I honestly think this was a pretty solid remake but it would be a lie to say that this was better than the og. Short, concise and faithful to the source material yes. But better than the og? I would disagree. The portrayal of the family dynamics were maybe the best thing in the og and obviously a remake this short could never capture all the feelings and nuances. I'm not saying it's a bad thing but it's pretty difficult to look at this as a stand alone drama when they didn't really make many changes other than shortening plotpoints. .. Honestly, that does make this a pretty good remake. There is nothing distinctive that bothers me in this remake, because overall I think they understood the source material and simply made it into a korean version with less episodes. Obviously the remake would fit people who prefer their dramas shorter. I get it, I honestly do because I genuinely do agree that the og could have condensed some plotlines as well. (like the short 'love triangle' moment was uselessly and awkwardly long in the og and that was imo done well here. So in other words, if you are intrigued by the plot summary but don't have 40 hours or so to spend on watching Go Ahead, this will get you the plot in a pretty package but with less feelings.
This is SO FUCKING GOOD I'm screaming??? The chemistry is insane and the way Hirukawa looks all seducing and shit like??? I'm loving this so so much and it's only the fourth episode.
I'm confused and intrigued. I don't know what's happening really but the chemistry is chemistry-ing and yeah kinda hot. Enemies to lovers for her while he has just tried not to show that he does in fact care about her a lot.
Maybe it's just my mental state but I find this boring as hell. The acting seems bad?? or maybe it's the lack of chemistry or the script. Ngl I've never really liked Lee Jong Won's roles so this isn't anything new. But surprisingly, Kim Se Jong comes across incredibly fake here. And I obviously don't mean the scenes where she is just trying to act like she is okay. I mean the whole character seems lackluster and fake.
To claim this as a BL or gay romance, you have to really work to see and imagine things that are not presented…
But pursuing a romance wasn't the main point of the movie though? The point was that they both saved each other multiple times. Tian Yu lived so he was able to change Run Fa's fate completely. It would have been pretty depressing if he had erased their time together if they had gotten together imo. This way they were able to leave it an open ending. Now they can be together.
To claim this as a BL or gay romance, you have to really work to see and imagine things that are not presented…
Censored bls exist because of the PRC, where this movie wasn't even published. This movie to me isn't even about them getting together romantically. Run Fa dies in the og timeline before they even have time to discuss any of it but he saves Tian Yu regardless of how Tian Yu feels about him. Tian Yu decides to live and keep going because of Run Fa. I'd say that's pretty romantic.
Can't name you a single hetero movie like that because I'm not a huge movie person. But I would think at least a few movies exist where the leads like each other but don't have time to get together in the movie.
I get being mad at PRC and the fact that censored bls have to exist in the place, but I wouldn't throw around the word censored bl if you have no proof of that being the case. Maybe you are right and they are trying to release this movie in mainland china as well, but in my opinion this movie is easily interpreted as romantic but the characters simply do not get enough time to pursue those feelings.
I'm a little confused over why people are saying this is bromance. In my opinion, it would be easy to look at this from the lense of romance for both of them. The awkwardness and tension between them after the accidental kiss and after staring at each other for a bit too long does not scream friendship to me. I don't think there is any reason to label this as 'bromance' just because they never explicitly said that they like each other or like guys in general. That wasn't point of the movie.
I will only say that this is probably one of the best dramas I've seen this year and I do feel like killing myself.
Now that I stopped sobbing my eyes out. I gotta say that they left a lot for the viewers to unpack by themselves. I really thought we would get a scene of what happened after his death. They did show on screen that they didn't get condoms, I really thought they'd show Jae Mi pregnant after his death. I guess I was waiting for miracles to happen to at least some of the characters. The bodygourd or whatever most deffinitely had feelings for Eu Heung. I thought I was simply making it gay, but naah their scenes were screaming chemistry and that awkwardness of being into someone.
Does anyone know the production details of this show? I'm curious because I thought China was currently having a ban on all lgbtq+ themes, but this show obviously isn't a bromance. Was this a collaboration production between a few countries or how did they manage to publish the first 4 episodes on iQIY? Or did they even publish these on China's server at any point?
I'm confused and annoyed. What a waste of good actors and a nice setting (in the first two episodes). I was genuinely so excited about this drama after the first two episodes. I actually thought this might become one of my favourites from 2024 but oh boy how wrong I was. The writers clearly fucked this up a big time and no matter what the next two episodes will not be able to change this mess into a good drama. In my opinion this should have concentrated on the main characters as they grew up in a small suffocating place with an abusive parent. They should have made this story about overcoming that trauma and finding a family from someone you love. But noooooo these idiots thought everyone wanted to watch To My Star ss2 instead. I don't understand how they managed to go from one of the most interesting settings to a literal piece of garbade 'misunderstanding' and 12 year time skip which was the most unrealistic bs I've ever seen. Like sorry but be original? There is nothing original about the current setting of 'is he with someone else?' and 'why is he lying to me about the past that I wasn't a part of'? when they had a much much much more interesting setting in the beginning??!! Sorry for the rant but I'm just so annoyed just imagining what this could have been.
Gil Ho must have been immortal lol
The portrayal of the family dynamics were maybe the best thing in the og and obviously a remake this short could never capture all the feelings and nuances. I'm not saying it's a bad thing but it's pretty difficult to look at this as a stand alone drama when they didn't really make many changes other than shortening plotpoints. .. Honestly, that does make this a pretty good remake. There is nothing distinctive that bothers me in this remake, because overall I think they understood the source material and simply made it into a korean version with less episodes.
Obviously the remake would fit people who prefer their dramas shorter. I get it, I honestly do because I genuinely do agree that the og could have condensed some plotlines as well. (like the short 'love triangle' moment was uselessly and awkwardly long in the og and that was imo done well here.
So in other words, if you are intrigued by the plot summary but don't have 40 hours or so to spend on watching Go Ahead, this will get you the plot in a pretty package but with less feelings.
I'm screaming??? The chemistry is insane and the way Hirukawa looks all seducing and shit like???
I'm loving this so so much and it's only the fourth episode.
I don't know what's happening really but the chemistry is chemistry-ing and yeah kinda hot. Enemies to lovers for her while he has just tried not to show that he does in fact care about her a lot.
but yeah I think you are right
this isn't for me
The chemistry is insane. Haruki looks seductive as hell, like I'd fold in a second :'D Jin is stronger than I am.
It would have been pretty depressing if he had erased their time together if they had gotten together imo. This way they were able to leave it an open ending. Now they can be together.
Can't name you a single hetero movie like that because I'm not a huge movie person. But I would think at least a few movies exist where the leads like each other but don't have time to get together in the movie.
I get being mad at PRC and the fact that censored bls have to exist in the place, but I wouldn't throw around the word censored bl if you have no proof of that being the case. Maybe you are right and they are trying to release this movie in mainland china as well, but in my opinion this movie is easily interpreted as romantic but the characters simply do not get enough time to pursue those feelings.
In my opinion, it would be easy to look at this from the lense of romance for both of them. The awkwardness and tension between them after the accidental kiss and after staring at each other for a bit too long does not scream friendship to me.
I don't think there is any reason to label this as 'bromance' just because they never explicitly said that they like each other or like guys in general. That wasn't point of the movie.
The bodygourd or whatever most deffinitely had feelings for Eu Heung. I thought I was simply making it gay, but naah their scenes were screaming chemistry and that awkwardness of being into someone.
I was genuinely so excited about this drama after the first two episodes. I actually thought this might become one of my favourites from 2024 but oh boy how wrong I was. The writers clearly fucked this up a big time and no matter what the next two episodes will not be able to change this mess into a good drama.
In my opinion this should have concentrated on the main characters as they grew up in a small suffocating place with an abusive parent. They should have made this story about overcoming that trauma and finding a family from someone you love.
But noooooo
these idiots thought everyone wanted to watch To My Star ss2 instead. I don't understand how they managed to go from one of the most interesting settings to a literal piece of garbade 'misunderstanding' and 12 year time skip which was the most unrealistic bs I've ever seen.
Like sorry but be original? There is nothing original about the current setting of 'is he with someone else?' and 'why is he lying to me about the past that I wasn't a part of'? when they had a much much much more interesting setting in the beginning??!!
Sorry for the rant but I'm just so annoyed just imagining what this could have been.