damn. So if you go through the comments of the Team Korea Mega Crew video, all these national heritage organizations (National Korean Heritage and Culture assoc, National Gugak assoc, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, National Museum of Korean history, etc etc) left comments.
Edward Lee
2025-06-19 17:00:33 +0000 UTC
generally I got all the same thoughts as you. But since we're both korean maybe we'll sound biased
Yeob
2025-06-19 04:14:31 +0000 UTC
So initial thoughts....overall, outside of korea....all of them had WAY too many edits
-AG Squad was kind of a mess. Too many locations....too many variables which sound good on paper but rarely translates on screen (dancing in water, dancing on sand, etc)
-korea is korea.....while the gugak theme isn't anything new, def the overhead was the highlight and def the most artistic and coordinated. Always helps to lift up a really pretty actress into the air
-Osaka....didn't QUITE understand how all the different scenes fit together but they looked cool and it was super fun lol. Twice is Twice and I was half expecting DJ Koo to walk out during the lightstick section (also.....east asians REALLY love their Vivaldi 4 Seasons)
-Motiv.....Im not gonna lie. Honestly just thought it was just a copy of the Kendrick Lamar halftime show as harsh as that sounds
-RH Tokyo....conceptually had the most potential. Visually was the most cinematic in their setting locations but the dancing was kind of....awkward? Their overhead was a bit of a mess as well
Korea and Osaka were both SO CLEAN AF. I do give the nod to Korea though bc it thematically made sense throughout the entire performance (all the other ones just seemed like totally disparate 1-2 minute vignettes just stacked next to each other)
Edward Lee
2025-06-19 02:36:46 +0000 UTC
Crash course in romance is where I first saw her. And no i dont think its her
Yeob
2025-06-19 02:21:35 +0000 UTC
Whoa.....was that Roh Yoonseo from 20th Century Girl/Our Blues/Black Knight/Hear Me: Our Summer? Well, if you're gonna get an actress, get one with 3 mil IG followers
Edward Lee
2025-06-19 02:18:10 +0000 UTC
I really liked motiv's, considering the resources they had compared to other groups. Marlee being the one to come up with the concept, direct, edit the whole video on her own. Some of the other groups had whole production teams to assist in their video.
aaajiri
2025-06-18 21:10:44 +0000 UTC
Fair fair
Yeob
2025-06-18 20:41:52 +0000 UTC
this is going to come off as top tier hating maybe, but I'm not as blown away by bumsup's megacrew as everyone else seems to be. The top down shot is impressive because of the coordination and synchronization but like, this is a dance competition. I want to see dancing... These types of megacrews are almost more like a chinese/north korean military parade performance.
J D
2025-06-18 20:27:22 +0000 UTC
LOL
Yeob
2025-06-18 19:38:22 +0000 UTC
i think you uploaded the no copyright filer version on here😭