In Time With You: As if I need more proof I'm a heterosexual

[mookiehyun]

*SIGH*  I hate to be so weird, but I don't like it, and it makes me doubletriple sad I think Ariel is not the best fit and performing the worst out of the cast.  I can't engage coz I don't feel it's organic when typically this type of drama is absolutely my thing...and *SSIGH* tbh, I feel the drama veers towards pretentiousness and everything is

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[unicornsinger]

Thanks for posting this :) It's interesting to hear from an Ariel fan who doesn't like the drama. This was my most anticipated TW drama of the year as well, and I had really high expectations for it. I was also really worried about Ariel coming back after not doing any dramas for 3 years (and only a play, which requires overexaggerated acting). I thought she might lose her touch (i.e. wouldn't be able to subtly act well anymore). Both the drama and Ariel exceeded my expectations, though the one who really surprised me was Bolin. I actually haven't really been wowed by other stuff I've seen him in, but he really won me over in ITWY. He takes the cake for most natural acting. I think Ariel holds her own opposite Bolin, though honestly-speaking, if I could nominate only one of the four main actors in ITWY for a Golden Bell, it would be Bolin.

I actually find Ariel's character more realistic (and easy to relate to) because she's a mixture of different characteristics. I do know what you mean about the times when You Ching is giving advice to her friends (like Mei Mei)... it does feel more like a soapbox performance. I do know people like that in real life, though... leaders of organizations who tend to go into lecture mode even with friends, but have their warm and caring sides, too.

Eh, I didn't like the part with the "25-year-old" (he doesn't look 25) either. If I were You Ching, I would have put an end to that flirting/romance ASAP. Dating your new office assistant? Really? Baaad idea. Not only are you dating in the office, but you're dating your subordinate. (I can't believe she let him call her just "You Ching" right from the get-go - so disrespectful!)

Any, kudos to you for coming out and saying how you felt in a "public" place. ITWY isn't madly popular like OG, but it does have quite a cult following now. So far, I've only seen people praising it. As weird as it sounds, it's kinda nice to see someone disliking ITWY; people can compare what they don't like about it and rant a little, too :)

Just out of curiosity, did you like Love Contract?

[mookiehyun]

Bolin hasn't really wowed me as well in his past works to the point he's a must see. I just find his screen presence very natural in whatever he's been in and I see talent (only exception: in the biggie getsuku Tokyo Tower)

I think the hardest time I'm having is...I think all the characters are realistic and I get where they are from the more I spend time with them EXCEPT Ariel's You Ching. It's most probably a case of even though I can get where she's coming fr, I've faced the issues myself, I can't say and do a lot of the things she's doing. Her issues r real enough, but her reaction(or overreaction) is absolutely not how I'll approach them. It's very minute really, like stuff I've no prob her hating or snarking but I prefer it VO'd instead of really spitting it out (I just can't see a 30 yo normal woman saying a lot of things she's saying out loud, like being annoying and juvenile when Bolin is on the phone with his almost gf) but it's a every single scene/line sorta occurrence with the latest eps.

Oh, Love Contract turned me into an absolute bipolar schizo. I loved both Ariel's and Mike's performances very much, very genuine, believable and the chemistry is perfect. There are scenes in it that r made my heart aflutter and handled with a tenderness I find very memorable, but the writing is all over the place, mostly headdesky and the PD..I have ISSUES with the PD (he goes into fancies of meaningless draggy cheesy comedy that I cringed), more pronounced in his latter Mike collab Marry!Me! The ending, absolutely traumatizingly WTFery, and I haven't read an opinion fr anyone on the LC ending that do not use those exact words.