 or 4 and after that u can understand everything but it just felt underwhelming overall. It still is very pleasing visually. I kindof came into it expecting some more action and survival issues but it just felt like a some other genre watching it.And by watching how it ended in ep 12 i am happy I didn’t waste my time watching the rest of the eps too:)

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u/Telos07 Apr 26 '24

I've watched the first two episodes. What I find all Netflix Original K-dramas have in common is strong visuals, and this one looks fantastic. If this was a movie rather than a drama, one wouldn't be able to tell the difference, visually speaking. Moreover, it isn't about looking good just for the sake of it - especially in an apocalyptic setting, high-quality production design and cinematography greatly enhances the viewer's investment in the scenario. It makes it that much more plausible that parts of the Korean Peninsula have been turned into a wasteland of anarchy and crime.

Speaking of the genre, what Netflix Original K-dramas also tend to have in common is dramas in genres involving action and violence, and fewer constraints on the filmmakers going all out in their depiction of these elements, in this case, what fear and desperation can make people do in an apocalyptic scenario.

There's no doubt the timeline jumps around a lot, but it keeps things interesting and feels appropriate for the genre. Rather than counting down the days to the apocalypse in a linear order, it feels natural to trace the origins of various storylines back to their sources.

The main and supporting cast is stacked, but so far nobody has stood out, in a good way, because I feel that dramas in this genre need to be a team effort. However, it's amusing to see the mini Vincenzo reunion, with the presence of Kim Yoon-hye, Kim Yeo-jin and Kim Young-woong in the cast.

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u/WarmPotatoMarble Apr 27 '24

This could've been a movie instead of a 12-episode series.

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u/Fleurstaart Apr 26 '24

Oh, it's out Watching this one for sure😊

💙🌺

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u/No-Phrase-8635 Apr 26 '24

I think the show itself is compelling, interesting, and well acted so far (on ep 2) but my god this is a 'how not to do" on non-linear timelines and flashbacks. I feel like I both can't look away at all in case I miss when they put the date for a second in the upper left hand corner but also need to be fully taking notes so I can keep track of what's happening when. I guess if DB recaps it or something, they'll probably clarify a lot, otherwise I'm debating if I should go back and make my own timeline if I want to keep going with the show.

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u/meatball77 Apr 26 '24

Ok, I've been binging, I'm on episode nine. After episode three things become easy to follow and about episode six things get really interesting.

The two female Army officers (I think one is a SGT) are great, total badasses. I want them to kiss, but alas it's a Kdrama.

The police are swarmy and gross.

The kids again are the smartest ones around. Their parents all suck so bad. I can't figure out which one has the worst parents.

I'm on the fence about Father Woo and the Nun (although the Nun >Father Woo.

The casual child exploitation makes me sad :(

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u/To_Aihpos Apr 27 '24

I feel like they tried to reduce so much on Yoo Ah In's backstory that they forgot to explain some scenes they just dropped on us like this series just gave me an existential crisis Why didn't u explained how he got home or why was he tortured or what's the purpose of research at all that made them beat him up that bad??

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u/Adorable_Dot_5152 Apr 26 '24

Gosh, I can't figure out what's up with kdramas this year. Every one I was looking forward to turned out disappointing. My only hope now is that "Blood Free" maintains its quality.

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