A 12-year old's fever dream
This drama series is exactly what a 12-year old expects in a romantic relationship. The main positive is that the actors are all good looking.The story itself is the usual cheesy cold-male and bubbly-female, who were friends as small children, but it quickly goes downhill from there. The 2ML is rejected many times, continues chasing, and doing things that are manipulative and completely inappropriate. The sexist stereotypes are infuriating, from the usual ditzy women, to the way contemptible way that ML treats FL, to a particular scene involving the third couple right after she visits his grandmother. Of the three older men in the drama (dad, and two businessmen), only one who behaves in a way I would consider a mature adult.
The reason I say it's a 12-year fever dream, rather than simply classic Chinese stereotype is due to some of the behaviours of the individuals. For example, when the girls get excited, they jump up and down squealing. The FL's voice is that cutesy soft sweet deeply annoying one that no real human being has. It's almost as if the characters magically went from age 12 to adult without ever actually maturing.
There are no kisses. Only a couple hand-holds and hugs.
I agree with the reviewers who dropped after a handful of episodes. If you want to enjoy something, this show isn't it. I watched all the way through the end because I kept wondering how much worse it would get. And they successfully kept surprising me by having each episode be worse than the previous.
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A Drama That Had Good Ideas But Writer Failed To Deliver
This is one of those dramas where I question myself, what did I just watch? While I did enjoy the moments of our leads from the moment they started to have feelings for each other, the jealously scenes the ML had, & the happy ending overall, the writer just missed out on so many things that could've made this drama a whole lot better.The story plot focus could've been about the e-sports competition for the ML's character & the journey of being a hanfu designer for the FL's character, but instead, we just get the ML's character searching for his eternal star childhood love, which the writer didn't deliver well anyways because the FL's character didn't remember at all. She didn't get into an accident or anything so if it was that important to her, why did she forget about it? At least show some hints of the FL's character of a childhood memory throughout the drama so the ML's character could start wondering if she was the one he's looking for. Instead, we just got subtle scenes of him on the phone with who knows who, searching for his childhood love and I would say 70% of the drama revolved around the apartment life of Yu Heng & Xiao Di. Again, some great story ideas but the writers just failed to act on it. Most episodes just didn't feel significant enough to be consider as worth watching.
The characters in this drama could've been written better. SML's character was poorly written until almost towards the end with his one sided love, no matter how many times FL's character told him she only sees him as a friend. ML's character Yu Heng just didn't have any good character qualities for most of the drama. It wasn't until he realizes his feelings that he starts to be a little better and likable. FL's character Xiao Di was childish overall. Though she does have some good moments, there were a lot more scenes where she was frustrating with the way she thinks or acts to situations. Even Xiao Di's friend and Yu Heng's friend didn't really serve much of purpose to me other than just being there and being a complicated 2nd couple. Then you have this game enemy of Yu Heng, who you don't even know why he hates Yu Heng so much. This guy finds out Yu Heng's weakness but doesn't really do much with it and he's only in a few episodes throughout the drama and then the writers showed a somewhat ending for this guy. What kind of writing, for this bad guy character, is this? It just doesn't make sense to me the importance of his role. Don't even get me started on that annoying girl who was Yu Heng past teammate but also has a crush on him.
There are dramas where I could watch the intro & ending credit because of the music ost but this one I couldn't. I just didn't like the music personally. The drama does have some good ost in the drama itself but I wish those songs would've been the intro & ending osts instead of what they chosen.
Though there are a few scenes I do enjoy seeing and may come back to, definitely won't rewatch the whole thing.
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Fairly predictable and not in a good way
Managed to finish episode 4 and decided I'll drop it there. This drama is pretty trope filled and looks to be very predictable.ML is obsessively possessive and controlling even before any romantic connection is established. I wouldn't want him as a friend let alone as a partner for life.
SML is pathetically and relentlessly pursuing FL despite her repeatedly telling him they are just friends and will never be anything more. Neither of the men in this drama respect boundaries.
This particular drama seems to be following the script of the man with a trauma that magically is cured by the sunshine girl's appearance in his life. It's a trope that's way overdone and I wish more characters suffering mental health issues would instead head to therapy.
I try to give dramas a fair shot before I drop them, but I don't want to waste my time with this one as it seems too predictable and not engaging enough.
Updated: I did come back and finish the show after it's completed airing and my rating did improve for the show from a 3.5 to a 6.5
I swear it's like they switched writers half way through the series, it finally starts to pick up steam and when the leads FINALLY get close and then do get together, it starts to be funny, have cute moments and I end up laughing a lot. I wish they had that level of energy for the whole series, it really would have elevated it.
I think a lot of people probably dropped the drama well before it had a chance to redeem itself. If I hadn't committed myself to finishing this I would have dropped it again and missed out on some of the funniest things I've ever seen in a modern c-drama. I just wish the amazing scenes weren't so few and very far between.
This drama is one of those that is perfect if you want to watch clips of it on youtube, it will make you laugh but you don't have to wade through the endless hours it took to get to that one or two funny scenes.
ps. When the ML finally starts smiling, he has really cute dimples and his entire character changes for the better like a light switch, the difference was like night and day. I think this was a mis-step by the writer and if it had been a little more gradual and more noticeable it would have made the series MUCH more enjoyable for the audience.
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Very cheesy RomCom and bad acting for the entire cast
"My Eternal Star" is a RomCom about a stiff, control-freak gaming CEO and a cheerful designer.The plot is so stupid, and the acting was mediocre. The production quality is bad with too much bright light, especially in closed-up scenes where the lead actor/actress almost kisses.
The 2nd ML and FM leads are annoying as well. The only good thing about this drama is that it is short, 22 episodes. It could be shorter. I am in 13 episodes already, and the two have not truly kissed yet. They both are incapable of communicating their feeling for each other, so It is very annoying.
I am giving it a 5.0 rating because it is watchable, killing time while I wait for a better Cdrama to be released.
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One of the good review
Read so many bad review I kinda feel have to write good one about this drama. Haha...Yeah this drama one of the shallow & fluffy rom-com with not much story to tell. Let's discuss drama....
Positive side about this drama:
+ Cute & fluffy rom-com without much angst that make our teeth grind with angry or whatever.
+ Good looking actor/ess that quite good at acting, at least they're not like drama student that just learn to act.
+ The persistence or stupidity of Lu Yu Heng in the way he looked for his 'little star'.
Negative side about this drama:
- If you expect e-sports aspect of this drama, hope nothing then. They only show a little bit of that aspect.
- if you also expect the journey of being a hanfu designer or the live streamer, also hope nothing then. Everything just beautiful in this drama. Lin Xiao Di (XD) had too easy journey, everything is make easy for her.
- The stupid & illogical Zhao Mu Ran (MR). He been rejected over & over & over through their life by XD, but ne never give up. Really want to knock his head for that stupidity. And the way he gave up his love is super duper easy. Like after all that time of persistence he just suddenly gave up his love for XD.
- The stupid XD. Which woman that casually just decided to move with random neighbor man that they barely know...? Answer is nobody... If me, I rather accept MR (since he is her best friend) offer when he offer his house & move with him, moreover if I'm not mistaken MR also offer his empty house for XD to live.
Overall this one shallow & fluffy rom-com you can enjoy.
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Klutzy FL with Second Leads Who Can’t Take No For An Answer
Watched 4 episodes so far and I think I’ll stop here. Female lead is an air head. She dropped a jar of skincare in the toilet, flushed the toilet and was surprised that it clogged? WTF?! And she falls at least once per episode. I know falling is an ingredient for an Asian drama but come on! A he’s super rude. She’s staying at the male lead’s house because the idiotic SML destroyed her toilet and she started cutesyfying his home without his permission. One, it’s a temporary place that she’s not even paying rent for. Two, IT’S NOT HER FREAKING HOUSE. Who does that?! The two second leads don’t take no for an answer when the male leads have said they’re not interested multiple times. Who wrote this crap?Was this review helpful to you?
love traingel
i love the series.. but the story line totally flushing because from the first episode itself you can judge the ending lead1 and female lead are going to be together lead1 will succeeded his ambition and along helping female lead to full fill here ambition.. how ever i not understand the childhood plot because of long year waiting to meet and fall in love its ridiculous but what about the male lead2 MURAN he was with her for long years in her all happiness and sadness and secretly rooting for her ambition that the true love .. but however there is a heartbreaking for lead2 as well for viewers too.. how ever lead 1 jealous of them but lead 2 afraid of losing her.. how ever ep19 is my last watching because i dont want to see MU RAN as a heartbreaking and bury his love inside him and act like stupid/fool to comfort her..Director Huang chun..
how you came up with this FLUSHING plot.. just by using toilet for emergency at neighbor home and staying there permanently and fall in love you and they live happily.. please dont make love dirty
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