I love their chemistry but I'm just really tired of gmmtv's editing style and their way of telling a story. Fights…
I agree that the fighting is really tedious, but ITSAY was a drama and this is a comedy - you can't really compare them. Plus comparing a normal BL to ITSAY is like comparing Monet to Thomas Kinkaid.
The acting of the main couple is comparable though.
A problem I'm having is that Pat's friends are horrible human beings. Anyone who would treat a server like that when he's powerless to do anything is a coward and has no morals. And what Drake was doing was harassment. Can you imagine how a girl would have felt with four loud men pounding on her door? And the fighting is just tiresome and I end up ff through it.
But Ohm and Nanon are wonderful in this, and their chemstry is excellent and natural. I couldn't stand Nanon in My Dear Loser, but here he's first rate - I felt like crying when he was hurt after what Pat's father said. And he's so handsome now - those eyes...
I really hate the fighting, but the symbolism is cool with Engineers and Architects destroying a structure even though both their disciplines are needed to build things - I presume that eventually they'll all be friends and have to work together.
OK. First, if you're thinking of having a cartoonishly evil villain, just don't. And please, no more shallow evil female characters. Seriously, it's enough. The plot makes no sense. There is no reason to do what she's doing - in fact it's so against her own interests it's mind-boggling.
Second, if you're going to have a kiss, then have a klss, not whatever that was. A good hug is better than a bad kiss. Pinkies overlapping is better than a bad kiss.
And if you're writing something and a cliche comes to mind, beat the cliche to death while it's still in your mind and don't inflict it on your audience. This entire episode was just a grab-bag of cliches.
And while there's a certain predictability to BL in general, it shouldn't be so severe that every single person in the audience can write EP 7 word-for-word, because everyone here can. The last scene of Ep 7 will be___________. Is there anyone who can't fill in that blank?
On the plus side, there can never be enough of sunlight hitting Jang Eui Soo's liquid amber eyes. Also, I give him points for being the only actor in Asia who trims his fingernails. That was the first time I haven't thought "9-1-1 - emergency manicure! Stat!"
This ep lost me. Very disappointing. This has declined from "upper-mediocre" to "there needs to be more shirtless Jang Eui Soo to compensate us for this dreck."
The way yall saying this show is so bad lmaoo when it's just a simple kbl like everything else. Enemies to lovers…
The length is irrelevant - a well-written drama can make any length work. This is just badly written and full of cliches. BL is always a bit predictable, but I'll be I (and everyone else here) could plot out ep 7 word--for-word.
Was it just me that burst out laughing when Epoy revealed what his sudden health problem was? I was expecting brain cancer or leukemia. I get that they didn't want to go too dark, but wow. If they wanted to make his problem a little more serious, it could have gone like this:
"I'm very sick."
"OMG. What's wrong?!?"
"I have a hangnail."
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
Anyway, I think there are three problems with this series. The script is not good. It wanders all over the place and needed a lot more discipline and to link the stories together better - and build up to issues rather than springing them out of nowhere.
Second, the directing drains all the energy out of the production, not to mention the actors. Meet My Angel was terrible in most regards, but the acting, especially Kaleb's, was spectacular - maybe the best single performance in a BL of all time. Here, he's... there. In My Chinito Prince, Axl was compelling and sexy - here he's... there.
And the editing. This really let them down.
The technical qualities of the production like sound weren't great, but they were above average for a DIY like this and adequate.
This looks guuud. Wow, so sensual - almost too much for BL! I loved that people looked like they were in relationships and phyiscally attracted to each other, and it didn't hurt that everyone eas so physically attractive! I'm cautiously optimistic, which is about as optimistic as I get these days.
For some reason Do Gun looked a lot more attractive in Ep 4. That mint-green sweater really suited him, and he has a nice smile.Jung Woo has the unfair advantage of having a perfect everything, but it was less imbalanced this ep.
I really like this - I enjoy that they're two guys and fairly equal instead of Seme and Uke (which is an acromyn for Useless Klutz Extraordinaire).
Did Ron Angeles run over the cat of every producer in Manila? Why is he always some rejected side character when he's such a compelling screen presence? Imagine if he were playing Jethro.
Anyway, I'm still having trouble buying Mario as an adult, and Jethro is still not very likeable. I'm not sure what they were thinking with this series - and I'm not sure I see the point to it.
I'm happy at least that Mario managed some simple cooking without cutting himself.
I actually completely lost interest in this series this ep. Every single scene is totally predictable and this was just a bunch of lame BL tropes stapled together. It's a pity - I was enjoying this until now, but I couldn't even finish this ep.
OK, the second trailer made me a little less onboard. It looked like a checklist of tropes. Hopfully they put all of them from the entire series in the trailer. Blow-dry hair? Check. (BTW, has anyone in the entire history of humanity had anyone but a hair stylist blow-dry their hair past the age of like five?) Rear hug of someone trying to storm out of a room? Check. (incidentally, if I wanted to leave a room in anger, if someone did that I'd probably react Not Well).
However, the cast is exceptional, so I'll go against official policy and maintain expectations of a good show.
Oh. Sorry, I'm a bit slow on the uptake today. Yes, when you equate things of much different severity, you risk diminishing people's perspective on the seriousness of more heinous things. Rape is a crime. Adjusting someone's apron is not. If he'd said "don't touch me" and he didn't stop, then we'd have something to talk about.
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The acting of the main couple is comparable though.
But Ohm and Nanon are wonderful in this, and their chemstry is excellent and natural. I couldn't stand Nanon in My Dear Loser, but here he's first rate - I felt like crying when he was hurt after what Pat's father said. And he's so handsome now - those eyes...
I really hate the fighting, but the symbolism is cool with Engineers and Architects destroying a structure even though both their disciplines are needed to build things - I presume that eventually they'll all be friends and have to work together.
Second, if you're going to have a kiss, then have a klss, not whatever that was. A good hug is better than a bad kiss. Pinkies overlapping is better than a bad kiss.
And if you're writing something and a cliche comes to mind, beat the cliche to death while it's still in your mind and don't inflict it on your audience. This entire episode was just a grab-bag of cliches.
And while there's a certain predictability to BL in general, it shouldn't be so severe that every single person in the audience can write EP 7 word-for-word, because everyone here can. The last scene of Ep 7 will be___________. Is there anyone who can't fill in that blank?
On the plus side, there can never be enough of sunlight hitting Jang Eui Soo's liquid amber eyes. Also, I give him points for being the only actor in Asia who trims his fingernails. That was the first time I haven't thought "9-1-1 - emergency manicure! Stat!"
This ep lost me. Very disappointing. This has declined from "upper-mediocre" to "there needs to be more shirtless Jang Eui Soo to compensate us for this dreck."
I agree with everything you wrote.
"I'm very sick."
"OMG. What's wrong?!?"
"I have a hangnail."
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
Anyway, I think there are three problems with this series. The script is not good. It wanders all over the place and needed a lot more discipline and to link the stories together better - and build up to issues rather than springing them out of nowhere.
Second, the directing drains all the energy out of the production, not to mention the actors. Meet My Angel was terrible in most regards, but the acting, especially Kaleb's, was spectacular - maybe the best single performance in a BL of all time. Here, he's... there. In My Chinito Prince, Axl was compelling and sexy - here he's... there.
And the editing. This really let them down.
The technical qualities of the production like sound weren't great, but they were above average for a DIY like this and adequate.
I really like this - I enjoy that they're two guys and fairly equal instead of Seme and Uke (which is an acromyn for Useless Klutz Extraordinaire).
Anyway, I'm still having trouble buying Mario as an adult, and Jethro is still not very likeable. I'm not sure what they were thinking with this series - and I'm not sure I see the point to it.
I'm happy at least that Mario managed some simple cooking without cutting himself.
However, the cast is exceptional, so I'll go against official policy and maintain expectations of a good show.