ANEA
This show actually makes me angry. How can you mess up with such an interesting plot and talented cast. It should've had it all the plot, the cast, the director (I know there's some debate about P' New's talent but we can't deny the buzz around him after LBC) I don't know how they could possibly mess that up but they found a way. Now don't get me wrong the show isn't absolutely horrible but it isn't good either, and it is now where near as good as I know it could be. In my opinion there are two main things wrong with the show:
1. THE LENGTH!!!!!!!!
They dragged this show out at first it started with like 12 episodes and then they extended that to 16/17 and in my opinion even 12 was too long. Now I have not read the book but many people have said that it is actually pretty short so why they thought they could get this many episodes from one short book is anyones guess. With such a short story they had to find something to fill the rest of those 16hrs and what they came up with...... cooking lessons and awkward dramatic staring contests. Like no joke I felt like I was watching a Thai cooking show half the time, and while that might be interesting to some it's was not what I signed up for. Don't even get me started on the pauses and stares, at a certain point I started wondering why people around them weren't questioning why these two guys were stopping to stare into each others eyes for 5 minutes mid conversation. By the time they announced the episode extension I was begging them to end my suffering. It just took too long for too little to happen . After the 13th episode I gave up and not even WinTeam (who I absolutely love and really hope they have their own BETTER series) could save it for me.
2. THE STORY
The main plot of reincarnation and a love that surpasses even death is a very interesting one and I think would make a great series.... it didn't here though. People have said that the book is good so I have to assume that the main problems came with transforming the book into television. Tbh I had a lot of trouble connecting with Dean and Pharm's love story. It felt a little too much like insta-love. I understand the whole idea of how they were in love in their lives before, and their souls recognize each other etc but it's hard to connect to that having only a few flashbacks of Intouch and Korn. I kinda think it would've been better if the first few episode had just shown In and Korn's story in the past before moving to the present with Dean and Pharm. It might have changed the original story but then at least viewers might have been able to connect better with Dean and Pharm's love story making it feel less insta-lovey, especially if you haven't read the book.
Again I wanna repeat I am not saying that this show is horrible and unwatchable, it's not you can watch it. you might even enjoy it, but it is nowhere near as good as it should be especially with such a talented cast. Just gonna take a moment to give Fluke his props he is an amazing actor even with the script he was given, which I'm pretty sure is 40% crying, 50% P' Dean and 10% cooking show host. Some others were also noting a problem with the volume of the music and editing and I gotta say I didn't notice it, I didn't even mind all the repeated flashbacks. I really hope that if this show hasn't does as well as they expected/wanted it to it doesn't prevent other directors/studios from creating new bl series with more creative, non stereotypical plots because I think we can use a lot more series like this one..... just better.
1. THE LENGTH!!!!!!!!
They dragged this show out at first it started with like 12 episodes and then they extended that to 16/17 and in my opinion even 12 was too long. Now I have not read the book but many people have said that it is actually pretty short so why they thought they could get this many episodes from one short book is anyones guess. With such a short story they had to find something to fill the rest of those 16hrs and what they came up with...... cooking lessons and awkward dramatic staring contests. Like no joke I felt like I was watching a Thai cooking show half the time, and while that might be interesting to some it's was not what I signed up for. Don't even get me started on the pauses and stares, at a certain point I started wondering why people around them weren't questioning why these two guys were stopping to stare into each others eyes for 5 minutes mid conversation. By the time they announced the episode extension I was begging them to end my suffering. It just took too long for too little to happen . After the 13th episode I gave up and not even WinTeam (who I absolutely love and really hope they have their own BETTER series) could save it for me.
2. THE STORY
The main plot of reincarnation and a love that surpasses even death is a very interesting one and I think would make a great series.... it didn't here though. People have said that the book is good so I have to assume that the main problems came with transforming the book into television. Tbh I had a lot of trouble connecting with Dean and Pharm's love story. It felt a little too much like insta-love. I understand the whole idea of how they were in love in their lives before, and their souls recognize each other etc but it's hard to connect to that having only a few flashbacks of Intouch and Korn. I kinda think it would've been better if the first few episode had just shown In and Korn's story in the past before moving to the present with Dean and Pharm. It might have changed the original story but then at least viewers might have been able to connect better with Dean and Pharm's love story making it feel less insta-lovey, especially if you haven't read the book.
Again I wanna repeat I am not saying that this show is horrible and unwatchable, it's not you can watch it. you might even enjoy it, but it is nowhere near as good as it should be especially with such a talented cast. Just gonna take a moment to give Fluke his props he is an amazing actor even with the script he was given, which I'm pretty sure is 40% crying, 50% P' Dean and 10% cooking show host. Some others were also noting a problem with the volume of the music and editing and I gotta say I didn't notice it, I didn't even mind all the repeated flashbacks. I really hope that if this show hasn't does as well as they expected/wanted it to it doesn't prevent other directors/studios from creating new bl series with more creative, non stereotypical plots because I think we can use a lot more series like this one..... just better.
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