The main issue for me was the completely useless murderer. just there to help the romance. he's just a "psychopath"…
I think the braver (but harder) way to go would have been to find other ways to create angst in the timelines (maybe through drama with the other supporting characters that could have been fleshed out more), and shortening the drama to 12 episodes. That's just an idea, of course. I think the drama was still quite fun and enjoyable, but I think this kind of direction would have allowed it to escape some of the criticism it received. 🤷♀️
The main issue for me was the completely useless murderer. just there to help the romance. he's just a "psychopath"…
For some reason a lot of romances in the last few years have always had a serial killer/rapist/kidnapper plot, even the rom-coms--I wonder if Strong Woman Do Bong Soon kickstarted the trend? It is odd. Hidden Love was the first rom-com in a while that I had seen that had no dark side plot to speak of. It was great! I don't think he was useless, but he was a plot device and was not a "real" character in the story. It was a smart move not to focus on him to make him a real character since no one would have gone for that and this not a crime drama or action thriller, but the result was a one-dimensional villain with no backstory. He did get a bit annoying by the end cause he kept being the foil to their adorableness in multiple timelines. 😋
When does the ML finally find out the FL is not Huaiqing? 😂 It's getting insufferable to wait for the darn girl to speak up. Also waiting for her to get cooler, cause so far she doesn't seem well-matched with Xu Qi An.
Reading this comment section reminds me of exactly why I love and hate MDL. So many informative/conflicting opinions…
Helmed by Netflix, so to me it seems like it would fit in with other Netflix-made Kdramas, like My Name, Squid Game, Mr. Plankton, All Of Us Are Dead, The Trunk, etc.
Gritty, dark, "mature." If you liked those, this might not be too far off. 🤷♀️ At any rate, it smells strongly of Netflix...
Well said. I can never understand it either. Aren't we all here to enjoy dramas but it seems this mdl site is…
The internet is a toxic "place," haha. It is what it is. 🤷♀️
Also, some threads on MDL are more toxic than others. The super popular Kdramas within a year of airing tend to be the worst. Other pages are much better! It does seem to be a newer trend on MDL the last few years for people to dump on new/popular dramas, but I also think it's getting more and more traffic, with more and more people discovering dramas.
Someone said there were plot flaws to this drama? What were the plot flaws?
Stuff like the ML's death in Episode 1 never getting explained (why--murder, suicide?), or the fact that the ML had memories of his life in all the timelines at the end which was never explained. Also, Sol had the ability to stop the timeline by speaking of the future, she could have used that get away from the serial killer, etc.
Happy-ish. It has one of those "we didn't end up together in this world/life but in another world/life" endings; if you think those are happy endings, then it's happy. I think they're fake-out happy endings, and they're not my favorite. 😂
But it seems negligent to plam a two season drama and not secure the same actors for both. 🤔
If they knew this was Season 1 when they filmed it, let's hope they anticipated signing on the actors for a contract for another season. 🤞
It's fine, but only as long as they follow through...
When does the ML finally find out the FL is not Huaiqing? 😂 It's getting insufferable to wait for the darn girl to speak up. Also waiting for her to get cooler, cause so far she doesn't seem well-matched with Xu Qi An.
Gritty, dark, "mature." If you liked those, this might not be too far off. 🤷♀️ At any rate, it smells strongly of Netflix...
Also, some threads on MDL are more toxic than others. The super popular Kdramas within a year of airing tend to be the worst. Other pages are much better! It does seem to be a newer trend on MDL the last few years for people to dump on new/popular dramas, but I also think it's getting more and more traffic, with more and more people discovering dramas.
That sort of stuff, I think.