quidquid
An ambitious story with potential that failed due to too little time
The show had a promising start: The premise was super fun and interesting, and the first episodes were somewhat addicting even. Overall however the show lacked in execution and acting so that having watched the ending, I'm left with a very mixed impression. The time was simply to short for this kind of story. There were so many elements that were rushed, or introduced in the beginning just to be shoved aside for the relationship later on.
One big issue I had is the acting of the two leads. The main lead was super wooden and failed to bring his character to life, and the other guy's acting I personally liked better but he overdid it with his overly monotonous voice. I don't know if he tried to sound mysterious or seductive or what but it came out as tryhard, flat and simply unnatural. I tried to blend it out but it kept bothering me.
I wasn't too happy with the dialogues either. There were some lines and moments that could have been emotional and impactful but since everything was so rushed and the acting lackluster they mostly came over as cringe and out of place.
The biggest problem certainly was the plot development. Many plot elements were actually introduced with quite much attention and care at the beginning, just to disappear towards the end as if they hadn't been that important after all. They rushed to bring the relationship to a closure, without much regard to all other aspects of the story. To be fair, if they had concentrated more on the plot, there would have been no way to bring the relationship to a satisfying ending in this short amount of time. They had to make a decision and chose the least worse option but with so little time there was no way to execute this story properly. I would have preferred it if they had planned for two seasons from the start and left us in the middle of the story or on a cliffhanger, rather than having this complete but half baked story.
Despite the fun start my conclusion is that due to the poor execution the relation development felt forced and the acting skills were not good enough to save anything. The first episodes were quite addicting thanks to the fun premise, but the last two episodes especially left me disappointed. The plot completely disappeared so that it felt like all the build-up from the first episodes was for nothing, and I found myself not very invested in the characters anymore.
One big issue I had is the acting of the two leads. The main lead was super wooden and failed to bring his character to life, and the other guy's acting I personally liked better but he overdid it with his overly monotonous voice. I don't know if he tried to sound mysterious or seductive or what but it came out as tryhard, flat and simply unnatural. I tried to blend it out but it kept bothering me.
I wasn't too happy with the dialogues either. There were some lines and moments that could have been emotional and impactful but since everything was so rushed and the acting lackluster they mostly came over as cringe and out of place.
The biggest problem certainly was the plot development. Many plot elements were actually introduced with quite much attention and care at the beginning, just to disappear towards the end as if they hadn't been that important after all. They rushed to bring the relationship to a closure, without much regard to all other aspects of the story. To be fair, if they had concentrated more on the plot, there would have been no way to bring the relationship to a satisfying ending in this short amount of time. They had to make a decision and chose the least worse option but with so little time there was no way to execute this story properly. I would have preferred it if they had planned for two seasons from the start and left us in the middle of the story or on a cliffhanger, rather than having this complete but half baked story.
Despite the fun start my conclusion is that due to the poor execution the relation development felt forced and the acting skills were not good enough to save anything. The first episodes were quite addicting thanks to the fun premise, but the last two episodes especially left me disappointed. The plot completely disappeared so that it felt like all the build-up from the first episodes was for nothing, and I found myself not very invested in the characters anymore.
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