On My Engineer • Apr 1, 2020
Title My Engineer
I'm not the only person who is annoyed by the voice over they put on Mek right? It's just really distracting. I'll be watching the scene and be invested, but then he'll speak and it takes me out of it. To be honest I think if they utilized the fact that the actor for Mek is Chinese and just had him speak less or speak English, it would have been a lot better. When they introduced him they said he was practically mute anyways. I know that's probably not how Mek's character is written in the novel (I haven't read it), but I feel like it wouldn't have been that big of a deal anyways. And I don't think it would have affected the relationship between Mek and Boss. In dramas when people speak two different languages (in this case it would be Thai and Chinese) the first thing they usually do is speak English or at least use body language/ actions. I think it could have made their relationship more special and endearing. I don't know all the drama with the actor for Mek or why exactly he was kicked out, maybe that was another reason they voiced him over, who knows. I just randomly thought about this and wanted to share this idea.
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