immoralq
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What is this, and how do I get back the time I wasted on it?
After watching 'Tossara', and being generally happy with it, I was looking forward to 'Love Mechanics'.
'Love Mechanics' turned out to be a huge disappointment, but I thought, I'll give 'This Is Love Story' a go. It can't be worse, right?
It wasn't, but it wasn't great either.
THE STORY:
Nuea, a uni student in the faculty of engineering (because, where else?) falls in love with Praram, one of the twin younger brothers of Gun (Bar's love interest from Tossara.) Despite having never even spoken to the younger man (he's 19 turning 20, so he is properly described as a young man) he declares to his friends he's going to start a relationship with him. What follows are his attempts to get to know, and court, Praram.
ACTING:
The same actor plays both twins (Praram and Prarak) so they're not often in the same scene together, but Benz does a great job distinguishing the two characters.
Prom doesn't do a bad job as Nuea. It helps that all the cast has been in all three series, so they've improved since Tossara. Yin (Vee) is actually watchable now, though he still lacks chemistry with War (Mark.)
THE BAD:
We see too much of everyone else, and not enough of the main couple. I'm biased, obviously, because my palms itch every time I see Vee. He's not so much of an asshole in this, because it isn't his story, but that doesn't stop me wanting to slap his face anytime he appears on screen.
Most of this series is Nuea sitting around typing on his phone or laptop. This may have something to do with C-19, but that's still not an excuse. I'd rather have waited for this to be released than suffered through it as is. One character sitting around for 10 minutes typing on a laptop is boring.
The costume dept. is still struggling, apparently, because Mark is missing his engineering shirt (they didn't have enough to go around?) and they've still got Win (Gun) in those godawful glasses that do absolutely nothing for his facial structure. No, really, he's wearing a different pair in his MDL bio pic and they work much better.
And we're missing an episode. There were supposed to be four, just like 'Tossara' and 'Love Mechanics', but we only got three. So, the story (what there is of it) is rushed. Oh, and apparently "congratulations" are an acceptable birthday greeting and, despite the brothers being identical twins, only Praram was turning twenty.....
Yeah.
THE GOOD:
Not much. The OST was pretty good, and the one scene with Nuea and Praram talking on the bed was actually great. Normally, in these kinds of BL's, the older male lead is all over the younger one being pushy and forceful and demanding and jealous.
Nuea had one brief moment of jealously, apologised for it, was genuinely sorry for it and told Praram that he wanted to be 'good enough' for him. It was lovely seeing an honest, mature declaration of feelings and intentions from Nuea, giving Praram the choice to say no, and not just a lot of demands.
REWATCH VALUE?:
Nope, none. I could barely get through it the first time, I was so bored. Studio Wabi Sabi needs to up their game and know when not to release something. Quality over quantity or quickness, please.
'Love Mechanics' turned out to be a huge disappointment, but I thought, I'll give 'This Is Love Story' a go. It can't be worse, right?
It wasn't, but it wasn't great either.
THE STORY:
Nuea, a uni student in the faculty of engineering (because, where else?) falls in love with Praram, one of the twin younger brothers of Gun (Bar's love interest from Tossara.) Despite having never even spoken to the younger man (he's 19 turning 20, so he is properly described as a young man) he declares to his friends he's going to start a relationship with him. What follows are his attempts to get to know, and court, Praram.
ACTING:
The same actor plays both twins (Praram and Prarak) so they're not often in the same scene together, but Benz does a great job distinguishing the two characters.
Prom doesn't do a bad job as Nuea. It helps that all the cast has been in all three series, so they've improved since Tossara. Yin (Vee) is actually watchable now, though he still lacks chemistry with War (Mark.)
THE BAD:
We see too much of everyone else, and not enough of the main couple. I'm biased, obviously, because my palms itch every time I see Vee. He's not so much of an asshole in this, because it isn't his story, but that doesn't stop me wanting to slap his face anytime he appears on screen.
Most of this series is Nuea sitting around typing on his phone or laptop. This may have something to do with C-19, but that's still not an excuse. I'd rather have waited for this to be released than suffered through it as is. One character sitting around for 10 minutes typing on a laptop is boring.
The costume dept. is still struggling, apparently, because Mark is missing his engineering shirt (they didn't have enough to go around?) and they've still got Win (Gun) in those godawful glasses that do absolutely nothing for his facial structure. No, really, he's wearing a different pair in his MDL bio pic and they work much better.
And we're missing an episode. There were supposed to be four, just like 'Tossara' and 'Love Mechanics', but we only got three. So, the story (what there is of it) is rushed. Oh, and apparently "congratulations" are an acceptable birthday greeting and, despite the brothers being identical twins, only Praram was turning twenty.....
Yeah.
THE GOOD:
Not much. The OST was pretty good, and the one scene with Nuea and Praram talking on the bed was actually great. Normally, in these kinds of BL's, the older male lead is all over the younger one being pushy and forceful and demanding and jealous.
Nuea had one brief moment of jealously, apologised for it, was genuinely sorry for it and told Praram that he wanted to be 'good enough' for him. It was lovely seeing an honest, mature declaration of feelings and intentions from Nuea, giving Praram the choice to say no, and not just a lot of demands.
REWATCH VALUE?:
Nope, none. I could barely get through it the first time, I was so bored. Studio Wabi Sabi needs to up their game and know when not to release something. Quality over quantity or quickness, please.
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