Reviews

A must watch drama

I'll admit, at first I only watched for the male lead. He was in "Love is Sweet" and "Ashes of Love" (which are both great dramas, btw) so I only watched this one for him at first. However, one episode in and I was hooked because of quite a few things:
1. The female lead was strong and smart, not so dependent
2. The chemistry was top notch between the two leads
3. The plot was definitely going to be interesting from how the first episode went
4. Luo yunxi with glasses heh
So, one episode in, and I don't have to worry much about no chemistry, a whiny and dumb female lead, and the story seemed to be very promising.
Now, that was only the first episode.
Having finishing the whole series, I can tell you that the story will not be letting you down. "Lie to Love" mastered having romance intertwined with business affairs. Personally, I think the business scenes and lovey dovey scenes were quite balanced, and this made it quite believable, as some CEOs in dramas seem to have no work at all. Overall it wasn't too cliche, (for example an evil mother in law, or how the male lead miraculously appears to save the day every single time the female lead is in trouble) and it does give you quite a few sweet scenes (that make you feel very single).
The flashbacks and added events in the story made the watcher hang on and sometimes sit at the edge of their seats. With each episode, the plot became a little more complex and made you dive even deeper into the story. What can I say? I was hooked every second and didn't skip one scene (even the parts with the second female and male leads) which makes this drama the first one to achieves this feat.
Ah, one last thing, the female and male lead both very much understand each other. No silly misunderstandings (for the most part) that last like half the drama (the times there are rather silly misunderstandings is cleared quickly)
Anyways, if you are looking for a light and sweet romance drama, this is not for you. However, if you prefer a strong and smart female lead and a very interesting love and business drama, go for it.
So, if you've made it to the end, what are you doing? Go watch!

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Butchered adaptation of Boss + Me. My rating would be lower if not because of Push / Aom.

*** SPOILERS ***
For those interested, these are the episodes for:
8- the corporate field trip
12- corporte party, almost kiss
15- main leads start and kiss
35- main leads reconcile and sleep together

After watching and reading the original Chinese Boss & Me...
forget it if you are expecting anything remotely as splendid as the original Chinese show and book.

Unlike other Thai adaptations-- this one is about 80% negativity!!
Frankly, this is a re-write of "Boss & Me". It's more like any other Thai lakorn full of hatred and poisonous antagonists.
There are girls who want the MLs in both the C- and T-shows, but in the C-version, viewers will find believable jealousy, lies, harping, and mean girls. In contrast, the T-version barrages viewers with in an incessant string of problems by antagonists (girlssss and boys obsessing for the ML, FL, and the cousin). This lakorn is full of non-sense! Why bother calling it B+M which was full of sweetness?

Thanks that viewers did not have to endure amnesia nor a truck hitting one of the leads…!! Instead, this T-version added: blackmailing, kidnapingSS, stabbing-pregnancy-killing, pushing down the stairs, comma, drowning, arson, 2 types of cancer, lies galore, verbal-mental-physical types of harassments/abuses/assaults, obsession, psychos (and attempted rapes? I skipped those scenes)… did I forget anything else?!?!??!! (By the way, I tried to add these tags to the description page but all were declined by MDL.)

This Thai show incorporates "elements" of the original Chinese storyline, but it has way too many bad things going on. This T-drama could be named anything else… calling it “Boss & Me” is kind of misleading.

If one wants to give this Thai version the benefit of the doubt and call this an “adaptation inspired” by the original show… one will end up annoyed, if not upset. One thing is to twist the plot here and there, making it better (for example, "You are my heartbeat" for "Fox's Summer")... another thing is to change and add so much that the new adaptation is practically writing another drama.

Unlike other excellent Thai adaptations (eg, You are my heartbeat for Fox's Summer, Kiss Me for Itazura Na Kiss, and Full House Thai for the Korean original version), this T-version of B+M was a royal disappointment. It was sad because I was looking forward to enjoying another T-adaptation.
(For the record-- No, I am not a fan of Aom and/or Mike Angelo. I feel that both happen to portray the best of 10 adaptations of Itazura Na Kiss… and the Thai version of Full House is sweeter than the original Korean version.) (I am not a fan of the main leads, but the Chinese FL did an excellent job portraying her character in the C-drama. In contrast, I liked Push, the ML in the Thai adaptation better than the Chinese ML in the original C-show.)

I enjoyed watching so much the original Chinese show that I read the book afterwards. I felt that the TV drama was significantly better than the English translated version of the actual novel. In the C-show, one can enjoy watching the FL’s journey as she develops her character/career/intellect, matures as a person, and learns to love/live with the person she falls for. Viewers also see a FL learning to adapt socio-EQ to her new status without losing her independence and sweetness. I did not feel much character advancement/development in the Thai FL version. Yes, the main couple goes through problems, but the Chinese drama simply radiates positivity.

The one good thing better in this Thai adaptation is that "the in-love Thai ML" is much sweeter than the Chinese ML in the original show. Also, watch this Thai version if you're interested in Push (ML) and/or Aom (FL).

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for the English TV subtitles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This was probably the most realistic police drama I've ever watched. Especially since it was done as a 'slice of life' style rather than action. I had mixed emotions while watching this show, as someone that works in the law enforcement sector, it hit close to home and sometimes felt all too real. I cheered for the officer's victories, sympathized with their losses, and burned in frustration or anger with their hardships as officers. It was an emotionally full show. Lt. Oh Yang Chon and his wife, Jang Mi were my favorite characters in the show - I would have been perfectly happy if they had been the only two leads. Sang Soo and Jung Oh triggered irritation in me many times, but that could have been their purpose as they experienced their character growth from civilians that needed a steady paycheck, to recruits, to rookies in their field training period.

I'm not a Lee Kwang Soo fan, so I didn't go into this drama for him as an actor. He overacted a bit in places, but otherwise, he did a fair job playing Sang Soo, which is a departure I believe from his usual comedic roles. I think I was more disappointed in Sang Soo as a character than Kwang Soo as an actor. I do generally like Jung Yoo Mi, and she did a good job in her role, but Jung Oh was also a character I didn't really connect with much or feel much empathy for. She just was. The real standouts for me were Bae Sung Woo as Lt. Oh Yang Chon and Bae Jong Ok as his wife, Captain Ahn Jang Mi. Their marriage and careers were much more interesting and layered than the rookie officers. They are the characters that I related to and cared for. I enjoyed the side characters and they did an excellent job playing their roles. There were many interesting facets to the story.

The officers in this show are often between a rock and a hard place. I feel for them tremendously if this is really how the system is in S. Korea. Of course, some of the things are reminiscent of the way things have been going in the U.S. for the past several years. They are paid pitifully little to put their lives on the line every day, not knowing whether they will make it home safely. They put themselves in harm's way to catch a criminal only to be accused of 'brutality' when the suspect is apprehended. If they are injured themselves, then they are just abandoned to take care of it themselves. In the heat of the moment when it's a choice between taking action or being a 'coward', they can't win. The public cries out that they went too far if use of force is involved and if they don't catch the criminal (possibly being too scared of disciplinary action to take extraordinary measures) they are accused of not doing their duty and wasting taxpayers money. They are the ones that get cursed at and spit on and accused of wrong-doing just for doing their job. And their superiors can't be counted on to have their backs. Who could continue to have a 'sense of duty' in such a landmine of a job? Thank goodness they can at least count on those that are out in the field with them (for the most part) to have some measure of loyalty and support. Why would anyone want to take on a role as an officer when this is the kind of thanks they receive for protecting the public? It really makes you think about their role in society and who will even want to do this kind of job in the future. It also raises questions of how 'social media justice' plays a part in ruining people's livelihoods - there is no repentance in the age of internet. Your wrongdoings will haunt you forever - following you until the day you die. It made me very aware of the reason that the suicide rates in S. Korea are so high.


The music was wonderful and fit the tone of the show well. They had a couple of English OST's - one being Carry Me by Family of the Year, the same group that sang the song "Hero", the OST from It's Okay That's Love (coincidentally, also featuring Lee Kwang Soo). The other song I liked was In Your Light by Jon Allen.

I wouldn't re-watch this just due to the sheer length - 18 episodes running at about an hour and twenty minutes each. All in all, this was a powerful show and worth the time to watch, though.

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So cute!

I enjoyed this so much! It took me like a good five or six episodes to realize the male lead was Fu Pei from Put Your Head on My Shoulder. I had recognized the female lead right away, but not the male lead. I loved PYHOMS and that’s probably my favorite C drama, so I was pretty shocked to realize that this couple really, really worked, considering how much I hated Fu Pei in PYHOMS. Clearly they’re great actors. The story is so cute and warm and the ending was cute and warm too. I don’t really know what to do with my life now that it’s over. There’s reasonable conflict but nothing overly dramatic. And I really enjoyed the second couple as well. Their story was interesting and I was invested. Overall there weren’t really any characters I hated or disliked.

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I am so proud of my Siwon for doing a weird role this time.

This is the kind of drama that becomes informative. It's the production side of the drama industry. I've learned a lot here and at the same time enjoyed the drama. It's a laughtrip kind and it promises to keep you out of boredom.

But halfway watching, I got that feeling of tiredness on the characters' side, where there are always these twists that aren't really fun and could really get tiring. But anyways..

There's Siwon to lighten up my mood. Being his biased fan, it was him who made me watch it. His last fluffy drama, where he played as an actor too, was a good one. Now it's an actor role again, only a really dumb but competitive one.

The main pairing is really fun to watch. The side story of Hyunmin and Minah being the stubborn actors fills in the comedy part. THE SOUNDTRACKS ARE DAEBAK TOO!! ?

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I really love this drama, I have already watched it a few times and i'm going to watch it again soon. Most people look at this drama as just a comedy, Romance, Even horror etc but not many people see the deep beautiful meaning that it gives, To love yourself, That we all have our own complexes like getting fat, Ugly, Big nose, Bad skin etc, Some people overcome them but not everyone, There is alot of people like sunako that is consumed by their complex causing that person to hate themselves and the message i got from this drama was simply to love yourself, How can you love someone if you can't love yourself first? And Kyohei showed us that having good looks is not as great as it seems, That it really is the inside that matters, I won't ever forget what Kyohei said to sunako at the begining, "You should worry more about your insides becoming uglier than your outsides" I think there is many many people that could learn a few things from this drama. I really loved that part of the story and i loved that sunako & Kyohei learned alot by loving each other, It helped them with their complexes. I also think the cast was good, They played the characters well and there was not much music in it but it was okay. I definitely recommend watching this, It may appear to be a unrealistic and silly drama at forst but if you watch it and see the hidden meanings in to than you'll see it's actually really special and unique, I believe it's a drama you won't regret watching and you may even learn some new things about life and what it means to love someone for who they are and not what they appear to be.
So watch it!

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Kim You Jung, estou obcecada por você

Estou encantada com a atriz Kim You Jung, uma grata surpresa conhecer ela através desse trabalho!!! Tenho que admitir que o que realmente prendeu minha atenção inicialmente a esse dorama foi a química dos protagonistas! Minha única ressalva sobre a história é que enrolaram demais no desenrolar do plot e deixaram de investir no desenvolvimento de personagens secundários!

No quesito atuação, tenho que bater palmas para a Kim You Jung, o ator que fez o Do Gyeong e o Seok min. Para mim, as cenas mais emblemáticas conta com a participação deles

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A story with a twist. Hush..it's a happy ending?

I love the storyline of this drama. The whole 24 episodes gave me a heart satisfaction.
The drama showcased three love teams and those three ended well.
I did watch this drama because its trailer caught my attention.
I dare you all to watch this drama because it will give a love genre, wuxia, revenge, comedy and some twists that will keep you on track.
Please don't leave each episode because it was really nice.
Mind you...the kiss scenes were real hahaha (I think so).
It was first time for me to watch in the series both the main leads. The female lead looked like a korean artist named Park Shin hye.
My overall rating for this drama is 10/10.
Please watch and support.

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Highly Recommended!

I have watched this drama twice already and will definitely watch this again before season 2 starts.. I love the plot, the actresses are so good that i started to stan them both. I was already familiar with Yihan through Meteor Garden and I was only introduced to Zhang Nan through here (Couple of Mirrors) since I only occasionally watch CDramas. Zhang Nan's beauty is so striking and I love how she portrays Xu You Yi, she definitely showed her pureness and innocence. Yihan on the other hand really fits the role of Yan Wei, she's very handsome.. and I love how her precious smiles are only for You Yi.. I rated the story as only 8.5 because I would love to know Yan Wei's back story which i will anticipate in Season 2.. I am excited and will definitely wait for it.

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Battles on Ice Vs Life

Maybe some may think I've rated this drama too much for what it was worth but it was a ten-star worthy one.
Throughout this 2021 year journey, I've seen and rated so many dramas and this by so far is one of the best. It had many flavours savoury, bitter, sour, salty and sweet. the chemistry, romance, plot, direction, choreography and acting are just beautiful.
The story had a direction and flow. It had a reason and it stayed the same till the end. Many dramas at times lose this direction I'm talking about and confuse us very much. We begin to lose interest in the plot, lose the connection and get bored quickly but for the first time in a long period of six months, I found a drama where I didn't skip through the scenes.
I saw all the plots, all the scenes with the supporting actors and at times even the credits because the ending ost is simply beautiful. It was such an encouraging drama and worth every minute I spent watching this 45 minutes long 33 episode drama.
Speaking of supporting actors, I must say without them this drama definitely wouldn't be this good. They helped make this complete and I can't imagine myself viewing this drama without even one of them. Each character was enjoyable in their way. The male and female lead's chemistry was so sweet that I thought I would get diabetes. The way they supported each other throughout their whole journey to the competitions was just so encouraging and so so admirable that you couldn't help yourself but cheer for them. The relationship between their mothers, the chemistry and the fallouts between their friends, their journey of growing up, them just being themselves, their day-to-day life all we're just factors that just made this drama another perfect one.
But it may be a little exaggerated when I say that it was a perfect one because it was flawed but every scene, every moment just made me especially anticipate for the next scene thinking what happens next. Crying with them, laughing with them, cringing thinking "Wow! This is just so damn sweet" - simply makes me put this drama on my rewatch list.
But the biggest thing I've learned from this was not giving up encouraging ourselves, believing in ourselves, believing in our teammates! Overall it was a wonderful lesson. The drama pointed out its view and showcased the thoughts it wanted to show the viewers and I'm sure the viewers have received this because I did.
I recommend this drama to everyone who likes encouraging themes, life's lessons, sports, college, romcoms, you would enjoy this. And comparing it with the 2020 winter sports drama skate into love I have to hand it out they both are well-directed, two amazing dramas that bring a smile to one's face and can't but help yourself silently cheer on for the male, female leads and supporting actors.

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So far the most wholesome series this year

My School President is essentially a live evidence that even young romance can be magically mundane. The fact that this show has a heart is what I admire about it the most. Though we look for angsty stories, we always return to storylines that make us laugh, characters that take our breath away and make us swoon, and songs that fill us up with pulsations after pulsations of joy. This is because it expresses emotions so vividly and delivers humor immaculately.

Without the necessity for kisses that most BLs display, MSP provides us all the wonderful emotions, but instead shows us the puppy love of two high school boys becoming in love through Tinn secretly assisting Gun to both of them finding comfort with one another and maturing. And the harmonious bond they share serves as a benchmark for relationships. Understanding and communication.

From the story, acting, and music, it was beautifully well done. Especially, fourth, bro is going places for sure.

Oh the songs are all bops!

A hundred percent recommendable. Even myself back then, promised not to watch anymore high school theme and yet here I am. <3

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Good start but gets draggy at the end

The show establishes a cute and fulfilling first few episodes but loses its spark at the end. At first, I thought the story about reincarnation was different from other shows with the same genre, but it started to get messy with a cliche kind of plot they presented with a lack of originality.

Poor acting performance of Jeon Chang Ha also affected my enjoyment of watching.It is obvious that this is his first on-screen role since he can’t put up a good act when crying. Although I like him when his character is fun and fluffy, I can’t sense anything emotional when he is being sad. On the other hand, Jin Gun is quite an actor with average skills and dependable during the exchange of lines between the rest of the cast. In terms of acting, the girl who is the nine-tailed fox nailed her character the best.

The first kiss was fine but the angle of the camera ruins the moment. I barely saw their passionate kiss with only two to three camera transitions in which all of them didn’t capture the scene perfectly. It was so dark that I almost saw nothing within the kiss, I even thought that it was a fake execution of kiss. The bad thing is the chemistry that they carried out during the half number of episodes faded away the moment they became a couple. During this time it should be the best part of the show and give us a numerous amount of romantic scenes but they choose to express a dramatic approach as the plot of the show. Until their story became another typical over romanticized story with no solid support of affection from the main character.

There is only one thing I am thankful about this, it is for introducing me to Kim Jeong Seok. He plays as the second lead guy who has been left unchoosen but in real life, he stole my heart. I like his acting, facial expression, his character, and the bonus of handsomeness. I even visited his IG account and was mesmerized by his captivating boyfriend-material posts.

Overall, First Love Again is another reincarnation norm which isn’t that impactful but also isn’t that bad. I really enjoyed the first half of the show but they failed to be consecutive and the reason why the story drags to the bottom. Anyways, I like the OST, perfect fit for the jolly vibes of the show. I guess the only major ousting of the drama is the saddening plot, the rest was good enough.

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I finished Theory of love weeks ago and I am now trying my best to refresh other details. Anyway TOL is a god tier BL!!! It is by far the most well put together BL I have seen. Also, since it was a GMMTV BL, I expected a great production and it did not disappoint.

First off, the concept was brilliant. The integration of popular romantic movies into the storytelling and episode titles was so well done. Everything made sense. Movies were used as metaphors to their relationship.

Next, the acting of the whole cast was topnotch especially Gun. You know that boy will always deliver. The dynamic of their friendship was really nice. Personally, it's kind of rare for me to focus on all side stories especially when they are too many but in this case, all of the storylines were interesting. KhaiThird's friends were all given depth. They weren't just used as decorations or shallow characters who were just there to advise the MC.

The first episodes felt repetitive to me but I did understand it was for us to really get deep into the emotions of Third. Along with that, I can't really blame Khai. During the first half, Khai was portrayed to be an asshole who always hurt Third but I actually think he was a nice friend. He was a jerk, yes, but he was a good friend. The only thing I hated with Khai as a friend to Third was his bossiness and constant bailing. But when you look at it, he was unaware of Third's feelings! How he acted was normal for platonic friends. Whenever he did something wrong, he did make up for it. He apologized when he felt like he hurt Third's feelings. Even with Third's POV shown to us, I still felt how Khai treasured their friendship---it was just that he overlooked it sometimes. Khai as a man who dated girls was a different story though.
The build up to the finale was well phased. The final episode was the best one out of all the Thai BLs I had seen. Everything---nothing in the progression of events was off or I felt was rushed. Things fitted so well in the last episode.

One of my main problems though was the negative representation of female characters. It has been done so many times in BL shows to emphasize even more the male to male relationship. But then it brought me back to the narrator of the story. We saw them from Khai and Third's perspective---Third who always had to face the aftermaths of Khai's breakups and Khai who moves on so easily.

Also I think I didn't really catch why Third likes Khai so much aside from their close friendship? They could have given us an insight or like a short montage of the reason/s why. Another thing that I felt was lacking was how Khai came to terms with his sexual orientation. I get that the episodes before 'Flipped', Khai was already developing his feelings but we were still on Third's perspective. The shift was abrupt but maybe it was just a matter of POVs.

Nevertheless most of the negative things I noticed in the series were not really about the scriptwriting or directing, but more on the nature of the characters themselves. They were flawed and raw. For example when Khai pretended to be drunk when he kissed Third and again when Khai was about to kiss Third while he was asleep. It was in his flawed character. Still, nonconsensual kiss isn’t the way lol.

And can we talk about that intro? Classy, I say. Also Getsunova's OST really hits you in the feels. They lyrics and tune are literally Third's perspective. Also, the kissing scenes, chef’s kiss. They are literally the most natural and best kissing scenes I have seen in BL ISTG. They were a lot of unforgettable moments too (the train station scene that for sure made everyone cry, Khai’s final confession to Third, Third’s shower scenes).

It is so rare for me to not want a second season but TOL is good as it is. It is THAT good. But I mean, more OffGun content so why not lol. If they ever make a second season, I just hope it is as quality as the first one.

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First of all this tv series is not for everyone. It tackles parallel universe and time travel and that in itself can get confusing more so if you're the type of viewer that doesn't really focus on watching or you like to do other things while viewing.
I personally like this series mind you I had low expectations because of the reviews that I have read however I watched episode 1 to 9 from morning to night and I was surprise that it got me hooked. I finished the whole series in 2 days and I was on edge the whole time because I just couldn't predict what would happen or how the character would react to difficult moments.

If you want to watch this because of the romantic LMH that you have seen in other series don't expect that here. There are some very romantic scenes but not a lot. Its not your typical romcom. I like the way he expresses love here though it's more realistic lets say compared to his character in The Heirs or BOF. When I watched those shows I always say no such guy exists.
Main comment is Its a complicated tv series even the flow of the scene is not typical. It starts one scene and very subtly ends that scene and you will think that was it. However in the next episode it will show an in-depth view of the scene. This is where I would say a lot of people think it was messy. For me doing it that way gave me that "ahhh" or "gotcha" moment while watching the next ep. Had the director and writer done it the usual way of doing the whole scene in and then a cliffhanger could have change the viewers perception. I like the way they did it but its not everyone's cup of tea. Reminds me of the movie Inception wherein there were so many layers to the scene.

What I like about it was almost every episode there is a "twists" and that got me. Acting was superb, I think they all did a brilliant job I was crying in a lot of scenes but the best actor was the 2nd male lead. He showed a wider variety of characterisation.
What I didn't like -- the ending - i wasn't happy with that "compromise" but that's just me (can't say much w/out spoiling).. Secondly like any other time travel/parallel universe movie there will always be loopholes look at Avengers for instance.

So many negative comments about the sponsored ad have you seen Goblin and other TVN shows they have heaps of them especially with subway brand. This is how tv shows make money and almost every hollywood film does this too so I wasn't very bothered with it. I have seen more blatant advertising

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Intense Love was one of my most anticipated dramas of the year. I picked it up when it started airing but found it to be boring. I resumed watching this recently and overall it was a mixed bag for me. There were some cute and romantic moments and some were downright annoying. This drama would be a zero for me if not for the main leads.

STORY + CHARACTERS:
There was no story. It's just about a ditzy, vain actress who falls for an icy doctor. Yes, the leads were cute but I never got invested in them. It felt like watching a compilation of scenes where I felt like I missed the initial build up. Because there was NONE. They fell in love out of nowhere and I wanted to smack the main girl because she annoyed me to no end. Her dumbness wasn't cute after a few episodes. There was no growth in her nor the male lead's character, What didn't help was the annoying sister of the male lead. She was infuriating to no end. There is a secondary couple in the drama as well who got the majority screentime, a below average story and no chemistry. I didn't like anyone.

ACTING:
Here is where I feel bad. The actors did the best they could. Ryan Ding and Zhang Yu Xi are decent and watchable. It wasn't their fault that the script was lacking, there were no challenging scenes nor that there was no character growth. Entire drama seemed like a teenage girl's fantasy being adapted on screen. I liked Jiawei and the male lead's friend. They were both quite good at their roles.

MUSIC:
Didn't notice any. Meh.

OVERALL:
I like turning off my brain and watching cheesy romance films/dramas. However this one tread on boring and disappointing category for me. I felt like it was an insult to my intelligence had I kept on watching this story that started nowhere and ended no where. It should've been a middle-school drama instead of unrealistically portraying all adults as ditzy and shallow. I wish I could have liked this because it was a waste of the main leads' potential. I don't recommend this drama unless you have nothing to watch.

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