However, upon its debut, it became clear that the 50 billion won production budget had gone up in smoke. The disjointed narrative, much like the zero-gravity setting, scattered aimlessly. Despite the delayed release and the meticulous attention given to production, the drama devolved into a chaotic mess of nonsensical romantic encounters and bed scenes by just the second episode.
Premiering on January 4, tvN’s new Saturday-Sunday drama “When the Stars Gossip” tells the story of Eve (played by Gong Hyo-jin), a boss at a zero-gravity space station, and Gong Ryong (played by Lee Min-ho), an uninvited space tourist. As the first Korean drama to recreate zero-gravity space, coupled with a star-studded cast including Lee Min-ho and Gong Hyo-jin, it garnered high expectations before its release.
These hopes were dashed, however, with a string of inexplicable bed scenes featuring Lee Min-ho and Han Ji-eun, and Gong Hyo-jin and Kim Joo-hun. Instead of a delicate and captivating love line, viewers were bombarded with clumsy romantic encounters that could be summed up as “Chunhyang and Mongryong fell for each other”. The sequence where fruit flies mate aboard the station and Lee Min-ho smiles brightly as he feels affection for Gong Hyo-jin, who observes this scene, felt so absurd it could have been a parody on “SNL Korea”. The bizarre parade of scenes—distorted sperm, ectopic pregnancy and fruit fly mating—left viewers reeling.
While it’s plausible for a space station to conduct experiments related to reproduction and childbirth, this doesn’t mean viewers want to feel like they’re part of those experiments. The drama’s obsession with showcasing the zero-gravity setting seems to have overshadowed its responsibility to deliver a compelling drama. The foundational elements of great dramas—solid narratives and emotional depth—are absent here. Without them, it doesn’t matter if the story is set in space or backed by a 50-billion-won budget; it’s all futile.
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