Derailment

show could have been good/great but it was a chore for me to get through the last 10 episodes.

Mainly because (personal opinion) for me... the ML was either a jerk/selfishly did stuff or he literally held 0 emotions... like his face just looked confused? 99.9% of the time. Also... for a high-octane thriller/gotta-figure-it-out-before-we-die type of drama... it felt oddly boring for 75% of the drama... by episode 20, I was over it and the plot just drug along with only...

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"will she excel at makeup" and "will the microchip kill her before the ml decides to finally tell her what she needs to know or not?" and those two plot threads were NOT interesting enough to keep me watching for 10 more episodes... I held out and pushed through but the end was as mediocre as it was anticlimactic.

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What Does It Mean To Live Your Dream Life?

I loved this drama because it didn’t shy away from using a sci-fi memory distortion concept for characters with normal lives and dreams. Jiang Xiao Yuan, the female lead (played by Liu Han Cun), is from a wealthy background and a car crash sends her to a world in which she lives a life of poverty. If it weren’t for the male lead, Qi Lian (played by Lin Yi), who knows the “other her” from this world, she would be beaten and starving on the streets. The pair hate each other but they are determined to figure out what happened to her and the “other her” of this world who disappeared and send her back to her world.

The actress Liu Han Cun did such a wonderful job at portraying someone who’s both confused and outraged at what she believes to be this parallel reality that is harsh and unforgiving to her. And Lin Yi really played his role well too because he’s quite horrible at first until he softens.

At first, I was upset that this wasn’t a time travel story but then I was relieved it wasn’t because we got to witness the ML fall in love again with the “new identity” (wiped out memory) of the FL. The show also gradually introduced the real mystery (a memory alteration program that has gone wrong) that was disguised as a time travel device. There were actually quite a few twists and turns that made this an entertaining and rewarding watch in my opinion.

There’s a whole arc of her slowly regaining her memories and we see how close the ML and FL lead were in high school, how they always protected each other. At some instances, we also understand the anger and grief the ML has gone through and how everything is all interconnected in the end.

In the meantime, the FL works her way into becoming a hairstylist/makeup artist, which introduces other interesting characters into the storyline and gives her a second chance at life. I believe in the end, the message was to follow one’s dreams despite one’s burden (financial, familial, societal, etc.) To me, the drama presented a satisfying ending and I was rooting for the couple as they relearned to trust each other and repieced her memories.

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Derailment: A Refreshing Plot That Goes Off Track

It's one of those series that you can't decide whether to watch just by reading the reviews because different viewers have different impressions of it. People either really liked this drama or really hated it. So, I would recommend to anyone who is considering watching the series but can't decide whom to believe: just give it a try. Watch the first few episodes. It is worth giving it a shot.

I don't want to say that it was perfect, but it definitely wasn't as bad as I thought it would be based on all the negative reviews I saw here. It was really refreshing to see a plot combining romance and sci-fi. The first 15-18 episodes were absolutely great. I would rewatch it up until episode 18, probably, because after that, it got dragged down by unnecessary storylines. The main element that kept the suspense until the end wasn't as satisfactory for me. But because most of the episodes were great and it hooked me enough to binge-watch the whole series, I want to give it 8/10 for the plot.

I think the writers couldn't build a strong connection between the characters and the viewers. Certain scenes made me feel like the acting was unnatural, but I guess it could be due to poor writing or maybe directing. There were still some things I couldn't understand even after completing the series, but whatever. I'm just happy that the main leads got their happy ending.

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Interesting way of executing a story

The story was quite interesting. I do wish we could've seen more of the story. At times the CGI is so bad it ruins the immersion. The versions of the cast in high school would've made a great show on its own it held my attention every time. The shows opening is quite captivating. At times the show seems muddy and is hard to understand but as the story goes on this corrects its self. It could've been done smoother. As you reach the end of the series it seems everything is happening all at once as the middle drags out and the beginning is weird at times and also rushed. Overall it is watchable as long as you can overlook bad CGI and messy writing.

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Derailed, that's exactly how I feel.

Derailment means going off route, going into an unexpected development. The title for this drama is so appropriate because this was not what I had signed up for. I love time travel and parallel worlds drama so reading the drama description I knew I had to watch this. Halfway through the drama it was still about a rich girl who somehow found herself in a parallel world where she was poor and a guy who loved the poor girl and was trying to send the rich girl to her world so he can get the poor girl back. And then the big reveal happened and everything just turned out to be a lie. Too bad that by this time I already loved the FL, who remained strong and sassy despite losing her riches, and I just want to know what happens to her. Also the dramamakers still made it interesting enough which stopped me from dropping the drama.

All I can say is that if you just want a time travel story, look somewhere else but if you want a good story then check this out.

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Es un drama entretenido y tiene un buen mensaje sobre perseverar en lo que respecta a tus sueños.

En lo personal pienso que me gustó, me entretuvo bastante, tuvo una trama interesante y me hizo sacar muchas teorías locas que al final no tuvieron nada que ver con el resultado final. Pero bueno, si he de ser sincera hubieron cosas que no me terminaron de convencer y eso fue el comportamiento violento de Qi Lian hacia Jiang Xiao Yuan en el principio, el como empezó a descubrir la verdad Qi Lia, no lo sé, me pareció algo forzado y bueno me decepcionó un poco que no se tratara realmente de viajes en el tiempo, pero después de eso, creo que es un buen drama y lo volvería a ver.

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Time-travel drama with a suspenseful plot, but too draggy and repetitive that I lost interest

Derailment is a romance, time-traveling drama involving killing people to shake the life gaming system.

The Synopsis: Do you believe that countless parallel universes exist that are exactly like the world you live in?

Jiang Xiao Yuan struggles with her identity as she travels across parallel universes that never seem to intersect. In her original world, she is an invincible, wealthy daughter. Still, she becomes an ordinary working girl with absolutely nothing in another place. Along the way, she meets the mysterious Qi Lian, and together, they search for the truth involving the mystery surrounding her. Stripped of wealth, family background, appearance, and education, Jiang Xiao Yuan sets herself on a journey to find pieces of her "real" identity.

I am giving this drama a 6.0 rating for the following reasons:
1. Lin Yi plays different roles. He played a nice but also ruthless character.
2. The FL acted well as a newcomer to the entertainment industry. This is her first drama, but she has acted in various movies since 2020. She is young and has good potential.
3. The story started interesting but spiraled into repetitiveness and confusion, with too many minor characters to drag the drama longer. I lost interest along the way between episodes 15 to the end.
4. I ended up skipping an FF with 1.5 to 2.0 speeds.
5. The acting is good, and it could have been better if it cut to 20 or 24 episodes.

I would not recommend this drama, but if you are interested in time-traveling with some suspension, You may want to check it out.

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IF THERE WAS ACTUAL TIME TRAVEL

i loved the drama up to eps 15-20. after that it got boring, for one the fact it wasn't time travel really turned me off because that was the main reason i started to watch this drama and sure the aspect of memory altering is nice and all but it's not as interesting as time travel but even if it there wasn't any ... at least it was interesting with what the producers did. the other thing is overall it got messy and overall boring with where the plot was going which was basically nowhere until the last few episodes which were ehh. i just wished they did time travel, ik i'd like it more.

the acting was very good though and the main leads were both gorgeous. the ml has my HEART (he's ughh ), and the outfits umm YESS. those aspects made me stay which is reasonable. i applaud the main actors and supporting actors in this drama because they all did a amazing job. i'm happy they were picked for this. this drama is a good one for anyone who is looking for something similar to time travel i would say, it's interesting and the romance is nice, so if you like both, this is it.

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Novel adaptation that is so great idk what to say

Usually I am not attracted to this kind of genre (time travel, scifi) because I do not want to be sucked into overcomplicated plot, but derailment managed to make it not only enjoyable, but also one heck of a ride.

Decisions of every characters were all humane and logical. Plot is progressing perfectly the first 20 episodes pocketed, not even a single thing being dragged. But the rest... I find them boring so I skipped most of it. As expected with this kind of genre, there are parts where the narrator was unreliable and there are a lot of red herring, but that's the beauty of scifi genre. We dont know who to trust.

The acting of the main leads are all very commendable as well. Lin Yi really embodies the perfect dark-outside-but-sweet-inside gentleman with his microexpressions and subtle gesture. I would say the screenwriter has certain moodboard and idea dedicated to his character here! Liu Haocun also steals the spotlight, it seems like she could turn on and off of her tearduct in a blink of an eye. She is a pretty crier, i want to comfort her when she cry.

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Time travel again, but wait, the intrigues and mysteries here would fix you seated at your screen

I thought it was an exaggeration when I read someone reviewed this drama saying, “Who cares about sleep when Derailment exists” and I agree. It was a solid of everything to my standards of a strong drama that I possibly could enjoy. The writer was cunning in a good way to manipulate the complexities without ruining the structure of the story. Each episode would keep you wondering and no trail of clues was present to even answer your question in mind. As a result, it was killing your curiosity, and wanted to watch more to the extent of sacrificing your sleep. Yup, I know that’s living a poor health lifestyle but come on, we do all come to terms with that sometimes. Anyway, that was how effective this drama was in affecting its viewers.

From the time I saw Lin Yi in “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” and here, I could see his acting has matured and it was recognized obviously with proofs of a couple of projects lined up for him. Liu Hao Cun, playing the FL, in the same way, emerged and matched up strong acting with him. I could tell their chemistry was not picture perfect but it did do magic to the persuasion of the story and to the characters they were playing who were always on the opposing ends.

This was an adaptation and I don’t have any knowledge about the original since I didn’t search further. Whether this drama was a complete version of that or revisions has been made, I really can’t make a validated comparison. One thing I’m sure about was I enjoyed the results of their efforts to take this drama to its limit of etching a lasting value, something that would linger in your memory when a similar subject about time travel comes into discussion which in this case it was a staged time travel as part of a brain science experiment.

I deducted a point from my initial rating of 10 because the last two episodes failed to sustain the power chain of this drama. Despite that, I still highly recommend it for you not to miss it.

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Great storyline but poor execution

I actually really like the storyline and how it get revealed but I feel like the last couple of episodes were a drag. I think the main leads had chemistry despite his character being such a red flag especially in the beginning however as we got to the last couple of episodes I simply lost interest.

I really enjoyed watching her build up her career in makeup and hairstyling as we could see her put in the work. If anything I think that was my favourite aspect of the whole show.

Overall I think this show would've benefited from cutting back the episodes and making it a 25 episode show. It was honestly the last five episodes dragging it down.

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