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Just as Scarlett predicted, after watching an episode of " Love in accordance with the Law ", he determined the tone that can be verified. It is currently a relaxed and cheerful love drama, which is quite suitable for fans of Lee Se-ki and Lee Se-rong .
But for fans of Choi Woo-sik and Kim Do-mi, they will think the plot is too much like "That Year, Our Summer".
First talk about the similarities between the two dramas.
1 From childhood sweetheart to reunion after breaking up
In "That Year, Our Summer", Choi Woo-sik and Kim Do-mi played a couple in their student days, talking about it from before college to college.
Then, Kim Domi breaks up with Choi Yuzhi without explanation, causing harm to Choi Yuzhi that changes his destiny. Neither of them gave up each other.
In "Love according to Law", Lee Seok and Seyoung play a couple from college. Then, Lee Seok and Seyoung break up with Seyoung without explanation. Neither of them gave up each other. Is the basic setting of
quite similar?
Of course, I fell in love more when I was a student, right? This is not a coincidence.
OK, then let's continue to watch.
"That year, our summer", after Choi Woo-sik and Kim Do-mi met again because of work, the story was two lines, one recalled the past and the other continued to entangle.
Choi Woo-sik is unwilling to accept the job, Kim Do-mi insists on working together, and the final outcome is that a lover returns to her side.
In "Love according to law", after Li Shengji and Shirong reunite because Shirong wants to rent his own house, Li Shengji is unwilling to rent a house to Shirong. Shirong insists on renting Li Shengji's house, and then starts a funny confrontation between them.
unfolds the plot from the contradictions, causing the two rich people to entangle each other. Isn’t it also very similar? However, "That Year, Our Summer" uses work and filming, while "Love in accordance with the Law" uses renting a house temporarily.
Of course, perhaps in the eyes of Scarlett who writes the article, it is the essentially the same technique, but in the eyes of fans, it is a drama with a very different kind. After all, can filming a movie be the same as renting a house?
is different, you are right. Of course, there are also differences between
, many, many. This is the cleverness of Korean dramas in assembly line manufacturing. They will take the best-selling settings and add some different packaging, which will become another drama.
2 The plot tone is different
This is indeed completely different.
"That year, our summer" basically made me cry from beginning to end.
The biggest feature of this Korean drama is its delicateness and thoughtfulness.
vividly interprets the beauty of first love, the heartache of missing, the difficulty of forgetting, and the uncontrollable heartbeat of wanting to start over.
is the kind of drama that will resonate with you if you have loved it.
is also the kind of drama that even if you have never loved it, you still want to rush into the TV series and let the two protagonists get married on the spot. Don’t miss it again.
However, "Love in accordance with the Law" is different.
From the first episode, "Love in accordance with the Law" is all comedians.
From the residents of a building to have dinner together, the landlord Li Shengji eats and drinks every time;
From the time when Li Shengji took a bath on the roof to eat, he didn't change his clothes or wipe his body, and went downstairs with his sportswear;
From the time Shirong's best friend got married, she and the groom cried to tears at the wedding. Those who didn't know thought that they were the two of them broke up in love;
...
, etc., all kinds of plots can be seen that the director's direction is comedy.
So, you can rest assured to watch this drama, you will generally not feel the biting pain, it is a drama that can be watched happily.
3 The plot branches are very different
The main lines of the two dramas must be emotion. However, the side plot that promotes the main line should be completely different.
"That year, our summer" mainly revolves around filming and company comic creation.
In the filming shot, I saw the love hidden in my heart of the two protagonists. In fact, it is quite novel for love dramas, and no wonder they are very popular.
And "Love in accordance with the Law", judging from the plot of the first episode, Scarlett's prediction is that they may experience one case after another, and the two, as happy enemies in the process of resolving the case, finally heading towards a happy ending.
Therefore, this routine of "Love in accordance with the Law" should be a routine calculated by standard big data. It is to use the popular love routines of "That Year, Our Summer" and the popular legal and political themes in recent years.
Of course, I know that "Love in accordance with the Law" is an adaptation of a comic and has a prototype framework, but the plot has indeed changed too much. The character setting premise is indeed very similar to " Our Summer ". However, I am not talking about plagiarism from the two dramas, but just taking everyone to see the assembly line routines of Korean dramas.
4 The love line is hasty, the protagonist has a weak CP sense
Putting aside the similarities with "That Year, Our Summer", the first episode of "Love in accordance with the Law" is better than ordinary love dramas, but worse than " Travels in Flowers" that Li Shengji and Shirong were filmed before.
in one episode is a routine of two lines parallelism. This is familiar to Korean dramas. "That Year, Our Summer" is like this.
However, unlike "That Year, Our Summer" interspersed with some past relationship details, "Love according to Law" only took one episode to explain the past relationship progress of the two people clearly, and there was basically no suspense or expectation.
It can be seen that in "Love according to Law", using the past relationship between the two people to immerse the audience's hearts is not the focus, the focus is on the next two people's laughter, scolding, and love and killing each other.
Maybe it is because of this starting point. When the memories of two people standing under the cherry blossom tree confessing, my feeling is only, it's so fake. Also, it really doesn't work. Did Sun Wukong and Fuzi hit it off so quickly?
Of course, it also affects Li Shengji's state. Scarlett said this to muster up a lot of courage. Because when Song Hye Kyo's "Breaking Up Now" was aired, I said that Song Hye Kyo's condition is not as good as " Descendants of the Sun ", and I was instantly scolded by Korean TV for more than 100 stories. This has become an opportunity for me to never want to watch Song Hye Kyo TV series again.
But I still have to say that Lee Seung-ji's condition in "Love in accordance with the Law" is more relaxed than in " Peeping ". So, at that time, I was a little embarrassed to substitute under the cherry blossom tree and said that it was his student days.
But I believe that Li Shengji's acting should not be bad, "Spying" proves his strength.
Moreover, there are many episodes next, and fans will easily immerse themselves in it. After all, it is a romantic drama. As long as it is not too bad, the more episodes you watch, the easier it is to immerse yourself in the protagonist's mentality.
"Love in accordance with the law" has helped everyone identify this. Friends who like love dramas can still buy it.
September 8, 2022 in Hong Kong
