Suntiny Episode 1

Damn... Just damn...

Y Destiny is my all-time favorite BL—the number of times I’ve rewatched it is honestly contagious. But never, not even once, did I imagine we’d get a spin-off, let alone one featuring this couple, and with a plot twist like that?
This is something I never asked for, but I’m genuinely so grateful it exists.

Okay, let’s talk about it. The acting during the body swap? So freaking funny. I honestly don’t know how they managed to keep a straight face. And the acting after that? Not perfect… but do I care? Nope. (hehe)

Because the cinematography and overall aesthetic? Absolutely stunning. color palette, the fashion, the way it was filmed—it made me feel all kinds of things.

Also? A warning I really needed:
This episode totally demands headphones. IYKYK.

Can’t wait to see where this goes.

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Some hits, but more misses

If you watched the trailer (as I did) you've already seen everything important from ep. 1: the main couple gets established (rather than introduced - as this, apparently, happened in a series which aired 4 years ago), issues the main plot of the series revolves around are presented almost immediately and the show gets on the road with the body swap thing. Both ep. 1 and the show as a whole benefit from good production quality, an interesting main plot and fairy well done scenes where the main couple gets intimate. However, there are more misses than hits here. First of all - the writing. Body swapping as main plot point can be used in many different ways: as basis for comedy or a tale of the main couple reflecting on their relationship or for each of the main characters to do some introspection; hell - it can even be used to produce erotic content. Whoever wrote the script for "Suntiny" knows this, but did what seems a half-hearted job: the comedy isn't very good nor is there a lot of it, and while both mains describe positive influence of body swap on their relationship, this remains a declaration only and is not followed by any actions. What also bothered me a lot was how writing influenced pacing of the episode: I felt like the story is not progressing in a natural way, developing in an understandable way, but jumps from scene to scene - and those scenes are only loosely related. Another problem was lack of acting; Max delivered his lines like a machine, in a flat, boring way - Nat, despite all of his shortcomings, at least brought some feeling and intensity to his performance. And one more problem: poor editing and some weird editing choices. Ep. 1 is only 38 minutes long and watching it I got the feeling that there are several scenes missing (either cut during editing or not shot/written at all) - scenes that should be there for ep. 1 to tell its story in a comprehensive way.

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