Another poor defense I’ve seen for TBH is that “the writers intended it to be this way”. Yeah and? So what? Why does intent matter when I think the outcome is bad? This one’s not even worthy of a rant lol.
I’ve given up on it. I think I might finish it one day, but the moment I saw that clichéd who-will-get-there-first ending in episode 18, I just lost all desire to watch it. And I don’t ship anyone…
I’ve been trying to figure out why I hated Friday’s episode of The Best Hit soooo much. Was it just because things weren’t going the way I thought they should? Isn’t being surprised good? Was it because I am worried about Ji-hoon disappearing ala Back to the Future? Was it because there was no Grandpa and Mal-sook? Was it because it was focused on romance? But that can’t be — I love romance. Was it just because I am on the wrong ship?
And why don’t I like Hyun-jae more? I love Yoon Shi-yoon. I’ve liked jerk protagonists before. And what girlfriday said about realizing you are no longer young and hip and cool and are supposed to be peers with the parents rang true to me. But somehow, I hate Hyun-jae. He is just so very very self-centered. And I find that annoying rather than funny.
Fortunately, for me at least, Saturday’s episode was much better. Grandpa and Mal-sook were back. Hyun-jae owned being selfish and started trying to change. And Hyun-jae also actually saw Bo-hee. As a person. Who loved him. And saw evidence from his future self that he loved her once.
And can I just tell you how very much I loved the La La Land nod? It was the perfect was to acknowledge that Hyun-jae’s feelings for Woo-seung were real, and they could have been cute together, but some things are just not meant to be. I’m going to be pissed if they take that back next week.
Well I haven’t actually been watching since ep. 20, just following the recaps. If it improves I’ll go back and watch, but I’m not confident it will, so I’ll wait until the very end. I agree with you in that I never cared for Hyun-jae nearly as much as everyone else, even though I adore YSY. Even in the first few eps I was getting really annoyed with all the people screaming for more screentime for YSY, because I really loved all the characters and didn’t want him to outshine everyone else. Then once he modernized himself, I really completely lost interest in him. He just wasn’t funny anymore and like you said mostly just a selfish jerk.
Hmm I went and watched a bit of ep 24 (skipped through lol) and see what you mean about it improving, but I’m still not convinced they won’t go with HJ/WS, because knetz will riot if they don’t. This ep would be a nice farewell to HJ/WS, but it could just be typical relationship angst in the last third of a drama to keep them separated for a bit longer. However I remain doubly convinced that regardless of what they do with HJ/WS, I think HJ is definitely really and truly JH’s birth father. The secret code pretty much confirms that BH and HJ dated. If they spend the next 4 episodes clearing up the mystery of HJ’s disappearance, allowing JH some time to finally bond with HJ (although I imagine we will have to spend a good episode of two with JH understandably wanting nothing to do with HJ), giving us heartwarming moments between family/friends, and seeing everyone following their dreams, and preferably having Hyun-jae say his goodbyes and being unable to stay in the present, then I will be able to forget all my frustrations and remember this drama fondly. It’s already past the point where I thought it was going to be one of my favorite dramas ever, but I think I can at least like it if they clear everything up in the end.
I’ll let you know if it is a fluke or a turning point. Because you’re right, it could go either way at this point, and I’m not sure I trust them anymore to go the right way. The right way being the way I want things to go, of course. 😉 Fingers crossed for a turning point.
Don’t know if you caught it, but we also got another confirmation of Hyun-jae and Bo-hee dating. Hyun-jae found his notebook in Young-jae’s safe and started flipping through it. It had notes in it about meeting Bo-hee. The whole Hyun-jae is not really Ji-hoon’s father theory has never made any sense to me.
Lol thanks. I didn’t catch that but yeah that’s even more evidence. Usually the twists in dramas are that people are related and didn’t know it, not that they aren’t related lol. I don’t care about ships anymore if I ever really did, but I would flip tables if HJ isn’t JH’s father, because that’s what originally hooked me to this show. I think I just need to stay away from the recap comments now since some people just can’t handle criticism and continue to attack all the critics as only caring about shipping and not addressing any of our arguments. *sigh*
Well . . . it’s over. I still think my ending would have been better. And it took me a few attempts to get through this week’s episodes. But at least they didn’t pull out a last minute birth secret for Ji-hoon. And there were a few good scenes mixed in.
But. Ugg. I’m glad this show worked for a lot of people, but overall, I found it VERY frustrating. I liked 1994 Hyun-jae more in the tiny glimpse we had of him than I did any of 1993 Hyun-jae. Even by the very end when he had grown somewhat. Somewhat. Of course, then 1994 Hyun-jae decided that the future needed to stay the same. Why? I don’t know. So his alter ego could go back to his cell phone, I guess.
Thanks for the update. So I guess all my theories were right (I predicted the two Hyun-jae’s/multiverse back in the very beginning of the show) and I get to say I told you so to everyone that insisted to me that there’s no way HJ would really be JH’s father. But somehow it’s even more frustrating that they kept it that way yet barely bothered to develop any meaningful relationship between HJ-JH. And the love triangle and main loveline is still very much gross to me even with two Hyun-jae’s. Even ignoring the vaguely incestuous undertones the main loveline would never have drawn me in, it was so BORING and cliche and made me hate WS. Also from recaps it really seems like Hyun-jae took over the show completely half-way through and everyone else was relegated to side characters even though early on the screentime was pretty even for everyone. This drama would have been so much better had they just not given HJ a loveline at all. I also would’ve liked it if it was 1994 HJ who time-traveled after already fathering JH so he would’ve felt more responsible and if anything have a love triangle with GJ (preferably resolved quickly without much frustration though) over BH (obviously his love for BH would be doomed, but that would be part of his character growth to come to terms with how people have moved on since his disappearance) instead of with his own son. I’m glad I saved myself the trouble of watching the 2nd half of the show. Now I have Reunited Worlds which is pretty much what I wanted from the emotional aspect of The Best Hit (obviously I wanted it to be a comedy first and foremost, but the emotional impact of someone seemingly dying only to show up years later unaged is much better handled in RU than it ever was in TBH). Hoping this one won’t disappoint me as much.
Yes!!!! To everything you said. I wish I could thumbs-up multiple times.
Fingers crossed for Reunited Worlds. At least this time I like the lead right off the bat and don’t feel like I have to wait for him to grow up and start seeing the people around him.
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peichi
July 9, 2017 at 9:34 AM
Another poor defense I’ve seen for TBH is that “the writers intended it to be this way”. Yeah and? So what? Why does intent matter when I think the outcome is bad? This one’s not even worthy of a rant lol.
ST
July 9, 2017 at 10:12 AM
I’ve given up on it. I think I might finish it one day, but the moment I saw that clichéd who-will-get-there-first ending in episode 18, I just lost all desire to watch it. And I don’t ship anyone…
Amilia
July 9, 2017 at 10:50 AM
I’ve been trying to figure out why I hated Friday’s episode of The Best Hit soooo much. Was it just because things weren’t going the way I thought they should? Isn’t being surprised good? Was it because I am worried about Ji-hoon disappearing ala Back to the Future? Was it because there was no Grandpa and Mal-sook? Was it because it was focused on romance? But that can’t be — I love romance. Was it just because I am on the wrong ship?
And why don’t I like Hyun-jae more? I love Yoon Shi-yoon. I’ve liked jerk protagonists before. And what girlfriday said about realizing you are no longer young and hip and cool and are supposed to be peers with the parents rang true to me. But somehow, I hate Hyun-jae. He is just so very very self-centered. And I find that annoying rather than funny.
Fortunately, for me at least, Saturday’s episode was much better. Grandpa and Mal-sook were back. Hyun-jae owned being selfish and started trying to change. And Hyun-jae also actually saw Bo-hee. As a person. Who loved him. And saw evidence from his future self that he loved her once.
And can I just tell you how very much I loved the La La Land nod? It was the perfect was to acknowledge that Hyun-jae’s feelings for Woo-seung were real, and they could have been cute together, but some things are just not meant to be. I’m going to be pissed if they take that back next week.
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 11:00 AM
Well I haven’t actually been watching since ep. 20, just following the recaps. If it improves I’ll go back and watch, but I’m not confident it will, so I’ll wait until the very end. I agree with you in that I never cared for Hyun-jae nearly as much as everyone else, even though I adore YSY. Even in the first few eps I was getting really annoyed with all the people screaming for more screentime for YSY, because I really loved all the characters and didn’t want him to outshine everyone else. Then once he modernized himself, I really completely lost interest in him. He just wasn’t funny anymore and like you said mostly just a selfish jerk.
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 11:42 AM
Hmm I went and watched a bit of ep 24 (skipped through lol) and see what you mean about it improving, but I’m still not convinced they won’t go with HJ/WS, because knetz will riot if they don’t. This ep would be a nice farewell to HJ/WS, but it could just be typical relationship angst in the last third of a drama to keep them separated for a bit longer. However I remain doubly convinced that regardless of what they do with HJ/WS, I think HJ is definitely really and truly JH’s birth father. The secret code pretty much confirms that BH and HJ dated. If they spend the next 4 episodes clearing up the mystery of HJ’s disappearance, allowing JH some time to finally bond with HJ (although I imagine we will have to spend a good episode of two with JH understandably wanting nothing to do with HJ), giving us heartwarming moments between family/friends, and seeing everyone following their dreams, and preferably having Hyun-jae say his goodbyes and being unable to stay in the present, then I will be able to forget all my frustrations and remember this drama fondly. It’s already past the point where I thought it was going to be one of my favorite dramas ever, but I think I can at least like it if they clear everything up in the end.
Amilia
July 9, 2017 at 4:14 PM
I’ll let you know if it is a fluke or a turning point. Because you’re right, it could go either way at this point, and I’m not sure I trust them anymore to go the right way. The right way being the way I want things to go, of course. 😉 Fingers crossed for a turning point.
Don’t know if you caught it, but we also got another confirmation of Hyun-jae and Bo-hee dating. Hyun-jae found his notebook in Young-jae’s safe and started flipping through it. It had notes in it about meeting Bo-hee. The whole Hyun-jae is not really Ji-hoon’s father theory has never made any sense to me.
peichi
July 9, 2017 at 4:27 PM
Lol thanks. I didn’t catch that but yeah that’s even more evidence. Usually the twists in dramas are that people are related and didn’t know it, not that they aren’t related lol. I don’t care about ships anymore if I ever really did, but I would flip tables if HJ isn’t JH’s father, because that’s what originally hooked me to this show. I think I just need to stay away from the recap comments now since some people just can’t handle criticism and continue to attack all the critics as only caring about shipping and not addressing any of our arguments. *sigh*
Amilia
July 22, 2017 at 8:59 PM
Well . . . it’s over. I still think my ending would have been better. And it took me a few attempts to get through this week’s episodes. But at least they didn’t pull out a last minute birth secret for Ji-hoon. And there were a few good scenes mixed in.
But. Ugg. I’m glad this show worked for a lot of people, but overall, I found it VERY frustrating. I liked 1994 Hyun-jae more in the tiny glimpse we had of him than I did any of 1993 Hyun-jae. Even by the very end when he had grown somewhat. Somewhat. Of course, then 1994 Hyun-jae decided that the future needed to stay the same. Why? I don’t know. So his alter ego could go back to his cell phone, I guess.
peichi
July 22, 2017 at 9:17 PM
Thanks for the update. So I guess all my theories were right (I predicted the two Hyun-jae’s/multiverse back in the very beginning of the show) and I get to say I told you so to everyone that insisted to me that there’s no way HJ would really be JH’s father. But somehow it’s even more frustrating that they kept it that way yet barely bothered to develop any meaningful relationship between HJ-JH. And the love triangle and main loveline is still very much gross to me even with two Hyun-jae’s. Even ignoring the vaguely incestuous undertones the main loveline would never have drawn me in, it was so BORING and cliche and made me hate WS. Also from recaps it really seems like Hyun-jae took over the show completely half-way through and everyone else was relegated to side characters even though early on the screentime was pretty even for everyone. This drama would have been so much better had they just not given HJ a loveline at all. I also would’ve liked it if it was 1994 HJ who time-traveled after already fathering JH so he would’ve felt more responsible and if anything have a love triangle with GJ (preferably resolved quickly without much frustration though) over BH (obviously his love for BH would be doomed, but that would be part of his character growth to come to terms with how people have moved on since his disappearance) instead of with his own son. I’m glad I saved myself the trouble of watching the 2nd half of the show. Now I have Reunited Worlds which is pretty much what I wanted from the emotional aspect of The Best Hit (obviously I wanted it to be a comedy first and foremost, but the emotional impact of someone seemingly dying only to show up years later unaged is much better handled in RU than it ever was in TBH). Hoping this one won’t disappoint me as much.
Amilia
July 22, 2017 at 9:35 PM
Yes!!!! To everything you said. I wish I could thumbs-up multiple times.
Fingers crossed for Reunited Worlds. At least this time I like the lead right off the bat and don’t feel like I have to wait for him to grow up and start seeing the people around him.