After School: Lucky or Not
3.5/10
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| After School: Lucky or Not |
Genre: Episodes: 12 Year: 2013
School
Comedy
Synopsis:
High school girl Kim So Eun suddenly finds herself thrown into chaos when she is invited to join the Pick-a-Mission Club. The club already has five male members who aim to complete every mission given to them by an unknown source before the semester ends.
Cast:
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| Kim So Eun (Kim So Eun) |
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| Seo Kang Joon (Seo Kang Joon) |
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| Gong Myung (Gong Myung) |
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| Lee Tae Hwan (Han Jae Hee) |
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| Kang Tae Oh (Kang Tae Poong) |
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| Yoo Il (Yo Il) |
General Thoughts:
This drama is probably one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever seen in my life. Ever. Parts of it are funny, and parts of it are confusing- then there are the parts that are so cringe-worthy that you wonder if it’s even worth watching any more.
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| Okaaayyyy then... |
The show does get better the longer you stick with it (as in the final conflict and wrap-up are interesting), but there is certainly a lot of room for awkwardness in the middle. As far as the boys go (who are all from boy band 5urprise), they’re not completely awful.
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| They sure didn't shy away from CGI. Or terrible storylines. |
The overall tackiness and bizarreness of the drama lets overacting fit the tone well, and from the first minute in the first episode you know the drama isn’t going out of it’s way to be good- which lowers the expectations of the acting a lot. While not the most masterfully acted piece, you can tell the boys are really having a good time, and that does translate well to the audience. The drama is overall helped along by great cameos every episode. The plot…yeah. Okay, it’s pretty good when it actually shows up- but that’s only in the drama’s final moments. The rest of the drama is simply plot-free- just watching these kids having a good time doing weird stuff. Yeah- not riveting.
What Was Great:
Seo Kang Joon:
I already knew he could act from watching him in ‘Cheese in the Trap’, and he was able to deliver some decent acting in this series too despite its air of complete ridiculousness.
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| With me |
His character got the most development (by far) and he did well as the broken-hearted blondie. He also helps tremendously in bringing in the romance- which added a heap more interest and conflict into the series. Much of the emotion and heart in the whole drama came from Seo Kang Joon.
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| Because- why not? |
Boys Will be Boys:
It was refreshing to watch a drama in which high school boys actually acted like high school boys. They’re not dreamy and delightful and gentlemanly. They’re high-energy weirdos who like doing weird, boy things. Like light their farts on fire. It added a lot of great comedy (yet also a lot of silliness) to the series by simply having our youths acts like youths and not mini-adults.
Love Conflict:
Despite how late the idea was introduced, the conflicts between the boys (and their descaled friend) were by far the most entertaining aspects of the show. It’s a shame that the romance didn’t really get any sort of conclusion.
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| Gasp. Actual tension. |
What Wasn’t:
No Plot:
There’s not a lot to say about this one- there’s no central storyline. Well, there is- we just don’t find out what it is until the end.
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| But a whoooole lot of pretty |
The Acting- It’s Not Good:
Bar Seo Kang Joon (and maybe Gong Myung), the idol boys weren’t exactly good at acting. Sure, it’s not the kind of drama that actually requires any sort of acting bility- but that doesn’t lessen the fact that most of the boys had none.
Re-watch?
Hahahahahahaha. Ha. Ha. Ha. No.
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| Even my innate love of Seo Kang Joon cannot make me sit through this shamozzle again |
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