So far so good. Snappy dialogue, supporting characters who have a life, workplace dynamics and situations run circles around the other two workplace BL series showing right now (Bed Friend, and especially A Boss and a Babe). But boy the amount of disposable plastic bags in any Thai series freaks me out.
I would say the major part of why this is shining so much is because there is European input rather than a solely…
Yeah, it's a more naturalistic and cinematic approach. The actors wear more discreet make-up, there are handheld cameras, silence is built on the editing, side characters are more developed, and a BL character finally gets a therapist!!!!!!. It feels like I Told the Sunset About You for Thai BL series: it was a game changer in terms of language and possibilities -– if only others have the means and willingness to follow the lead.
This series gets 11 stars if not for anything just for the scene in which Ji Hyun tastes an iced Americano (not coffee by any definition) and asks in utter disgust “What kind of taste is this?”
They spent six episodes to bring them together past all trauma and hurt just to keep them apart in the finale! Dude, who wrote episode 7? A squeamish 12-year-old??? They go to the beach to spend time together and end up sleeping in a SEATING POSITION in the bed after years apart! The kids from ABOUT YOUTH were more mature than the grown-ups in this finale. On which dimension do male adults behave like this? (Please don’t even think of replying that they’re asexual. That’d be offensive to asexual people.) The last frame of the series is a guy stretching his arm to offer flowers to his lover from such a distance you’d think he is handling uranium. It was a solid, simple, very well-crafted character-driven drama until… I mean, why does episode 7 even exist? Sorry for the rant but this “epilogue” sucked (as if!) for the ages.
Jimmy and Sea fan here currently rewatching Vice Versa for the 4th time.
I had no problem with them. And I thought all the criticism of Jimmy’s acting was misdirected. Just as in here, the problem wasn't the actors; it was the writing.
It’s odd cause they do so many scenes more than once.
It feels like they're stretching the show because they painted themselves into a corner and don't know how to milk it until episode 12. I mean, it's pretty much well established that those two like each other. So Cher's rebuffing Gun's advances looks too artificial even with the 'tragedy from the past' subplot. On the other hand, Gun is still his BOSS and those situations are getting uncomfortable. Trauma and all, these are too grown-ups behaving like what? I dunno.
An alcoholic character for laughs in the 2020s: Dude, are you sure you wanna go there?
(OK. The rest of the series is also 11 stars.)
Apparently, King and the writers of this show have incredibly short memory. 🤡