Agree that this is a realistic drama that captures the feelz of what on the ground relationship might feel and sound like ..
So many people got triggered by the FL reaction on that one WILD NIGHT she wanted to be intimate .. I thought the heart and beauty of the drama WAS IN THAT scene.
It didn't flinch away from the reality of the FL's feelings .. It successfully drew out the empathy for her BUT only if one came to watch a 'real life' depiction .. NOT a fairy tale fluffy story .. where FLs dump everything for LOVE and ML
So anyway I was coaxed by an MDL pal to check this show out.I was avoiding it (apologies if I hurt the feelz of…
;-p
thank you.
I'll take a deep breath and return .. and HOPE that the FL upends the Director's advice and does her own thing that brings the character into the correct tonality
So anyway I was coaxed by an MDL pal to check this show out.I was avoiding it (apologies if I hurt the feelz of…
This FL is SUCH A GOOD actress I have NO idea why the director couldn't let her be her natural self ..
She seemed to have been over directed ..
Her Hospital Scene was STELLAR!! That should have been the tone .. allow the actress to find the right "note of cheerfulness" ..
I can almost seen him 'amping' up the "BRIGHTNESS" making her "all washed out and fake" (you know like when you adjust a photo to the point it just looks 'fake')
So anyway I was coaxed by an MDL pal to check this show out.I was avoiding it (apologies if I hurt the feelz of…
Then there is something off in that it's NOT AT ALL 'clear' in the structuring of the first episode - there was NO HINT that these two knew each other .. NO hint at ALL about them having ANY previous connect!!
- It was like a random radio show caller that connected with her and she was pissed at being called given her condition ..
- The caller on the other end seemed as clueless about this cussing listener.
- Then in some 'future' date (post-switch of persona) she is goo-goo ga ing with a friend about this idol having been in her school and they didn't know of him??
SO WHEN was the 15 years back she knew him? Or 15 years later she is all grown up and looking for a job??
The timeline has me axed .. and MOSTLY because FL is on some magic potion that preserved her and her ML in picture postcard "same age" and 'same style' over 15 years
Maybe I will squint my way past the OVER-BRIGHT and OVER-ZEALOUS BOMB of Positivity to try catch the LOOPY timeline
So anyway I was coaxed by an MDL pal to check this show out.I was avoiding it (apologies if I hurt the feelz of…
Ah I see.
Thanks @sachapz
14-15 year gap??? ;-O
So if I understand correctly - hospital catatonic suicidal FL to Bubbly flashlight FL is 15 year GAP??
Goodness where were the "costume - make up" folks???
Usually a SOLID drama does a BRILLIANT jump which is an INSTANT visual giveaway of the Cast (without any on screen text cueing the viewer) on time lapse.
There wasn't ANY foreshadowing AT ALL in the drama ..
OMGAWD!!Didn't realize this show was trending so HUGELY.Did it overtake QOT?🫣🫢😳😳😳😳😳😳😳Omygawd…
So anyway I was coaxed by an MDL pal to check this show out.
I was avoiding it (apologies if I hurt the feelz of the ML shippers of this show) because I kind of simmer down when I find Actors from what seems (clearly) intensive reconstructive work that left the face almost immobile 🫢
You know.. The crinkles around eyes.. The corners of lips. Chins.. Cheeks.. All those micro expressions that lift the ACTING SKILL to the next level.
I enjoyed the actress in her previous support and guest roles.. And was looking foward to watching her take on a major role.
Ep 1 begins with her hitting the ball out the park and I was cosying up for a cuppa to sink into the drama.
However a few more scenes on I am popping out my seat as I feel a wreck coming up - why did the FL suddenly switch into this cringey - over smiling blinding floodlight that is washing out ALL detail and beauty that the beginning seemed to promise!!!
Am guessing his words forged a miracle for her?? But this Polar shift - total mind boggling persona swiping change (and forced cheerful expression) isn't working IMO.
TO SWAT the viewer with this "metamorphosis" required some work which would create some plausibility.
Anyway am now going to scroll to see if anyone else felt this jarring switch...
Or it's just me...
Anyone reading these - no need to hyperventilate... We all come hear to listen and express ourselves with the hope of finding new lenses to see with... Or find those who have similar lenses 💞
True.I was furious with the writer who seemed to have had a gun to her head to churn out this rubbish in the second…
Plus if Seven Tan is a fave actress .. you CANNOT miss ~ Dear Mayang Street
and NO DO NOT read the MDL comments page or even the brief .. IT'LL totally "spoil" the show - I jumped in blind .
ALSO .. you may 'think' it's Reply 1988 .. IT'S NOT .. the template maybe similar .. but oh so different ..
AND you'll have discovered Timmy Xu (chef's kiss) .. for whom you will HAVE to follow up with the GRAND spectacle of a Republican Era drama "City of Streamer"
If you do end up watching it I'd love to hear back ;-p xoxo
True.I was furious with the writer who seemed to have had a gun to her head to churn out this rubbish in the second…
ha ha ha ha ..
The rate at which I drop dramas is no joke .. not much sunshine in those discards LOL
BUT yes I have been lucky to find enough GREAT dramas to not lose my joy of Drama yet ;-p
p.s. I am relatively new to CDrama (which I had a serious bias against and wouldn't touch them with a barge pole) compared to Kdrama (started in May 2020 Covid days saviour).
Last Aug I watched my first CDrama .. and had it NOT clicked with a 10/10 I'd never have bothered with the Cdrama ever again LOL
BUT I hit Bull's Eye with the best to start me off (best obviously IMO)
~ Hidden Love (my first Cdrama as One Spring Night was my first KDrama) ~ FOMH (Fireworks of my Heart) ~ Lighter and Princess ~ Ever Night
And I had already tasted the BEST amongst them in a row ;-p
I was hooked.
******* Wait lemme check what all you enjoy .. maybe we have some matches ..
CHECKED .. OMY MY >>
We have SO much in common ;-p
~ Fake it Till you Make it ~ Rising with the Wind
and many many more
I'll recommend some (you may like them .. didn't see on your list)
~ WLIS (Will Love in Spring) ~ Branding in Seongsu ~ City of Streamer ~ Dear Mayang Street
I suddenly found this windfall recently and couldn't believe I had SO MANY top notch (IMO) dramas fall in my lap LOL
Is it similar to the three-body problem on Netflix? The story seems similar in the synopsis. Can anyone tell me?…
PUHLEEZ do NOT stain your eyes with the NETFLIX ONE .. I DO NOT EVEN KNOW where did they COOK up the story .. LOOKS like a 'cartoon' next to the GRAND EPIC that the 30 Episode Chinese version is.
This is ONE of those times I LOVED AVENUEx REVIEW of the Drama. She did TWO. And IT resonates with me.
It's RIDICULOUS that the world in general will be introduced to CIXIN LIU's MASTER WORK through a CHEESY - CRINGEY version from the US mass market production line.
If I could I'd RATE this Drama ONE IF the HIGHEST I have ever given on an ASIAN drama
Agree that this is a realistic drama that captures the feelz of what on the ground relationship might feel and sound like ..
So many people got triggered by the FL reaction on that one WILD NIGHT she wanted to be intimate ..
I thought the heart and beauty of the drama WAS IN THAT scene.
It didn't flinch away from the reality of the FL's feelings ..
It successfully drew out the empathy for her BUT only if one came to watch a 'real life' depiction .. NOT a fairy tale fluffy story .. where FLs dump everything for LOVE and ML
Got it.
Thanks for showing me such patience.
9.2 / 10
cannot be ignored without a SERIOUS TRYOUT.
After all I actually ended up even hop-scotching my way through QOT .. to see IF it truly held its place on the tier 1 strata ..
;-p
thank you.
I'll take a deep breath and return .. and HOPE that the FL upends the Director's advice and does her own thing that brings the character into the correct tonality
She seemed to have been over directed ..
Her Hospital Scene was STELLAR!! That should have been the tone .. allow the actress to find the right "note of cheerfulness" ..
I can almost seen him 'amping' up the "BRIGHTNESS" making her "all washed out and fake" (you know like when you adjust a photo to the point it just looks 'fake')
Thanks
I'll be patient and continue ;-p
- there was NO HINT that these two knew each other .. NO hint at ALL about them having ANY previous connect!!
- It was like a random radio show caller that connected with her and she was pissed at being called given her condition ..
- The caller on the other end seemed as clueless about this cussing listener.
- Then in some 'future' date (post-switch of persona) she is goo-goo ga ing with a friend about this idol having been in her school and they didn't know of him??
SO WHEN was the 15 years back she knew him?
Or 15 years later she is all grown up and looking for a job??
The timeline has me axed .. and MOSTLY because FL is on some magic potion that preserved her and her ML in picture postcard "same age" and 'same style' over 15 years
Maybe I will squint my way past the OVER-BRIGHT and OVER-ZEALOUS BOMB of Positivity to try catch the LOOPY timeline
;-D
Thanks @sachapz
14-15 year gap??? ;-O
So if I understand correctly - hospital catatonic suicidal FL to Bubbly flashlight FL is 15 year GAP??
Goodness where were the "costume - make up" folks???
Usually a SOLID drama does a BRILLIANT jump which is an INSTANT visual giveaway of the Cast (without any on screen text cueing the viewer) on time lapse.
There wasn't ANY foreshadowing AT ALL in the drama ..
Found someone echo me 🫣
I just posted fresh comment after being gut punched by how quickly the drama devolved
I was avoiding it (apologies if I hurt the feelz of the ML shippers of this show) because I kind of simmer down when I find Actors from what seems (clearly) intensive reconstructive work that left the face almost immobile 🫢
You know.. The crinkles around eyes.. The corners of lips. Chins.. Cheeks.. All those micro expressions that lift the ACTING SKILL to the next level.
I enjoyed the actress in her previous support and guest roles.. And was looking foward to watching her take on a major role.
Ep 1 begins with her hitting the ball out the park and I was cosying up for a cuppa to sink into the drama.
However a few more scenes on I am popping out my seat as I feel a wreck coming up - why did the FL suddenly switch into this cringey - over smiling blinding floodlight that is washing out ALL detail and beauty that the beginning seemed to promise!!!
Am guessing his words forged a miracle for her??
But this Polar shift - total mind boggling persona swiping change (and forced cheerful expression) isn't working IMO.
TO SWAT the viewer with this "metamorphosis" required some work which would create some plausibility.
Anyway am now going to scroll to see if anyone else felt this jarring switch...
Or it's just me...
Anyone reading these - no need to hyperventilate...
We all come hear to listen and express ourselves with the hope of finding new lenses to see with... Or find those who have similar lenses 💞
Was it (QOT) all about "pushing" product by pro publicity teams? Or genuine viewer driven interest?
Without too much fear of being pulped (IMO) I found QOT highly underwhelming.
The publicity went overboard..
It was ridiculous (IMO) to imagine that it would replace CLOY or GOBLIN in viewer's opinion.
Didn't realize this show was trending so HUGELY.
Did it overtake QOT?
🫣🫢😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
Omygawd it did.
QOT still at 8.8 / 10
And has only roughly 36000 comments...
This thread is burning 🔥🔥
Will check it out for sure.
🌸
Tags sound interesting.
You are sort of like how I was about CDrama .. didnt step towards it for 3.5 years!!!
Kdrama has its own classics .. Hope one day you will check some out ;-p
~ Dear Mayang Street
and NO DO NOT read the MDL comments page or even the brief .. IT'LL totally "spoil" the show - I jumped in blind .
ALSO .. you may 'think' it's Reply 1988 .. IT'S NOT .. the template maybe similar .. but oh so different ..
AND you'll have discovered Timmy Xu (chef's kiss) .. for whom you will HAVE to follow up with the GRAND spectacle of a Republican Era drama "City of Streamer"
If you do end up watching it I'd love to hear back ;-p
xoxo
The rate at which I drop dramas is no joke .. not much sunshine in those discards LOL
BUT yes I have been lucky to find enough GREAT dramas to not lose my joy of Drama yet ;-p
p.s. I am relatively new to CDrama (which I had a serious bias against and wouldn't touch them with a barge pole) compared to Kdrama (started in May 2020 Covid days saviour).
Last Aug I watched my first CDrama .. and had it NOT clicked with a 10/10 I'd never have bothered with the Cdrama ever again LOL
BUT I hit Bull's Eye with the best to start me off (best obviously IMO)
~ Hidden Love (my first Cdrama as One Spring Night was my first KDrama)
~ FOMH (Fireworks of my Heart)
~ Lighter and Princess
~ Ever Night
And I had already tasted the BEST amongst them in a row ;-p
I was hooked.
*******
Wait lemme check what all you enjoy .. maybe we have some matches ..
CHECKED .. OMY MY >>
We have SO much in common ;-p
~ Fake it Till you Make it
~ Rising with the Wind
and many many more
I'll recommend some (you may like them .. didn't see on your list)
~ WLIS (Will Love in Spring)
~ Branding in Seongsu
~ City of Streamer
~ Dear Mayang Street
I suddenly found this windfall recently and couldn't believe I had SO MANY top notch (IMO) dramas fall in my lap LOL
I came back to look at TB drama responses ..
And reread this.
Did you watch WLIS?
I had such RICH RUN with the following that I am quite SATIATED for now .. hee hee hee
~ CITY of STREAMER
~ BRANDING IN SEONSU
~ DEAR MAYANG STREET
~ RISING WITH THE WIND
ALL GOLD standard for me :-D
Cant believe my luck that all these dropped in my lap right after WLIS
If I could I'd RATE this Drama ONE IF the HIGHEST I have ever given on an ASIAN drama
20/10
LOOKS like a 'cartoon' next to the GRAND EPIC that the 30 Episode Chinese version is.
This is ONE of those times I LOVED AVENUEx REVIEW of the Drama.
She did TWO.
And IT resonates with me.
https://youtu.be/q1Nvujq_uDc?si=vkRy-uR9J-Hz4oWc
https://youtu.be/5i12P_52O_k?si=GQoT3ujZ7ihL5Qau
It's RIDICULOUS that the world in general will be introduced to CIXIN LIU's MASTER WORK through a CHEESY - CRINGEY version from the US mass market production line.
If I could I'd RATE this Drama ONE IF the HIGHEST I have ever given on an ASIAN drama
20/10