The final words in the drama “Trust is the magic that changes the world not the technology”, is a possible hint that Hee-Ju’s trust that Jin-Woo would return to her would not be betrayed. asks Sam, before telling MEAWW that he dislikes that fact that no one was "ever held accountable for the deaths of the people or that it was never really explained how the game could kill people, it was merely termed as a 'bug'.". He went back for the love of the game and the company that he founded. Much like Vagabond and Memories Of The Alhambra, the finale to Alice delivers an underwhelming and disappointing finish in episode 16. But MLSHR’s ending was understandable than Memories of the Alhambra. He scans the room for Jin-woo but is shocked to find Professor Cha lying dead by the restroom. The thing that confounded me the most was toward the end. Published on : 06:58 PST, Jan 21, 2019. }); According to this theory, Jin-Woo’s user ID i.e. Published on March 15, 2021 March 15, 2021 by abbyinhallyuland. Mood bc Memories of the Alhambra is done and we got a trash ending pic.twitter.com/mjPcj5VUVr. Currently, fans are ardently waiting for Season 2. Can see that our thoughts are pretty aligned and I actually do think you might be right that he could not be in an instance dungeon, but still cannot accept that the man would rather play anonymously than tell Hee Joo the truth. Despite that, here is the closest logical conclusion that I could reach: Next (the name given to the game in the last episode) is designed to work like any other AR game where the gamer wears a pair of smart lenses and completes a series of quests. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Most of us watched every episode of 'Memories of the Alhambra' with great joy and increasing marvel at the witty ways in which screenwriter Song Jae Jung manages to intertwine sci-fi with romance. Given that it was directed by Ahn Gil-Ho, I did not look for any other reason to watch it! Rather than portraying him as a typical good looking perfect man or lover in most other K-dramas, it shows his human and dark side: the deep struggle of his purpose in uncovering the truth of the game, amidst his other battles in the real world; feelings of vindictiveness at the start followed by guilt, condemnation and hopelessness towards the end. As it is, a sci-fi drama is beyond human reasoning. Kalian para pecinta drakor (termasuk saya), pasti ngga bisa tidur, merasa hampa, dan hidup jadi ngga bermakna gara-gara ending Memories Of The Alhambra. It seemed like nothing is getting better for him as the story progresses, only from bad to worse. KDrama Review: What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim? let gads_event; If there is going to be another season, then most likely it’ll be on bringing Jin Woo back from the alternate dimension. ga('ads.send', { 21:00. Even if he had, Emma would have deleted all the bugs way back when Se Ju was the Master and game would have been reset even before Jin Woo had started playing. This recap of Memories of the Alhambra Season 1, Episode 16, the finale, contains spoilers. Last two episodes are crammed with counter arguments to the premise built in the beginning of the story. }); Meanwhile, Celeste, another super fan of the show, feels like the all the conflicts have been answered in the finale, including the one involving Professor Cha. KDrama Ending Explained: Memories of the Alhambra. – Says who? Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. The fact that he hid in a dungeon, even though the bugs got deleted has also left Asmita – and many others – confused and irked. Only then did the Master change. You have rightly pointed out about the weapon. Why would he not want to see Hee Ju when she is the best thing that ever happened to him? I’ve rewatched it all again, and yeah… I know its not gonna happened. Memories of the Alhambra recently finished airing on Netflix. Casts: Hyun Bin, Park Shin Hye, Park Chanyeol, Park Hoon, Kim Yong-rim, Lee Re, Lee Hak Joo, Lee Si-won, Kim Eui-sung. } Having said that, he was far from dead. The show ended with … Only his silhouette was shown but not his actual face, implying that he may not be encountered in human form, but rather in binary forms. } MEAWW brings you the best content from its global team of speculates Celeste. Even with the chance to take a break from the game that seems out to get him, our beleaguered hero doesn’t get a chance to rest. To Vanniem: I believe it was simply her car keys that he left in her mail box. pg.acq.push(function() { Amidst the heated argument, Marco stabs Se-Ju with a real knife. Explained later in this post) For that to go, he has to let Emma stab him. However, Celeste, even though she understands why many fans are devastated by the ending, calls it an "open-ending finale", which was "very sad and beautiful" because of the feeling it left with the audiences. if(document.querySelector("#ads")){ (Can someone explain that part maybe?). I personally found the production to be great. Petition details. KDrama Review: What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim? Since he wants to kill Se-Ju, he could also have the interest of finding him. Or maybe Emma has handled it already because of the stabbing event she had witnessed with Marco and Se Joo?" We are yet to see the renewal of Memories of the Alhambra for Season 2. I still have hopes that he will emerge alive in human form at some point, like how Se-Ju did in this story. I really felt for his character a lot when things started going south for him right after the first tragedy of accidentally killing his long time friend-turned enemy, Dr Cha. Again, you cannot say that he was afraid of bugs because you said one becomes a master after he hands over the key to Emma. Seon-ho rushes into the hotel room after the staff opens it with the master key. His soul still exists but is trapped in some kind of alternative dimension within the game and there is no way for him to reach out to the real world after the game was reset. It can’t actually drain your blood, right? Again, all these are speculations. You mentioned the side effects may not hold up … And in the end, the “wrong” person, Jin-Woo, finishes the quest.. “The Master position is acquired by the player who was able to give Emma the key”. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. }) 3) It is frankly ridiculous to argue that Jin Woo would not bother to visit Hee-Ju or his friend or even bother checking his email for a year just to play the game when he has accomplished already everything he sought to do. This is when Se-Ju and Jinwoo at a later point of time, realize that the game has overpowered them and they are parallely existing in the gameworld as well as real life without even wearing the smart lenses. MEMORIES OF THE ALHAMBRA ENDING GOT ME LIKE pic.twitter.com/3yhrCvhyHb. }); You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these words. window.googletag.cmd.push(function() { 1) Once the game is reset, Jin-Woo is no longer the Master. },false) Sure they only showed him in shadows, but I thought that was more for an air of mystery and that the implication was strong that Hee Ju was running to meet him and the pair would be reunited. Also, I agree with your analysis of the ending. ga('ads.send', { There’s one last task to complete before he can rest, and this task might just be the one that breaks him for good. Memories of Alhambra — the unique K-drama airing on the Total Variety Network (tvN) starring Park Shin-Hye and Hyun Bin — recently aired its penultimate and final episodes. eventAction: 'view' Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Memories of The Alhambra Episode 16 Recap (Series Finale) FINALE. However, the fan thinks more could have been done to do justice to Se Joo’s friend Marco. Jin Woo narrates that maybe Se Joo was being pursued by a killer, just like he was. He discovers the final secret quest of the game through Jung Hee-Ju’s narrative of the Hand of Fatima and Key to Heaven (Episode 13). In … This is a probability. I mean, I can understand how the brain can get fooled into thinking you are dead and hence fatalities can occur (like brain just stops involuntary functions thinking you are dead causing you to actually die)… so that wasn’t too weird but the “blood being drained” when Cha Hyung-seok died is weird. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), While it seemed rather heartless of him to desert her again, without much of a final goodbye. Thanks for sharing your views which I found enlightening and comprehensive. The drama is an experience by itself taking viewers by surprise in every episode. Ultimately, the nail in the coffin for Memories is the finale. It’s an augmented reality game… meaning it’s only signals being sent to the brain, it’s NOT actual magic… and NOT another dimension… it’s just what the brain sees, hears and feels according to the computer programme. As the viewers have already seen, the game doesn’t really happen as designed. Meanwhile, Radha is hoping that Hyun Bin and Park Shin-hye will reunite for another show that will really explore their romantic chemistry. eventAction: 'click_image_ads' I beg to differ here. Not, all fans are as easy-going though, with some fans claiming that they now "hate" the writer for how badly the finale panned out. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('impressionViewable', function(event) { So according to your premise, Se Ju should have given the key and Emma should have deleted all bugs who bothered him. How did Mr. Yoo live even after being stabbed by Emma and being turned to dust in the game?" Well, how did Se Ju become the first Master without giving the key to Emma? I never thought he died. 2) Given his fame, his face plastered on TV and the internet, the investigation and all the cops and friends (and lover) looking for him for a year, it is improbable that Jin Woo was never seen for an year if he was just playing the game. And also how Professor died, the servers were supposed to be off but suddenly his son appeared, so it’s not making sense anymore. Instance dungeon: The user who has reached the highest level (known as Master) can hide himself in a place in the game known as instance dungeon during dangerous times. ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads'); So, kudos to the actors and directors for taking up such a challenging project. eventAction: 'render' “Given his fame, his face plastered on TV and the internet, the investigation and all the cops and friends (and lover) looking for him for a year, it is improbable that Jin Woo was never seen for an year if he was just playing the game.” What I wish righg now is there should be a special episode that the two main characters will see each other, at least and explain the bugs in the game. … hitType: 'event', Then he walked away. },false) But much to everybody’s surprise, Emma sees Jin-Woo as a bug and stabs him with the key. I want to know whether Hee Ju met Jin Woo in the end. Season 1. This was my first ever sci-fi drama and it had me on the edge of my seat right from the beginning till the end. The k-drama came to an end with a highly anticipated, yet terribly disappointing finale on Sunday, January 20. He encounters the dead users one by one and stabs them thus successfully deleting all virtual user IDs. Why did people finally see him in the end? Release Date: December 1, 2018 - January 20, 2019. And just like that Jin-Gyeom disappears and awakens in a tunnel with a gun. The alternative viewpoint you have provided with is interesting and very much plausible as well. One of the highest rated Korean dramas in cable television history, Memories of the Alhambra (알함브라 궁전의 추억) aired the final episode today. It’s not only trying … ga('ads.send', { Guns are accessible to users above level 50 only. If he re-played anonymously, his id would have been showing on the server. pg.acq.push(function() { Memories of the Alhambra: why the Netflix show is an instant Korean drama classic. The fate of Jin Woo (Hyun Bin) was left hanging by the thread, the bug in the game remained unexplained, and what happened to Se Joo during the time he went missing needed to be revealed, when we went into the finale. So I felt it is probable for him to do it again. With the available information what I could think of is this: Had Hee-Ju been Jin-Woo’s priority over the game, he wouldn’t have gone back to the church the second time at all! It is meaningless to be a Master in real life. MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. This was my first ever sci-fi drama and it had me on the edge of my seat right from the beginning till the end. As Jin-Woo levels up and walks the footsteps of Se-Ju, he slowly understands what might have happened. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotRenderEnded', function(event) { While looking for the cryptic creator of an innovative augmented-reality game, an investment firm executive meets a woman who runs a hostel in Spain. Memories of the Alhambra episode 16 gives us a useful conclusion with a forgiving twist at the end, to sign off a successful series overall. It received wide critical acclaim for its creative plot and shocking twists. document.querySelector("#google_image_div").addEventListener('click',function(){ This is my 2nd time to watch Hyun Bin and really amazed at his acting skills and engaging persona. 😃. He progammed the whole thing before he hides in the instance dungeoun without knowing anything about other people being able to join the game, .etc. He walks back to the church where he met Emma the previous day. 1. That is possibly why his physical body was not found in the physical world leaving no trace at all. The problem starts in Alcazaba cafe when a quarrel breaks between Jung Se-Ju and Marco while they are logged into the game (Episode 9) in the presence of Emma. That was perhaps his only way of redemption, that he had to sacrifice himself to save himself. I mean, he could have just deleted that account at the end 🙂 and started afresh. hitType: 'event', Just the audience knows. Episodes: 16. Hi, thanks for taking time to check out my thoughts on the drama. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), “Memories of Alhambra” is a beautiful drama. I tried to arrive at the best possible conclusion within the given hypothesis. In its thrilling finish, Memories of the Alhambra poured in the hero’s emotion, ultimately ending his arduous journey. His only purpose forward is to protect her (that’s why he did not want her to be too involved in the game) and for those who would be using the game in future. hitType: 'event', },false) How is it that a person disappeared from reality or become invisible? Memories of The Alhambra Episode 16 Recap (Series Finale) FINALE Seon-ho rushes into the hotel room after the staff opens it with the master key. Haha! Netflix and tvN k-drama ‘Memories of the Alhambra’ ended with a disastrous finale on Sunday, January 20, and dissatisfied fans are hoping for an alternative ending – or a whole new season that would do justice to the build-up of the story.Despite the understandable animosity towards the show for the finale let-down, most fans still look at the k-drama with rose tinted glasses. But the second time, I binge-watched only the important scenes excluding all those irrelevant to the main storyline to get a somewhat clear picture of what the writer would have been trying to communicate. In what form? But I can overlook all of these since it’s a sci-fi drama had the ending been very clear. Possibly because a) after a year of playing his new character in the instance dungeon, he has leveled high enough to gradually break out of the instance dungeon” However, the script is inherently faulty in many places and seems to contradict itself. [+3358, -61] Cancerous-bra media-tech companies with hubs around the world. But the current highest level on the server is 25. Possibly because a) after a year of playing his new character in the instance dungeon, he has leveled high enough to gradually break out of the instance dungeon (we know he is above level 50 since he is using a gun), or 2) after playing in the instance dungeon for a year, he is once again the Master so he moved back to his reality. }) Hadn’t he done the same thing before by having Yang Ju create a secret space for him to play and level up? 1. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. }); Most of us watched every episode of 'Memories of the Alhambra' with great joy and increasing marvel at the witty ways in which screenwriter Song Jae Jung manages to intertwine sci-fi with romance. Even though Augmented Reality is not something new, very few movies and shows have been made on them. Though the scriptwriter (Song Jae-Jung) received a lot of flack on social media for the final episode, I think it was a befitting finale for the drama. ( Log Out /  151 talking about this. He was shooting with guns. Through Sun Ho’s narration after some time, we find out that the game has resetted, causing all memories of the game to be wiped out across the server. “It is frankly ridiculous to argue that Jin Woo would not bother to visit Hee-Ju or his friend or even bother checking his email for a year just to play the game when he has accomplished already everything he sought to do.” As the quests get harder, the gamer acquires more sophisticated weapons, fights tougher NPCs and levels up. It will be nice to see a sequel to this story, with Hee Ju as the heroine to be the one to save him. His character Zinu dies but he (the human) doesn’t. reporters on a platform technologically tailored to meet the needs of the modern reader. Well written post! window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotOnload', function(event) { If the bug was planted when Marco stabbed Seju and anyone who is “kilmed” in the game endsup dead IRL then how come JinWoo didnt die whe he first started playing and was killed several times by the warrior by the fountain? We see the scene of Jin Woo rushing to find Se Joo at the train station. mmh i think he stays in the game incase of any bugs ever reappering, so that noone else has to die , Therefore, my opinion is that Jin-Woo was not a bug but Emma malfunctioned and thus saw him as a bug too. But he is trapped in the instance dungeon. It has always been Jin Woo’s story. The story started with a simple plot and gradually improved over time. I beg to disagree. Emma fails to notice the difference between real and fantasy and thus a bug gets introduced into the game- a bug which changes the entire course of the game. Memories of the Alhambra (Korean: 알함브라 궁전의 추억) is a 16-episode Korean Drama series that ran in Korea on television network tvN and was distributed internationally by Netflix from December 2018 to January 2019.. Yoo Jin-woo (Hyun Bin) is the CEO of a "smart contact lens" company. There is a lot of speculation on what happened to the protagonist Yoo Jin-Woo (played by Hyun Bin) at the end of the last episode. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Presence of a character by name Emma: No duel can take place within 20m radius of Emma. ga('ads.send', { If Jin-Woo was able to break out of instance dungeon, why couldn’t Se Ju escape from instance dungeon earlier without having Jin Woo complete the quest for him. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. if(document.querySelector("#google_image_div")){ Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. eventAction: 'click_adunit' Ngga lebay inih, tapi kemashalatan umat jadi tergoncang akibat writer-nim yang seenaknya bikin cerita! Initially, I too hated the way it ended. [+10347, -44] The open ending is like opening the lid of the ending ㅡㅡ. }); Once he reaches level 100, he is entitled as the Master. Many have opined that Jin-Woo is eternally locked in the instance dungeon unless somebody else can save him just like how he saved Se-Ju by completing the final quest. The first season was originally released on tvN on December 1 and continued till January 20. I’m not sure if the instance dungeon explanation would apply to him, like it did for Seju because the game was reset and we could see his ‘remains’ got sucked into the AR portal.
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