Start-Up (2020)

My ratings breakdown

I give this drama a 5 rating... to justify, this is my breakdown:
Seo Dal mi - minus 200 pts for choosing Dosan
Nam Do san- minus 300 pts for being a crybaby
Screenwiter- minus 495 pts for being such a cruel bitch!
Han Ji pyeong- 1000 pts
Breakdown: acting- 500 pts + dimples- 500 pts

Total rating- 5 pts
Apparently I need to rant more because my review needs 500 characters. So here it is... JUSTICE FOR JIPYEONG...JUSTICE FOR JIPYEONG...JUSTICE FOR JIPYEONG...JUSTICE FOR JIPYEONG...JUSTICE FOR JIPYEONG....JUSTICE FOR JIPYEONG...JUSTICE FOR JIPYEONG...JUSTICE FOR JIPYEONG

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No es lo que esperaba.

Primero, me gustaría mencionar que es importante que aprendamos a separar a los actores de los personajes. Los actores hicieron un excelente trabajo al llevar a la vida a cada uno de los personajes de Start Up, no obstante mi critica es más bien dirigida a la historia y al guion.

Personalmente quise iniciar el drama por mi fanatismo por Nam Joo Hyuk, lo sigo desde hace meses y ya he visto todos sus trabajos y estaba realmente emocionada por este drama. El primer capítulo fue maravilloso, más de lo que hubiera esperado, estuvo lleno de emociones, fue hermoso y significativo y la actuación de Kim Joo-hun fue magistral.

Hablemos de los protagonistas, al principio Dal Mi me pareció un personaje fascinante. una mujer valiente, trabajadora, persistente y con ganas de salir adelante y Do San un hombre dulce, inocente, tierno con un buen corazón, tenía muchas expectativas del potencial que pudieran alcanzar estos personajes pero desafortunadamente no fue así. Dal Mi de ser una mujer independiente y luchadora se convirtió en un personaje estancado y desgraciadamente no volvimos a ver a la Dal Mi que presentaron en los primeros capítulos, fue poco consistente y muy impredecible. Do San de ser un chico dulce y tierno pasó a ser un personaje inmaduro, impulsivo y en unas ocasiones hasta molesto. No me gustó que se les viera un ''desarrollo'' a sus personajes hasta el último capítulo de una manera muy apresurada cuando pudieron ir construyendo su crecimiento desde el principio.

No me molesta la pareja principal, siento que desde el principio fue evidente con quien se quedaría Dal Mi, pero eso no quita el hecho que el triangulo amoroso fue innecesariamente largo y pudo ser terminado fácilmente desde el capitulo 9 o 10. La única justificación a que lo alargaran tanto, fue el hacer sufrir al personaje de Han Ji Pyung y darle esperanza a sus fans para que continuaran con el drama. La escenas de Han Ji Pyung y Halmeoni fueron las mejores, son las que más disfrute y las más significativas.
El personaje de In Jae que se suponía que era un personaje protagónico pasó a ser un personaje recurrente del cual no se vio mucho y dejaron de lado por darle importancia a otros aspectos que no eran necesarios en la historia.

En conclusión:
Si estas buscando un drama de negocios, con buena historia, buen desarrollo de personajes, realista y con un final diferente, este drama NO es para ti.
Si buscas un drama de romance, con buen elenco y excelentes actuaciones quizá te guste.

Yo no lo volvería a ver y no lo recomendaría.

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SO BORING. Bummed because I was really looking forward to this...

I'm sorry, this drama is so boring. I'm so disappointed because I was really looking forward to it because I love Kim Seon Ho and his deadpan humor and I really like Nam Joo Hyuk as well. I think a big chunk of the problem is because of Suzy. I'm sorry, but they need to stop giving her lead roles. I think she is so pretty and I was a fan of her during her Miss A days, but as an actress, she never makes me feel anything. She's got blank eyes. And because she doesn't emote any feelings, I can't connect or root for her character so I just wind up not caring. She also doesn't generate any chemistry with her co-stars with the exception of Dream High. If there's no chemi, then it gets boring which results with me dropping the drama. I keep hoping she'll improve, but keep getting disappointed. I don't know if this drama could have been saved with a better actress, but I feel like it would have been a lot better if there was chemistry.

I know other people feel differently, but this is just my opinion.

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Good to watch

Good to watch
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Se perdeu no processo

O primeiro ep é simplesmente fantástico e me fez ficar bastante animado, apenas para me decepcionar em poucos eps depois, Ji-pyeong e o pai da Dal-mi foram os melhores personagens da obra pra mim, a vovo seria perfeita se a obra não ignorasse o fato de simplesmente ela ser a responsável por tudo, e mesmo assim nunca acontecer nada narrativamente(sobre as cartas) com ela.

Outro ponto que não curti foi que o Ji-pyeong ajudou os outros MCs em tudo, mas ele nunca levava credito enquanto os outros sim, se não fosse por ele a Dal-mi teria encontrado um Do-san totalmente fracassado, que não iria pra festa pois não leu as cartas, e assim a Dal-mi não teria a ideia de abrir uma start-up e o Do-san tbm nao iria pra Sandbox, enquanto o Ji-pyeong fazia tudo os outros personagens( como a propia vovo) estavam deboa sem nenhuma consequência...

A personagem da Dal-mi que começa como uma mulher forte, determinada e independente se torna uma protagonista comum atrás do MC.

O personagem do Do-san que é simplesmente um red flag, ele tem tudo, 2 amigos fieis, familia, apoio, investimento por anos(mesmo sem retorno) e mesmo assim reclamava da vida "injusta" e que ele nao tem "nada"(o que mais voce quer krlh?), enquanto o propio Ji-pyeong saiu do limbo e se tornou rico sozinho basicamente, o personagem do Do-san é uma mentira, a relação dele com a Dal-mi começa como uma mentira, e ele continua alimentando isso adicionando mais mentiras e manipulando a relação deles, ele tira vantagem da situação e da bondade do Ji-pyeong que simplesmente salvou eles em diversas situações, até mesmo bateu nele(seu mentor) por um comentário profissional sobre a Dalmi, nem a Olimpiada que ele ganhou foi de verdade, ele é um egocêntrico narcisista, a base dele é ser o "protetor" da Dal-mi e é algo bem ridiculo como a obra pos e desenvolve isso.

A Dal-mi perdeu o pai, tem uma vó com problemas de visao e um parte da familia como "inimiga".
O Ji-pyeong é orfão, teve que aprender tudo sozinho e se virou do zero se tornando rico sozinho.
O amigo do Do-san perdeu um irmao que se suicidou.
Mas o grande Do-san que teve TUDO tem uma vida "difícil" e sofrida sim kkkk, e pra piorar ele se torna o mais bem sucedido kkk

A obra tem um bom inicio narrativo para o mundo dos "negocios" e start up, mas é tudo algo MUITO superficial, o núcleo principal tem basicamente 0 experiência , esperamos um desenvolvimento deles aprendendo a lidar/gerenciar uma "start up" lentamente e enfrentando problemas e dificuldades, mas sem planejamento e apenas "sorte" tudo da certo e depois eles vendem a empresa em 1 funcking dia.

Os personagens principais(tirando o Ji-pyeong) são imaturos e inconsistentes(isso sendo adultos de 24+ anos), tomam decisões de negócios baseada puramente em sentimentos como inveja e a euforia do momento, isso é algo muito incoerente, bater no seu >mentor< por dar uma opinião PROFISSIONAL e não acontecer nada... Mas magicamente tudo da certo pra eles pois bem, eles apostaram alto.

Por ultimo: Time skip sem sentido, os personagens congelaram no tempo? Não mudaram nada, simplesmente aparecem todos bem sucedidos...

Nota final: 5/10
Primeiro ep: 9.5/10

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Everything Was Good Till Episode 13

Let's just say, everything was alright till Episode 13.

Episode 13 is where they've decided to totally kill off one of the most important characters in K Drama history. That person who drives the entire drama.

They built this character really well, and fooled all of their audience that this person has a chance in surviving. But out of a sudden, the producer thought, enough is enough, let's just kill this person off. The series then reached rock bottom, and never recovered since then.

Everything else and the ending wasn't worth watching. I watched it during the live release, and I wanted to drop the drama so bad, but thought since I've endured it all the way till 13, I'll just watch till the end.

Absolutely disappointed.

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This drama honestly had a lot of potential in the beginning. The backstory was great, the cast was good, and I found myself really enjoying it the first couple of episodes.
However, it really went downhill for me after Nam Do San and Seo Dal Mi started falling for each other, even after she found out that he'd been lying to her this whole time. I know feelings can change, but I just didn't end up liking them together. There were some minor plot holes and flaws (like when Kim Yong-San had a grudge against Han Ji Pyeong for what he did to his brother -- that's kind of his job? I wouldn't expect investors to sugar coat your mistakes; he also wasn't that rude to him to the point where he'd commit suicide out of the blue) but the most aggravating one to me was the fact that Han Ji pyeong didn't make ANY moves for 3 YEARS. He had the perfect chance to get to know Dal Mi better with Do San gone, and their relationship off the rails.
Something else that was annoying were the random english phrases. Come on now, does anyone do that in real life? It was very unnatural and made me cringe every time. It really wasn't necessary at all.
The ending was also underwhelming; I'd like to have known more about the other people. What happened to the twins and Morning group? Who won the bidding? Isn't that what it was leading up to for the whole episode? I feel like there could have been more clarification on the direction they go in.
The thing I really enjoyed the most was the soundtrack and OSTs. They were my cup of tea and it fit the vibe of the story well. They did a good job on this aspect. I can't say the same for the rest of the criteria.

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Should've stayed in the drafts luv

I watched this drama as it was airing but honestly,, wtf is this. You see, I am still not over CLOY and WFKBJ so naturally once I found out that Kim Ju-meok and Jung Joon-hyung were gonna be in this drama, I was absolutely gassed and could not wait for it to start airing.

Like its name, the only good part about Start Up is well, the start. I had my hopes up because my dumbass thought that Jipyeong was the main lead (well we were introduced to him first and most of the first ep was literally about him so). Plus him and Dalmi would literally be a power couple. Plus, Dalmi had rejected basically all her exes in the past because of the letters, so my dumbass really thought that she would reject Dosan because of the letters (and date Jipyeong).

Samsan Tech are just cute dorks, apart from Dosan the toxic cunt that reminds me way too much of my physics teacher. I'm not even bloody joking, after watching DoDal's 'cute' moments for 16 episodes straight, I could not help but wonder if this was what my physics teacher would be like on a date (to be honest, my teacher is probably a LOT better than Dosan in the way that he did not steal Dalmi from Jipyeong). Chulsan and Yongsan basically carried the show with their banter (plus idk if this is just my CLOY arse but Chulsan seriously reminds me of Ju-meok in almost every way possible). And naturally, being the Marxist that I am, Saha gave me extreme Tory vibes when we first her so I hated her with all my being. Next thing you know, Saha's character development is *chef's kiss* and it was her and Chulsan singlehandedly carrying the entire damn show on their back. Because unlike Some Couples they aren't toxic and actually have chemistry! The only downside to being a hoe for ChulSaha is that I literally cannot promote them anywhere, because they just so happen to be in the shitshow that is Start Up. Like, if I ever get a hit tweet (P.S. follow me on twt @chulsaaaaanzu) I can't then be like 'this blew up, now go watch Crash Landing on You and Partners for Justice and ship Ju-meok and Stella together but call them Chulsan and Saha and Ju-meok is South Korean and instead of Choi Jiwoo he likes coding and Stella doesn't speak English as often also they make out on a photocopier' like who tf is reading that waffle (I mean honestly who tf is reading THIS waffle, surprised if any of you fuckers are even at this point lmao). In conclusion ChulSaha deserve their own drama.

Another thing is, at one point the only reason why I stuck around and waited every week for another hour and 20 minutes of Dosan's Bullshit was for the 0.2 seconds of ChulSaha content (yes I am talking about them again, and yes ChulSaha is my only personality trait deal with it bitches). Was debating dropping it but next thing you know Chulsan is reading out digits of pi to Saha (peak romance that) and then he's getting English lessons from her and THEN they're making out on a photocopier and it's like Jesus Bloody Christ you know what? I will put up with Dosan's Bullshit for you sweetie <3

'bUt iT's nOt aBoUt rOmAnCe iT's AbOuT bUsInEsS' first of all my Marxist arse has no interest in billionaires, nor am I interested in becoming one (fuck capitalism amirite), second of all I only watched this because of Kim Ju-meok. I do not give a flying fuck about start up scale up hackathon whatever.

In conclusion do NOT watch Start Up. My depression got worse, I cry over Jipyeong every night and I am too emotionally attached to (you guessed it) ChulSaha. :)

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My FIRST Kdrama let down!

I wasn't going to write a review of Start Up because I felt that I might be too negative. After reading some reviews, it appears that others saw the same flaws that I did.
Start Up started strong and looked great for first 2 / 3s of drama. Then started a downward spiral that left me totally baffled. It that surrounded the relationship development of main characters. By last few episodes I found it painful to watch. At the end, I was totally disappointed. For me, that was mainly around the final development of the main character relationship.
The problem? Bae Suzy's character degenerates into a helpless school girl character and ends up with the wrong guy. It's a matter of opinion; however, the 'other' love option was much more sincere and dedicated in his love FOR Base Suzy.
Bae Suzy was great; however, the writing for her character was awful.
I would be remiss if I did not mention that Stephanie Lee was great in her role. Beautiful, fun, and funny.
If there was a season 2 of Start Up??? Personally, I wouldn't waste one minute on it.
Absolutely my FIRST Kdrama let down.

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