Turtle Stomper
Seattle (USA)
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I can't take this dude seriously...elevator make-out with a squirrel embroidered on his butt?
Gosh, this is one weird drama. The story isn't actually that bad, it had lots of twists and turns and lots of bad selfish generally evil people. I think what drags this drama down is the acting by the male lead, if I'm honest. Dude has issues with where to look when he's being filmed, so often he ends up with really awkward eye darts toward the camera and it's a little distracting. He's also got a weird time delay on his line delivery and a general lack of emotional range. The female lead is ok, she does a good job with a sort of tomboy character, but the whole first half with her hair in her face is a little awkward to watch. The FL is probably the best part of this drama...actually, all the female actors in this drama are pretty powerfully written and the males are almost all written as whiny losers (aside from the 3rd wheel failed love interest ML).
Apart from those minor inconveniences, what really drags this drama down for me is the soundtrack/sound effects. IDK who they had making the instrumental soundtracks but it's pretty jarring and often doesn't seem to fit the scene at all. The sound effects, too, are often slightly off and not well fitted to the activity on the screen, so it breaks immersion often.
The other thing that really bothered me was how perfect and kind and beautiful the 3rd wheel male lead was. Like...IDK in most dramas I can sort of understand what draws the FL away from the obvious choice to the "bad boy" who doesn't seem like the best option. In this drama, I can't find a single reason why any rational female in her shoes would turn away from what is essentially the perfect man to instead be in love with a legit man child with virtually no redeeming qualities. While this happens a lot in dramas, the writers usually give you SOME insight to hold onto that makes the FL love choice make sense on some level. This drama didn't do that at all. I still, after having watched the whole thing, have zero idea why she would choose the whiny man baby ML over the considerate, kind, compassionate one. Especially when her personality is so focused on helping others and being kind.
The filmography in this drama is also pretty low quality. I had to stop the show once or twice to double check the year it was released because it felt more like a 15 year old drama than a 3 year old drama. Everything is so cheesy and cheap, the style of filming isn't pretty, it doesn't flow well from scene to scene, and it's filled with random inconsistencies.
Overall, I don't regret watching it, I wouldn't watch it again, and the first few episodes are a terrible slog to get through. If you do make it to like episode 10 things start to pick up and make more sense. Although they drop a lot of the comedy from the first several episodes in favor of overly dramatic bickering sessions. I missed the comedy a lot as the story progressed. Like...pick a genre...either you're a comedy or you take yourself too seriously and end up losing your audience during the trip.
Apart from those minor inconveniences, what really drags this drama down for me is the soundtrack/sound effects. IDK who they had making the instrumental soundtracks but it's pretty jarring and often doesn't seem to fit the scene at all. The sound effects, too, are often slightly off and not well fitted to the activity on the screen, so it breaks immersion often.
The other thing that really bothered me was how perfect and kind and beautiful the 3rd wheel male lead was. Like...IDK in most dramas I can sort of understand what draws the FL away from the obvious choice to the "bad boy" who doesn't seem like the best option. In this drama, I can't find a single reason why any rational female in her shoes would turn away from what is essentially the perfect man to instead be in love with a legit man child with virtually no redeeming qualities. While this happens a lot in dramas, the writers usually give you SOME insight to hold onto that makes the FL love choice make sense on some level. This drama didn't do that at all. I still, after having watched the whole thing, have zero idea why she would choose the whiny man baby ML over the considerate, kind, compassionate one. Especially when her personality is so focused on helping others and being kind.
The filmography in this drama is also pretty low quality. I had to stop the show once or twice to double check the year it was released because it felt more like a 15 year old drama than a 3 year old drama. Everything is so cheesy and cheap, the style of filming isn't pretty, it doesn't flow well from scene to scene, and it's filled with random inconsistencies.
Overall, I don't regret watching it, I wouldn't watch it again, and the first few episodes are a terrible slog to get through. If you do make it to like episode 10 things start to pick up and make more sense. Although they drop a lot of the comedy from the first several episodes in favor of overly dramatic bickering sessions. I missed the comedy a lot as the story progressed. Like...pick a genre...either you're a comedy or you take yourself too seriously and end up losing your audience during the trip.
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