▲ Poster of ˝Korean Odyssey˝

Korean drama titled "Korean Odyssey", had some trouble which gave the production team two weeks break, resumed successfully on Jan. 6th. The drama had several problems, and they could not help themselves rearranged.

On Dec 24th, episode two was aired, but soon they stopped the episode, showing advertisements continually. The problem was the unedited scenes. In a specific scene, the actors used wires as if they were flying, and the wires should have deleted by computing graphic. However, the scenes unedited were shown, which made

the dram seemed awkward. As a result, the production company added two more computer graphic teams to improve the graphic of the drama. Many watchers were upset about the scene, and that issued the drama.

▲ One of The Unedited Scenes

Later, it was reported to the media that one of the staff members was seriously injured by falling on the set of the drama. The staff member stepped on the weak log bridge, and the bridge broke down with the person on it. The production company, JS pictures had to be responsible for the accident because they ordered to make the log bridge to numerous small companies, which made the bridge weak, only to save the budget. The press Labor Union pointed this problem and had a press conference to improve the drama producing environment and to decrease the people injuring in the set.

▲ Press Conference

Actually, many viewers were waiting for this drama since "Korean Odyssey" was Lee Seung-Gi's first drama after he came back from the army. Moreover, famous writers and other famous actors interested the viewers. The problems disappointed the viewers and even damaging the actors' image.

For the injured staff, the broadcasting station, tvN apologized about it and promised to improve the working condition of the staff. Also, the episode three of the "Korean Odyssey" was delayed to Jan 6th, giving a break for the drama production team for rearranging.

Finally, on Jan 6th at nine o'clock, the drama was aired with improved quality. The watchers had a fine appraisal with stable viewer ratings of 5.6 percent.

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