Perhaps telekinesis is one of those perks, as a water glass goes sliding into his hand of its own accord. Min-joon explains having acclimated perfectly to Earth living (throwaway mention of water yields obligatory shower scene!), although his senses are seven times keener than humans: “Thanks to that, I do see things I don’t want to see, and hear things I don’t want to hear.” We see different versions of our alien hero, named DO MIN-JOON ( Kim Soo-hyun), as he lives through the 400 years since his landing, from the hanboks to the groovy seventies fashions to the sleek bachelor of today. He informs us of his origins with that UFO, which carried him from a planet extremely similar to Earth, which he identifies as KMT184.05. We cut to the hero in modern times, sitting down to an interview with an unseen audience. As time resumes, the wind dies down to a slow breeze and our hero offers a hand to the widow. The man comes to the sedan chair and pulls it back from the precipice, setting it safely down on the ground. With the world suspended nearly at a standstill, along comes a figure in all black, walking without difficulty through the maelstrom. Time slows down to a crawl as the sedan chair flies over the edge and the widow braces for death… The young widow is buffeted about in her sedan chair, which eventually gets caught up in the tornado and skids along the ground, teetering at the edge of a cliff. Suddenly, the UFO appears directly above them, kicking up such a fierce wind that the travelers go flying. (This is a real part of historical record, and served as the basis for tvN’s sci-fi-mystery drama Joseon X-Files, which I recommend by the way.)Ī procession makes its way along a mountain road, carrying a young girl who was widowed just as soon as she was married. It’s on August 25 that a mysterious “round, shining flying object” was sighted and logged in the official records it zoomed overhead with “a thunderous noise” before disappearing into sparks, leaving the skies clear and cloudless. We begin in 1609, the first year of Gwanghae’s reign during the Joseon era. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. The game has just begun so it’s early days yet, but it’s a good sign for the show.Īudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Ratings were strong out of the gate, with You From Another Star drawing in a solid 15.6% rating, while Miss Korea drew a 7.0% for its premiere and Pretty Man settled back down at 3.5%. (Jeon Ji-hyun is great! A happy surprise, as I have always kinda liked her but never been moved by her.) Plus, while the unaging-alien-falls-for-actress setup was funny, I wasn’t sure where the story could go from there-but the show sets up the rules right away and gives us high stakes and a ticking clock, and that means I am invested. But sometimes that can feel like forever.)Īside from having stars I like and a quirky premise, I love that already I love the characters and feel their dilemmas.
I have been waiting for you aaaaages! (Okay, months. Ooh, finally a show that gets me excited.
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