Reviews

do not recommend

i have to say I really liked the first 9 episode the plot should continue and romance should be slow, but no they just randomly suddenly confess ,so I was like so many eps still left they already confess and kiss what are they gonna show? the story becomes just ridiculous 😂 are you serious? i actually decided to quit at 14 something because the focus is neither romance or comedy but just work work work ? continuously? so I got bored and end it and came to see reviews no wonder everyone thinks the same I skip at 14 so idk the end I checked now the story is absolute nonsense 😂😂😂 are you wasting our time showing story like that? ,if the first 9 eps continue till mid and slowly the romance starts it could've been better, completely ruined a good plot

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It's been a long time since I finally watched a modern drama again

It's been a long time since I finally watched a modern drama again, as I'm usually consumed with historical and xianxia dramas. The drama clicked with me immediately when I tried watching episode 1. All of FL's struggles were similar yet different from mine, making her struggles feel like they hit me too.

I even wished there was a place like that where I could role-play as someone else for real, just for a little while.

With each episode that followed, I realized that my behavior, from always isolating myself to reading novels, comics, and watching all sorts of dramas, series, films, and anime with unrealistic genres, actually showed my desire to escape reality.

I really enjoyed this drama. The cinematography was excellent, the various angles were meticulous, the pacing was smooth and fast, and the plot was engaging, blending reality and games in a way that felt truly refreshing. I even finished this drama in two days without realizing it.

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None of you who wrote a bad review are used to thai culture and lakorns

Many criticise the ML for not standing up against his mother. In Thailand its culturally wrong to disrespect the parents especially your mother. In thai culture and buddhism you have to thank your mom your whole life, when shes sick, when shes sad etc. And it was obvious how ML was fed up with her shenanigans but hes just a bit too kind. I lowkey like that because i want drama characters to have flaws. Also i heard people criticise the FL's over the top acting. Thats literally the point of traditional lakorns like this. The target audience is not teenagers, its for thai aunties. So you need to consider that this is not meant for you, so its natural you don't like it. Also if you don't know thai culture too, you are never "too much" to be cringe is to be free. Thai people are very cringe because culturally we were always told to be our unfiltered selves. Plus its a bit more dramatic because its a freaking drama. This is why most traditional lakorns usually cast 30+ year olds because its supposed to feed the dream of 40+ thai aunties with the secret mindset like "This could've been me 10 years ago" But it was very enjoyable for me because im from the thai countryside and grew up watching these shows with my mom. Im glad they got rid of some of the older lakorn style like "Rich guy come save poor girl like me, i will even lick your shoes!" Or the slap-kiss aka tsundere style.

Also makes sense they casted mid twenty year olds because that age was the peak for farm work (hence ML's abs lol) and it may attract some young people. All im saying is, see this drama from a different perspective. Thailand is still growing for het (hetero) lakhons. BL and GL are usually targeted toward international teen audiences, they lose some of the thai "cringe" personality to fit international audiences. We are not on the same level as Korea in the 2020's. I would say we are like Korea in 2014. Still needs to grow. This is one of the great examples of the growth we made, and what is still needed. I think having more traditional lakorns like this and having more international style lakorns like F4 Thailand is what makes our drama industry great.

I also think bad characters like ML's mom or Krongtong are needed for the drama effect. It makes you feel more passionate about the drama. The writers WANT TO piss you off. I think ML and FL chemistry is great, many complained about the kiss scenes, they don't have to lick each others faces, calm tf down.

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quantity > quality

Maybe I've watched too many other shows recently that have particular outstanding qualities not found here.
Maybe when I go into a drama with big expectations, I always get disappointed.
Or maybe when it's Gu Man, I see various Gu Man things that I'm not the biggest fan of (China #1: either China goes to Mars or develops leading hightech breakthroughs or whatever, patriotic Chinese researchers are leading the field in other countries but return to China to advance their homeland, the Chinese government has oh-so-many initiatives that are oh-so-perfect, and some snide remarks that white people food is inedible and inferior unless it's a sponsor in the show), or how she covers at least three industries... but that brings me to my actual complaint.

For me, Shine On Me has too much quantity over quality.

Recently I've felt a bit underwhelmed by how few songs My Page In The 90s makes do with (3-4). Meanwhile, Shine On Me has 17 songs (seventeen!!!). Of those, I like about... one and a half. Even the Liu Yu Ning song is in the bottom third of Liu Yu Ning songs. It's played exactly once, and then thrown in once more at the very end when the producers realize they paid for a lot of songs so they might as well use them all again. Chen Xue Ran this is not.

Character-wise, the quantity onslaught starts with her college roommates in the first episode. For some reason, she doesn't have the standard assignment of four girls in one room, but we instead get six. Then for an extra flimsy reason, they're 'paired' with a room of another six guys. At work, a female lead in a drama is guaranteed one best friend by law, but this one has at least three of them.

We have a mostly useless SML. After he served his purpose, he still gets a decent *quantity* of appearances. But not only that, he also gets a whole boatload of own side characters. They all have names, they all get scenes. But it's so low-effort that two girls with no differentiating features are called 'Min' and 'Mia'.

Even the (fortunately largely ineffective) villains come in groups. Typically they're delivered as a set of three. I find it a bit problematic how the show propagates the idea that the children of selfish and mean people are themselves bound to be bad human beings, but this is going too far off topic.

Other than the FL's cousin Jiang Rui, who stood out in some way in nearly all of his scenes, none of the side characters in SOM were consistently good / entertaining. A bunch had their moments, like particular small mini arcs or scenes in which they stood out, but ... I just came from rewatching another show after two years where all (!) the side characters had stayed somewhat memorable and felt much more like real people than random characters. It doesn't help that Gu Man or the other screenwriter sometimes override some random character's personality and literally just put words into their mouth to replace having a narrator.

I'm still not sure if I find Shine On Me a bit meh because my other recent shows just had *cuter* cute scenes of the leads being cute together, or all the other stuff in-between just wore me down.

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Compelling Start ...and then the plot lost itself.

I am gonna be honest..is it great? No! ...But is it non-watchable...Also no!
You could definitely watch this to get your BL fix when nothing else seems interesting...The lighting and cinematography were really good.
Fair warning, though, you will feel like screaming at both the leads...sometimes the miscommunication is dragged..like one instance of Toh overhearing an incriminating sentence uttered by Jimmy would have been enough (after which the next sentence is undoing the first impression, but of course Toh is long gone by then, and did not hear the second half)...we did not need multiple such 'coincidences'.
Anyways...among the things I liked, at the top is definitely Plaifah and Ter's relationship. Though it started a bit racy and red-flaggish, it actually evolved to be the healthiest one by the end. They were sexy but also sweet; they communicated well, and both seemed to respect each other for their roles in the relationship. I stan!

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Okey cute.

Devo dire che sono contenta di SurfJava. Se si considera poi che questo è stato il loro primo lavoro assieme (visto che lo hanno girato prima di H2H). Quindi come sono stati molto validi in quella devo dire che si riconfermano. That being said, mi sembra che un pelo si sia discostata dalla trama del primo trailer, ma questo come dire, non ci possiamo fare nulla. Ora al netto di tutto, anche se ho amato SurfJava, qua lo devo ammettere, non mi sarebbe dispiaciuto vedere OhmLeng in queste vesti, ma come dico sempre, non si può piangere sulle ship versate. Questo mi riporta sul seminata, cieè che non vedo veramente l'ora di vedere Roommate Chaos per vedere cosa possono fare SurfJava assieme a MarkOhm e a SaveFranc, quindi in un ruolo diciamo comprimario, visto che in questi quattro episodi sono stati molto, molto validi. E niente, mi è anche piaciuta la parte della nonna del personaggio di Java e di come la sua malattia lo abbia aiutato ad essere una persona migliore e che capisce quali sono le sue priorità, fino a spiegarlo anche al personaggio di Surf, per il quale apparire sembra alcune volte più importante che essere.

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Who says zombie movies can't be fun?

The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale is probably the kind of movie that matches my slightly questionable sense of humor because I laughed way more than I expected. The whole premise is ridiculous in the best way possible. A zombie showing up and somehow turning into a business opportunity? Honestly, the absurdity alone already sets the tone that this movie doesn’t take itself too seriously, and that’s exactly why it works.

Normally I’m the type to nitpick things like “that’s not how zombies work,” but this time I just threw that logic out the window. It’s fiction anyway, so why not let the creators have fun with their own interpretation of what a zombie can be? Instead of being purely horror or survival chaos, the story leans into comedy while still keeping a surprisingly warm heart at the center.

By the end, it wraps things up in a really satisfying and feel good way. It’s funny, a little ridiculous, and oddly heartwarming all at once. If you’re looking for something light that doesn’t require too much brain power but still leaves you smiling, this one is definitely a fun watch.

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actual ragebait show

was excited for this child-care and in-law romance theme but am thoroughly disappointed

fl is actually braindead

the ml is not bad but why does he just let the fl and 2ml do what they want... should've just left with wooju smh and the 2ml... literally why is he everywhere

was so excited cuz wooju is so frickin cute but wtv idc fl and 2ml gave me a headache

was getting ragebaited so hard by this drama had to drop

update after watching ep 11&12: couple scenes were cringe, fl is still so frickin dumb until the last ep. i genuinely thought she would improve. i had hope. but im actually so pissed off like everything bad that happened to wooju was because of her like is she rtarded omg and how did the ml only crash out on her ONCE if i was him id take the kid and leave like since the first time. like literally why was the door even open who in their right mind would not close the door when you have a toddler around omg just thinking about this is giving me a headache. i actually hate this drama sm.

initially, before finishing the last two eps, i was gonna give it a 3/10 but im changing it to a 2/10. 1 pt for wooju and 1 pt for me actually finishing it loll (cuz despite how much it the fl pmo, i still actually sat down to finish it LOL)

i actually hate the fl. i haven't hated a character this much in so long. im like seething just thinking about her.

notes: watched properly until ep4 but ff through the whole eps for 5-12

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Pathos and Passion

This isn’t a BL; it’s a gay film, gritty passionate and political, touching upon the real grim choices some gay men face, choices the working poor face and the sometimes crushing contradictory privilege wealthy gay men labor under. Lee Young Hoon delivered a stellar performance deserving greater recognition than his career has drawn these many years past. Admittedly melodramatic the climactic ending seems all the more comprehensible in view of the very real trials gay men have faced forever and particularly South Korean men at the time this film was made. If you’re looking for a fluffy formulaic BL about an elite boys school seme and uke, this ain’t it. If you want a convincing facsimile of real tears, passion and redemption, as a cinematic mirror held up to life can hope to reflect No Regret has few rivals.

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