Reviews

Has a lot of potential but got limited to a short story

Story:
The Series has a lot of potential but got limited to a short story telling. The first 2 episodes started in a high note then it did not sustain the impact of the first 2 episodes, probably writers direction? director direction? lot of possibilities some backend things affected the story telling. The series could go on to 8 or 10 episode, the backtrack is vague, the reason of the Female Lead is off timed at episode 6, there is no backstory on the parents, there is no side story on the foundation aside from the last 3 mins of the ending episode, after revealing a new principal, that's the only time the series got interested about the foundation. 7 episode is short and cramp, hopefully season 2 will be good, season 1 is just fair.

Acting/Cast:
Cast is strong, so there is no problem with the budget or not, because there are limited appearances of the parents in the series, Cast was not leverage to its potential. while on the other hand Acting, is somewhat Good - Fair , again limited based on the script and the director's direction.

Music:
This is an easy 5, not so much interesting on the BGM/OST

Rewatch:
the first 2 episode is a must watch, other than that a season 2 is needed.

Leia Mais

Weird plot-twist

WHAT I LIKED:
I enjoyed the acting, especially Ji-an's dad; he is truly an angel. When he made a heart sign to Ji-an, I bawled my eyes out. I appreciated the sibling relationships portrayed in the show, and the story's progression kept me engaged. All the characters felt likable, and I was hoping the show would focus on Ji-an's journey of navigating her two families and the struggles they face. Unfortunately, that was not the case, which led to my disappointment.

WHAT I DID NOT LIKE:
SPOILERS: This is my first weekend drama, so I know I should have anticipated a strange plot twist. However, when it was revealed that Ji-an wasn’t even the missing daughter—despite her being the focused character and the showcase of her struggles—I was taken aback. It felt abrupt to learn in the last 10 minutes of episode 5 that Ji-soo is the actual missing daughter, who hardly had any screen time. As a viewer, I feel much more connected to Ji-an, and it’s difficult to cheer for a character I don’t feel as invested in. Because of this, I’m choosing to drop the show.

Leia Mais

I'LL REVIEW IT EPISODE BY EPISODE

I'LL REVIEW IT EPISODE BY EPISODE BEFORE I GIVE OVERALL REVIEW

EPISODE 1: Lightning and Credits: A Familiar yet unfamiliar introduction.

1. Genre
-Familiar: Demon-hunting and Transmigrating to a book is common on c-novels. If you love to read this kind of genre, the plot is easy to grasp and very true to its premise. The drama opens the introduction with Ling Miaomiao's relatable character as a reader and worker. The book's plot the FL reads is explained through great watercolor painting style animation which I appreciate.
-Unfamiliar: Game System/Book Transmigration genre is a rare to see in c-dramas so it's still refreshing to see in the screen especially there are many scenes that I can't help but to laugh out loud such as lightning scenes, credits scene, and Ling Miaomiao's inner monologues about the novel.

2. Memories
- There's a famous quote by Jonathan Dunne "In the end, all we have is memories". The memories of FL in a certain scene where it feels like her two worlds collide.
-Usually in some dramas, if leads don't get happy ending in ancient world, there's possibility again to meet in modern world as another person. In this drama, we get that too in this drama but it's not the leads, but someone related to our FL (I don't want to spoil who it is) and this time, they didn't meet in modern world, but in ancient setting. This scene pokes my heart.

3. Clichés put into good use
-It's not a rare sight for Xianxia to see leads either ML/FL to be attacked by lightning usually punished due to disobedience to their master or God's or Heavenly rules. This drama add used that lightning not to create heart wrenching scene but into comedy gold. Added with closing credit scene, I can't help to laugh out loud.

Leia Mais

Never Give Laugh

‒Exec Summary‒
Couldn't muster more than 3 seconds of cumulative laughter for the 6 episodes I tried. But the episodes are short, and you don't need to pay attention to plot for sitcom, so if you find the humor, more power to you.

--Short Review--
This is an office sitcom modeled after the hit kdrama Gauss Electronics. The story revolves around the various employees at a Chinese conglomerate Gaofa and reflects some of common complaints and peculiarities of the urban Chinese office. I haven't watched the kdrama so I couldn't make a comparison between the two. Unfortunately, by failing to deliver even a charitable chuckle, I suspect that this drama failed the only comparison that matters.

Other than the comedy part of the sitcom, the drama provided your standard idol web drama quality in cinematography and production value. The acting was adequate, with Dylan Wang and Yukee Chen as the main leads. Perhaps I'm being too harsh or too divorced from the Chinese workplace culture since the drama did receive an perplexingly high 8.1 score on Douban. But it's not like the show was layering the dialog with frequent word plays or internet memes. Rather, it was just an endless assembly line of haphazard setups, milquetoast punchlines, and tepid characters. While the show misfires with its jokes about workplace drudgery, it nevertheless achieves mastery for atmospheric immersion‒by creating a viewing experience that feels like a marathon day of pointless meetings. Perhaps the experience is especially underwhelming for me as sitcoms are what American TV excels at and for whatever reasons, China produces very few. But my goodness, this show feels like a hatchet script from the dysfunctional Planning Department of Gaofa.

‒Why Watch‒
1) You want to cure your unhealthy obsession with Dylan Wang and Yukee Chen (assuming she has fans)‒this show might just do the trick.
2) You want something quick and easy. Only 25m episodes of concentrated boredom in sitcom format.
3) You need some guinea pigs to hone your review writing, so you end up writing a mediocre review for a mediocre show.

--Rating Subscores--
- Overall - 5
- Plot - 5
- Theme / Message / Impact - 5
- Acting - 6
- Visual & Production - 6.5
- Audio - 6
- Rewatch - 5
- Accessibility - 8 (yay at least crappy shows generally are more accessible)
- Subtitle quality - 7

Leia Mais

Worst Stroy

I think shoud stoop after Episod 5 there is no reason to drag this story after she slept with sml and fml with happy with sfl. there is no reason to B continue this drama after episode 5 both main led fund their partners and there is no reson to B them together.

I don't understand why they are making such complicated dramas....no sense of stry same goes for interest of love(this drama is headache)
Cheating with partnees is new theme in drama.


I don't understand why they are making such complicated dramas....no sense of stry same goes for interest of love(this drama is headache)
Cheating with partnees is new theme in drama.

Leia Mais

WAR OF Y

Okay... WAR OF Y

Ep 1 : Not bad, the cast are all good looking, the songs are okay, new fresh story and kinda promising

What i like so far
I won't lie, The kisses are really hot, not forced or dead like (unforgettable night) no offense 😂😂😂😂
Kinda curious about where the story is going, it like the dark life of movie industry

Room for improving

It would have been much better if they could translate the phone texts, messages to English, not all of us can read thai

That it for now, Although it soon for rating the story, music and rewatch, i just had to pit something... So guys Enjoy

Leia Mais

Bad ? and disrespectful to the Middle East belief which is « Islam »

bad serie , by the way it doesn’t respect the Middle East belief which is « Islam » 
Bad serie that isn’t worth watching at all , very awful
You need to know that Islam is everything in this life
If you are against it then we are against you forever
I wish the website director deletes those disrespectful photos and the whole serie
-those actors writers directors producers have to learn how to respect Islam
The serie is unbearable and hated it so much
Actually it is the opportunity to leave these dramas and get out this world of dramas which is like a drug

Leia Mais

I might consider finishing this at some point..

this was one of the first kdramas I've started and I'll just list some things I liked and maybe didn't like (in the first 5 eps)

liked:
- i liked seeing lee min ho in a saeguk (this was before i watched legend of the blue sea)
- I think the female lead actress suits her role and also acted like anyone would when going back in time
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disliked/meh:
- idk why but the bad guy reminds me of a star wars character. like he'd fit right in 😅
- cringey side bad guys
- the fantasy elements

i haven't seen enough to give a proper review. if i do continue it one day I hope the couples gets together cause I've seen spoilers.

Leia Mais

How many more of this

Many actress and actors might be trying very hard to do their best but there are still so many writers and producers that is just trying so hard in making easy money.
Not to say about the actress and actors. Its just about the writers and producers after so many years, thses people are just continuing trying copy and copying all those storyline just to earn easy money. Continuing to destroy the mind of the new generation just for the benefit of themselves. Very selfish and unprofessional.
Please give some positive life to the yound generation and not keep producers these kind of bad influence.

Leia Mais

Never dropped a webtoon drama this quickly

This was not my type of genre to begin with so I already knew what I was getting myself into. I needed a short break from all of the heavy dramas I have watched since I was starting to run out of breath. That was a mistake. The first episode I finished, but it was very difficult to get through when the plot had some of the worst characters in history. Both the female and male lead are extremely arrogant. I am aware this is based on a webtoon and I am fully aware that they tend to be generally bad, but this was straight up terendous. The next episode I found myself jumping through it to look for eventual improvements, but ended up just dropping it. This is a complete waste of time even if it is short and only six episodes long, it won't give you a story to remember or make you interested in what's going to happen. Which is the crucial point for a drama like this one. Instead it is very bland and honestly the worst drama I have come across so far. Invest your time in something that actually will deliver.

Leia Mais