It's finally over? It's finally over!!! Glory be!What a complete and utter waste of time and data. I finally found…
Tin and Park's relationship is icky! It gave me Daddy-Little vibes in the worst way. Tin acts like a toddler not a sophomore in college. I already have a bias against the actor thanks to the role he played in Restart(ed). He played the same insufferable, whiney and childish role there, and the only "improvement" (*cough, cough*) in his acting was he elevated being annoying to a subliminal art form.
The leads had zero chemistry. Actually chemistry between them entered the realm of subzero, like -100 on a scale of 1 to 10. The dynamic as I stated above was father and son/grumpy older sibling and annoying baby brother. Their romance was not earned AT ALL.
The relationship that actually had chemistry and potential started with a bang and fizzled out like a dud firework in the span of one episode and was basically used as a carrot to string us donkeys along to the finale on the hope we'd see them hook up again. We got scammed 😞
What a complete and utter waste of time and data. I finally found a series more pointless than Physical Therapy and Loveless Society combined. Tin Tem Jai roughly translates to "nothing happens, nothing happened and nothing ever will happen"
This could have been great, there were so many threads that could have been followed. There was a story about generational differences (Barbie and her dad), Internal crisis and mental health struggles and addiction (Pao and Kana), trauma caused by parents (Pretty much all of the friend group). Anything would have been better than what they dished out.
I found this series as entertaining as watching oil paint dry and as dull as dishwasher. After a while I started using it as a sleep aid, it worked wonders for my chronic insomnia 💤
I fell asleep twice trying to watch the finale...if you can really call it that. There were times I thought I'd blanked out and started worrying about my memory only to rewind and discover there really was a missing scene and my brain is still pretty okay and I'm still relatively sane!
All the "talent" really should fire their agents and managers, avoid this production company, and hold out for better scripts. While some need to just quit while they're young enough to start on a new career path
I liked that the show portrayed anti-depressants because such ailments are still stigmatized in Korea. It helps…
These kind of series are very much needed. And I also hope more mainstream media will focus on mental health struggles and services to create awareness and acceptance within Korea and other OCD countries, as the BL genre is still pretty niche and targeted at a relatively small slice of the society and international markets.
I gave this series an 8.5. Mainly for its focus on mental health issues and struggles. BL series tend to shy away from real life issues and TES had MH as a third lead and I appreciate that.
There's a deleted scene from the series on their YouTube channel that shows Jae Won's breakdown and I must give kudos to the actor for a very credible performance.
The series was a good one, poignant and apt and strove to realism most of the time. The leads had fantastic chemistry as showcased in episode 9, the desperation and relief in getting back together was palpable. The OST was sublime
Some people complained that certain scenes were filler, but remember that real life is mainly filler episodes with flashes of drama in-between, so for me I had no issues with any of that.
The reason it isn't a 10/10 for me is the leap from "I'm doing it for him" to "I see only you" was unrealistic for me. I'd have liked to see more of how Jae Won's mind state shifted, how he got from point A to point B. I do concede that someone types of depression can result in fluctuations in mindset, from major lows to major highs but it was never put forward that JW suffered from a manic depressive disorder. So I was left with a feeling that something was missing.
As to the resolution with the ex-girlfriend it made sense to me. They didn't end as friends but they both got closure of sorts.
Tae Hyung's resolution rubbed me the wrong way a little. He was never really JW's friend, if I'm being generous I'll say he was his best frenemy. It was obvious from day one he was jealous and envious of JW and used the guise of friendly banter to spew his toxicity. However I believe JW let the whole disciplinary hearing debacle go because it was easier to let it go for the sake of their 6 year relationship. Also they are set to graduate and as a rule most school/university based friendships die pretty much as soon as you graduate.
I look forward to more works from this team, and I'll be on the lookout for more from the actors.
So Jae Won likes Tae Hyung because he's an asshole to everyone and doesn't hide that he's an asshole? I would…
I don't think it was so much because he was an arse, but more the fact that he didn't pretend to be anyone other than who he was. Pretty much "what you see is what you get", he lived without a mask. Meanwhile as we know Jae Won had spent a lot of his life living behind a mask. "Pretending" to be nice, helpful etc for fear that people would see his cracks and judge him harshly, like his father. I guess in a way he was living vicariously through Tae Hyung
These two again (from Legend of the Ancient Snake). I'm beginning to believe they are the scriptwriters, producers and directors of the mini series they appear in
I don't follow kpop because I don't have the heart to survive the heartbreak and disappointment, but I will always…
To an extent I can understand why a parent would allow it. Personally I try not to trample on my kids' aspirations and dreams, and encourage them to do what they love. That said for every decision made we had really detailed discussions to be sure they understood the sacrifices, consequences, real-life pitfalls and perils of whatever it may be, and not the television series hyped up version. And in my country I'm still a kid as far as my dad is concerned, grey hair be damned 😁.
Jung Chae Yool April 11 at 26. Moon Bin April 19 at 25. How many children have to die before parents stop sending their children to these death camps called agencies? (You may wonder at me calling them children? My twins just clocked 25 on April 10, so this hits painfully close to home.)
How many more "idols" and "stars" have to feel they have no way out and take their on lives before the government steps in and regulates the operations of the entertainment industry in Korea?
And the so-called fans who feel like they own their objects of idolatry, who don't stop until they push them off a cliff... when will they be held accountable for their role? Until there are consequences fans and anti-fans will literally keep getting away with murder. After all instigating a person to take their life is as good as doing it yourself.
Mental health issues are sorely overlooked and dismissed or outright denied globally not just in the Asiatic society. Mental illness is treated almost like a taboo. Mentioning depression or anxiety disorders labels you as weak, fragile, attention seeking, unstable or plain lazy. Or you get told you need to think positive. How exactly does one do that when your brain chemistry is shot and you don't and can't produce the chemicals that help with happy and positive thoughts? Lord help you if it's something "worse", you're viewed as a ticking time bomb.
That said Korea has a very special problem when it comes to issues of mental health. The country is insensitive to the issue and little to no government intervention is found in the sector. Actually issues generally regarded as mental health issues in other countries are treated as criminal offences and prison time is the only remedy instead of counseling, rehabilitation and/or mandatory hospitalisation or therapy (as evidenced in the numerous cases of jail Vs rehab for addiction). We're lamenting the idols who commit suicide, we haven't even talked about the hundreds of students who kill themselves annually because of the insane expectations and outcomes within the educational arena. Or is it the workers who kill themselves as a result of the same insane pressures within the corporate sector?
The pressure of living in a culture where "face" is everything in and of itself is sufficient to adversely affect mental health, but when you combine it with the inherent pitfalls of fame (hidden rules, anti-fans, bullying, body shaming, sexual assault, casting couches, unfair contracts, fraudulent contracts etc) it's surprising more members of the entertainment industry haven't killed themselves.
The leads had zero chemistry. Actually chemistry between them entered the realm of subzero, like -100 on a scale of 1 to 10. The dynamic as I stated above was father and son/grumpy older sibling and annoying baby brother. Their romance was not earned AT ALL.
The relationship that actually had chemistry and potential started with a bang and fizzled out like a dud firework in the span of one episode and was basically used as a carrot to string us donkeys along to the finale on the hope we'd see them hook up again. We got scammed 😞
What a complete and utter waste of time and data. I finally found a series more pointless than Physical Therapy and Loveless Society combined. Tin Tem Jai roughly translates to "nothing happens, nothing happened and nothing ever will happen"
This could have been great, there were so many threads that could have been followed. There was a story about generational differences (Barbie and her dad), Internal crisis and mental health struggles and addiction (Pao and Kana), trauma caused by parents (Pretty much all of the friend group). Anything would have been better than what they dished out.
I found this series as entertaining as watching oil paint dry and as dull as dishwasher. After a while I started using it as a sleep aid, it worked wonders for my chronic insomnia 💤
I fell asleep twice trying to watch the finale...if you can really call it that. There were times I thought I'd blanked out and started worrying about my memory only to rewind and discover there really was a missing scene and my brain is still pretty okay and I'm still relatively sane!
All the "talent" really should fire their agents and managers, avoid this production company, and hold out for better scripts. While some need to just quit while they're young enough to start on a new career path
There's a deleted scene from the series on their YouTube channel that shows Jae Won's breakdown and I must give kudos to the actor for a very credible performance.
The series was a good one, poignant and apt and strove to realism most of the time. The leads had fantastic chemistry as showcased in episode 9, the desperation and relief in getting back together was palpable. The OST was sublime
Some people complained that certain scenes were filler, but remember that real life is mainly filler episodes with flashes of drama in-between, so for me I had no issues with any of that.
The reason it isn't a 10/10 for me is the leap from "I'm doing it for him" to "I see only you" was unrealistic for me. I'd have liked to see more of how Jae Won's mind state shifted, how he got from point A to point B. I do concede that someone types of depression can result in fluctuations in mindset, from major lows to major highs but it was never put forward that JW suffered from a manic depressive disorder. So I was left with a feeling that something was missing.
As to the resolution with the ex-girlfriend it made sense to me. They didn't end as friends but they both got closure of sorts.
Tae Hyung's resolution rubbed me the wrong way a little. He was never really JW's friend, if I'm being generous I'll say he was his best frenemy. It was obvious from day one he was jealous and envious of JW and used the guise of friendly banter to spew his toxicity. However I believe JW let the whole disciplinary hearing debacle go because it was easier to let it go for the sake of their 6 year relationship. Also they are set to graduate and as a rule most school/university based friendships die pretty much as soon as you graduate.
I look forward to more works from this team, and I'll be on the lookout for more from the actors.
I guess in a way he was living vicariously through Tae Hyung
The story offers nothing new to this subgenre but it is well executed for what it is.
I found the full compilation video on Tencent's YouTube channel and it came in at just under one and a half hours.
And in my country I'm still a kid as far as my dad is concerned, grey hair be damned 😁.
How many more "idols" and "stars" have to feel they have no way out and take their on lives before the government steps in and regulates the operations of the entertainment industry in Korea?
And the so-called fans who feel like they own their objects of idolatry, who don't stop until they push them off a cliff... when will they be held accountable for their role? Until there are consequences fans and anti-fans will literally keep getting away with murder. After all instigating a person to take their life is as good as doing it yourself.
Mental health issues are sorely overlooked and dismissed or outright denied globally not just in the Asiatic society. Mental illness is treated almost like a taboo. Mentioning depression or anxiety disorders labels you as weak, fragile, attention seeking, unstable or plain lazy. Or you get told you need to think positive. How exactly does one do that when your brain chemistry is shot and you don't and can't produce the chemicals that help with happy and positive thoughts? Lord help you if it's something "worse", you're viewed as a ticking time bomb.
That said Korea has a very special problem when it comes to issues of mental health. The country is insensitive to the issue and little to no government intervention is found in the sector. Actually issues generally regarded as mental health issues in other countries are treated as criminal offences and prison time is the only remedy instead of counseling, rehabilitation and/or mandatory hospitalisation or therapy (as evidenced in the numerous cases of jail Vs rehab for addiction). We're lamenting the idols who commit suicide, we haven't even talked about the hundreds of students who kill themselves annually because of the insane expectations and outcomes within the educational arena. Or is it the workers who kill themselves as a result of the same insane pressures within the corporate sector?
The pressure of living in a culture where "face" is everything in and of itself is sufficient to adversely affect mental health, but when you combine it with the inherent pitfalls of fame (hidden rules, anti-fans, bullying, body shaming, sexual assault, casting couches, unfair contracts, fraudulent contracts etc) it's surprising more members of the entertainment industry haven't killed themselves.