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Reality TV with added script
Maybe I'm watching far too many dramas lateley. But see you at work tomorrow reminds me of what I've seen. Which is fine, but add a twist or tension. Something to make me want to hurry on to the next show because I'm excited to what happens next.
After giving this 7 episodes, this series only caused me to flip through my phone and rewind certain segments that I actually fell asleep on.😴 There is NOTHING wrong with romance/work dramas. But give me a STORY that increases the stakes and tension as the series goes on. This offers none. In fact pretty much nothing happens. 😒When I watch shows like this, I ask myself ... If you take away the romance building from the plot, would I enjoy the STORY? And if the story was the romance tension building between two people trying to just navigate thier lives at work, then it was written like a reality tv show.
You wonder why some series throw in a third wheel or add an ex-lover? To add tension. Especially to a plot that has none.
Why it didn't work for me?
Here is my formula for romance stories (For non comedy)
For me, what keeps my interest is a SOLID STORY FIRST. Just because two people like each other in whatever setting isnt enough. If the story is just average, then it falls more on the characters within the story to do the heavy lifting. If the story is good, it will test the leads and show us everything we need to know about them.
However, solid characters that I can attach to can make up for simplistic plots. That will likely keep my intrest. (Like another office romance "The Early Spring" With its own issues aside, I feel its done better.
What does work for me?
Getting attached to the leads. We want them to succeed. The two leads come together within the context of the story. They are not forced together by consistent convivences. Its not like a movie where you have only 2 hours. In a limited series, you have time to build a great story involving the leads. 😍The icing on the cake is getting invested in the story before the leads you’ve come to know and love discover each other. They are together in time, as the plot twists and the tension starts to build. 👌👍
Not every story has the luxury of waiting . Office shows, the leads are likley already in each others faces. IMOP they need to be in separate departments in the beginning and never meet until after an episode or two.
See you at work tommorow just didn't keep my interest. It felt predictable and flat. I completed a whole new series before I reached episode 5 with this one.
After giving this 7 episodes, this series only caused me to flip through my phone and rewind certain segments that I actually fell asleep on.😴 There is NOTHING wrong with romance/work dramas. But give me a STORY that increases the stakes and tension as the series goes on. This offers none. In fact pretty much nothing happens. 😒When I watch shows like this, I ask myself ... If you take away the romance building from the plot, would I enjoy the STORY? And if the story was the romance tension building between two people trying to just navigate thier lives at work, then it was written like a reality tv show.
You wonder why some series throw in a third wheel or add an ex-lover? To add tension. Especially to a plot that has none.
Why it didn't work for me?
Here is my formula for romance stories (For non comedy)
For me, what keeps my interest is a SOLID STORY FIRST. Just because two people like each other in whatever setting isnt enough. If the story is just average, then it falls more on the characters within the story to do the heavy lifting. If the story is good, it will test the leads and show us everything we need to know about them.
However, solid characters that I can attach to can make up for simplistic plots. That will likely keep my intrest. (Like another office romance "The Early Spring" With its own issues aside, I feel its done better.
What does work for me?
Getting attached to the leads. We want them to succeed. The two leads come together within the context of the story. They are not forced together by consistent convivences. Its not like a movie where you have only 2 hours. In a limited series, you have time to build a great story involving the leads. 😍The icing on the cake is getting invested in the story before the leads you’ve come to know and love discover each other. They are together in time, as the plot twists and the tension starts to build. 👌👍
Not every story has the luxury of waiting . Office shows, the leads are likley already in each others faces. IMOP they need to be in separate departments in the beginning and never meet until after an episode or two.
See you at work tommorow just didn't keep my interest. It felt predictable and flat. I completed a whole new series before I reached episode 5 with this one.
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