How much does Su Rong Qing feature? The guy seems to have one facial expression for literally everything. Otherwise the story is okay-ish but felt like it could be shorter at least at episode 13 where I am.
Bad. I'm not sure what happened here. Probably one of two things:A) production stopped and they had to use a limited…
You might want to stick around if all you care about is their romance. The first 2 episodes don't have any romance yet so it will be coming and maybe the romance story will work better than the character introductions, character meetings in the first 2 episodes.
But if you want a coherent story this is probably not the show. I'm going to watch it to see if it improves or if it remains as bad as first 2 episodes.
From the synposis and what we've seen so far. She'll be the noble indignant one, he'll be the goofball that falls for her and breaks down her barriers but this is all speculation because there hasn't really been romance yet.
Bad. I'm not sure what happened here. Probably one of two things:
A) production stopped and they had to use a limited scene selection B) the directors, producers, writers behind this show have zero experience in the industry and this was their first ever TV show project.
It's all over the place. There are no reasonable transitions from scene to scene. You go from extreme violence to heart warming moment as an example. It's abrupt. Sometimes there are literal gaps where you feel there should be a scene. You think "wait, what? How did these two get in a room together?" so even when you ignore the transitions and focus exclusively on one character and their journey... it doesn't flow. And you know how some people dislike flashbacks as a stalling technique? Yeah. This show has flashbacks that aren't necessary to explain stuff already happening while filling in none of the blanks like "how did that person end up in an interrogation room?", "how did that person free themselves from being captive?".
I could go on and on - but episode to episode, scene to scene, character progression when you focus on one of them or some of the side characters.... none of it flows or feels like a natural progression.
EP5If I was in the John place I would had "coronged" so hard forever.Listening to the commentaries of the channel…
Did they say they cut it? I was thinking the end of Episode 5 was the perfect set up for it where Mariko joins Toronaga and then John comes soon after to complain asking to leave and then pointing out the gardener was killed over a bird. This sets up Toronaga perfectly. He now knows John cares about life. He knows he needs to slowly back Mariko out of being a translator because she's not getting John to settle down.
I thought it was good. Wish it had more episodes to take things a bit slowly instead it threw some popular stuff at people with a bit of a Thai flavor twist to it. I enjoyed it but wanted more of the serious theme stuff.
Hoping there are more shows with roughly this kind of story where something extreme happens. There was an American show I remember where all adults disappeared as an example. Just something radical that changes the world like this one where almost all men disappear.
I think it's a pretty good start. I prefer CEO Yoon with the little brother/male lead because they fit each other better so far but maybe that will change.
The feeling through the first couple episodes reminds me of when I discovered Rome or when I started watching Game of Thrones. Hoping it succeeds and FX, Disney and other companies look at similar stories set in pre-industrial history whether that's Japan or anywhere else.
It's an interesting concept and I'll give it a try. I wonder if other countries will try it with a bit more seriousness to highlight some of the problems women face today by showing men experiencing them by virtue of there being many fewer men in the writers' fictional universe
I like the princess better than Gu Rong as a fit for the guy. Overall it's okay. The guy keeps doing The Office thing where he breaks the fourth wall and talks to the audience so if you don't like that, you probably won't like the show.
I think 7 and 8 were a bit weaker than previous weeks. They have 4 more episodes to start unravelling things so hopefully there's improvement next week.
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It's a fun little story so far, nothing too serious.
But if you want a coherent story this is probably not the show. I'm going to watch it to see if it improves or if it remains as bad as first 2 episodes.
From the synposis and what we've seen so far. She'll be the noble indignant one, he'll be the goofball that falls for her and breaks down her barriers but this is all speculation because there hasn't really been romance yet.
A) production stopped and they had to use a limited scene selection
B) the directors, producers, writers behind this show have zero experience in the industry and this was their first ever TV show project.
It's all over the place. There are no reasonable transitions from scene to scene. You go from extreme violence to heart warming moment as an example. It's abrupt. Sometimes there are literal gaps where you feel there should be a scene. You think "wait, what? How did these two get in a room together?" so even when you ignore the transitions and focus exclusively on one character and their journey... it doesn't flow. And you know how some people dislike flashbacks as a stalling technique? Yeah. This show has flashbacks that aren't necessary to explain stuff already happening while filling in none of the blanks like "how did that person end up in an interrogation room?", "how did that person free themselves from being captive?".
I could go on and on - but episode to episode, scene to scene, character progression when you focus on one of them or some of the side characters.... none of it flows or feels like a natural progression.
It's genuinely bad.
Hoping there are more shows with roughly this kind of story where something extreme happens. There was an American show I remember where all adults disappeared as an example. Just something radical that changes the world like this one where almost all men disappear.
Still by far the best show on air right now.