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Everyone Should Watch Imitation
Story - 9/10A very interesting premise finally being executed correctly! The characters are interesting and suspense has been built up right from the first episode with Eunjo's disappearance. As a kpop fan who's been around for a decent amount of time (since 2016), they've depicted the industry very realistically! From the difficulties of being from a small company to the entitlement some fans think they have, 'Imitation' has covered many important topics within just 3 episodes. The only problem I have is with the male lead but that's more of a personal vendetta because I can't stand the cold, brooding mysterious male leads in k-dramas. I'll give the male lead this though, Ryok seems like he'll have an interesting character arc because of his 'trauma' regarding Eunjo. It's refreshing to see that the male lead for once isn't traumatized by an abusive family but rather the loss of an important friend. Also, I adore Maha, I'm so glad she's not an overly aggressive 'bad bitch' female lead, those were fun the first few times until female leads started looking more and more abusive and unlikeable just like overly aggressive male leads. Maha's not a complete doormat though, she voices her feelings and is upfront about stuff when the situation allows for it. (e.g while she might not like being La Lima's younger sister and forces herself to put up with it for the sake of her own success, when it comes to Ryok's confusing behaviour she outright tells him he's being weird.)
Acting/Cast - 10/10
God bless the cast consisting of actual kpop idols. Picking Yunho of ATEEZ as Yujin was probably the best decision ever, he emits such strong best boy energy just like Yujin. Jeong Jiso as Maha was a great casting decision too, she has a sweet look to her that really fits Maha's vibe. Park Jiyeon as La Lima was another amazing casting decision, it was either her or someone like Sunmi. Park Jiyeon looks like the kind of performer that could carry an entire stage on her own with her strong presence which lines up with La Lima who's a popular soloist. Her sharp expressions match La Lima well too, it's why I wouldn't be able to imagine someone like IU or Chungha playing her.
Music - 10/10
I don't need to say much here, just listen to MALO by SHAX and No Answer by La Lima.
Rewatch Value - X/10
Unfortunately can't tell what the rewatch value would be like for this show yet since only 3 episodes are out! The plot will probably stay consistently good from here on out but all the other factors can really change this up. I think direction effects rewatch value the most because you can't rewatch something that isn't interesting visually, you'd be skipping through 90% of the entire show to just see the key plot moments if camera shots and the directing is boring after all. But for now, I give the first 3 episodes an 8/10 rewatch value as the direction is pretty okay so far. The plot is still carrying.
Overall - 9.2/10
I don't have anything else to say other than it's a really good show. I think all kpop fans should watch it as an eye-opener, especially the delusional fans.
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Highly Entertaining...to say the least!
Highly entertaining...to say the least. This series has to be one of the best historical dramas I've watched in awhile. There are some laugh-out-loud moments, some shocking/dramatic moments, and some heartfelt moments between the leads.I've read where some viewers have issues with the FL; however, I'm really loving her in this role. Her character sort of reminds me of the kicka** women who were said to have help tame the American wild west. She holds nothing back, and you can tell she is doing everything in her power to protect the people she cares about.
Another character I love is the CP's mother. She hasn't been in many scenes, but she's stolen the show for me.
Regarding the chemistry between the leads, I do love it. The pacing of their interactions and banter are spot on. I can't wait to see how they work through and bring their different worlds together.
If you are looking for something fast paced and funny with a complicated plot and dramatic moments, I highly recommend this series. Also, the bromance between the ML and SML is well worth it.
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This situation gives rise to a public opinion formed based on untrue information, giving rise to hyperreality. This favors fake news, as there is no proper selection, verification and construction of information.
Since becoming a public figure, FueangNakhon (Job Krisz Ahandrik), the protagonist of the Thai BL series 'City of Stars', has mastered the pressure from journalists and the persecution of his fans. Being a well-known face has not been easy for him. If you ever thought that being recognized on the streets would be a dream, reality proved you wrong. The pressure of always having the press watching his every move is exhausting. The emergence of his followers on social networks doesn't help either. After the latest “scandal” in which you have been involved, how to proceed on your social media profiles? Is it appropriate to take a season off to “detox”? Would it be preferable to abandon social networks permanently?
His “mistake” was to register and publish on “Zendaya” a first message that said: "let's transmit positive energy to each other." Due to the condition that each publication contains only positive content, the platform, whose offices are located in Silicon Valley, California, is not popular among Thai users. However, the message from the self-proclaimed “Thailand's most popular villain” will provoke an avalanche of attacks from Internet users in the Asian country. In response, Zendaya's managers intend to "monitor" FueangNakhon.
Who better to fulfill this task than Krommatha (Porsche Sitha Kanchana-alongkorn), Zendaya's only Thai programmer. Shouldn't he take his vacation in Thailand? Wouldn't he then be the right one to keep a close eye on “provocateurs” like FueangNakhon? How to protect the digital application from villains like this, if not by acting energetically so that situations like this are not repeated?
Who would have thought that Krommatha wouldn't have to work hard to track down the cause of the chaos, as he would take a seat at the same table occupied by Zendaya's programmer upon her arrival at the Bangkok airport? Who would think that the villain is called son by Krommatha's mother? Does Krommatha wish to pursue the “infamous” one or rest with his parents? What will happen between the two boys when they start dating?
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Silly and too superficial for me
Without the comedy, it's almost unwatchable. It's silly that this show seems to dignify the actions of an irresponsible father who, after being absent for so long, goes on showing how life has been good without his family and, backed by his newly acquired wealth, now decides to barge into their lives, romance his wife, not minding the feelings of his daughter who has taken the huge responsibility of providing for the family and devoting her life to them. The betrayal she must be feeling doubled by the fact that her little brother easily sided with the father and the mother seems to be getting swayed as well. It's pretty annoying that the father gets a better life while the family is left behind to face the repercussions of his failures. What's even more unfathomable is that he is so confident (almost cocky) that he can romance his way back because he's got money now. This is one very superficial drama.Was this review helpful to you?
Honestly doesnt really feel there is much story going on besides friendship, winning match, achieving dreams. But I was still particularly interested due to the great acting and chemistry between the mates. Started noticing peng yu chang since this one. Still recommending this one to everyone who loves sports drama especially, but I probably wont rewatch it.
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Long review but I have to get it all out! One of the most heartwarming dramas!
For those who dropped this drama or wrote a bad review about it (without finishing it or at least most of it)… your NUTS! It is a really really good drama! From beginning to end (I hope! I am not there yet but it is up to ep. 38).I was going to write my review several times but I am glad I waited until episode 38. I was going to knock down the storyline some and give it 9/10 but now I don’t have the heart to do it! Episodes 37-38 made my day!!! This is an excellent drama! It has the controlling parents (which I REALLY hate! But keep watching it gets good). Family. Drama. Love. Hate. Loyalty. Honor. It has it all! I laughed! I cried! So many times I wanted to tell the FL to grow a backbone and stand up to that awful mother! I loved how when she finds out what the mother did to the ML she finally had had enough. That mean woman held on though. Still thinking she was right and the the FL cousin brought her to her knees! It was the most rewarding part of this drama! Her revenge for her cousin was perfect and suitable!
Storyline - was really well done! Loved it all so far! I could say that YES, it was to lengthy and some of the “filler” could be taken out. But a good drama that is well written and well acted can suck you into the lives of every person portrayed in it! This drama did that for me. I was invested in ALL their lives! I cried when the firemen’s family’s cooked and sent the meals to them so they could have a taste of home. I cried when they lost a comrade and when the doctor/nurse cried in the movie theater for her loss of having him around. I cried when the ML was almost killed in the earth quake and the FL realized it was him. I laughed in so many parts I cannot count. I hated some of the people in the drama also. So to me, a drama that can touch on ALL my emotions is a really good drama! So 10/10 for me! Well done writers!
Acting/Cast - man where to start? Yang Yang - so I have seen a lot of his dramas/movies. I own one drama and one movie. He is an excellent actor! I love that he has grown so much over the years in his acting. He was kind of stiff in the first ones I watched and in “You are My Glory” I say a new side of him. A softer more relaxed side. But in this drama I saw an even bigger change..for the good! He has outdone himself in this drama. He is more human, if that makes sense. To me he is no longer just a good looking guy. Oh he is a good looking guy but now he is so much more! I can’t wait to see what he does next! As for the FL Wang Chu Ran- she is a good actress. I felt she was a wee bit stiff in this drama but that could be the character she was portraying. She did a great job! As for the rest of the cast… they did an awesome job! The mother - I was always told if an actor can make you hate them then they are a good actor. She did that so I give her thumbs up!
Rewatch - YES! YES! YES! It really was good! I want to watch it again but I will wait!
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Droppable or Unstoppable
I watched Mandy Wei in Deja Vu and she is much, much better in this drama! An Xi has a ton of personality, yet has her ditzy moments.Another positive is the support characters. The series developed some stories for them which other dramas sometimes lack. Additionally, the music is probably one of the best if not the best of any Asian drama series I’ve watched so far.
However, I do have mixed feelings about You Qian. His name is hilariously accurate and he is hella cute, but he was too clingy towards An Xi sometimes through the first half of the series. At one point, I was getting soooo tired of his behavior that I was very close to dropping the series (I entirely skipped episode 9 actually…).
Overall though, I think I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a series with deep characters, yet some little funny/quirky moments.
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A heart-warming yet heart-wrenching series
I waited for this one to end airing so that I could make myself a marathon and it was so good!Let me tell you, I really love my fluffy romances and looking at the poster I never thought how many tears I'd shed because of the story. I had some moments where I could relate from my personal life too, even conversations that I've had, and that hit home too hard at times тт.тт
ML and FL had a good chemistry and personally I think they re-enacted the characters exactly how they were supposed to be. Side characters were also interesting and fun to watch! From acting stand point, I think it is very decent. I first watched Byeong Woo Seok in Record or Youth and I'm glad to see how much he improved ~
Тime travel is not a new concept, however they made it so interesting here and the story felt quite refreshing as well. The series were shot so well and aesthetic, such an eye-pleaser! The music too, one of the best OSTs of the year for sure ~
I definitely recommend to people searching for youth, first love, wanting to fix regrets from the past, and a little suspence but also happy ending for their next watch.
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Story - too long, boring, not creative or unique.
Acting - The cast grew on me. At first I thought ZXF was ugly asfk (still do). I thought JY and CSS were more likeable and liked whenever they had screentime. The female cast is great, and they're all very pretty. But too many annoying romances that you don't get to dive into and clear up what happened i.e. Senior Brother Wan & You Ji (Bi Yao's aunty). IDK why, but the Azure Dragon (William Yang) really caught my eye.
Rewatch value: NOPE.
Note: I kept reading reviews and comments, and so many people kept labeling this as "bro-mancey" with ZXF and JY, I mean yea they were pretty bro-mancy but there is obviously love between Bi Yao and Zhang Xiao Fan!
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Ignore the low ratings, and watch this drama!
It sucks that this drama has such a low rating because not many people will look on page 15+ when searching for dramas to watch on MDL by rating. This drama is worth the watch because the storyline is great, the acting is great, the fighting scenes are amazing and thus far, there aren't any filler episodes!The two things that I didn't like about this drama was the fact that it took over 20 episodes for both leads to reveal their true identity with one another, and when it finally happened during episode 22 it wasn't as dramatic as it should have been. The build up (anticipation) was well written and felt, but the actual moment felt rushed and it lacked the passion, fear, and surprise I wanted from both lead actors (this most likely was due to the director's direction). Also, starting with episode 22, I wished the writer would have focused on the romance between the two leads, instead of having a unnecessary fight scene between the female lead and assailant. Lastly, this drama could have been 30 episodes. I usually drop dramas that have more than 35 episodes for one season because usually I find that it's not needed.
Before 2020, the female lead actress played damsel in distress characters, in a lot of historical/period dramas. Although, I thought she was pretty, I hated her acting. It wasn't until watching this drama that I realized that she can act really well, and that what I actually hated was the damsel in distress characters (not her acting). For example, in the historical drama Princess Agents, she played a damsel in distress princess who was selfish, weak and immature. I apologize for the wrongful judgment.
The female lead character, sister (who is really her best friend's cousin) has eyes like the Bratz Dolls. I have never seen eyes so big and honestly, that's all I can focus on when I see her. It's obvious that she had surgery, which btw, there's nothing wrong with. Nevertheless, I wanted to mention that there's also nothing wrong with having small eyes.
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Story about an Immoral demon couple that should be Burn Alive Publicly
FL's father literally is incarnation of Satan himself,Old King Should have killed him when he stole his woman for good,
and he should have kept that woman has his slave or concubine, never promote her to level of a Queen
and i can't say his daughter is not evil herself, she got to know about how much two brother love and trust each other but she knowingly put some pressure on there relationship,
she fall in love with older brother in just few days, but she never once try to know younger one who was so straightforward and honest but she fall for one that doesn't even told her his real name... that just give a go head to all guys to device and seduce a girl with lies and dishonesty once she fall you can know take advantage of those feelings
then she walk together with younger one about to get married to him, she was going to marry him and almost got married but now she think older brother is better again
She daughter of a traitor most evil heartless animal, know she can never become wife of any of crown prince, but she still want to make two brothers fight for her, she is as evil as her father, her father justification for all evil thing he has done is LOVE
same as her, love doesn't justify evil crimes, a criminal is a criminal it doesn't save you if your in love,
FL should have cut ties with both Princes clearly because she is smart enough to know she cant marry any of two, but she can make them enemies if she continue living her life there
she is trying her best to make both brothers enemies and kill each other so she and her Evil father can rule together with that Old WITCH
i don't get how she did not try to kill her father when she is good at fighting, even after knowing that evil man killed her mother that just,
and that old hag pretending to be caring old witch, should get a walk of shame( game of thrones) just like cerci,
i find the adulteress couple do not have any capacity to feel anything near to love, you need to have heart, feelings empathy to feel love
selfish desire to have something, which is worthless is just a obsession not love, they are obsessed with fulfilling there long lost love,
they could have run away a long time ago if they only wanted each other,
trying to kill her own son and grandson is beyond my understanding how can she call herself human after that,
SML is angry boy but he is most honest person in this whole show,
he trust his older brother way more then he should,
SML did not wanted to take his brothers position at all, but his brother did not even think before taking the woman his younger brother was about to get married, old brother never once ask him how he feel about her because he is only focus on himself,
while SML always cared for his older brother, and Queen Mother love her step son more then her own son because she has Step mother complex in which she want to become best step mother,
FL never once told ML that SML has feelings for and he has confess those, she just playing with both to get the one survive while she prefer older one just because she was forced married to him. and then in few days she fall in love ?
the way ML is totally ignorant toward his younger brothers feeling shows he doesn't care for him genuinely but its just show
deep inside his heart he is step bother and he hasn't forgotten it.
ALL i want is ML head chopped off by his own brother at end for pretending to be DICK
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Unique and Tremendously Entertaining
Not Your Usual Crime DramaI didn't watch this flick right away because the first scenes supposedly shot in Italy were the only scenes I found interesting and entertaining on Episode 1. I saw funny memes about Song Joong-ki and Oc Taecyeon on social media and thus made me binged watched the 12 episodes over the weekend.
Halfway of 2nd Episode was the turning point for me! The over the top funny gestures, facial expressions and sarcastic and wise cracking lines was just unexpectedly entertaining!
Episode 6 and 8 was just super hilarious! Those are my most favorite episodes so far.
In the first few episodes Oc Taecyon as an antagonist was so charming and cute but a little scary at the same time. On Episode 10, his character started to become horrendous, it's hard to see him adorable anymore.
What I love about Vincenzo is that you don't need to wait for several episodes to get revenge or justice. It gives you satisfaction to at least feel a little bit of balance between good and evil every episode so it doesn't get too frustrating or tedious for all things good to be in place.
I love how tacky the jokes and funny scenes are sometimes but it's creatively and expertly acted out, it doesn't come off that way. Sooo amusing!
I can't wait for the next installment!
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one of the best dramas song joong ki ever did
this is one of the best dramas song joong ki ever did. this is a ongoing kdrama and i couldn't wait to write a review until the drama ends, trust me it's that good. the main character's chemistry is in another level, their dark humor and everything in this drama is so perfect. just every episode in this drama is so perfect and each episode gives such a thrilling vibe to it and its just unique in their own way. the first episode is everything its the one that hooked me in to this episode for the 1 to 4 episodes are the best. its such a cool and thrilled drama, just knowing that they are fighting for justice is just everything. i am a big fan of song joong ki and this drama just made me to even love him more. it's killing me to wait until Saturday to watch a new episode. i highly recommend this drama:))))Was this review helpful to you?
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