spunkless
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Watching this was a struggle.
GMMTV has done it again! Take a bunch of loveable characters from one series and turn them into despicable little sh*ts in another! First of all, I LOVED the Puppy Honey prequel. It's a very shallow story yes, but the characters are just too loveable. The power of this series obviously lies in its characters than in its plot, soundtrack, direction or acting. So if you make these characters despicable, then what's the point of writing a sequel? It actually took me two months to finish watching the entire thing because I am just too uninterested to continue watching.
First, what happened to Porsche? In the prequel, this guy is just impossible to keep down. He has so many silly antics up his sleeve, and there's just too much energy bubbling inside him. In Puppy Honey 2, Porsche took a 180 degree turn. He was mostly brooding and morose to the point that Korn looks like he's lost all interest in playing the part. From a lively entertainer to one of the most boring leads in a show. What a transformation.
Second, what happened to Emma? Emma's appeal lies in her unyielding motivation to get over her trauma and make peace with the canine species, so when she achieved just that at the end of Puppy Honey, the writers of the sequel apparently had no idea what else is there for her to do. So they turned her into a needy, grumpy b*tch. Such lousy writing if I ever see one. And what is up with her tripping all the time? It was too cliché and stupid!
Third, what happened to Din? In the prequel he never actually had any lines or only had two lines max, but to suddenly transform him from an innocent student devoted to animals into a complete psycho? My God, what are these writers smoking???
I think it is very apparent that this sequel was made just to keep the OffGun ship sailing at the time. There really is nothing to see here but a continuation of the PickRome story, which was ended all too abruptly in the prequel. But I am confused as to why Pick and Rome reversed their roles in this series. Pick, who seems disinterested in Rome in the prequel, is the one doing the chasing now. Meanwhile, Rome, who used to be very reserved and careful, became too forward and direct in the sequel. Pick actually had more chemistry with Porsche in the prequel, and with the large absence of Porsche+Pick interactions in PH2, Off's character seems to have lost his magic. Like Porsche, he just looked miserable all the time. The same for Rome --- he worked well with Emma, but in the sequel, these two never actually met until the last 2 episodes. He also lost his appeal when this connection was severed. I think I started with the wrong OffGun series, because as much as I love these two individually, I never saw their spark in the roles of PickRome. Probably watching Theory of Love would change my perspective.
There are also two new characters introduced in PH2 -- Night and Friend. Night was probably the most one-dimensional character in the series, a victim of bad writing. There was nothing interesting about him really, except for the fact that he was played by Krist? To attest to his one-dimensionality, he was simply disposed like garbage at the end of the series after he served his purpose (which is to drive a wedge between Porsche and Emma). And then there's Friend. I think she was the only character that I actually liked in PH2. In her we see a girl pulling a happy face despite all the wrongs that the world did to her. Despite being named "Friend," she was lonesome and scared, and I really loved how Namtarn pulled off such a part. There's no chemistry between her and Porsche, but still she was a delight to watch. Her sad backstory really pulls on the heartstrings, and nothing in this series has affected me much more than that scene where she realizes that her cat is gone.
And lastly, why is this titled Puppy Honey 2 when there are no dogs to speak of? Puppy Honey played around with the concept so liberally, and it was completely abandoned in the sequel. Should've gone with a different title then!
All in all, this show is for solid OffGun fans only. If you loved the four-person gang in PH1 and really wanted to see them get back together again, then I'd recommend you to skip the entire series and go straight to the last 10 minutes of Episode 8 to get your fill.
First, what happened to Porsche? In the prequel, this guy is just impossible to keep down. He has so many silly antics up his sleeve, and there's just too much energy bubbling inside him. In Puppy Honey 2, Porsche took a 180 degree turn. He was mostly brooding and morose to the point that Korn looks like he's lost all interest in playing the part. From a lively entertainer to one of the most boring leads in a show. What a transformation.
Second, what happened to Emma? Emma's appeal lies in her unyielding motivation to get over her trauma and make peace with the canine species, so when she achieved just that at the end of Puppy Honey, the writers of the sequel apparently had no idea what else is there for her to do. So they turned her into a needy, grumpy b*tch. Such lousy writing if I ever see one. And what is up with her tripping all the time? It was too cliché and stupid!
Third, what happened to Din? In the prequel he never actually had any lines or only had two lines max, but to suddenly transform him from an innocent student devoted to animals into a complete psycho? My God, what are these writers smoking???
I think it is very apparent that this sequel was made just to keep the OffGun ship sailing at the time. There really is nothing to see here but a continuation of the PickRome story, which was ended all too abruptly in the prequel. But I am confused as to why Pick and Rome reversed their roles in this series. Pick, who seems disinterested in Rome in the prequel, is the one doing the chasing now. Meanwhile, Rome, who used to be very reserved and careful, became too forward and direct in the sequel. Pick actually had more chemistry with Porsche in the prequel, and with the large absence of Porsche+Pick interactions in PH2, Off's character seems to have lost his magic. Like Porsche, he just looked miserable all the time. The same for Rome --- he worked well with Emma, but in the sequel, these two never actually met until the last 2 episodes. He also lost his appeal when this connection was severed. I think I started with the wrong OffGun series, because as much as I love these two individually, I never saw their spark in the roles of PickRome. Probably watching Theory of Love would change my perspective.
There are also two new characters introduced in PH2 -- Night and Friend. Night was probably the most one-dimensional character in the series, a victim of bad writing. There was nothing interesting about him really, except for the fact that he was played by Krist? To attest to his one-dimensionality, he was simply disposed like garbage at the end of the series after he served his purpose (which is to drive a wedge between Porsche and Emma). And then there's Friend. I think she was the only character that I actually liked in PH2. In her we see a girl pulling a happy face despite all the wrongs that the world did to her. Despite being named "Friend," she was lonesome and scared, and I really loved how Namtarn pulled off such a part. There's no chemistry between her and Porsche, but still she was a delight to watch. Her sad backstory really pulls on the heartstrings, and nothing in this series has affected me much more than that scene where she realizes that her cat is gone.
And lastly, why is this titled Puppy Honey 2 when there are no dogs to speak of? Puppy Honey played around with the concept so liberally, and it was completely abandoned in the sequel. Should've gone with a different title then!
All in all, this show is for solid OffGun fans only. If you loved the four-person gang in PH1 and really wanted to see them get back together again, then I'd recommend you to skip the entire series and go straight to the last 10 minutes of Episode 8 to get your fill.
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