Firstly, I see a lot of hate for Ming, however as someone who enjoys toxicity in shows being done well, I enjoyed his character development and that he actually did truly bad, selfish things that would make the viewers uncomfortable but wanted to repent for his evil acts without doing a complete 180 in to a pure, unrecognisable personality. Although there were some plot gaps, Tong and Ming's family's being a caricature of a villain, characters being forgiven too easily and Joe making some questionnable decisions, the whole show captivated me from beginning to end. I really enjoyed the love that the old Joe received from everyone around him and earned after coming back in another body just by being himself and a good, but still flawed person. Poom did such an amazing job acting, I felt his every emotion, as well as his chemistry with Up. I kind of just wished to know a little bit more about the life of the Joe whose body was taken over by our Joe. Did his soul die? Did he go into another body? What was his life like as a model? Apart from Tharn, were there other people in his life that missed him?
I think the story and the whole production of this is worth watching if you want to immerse yourself into something less light hearted. Or just watch it for Poom, that's good too.
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Boom's Tears Need Their Own Salary
I just finished rewatching this show for the first time since it aired live, and a second watch had as much of an impact as the first watch. I have never read the source material and so some things there might be clarified, but I am simply going off of the show. Do let me know if I need to tag this with spoilers.Firstly, the cast and actors were all great, I truly believed the roles they were all playing, but the real standout performance was Boom.
Everytime he was on screen I was floored by how well he immersed himself in Akin and made him a 3D character. He was baby, he was sweetheart, he was professional while breaking down, he was crying during break up sex, he was a drunk menace and a confident actor who knows he's the shit, he was also easily manipulated and hurt, and don't even get me started on episode 10 and all the scenes with grandma made me cry because he truly made me live it.
The chemistry with Smart was on point, but I feel like although Smart did an amazing job his character was just slightly less fleshed out and he felt a little, at times, a catalyst for Akin's story. I wished to know a bit more about him as a person, about any family he may have, did they support his career, did he have friends apart from Mildy and Touch, just little tidbits like that would have made the character a little more full and so allowed Smart to shine next to Boom.
I also wished to see a conversation about the breakup, I think that was important to their relationship and kind of got glossed over a little. However, the fact that I was so immersed in the story beginning to end, how Touch and Mildy prayed for someone to fill Jin's heart and give him purpose and meeting Akin made him have something to work towards, to stand equal to the person he admires and loves so, Jin deserves this happiness, as does Akin who was always in the limelight and never had someone of his own, all this pressure and expectations placed on him, he deserves to have someone support him whole heartedly, even if it's someone who's slightly immature and thinks he can do what he wants (which are all traits I love about Jin).
Overall, there was believable character building, a well fleshed out story, a satisfying ending, a whole plethora of emotions, and a really good soundtrack especially during the NC scenes. Thoroughly enjoyed it. And again, one last shout out to Boom, he had to cry so much and he did it all so well honestly I could watch him cry and smile and giggle and be arrogant all day every day.
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