Better but still not best

While I do appreciate the fact that the writers and directors knew that the series itself was lacking and attempted to make up for it with this one off; it was still slightly lacking some important elements. It was nice to see an actual complete problem they worked through all the way to the resolution, and Ping's acting skills definitely improved between the series and the short film. However Porsche and Arm are still the only other couple that we see in front of us. While we know Ton and Chol are "together", Chol never actually makes an appearance. The music didn't draw me in or putt me off, it was simply forgettable. That being said, it was a defined improvement, so I don't feel as though I wasted my time watching it.

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I didn't expect much from this series going in. I was just binging anything with Park Seo-joon in it. I was surprised to find such a complete cast. Seo-joon's role is a complex character with so much depth and yet pales in comparison to Ji Sung's role. I've seen D.I.D. series done before, but never as well developed as this series. Ji Sung really does deliver 5 completely different roles and does it flawlessly (yes, there are supposedly 7, but only 5 really stood out). I definitely watch kdramas for the incredibly attractive men, but I'll give credit where credit is due. Hwang Jung-eum was spot on in her delivery. I watched this 8 years after it's release and was still blown away by the OST and production quality.

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OhmFluke and BounPrem absolutely make this drama for me. I watched it two years ago, but with Between Us coming out next month, I decided to watch it again as a refresher. If you haven't seen it yet, be prepared to tear up starting in the first episode. Cooheart plays such a complex character beautifully. And I usually don't care for the female support roles they put in BL series, but I adore Samantha in almost every role she plays. She's one of the most talented Thai actress I've come across. You will go through every emotion in this series, happy, sad, angry, hopeful, heartbreak, and you may even fall in love. ?

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I've seen other review saying that they expected more from this, but my reaction is the complete opposite. I was not expecting this to be nearly as good as it was. The visuals were stunning the costumes for both the god world and the human world were beautiful. The original soundtrack was fantastic and the actors of course are gorgeous. I will say I cried a lot while watching this. So much in fact, that I almost dropped it because I cried so much. I was expecting a different ending so I was pleased at the way it turned out. There are a couple of things that I think could have been done differently but overall this was fantastic.

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I appreciate the fact that this adaptation has fewer episodes than the Mandarin version, and I absolutely love Lee Min-Ho in everything I see him in. Kim Hyun Joong is the cutest version of this character I’ve seen yet, and that’s both a good and bad thing. The thing that upsets me about this version is how much time they spend on the relationship development between Jan-di and Ji-hoo. Don’t even pretend you weren’t hardcore shipping them too, because we all were. There was so much more of their relationship than the relationship between Jan-di and Joon Pyo, even knowing the outcome ahead of time, you are almost shocked that they are the ones who get to live happily ever after. I do however, love the fact that they made Koo Hye-sun look so average, which is the way that character is supposed to be represented. Each of the other adaptations has had her too cute for people to seriously not understand why she’s the girl they all fall for.

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This version might be my favorite even over the new Thailand version. Although in typical Chinese drama fashion, there are a LOT of episodes, it’s really well done. I appreciate the fact that they took the things that made me mad about the Korean version and altered them to flow better and keep you from getting too bitter. For example, the relationship between Shancai and Lei is much better in this one. The Korean adaptation actually made me really upset that they didn’t end up together with as much time as they spend developing a real, deep and meaningful relationship between them. This one focused much more on Shancai and Si and the obstacles they went through instead. I also appreciated the “other woman” being an ally for the Shancai and Si rather than a long lasting menace. And let’s not forget this case is adorable. I hadn’t seen Caesar Wu in anything other than The General’s Lady, so I’m very happy I get Netflix so I could watch him in this one. The one thing I had a hard time with is that Shen Yue is so adorable it’s hard to believe them when they call her average or can’t understand why the guys like her. This is definitely re-watchable, though admittedly, the second time around I did skip several episodes and focused on my favorites.

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I was impressed. I can usually figure out the bad guy pretty quickly in crime dramas. This one had my attention and had me making incorrect guesses right up until the end. The script was well done, the directing was fresh, the acting was on par, and the soundtrack was very fitting. This was actually a great series from start to finish. It’s hard to do a crime drama well within a limited number of episodes, and then to add the BL aspect to it and keep it from being cheesy was really impressive. I love MaxTul’s chemistry anyway, and will watch them in just about anything. I don’t know how re-watchable this one is because it’s kind of like other crime dramas, once you know “who done it”, you know. However, if you re-watch it just for the romance aspect, you would probably still be ok.

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I am less impressed with Still 2gether than I was with the original series. Season 2 feels a really forced many times, and we are supposed to believe a couple who never once says “I love you” is so madly in love they both are depressed when they are apart for two weeks. I’m ok with an innocent relationship that is still trying to figure itself out, but that’s not exactly what the script implies. There is the “let’s shower together” and the infamous “kiss you till you drop” with no actual intimacy until the very last after credit scene. The other couples in the series had more contact than our lead couple which was just odd and confusing to me. At least Bright and Win are both attractive so they are still fun to watch, but the storyline definitely didn’t wrap things up as neatly as they were obviously going for. And I’m still really confused as to why their characters weren’t reversed. We finally really get to hear Win sing and play guitar at the end of the series, and he’s REALLY good. Like, way better than Bright (not knocking Bright, just being real). Would I re-watch this one? Probably not, but that’s just me.

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While this one starts off fun and exciting, it takes a really dark turn and ends without any real feeling of satisfaction. The cast was incredible. The music was great, but I actually woke up angry the next day after watching this because of that ending. I realize it's based off of a novel, but there was absolutely no sense of closure here. We follow the three main characters through meetings at different stages in life. There is a cute side romance from the supporting cast. A season 2 or at least another episode would have done wonders for me. All in all, disappointed.

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