Zhang Zhun didn't hold onto his anger at being violated in the end and he didn't get an apology. I didn't think the drama would turn out to be so sloppy about it because they've been rewriting FC/GZ so carefully.
I gave it a chance after dropping it once, but there's not much to look forward to between Kelvin and Veir; I don't feel anything during the couple scenes, not anger nor affection. Kelvin is more interesting being a villain to other people than to Veir. The captive scenes could've been more tense and resentful on Veir's side, but they were inconvenient at best.
So they're using Zhen Xin as the reason why Fang Chi and Gao Zhun's scenes can't be as intense in the novel? Well, that's cute. Though I disagree with him that it's love between them. At least it's a part of the plot instead of deleting things entirely.
They just finished filming season 2 and the preview photos look way less enclosed and low budget. They can afford extras now. 😹 I'm excited as one of the only fans of this show. Sometimes you want Wattpad levels of melodrama in your media.
There are some dramatic things that happen, like cast/staff members hitting on Zhang Zhun (like Wu Rong or the…
You understood it, but the friend wrote a book. The doctor and patient (who became his victim later) are the real couple. The actors are the fictional ones in a book, but they are filming a movie inside it. It's confusing if you think too hard. 😹
I wanna talk with someone who has read the whole novel please! Is the series following the priginal novel story…
There are some dramatic things that happen, like cast/staff members hitting on Zhang Zhun (like Wu Rong or the director). But Zhang Zhun and Chen Hsin are mostly kept in tact. Fang Chi is the one who has been changed the most. In the book, he's secretly sadistic and resentful toward Gao Zhun because he can't ignore his feelings when Gao Zhun seduces him. His therapies become more deranged until the car scene where he rapes Gao Zhun and then flees the scene. There's no heartfelt call, he just abandons him.
I think it would be too dark and it's hard to do 12 episodes coherent series with all that mess in the novel at…
I found it boring that they were indecisive around how unethical they wanted Fang Chi to be and sometimes made him look too rational or neutral. I get annoyed when people try to claim something as heavy as abuses MLs like Fang Chi do is irrelevant if the couple ends up together eventually, so I lean toward "just make him worse". Harder to defend that way. But I agree the book got melodramatic toward the end. I don't know how the screen version will handle 'that' character later because it's too complicated.
i havent read the book but honestly i think this portrayal of fang chi is even more insidious because he comes…
It's like this in the book, too. In fact Fang Chi initially looks more professional and reliable there. It's about how he can compartmentalize between his competence as a therapist and his sadistic thoughts around Gao Zhun. They're both way more flawed, but Gao Zhun is undeniably a victim in both.
Did she have to sit in a pool of her own tears and beg him to come back to her for you to believe that she loved…
Right? Does she have to suffer to prove that she loved a guy she barely saw for half a year and was essentially a sex friend? People are really weird about loyalty in the women's direction when the guys rarely thought about them to begin with.
I enjoyed the book until 70% of the way when the writing got butchered. If only the drama kept Fang Chi twisted like he was in the novel instead of writing new and confusing scenes. They wanted to create a balance between nuance vs. indulgence for the screen, but it's a boring one. Hope I can eat my words after the episode tomorrow.
Episode 7 is a weak episode. I was wanting an episode about Chen Xin and Zhang Zhun to ground the show after the intensity of last week, but it doesn't inspire confidence because it appears like a filler. They are scenes built around a romantic confession rather than the "try it and see" promise that it is. The scene with Danyi appearing out of nowhere is so awkward, and the girlfriends' conversation is too convenient a wrap up. I haven't finished the book, but if this conversation exists, it doesn't happen anywhere close to the these specific scenes. The highlight of the episode was Chen Xin's question about emotional vs. physical intimacy.
I liked when the plot ramped off at the halfway point. I wish it was longer to see some more lore on Mu Gun and Seo Ido. It's not at the level of a Western crime thriller, but it was enjoyable for me.
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At least it's a part of the plot instead of deleting things entirely.
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The plot twist is that Fang Chi and Gao Zhun are the real main characters and Fang Chi's friend wrote the book about the actors based on their story.
Fang Chi is the one who has been changed the most. In the book, he's secretly sadistic and resentful toward Gao Zhun because he can't ignore his feelings when Gao Zhun seduces him. His therapies become more deranged until the car scene where he rapes Gao Zhun and then flees the scene. There's no heartfelt call, he just abandons him.
But I agree the book got melodramatic toward the end. I don't know how the screen version will handle 'that' character later because it's too complicated.
The scene with Danyi appearing out of nowhere is so awkward, and the girlfriends' conversation is too convenient a wrap up. I haven't finished the book, but if this conversation exists, it doesn't happen anywhere close to the these specific scenes.
The highlight of the episode was Chen Xin's question about emotional vs. physical intimacy.