Alonnew Until We Meet Again the Series
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Story vii.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value iii.0
Gold PALM OF FRUSTRATION!
"If you don't plan to cease something well, don't first doing it at all!"... The voice of i of my teachers echoed in my caput more often than not throughout this series. And it was more vivid on the last few episodes.
Before all, this is the first review I leave on MyDramaList. I accept always considered leaving a review on a perfect or a catastrophic show useless as opinions tend to exist similar, and repeating what everyone says is pointless... only I am leaving one for Until We Meet Again because it'southward both: Perfect and catastrophic, and, for the starting time fourth dimension in a long while, I don't know what to think!
How much am I supposed to rate a show that I like and dislike as? And what am I supposed to say about a show that I want to promote and "demolish" with an equal intensity? How am I supposed to react when in 1 bear witness I've institute everything I wanted to run into in a BL drama and everything I don't want to meet in any drama at all?
If I surf on the emotional wave, I'd give a continuing ovation to the squad that worked on this series, but, if I concur back a little, and consider this series from a screenwriter's perspective, I just might inundate this page with critiques. Being totally bewildered and overwhelmed by bittersweet emotions, and blurry, confusing considerations, I fabricated my friend—who is a professional movie director—watch the series with me. He agrees on everything I am going to say below.
Before talking about my appreciation for this series, allow's be objective and list the main positive and negative sides of it. I will make this review as brusque every bit possible, and volition try to avoid technical terms.
A. THE POSITIVE ONES:
1 – THE ORIGINAL PLOT: The plot developed around the concept of reincarnation held my interest right abroad. I liked the, almost, laid-back mental attitude of the director of this series in regard of such complex topic. Information technology was fully assumed and exposed with a simplicity that's likewise cute to believe. Habitually, when it comes to metaphysical concepts, the artists try to surpass themselves whereas it's exactly what they shouldn't do. Complexity doesn't demand difficulty, it has plenty of it already, information technology needs simplicity… and I am happy that the theme was considered from a wide perspective. It spares the viewers all unnecessary discomfort.
2 – THE Cast: I can't help simply call back about Kao and Earth correct away. I think, hiring these two young actors, and matching them together, was the brightest thought the crew had for this series, afterward the plot.
3 – THE ACTING: Once again I think about Kao and World, they were both remarkable in their roles. They deserved thoroughly to take the leading roles in UWMA, but I can't imagine anyone else but them play Korn and Intouch. They literally "brought to life" the characters with the natural of their interactions and the realism of their acting.
*A special mention for the actors whom got the secondary roles, they made the commencement of the series very entertaining.
B. THE NEGATIVE ONES:
1 – THE PROGRESSION OF THE INTRIGUE: I know that this drama is adapted from a novel. But writing a novel and writing a movie script are two totally diverse enterprises. I exercise both, then I know what I am talking about. You lot tin can permit a story-line drag on in a novel (to a certain extent), but the watchword when you come up up with an intrigue for a prove is "Involvement". If you can't affect the viewers and keep them interested "from credits to credits", you shall admit that you must accept been responsible of a blunder somewhere. A drama/movie intrigue that drags on is tiring for everyone, actors likewise equally viewers. Unfortunately, this is exactly what happened in UWMA, and this leads me to talk almost the next point.
2 – THE SCRIPT: At that place are a lot of sides to consider while writing a script for a flick or a play, but I volition only mention here those that "leaked":
1.1/ Lack of suspense and realism: We knew from the plot that Korn and In committed suicide, and Dean found Pharm in the very offset of the show. Once again, we knew quick enough that In was from Dean's family and Korn from Pharm's, what'south interesting in a drama only very unrealistic in depth… I personally guessed that In was from Pharm'south family when the latter's family proper noun was exposed the outset time… and everything that came afterwards was simply a development of a failed twist. I watched something that I knew would happen, quite disappointing!
ane.2/ Distorted story-line: In the get-go of the serial, we'd got a very regular college-life drama, and then the whole side-story is wiped off the screen as if it'southward never been there, focusing solely on Dean and Pharm's redundant interactions. That'due south been exaggerated, I call back!
3 – THE EDITING (SEQUENCING/TIMING/PACING): The length of the dissimilar scenes, their pacing and the selection of the scenes in itself are defective fineness and rigor. Example: those useless school trip sequences. It would have fabricated more than sense if Dean took Pharm on a trip like Korn promised In. Something romantic, for them lonely. Also, the way the past and nowadays time scenes were synchronized is, simply put, cacophonous!
4 – THE ACTING: Dean and Pharm remind me of Wayo and Phana. If y'all have watched ii Moons the Series (1st version) you lot know what I am talking about. Fluke is a very skillful actor. I commencement discovered him half-dozen years ago in My Bromance. In the role of the young Bank, he was incredible. Was he "made" for the role of Pharm…? Perhaps. I won't blame him for the style he interpreted Pharm, I retrieve the problem comes from the screenwriting and the directing, not from his abilities to undertake such part. A director is supposed to intervene if a role is misinterpreted!
The acting was not what it should accept been (lack of chemical science, clumsiness, over-sentimentalism, 2nd-manus embarrassment…) but it's non the actors' fault.
From another side, Kao and Earth interpreted their roles perfectly, so I wonder: was there some unevenness in the script, or was there a misunderstanding around the characters' personalities, and the manner they were supposed to behave in different circumstances to perform the present time scenes?
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This said, these are my suggestions—as a part-fourth dimension screenwriter and equally a viewer—about the options that I think would have improved the quality of this show, its suspense touch and its entertaining potential:
1 – Splitting the plot into two seasons: The kickoff season would hold Korn and In's story, and the 2nd i Dean and Pharm's story. If the budget were to be tight, reducing the number of episodes (viii to 10 episodes per season) and eliminating the side story would take given enough matter and budget to piece of work on/with to the crew.
2 – Keeping the one season objective and considering the script from a reversed perspective: Korn and In's story would be kept equally it is now in the series, but Dean and Pharm would only encounter at the end of the serial. So, we'd lookout man them reminiscing their past lives and looking for each other in their new lives, merely to meet on the last episode (or to meet each other role-way, but just realize they were looking for each other in the end). Such version of the plot would have saved this series from the chemistry disparity between the by and present selves of the characters, as any clumsiness would accept been interpreted, then, as the characters not understanding what was going on, and the nature of their feelings for each other.
3 – Rethinking the plot and the script completely, and starting with the present fourth dimension story: Dean and Pharm would meet and feel strange and self-conscious (just like they seem to feel and act in the actual show) and wonder why they are attracted to each other. Their meeting would exist the trigger of their past lives' memories. The memories would beginning to flood their minds, and slowly they'd remember who they were in their past lives and what they meant for each other, and why they were having those dreams. They'd get closer to each other while they investigate their common past together, until they'll be overwhelmed by their "fallow" feelings. And we'd only larn that Korn and Intouch committed suicide in the very end of the series.
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How much am I supposed to rate a botched work? Do I have to leave my emotions (my irrationality) take the lead and rate it above average, or come back to my senses and consider it for what it is and give it the ominous rating it deserves?
What a dilemma!
I am sure the team wanted to present something great, it just didn't behave out as planned. I hope, next time, they will work on better-written scripts, and consider every aspect of a series before hiring a cast and filming it.
Some film producers tend to exist a tad devil-may-care when it comes to the contents they nowadays to younger audiences, judging (or rather discriminating) them considering of their age, just because "immature" ways "inexpert" to them. They forget that the younger audiences discovered cinematography earlier in their lives and that they get more free fourth dimension on their hands to sentry movies and serial, what sharpens their minds and highlights their understanding of the shows they watch… when it comes to cinema, experience can't exist quantified by historic period.
So, when I run into a series/movie/novel/game… being botched only because it's destined to a younger public… I tend to be a tad draconian with my ratings and feedbacks. I don't intend to be harsh or discourage the crew, I just say what a lot of viewers wouldn't dare to say. I but want them to acquire from their mistakes and present better projects in the future. Let's call it me challenging them!
Being totally unable to say if I similar or dislike this show, considering my fondness for Korn/In and dislike for Dean/Pharm's scenes, and all the shortcomings in between, I will give it a neutral rating (five/10):
Story: seven/10 for its originality, simplicity and entertaining potential. -3 points because of the distorted evolution and absence of suspense.
Bandage/Acting: v/10 simply because half of the cast performed an first-class acting piece of work, whereas the other half... Let's say it's for the sake of Kao and Earth, and the actors who got the side roles because they made me miss them.
Music: 5/10 because no soundtrack captured my interest at all. I felt rather indifferent.
Rewatch Value iii/x: Every bit I notwithstanding desire to re-watch 30% of the series, especially Korn and In's scenes.
Overall: v/ten considering I similar and dislike the evidence every bit.
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Before catastrophe this review... I'll say something roughshod, but, since the crew intended to dismiss the side characters partway in the series only to bring them back for what I tin can simply call "a farewell show", information technology would have been better if they weren't in the series at all. If it merely focused on the main characters like information technology did for most of it!
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