unfortunately pathetic
it is i, the niel.
firstly, these characters needed more depth. they were nothing. the first episode made me want to drop the series entirely because of how cringey it was, imo. the logic of this show was certainly nonexistent, but that could've been partially due to how choppy the editing was. the music was over-the-top. although it was decent, it started feeling like a new song was playing every few minutes by the end of the show. the dialogue was so cheesy, and the tropes/random fluff made me physically shudder, i'm sorry. each episode was less than 15 minutes long, and yet i felt as if they were taking years off my life. episode 7 in its entirety was ridiculous. the pacing was decent at first, but then they decided to throw in every piece of conflict/plot during episodes 6, and 7, and 8.
i wanted to feel bad for sion, but he just felt like a dumb guy. it was almost pathetic at some points. how does he get injured and then is magically fine within the same episode? this could've been simply because of how the character was acted out, but i literally could not get a read on his personality or motives, because they changed every few minutes. i just don't get why they did any of the things they did. also the ending? weird. the acting felt ambitious, and i'm sure that these guys have done better work now, but man did i feel like it was too much.
also, why were we only given one snippet of "what could've been" in terms of hongseok and the piano? what a missed opportunity and failed aspect to add. come on guys.
unless you really like these actors or these characters, there is no reason to rewatch this or, honestly, watch it in the first place. i only found the presence of the 30-count carton of eggs to be amusing. a story wasn't being told here. the red string of fate is very cute on its own, but in no world do i believe that these two are destined to be together. i'm honestly disappointed with how everything played out, given the fact that the concept was intriguing and could've been executed with more than what we were given. after watching, i felt like it was just put out into the world to enjoy if you viewed with rose-tinted glasses, but without anything of substance to back it up? even if this was just for the purpose of comfort/cheesiness, it was giving nothing. the chemistry was nothing. the connection was nothing.
i slightly feel bad giving it such a low rating, because an attempt was made. however, i can't delude myself, so a 2.5 it shall be. so long!
best,
the niel.
firstly, these characters needed more depth. they were nothing. the first episode made me want to drop the series entirely because of how cringey it was, imo. the logic of this show was certainly nonexistent, but that could've been partially due to how choppy the editing was. the music was over-the-top. although it was decent, it started feeling like a new song was playing every few minutes by the end of the show. the dialogue was so cheesy, and the tropes/random fluff made me physically shudder, i'm sorry. each episode was less than 15 minutes long, and yet i felt as if they were taking years off my life. episode 7 in its entirety was ridiculous. the pacing was decent at first, but then they decided to throw in every piece of conflict/plot during episodes 6, and 7, and 8.
i wanted to feel bad for sion, but he just felt like a dumb guy. it was almost pathetic at some points. how does he get injured and then is magically fine within the same episode? this could've been simply because of how the character was acted out, but i literally could not get a read on his personality or motives, because they changed every few minutes. i just don't get why they did any of the things they did. also the ending? weird. the acting felt ambitious, and i'm sure that these guys have done better work now, but man did i feel like it was too much.
also, why were we only given one snippet of "what could've been" in terms of hongseok and the piano? what a missed opportunity and failed aspect to add. come on guys.
unless you really like these actors or these characters, there is no reason to rewatch this or, honestly, watch it in the first place. i only found the presence of the 30-count carton of eggs to be amusing. a story wasn't being told here. the red string of fate is very cute on its own, but in no world do i believe that these two are destined to be together. i'm honestly disappointed with how everything played out, given the fact that the concept was intriguing and could've been executed with more than what we were given. after watching, i felt like it was just put out into the world to enjoy if you viewed with rose-tinted glasses, but without anything of substance to back it up? even if this was just for the purpose of comfort/cheesiness, it was giving nothing. the chemistry was nothing. the connection was nothing.
i slightly feel bad giving it such a low rating, because an attempt was made. however, i can't delude myself, so a 2.5 it shall be. so long!
best,
the niel.
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