Ep 1 was a letdown to me. The acting and cinematography were really good, but the writing was terrible. First…
In the book, the reason Vee has sex with Mark is because he’s supposedly *protecting* his friend. Vee gets upset because Mark told him that he would continue to pursue Bar even though Bar had made it clear that he didn’t want him. Mark also implies that he would do something sexual with Bar. If I recall correctly (it’s been some time since I read the book), Mark kisses Vee thinking that he’s Bar, and he tells Vee that he plans on doing that to Bar. That’s when we get an unnecessarily graphic nonconsensual scene of a sober Vee and a drunk Mark.
In here, the writers seemed focused on making the scene as consensual as possible, so they placed emphasis on the beer cans in the trashcan to show that Vee was drunk too, though I do agree that Vee didn’t seem that drunk. That’s probably why his motivation might come off a little lackluster here, but to be honest, his motivation in the book wasn’t that great either.
I'm baffled by how good Yin is in this. I never thought he was a bad actor. He was definitely better than most, but when he was acting next to War, he seemed average. But wow, he's so good in this and expressive. And of course, War is always good. Their chemistry together in this is explosive! I don't particularly remember Prom's performance in the En of Love series, but he feels a little awkward here.
It's starting off good and hopefully, it continues to be that way. I only had one nitpick about a particular scene because it was very random, but other than that, this has already gone beyond my expectations.
Oookay the trailer look so good! Just judging from the trailer so far of James and Gina, it look so promising.…
The trailer does look really good, and it looks like it wasn't only his girlfriend who died, but his mother too. And James and Gina look good together. Very excited because I've always wanted an intense role like this for James.
It's finally coming on July 4th, and I think a trailer will be coming out soon. From the pictures I've seen, this looks like it's going to be very dramatic. I'm excited!
When it counts, this lakorn really goes against most of the common tropes seen in family business lakorns like these. Whether it was having the characters truly be smart and fit for their positions, not resorting to the characters taking nonsensical actions just to drive the plot, or how they handled Anna’s situation and didn't go for the obvious, even down to them not making the secondary characters so one-note like they usually are (with the exception of a few). I was genuinely surprised sometimes, and it really made it a refreshing watch. Though I didn’t love everything about this lakorn, I did appreciate it for pushing the envelope a bit.
I really enjoyed the relationship between Lin and Win, and I really liked the Lin character. I loved how bold and confident she was, and it was refreshing seeing a female lead be the one in control, and knowing exactly what she wanted. Nychaa and Alek had good chemistry with each other, but I must say that I nearly caught a case of second male lead syndrome because of Pop. Nychaa and Pop had so much chemistry whenever they were in a scene together that it made me secretly root for him. Honestly though, Pop just stood out to me in general with this. He really stole the show for me.
I really liked the first half, but my level of enjoyment did wane in the second half. Lin and Win’s relationship kind of got lost in all of the schemes taking place. Still, it was overall a good watch, and it made me want to go back and watch some of Pop and Alek’s projects.
This is my first time watching something with Big M, and I've seen Hana in a couple of secondary roles, and I must say, I think the reason I didn't like this as much as I wanted to was because of them. I have a feeling that if two charismatic actors had taken on these roles, I would have enjoyed it more. I just thought they were both equally bland, and though there were some spicy scenes in here, I was never truly impressed by their romance or had the urge to rewatch any of their scenes like I do with other couples.
And I agree with you on Sichon having a stupid reason for revenge. It just felt very lackluster and something that could easily be resolved versus other revenge lakorns where the leads genuinely have a reason for hating one another.
Love the trailer! It's bringing back memories of how stupid Vee is though. I wonder how book accurate it's going to be because the trailer looks pretty wholesome compared to the toxic messiness that happens in the novel. Not sure how I feel about that yet because their complicated relationship is actually what makes Love Mechanics stand out from the rest of the books. Either way, looking forward to this, and War and Yin's chemistry!
In the first half, I enjoyed this despite it being a very frustrating watch. Chon was very weak, and I don't think I've ever witnessed a female lead get bullied to the extent that Chon got bullied. Not an episode went by without someone slapping her or dumping food on her. So many frustrating, annoying characters. I couldn't stand Rin, Chayut, May, Prim, Pat, Korn, the mothers, the father, and May's friends. Practically majority of the characters were on my shit list. But I still was able to find enjoyment with Kasa and Chon. Their relationship was cute together, and Euro and Pinkploy had chemistry. I was even enjoying some of the slap and kiss elements we got later on because Euro did a good job at playing the heart-broken, angry male lead who still wanted the female lead despite him feeling betrayed by her actions.
When the truth finally came out, I was excited because we would finally be getting past the misunderstanding, only for me to realize that there were four to five more episodes left. The first thing I thought to myself was, “what more nonsense could they possibly add to this story?” And I have to say that I owe the writers an apology because I really underestimated them and didn’t realize it was possible for them to fill up the remaining episodes with so much nonsense that my jaw was dropped the entire time. I was in complete disbelief watching all of the characters doing the most baffling shit ever. It wasn’t even entertaining anymore. It was just dumb. Nonsense can be fun to a certain degree, which is honestly why I like watching some lakorns because they can be really entertaining even when they have characters doing questionable things. But this lakorn piled on way too much drama here. Chon’s actions make no sense in the second half. It felt like the writers were just throwing every trope at the wall, hoping they would land, and the majority of them didn’t. The first half was watchable, if not only for Euro and Pinkploy’s chemistry, but I would suggest jumping ship around the second half.
I’m still wiping tears from my eyes as I think about Hee Do and Yi Jin’s relationship. It was so beautiful watching their love for each other. At a time when they both desperately needed light and happiness in their lives, they both found each other. Some would say they are an example of ‘right person, wrong time,’ but I would say they were the right people for each other at the right time. They were both experiencing loneliness from Hee Do’s mother neglecting her and Yi Jin being separated from his family and forced into adulthood. They met each other when they needed each other the most because I don’t think they would have met their goals without each other.
I’m not going to lie. I loved their relationship so much that I didn’t care if the writers came up with the most convoluted, unbelievable reason why Yi Jin was the one Hee Do married, despite several clues showing that he wasn’t. I just wanted them to be together. But when Hee Do told Yi Jin this love doesn’t support me anymore, I instantly realized why their relationship couldn’t work anymore and accepted their end. The love Hee Do and Yi Jin provided each other in their younger years was what they both needed, but as they aged and their paths diverged, they both needed something else that the other couldn’t provide. The way they made each other happy when they were eighteen and twenty-two was not the same way they could make each other happy at twenty-one and twenty-five. Their ‘rainbow’, a sheltered space of happiness for them both, no longer provided them happiness and only caused them pain.
By the way, that entire breakup that plays out in the last episode is done so wonderfully on all levels. Joo Hyuk and Tae Ri were great in their performances. The dialogue was excellent. I felt their anger and their hurt. From the moment their breakup starts in front of Hee Do’s house to Yi Jin leaving for New York is just fantastic. They showcased how tragic it can be to break up with someone you’re still in love with. I was crying buckets of tears, and honestly, I still tear up when I think about it. Anyone who has ever experienced a breakup before, one that doesn’t involve infidelity or falling out of love, will relate to this. Breakups like these are even harder because the love is still there, but sometimes there are irrevocable differences that can’t be changed. The breakup between them felt more poignant than any other breakup I’ve watched in a drama before. It wasn’t some noble idiocy breakup where the characters get back together by the next episode. It was a heartbreaking breakup between two people who weren’t wrong in how they felt, but ultimately over time started to walk down two different paths, and it was time for them to separate.
After going through the synopsis of each book, this one along with Lao Chan and Pon Chiwan, are the ones I'm looking forward to the most. It's going to be fun seeing the sons of the Khun Chai brothers. Hopefully, the series is actually able to live up to all the hype.
Looks like everything got taken down recently. Something in my gut told me to download those videos but I forgot to. By chance, does anyone have the subbed version of episodes 16 and 17?
On the one hand, I'm glad they didn't cast someone so old this time, but on the other hand, why did it have to be no-acting Dome? Is this even still coming out? If they have a chance to re-cast, I hope they pick Ken or Pong.
This lakorn was enjoyable enough, though I didn’t love it. The thing about lakorns that have characters like Nok, sometimes it’s very frustrating to watch. Especially since the character Nok has nothing to offset her bitchiness. Like sometimes, when you have these types of female leads, they’ll try to make her funny or somehow relatable so you’re more tolerable about how mean they are. But the problem is that Nok doesn’t really have any of those things—she’s just a brat, and with Nai, she’s a very mean one. Even on my second re-watch, her character wasn’t any less annoying.
Those first few episodes in particular, where she continually mocks Nai for being an orphan, it makes you question how Nai could have even found Nok to be charming. And though to a certain extent, I could understand why Nok wanted her parents to be together, the truth of the matter is that she was being selfish. I get it. Many children have a hard time dealing with their parents breaking up, but the problem is that Nok isn’t even a child anymore, and her desire for her parents to be together had nothing to do with their happiness, but all to do with her own.
One of the things I really liked most about this drama, besides Vi, who was a great character to watch, was the way the relationship between Vi and Wat was handle. At first, I thought we were in for typical lakorn nonsense with these two, but it was refreshing to see two adults who had once loved each other learn to love each other in a different way. I also really appreciated that they didn’t get back together again because that would just be too easy and unrealistic. Some people just fall out of love and quite frankly weren’t meant to be together. I’m glad the writers stuck to that.
I also appreciate the lack of obvious misunderstandings. There were so many times that I was worried that Nai would have problems with Wat or Vi because of misunderstandings, but the writers always avoided those obvious clichés. Though I will admit, this drama is missing some of that fun craziness that lakorns have.
Though I didn’t like Penny, I felt for her, and I thought her mom was pretty horrible, only because it seemed that her mom couldn’t realize her fault. Penny was not wrong for being angry with her mother for constantly giving her attention to Nok. It actually pissed me off quite a bit. You wonder why your daughter is acting like a damn fool for attention but every day you’re treating some other girl like your daughter, who quite frankly, doesn’t need it. Nok received love from her mother, her father, and her grandmother. They doted on her all the time. Penny’s mom says Nok needed her, but why couldn’t she see that her daughter needed her? Her daughter was literally crying out for help but all she could do was acknowledge Nok’s pain. That’s why surprisingly between Penny’s mom and Nok’s grandmother, Penny’s mom took the award as most annoying for me. Nok’s grandmother being a bitch was expected, but Penny’s mom not seeing her wrongdoing was frustrating.
Besides some of my gripes, it’s an overall fun watch, and when Nok isn’t being annoying, she and Nai are cute together.
Super excited to see Mike and Mookda together again! I really like their pairing, and the story seems like it'll be good too. From what I could translate, it seems like Mookda's character will either be time traveling to the past or another dimension where she'll meet Mike's character.
In here, the writers seemed focused on making the scene as consensual as possible, so they placed emphasis on the beer cans in the trashcan to show that Vee was drunk too, though I do agree that Vee didn’t seem that drunk. That’s probably why his motivation might come off a little lackluster here, but to be honest, his motivation in the book wasn’t that great either.
It's starting off good and hopefully, it continues to be that way. I only had one nitpick about a particular scene because it was very random, but other than that, this has already gone beyond my expectations.
I really enjoyed the relationship between Lin and Win, and I really liked the Lin character. I loved how bold and confident she was, and it was refreshing seeing a female lead be the one in control, and knowing exactly what she wanted. Nychaa and Alek had good chemistry with each other, but I must say that I nearly caught a case of second male lead syndrome because of Pop. Nychaa and Pop had so much chemistry whenever they were in a scene together that it made me secretly root for him. Honestly though, Pop just stood out to me in general with this. He really stole the show for me.
I really liked the first half, but my level of enjoyment did wane in the second half. Lin and Win’s relationship kind of got lost in all of the schemes taking place. Still, it was overall a good watch, and it made me want to go back and watch some of Pop and Alek’s projects.
And I agree with you on Sichon having a stupid reason for revenge. It just felt very lackluster and something that could easily be resolved versus other revenge lakorns where the leads genuinely have a reason for hating one another.
When the truth finally came out, I was excited because we would finally be getting past the misunderstanding, only for me to realize that there were four to five more episodes left. The first thing I thought to myself was, “what more nonsense could they possibly add to this story?” And I have to say that I owe the writers an apology because I really underestimated them and didn’t realize it was possible for them to fill up the remaining episodes with so much nonsense that my jaw was dropped the entire time. I was in complete disbelief watching all of the characters doing the most baffling shit ever. It wasn’t even entertaining anymore. It was just dumb. Nonsense can be fun to a certain degree, which is honestly why I like watching some lakorns because they can be really entertaining even when they have characters doing questionable things. But this lakorn piled on way too much drama here. Chon’s actions make no sense in the second half. It felt like the writers were just throwing every trope at the wall, hoping they would land, and the majority of them didn’t. The first half was watchable, if not only for Euro and Pinkploy’s chemistry, but I would suggest jumping ship around the second half.
I’m not going to lie. I loved their relationship so much that I didn’t care if the writers came up with the most convoluted, unbelievable reason why Yi Jin was the one Hee Do married, despite several clues showing that he wasn’t. I just wanted them to be together. But when Hee Do told Yi Jin this love doesn’t support me anymore, I instantly realized why their relationship couldn’t work anymore and accepted their end. The love Hee Do and Yi Jin provided each other in their younger years was what they both needed, but as they aged and their paths diverged, they both needed something else that the other couldn’t provide. The way they made each other happy when they were eighteen and twenty-two was not the same way they could make each other happy at twenty-one and twenty-five. Their ‘rainbow’, a sheltered space of happiness for them both, no longer provided them happiness and only caused them pain.
By the way, that entire breakup that plays out in the last episode is done so wonderfully on all levels. Joo Hyuk and Tae Ri were great in their performances. The dialogue was excellent. I felt their anger and their hurt. From the moment their breakup starts in front of Hee Do’s house to Yi Jin leaving for New York is just fantastic. They showcased how tragic it can be to break up with someone you’re still in love with. I was crying buckets of tears, and honestly, I still tear up when I think about it. Anyone who has ever experienced a breakup before, one that doesn’t involve infidelity or falling out of love, will relate to this. Breakups like these are even harder because the love is still there, but sometimes there are irrevocable differences that can’t be changed. The breakup between them felt more poignant than any other breakup I’ve watched in a drama before. It wasn’t some noble idiocy breakup where the characters get back together by the next episode. It was a heartbreaking breakup between two people who weren’t wrong in how they felt, but ultimately over time started to walk down two different paths, and it was time for them to separate.
Those first few episodes in particular, where she continually mocks Nai for being an orphan, it makes you question how Nai could have even found Nok to be charming. And though to a certain extent, I could understand why Nok wanted her parents to be together, the truth of the matter is that she was being selfish. I get it. Many children have a hard time dealing with their parents breaking up, but the problem is that Nok isn’t even a child anymore, and her desire for her parents to be together had nothing to do with their happiness, but all to do with her own.
One of the things I really liked most about this drama, besides Vi, who was a great character to watch, was the way the relationship between Vi and Wat was handle. At first, I thought we were in for typical lakorn nonsense with these two, but it was refreshing to see two adults who had once loved each other learn to love each other in a different way. I also really appreciated that they didn’t get back together again because that would just be too easy and unrealistic. Some people just fall out of love and quite frankly weren’t meant to be together. I’m glad the writers stuck to that.
I also appreciate the lack of obvious misunderstandings. There were so many times that I was worried that Nai would have problems with Wat or Vi because of misunderstandings, but the writers always avoided those obvious clichés. Though I will admit, this drama is missing some of that fun craziness that lakorns have.
Though I didn’t like Penny, I felt for her, and I thought her mom was pretty horrible, only because it seemed that her mom couldn’t realize her fault. Penny was not wrong for being angry with her mother for constantly giving her attention to Nok. It actually pissed me off quite a bit. You wonder why your daughter is acting like a damn fool for attention but every day you’re treating some other girl like your daughter, who quite frankly, doesn’t need it. Nok received love from her mother, her father, and her grandmother. They doted on her all the time. Penny’s mom says Nok needed her, but why couldn’t she see that her daughter needed her? Her daughter was literally crying out for help but all she could do was acknowledge Nok’s pain. That’s why surprisingly between Penny’s mom and Nok’s grandmother, Penny’s mom took the award as most annoying for me. Nok’s grandmother being a bitch was expected, but Penny’s mom not seeing her wrongdoing was frustrating.
Besides some of my gripes, it’s an overall fun watch, and when Nok isn’t being annoying, she and Nai are cute together.