Not at all. I just watched both. But thanks for drawing my attention to them, since I usually don't really like to watch other than C-drama (in part for language reasons). Even current movies can bore me, such as, unfortunately, the new Kenneth Branagh movie The Haunting In Venice, seen yesterday, which I still appreciated because of the very beautiful end sequences cinematography, the logical denouement, and the presence in the beginning of Michelle Yeoh (whom I had forecast as Oscar winner from watching Everything, Everywhere All at Once, early on.)
2021 Switch On is nice, but a different story; it's not because both have VR glasses and a game (a dating one in Metaverse) that this is the same and copy. There is no quest for a missing person in Metaverse, nor any martial arts fighting, since it's all based on a relative copy of the "real world", even if it is not very elaborate within the short episodes frame. Besides, there is only a one way crossing into imaginary world, not like in Switch On, where the "heroine" does not know how she crossed over into the game, and the "hero" appears in real world. The Metaverse story stays firmly in science fiction, not in fantasy, and can be explained very logically, unlike W and Switch On.
This was a very nice short length drama that kept me watching from beginning to end. There are indeed philosophical ideas woven in, but the story flows well. I like science fiction, so I am happy I stumbled on this one in the WeTV bingewatch challenge. Lu Ting and An Mei were interesting characters, I was in two minds whether NaiNai followed her own routines like Lu Ting or was a game form for Fang. Fang was the competitive assistant director to the more benevolent Zhu zong, who cared as much for his company's product as for the well being of his employees, while also pursuing his own interests about AIs. The development was fairly logical. As for the end part, I think it could be a dream, like the persistence of the dream qualities experienced in the addictive game.
Chén Zhéyuǎn as Lín Shàobái 林少白, Xíng Fēi 邢菲 as Jīn Yán 金妍, Niè Yuǎn 聂远 as Lù Zhèngyáng 陆正阳, Annabel Yao as Cén Xiǎomǎn 岑小满 Cast lineup was released in July 2023 on Weibo with first name posters that were reposted in the photo section above : I've added the names in comment of these photos for the principal cast (mains and support)- The rest of cast name posters have just been released yesterday together with the Weibo trailer. In a nutshell with GIFs, I've added some info in the Chen Zheyuan Profile (in Discussion above), section 3, Upcoming dramas.
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2021 Switch On is nice, but a different story; it's not because both have VR glasses and a game (a dating one in Metaverse) that this is the same and copy.
There is no quest for a missing person in Metaverse, nor any martial arts fighting, since it's all based on a relative copy of the "real world", even if it is not very elaborate within the short episodes frame. Besides, there is only a one way crossing into imaginary world, not like in Switch On, where the "heroine" does not know how she crossed over into the game, and the "hero" appears in real world.
The Metaverse story stays firmly in science fiction, not in fantasy, and can be explained very logically, unlike W and Switch On.
Lu Ting and An Mei were interesting characters, I was in two minds whether NaiNai followed her own routines like Lu Ting or was a game form for Fang.
Fang was the competitive assistant director to the more benevolent Zhu zong, who cared as much for his company's product as for the well being of his employees, while also pursuing his own interests about AIs. The development was fairly logical. As for the end part, I think it could be a dream, like the persistence of the dream qualities experienced in the addictive game.
Xíng Fēi 邢菲 as Jīn Yán 金妍,
Niè Yuǎn 聂远 as Lù Zhèngyáng 陆正阳,
Annabel Yao as Cén Xiǎomǎn 岑小满
Cast lineup was released in July 2023 on Weibo with first name posters that were reposted in the photo section above : I've added the names in comment of these photos for the principal cast (mains and support)- The rest of cast name posters have just been released yesterday together with the Weibo trailer.
In a nutshell with GIFs, I've added some info in the Chen Zheyuan Profile (in Discussion above), section 3, Upcoming dramas.