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Episode notes:
E1-2. My mates. I simply wished to inform you straight away, that I actually, actually, actually like this. 😍😍😍
I’ve had some fairly patchy experiences with remakes, and am not typically one for remakes, usually, however there was simply one thing in my intestine that couldn’t assist however squee on the thought of a remake of c-drama Go Forward (overview right here!), which I had liked, and which serves as this present’s supply materials.
This remake simply works, for me.
I like the familiarity of the story that I get straight away, and on the identical time, I like how writer-nim is clearly doing stuff to make this story its personal creature, and never only a copy-and-paste of the unique.
I do assume that for folk who like household drama feels, however don’t just like the size of the standard household drama, and the dedication that goes with, that this may very well be a very good choice.
The unique is 40 40-minute episodes, and that is 16 one-hour episodes, so we’re coping with quite a bit much less story time.
To me, there are professionals and cons to this.
On the upside, sure, it’s much less of a time dedication, and we get the large essential beats with out having to take a position the time and endurance to get there.
And, would possibly I say, I do assume that Present is doing a really strong job of giving us taste for our story, our characters and their relationships, regardless of cramming about.. I dunno, I’d guess 10 authentic episodes price of story, into our first two episodes.
That mentioned, the draw back to this, is that whereas Present accomplishes all that in two episodes, the muse when it comes to my emotions for these characters and their relationships, is just much less robust, as a result of all of it obtained a quickie basis as an alternative of a basis constructed over time.
Once I’d spent that (nonetheless a guess) 10 episodes with our characters, I couldn’t assist however get a deep sense of their bond, and what sort of wounds they hold of their hearts, and the way valuable the discovered household is, to every member of mentioned discovered household.
In two episodes, I get an honest sense of it, however there’s simply no substituting precise time spent with the characters, for my part.
That mentioned, I’m not mad at what Present is doing.
If we solely had 16 episodes for this story, then that is an strategy that I might absolutely endorse and assist, as a result of this manner, we get the muse established, with highlighted milestone moments given a bit bit of additional time, earlier than we get to the meat of the story.
Earlier than I get to that, although, I wished to speak a bit bit about our characters.
I’d say that our characters principally really feel fairly just like their c-drama counterparts, however are likely to even have their very own taste, if you’ll.
For instance, our two dads are, like their c-drama counterparts, like an cute previous married couple, with one dad being the gruff policeman, and the opposite dad being extra like a mother.
It’s freaking cute, and I adore it.
But additionally, I do discover that Policeman Dad right here, has a softer vibe to him, which I truthfully actually like. I like that little beat, of him washing the dishes and asking Mother Dad, if he did job. SO CUTE.
And I additionally discover that Mother Dad, on this story world, is a tiny bit much less Mother-like, than his c-drama counterpart, which I believe works effectively for the place I believe this story goes.
As for the children, I believe the largest distinction I’m seeing, is in Ju Received, who’s quite a bit much less boisterous than her c-drama counterpart.
(Can I simply say although, that the casting of Oh Eun Web optimization to play younger Ju Received, is ideal; I like the innocent-cheeky-willful vibe that Oh Eun So brings to the character. I believed it was completely incredible. 🤩🤩)
I can admire that Present would possibly need to make its feminine lead extra female, and I do assume that it does job of retaining the “loopy” scenes, by having or not it’s one thing that Hae Jun coaches her on, to cope with the naysayers claiming that she’s not their actual sister, reasonably than one thing that’s a part of her personal persona.
I believed that was a pleasant compromise, truthfully.
As for Oppa San Ha, I believe that he’s much less broody (and maybe subsequently much less smoldery) than Tune Wei Lengthy, his c-drama counterpart.
Regardless of that, I do really feel like Hwang In Yeop is doing a pleasant job of being the accountable Oppa who has an enormous gentle spot for Ju Received, and who occurs to be the article of many ladies’ crushes, in school.
Like, I’d purchase that lotsa ladies need to give him love letters. 😁
After which there’s Hae Jun, whom I discover to be much more of an endearing pet than his c-drama counterpart, who was performed by Zhang Xin Cheng.
Perhaps it’s simply Bae Hyeon Seong’s candy face (he at all times offers me Park Bo Gum vibes, for actual 🥰); I discover myself having an virtually immediate gentle spot for Hae Jun, that I didn’t fairly have, for his c-drama counterpart (sorry, Zhang Xin Cheng).
This makes for an attention-grabbing dynamic shift right here, as a result of I discover myself extra invested in Hae Jun in the meanwhile, than in San Ha, and that was the opposite manner round, after I watched Go Forward.
I’m undoubtedly curious to see how this performs out, as a result of the best way Present has arrange its characters, has my feelings already being distributed considerably in another way. 😅
As a secondary instance, there’s additionally the best way Present is approaching the state of affairs with Hae Jun’s mom.
Within the authentic story, Mother had disappeared, and there hadn’t been any indication given to the viewers, that she maybe had run into issues, and maybe hadn’t wished to vanish.
I do assume that that strategy gave me, as a viewer, a better vicarious expertise as to how her son may need felt, being left behind like that.
Nonetheless, on this model of the story, we get to see that Mother had run into bother of some kind, and hadn’t wished to go away the best way she did.
I do really feel that the explanation for this completely different strategy, is that we solely have 16 episodes to work with, and there may be subsequently much less time for Present to interrupt down our acceptance of her, after which construct it again up once more.
That’s in all probability why Present is permitting us to have a extra sympathetic view of her, proper from the start.
As for San Ha’s mother, effectively, what can I say; if you need a dysfunctional mother, then Kim Hye Eun is completely solid. 😁
Ah, that does convey me to the scene the place she leaves, and tells Ju Received that sure, she will have San Ha.
This was the one space the place I believed that Present’s presentation of the scene paled compared to the unique.
Within the authentic, Ju Received’s counterpart Jianjian, had danced round San Ha’s counterpart Ling Xiao, with tears in her eyes.
On this model, Ju Received doesn’t accomplish that, and I do assume that that makes a world of distinction, in how the scene lands.
On this model, it had merely appeared like Ju Received had been reasonably clueless as to how tragic the state of affairs was, that San Ha’s mother was giving him away.
However within the authentic model, it had appeared like Jianjian understood how tragic and painful this was, however was making a contented present of it, as a option to console Ling Xiao, that he was nonetheless wished, despite the fact that his mother may not need him anymore. 😭
Other than this, although, I don’t have any bones to choose, with this present.
I get the sense that Present’s going to focus extra on the romance than the unique, and y’know what, I’m really interested by that, in probably the most optimistic manner potential.
I’d discovered the romance reasonably low-key within the authentic, and I’d discovered that that had labored fairly effectively, although the romantic in me had wished a bit extra swoon to it.
And so, with melty, swoony romance being such a big a part of the kdrama DNA, maybe Present will really be capable to give me what I’d wished? 😁
Plus, with Ju Received’s finest buddy Dal having a crush on Hae Jun as an alternative of San Ha, in contrast to her c-drama counterpart, who’d nursed a crush on Huge Oppa, I’m considering that maybe Hae Jun will get his personal glad ending, romance-wise?
That’s not an unappealing thought in any respect, so I’m glad to see the place Present takes this.
I simply hope that Present will keep in mind to present sufficient display time to the discovered household a part of our story, as a result of I simply love this discovered household, so very a lot. ❤️
All in all, I actually, actually loved these opening episodes, and truthfully actively wanting ahead to extra.
Gimme the entire feels already, Present; I’m prepared. 🥰🥰🥰
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