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Gotta leave Heng hanging cause this is just too boring to continue watching
This is the loudest show GMM has ever produced next to their other loud shows. I need the interns to stop with the sound effects and adding music while they speak every single line. Anyways, I expected this to get better after the initial 2 episodes (iykyk for anyone who saw my comment), but it went downhill for me. It felt like someone (me) was torturing me to watch it. This is gonna be my final take on it.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 & 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
This adaptation of the Japanese version falls short of the story that was already established. Most scenes felt predictable so there wasn't any anticipation to make it through certain parts. While melodrama is a good part of comedic story telling, this felt cringe. Cringe isn't bad oftentimes, but whatever was being done here didn't bring grace to the cringe like it's supposed to. I felt as if there was a disconnect between the director's vision of who Heng were supposed to be vs what the actor could do for the character. I think Earth was trying to replicate who Haruta was instead of making his own version of Haruta. This made it so difficult to watch because I know Earth can do a lot better. Earth has the ability to make his characters his own, but this one felt like bad mimic of Haruta. Compared to how Earth played Heng, I have no notes for Mixx who plays Mo. He feels like what Mo should be. I also don't have any problems with the actor who plays the boss except the fact that he's too young looking. I'd rather see a old man. Though, I don't like how they approach showcasing the boss courting Heng. I know the story itself is about this whole thing mainly, but the Thai version keeps stretching it. Instead of spreading out how the boss courts Heng, it feels like every episodes, it's just one thing after the other to the point it's predictable what's going to happen. Boss pursues and Heng doesn't really explicitly say no nor does his discomfort gets noticed by the boss. Overall, considering there's 12 episodes, they could've made this fast paced instead of it feeling so repetitive.
Final thoughts:
- Still stupid that they took out the older woman wife role. The daughter added nothing to the story that the wife couldn't have added. To the folks who say having this older woman role is overdone and regressive, I say give me a break.
- I can't say that I enjoyed the comedy. It wasn't for me, but this isn't because I'm an international viewer. Comedy transcends language and culture and I have watched many Thai series/movies/programs that made me laugh. The type of comedy that this series was trying to do was a little bit too on the nose and didn't leave any space for wit. Any chuckles it got out of me was cause of how ridiculous some parts just feel.
- I hope EarthMix either separately or together get to be in a better series, maybe even a comedy series.
People who can watch badly done shows can watch this in its entirety. I usually can too, but this one is so loud to even put on in the background. I feel crazy cause of how much sound there is. There was nothing earth shattering about this series to really promote. Kudos to everyone who enjoyed it! Mad respect for y'all.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 & 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
This adaptation of the Japanese version falls short of the story that was already established. Most scenes felt predictable so there wasn't any anticipation to make it through certain parts. While melodrama is a good part of comedic story telling, this felt cringe. Cringe isn't bad oftentimes, but whatever was being done here didn't bring grace to the cringe like it's supposed to. I felt as if there was a disconnect between the director's vision of who Heng were supposed to be vs what the actor could do for the character. I think Earth was trying to replicate who Haruta was instead of making his own version of Haruta. This made it so difficult to watch because I know Earth can do a lot better. Earth has the ability to make his characters his own, but this one felt like bad mimic of Haruta. Compared to how Earth played Heng, I have no notes for Mixx who plays Mo. He feels like what Mo should be. I also don't have any problems with the actor who plays the boss except the fact that he's too young looking. I'd rather see a old man. Though, I don't like how they approach showcasing the boss courting Heng. I know the story itself is about this whole thing mainly, but the Thai version keeps stretching it. Instead of spreading out how the boss courts Heng, it feels like every episodes, it's just one thing after the other to the point it's predictable what's going to happen. Boss pursues and Heng doesn't really explicitly say no nor does his discomfort gets noticed by the boss. Overall, considering there's 12 episodes, they could've made this fast paced instead of it feeling so repetitive.
Final thoughts:
- Still stupid that they took out the older woman wife role. The daughter added nothing to the story that the wife couldn't have added. To the folks who say having this older woman role is overdone and regressive, I say give me a break.
- I can't say that I enjoyed the comedy. It wasn't for me, but this isn't because I'm an international viewer. Comedy transcends language and culture and I have watched many Thai series/movies/programs that made me laugh. The type of comedy that this series was trying to do was a little bit too on the nose and didn't leave any space for wit. Any chuckles it got out of me was cause of how ridiculous some parts just feel.
- I hope EarthMix either separately or together get to be in a better series, maybe even a comedy series.
People who can watch badly done shows can watch this in its entirety. I usually can too, but this one is so loud to even put on in the background. I feel crazy cause of how much sound there is. There was nothing earth shattering about this series to really promote. Kudos to everyone who enjoyed it! Mad respect for y'all.
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