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Great premise, super addictive, but bad cast and execution
This show was great when I first started watching it. I was addicted - the premise was great, and personally relatable for me - I related to a lot of the cast members as despite being quite a bit younger than them I felt the same way about dating. However, they brushed through the ‘makeover’ element and severely underplayed it. My next big qualm was the SEVERE mistreatment of cast members Mi-ji and Seung-chan. Despite being cast members that were introduced relatively early for game changers (as typically in other shows they are introduced quite a bit later) they had NO screen time. NO dates, NO choices, we didn’t even have an update on WHO they liked? Were they even there? It would be fine for them to get less screen time sure, but they were IGNORED? This was honestly horrible of the producers and it leads me to disregard them. It’s not professional, and it’s not normal conduct. I feel horrible for these two. My next is not their fault, but the cast was horribly bull-headed and the girls especially were just plain mean.
Yeolmyung was plain rude to jae-yun. Jiyeon was rude and dismissive as soon as she got what she wanted. Jeong-mok is a walking red flag. And barely any of them matched, because each of them was fixated on someone they had talked to for ten seconds at the beginning of the show, despite that person clearly being interested in them??!!!! So whilst i loved watching this show, especially for a dating show - i surprisingly didn’t lose as much interest as i usually do - the conclusion was horrifying and i think the producers need to step it up if this show gets a S2. One, not all of our cast members need to be ‘traumatised’. They need therapy, not a partner. Two, the game changers need to ACTUALLY change something and NOT be ignored - everyone needs screen time, albeit little. Three, we need to stop treating the walking red flags like they are romantic prodigies. Make the activities a little more interesting, and extend the period. But I enjoyed watching this, so that’s why it has a high rating. The producers just underplayed a golden concept.
Yeolmyung was plain rude to jae-yun. Jiyeon was rude and dismissive as soon as she got what she wanted. Jeong-mok is a walking red flag. And barely any of them matched, because each of them was fixated on someone they had talked to for ten seconds at the beginning of the show, despite that person clearly being interested in them??!!!! So whilst i loved watching this show, especially for a dating show - i surprisingly didn’t lose as much interest as i usually do - the conclusion was horrifying and i think the producers need to step it up if this show gets a S2. One, not all of our cast members need to be ‘traumatised’. They need therapy, not a partner. Two, the game changers need to ACTUALLY change something and NOT be ignored - everyone needs screen time, albeit little. Three, we need to stop treating the walking red flags like they are romantic prodigies. Make the activities a little more interesting, and extend the period. But I enjoyed watching this, so that’s why it has a high rating. The producers just underplayed a golden concept.
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