Studies abroad are constantly looking at Hollywood for inspiration in making their own films and television shows, and South Korean K-dramas are no exception. Among the surprising K-Drama remake is the 2016 "Fantasy Fantasy Signal", which is a loose adaptation of the 2000 American Film Film. And while the Korean version maintains a wider narrative premise, it definitely moves in its unique direction. A popular show around the world, the signal is currently available to be transmitted to Netflix, Paramount+, Apple TV channel and Roku channel.

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"Frequency" is a scientific thriller that focused on Johnon Salivan (Jimim Kavisel), a detective who is able to communicate with his father Frank (Dennis Kuid) in the past through radio. Through their conversations during bending, the two not only prevent Frank's premature death, but also remove the serial killer that endangers the family. The "signal" retains the concept of radio linking two men separated for decades facing the same mystery. But where the "signal" goes with this story, it will surprise even viewers who are intimately familiar with the film "Frequency".

Coincidentally, these changes harmonize the "signal" closer to the US television remake of "frequency", which also premiered in 2016 and Just lasted one season of CW.

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Since Frank is a firefighter in the film "Frequency", the father's father is a police detective in the US television adaptation and "signal". This change helps to facilitate shows that work for a dozen episodes, compared to less than two hours. Although both the film "Frequency" and the US TV show are characterized by radios, the main characters in the "signal" communicate through weather-toki-toki, which creates a greater sense of portability (unlike limiting radio-installed radio).

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However, the biggest changes are like all three versions of the story deal with the effects of the butterfly caused by the two characters that change history through their conversations. What the signal does is to expand the dynamics to include a third character in the form of a coz-hjun (Kim Hi-SOO), a veteran detective in the present series, which was mentored by the detective of the past, Lee AEE-HAN (JO Jinin). In working with Jae-Han through their radios, the young present-day Detective Park Hae-Jang (Lee Jee-Hun) not only changes and improves his personal life and upbringing, but also to the Jewun. And with a Second season of "signal" comingAfter the prolonged interruption, these changes should continue when the performance returns.

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The signal uses the "frequency" as a conceptual springboard to develop its own story during bending within the crime thrillers. And while the idea of ​​a vague scientific film 2000 to adapt to K-drama can raise eyebrows, it's not as strange as A. K-drama version of HBO's "escort".