The Noonas get together to look at the first season of the new supernatural Kdrama “Island”. Was it good? Did it live up to the expectations that they had the year they spent waiting for it to air? Did this Asian drama make the villain a little too appealing? Listen to find out! Warning, Lots of Spoilers Ahoy!
Time Codes
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:57 The Seasonal Split
00:02:43 A synopsis is born
00:05:58 When a Show Gatekeeps Itself
00:14:33 Shooters for Sung Joon
00:16:59 The Actor you Don’t Expect to see
00:18:44 The Pacing of The Writing gives way to a feline interruption
00:20:24 There’s mini arcs and there’s the main arc
00:21:46 Not quite the Damsel in Distress
00:28:51 A Priest out of his Depth
00:30:44 Van the Tsundere Emo Sadboy
00:34:21 A Best Friend full of Woe
00:39:55 The Girl in the Cult
00:43:33 Goong Tan is active in the Community
00:56:27 A Tale of Tragic Brothers
00:55:04 Stupid in Very Specific Ways
00:57:41 What if it hadn’t been Good?
01:01:00 When is an Adaptation bad?
01:07:01 A Cast full of Fun
01:10:21 The Noonas try to Predict the Future
01:17:49 Jirisan’s Missed Opportunity
01:19:00 Dark in Tone but still a good time
01:22:16 Van, Our Emo Prince
01:23:22 Goong Tan, aka Sess*hot*maru
01:25:14 The Noonas take a quick jaunt into their Anime Pasts
01:28:22 Back to Island to end it off
01:30:26 Outro
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