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Waste of time

1. What are the random montages every 10 minutes? These people cannot act, so they've added montages to make us feel something.
2. Why are evil characters getting redemption arcs and the above montages to show their friendship? Theyre going after each other's exes and you want us to believe that there's love between them?
3. The storyline is going everywhere and nowhere at the same time. It has 7 episodes but they feel so long.
4. It all looks so polished and shallow, these high school students do not look like they're in their junior year.
5. The FMC shows zero emotions but keep jumping from one guy to another. Everything is a mess.

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Not what I expected. At ALLLL!!!

I know I am late for this show, But I plucked up my courage since this is my first ever review of anything : )
I went into this drama, without watching its trailer, but by simply stumbling upon this page on MDL.
The synopsis provided there made me curious enough to watch thos show

Dear Godd-I knew C-drama were like a big drama with a string of many mini-dramas within it.
But this was like a whole 3 part novel or movie.

Without giving any spoiler==
Its good.
the drama keeps going so you never get boared.
The romance is definitly the major part.
It remains in your mind even after it ends=in a good way.

recomended to watch on your own ; )

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Heavily rigged show with characters with solid fanbases going

Although, we shouldn’t be surprised given that it’s a produce show, obviously it will be rigged to some extent. I honestly didn’t think they would do it so complacently. You have clear debut candidates like Midori, whose under the name K.Daiki, randomly dropped for 1st place to 10th place. You even have people like Jaeyong and Kotoro taken away during the elimination. Even though they are understandable, and you could use the excuse that people may have stopped voting them because of the number of votes available closing. You still can’t justify such a big gap.

Also, unfair benefits and them going to such large extents of 250,000 shared in one team. Shinhaeng jumping up in ranks (he deserves it but regardless still ridiculous), especially given some people whose names I still yet to recognise survived the eliminations.

I’ve never watched a rigged survival show since Fantasy Boys. Wheere you had benefits even on the final mission rigging the debut. Characters like Santa dropping significant to 29th?? And even most members have left.

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Alien acting

A veteran Korean actor, Lee Dong-hwi, plays a version of himself with the same name Lee Dong-hwi. Interestingly, I recently watched a similar movie about another actor, Jung Woo, and the acting world. This film is a self-reflective comedy about the life of an actor. It shows the main actor’s vulnerability and honesty.

I love Korean movies, but I often struggle with Korean comedies. They usually carry a good message, and this movie is no exception. However, the jokes often didn’t land well for me. I only laughed twice — once at a fart joke and once at a sandwich scene. The rest of the time, it felt overly silly, with too much yelling that was uncomfortably loud on my speakers rather than funny or entertaining. Oh, and I also laughed at the post-credit scene at the end.

The movie uses the analogy of acting as an alien character to represent feeling alien to your own life. It explores what happens when acting becomes your life and your life becomes acting. We all play certain roles in life, and we need the wisdom to stay true to ourselves.

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MORE I WANT MORE!!!!

OH MY GOD, my jaw has never dropped this much before!!
First off, amazing acting debut to those who were new in the acting industry for Shades, you're all hella good!!!
Second off, THE WAIT WAS SO WORTH IT AHHAHA, I honestly thought they forgot about the project at some point but I was wrong, let them cook bro. The plot adds up, the writing is good, and the whole story is messed up in a good way which makes everyone excited. the OST gives me chills, i got it on repeat rn! I love the acting of sophies mom, its something new in a way with the exagerrated tantrum. BelleEarn, their story hasnt gone exactly too deep in terms of romance but theres so much lore that connects, so ready to see their messy relationship. JANENANO MY BABIESSSS, ENEMIES TO LOVERS!!! Janenano are so cute, i cant believe they were originally meant to be friends. JaneNano are the reason im OBSESSED with puyfaiploy rn, their chemistry is ssooooo adorable i doomscroll them everyday :sob: overall, good story, good music, good acting, also found out from this show that mook is back into acting! cant wait for s2!

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Good start, ended up slop....

I mean it wasnt that bad, i would rewatch this in my free time (mostly bc of the cast)

The writing:
The writing was honestly slop, i could tell everything was not very organised, project was a low budget...
The Music:
-I watched it during premier BRO THE OPENING IS SO SHIT WHY GMMTV WHAT IS THIS BUDGET
-Something New (viewmim) was the best OST imo, had it on repeat in my free time
-music wasnt bad overall except goddamn girl rules opening
The Casting/Acting
-the cast was actually really good, if it wasnt them i woulda stopped watching already
-film portrayed bambis mental health REALLY good, loved her crying scenes brought me pluto flashbacks lol
-I liked milks acting, i think it was episode 8 she did a great job and bringing discomfort
Fave cp: MilkLove/shashagorya
-I actually really liked the pacing of shashagorya, it gave me nolstalgia, i really wish they put more effort nearing the end Viewmim/minpraew Awesome chem, my girls deserve the spotlight, althought as the story progressed they didnt have much lore to the show
Namtanfilm/primbambi: their acting was nice, their story was nice in the first half but then it was more like "fighting then solve it with making out"

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Best cdrama I've watched to date.

Nobody prepared me for this intense almost real life storyline. I mean you get acting but these actors were so insync that it made it impossible to differentiate acting from reality, not just the leads but even the support. The music just added to the intensity. My only disappointment is that the app i used did not allow me to turn off audio subtitles so i missed quite a bit of the lead actors dialog because the music played mostly through their scenes. Overall, one of the best I've watched and I only watch Cdramas, Jdramas and Kdramas eventhough English is my home language. ❣️❣️❣️

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Product placement in the form of mermaid drama. Compact & fun!

I am writing two-series reddit posts about mini dramas and vertical dramas with mermaid & merman trope. This drama is one of them. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this very short drama.

What I liked:
1. Plot - Compact and well-written for a product placement. I was amazed.
2. Acting - Good performances by the four leads and this is a mobile phone ad. The two leading ladies were very charming.
3. Fantasy - I loved the elements presented here as they were refreshing. No tears that turn to pearls.
4. Dynamics - I enjoyed the contrasting dynamics between Shi Yue and Bai Yu (sismance), between Bai Yu and An Xu Guang and between him and Shi Yue. The latter involved cute rivalry & banter.
5. Styling - I really liked the green highlights worn by Qin Xie Xie. Yang Yang looked handsome ethereal in white / silver wig. Overall the outfits worn by the cast were visually appealing.
6. FLs - Wonderfully written. They were smart & compassionate.
7. Length - This was perfect for a short video promoting a mobile phone. No complaints.
8. ML - There was more focus on his crush on Bai Yue than on his work but hey I enjoyed his arc.

What I disliked:
1. Antagonist - He was evil & power hungry.

Favourite scene
When ML found out that Bai Yu was visiting him

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Star stunning cast, wattpad fiction plotting!

As one of, if not the most anticipated romance drama with a star studded cast and a promising summary, let's rip the bandaid off with my honest opinion of finishing Perfect Crown.

With a wattpad-esque premise of a rich business woman and the charming bachelor prince, it was right up my alley. IU and Byeon Woo Seok was an interesting pairing, and I will actually point towards the pacing and plot as two of the issues for the show.

The visuals are very much stunning and grand, but the pacing is sacrificed for long montages or clips that do nothing to evolve the storyline. K-dramas are known for long scenes where the charaters just stare at each other, so it felt somewhat nostalgic to have a feeling of watching a drama from ten years ago. Long montages of walking, dressing up or walking into parties are part of showing the worldbuilding, but it suffers when the characters, nor the plot, haven't been built up to stand on their own.

It was actually all fine until the last couple episodes of the show. Multiple attempted murder-plots, a super villain rising under the original "villain" as well as the political tension regarding the main couples romance just snowballed into an absurd mess. All of the actors did a splendid job with what they had, the camera team as well! It felt absurd, and especially IUs character that was supposed to be a badass, cold-hearted business woman failed to assure me of the character the writers had started the show with.

Whilst I enjoyed the wardrobe of the Queen Mother and the Prince, our main lead IU had a somewhat turbulent fashion that made me question their mood board for her characters fashion sense. Whilst it felt like a fashion take made to withstand the era of 2026, it felt somewhat outdated in certain choices.

Is this a bad show? Not by any means (if you count anything except the beige press on nails IU had on for the entirety of the show that did not even fit her nails). You can see how much effort they put into the production, visuals and the outcome. Did it somewhat feel like a story of a k-drama from 2016? Absolutely. I was here for a good time, which ended with a lukewarm fanfic-esque ending (and a rage regarding ill-fitting press on nails on lead actors!)

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ma serie refuge ..

plus je regarde des séries plus je m’aperçois que les séries que je préfère sont celles où il y a de vrais interconnexions entre divers personnages au sein d’un village, je m’amuse à regarder les petites querelles de village, les amours naissants, les dissensions , les disputes et comme dans le village de Astérix, tout le monde se réconcilie autour d’un bon repas, et bien WELCOME TO SAM DALRI C’edt un peu cela, 2 personnes qui se connaissent depuis l’enfance , l’un qui aime tellement son village qu’il ne voudra pas le quitter , l’autre qui a mal vecu son enfance dans cette île et ne rêve que de partir, les années font qu’ils tombent amoureux x mais la fin des études décidera de la suite des événements , cela fera des heureux et des malheureux …
j’aime tellement cette serie que je l’ai vu 2 fois et ça me va, j’espère un jour pouvoir le montrer à ma femme.
je vous recommande donc cette serie exceptionnelle,
au fait ?!? quelqu’un peut il me dire si SHIN HYE SUN a deja jour dans un serie ratée ???? j’en doute …

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Better spend your 2 hours for something else

Suffer the same plot holes and idiotic moments as every other zombie themed shows that predate it.

Zero story and very weak characters. It's just a fast pace of events showing a small group of people running from the zombies, while occassionally getting into heated arguments and do stupid shit that get them killed.

Film maker told us that she's supposed to be a reknown bio-tech professor, but they failed miserably to deliver that premise at all. It's a shame really.

Having Jun Ji-Hyun and Ji Chang-Wook as the main casts ain't gonna save this garbage.

1 star rating from me.

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