Kimsamsoom

Your in for a doozy of a ride :)))

Well, but that would make Start Up cliché and predictable...

Oh wait.

Same, I think I will come a lot less after 30k. I've still got one long post in me, which I will save when we're closer to 30k

The show has a moral message it is trying to drive through, and your reaction to that message will affect your enjoyment of the show.

oh yeah, i'm a big fan of plot twist and audience subversion.

That first episode was the show's downfall. It was a beautiful episode that set up the rest of the episodes, only to be forgotten by Ep. 10

I think Waikiki 2 is worth a watch.

In fairness, even if the drama had gone on smoothly, and HJP was the main lead, Start Up was far from the best of 2020, considering all the great shows 2020 had to offer.

I normally recommend new watchers to watch until ep. 6, and if they get heavy SLS to just stop watching, as the remaining episodes can be quite upsetting.

If you remove HJP from the show, NDS character would not be as annoying. It just so happens viewers had someone like HJP to compare to, so NDS paled in comparison with his weak characterization.

Orphan's still have biological parents.

I've only seen Waikiki 2, and I loved it. It's my kind of funny. And I heard the 1st one is even funnier.

He is one of the leads, but his arc seems to be central to the story.

Public parks are the safest place to leave drunk girls. I hear the swings are quite luxurious and comfy to rest your head on.

It's ok to follow a girl if you like her. And only show yourself when your sure she's drunk.

How to know she's drunk? She's getting life advice from a fortune teller.

But it's a nice guy who stalked her, so it's ok.

Plus HJP was not there, so little chance NDS will punch SDM I think.

LOL!

I'm going to pass on CITT, I heard there was so much controversy on that one. I'll check awaken out.

did you write this?

I actually believe watching the show during live airing hurt the experience more, and binge watching is probably the way to go.

After watching an episode, and seeing the negative trajectory, many of us held out hope next week's episode would be better, only to be further disappointed. And that's the problem with live airing, when a show is good, watching during live airing, increases the hype and experience for a show. When a show is bad, all live airing does is make the watching experience and negative hype even greater due to allowing the festering wound dealt by the show to continually grow and infect other POV's towards the show.

It's like eating a bitter medicine, slowly and extending the arduous process versus just drinking the whole thing in one shot.

It's also probably much easier to move on from the show if we didn't spend the last month getting attached to HJP vs watching the show in 1-2 days of binging.

Oh, that's unfortunate LOL!

Although TB is based on a webtoon, so they have an excuse.

What is PHR's excuse?

I don't know the story of Start Up is weird. PHR spent 2 years writing this show apparently. NJH may have been a later addition since he shares agency with Suzy, could have been a package deal or discounted salary.

But it's really weird that she made HJP more interesting than NDS character. NDS character appeals to a small minority of people, the majority of audience prefers HJP characterization.

How can a writer who is quite famous like PHR, miss the mark by so much?