Like holy cow. This show! KHSAKFHKFAKLHGKHGL
Yeah it's not that recent but I couldn't watch it since I was doing my Trials/HSC during that it aired time.
But oh my gosh. it is so freaking goooooood in comparison to everything else that has been on tvb as of late. Despite everyone saying how draggy it is. I mean yeah it kinda was but I totally skimmed those parts so whatever. Screw you guys who said its bad and don't watch it. Cos. NEWFLASH. TVB drama of the year bitches.
LOL. So this was on my watchlist for post-HSC life but it took me some time to get around to it cos I wanted to re-watch some of Charmaine Sheh's series first HAHAHA. So much love. Yeah. Charmaine being in the cast was also one of the (main) reasons I wanted to actually give this show a proper try despite all these criticism. Can't believe it took TVB 2 years to air this. ajskdhfjsjflkjas farting all over the good shows.
Anyways. I had to,
HAD TO talk about this show cos after I finished watching it yesterday night it was all I thought about before I slept and that has not happened before. Like no joke, I think I even dreamt about it HAHAHAA. It. was. that. epic.
First of, the ending.
I loved it. Finally a TVB ending that I could be satisfied with and it wasn't so cliche as others.
-I loved how it didn't end with them all 3 being the three best friends again cos that's just too much bs.
-I loved how it started and ended with Charmaine
-I loved the small yet significant revelation about Ka Ming.
-I loved Charmaine's realistic imagination of the What If future scenario.
Okay. So in the finale we got to see the last snippet of the past but this time it was closer to their plans of going to the mountain as the group is about to disband. We see Ah Yan arguing with Ka Ming clearly unhappy of the inevitable separation of the band. However, as she is about to walk away from Ka Ming it is revealed that in the spur of the moment he promises her if she turns around he won't go to the mountain (which of course reverses the tragedy and removes the heavy guilt on the shoulders of the other 3 members) but of course Ah Yan does not. Although this scene was quite short I found it crucial to explaining Ah Yan's attitude throughout the series. Ah Yan was not mainly or only angry at the 3 guys for not bringing Ka Ming back but also herself as she secretly carried the guilt for causing Ka Ming's death as she had walked away on that day which may have saved him and them. Hence, she was not able to face the others- hating them but more so her little decision that changed everything. That moment was just WHOOOOOA. WhatTheWhat.
Yeah. so I guessed it really explained the cold shoulder Ah Yan gave the other 3.
What really touched the spot was Ah Yan's reflection of that scene....
My translation of her narration during the imagination:
In our life we will make countless decisions and we will ask ourselves. What if?
What if the decision I made on that day was different... would the me-today be the same?
Flawless decision of having it accompanied with the subtheme song, Youthful Ignorance (年少無知).
The scenes of what could have been were also quite touching since we saw the minor characters the 3 would not have known if the events on the Mountain did not occur.
I also quite enjoyed the minor plot / character twist as well, especially with Joe's character. At first he seemed to be a submissive character but when he revealed to Angus why he picked the drum, it really summed up his
character. Joe was envious and used to think it was cool being a
guitarist and singer, having all the limelight. However, he came to realise that the drummer actually held the key to it all
because the band had to follow the drummer’s rhythm or they would be all
off key. Hence, the drummer controlled all by forcing everyone to play to his beat, like puppets with him pulling all the strings. His ability to control is reflected through the revelation that Joe was actually the one who made up the lie about what happened in the mountain and subsequently forced Angus to tell his first lie. The more significant thing was after telling his ‘drummer versus guitarist/lead singer’ concept it was quickly demonstrated through Joe's need to repeat the lie to Ah Yan in the pub which forced Angus to follow his lead, once again. That scene was quite a turning point for Joe's character as the wolf in sheep skin was finally exposed.
There were some also a handful of deep moments in this series that you don't see often in tvb without it being overly-cheesey.
I think my most memorable one would be Ah Yan saying something along the lines of "Harmony is not 100 people sharing the same opinion. Harmony is when
100 people have 100 different opinions, but still respect each other"
ANNND of course, got to admit, that theme song is just wow.
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