Kazuha77
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How can people like THIS??!!
Me again, disliking a series that everybody seems to like... Let's talk about it then!
Let's start with the plot (what plot?). I mean... I'm not against simple storylines but they have to be well done and it wasn't the case with this show. There is no flavour to the story (the cast didn't help either) and watching the episodes every week was just a thing I had to do instead of a thing that I enjoyed doing. It rapidly started to get boring (episode 1 was already not a good start) and I felt like they were trying to stretch the end to a max just to reach the 12-episode mark (which wasn't necessary, in my opinion). The characters fell in love too quickly (Moo was already in love at episode 1...) and they added unnecessary drama at the end to try to keep the audience interested in the story (which didn't work for me). I mean, the whole "no dating" rule could've been interesting but it was badly written and directed. Moo was crying for 3 episodes straight just because "Why is Kang not trying to see me if he misses me?" thing when he himself is under a contract that prohibits him from dating and that's the very reason Kang broke up with him. Like... is he stupid or what?
Talking about Moo, let's talk about the characters... Moo is unlikable since episode 1. I can excuse him for his immature behaviour as he's only 18 years old (if I remember correctly) and I was probably like (or even worse than) him when I was his age but I just realise that watching immature characters doing immature things on screen is really not my thing. And I could've accepted it if there was an improvement in his character, if his character grew up throughout the episodes but no... he stayed the same from episode 1 to the end. I remember reading a comment about the preview of episode 11 saying that Moo has matured because he's not running after Kang and just wants to see him (when he finally knows where he studies and decides to go see him) and after watching the episode, I was laughing my a** off how wrong that comment was. Moo never matures throughout the series and he's just plain stupid.
But at least, Moo's actor can somewhat act which is not the case for Kang's actor. I'm sorry to burst your little fan bubble, but this guy can't act. He had the same expression from the beginning to the end. Okay, he can maybe cry a little but I'm wondering if he is not using eye drops to make it happen because his face doesn't show any sadness when he cries. His face is just bland and that's the worse thing for an actor.
Even the rest of the cast couldn't balance it out. The relationship between Potae and Payos started good but, as the rest of the show, it quickly went down the drain as I hate characters that do one step forward and two steps backward. It was exactly how their story went at the end and I wasn't interested enough in the show to care about them. Louis, Milk and Book were nice addition to the show but their characters couldn't save the series. And even Force cameo at the end was so predictable that it didn't add anything to the show (even though, it was still nice to see him).
About the music, they were using a lot of the same songs over and over again and I didn't quite like the songs (just my opinion, of course). I feel like GMMTV is using its actors a lot to sing in their own series and I'm starting disliking it more and more - even though, the premise of the story justifies the use of the songs in this series (but it's not always the case).
Anyway, I'm glad that this monstruosity has finally ended and I can't wait for what's replacing it now: The Trainee. Hope it will be better but it definitely can't be worse looking at the casting.
Let's start with the plot (what plot?). I mean... I'm not against simple storylines but they have to be well done and it wasn't the case with this show. There is no flavour to the story (the cast didn't help either) and watching the episodes every week was just a thing I had to do instead of a thing that I enjoyed doing. It rapidly started to get boring (episode 1 was already not a good start) and I felt like they were trying to stretch the end to a max just to reach the 12-episode mark (which wasn't necessary, in my opinion). The characters fell in love too quickly (Moo was already in love at episode 1...) and they added unnecessary drama at the end to try to keep the audience interested in the story (which didn't work for me). I mean, the whole "no dating" rule could've been interesting but it was badly written and directed. Moo was crying for 3 episodes straight just because "Why is Kang not trying to see me if he misses me?" thing when he himself is under a contract that prohibits him from dating and that's the very reason Kang broke up with him. Like... is he stupid or what?
Talking about Moo, let's talk about the characters... Moo is unlikable since episode 1. I can excuse him for his immature behaviour as he's only 18 years old (if I remember correctly) and I was probably like (or even worse than) him when I was his age but I just realise that watching immature characters doing immature things on screen is really not my thing. And I could've accepted it if there was an improvement in his character, if his character grew up throughout the episodes but no... he stayed the same from episode 1 to the end. I remember reading a comment about the preview of episode 11 saying that Moo has matured because he's not running after Kang and just wants to see him (when he finally knows where he studies and decides to go see him) and after watching the episode, I was laughing my a** off how wrong that comment was. Moo never matures throughout the series and he's just plain stupid.
But at least, Moo's actor can somewhat act which is not the case for Kang's actor. I'm sorry to burst your little fan bubble, but this guy can't act. He had the same expression from the beginning to the end. Okay, he can maybe cry a little but I'm wondering if he is not using eye drops to make it happen because his face doesn't show any sadness when he cries. His face is just bland and that's the worse thing for an actor.
Even the rest of the cast couldn't balance it out. The relationship between Potae and Payos started good but, as the rest of the show, it quickly went down the drain as I hate characters that do one step forward and two steps backward. It was exactly how their story went at the end and I wasn't interested enough in the show to care about them. Louis, Milk and Book were nice addition to the show but their characters couldn't save the series. And even Force cameo at the end was so predictable that it didn't add anything to the show (even though, it was still nice to see him).
About the music, they were using a lot of the same songs over and over again and I didn't quite like the songs (just my opinion, of course). I feel like GMMTV is using its actors a lot to sing in their own series and I'm starting disliking it more and more - even though, the premise of the story justifies the use of the songs in this series (but it's not always the case).
Anyway, I'm glad that this monstruosity has finally ended and I can't wait for what's replacing it now: The Trainee. Hope it will be better but it definitely can't be worse looking at the casting.
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