Good idea: Poor Execution
After watching it twice (yesterday via livestream), I still come to the same conclusion:
Great idea, poor execution and script.
The show left so many things untold and rushed through so much. There was so much storytelling potential, but everything felt half assed just to move the plot forward. Nothing was really fleshed out, and many things felt very unrealistic (like Wit’s girlfriend suddenly running to Savior!Arisa after meeting her for two minutes) purely for the sake of the plot. The characters did not drive the story, the story drove the characters.
The revenge plot was completely pointless and a waste of screentime. There was no real villain except Arisa’s dad and Wit, which is fine, but some backstory for Mek would have been nice. Why was he so loyal? What pushed him to kill? We are told things, but nothing is actually shown. Everything is left for the viewers to fill in themselves.
Lalin’s aunt is suddenly no longer mentioned. The money laundering plot from Episode 3 is forgotten.
I could go on and on about what was wrong with the show, and this is just about the plot.
The romance was okay for a show like this. I didn't expect much there.
BOL is nice to rewatch for the fighting scenes. The rest is not really worth rewatching.
For a first show though, it was good. Faye can be proud of herself for pulling it off with a limited budget and no sponsors. BOL is still better than 80% of the GLs out there purely because of the plot idea and cast. The acting was superb.
Next time, please get better scriptwriters though. And also some sponsors.
The show gets a 5/10 from me after watching all episodes. And I'll write my review for EP8 later.
Faye has the vision, now she needs proper scriptwriters to put those ideas to live.
Great idea, poor execution and script.
The show left so many things untold and rushed through so much. There was so much storytelling potential, but everything felt half assed just to move the plot forward. Nothing was really fleshed out, and many things felt very unrealistic (like Wit’s girlfriend suddenly running to Savior!Arisa after meeting her for two minutes) purely for the sake of the plot. The characters did not drive the story, the story drove the characters.
The revenge plot was completely pointless and a waste of screentime. There was no real villain except Arisa’s dad and Wit, which is fine, but some backstory for Mek would have been nice. Why was he so loyal? What pushed him to kill? We are told things, but nothing is actually shown. Everything is left for the viewers to fill in themselves.
Lalin’s aunt is suddenly no longer mentioned. The money laundering plot from Episode 3 is forgotten.
I could go on and on about what was wrong with the show, and this is just about the plot.
The romance was okay for a show like this. I didn't expect much there.
BOL is nice to rewatch for the fighting scenes. The rest is not really worth rewatching.
For a first show though, it was good. Faye can be proud of herself for pulling it off with a limited budget and no sponsors. BOL is still better than 80% of the GLs out there purely because of the plot idea and cast. The acting was superb.
Next time, please get better scriptwriters though. And also some sponsors.
The show gets a 5/10 from me after watching all episodes. And I'll write my review for EP8 later.
Faye has the vision, now she needs proper scriptwriters to put those ideas to live.
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