The Worst Comparison Lovely Runner VS Twinkling Watermelon (based only on first 2 episodes )
Added 2024-06-18 18:01:44 +0000 UTC
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Based on the written antics for her 19 year old self. The actress is doing the intended role. I honestly can relate massively. I suppress my general personality cuz its not acceptable in society. I am generally just a big kid. You see some antics on screen and thats with me holding back lol. Thats why i enjoy being a parent….for now. All my antics are funny lol. I got 2 more years before she looks at me with embarrassment lol. 😭😭😭. But i can pretend to be a Gundam pilot and my kid thinks thats the coolest thing lol
Rock Lee
2024-06-22 14:35:23 +0000 UTCYeah that's how I feel too. Her acting doesnt always feel natural to me and sometimes she overacts. That and the fact that she's supposed to be in her 30s but still acts/reacts/handles situations like a teenager sometimes lol it throws me off. But then I guess her 19 years old self was 10x times cringier from what we see so maybe that's who she is, a cringy person 🤣
zaphyre
2024-06-22 14:26:20 +0000 UTCI think is not the character.. KHY is really good actress with very good acting, but kinda tricky. I thought she kinda overact that makes watcher feel annoyed? Idk same like SHS (Mr. Queen) *not to be offensive
Squishy Rabbit
2024-06-22 14:08:47 +0000 UTCLovely Runner gives more Mr.Queen vibes than Twinkling Watermelon imo. This could be a really hot take tho :D
Hiso
2024-06-19 13:09:07 +0000 UTComg yesss it was so beautiful
Teriana Eady
2024-06-19 09:13:36 +0000 UTCPlease react... My dearest Korean drama.. It's a very beauful emotional rollercoaster drama.👃👃👃
Sn Nirob
2024-06-19 05:14:49 +0000 UTCI like both of the shows, and they are similar yet different. But with twinkling watermelon I felt myself enjoying it more with every episode, while with lovely runner I felt myself getting more lukewarm every episode.
Chewinggum
2024-06-19 03:51:25 +0000 UTChaven't seen the video yet, but reading some comments, i have to agree that writing wise, twinkling watermelon is better and more complicated than lovely runner. But those two are still my top 2 fave kdramas currently because of different reasons. In TW, I cared more about the male lead's relationship with his dad than his love interest but it's also the first time that i felt soo attached to all the side characters to the point i missed them so much by the time it came to the finale. the only thing i didn't like about TW was that the 2nd half of the finale (where they show the new future) felt so rushed and incomplete. i too wanted to see what happened to the female lead's parents and a little more interaction with the TW band members would have been a nice bonus. if they didn't rush the ending and made 1 more episode, they could've shown eungyul coming to terms with his new present timeline because having a new family, social status and everything inbetween would be so disorienting. also, we don't even know if he eventually gets all his memory of this new timeline, like having no memory of the life you've supposedly lived is kind of scary. Anyway, as for lovely runner, i love how it prioritizes characters more than trying to build a complicated story, the writer knows how to make the audience care for the male and female lead. the unique thing about her (lee sieun) writing is the dual perspective. we rarely see romance on any media (tv shows, movies, books) where we see what the male and female leads are experiencing, feeling and thinking. i think this boosts the romance, the audience can clearly see the yearning of both characters and root for them more. also, i don't really like watching things that make me cringe that's why even though crash landing on you was so popular back then, a scene in the first half of episode 1 made me cringe so much to the point that i wasn't able to finish episode 1 and i kinda haven't tried watching it again haha (maybe in the future?) but even though LR has soo many cringey moments, i can't seem to stop watching it. this drama made me realize that there are good cringey stuff that can make a person's day ^^
@NicaSU97
2024-06-18 22:28:08 +0000 UTCAgreed! Honestly yeah. Sometimes it’s better to do 12 episodes if it keeps it spicy and sweet
Rock Lee
2024-06-18 21:59:43 +0000 UTCI, just like you, don’t want to do spoilers here, so I will try to not ruin it for those who haven’t watch either. My issue with both of this shows is the same thing. Kdramas like to stick to the 16 episode arc or 20 ep or more if it has two seasons which rarely ever happens. And I don’t think every story should last as long. Though I love both this shows the writing,the acting the fact that they both got me in my feels was amazing.However, they could have been shorter. We are all busy and my time to watch this show for pure entertainment it’s limited so it bothers me when just like Lee mentioned a b or c list character has more screen time. I know they are trying to make side stories to keep the episodes to a 16 minimum. And that’s my issue I feel they drag n it makes me not want to watch again. Or the least fast forward those parts. So in my opinion people who should have had less screen time in LR the brother, Sun Jae’s dad apart for the son/father bonding scenes, sol’s mom and sun Jae’s dad interactions I could have had less of them etc and that’s where my complaint lies. Amount of time spend on bs that’s meant to stretch the story. Other than that I feel both shows were great in their own way and definitely quite different from on another. My two cents! 🙏
LightMyPath Star
2024-06-18 21:47:08 +0000 UTCI feel like her being in a wheelchair for most of her life plays a part of her personality. SK can be ableist so she may have missed out on a lot of experiences that the average adult would have
Mya
2024-06-18 20:58:41 +0000 UTCI tried watching twinkling watermon, but I couldn't finish it. I wasn't actually invested in the characters and in the story, I watched some funny moments on youtube and that was enough for me. Lovely runner is one of my favorite dramas of this year, I love the characters, the story, how they build the tension, even if the story is full of clichès and moment you can predict (It reminds me of old kdramas), it has also those unpredictable plot twists that i live for. We can't compare Queen of tears with Lovely runner, both are amazing, but they are so different from each other. They don't belong to the same category in my mind aand they never will. What I can say is that I find Lovely runner lighter so I find entertaining watching the episodes again and again withouth getting tired of it, for Queen of tears I enjoy rewatch some iconic scenes but I don't think I can watch it again as a whole without skipping scenes <3
Giada Mattiucci
2024-06-18 20:56:56 +0000 UTCI reduced a lot of my frustration commentary because I didn’t want any trouble
Rock Lee
2024-06-18 20:45:56 +0000 UTCYessssss. I didn’t even include that part but yes I was generally frustrated with the main character in twinkling watermelon as well so that takes away from liability
Rock Lee
2024-06-18 20:45:28 +0000 UTCI wonder what will be your top 5 kdrama after watching Lovely Runner
Geewonie
2024-06-18 20:42:40 +0000 UTCSame. I think I was fine with a teenager going back in time and acting ridiculous but it's a bit weirder knowing that this woman is 30yrs old and doing teenage things. I admit that the actress is very good and adorable but the character is a bit cringe lol
Infinite Ree
2024-06-18 19:43:42 +0000 UTCIt's always nice when you explain your reasoning but I must say it's hard (obvs for a lot of us) to know which characters you will fall in love with vs a show with great writing. It's seems kinda impossible to predict. Actually, I take that back. From now on I'm gonna go with any show that I'm meh about, I think you all would love more. 😂 Idk why but that's been *mostly* the case so far.
Infinite Ree
2024-06-18 19:38:44 +0000 UTCPersonally, I watched and loved both shows but don't really find them very similar. Especially in terms of the main plot and story focus. Maybe it's the time slip genre and positive response from the audience that brings the automatic comparison.
Marvelous JJ
2024-06-18 19:33:58 +0000 UTCWow she is the main character who's on screen 90% of the time...how's that even possible to not like her, she's so cute 😭🤣 I guess everyone sees things differently 🙂
priya
2024-06-18 19:26:11 +0000 UTCThe girl is also like 100x better than the main character in TW. He got on my nerves! LOL
Jessica
2024-06-18 19:25:45 +0000 UTCThat’s why my caption includes two episodes and how I describe them
Rock Lee
2024-06-18 19:21:32 +0000 UTCI think that’s 100% fair. Especially with how you acknowledge the changes in episode two
Rock Lee
2024-06-18 19:21:15 +0000 UTCYep that’s exactly how I feel in a condensed version
Rock Lee
2024-06-18 19:20:53 +0000 UTCAll good. One of the reasons I made this is because people are recommending stuff And I just wanted distinction on why I love a lovely runner despite the other show
Rock Lee
2024-06-18 19:19:54 +0000 UTCI don’t understand that personally, she’s my favorite. But I respect your opinion.
Luca L.
2024-06-18 19:19:37 +0000 UTCI definitely got Twinkling Watermelon vibes off JUST the first episode, cant convince me otherwise. Just the first episode though, time travel, disability, music boy group, love story, highschool. The characters, the story and everything is TOTALLY different, just having all those traits gave me the same "vibe". I also HATED the premise of "fangirl goes back in time and a potential love story ensues", it just felt so cringe when you've been in the kpop world for the past 15 years like me, and see how ridiculous some fans can be, or how dangerous sasaengs are. Then I watched episode 2, and was like... nvm im digging this show LOL 🤣Always important to give things a try! I'll have to check out your reaction to the episodes on youtube later.
Jessica
2024-06-18 19:17:23 +0000 UTChow lmao
Venus
2024-06-18 19:08:49 +0000 UTCMy only problem with Lovely Runner is that I don't really like Sol's character that much, I find her cringe and annoying 😅
zaphyre
2024-06-18 19:04:44 +0000 UTCI’ve been saying this! Characters are the most important part. And I feel the exact same way about twinkling watermelon. They were fine, I didn’t dislike anyone, but I just didn’t care all that much either. So I wasn’t too interested in their relationships, romantic or not.
strange& sleepless
2024-06-18 18:35:23 +0000 UTCI really like lovely runner, i just thought you wouldn't like it based on this comparison and to my mind, even as a woman who does normally relate more to female main characters, twinkling watermelon is a better show than lovely runner. i find twinkling watermelon better written, more relatable and the characters just feel deeper and have more shades to them imo. i will agree with you on the tension/stakes front. there are several looming threats in twinkling, but most of the struggle is internal. male lead needed to overcome his sense of responsibility for his family's well-being and have a more balanced relationship with his father, female lead had to overcome her death wish and repair her relationship with her mother. this is just my interpretation and given that the ending failed a little for me, because the male lead can't save his father's hearing but he can be rich now? we don't see the female lead's return home except to reunite with him? it dropped the ball for me. marry my husband ending >>>> twinkling ending. that said, i haven't seen the ending of lovely runner yet.
A
2024-06-18 18:28:51 +0000 UTCI'll admit I only watched the first 2 minutes of this, BUT based on your first statement is the exact reason why I liked TW more. We all have different preferences and that's a good thing. Just means there's something out there for everyone. I'm 5eps in on LR and it's not working for me at all. 🥲
Infinite Ree
2024-06-18 18:22:16 +0000 UTC
