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Wait till Ep 3, the romance kicks in and the loophole-ey script gets a tad better
The first two episodes wre very disappointing, Tongtong notwithstanding, so I had decided to drop the drama....but Ep 3 changed my mind....the romance starts to grow on you Ep 3 onward and makes the loopholey script seem a tad more bearable.and then..sigh. there's Tongtong.....But I still stand by my original review below from the first two episodes. Will change this if it goes on to become reasonably better in the next few episodes...for now, I'll continue to watch this, hoping it will improve..that 6.5 score is just for Tongtong, otherwise it will be even lower... :/
BL-Needle Score: 8. High BL-ness
Original review:
The drama is novel in its crime thriller-horror-supernatural elements, but the good part ends there......I had waited to see Tongtong as a BL-drama lead ever since his act as the super handsome, uber-supportive bro in Khun Chai (To Sir, With Love), and was very pumped about this show.....but as I sat through the first 2 episodes of Nour, what a disappointment it was...
The script till Ep 2 is plain half-hearted with zero homework done on how real world scenarios would look like for a crime thriller....for example, how police interrogations would actually look like (instead of one investigating officer borderline trying to mock-flirt another in front of the suspect), how an investigating officer who is stringent about doing it alone (Ken) is expected to behave-handle the evidence he gathered (instead of keeping it neatly stacked on his office table that is) and the kind of thorough knowledge and understanding Ken is expected to have about humans and their evolving technology for someone who had lived through 200 years without dying (instead of not knowing how to use a smartphone, he did not time travel, you dodos) ...sigh.... the list is endless....and even though I sat through all of the two episodes 45 minutes length to find a saving grace for this Tongtong starer that I had so waited for, I could find none....
I just wish Tongtong lands a lead role in a BL-drama with a more thought-through script in the coming days :((
Verdict: Maybe wait for reviews from more episodes
BL-Needle Score: 8. High BL-ness
Original review:
The drama is novel in its crime thriller-horror-supernatural elements, but the good part ends there......I had waited to see Tongtong as a BL-drama lead ever since his act as the super handsome, uber-supportive bro in Khun Chai (To Sir, With Love), and was very pumped about this show.....but as I sat through the first 2 episodes of Nour, what a disappointment it was...
The script till Ep 2 is plain half-hearted with zero homework done on how real world scenarios would look like for a crime thriller....for example, how police interrogations would actually look like (instead of one investigating officer borderline trying to mock-flirt another in front of the suspect), how an investigating officer who is stringent about doing it alone (Ken) is expected to behave-handle the evidence he gathered (instead of keeping it neatly stacked on his office table that is) and the kind of thorough knowledge and understanding Ken is expected to have about humans and their evolving technology for someone who had lived through 200 years without dying (instead of not knowing how to use a smartphone, he did not time travel, you dodos) ...sigh.... the list is endless....and even though I sat through all of the two episodes 45 minutes length to find a saving grace for this Tongtong starer that I had so waited for, I could find none....
I just wish Tongtong lands a lead role in a BL-drama with a more thought-through script in the coming days :((
Verdict: Maybe wait for reviews from more episodes
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