I really wanted this to be amazing, especially considering the old school and new school chinese actors that were taking place in it, but its definitely a show without a focused audience. As result, there are some interesting and relatable moments to the show, then there are times the show feels like its not for my demographics. And I imagine it feels that way for most people.
A show without an audience? What does that mean? At the end of the day, the story is broken up into 3 different types of stories.
1 - A Highschool coming of age story with bad luck bryan becoming the unsuspecting Hero, like Luke Skywalker in Star Wars 2 - A heroes search for a long lost McGuffin thatll save the World.
3 - A show for a chinese audience, basically a retelling of the old school chinese Monkey King.
While some of those elements help the other stories along, they ultimately class with who wants to watch them. While some of the elements of that show I would find interesting, I definitely find high school dramas to be annoying at this age (in my 30s). But I did find the retro chinese drama episode to be fairly interesting. However; I imagine if you're really into the highschool drama part of it, then the retro chinese episode just wasnt for you.
This show has clashing story types. Not to mention storylines, characters, and build up that ultimately felt unsatifying.
For 70% of the show, a character is looking for something, but you never understand why really. Another character has motivations go completely unexplained until the last episode. And the 'consequences' of the story arent given any relevance to the story until the last 20 minutes. So you are basically watching the journey of 4 separate characters with no understanding why.
Also, some characters show up and disappear just as quick with no real impact on the story, making it confusing.
At the end of the day, I thought the show was just okay. I dont think it was bad, but if you told me the show was canceled, I wouldnt be shocked as it really didnt move me enough to recommend it to anyone. I think if they solely focused on the highschool coming of age story OR the retelling of the monkey king story, it would be a better show overall. Maybe season 2 will do that for them.
A show without an audience? What does that mean? At the end of the day, the story is broken up into 3 different types of stories.
1 - A Highschool coming of age story with bad luck bryan becoming the unsuspecting Hero, like Luke Skywalker in Star Wars 2 - A heroes search for a long lost McGuffin thatll save the World.
3 - A show for a chinese audience, basically a retelling of the old school chinese Monkey King.
While some of those elements help the other stories along, they ultimately class with who wants to watch them. While some of the elements of that show I would find interesting, I definitely find high school dramas to be annoying at this age (in my 30s). But I did find the retro chinese drama episode to be fairly interesting. However; I imagine if you're really into the highschool drama part of it, then the retro chinese episode just wasnt for you.
This show has clashing story types. Not to mention storylines, characters, and build up that ultimately felt unsatifying.
For 70% of the show, a character is looking for something, but you never understand why really. Another character has motivations go completely unexplained until the last episode. And the 'consequences' of the story arent given any relevance to the story until the last 20 minutes. So you are basically watching the journey of 4 separate characters with no understanding why.
Also, some characters show up and disappear just as quick with no real impact on the story, making it confusing.
At the end of the day, I thought the show was just okay. I dont think it was bad, but if you told me the show was canceled, I wouldnt be shocked as it really didnt move me enough to recommend it to anyone. I think if they solely focused on the highschool coming of age story OR the retelling of the monkey king story, it would be a better show overall. Maybe season 2 will do that for them.