DWA: Dating Agency Cyrano eps. 3-4

[lastingdreams8]

Episode 3
So last week, we discussed how it was surprising that the show didn't wrap up the first love operation within two episodes. We get the ending to it here, and I think I'm satisfied with how the love went from 'fabricated' to 'real,' even though she still thinks he's a secret detective on the side of being a vet.

Comments

[tokeruyouna]

I sort of found that I didn't care how the love went from 'fabricated' to 'real' because I didn't care about the characters. What exactly did the vet see in that library girl anyway? Especially when he met her AT the library, where she is so clearly unenthusiastic and rude.

This drama isn't really making me interested in the couples that are getting set up at all. I am interested in the setting up side of it, but the drama seems to be slacking off there to the point where I'm not sure I care how anything goes anymore.

I was confused by that jacket situation too.

Actually I was thinking about how she is all giddy over Ray and perving on him and stuff but thinks Ah Rang is better looking. What makes her think Ray is so great then just because he's an idol?

I like that we get to see behind-the-scenes of the love operation . . . it makes me think that that's the same method other media productions use as a way of creating that kind of scene.I agree with the idea but feel like the drama doesn't take it far enough. If they want

[lastingdreams8]

I like the idea of the show; but with it being continually episodic, I see why we'd have little investment in the characters, so it makes me wonder if the movie was the best format in which to tell this story.

Even though these two episodes worked as a mirror of then and now, I still think it has value. I liked that Ah Rang got involved -kinda shows that unexpected crushes/love can throw a wrench in even the best made plans. Or maybe the show was just trying to keep it interesting xD

Lol my interpretation was that they needed to make some other love stories for the plot.Also true, lol

[tokeruyouna]

True, I can understand not being invested in the couples, sort of like not being invested in the cases in episodic cop dramas. But then I feel like I need to be interested in the story of the main characters, but I'm not invested in them either.

Ah Rang getting involved is what I kind of found pointless other than for mirror purposes. Maybe they will draw more meaning out of it in the next episode, but at this point I found it kind of weak as a storytelling tool.

Compressed fish in meatballs? Like there are chunks of it . . . in meatballs? Or they are . . . fishballs?

I'm not really rooting against anyone either. I think that would be better than nothing though. Now that you mention it, I kind of want to root against the agency too.

So in other words, chemistry is this appearance of characters being unnaturally close and playful and at ease even though in real life people wouldn't be like that? If that's the case, I've found it a lot, but I don't usually find it a good thing.

[lastingdreams8]

They are fish balls, heh xD I don't know why I call them fish meatballs, maybe 'cause I envision fishballs as fish's balls >.>

lol, yes.

[tokeruyouna]

Here are my other thoughts

[lastingdreams8]

Where are you watching the drama? I'm watching it on DramaFever, so the only CM cuts I have are English (and annoying xD).

Ooh man, such a good point! I always thought a good relationship should be based on trust, and the fact that your relationship started based on lies...

If you take pictures around a school like that I’m pretty sure you’d be reported to the police.
LOL, yes. And still, how is it that Seo Il Lok doesn't know who Master is?

I guess I've been understanding it? Or maybe I've just been guessing too xD Maybe I'm so used to bizarre randomness that it feels normal to me haha

I feel like this episode was more "Flower Boy" with the idol involved, but I hope it doesn't lower the maturity of the series.

[tokeruyouna]

I'm watching the ones from x264.

I could handle this maturity level if that's the way it was supposed to be, but the inconsistency will drive me nuts if they don't take care of it soon.

[l_b_r_h]

somehow this story has become a kind of some teenage drama. and it lacked something exciting to it. but I really liked Ah Rang in these episodes. I had a guess that the idol boy should be some idol in real life too, but I didn't know who he is, of course.
when that women appeared in the end of the 4th ep, I honestly thought that I don't want any background love stories for main characters. because, I'm afraid, they will be just plain and boring. besides I think Yi Seol looks really unattractive.

[tokeruyouna]

I don't want any background love stories for main characters. because, I'm afraid, they will be just plain and boring. besides I think Yi Seol looks really unattractive.
Completely agree.