Do you get déjà vu?
As a fan of The Secret of Us, I was really excited to see LingOrm in their latest project, Only You, but the first two episodes have been a bit of a letdown so far. Compared to TSOU, the overall quality seems to have dipped a little bit.
The acting isn’t bad, but it feels a bit more stagnant this time. I’m also not connecting to the characters as much. Their character dynamic in Only You is really similar to what we saw in TSOU. They obviously know what works for them and are sticking to it, but it’s starting to feel a little repetitive. Lingling is once again the controlled, slightly futch, boss type, with the sleek straight black hair and of course the pant suit. While Orm plays the bright, artistic ingénue with light coloured hair again.
Even the side characters feel similar. Lada-I mean, Tawan has her group of 3 friends at work who tease her about falling for Earn-I mean, Ayla.
It almost feels like I’m watching TSOU again, just with slightly weaker production value, and less dramatic tension. Episode 1 had random audio issues and some choppy editing, which was surprising, especially given LingOrm’s popularity and TSOU’s success on a huge platform like Netflix. I expected a more polished result from what I assumed to be a higher-budget production. They deserve way better than this :/
That said, Episode 2 was a big improvement, so I’m not giving up yet. I really hope the series picks up and delivers more. Fingers crossed it gets better from here! I’d love to come back and update this review with a higher rating.
The acting isn’t bad, but it feels a bit more stagnant this time. I’m also not connecting to the characters as much. Their character dynamic in Only You is really similar to what we saw in TSOU. They obviously know what works for them and are sticking to it, but it’s starting to feel a little repetitive. Lingling is once again the controlled, slightly futch, boss type, with the sleek straight black hair and of course the pant suit. While Orm plays the bright, artistic ingénue with light coloured hair again.
Even the side characters feel similar. Lada-I mean, Tawan has her group of 3 friends at work who tease her about falling for Earn-I mean, Ayla.
It almost feels like I’m watching TSOU again, just with slightly weaker production value, and less dramatic tension. Episode 1 had random audio issues and some choppy editing, which was surprising, especially given LingOrm’s popularity and TSOU’s success on a huge platform like Netflix. I expected a more polished result from what I assumed to be a higher-budget production. They deserve way better than this :/
That said, Episode 2 was a big improvement, so I’m not giving up yet. I really hope the series picks up and delivers more. Fingers crossed it gets better from here! I’d love to come back and update this review with a higher rating.
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