Some characters were too gimmicky and the dystopia trope was disjoint at times but these are just minor things in the overall prodocition. The music was perfect, the cinematography really crisp (the CGI could’ve been better though). The main characters had layers and actual presence (Kyung Hee was a badass despite being an antagonist). The chemistry was on fire; Ga On and Yo Han, I was here for the bromance after all, but also Yo Han and Sun Ah had some intense moments too and even Ga On and Soo Hyun had this fragile thing going on as well. Loved the parallels to religious aspects as well; the courtroom looking like a cathedral and the last supper thing going on at the end, wasn’t fond of their priest garbs though. Might rewatch some time in the future!
I started watching this show when it aired but for some reason found it really really boring and draggy BUT now, a couple of years later, I picked it up again and must say that I really really liked it (made me realize how good writing it has in comparison to the recent on-slew of mediocre BLs). I liked the wholesome dialogues, I mean both of their sides made sense and even if Pete was obnoxious, he did show some reasonable development and actually seemed to be aware of his faults. Kao was a big softie and too guilable, but I like New in this role - kindness suits him. The second couple was a little meh though, couldn’t really sense any chemistry between their back and forth chasing but they were cute enough towards the end. Regardless, I highly recommend this show if anyone’s hesitating to watch it.
Only drama I watched in this is "it's ok not to be okay". (and I didnt finished it yet)It's fiction, and it don't…
I have to agree on this one with you as well! If I want to watch something realistic then I certainly don’t go for kdrama, and I honestly watch kdramas only as an outlet to get away from my real life and to destress myself... I have never expected them to be realistic anyway.
Maybe an unpopular opinion (lol please don’t bash me) but don’t some of Teh’s irrational actions (more so than usual, that is) stem from Oh kind of “abandoning” him?
I mean Teh gave up his school admission for Oh, who then not only gave up on their mutual dream of becoming actors but he also changed majors all together, which imho makes it rather meaningless for Teh to have even made that sacrifice in the first place... I find it hard to believe that Teh deep down wouldn’t harbor some resentment because of that (not about the acting part but mostly what he had to go through because of Oh, believing that he was helping him when the guy kind of threw all of Teh’s hard work back in his face - what had he even been suffering for then, in that case?). And instead of saying that he was hurt by Oh’s actions and actually talking/fighting it out, he just closes off, being passive aggressive with Oh instead... projecting his what-could-have-been desires onto other people. I believe that Teh doesn’t know himself yet, which is why his bottled up emotions find sort of explosive outlet.
I’m not excusing Teh, cheating is not a solution but I honestly believe that Oh was being selfish with his actions too, he’s not completely without fault here either. Just to clarify, I’m not saying Teh cheated because of thwt, but rather that the rift in their relationship started way before this. My stand on this is that they both hurt each other, but on different levels - some more subtle than other.
With this said I haven’t watch ep 4 yet, just read a bunch of detailed spoilers on twt while waiting for the last ep.
Some characters were too gimmicky and the dystopia trope was disjoint at times but these are just minor things in the overall prodocition. The music was perfect, the cinematography really crisp (the CGI could’ve been better though). The main characters had layers and actual presence (Kyung Hee was a badass despite being an antagonist). The chemistry was on fire; Ga On and Yo Han, I was here for the bromance after all, but also Yo Han and Sun Ah had some intense moments too and even Ga On and Soo Hyun had this fragile thing going on as well. Loved the parallels to religious aspects as well; the courtroom looking like a cathedral and the last supper thing going on at the end, wasn’t fond of their priest garbs though. Might rewatch some time in the future!
I mean Teh gave up his school admission for Oh, who then not only gave up on their mutual dream of becoming actors but he also changed majors all together, which imho makes it rather meaningless for Teh to have even made that sacrifice in the first place... I find it hard to believe that Teh deep down wouldn’t harbor some resentment because of that (not about the acting part but mostly what he had to go through because of Oh, believing that he was helping him when the guy kind of threw all of Teh’s hard work back in his face - what had he even been suffering for then, in that case?). And instead of saying that he was hurt by Oh’s actions and actually talking/fighting it out, he just closes off, being passive aggressive with Oh instead... projecting his what-could-have-been desires onto other people. I believe that Teh doesn’t know himself yet, which is why his bottled up emotions find sort of explosive outlet.
I’m not excusing Teh, cheating is not a solution but I honestly believe that Oh was being selfish with his actions too, he’s not completely without fault here either. Just to clarify, I’m not saying Teh cheated because of thwt, but rather that the rift in their relationship started way before this. My stand on this is that they both hurt each other, but on different levels - some more subtle than other.
With this said I haven’t watch ep 4 yet, just read a bunch of detailed spoilers on twt while waiting for the last ep.