Am I alone in thinking the drinking culture in dramas is really lame?
I agree. Alcohol is cancerous and should be portrayed a bit more carefully imo, especially if the product is destined to younger audiences. Ps. I'm not here to tell people what to do, I just think the concept of getting wasted like it's an hobby can be deleterious
You hit this right on the dot, I couldn't put my finger on what was the biggest issue and then you reminded me…
Yes, the narrator was a character himself and leaving him out just changed the whole mood! Now that I think about it, this drama has a lot more in common with the other one with the same male lead, "my secret romance" than jane the virgin.
Honestly I'm watching it because I don't know what else to watch atm but since I loved the original Jane the virgin is hard for me not to compare the drama to it. I think they just removed important parts, especially in comedic terms: - there is no narrator and that's a big disappointment for me, I loved that sort of breaking 4th wall and his commentary during the whole tv show - In jtv there were all sort of trippy scenes mostly sprung from the characters' thoughts, with animations and costumes that here I didn't see (this I learnt is a typical telenovelas thing) - Rogelio was totally hilarious but his counterpart so so for now - the og show was about representation of latinos in usa, and I think it was an important pillar for the whole story, since in the kdrama they aren't a minority (I suppose? Maybe the fact the mom is unmarried and dates a lot is a bit unusual?) I doesn't hit the same way - They just don't really talk about sex here? They totally exaggerated the 2ml...I mean who is so scared of touching hands nowadays?
I know I'm being too judgy, but I had some expectations and I feel sad. they could've made the show rotating around makjangs which are very similar to telenovelas in terms of absurdity. I'll keep watching for now but I'm not really waiting for new eps like I'm doing for "showtime"
what is he suppose to do in ep 2 toilet scene if he wasn't interrupted ?
“no big deal”… like he just tried to climb up the cubicle of the toilet she was hiding in, in a fit of anger and ultimately unzipping his pants…like wtf. What’s funny? even without the harassment he is being too much… just because his masculinity is too fragile. I don’t want to mock him but honestly it looked very bad, I understand she made a mistake that damaged his reputation so I was okay for him being angry but…with words. Imagine if he wasn’t the hot male lead but another “uglier”, fatter and/or older employee climbing the toilet…I think y’all can picture it since the perverted trope has been used a lot for plot purposes. I hope to see her pointing out the issue because he literally gave her nightmares!!
I think it was interesting to read the whole exchange but if you feel more at ease, I don’t have any interest in being prideful about it!
Just to conclude I wish to point out that my comment was a critique: 1) because I felt uncomfortable about the “Luca has no shoes” subplot (in my opinion totally unnecessary. I know there is poverty in some regions but I think it should have been portrayed more respectfully) 2) because I feel like everything is “westernized” nowadays, and not always in a good way. I made the mistake of assuming the “whitening” thing was a western influence, judging by some behaviors I may have misinterpreted. I sincerely apologise for that. but for the record it was absolutely not my intention to say “x” country is better than “y “ or anything of that sort. I’m sorry if I came out as something I don’t want to be.
wish the best to you too and good luck with your studies! (history is really a hard subject, but it’s important to know about the past and passing it generation after generation! )
In this comment section some people said « It’s just a fiction » and that we overreact then rely on this…
and I think all this could be avoided just by doing actual researches instead of writing based on stereotypes. For what? it’s not even an “important” part of the plot, just an expedient because there has to be a reunion between the two leads. When the ml said “I wonder if Luca still has shoes” I really wanted to eject myself from this planet. All this is tiring
I haven't seen this yet but after reading some people's thoughts on the controversy, how can the man have a "white…
I think here the “white savior” is more referred to the feeling of superiority of people coming from wealthier countries. Since most of the time caucasian people is involved, it was named like that.
when I read about it for the first time I was a bit curious because to be honest the story is pretty old now and didn’t really aged well. The male lead’s behaviour towards fl in 2022 is simply unacceptable and if they stayed too loyal to the old characterisation viewers would have probably went (rightfully) berserk with criticism. They’re trying to refresh the dynamic poor genuine woman / rich arrogant guy without taking sides. I especially liked the scene when Thyme was at the table listening to Gorya’s family without judging them and that he also shared his pitiful story, because he is too, but in a different way. Money is an item, the whole world give it a great importance but in doing this, feelings and relationships are greatly overlooked; that’s the meaning of the idiom “money can’t buy all”. I can consider myself a “hater” of the original story (even tho the japanese adaptation kinda improved my judgement ) so I know I am a bit biased and tbh I don’t even know why I watched the korean and chinese versions if I didn’t liked the premise xD probably I was just curious to see if they “fixed” it (according to my tastes of course - the whole comment is subjective)
Wow someone else that disliked the K version! Where have you been all these years? lol
here I am too! I can’t stand the korean version and the last chinese one was waaaay to draggy and scattered in my opinion (everytime ml confesses it’s like nothing happens so frustrating)
Ps. I'm not here to tell people what to do, I just think the concept of getting wasted like it's an hobby can be deleterious
Now that I think about it, this drama has a lot more in common with the other one with the same male lead, "my secret romance" than jane the virgin.
I think they just removed important parts, especially in comedic terms:
- there is no narrator and that's a big disappointment for me, I loved that sort of breaking 4th wall and his commentary during the whole tv show
- In jtv there were all sort of trippy scenes mostly sprung from the characters' thoughts, with animations and costumes that here I didn't see (this I learnt is a typical telenovelas thing)
- Rogelio was totally hilarious but his counterpart so so for now
- the og show was about representation of latinos in usa, and I think it was an important pillar for the whole story, since in the kdrama they aren't a minority (I suppose? Maybe the fact the mom is unmarried and dates a lot is a bit unusual?) I doesn't hit the same way
- They just don't really talk about sex here? They totally exaggerated the 2ml...I mean who is so scared of touching hands nowadays?
I know I'm being too judgy, but I had some expectations and I feel sad. they could've made the show rotating around makjangs which are very similar to telenovelas in terms of absurdity. I'll keep watching for now but I'm not really waiting for new eps like I'm doing for "showtime"
I don’t want to mock him but honestly it looked very bad, I understand she made a mistake that damaged his reputation so I was okay for him being angry but…with words.
Imagine if he wasn’t the hot male lead but another “uglier”, fatter and/or older employee climbing the toilet…I think y’all can picture it since the perverted trope has been used a lot for plot purposes.
I hope to see her pointing out the issue because he literally gave her nightmares!!
Just to conclude I wish to point out that my comment was a critique:
1) because I felt uncomfortable about the “Luca has no shoes” subplot (in my opinion totally unnecessary. I know there is poverty in some regions but I think it should have been portrayed more respectfully)
2) because I feel like everything is “westernized” nowadays, and not always in a good way. I made the mistake of assuming the “whitening” thing was a western influence, judging by some behaviors I may have misinterpreted. I sincerely apologise for that.
but for the record it was absolutely not my intention to say “x” country is better than “y “ or anything of that sort. I’m sorry if I came out as something I don’t want to be.
wish the best to you too and good luck with your studies! (history is really a hard subject, but it’s important to know about the past and passing it generation after generation! )
When the ml said “I wonder if Luca still has shoes” I really wanted to eject myself from this planet. All this is tiring
I can consider myself a “hater” of the original story (even tho the japanese adaptation kinda improved my judgement ) so I know I am a bit biased and tbh I don’t even know why I watched the korean and chinese versions if I didn’t liked the premise xD probably I was just curious to see if they “fixed” it (according to my tastes of course - the whole comment is subjective)