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Not my favorite...
I'm happy that so many of you loved this series. I had issues with it, here are my pros and cons:
PROS
MUSIC. I thought the music was really good, and I was especially impressed by Junior's singing voice.
KLAO/WA. They may have had their share of problems, but they behaved like adults and brought the only sizzle factor to the series.
PO. Hands down, best character in the series. It was impossible not to fall in love with him, I would have liked to see him in every episode.
CONS
LENGTH. Six months is a LONG time for a series, and much of it seemed very draggy. Some of the episodes didn't accomplish much, and I ended up watching much of it at 2x speed just to get through.
COUPLES. With Arc/Arm, I felt like I was watching A Boss and a Babe again. They just changed the names of the characters. Faifa/Wine were the best for me, although the cutesy/sweetness practically had me taking insulin shots for diabetes, As for Yotha/Gun...
YOTHA/GUN. While Perth and Santa are very good actors, I strongly disliked these characters, they were the worst part of the series for me, so much that I nearly dropped it. Gun started out acting like an annoying 5-year old and Yotha was a thug. Practically overnight, Gun started acting his age (okayyy... ) and Yotha just went around kissing guys without consent. Gun's childhood trauma didn't convince me, and Yotha's (and siblings) much deeper issues with Mom were not resolved AT ALL. Both Gun and Yotha were messed up characters who had no business being in a relationship with anyone, they needed years of individual therapy before considering such a thing. And then -- voila! -- they magically became this cutesy-pootsy-wootsy couple that will live happily ever after, because love conquers all. Hand me the barf bag.
A disclaimer: for those uber fans who would say to me: "You're just a hater and you should have dropped the series rather than making hate comments..." Sue me. I didn't hate the series, I just didn't love it. But I did enjoy parts of it and was invested enough in the actors to see how it all panned out in the end, although the whole Yotha/Gun segment felt like slowing down to observe a car accident... you know you shouldn't, but you can't help being curious.
I can't say I'm sad it's over. It's a 5.0 from me.
PROS
MUSIC. I thought the music was really good, and I was especially impressed by Junior's singing voice.
KLAO/WA. They may have had their share of problems, but they behaved like adults and brought the only sizzle factor to the series.
PO. Hands down, best character in the series. It was impossible not to fall in love with him, I would have liked to see him in every episode.
CONS
LENGTH. Six months is a LONG time for a series, and much of it seemed very draggy. Some of the episodes didn't accomplish much, and I ended up watching much of it at 2x speed just to get through.
COUPLES. With Arc/Arm, I felt like I was watching A Boss and a Babe again. They just changed the names of the characters. Faifa/Wine were the best for me, although the cutesy/sweetness practically had me taking insulin shots for diabetes, As for Yotha/Gun...
YOTHA/GUN. While Perth and Santa are very good actors, I strongly disliked these characters, they were the worst part of the series for me, so much that I nearly dropped it. Gun started out acting like an annoying 5-year old and Yotha was a thug. Practically overnight, Gun started acting his age (okayyy... ) and Yotha just went around kissing guys without consent. Gun's childhood trauma didn't convince me, and Yotha's (and siblings) much deeper issues with Mom were not resolved AT ALL. Both Gun and Yotha were messed up characters who had no business being in a relationship with anyone, they needed years of individual therapy before considering such a thing. And then -- voila! -- they magically became this cutesy-pootsy-wootsy couple that will live happily ever after, because love conquers all. Hand me the barf bag.
A disclaimer: for those uber fans who would say to me: "You're just a hater and you should have dropped the series rather than making hate comments..." Sue me. I didn't hate the series, I just didn't love it. But I did enjoy parts of it and was invested enough in the actors to see how it all panned out in the end, although the whole Yotha/Gun segment felt like slowing down to observe a car accident... you know you shouldn't, but you can't help being curious.
I can't say I'm sad it's over. It's a 5.0 from me.
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