The Master's Sun Info

Title: The Master's Sun
Genre: Supernatural, Romance
Studio: SBS
Screenwriter: The Hong Sisters (2012s Big, and 2011s Greatest Love)
Episodes: Not Yet Confirmed
Premiere Date and Schedule: August 7th, airing Wednesday and Thursday
Starring: So Ji Sub, and Gong Hyo Jin
Show Premise: So Ji Sub (most recently in 'Ghost') plays Joo Joong Won a selfish and greedy CEO, who works along-side his secretary Tae Gong Sil played  by Gong Hyo Jin (most recently starred in 'Greatest Love'), who through an accident can see ghosts. As they're pushed together, they grow to love and understand each other.

Honestly, there isn't much information about the premise of this show, and therefore the plot seems a bit thin.
There are a few interesting facts about this show Seo In Guk (most well known for 'Reply 1997/ Answer Me 1997) as well as Myungsoo, or more commonly called L from the group Infinite (most well known for 'Shut Up! Flower Boy Band') will be a part of the cast for this show. Both were good in the respective shows, so their addition to the cast only increases my interest.
Hopefully The Hong Sisters have reflected on their  past mistake project 'Big', and have learned from the experience. I want to watch this show, because I like both Ji Sub and Hyo Jin for past projects, however the burn of the unfortunate show 'Big' has left me a little apprehensive, especially since that show was also from the supernatural genre.
I know, I will give this show a chance, but I don't have to be happy about it...

Ghost/ Phantom

I just finished episode 8 of this series, and I felt like I had to write something about this show before it ended. I want to capture how I feel about the show now, because I'm not sure if the momentum can be kept up by the writer until the end of production.

 

First let me start by giving a few facts about the show:

Name: Ghost or Phantom

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Year: 2012

Starring: So Ji Sub and Lee Yeon Hee

Writer: Kim Eun Hee (Sign, Harvest Villa)

Now, since the first episode, I have been drawn in by the twists and turns in this drama. I’ll try to explain without giving too much away.

So Ji Sub plays the head policeman in the Cyber-crimes unit and is very good at his job, but there seems to be some mysteries surrounding him and elusive hacker that only goes by the name of Hades. By the second episode something that at least I was not expecting at all, happens. You have to watch to find out.

This show reminds me of American action police shows like the Mentalist or the Japanese drama Boss. There is an overall mystery and mastermind that needs to be caught, but each episode features a new murder case. For now I think this show is doing a great job, because they never take us so far away from the “real” crime that set up in the beginning. Not to say that they skimp on the current cases, only that they make everything feel as though it’s somehow a part of this grand puzzle that needs to be solved.

The only problem that I’ve had is some of the crimes are a little predictable, as far as ‘who-done-it” but at the same time, those crimes usually lead directly into the next crime which I can’t predict.

I really like this show so far, the suspense has me sitting on the edge of my desk chair, wide-eyed  and tensed in anticipation of what’s next, but surely, this can’t last. I hope it does, but so often I’m disappointed by shows that start off great and end with me feeling cheated. I really hope Ghost isn’t going to join the list of dramas that let me down. Eun Hee Unni Fighting!!!