HardTruth

I am actually surprised not many felt this. I thought it was obvious.

Her dialogue delivery isn't that great either. She delivers all her dialogues in same monotonous tone irrespective of the situation. I mean for this show, it doesn't matter much but her next work is with full of veterans & plenty of angst. I fear bad news but hopefully she can surprise me.

Ngl, she aced the action roles in the past but man, Jongseo gotta work hard on her emotional scenes. EP8 ending is one of the blandest of kisses I have seen from a FL off late. Her face, eyes or her dialogue delivery showed zero emotion for what was supposed to be their first kiss. She was simply staring point blank at him like she just completed a task fr... Fortunate for her that the ML also lacks & not an experienced one.

This is also in her good interests coz her next work is with so many veterans esp. someone like Ji chang wook etc with plenty of melo. If this is the 'emotion' she can deliver on screen, that's no good news for her I fear.

Good time pass show regardless.

As long as it's not the cliched terminal illness & noble idiocy from FL, it's gonna serve. I so don't want this one to be a tearjerker but I trust KSH. He is indeed picky

For me, I really cannot continue a show where it's blatantly obvious the person in disguise is a girl but everyone plays along as if that's a guy. Very off-putting for me. That's why cross-dressing genre doesn't excite me much. More often they don't give us a convincing disguise.

True. AJTL was simply superior in all aspects right from cinematography, action choreo etc. They paid attention to detail & I think maybe had a great budget to accommodate all this ?

You couldn’t be more wrong as to why I chose AJTL for comparison. My reasoning was in reference to how LSS was captivating enough as a strong themed FL from get go in AJTL right from ep1 while you don’t get the same feeling here. The comparison wasn’t on the completed AJTL but wrt the initial drop AJTL had. It got me hooked from ep 1. Here I had to fast forward & even then it was so dull that I had to drop. AJTL had way superior cinematography & editing plus the lead actors had amazing screen presence even with the first 6 episode sample size if you are so keen. Also another reason for using it as reference was coz someone below had brought it up as well to suggest how we might have something as good as AJTL.

I am not a newbie watcher that adds a show for comparison randomly. cheers

Oh god, what kind of weird censorship is this? very off-putting🤦🏻‍♂️

Good for you but for me it was pretty dull & wasn’t captivating enough. I had to drop

Understandable from KTH to do projects there as iirc she & rain have been living in the US mostly coz of their kids.

Sorry, but NO. This is nowhere close to Journey to love. The initial episode drop for AJTL was kickass from get go & LSS kept you hooked right from frame one. The 6 episodes here fails dramatically on almost all aspects like cinematography, editing, makeup, lead actors screen presence etc in comparison to AJTL.

I am not feeling it. Honestly it was boring. Neither the FL nor ML are interesting enough or give any protagonist energy & the screenplay/story buildup for 6 episodes wasn't gripping either. The makeup is a mess. The choppy editing is also very distracting. If you start this wanting for something like AJTL, I am sorry, it's going to be a disappointment.

As usual they do a piss poor job when disguising the FL as a man. In what way she looks like a guy I don't know. Arghh

But it is the truth . Idols are casted only for business and not for their acting skills. It's just a bonus if they end up acting well which is pretty rare in K-Ent 😂

Don't be afraid to call a spade a spade. She is a terrible actress & was pretty bad in snowdrop. Only BP stans are still hyping up that mediocre debut out of that idol loyalty. Let's be honest here.. she got the gig just coz she is a popular idol just like plenty other subpar idol actors out there coz it's good business end of the day for producers as it will bring eyeballs & money irrespective of the quality of the series.

very entertaining episodes again but boy, I miss our little jian so much. I so badly hoped we had more flashbacks with that cutie patootie. 😭😭😭

Not true, I found it weird and dropped as well. There are people who find the tone & filter jarring. You don't represent them all. So, your condescending ass can take a hike here.

Actually both. Modern as well as flashbacks are the same. The overall camerawork is very distracting or off putting for me. Like it's very 2015 types or to be precise , same like the daily soap operas. The whole vibes is similar to a theatrical play instead of a show. Even if it's meant to be nostalgic, this one just doesn't cut it for my taste.

So, it was deliberately done like that? right, thank you

Which year was this filmed? The camerawork & the general vibe is making it look like one of those daily soap operas from Korea. Is it meant to be like that? So distracting for me :/