Nice grouping of shorts, each with its own message and vibe.
Number three left me a little flummoxed. I don't mind sad stories, actually, I love them, but it didn't seem to have a core; as if the tale was there to be sad and that was it. Good acting across the board. I loved seeing eight different actors and eight different types of handsome; not a nose job among them (I think!), and only one I'd classify as an idol, pretty boy type.
I'm having a lot complicated thoughts on this one. I liked how it ended i.e. none of them ended up together. They…
Maybe don't judge until YOU have tried being gay in Korea; or anywhere else for that matter. Even in the most socially liberal environment, there are plenty of nasty homophobes.
I disagree that the "normal" Jina offered Minu came off as reinforcing homophobia, because in the end, she very much did not make that choice.
I spent the whole night watching it. At first, I thought it was just about close friends secretly crushing on…
The story is SUPPOSED to make you feel uncomfortable, like life itself. Nobody in this story is perfect, and there are reasons why they are the way they are and do what they do. I wonder how cowardly YOU'D be in that situation with THAT dad in homophobic Korea. Did you actually watch?
Finally, in what way was the open ending frustrating? Again, life can be like that and usually is.
Eps. 13-50 This drama is remarkably effective, especially considering its shoestring budget and the horrible vertical aspect ratio. I was gripped almost start to finish.
The show earns big kudos for its handling of the closeted/faux-straight cover story, and how this all-too-common phenomenon hurts everybody involved, none so much as a naive young woman I like how the nasty gossip was for once a male rather than the female archetype we normally get. Nice moments of light comedy were pulled off without jarring the dramatic main story.
Great acting. I'm amazed at what these three leads were able to accomplish inside that squished-in vertical box of a screen. I'd love to see this remade as a film or limited series with a decent budget, maintaining all actors seen here, particularly the leads.
I like the open ending, even with its couple of questionable tropes. Does studying or moving "abroad" always have to be the solution in Asian dramas? It's nice to see all main characters drawn as real, actual people with flaws, rather than all-bad or all-good. It rarely works that way in real life.
It's Lily Alice again, trying to help destroy yet another actor's life and career, with one of her Lily Alice-style, sleazy "articles!" What a surprise. Not.
Lily Alice: "... a blogger revealed that Chinese actor Xu Kai has long been engaged in group gambling..." NO, Lily, the blogger revealed nothing except an unproven accusation that you attempt, in your inimitable, salacious way, to make sound like a proven fact.
When someone is actually charged with something and/or you have hard evidence, try again. Your writing is sloppy, tabloid-ish, and has likely contributed to suicides. Please stop.
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I'd love to see a BL about brothers-in-law. No doubt happens all over the world from time to time, and would make for great drama/angst.
Number three left me a little flummoxed. I don't mind sad stories, actually, I love them, but it didn't seem to have a core; as if the tale was there to be sad and that was it.
Good acting across the board.
I loved seeing eight different actors and eight different types of handsome; not a nose job among them (I think!), and only one I'd classify as an idol, pretty boy type.
8.5/10
I disagree that the "normal" Jina offered Minu came off as reinforcing homophobia, because in the end, she very much did not make that choice.
I like messy, open endings, though. :)
Finally, in what way was the open ending frustrating? Again, life can be like that and usually is.
This drama is remarkably effective, especially considering its shoestring budget and the horrible vertical aspect ratio. I was gripped almost start to finish.
The show earns big kudos for its handling of the closeted/faux-straight cover story, and how this all-too-common phenomenon hurts everybody involved, none so much as a naive young woman
I like how the nasty gossip was for once a male rather than the female archetype we normally get. Nice moments of light comedy were pulled off without jarring the dramatic main story.
Great acting. I'm amazed at what these three leads were able to accomplish inside that squished-in vertical box of a screen. I'd love to see this remade as a film or limited series with a decent budget, maintaining all actors seen here, particularly the leads.
I like the open ending, even with its couple of questionable tropes. Does studying or moving "abroad" always have to be the solution in Asian dramas? It's nice to see all main characters drawn as real, actual people with flaws, rather than all-bad or all-good. It rarely works that way in real life.
Full-budget remake, please, then a sequel
9/10
She's a disgusting, talent-free vulture.
It's Lily Alice again, trying to help destroy yet another actor's life and career, with one of her Lily Alice-style, sleazy "articles!"
What a surprise. Not.
Lily Alice: "... a blogger revealed that Chinese actor Xu Kai has long been engaged in group gambling..." NO, Lily, the blogger revealed nothing except an unproven accusation that you attempt, in your inimitable, salacious way, to make sound like a proven fact.
When someone is actually charged with something and/or you have hard evidence, try again. Your writing is sloppy, tabloid-ish, and has likely contributed to suicides. Please stop.