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Switch On thai drama review
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Switch On
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by Roxie
May 11, 2023
24 of 24 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
This review may contain spoilers

Not as good as the original

It’s been hell of a ride. And I must say not in the good sense of the term.

First of all, it took me a long time to finish it. I started it for the first time like a year ago but couldn’t go any further than the episode 2. Something felt off with it and I just could bring myself to finish it.

I decided to give another shot after watching the Chinese version. I said to myself why not try again?

And I indeed found it better than the Chinese one, but with the ending it had, it wasn’t that complicated to be honest.

Unlike ‘Next Stop Your World’, which is literally a copy-paste of the Korean version ‘W: Two Worlds’, ‘Switch On’ took its liberties and reinvented the story.

I like the fact that they took the idea and made something new with it.

However, it stop there. Other than that, there were far too many things wrong with it. Too much things going on at the same time that you end up some time getting lost. Some characters and their actions don’t really make sense at some moments. And I personally felt like the story was getting dragged on for too long. It could have definitely been shorter. I literally binge-watched in a hurry the few final episodes because I just wanted to finish with it.

The series was not bad, but it wasn’t great either from my point of you. I feel like the ending is disappointing because nobody is really held accountable for what happened (especially Michael) and the final scene? Totally didn’t make sense for me.

So I’m happy I’ve watched it until the end, because I don’t like to drop series, but honestly I would definitely not watching it again. It would be a total waste of my time.

For all the people who are wondering whether watching it or not, if you ask me, I think you should stop at the original ‘W: Two Worlds’. The 2 remakes, whether it is ‘Switch On’ or ‘Next Stop Your World’ are not even close to be as good as the original for me. You will be disappointed.

However, if you like everything related to video games or virtual worlds and you’re be able to take a step back from the original version, then you can give it a go, you might end up enjoying it.
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