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Go Go Squid 2: Dt. Appledog's Time chinese drama review
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Go Go Squid 2: Dt. Appledog's Time
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by jamestnd01
Mar 19, 2021
38 of 38 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 7.5

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Firstly, be prepared fore many comparisons with ggs1 beccause I enjoyed ggs1 and I also like this one.

Story: Time, space, and events are similar to ggs1, just the focus moved from Han Shangyan n Tong Nian to Wu Bai and Appledog, and the sport is not ctf, but battlebots. I used to watch Battlebots since seccondary school, and watching this drama is like a flashback to my school times. Low on angst between Wu Bai and Appledog, but some conflicts between Shen Zhe(Grunt) and Ai Qing. Enjoyed Grunt's romance most, because of the conflicts and it is less exposed. The main couple is exposed almost all the time, and with the less conflicts, it became bit boring in the middle because it's a 38-episode drama. Don't wait for Han & Tong because they don't appear much. Story is more comedic, Wu Bai is more expressive than in GGS1, and more romance-oriented, bcoz GGS1 focuses more on KK, SP, and the ctf industry.

Cast: The best actor goes to Li Yi Tong. She is mature, she can play as a manager and a mature lover who balances work n love.
Hu Yi Tian plays a more expressive character than the one he usually plays. He Is more expressive, comedic, and a good friend.
Supports are good, Wang An Yu again shines with his expressions, xiaomi looks more handsome here then ggs 1 >:), but he has no gf in ggs2...*sad* sadly no demo :(
The actor i don't think is suitable is Solo. His face is just too happy, not like in ggs1 in which solo is a very sad, depressed, melancholic character who always have that dazed, boring, sad face that fits his character. Here the issue about solo, su cheng, and xiao ai isn't taken very seriously, solo looks like he's not stressed, and the team isn't sad when su cheng leaves them. Su cheng looks like happy leaving them, too.
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VFX: looks like a low budget drama(sorry), the cgi is so simple, the venue is neither as grand as ggs1. the robot cgi looks very cheap. The kk base also feels more like an abandoned house for homeless people, not like ggs1 which the kk base feels so like home.

OST: some reused ost from ggs1, new osts are also good.
+points: the battle is longer, so the struggle is more real, not like ctf where each battle is only in seconds. But the teamwork isn't as good as ggs1 because it's more of a personal game.

gonna rewatch some good scenes.





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