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That’s why everyone raves about OffGun
My first OffGun and I wasn’t prepared.
In fact, I only started watching because I liked the premise.
A burnt out artist is horrified to find his muse in reclusive, anti-social and insomniac venture capitalist.
Just the story for its own sake is great—great plot, well-written and well-paced.
It delivers some meaningful messages about art, inspiration, burnout and inconvenient relationships.
It’s not very long, so no filler episodes and no droopy middle or stretched out ending.
The cinematography, the sets and the costumes are all very good, but of course what stands out is the acting and the chemistry.
Gun, I have discovered, is THE whole range of human emotions bundled up and barely held together by skin. He exudes emotions (here, mostly deep sadness and dismay and after a while very reluctant attraction). He is mesmerising and if he’s on the screen, you cannot look away.
He would steal every scene if not for what Off also brings to the table. There, the emotions are deeper and hidden, and his character’s growing attraction and dependence on the person whose time he is buying, is the main motor of the story.
I’m sure reams have been written about the OffGun magic. For me, what makes their unmissable chemistry is that it shouldn’t work. Where Gun is graceful and expressive, Off is still and self-contained, and where Off is stoic, Gun always seems on the verge of tears.
But the minute the scene takes a romantic turn, the ease with which they interact (probably due to their long professional partnership) delivers all the feels. There is a kiss scene that is one single, uninterrupted movement - neither rushed nor ‘gaze into each other’s eyes for ages’ slow - and it looks like a dance.
Overall, I loved this series. It’s a story first, then a love story, then a BL.
I’d recommend it to people who wonder why on Earth you like BLs… you might recruit them!
In fact, I only started watching because I liked the premise.
A burnt out artist is horrified to find his muse in reclusive, anti-social and insomniac venture capitalist.
Just the story for its own sake is great—great plot, well-written and well-paced.
It delivers some meaningful messages about art, inspiration, burnout and inconvenient relationships.
It’s not very long, so no filler episodes and no droopy middle or stretched out ending.
The cinematography, the sets and the costumes are all very good, but of course what stands out is the acting and the chemistry.
Gun, I have discovered, is THE whole range of human emotions bundled up and barely held together by skin. He exudes emotions (here, mostly deep sadness and dismay and after a while very reluctant attraction). He is mesmerising and if he’s on the screen, you cannot look away.
He would steal every scene if not for what Off also brings to the table. There, the emotions are deeper and hidden, and his character’s growing attraction and dependence on the person whose time he is buying, is the main motor of the story.
I’m sure reams have been written about the OffGun magic. For me, what makes their unmissable chemistry is that it shouldn’t work. Where Gun is graceful and expressive, Off is still and self-contained, and where Off is stoic, Gun always seems on the verge of tears.
But the minute the scene takes a romantic turn, the ease with which they interact (probably due to their long professional partnership) delivers all the feels. There is a kiss scene that is one single, uninterrupted movement - neither rushed nor ‘gaze into each other’s eyes for ages’ slow - and it looks like a dance.
Overall, I loved this series. It’s a story first, then a love story, then a BL.
I’d recommend it to people who wonder why on Earth you like BLs… you might recruit them!
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