Make a TV Series article review about Reply 1988. It pays homage to 1980s teen/coming-of-age movies especially John Hughes’ produced and directed teen movies. The 1988 Summer Olympics and 1980s nostalgia in South Korea. The Reply trilogy’s producer and director is Shin Won-ho. Because of the way he handled the coming-of-age themes in the Reply trilogy, he was best recognized as the “Korean John Hughes”.
Reply 1988’s friendship was reminiscent of The Breakfast Club.
Sung Deok-sun, the female protagonist and middle child. In some aspects, she was compared to Jan Brady from The Brady Bunch. Then she was compared to 1980s female movie characters.
Sung Bo-ra, the oldest child of the Sung family and the elder sister of Deok-sun and No-eul. She was harsh and arrogant, yet she was also empathic. She was reminiscent of Jeannie Bueller from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Sung Dong-il’s character has been compared to James Broderick’s role as Doug Lawrence in the 1970s TV series Family because of his grumpy and tough love.
Ryu Dong-ryong, a friend of Deok-sun. He reminds me of Cameron Frye from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off due to his father troubles.
Ra Mi-ran’s character is similar to Kitty Forman from That 70s Show because of quirky and unconventional mother.
Lee Il-hwa’s character is reminiscent of Carol Brady from The Brady Bunch and Kate Lawrence from Family (1970s TV Series) due to her generous and affectionate mother.
Choi Taek, Deok-sun’s best friend, was similar to Brian Johnson from The Breakfast Club in that he was intelligent despite being quiet and modest.
The goat sounds is reminiscent of the laughing track from TV sitcoms if embarassing scenes and stupid jokes are included.
The running scene in which Deok-sun returns the denim jacket to her sister Bora because Bora got furious after someone stole her jacket is reminiscent of Ferris Bueller returning to his house.
Kim Jung-hwan, Choi Taek, and Sung Deok-sun’s love triangle was comparable to the one in Pretty in Pink, which Blane and Duckie shared with love in Andie.