If only Teddy Bear logic ruled the world.... what a wonderful place that would be.
Someone needs to give Prib and epic verbal bitch slap to snap her back to reality. The sad thing is there's still so many people in real life that think sexual orientation is a choice and you just haven't met "the right person yet" that the character is realistic. I wish instead of playing up that stereotype for the drama aspect of it all that these series would start addressing it in a different way to try to help break the stereotype in real life.
Hopefully this will start getting better with ep 3 because so far unless you're one of the many watching this through rose colored glasses it's just meh at best.
Personally I think the Kelly and Pepay characters are obnoxiously way over the top and not in a good way. I'm not sure if it's the way the character were written or the way they were portrayed, but they're the very stereotypical "LGBTQ Ally" and "chaotic // if I can't have him no one can" fem / female characters mostly moved on from years ago except in countries where LGBTQ is still seen as comedic relief / something to be made fun of.
Then there's the whole Benjo thing.... That just screamed of the writer sticking to the antiquated ever drama needs a certain level of conflict... "F$%K what do I do....I know I'll make the dad act all homophobic but F$#K he's gay so what do I do?!!??! I know I'll make it like he's just "overprotective"...
It could have been just as emotionally impactful if Christian's time there came to and end and they thought they'd never see each other again, then Christian falls into a deep depression, Benjo asks Kelly what happened while he was with her and she tells him about Bogs so then Benjo brings his to Manila to study/life so they can be together in the end. Instead we got this weird bizzarro trip to the twilight zone that really threw off what the previous few episodes had started to build up.
Now with one episode left we're going to end up with some rushed resolution of the loose ends devoid of any type of emotional connection because for some reason writers lately think the conflict goes at the 3/4 mark instead of the middle/end of the second act with the full third act being conflict resolution and then the lead to and finally the ending.
It's still a damned good series for a little production company that could, but they definitely have room to improve as well and that's the point of writing this. Writers, actors, etc. can only get better when they have honest and constructive feedback.
Of all the f'ing stupid ass, lazy writing, antiquated BS, THAT'S the whole main conflict point??!??! That may have worked 30 years ago but for f's sake we live in the digital age, there's countless options out there. A simple conversation would have cleared the whole thing up and then they could have decided to what to do from there, no reason or excuse for Soh, his mom, and the whole build up to act like it's the end of the freaking world. I'm really disappointed in the laziness of the writing with that whole part of the storyline. This is something high schoolers would blow out of proportion like this, not university students.
After this episode Saint X Mon definitely have my vote. They have way more chemistry together anyways and Saint (unlike Soh) really takes Mon's feelings into consideration.
Damn that was everything I wanted it to be and that was without eng subs.
The shear amount of emotional expression Turbo (Anda) can get to come across on camera is amazing. He definitely needs to get more lead roles in the future.
I can honestly say there wasn't anything about this series I didn't like.
I think Bite Me was even worst for me.The slowness i mean.i had high hopes for Bite Me more than this series but…
Yeah, Bite Me was just ridiculous that they couldn't even piece together a full sentence without constant long ass pauses. That was definitely poor writing and directing on their part.
With the actors that play Mon and So I don't think it's lack of acting talent, I think it's the way the writer and director wanted the characters portrayed, they just went a little bit to the extreme with it.
And here we see how beautiful we humans are, all different opinions, and it is ok. For me the pacing is great,…
Exactly.
I don't mins the slower paced "slow burn" or "slice of life' series, it can be an amazing tool for a writer to use in a wide variety of ways. A sprinkle of awkward silences here and there or a character taking time to mull over what another has just said before responding can really add to the story and the emotional connect. My issue more than anything is in this series they overdo it to the point where it weakens not enhances the story. It's a sign of a writer either not knowing what to do with a scene or how to properly flesh out a character.
We finally got a Mon that's starting to open up a little, but that really should have either happened a few episodes back or gotten more backstory on why he is the way he is.
Another example of a series that got it right and didn't overdo it is "Would You Like A Cup Of Coffee". It's a slow burn / slice of life series where in each episode one of the characters faces something and in the process learns a life lesson.
I'm not saying I don't like the series, just that it's one part that could have been written better.
It's obvious from all of the times they've mentioned that So doesn't have much time left that he has some sort of terminal illness. They are dragging it out WAY too long, but then again the whole series has major pacing issues. The series "The Yearbook" definitely handled the whole serious illness thing so much better by not dragging out the reveal like this and giving the characters the time to deal with it. The series is listed on MDL as having 12 episodes, so there's still time for it to be handled right if they reveal it in the next episode, otherwise the resolution is going to be too rushed and not have the emotional weight it should.
Everything is just so slow in this series, here we all thought "Bite Me" had issues with the pacing and dialogue, this is just as bad if not worse. Luckily from the preview next episode has Saint in it again so that should hopefully pick things up a bit and give it some spice.
The problem is having to introverted and hesitant main characters only really works right if it's handled right. A perfect example of this is the "La Cuisine" series. Both characters in that series are introverted and hesitant to express their emotions so far, but it's balanced out by their friends trying to nudge them along.
Personally I found the first episode to just be kind of meh. It tried to make itself seem bigger, grander, etc. that what it really is. Take away the shiny and the good looking actors and does it really hold it's own, not really...atleast not yet.
all that said, I always give a series at least three episodes to see how it progresses and if it finds it's grove, etc. so looking forward to the next episode.
Looking at the statistics of age group for the rating for first episode, most of the lower rating is from an age…
Younger generations are typically easily distracted by the shiny and cutesy, older generations typically care more about quality. Women also tend to rate higher based on actor appearance and the cute moments compared to men more typically the story line. LGBT will also tend to rate more realistically/harshly based on stereotypical cliche tropes included in a series as well.
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Someone needs to give Prib and epic verbal bitch slap to snap her back to reality. The sad thing is there's still so many people in real life that think sexual orientation is a choice and you just haven't met "the right person yet" that the character is realistic. I wish instead of playing up that stereotype for the drama aspect of it all that these series would start addressing it in a different way to try to help break the stereotype in real life.
Might as well live it up for tomorrow his grandmother is gonna kill his ass when he comes home drunk. lol
Then there's the whole Benjo thing.... That just screamed of the writer sticking to the antiquated ever drama needs a certain level of conflict... "F$%K what do I do....I know I'll make the dad act all homophobic but F$#K he's gay so what do I do?!!??! I know I'll make it like he's just "overprotective"...
It could have been just as emotionally impactful if Christian's time there came to and end and they thought they'd never see each other again, then Christian falls into a deep depression, Benjo asks Kelly what happened while he was with her and she tells him about Bogs so then Benjo brings his to Manila to study/life so they can be together in the end. Instead we got this weird bizzarro trip to the twilight zone that really threw off what the previous few episodes had started to build up.
Now with one episode left we're going to end up with some rushed resolution of the loose ends devoid of any type of emotional connection because for some reason writers lately think the conflict goes at the 3/4 mark instead of the middle/end of the second act with the full third act being conflict resolution and then the lead to and finally the ending.
It's still a damned good series for a little production company that could, but they definitely have room to improve as well and that's the point of writing this. Writers, actors, etc. can only get better when they have honest and constructive feedback.
After this episode Saint X Mon definitely have my vote. They have way more chemistry together anyways and Saint (unlike Soh) really takes Mon's feelings into consideration.
This series seems to love to pile on the intrigue in just about every episode.
Am I the only one that doesn't skip the intro song?
This series seems to love to pile on the intrigue in just about every episode.
Am I the only one that doesn't skip the intro song?
The shear amount of emotional expression Turbo (Anda) can get to come across on camera is amazing. He definitely needs to get more lead roles in the future.
I can honestly say there wasn't anything about this series I didn't like.
With the actors that play Mon and So I don't think it's lack of acting talent, I think it's the way the writer and director wanted the characters portrayed, they just went a little bit to the extreme with it.
I don't mins the slower paced "slow burn" or "slice of life' series, it can be an amazing tool for a writer to use in a wide variety of ways. A sprinkle of awkward silences here and there or a character taking time to mull over what another has just said before responding can really add to the story and the emotional connect. My issue more than anything is in this series they overdo it to the point where it weakens not enhances the story. It's a sign of a writer either not knowing what to do with a scene or how to properly flesh out a character.
We finally got a Mon that's starting to open up a little, but that really should have either happened a few episodes back or gotten more backstory on why he is the way he is.
Another example of a series that got it right and didn't overdo it is "Would You Like A Cup Of Coffee". It's a slow burn / slice of life series where in each episode one of the characters faces something and in the process learns a life lesson.
I'm not saying I don't like the series, just that it's one part that could have been written better.
The series is listed on MDL as having 12 episodes, so there's still time for it to be handled right if they reveal it in the next episode, otherwise the resolution is going to be too rushed and not have the emotional weight it should.
Everything is just so slow in this series, here we all thought "Bite Me" had issues with the pacing and dialogue, this is just as bad if not worse. Luckily from the preview next episode has Saint in it again so that should hopefully pick things up a bit and give it some spice.
The problem is having to introverted and hesitant main characters only really works right if it's handled right. A perfect example of this is the "La Cuisine" series. Both characters in that series are introverted and hesitant to express their emotions so far, but it's balanced out by their friends trying to nudge them along.
all that said, I always give a series at least three episodes to see how it progresses and if it finds it's grove, etc. so looking forward to the next episode.