Yup i agree. I was looking forward to some romance between the leads and got a long boring flashback
Yes, the chemistry is what holds the drama together for me, but unfortunately we didn't get much of it this time. LOL the male lead is so stupid hahaha!!
The 9th episode was filler. Which is weird when you know that there is so much for the show to do: close the cases of Sirin and Wa's deaths, get the main couple together, let us know about the baby's daddy, give the old perv his comeuppance. And I think the writers forgot about the second couple, but that's ok. I don't understand why thai dramas always have the same problem with pacing. No matter how well made a show is, it will always find a way to drag in the middle and rush at the end...
Sometimes due to the purpose of airing more series they will end it quickly and leave viewers questioning more.…
I really don't know why I would need a second series of this show though. I mean they have chemistry but thats not enough to keep my attention. I'm still watching merely for closure because we all already know about Sirin's disappearance.
I wonder if I'm the only one who see it so I'm just asking out of curiosity: is Gul Ameena (Khemika) wearing wigs in her dramas. In Game Saneha I thought maybe it was for the role, but now too it seems like her hair may be a very nice, well made wig. Are my eyes tricking me?
I'm going in for the spoilers here but do they really drag out the "cousin thing" with the kids?
Well yes and no. Let's just say it's not really a big deal except towards the ML who only finds out their identity towards the last fourth of the show.
Thai dramas seem to have a problem with length. It's always too long or too short somehow. Or it drags so much…
Also was disappointed by the ending, very middle of the road type. First of all it didn't make any sense, Thing is not haunted, he's a reincarnation of Phak, so how could he be still living when Phak's soul went to heaven. Also, most importantly, it's a boring ending. They should have made a choice to give us a real happy ending, cooked up a few reasons to explain things and kumbaya! I was willing to suspend my disbelief this long, I would have done it till the end.
Thai dramas seem to have a problem with length. It's always too long or too short somehow. Or it drags so much that the ending is always a bit rushed. This is the case here. When I started it, I was happy to see that it was only 13 episodes, I thought it wouldn't be too draggy. Well I was wrong haha. At first it's a really nice change to see a FL on top of her game, the concept of humanitarian pilotes is interesting too, I was okay with the young people too. But there was a major problem because very early on you can guess who the bad guys are, and you spend most of the drama waiting for the characters to find out. It could be better if it wasn't repetitive and draggy. The romance kicks up a notch around episode 7 or 8 but then it's back to gun fights and running around. I don't understand why Thai dramas makers don't seem to have their ducks in a row, or maybe is it just my luck with choosing dramas?
To me, Pear is the only good thing in this show. I always thought she was a great actress, very pretty and extremely talented. Now I also know that she's a great comedian. She's so funny. She doesn't try to always be pretty, she just goes for whatever nonsense the scene calls for. Her last scene at the police station was great! I feel bad that her performance had to be in this poor excuse for a drama. At the same time it goes to show how great her talent was that she was able to still be funny in this thing. I really hope she soon gets to star. I don't know why they need her to always play the evil girl.
I think they were trying to do a parody on lakorns but the way they did it made a lot of people unable to see…
Your review is so reasonable, I feel like you really gave an unbiased but informed opinion. It's hard for me to remove my feelings from this drama because I actually feel betrayed and attacked by the writers. Haha strong words, I know, but hear me out. As you said, the drama appeared to wanna be a parody of the genre, but in the end turned into the worst of what it intended to make fun of. Real Slap/Kiss lakorns like Sawan Biang may be hard to swallow for most of us, but it also has a quality that this drama lacks: authenticity. Yes, they do follow a formula, yes, they are full of clichés and rarely have anything new to show. But at least when I watch those, I don't feel manipulated.
Mia Jum Pen was cooked up by a bunch of men's rights activists who wanted to teach women a lesson. They gave us a fake premise with VERY interesting female characters, and then when we were interested (at least I was), they went ahead and meticulously chipped away at those characters by chunks. In the end, the only female characters who remain unsullied by tragedy are (1) the fragile, pure AKA virgin, and CHAIR BOUND Noi, and (2) the also pure, subservient and unassuming Jiew. The FL only finds happiness when she is broken and the shadow of what she used to be, and even then, the ML needs to be told by other people that she was untouched by her rapist. In the meantime, we have major redemption for the pimp/drug peddler/wife beater/wanna be rapist Banleng, and also Yadfah's crook of a father. But for women, the littlest faults lead to hell (I can't believe they actually gave Yadfah AIDS, and they made reformed, saintly Banleng laugh while telling her). These writers are women haters. There's no doubt about it if you read the subtext: they tricked us and gave us poison.
I don't understand why thai dramas always have the same problem with pacing. No matter how well made a show is, it will always find a way to drag in the middle and rush at the end...
I don't understand why Thai dramas makers don't seem to have their ducks in a row, or maybe is it just my luck with choosing dramas?
As you said, the drama appeared to wanna be a parody of the genre, but in the end turned into the worst of what it intended to make fun of. Real Slap/Kiss lakorns like Sawan Biang may be hard to swallow for most of us, but it also has a quality that this drama lacks: authenticity. Yes, they do follow a formula, yes, they are full of clichés and rarely have anything new to show. But at least when I watch those, I don't feel manipulated.
Mia Jum Pen was cooked up by a bunch of men's rights activists who wanted to teach women a lesson. They gave us a fake premise with VERY interesting female characters, and then when we were interested (at least I was), they went ahead and meticulously chipped away at those characters by chunks. In the end, the only female characters who remain unsullied by tragedy are (1) the fragile, pure AKA virgin, and CHAIR BOUND Noi, and (2) the also pure, subservient and unassuming Jiew. The FL only finds happiness when she is broken and the shadow of what she used to be, and even then, the ML needs to be told by other people that she was untouched by her rapist.
In the meantime, we have major redemption for the pimp/drug peddler/wife beater/wanna be rapist Banleng, and also Yadfah's crook of a father. But for women, the littlest faults lead to hell (I can't believe they actually gave Yadfah AIDS, and they made reformed, saintly Banleng laugh while telling her).
These writers are women haters. There's no doubt about it if you read the subtext: they tricked us and gave us poison.