The original work - Go ahead (cdrama) vs this one

 danny_ang:

At this point, it benefited them who never watch Go Ahead. Watch it as clean slate really help to enjoy this show. But i curious how they feel about episode 9 and 10.

It still easy to hold feeling when seeing the siblings and the fathers aren't really bonding like family in FbC, because i thought the showmaker purposely did it. But after watching episode 9 and 10, everything in there didn't hit my emotional, i have low expectation for next chapter. I don't know how non Go-Ahead audience feel about episode 9 and 10.

I will see next episodes to decide to drop it or not. I have hope FbC is better in adult timeline, but after seeing their first reunion, i don't have high hope.

i will still till the end to judge properly, and in the meanwhile i am rewatching Go Ahead. I can declare even better than Go Ahead is super far superior in everything.

 aannngggg512:

Lmao no, the title is "family by choice" when the drama barely showed familial warmth as 5, it only showed Jung Jae and Hae Jun

barely? better saying no familiar warmth at all

 danny_ang:

What?? I'm not trying to defend FbC, but it totally cheesy move to relate it with the title.

Jung-Jae adopted Hae-Jun itself sufficient enough to claim their relationship as "family by choice"

The title didn't say Family of Five by Choice, nor Family of Two by Choice, or Warmth Family by Choice. If Ju-Won marry with San-Ha, they will formed a "family by choice". Or if Ju-Won chose to marry Jun-Ho, they will form non related blood family, it also a Family by Choice.

Or if Park Dal marry with Hae-Jun, they will formed another Family by Choice.

nonsense. 

 danny_ang:

the title never say Warmth Family by Choice anyway

the series is an adaptation of Go Ahead, which is warmth, sorrow, sadness, trauma,family bonds, and NOT this trashy happy romance comedy they are doing with actors lacking skills.
So please, avoid inventing lies and excuses no one trusts.

 aannngggg512:

Then choose another title, because it's an adaptation of go ahead, the barest minimum is show the warmth of familial bond. Why bother to adapt if the spirit of the show was butchered. There are plenty successful C-Drama they can adapt or even better make one original script

Agree, this should be called Neighbor by choice or Family by blood since they are making Sanha actually display love or his mom despite her treating him even worse than the original version, he also loves his sister for the only reason that is his sister. The changes made in this drama are just weird.

Even better they should've just call this drama Love next door 2 since the only focus seems to be on the romance.

 danny_ang:

Go ahead, please make a good arguments, i welcome it.

But make an argument based on a title is non-sense.

I can make a movie titled "Child's Play" but it horror movie unrelated with Childs or Play.

Actually the title Child's play is because the movie is supposed to be a dark satire of how marketing affects children. Just today I watched the documentary of Child's play lol.

 danny_ang:

And still Jeong-Jae adopted Hae-Jun as his son, is a bare minimum what is in the title.

the bare minimum was familial bond among 2 dads 3 children, if they can't put it the barest minimum on the table there are plenty successful C-Drama they can adapt or even better make their own original script.

 Chinese Empress:

the series is an adaptation of Go Ahead, which is warmth, sorrow, sadness, trauma,family bonds, and NOT this trashy happy romance comedy they are doing with actors lacking skills.
So please, avoid inventing lies and excuses no one trusts.

It's so interesting reading the reactions here. I'm loving the Korean version so much I had to start watching the Chinese original. I'm thinking this might be the right order to watch in because it feels like ppl who saw the Chinese first cant appreciate the Korean. That's understandable when you form a bond to characters. 

 It's wild seeing you talk about bad acting though. A few of my friends from twitter made a GC to talk about this drama because we're all so obsessed with it and the two things everyone keeps gushing about are the incredible acting and the deep emotions running through every episode. It was so hard to watch some episodes. I just finished ep 10 and my stomach was in knots.