Summary

• Sweet Home struggled in its second season because the focus was on new characters and the underlying dynamic was lost.
• All of Us Are Dead is a more promising sequel with a cast that is well-balanced in importance.
• The future looks brighter for “All of Us Are Dead” as the film has the advantage of not being dependent on just one main character.

We are all dead is the perfect show for success Sweet home as Netflix’s flagship horror K-dramas, and the zombie series has a brighter future than Song Kang’s show ever had. Sweet home ended with Season 3 after a divisive second season in which the series sidelined some of its most important characters and focused on new ones. While Sweet home The series arguably ended on a high note, especially with the return of Cha Hyun-su in a larger role, but never made it past the first season.

Sweet home was renewed for two seasonsafter the success of the first seasona risky but understandable decision given its popularity on Netflix. The Song Kang K-Drama made history on the streaming platform when it became the first Korean show to enter the global top 10 in 2020, paving the way for other huge hits such as Squid GameAnother global Netflix K-drama hit was We are all deadwhich premiered in January 2022 and was renewed for season 2 on June 6 of the same year.

All Of Us Are Dead Season 1 is a better sequel than the first season of Sweet Home

The story of All Of Us Are Dead has a clear future

The first seasons of We are all dead And Sweet home ended relatively similarly, but The zombie K-drama was a better sequel than the monster series. Both We are all dead And Sweet home are K-dramas based on webtoons, meaning it was easy to predict which direction their stories would go. However, considering that both series covered all of their respective source material in their first seasons, they would have a hard time justifying second seasons. Still, their success on Netflix made new seasons inevitable.

Sweet home Season 1 ends with Cha Hyun-su being kidnapped by Ui-myeong. While that was a major cliffhanger, everything else in the season finale felt like it could have come from the last episode of the series. After the Green House is destroyed and many important characters disappear, There was not much left for Sweet home to do other than resolve Hyun-su’s cliffhanger.We are all deadends with Cheong-sang’s ambiguous sacrifice and Nam-ra’s return together with a group of teenagers. We are all dead left more interesting questions unanswered than Sweet home did.

The story of Sweet Home 2 was very disappointing after the end of the first season

Sweet Home was suddenly a completely different series in season 2

Sweet home has written himself into a corner by covering most of the webtoon, but still returning for a second season. Unlike We are all deadwhich includes four protagonists and an ensemble, Sweet home is first and foremost the story of Cha Hyun-su. With Song Kang’s character being only a small part of a much larger puzzle that only became more complicated in Season 2, Sweet home lost sight of what made it so good. Without the dynamic between Hyun-su and his Green Home neighbors, Sweet home became a different show.

Sweet home
Season 2 probably had problems because the series did not need a sequel, while
We are all dead
There are still some promising storylines left that need to be addressed.

Sweet Home 2 brought the military into play as part of the story and introduced several factions, including Ui-myeong’s group and the remnants of the government. New characters like Dr. Lim and Yi-kyung’s daughter became more important than most of the names from Season 1, not to mention the year-long time jump that saw many important events take place off-screen. Sweet home Season 2 probably had problems because the series did not need a sequel, while We are all dead There are still some promising storylines left that need to be addressed.

All Of Us Are Dead has another big advantage over Sweet Home

The cast of All Of Us Are Dead makes it easier to continue the show

Perhaps The biggest advantage We are all dead has over Sweet home is the fact that the former does not depend on just one character. While Sweet homeThe cast of included many great actors and characters, Song Kang’s Cha Hyun-su was the heart of the show. This led to some restrictions on the amount Sweet home could expand his story without marginalizing his protagonist. We are all dead won’t have this problem because each of the four main characters is equally important to the story, so if some of them take a back seat, others can still shine.

Assuming Cheong-san returns, We are all dead 2 offers plenty of opportunities for stories between him, On-jo, Nam-ra and Su-hyeok. In Sweet homeAfter Ji-su’s death and Yi-kyung’s disappearance, Eun-yu was the only one of the main characters of Green Home after Hyun-su left. Even though We are all dead Although new characters will be introduced in Season 2, I don’t think the series will move away from all four protagonists. We are all dead While it’s a big challenge to continue the story beyond the source material, the company has the right tools to do so.

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  Sweet Home (2020)

  Sweet Home tells the story of Hyun-soo, a withdrawn high school student who moves into the Green Home apartment complex after losing his family. When a mysterious epidemic turns people into monstrous creatures, Hyun-soo and the residents of Green Home must stick together to survive, facing their inner demons and the terrifying threats from outside.

  Pour

  Song Kang, Lee Jin-Wook, Lee Si-young, Park Gyu-young, Go Min-si, Kim Hee-jung, Kim Gook-hee, Lee Joon-woo

  Release date

  18 December 2020

  Seasons

  3

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  We are all dead

  All of Us Are Dead is a horror thriller series based on the webtoon by creator Jeon Bae-soo. Set in a South Korean high school, a scientist father tries to find a way to protect his son from bullies and in the process accidentally creates a serum that exploits the fear in people to turn them into zombies. When they are released into the school, the surviving students and staff are cut off from the outside world and must now fight for survival against the onslaught of the infected – and each other.

  Pour

  Park Solomon, Cho Yi-hyun, Park Ji-hoo, Yoo In-soo, Yoon Chan-young

  Release date

  28 January 2022

  Seasons

  1