MPL88
An Ambling Story of Glory
This show started off interesting even with the typical cliches of the leads having met in high school years before and one having a crush on the other. In the beginning I was concerned that the story would spend too much time on the ML training the FL on gaming but thankfully the show pulled back from that as the series progressed.
The leads are attractive, most especially Yang Yang who is beautiful. They had nice chemistry and looked good together, but the story just wasn’t there. The gaming training provided some story as did the conflict that arose when one of the leads wanted to date while the other didn’t. Then it was just episode after episode about the everyday boring minutia of one of the leads lives. Seeing this had nothing to do with the overall story and was time wasted on nothing. This went on until the leads finally got together. Then when they got together the story was over. The series was basically about the leads happily dating without any conflict.
I can appreciate a show not going the typical route of interloping exes or people who never dated the leads but think they are more deserving of their love. I can appreciate a series showcasing a healthy and loving relationship. However, they didn’t need 32 episodes to do this. Most of the episodes was a hodgepodge of poignant moments in the mist of meandering story threads. Honestly there were no story threads. In essence this was boring.
The writers could’ve done a lot with the FL being a famous actress/singer and the ML being a Aerospace Engineer, but they squashed any story potential in the first few episodes. I will say the writers/directors and actors did a good job making the coupling of the leads believable. They actually kissed, hugged, slept together etc. they acted like adults in a romantic relationship which ironically enough is oftentimes not displayed in these romance dramas. But that was about the only thing that was really good about this series.
With the lack of conflict and story, this series could’ve wrapped in 10-12 episodes rather than 32. But more importantly this series is not worth watching.
The leads are attractive, most especially Yang Yang who is beautiful. They had nice chemistry and looked good together, but the story just wasn’t there. The gaming training provided some story as did the conflict that arose when one of the leads wanted to date while the other didn’t. Then it was just episode after episode about the everyday boring minutia of one of the leads lives. Seeing this had nothing to do with the overall story and was time wasted on nothing. This went on until the leads finally got together. Then when they got together the story was over. The series was basically about the leads happily dating without any conflict.
I can appreciate a show not going the typical route of interloping exes or people who never dated the leads but think they are more deserving of their love. I can appreciate a series showcasing a healthy and loving relationship. However, they didn’t need 32 episodes to do this. Most of the episodes was a hodgepodge of poignant moments in the mist of meandering story threads. Honestly there were no story threads. In essence this was boring.
The writers could’ve done a lot with the FL being a famous actress/singer and the ML being a Aerospace Engineer, but they squashed any story potential in the first few episodes. I will say the writers/directors and actors did a good job making the coupling of the leads believable. They actually kissed, hugged, slept together etc. they acted like adults in a romantic relationship which ironically enough is oftentimes not displayed in these romance dramas. But that was about the only thing that was really good about this series.
With the lack of conflict and story, this series could’ve wrapped in 10-12 episodes rather than 32. But more importantly this series is not worth watching.
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