So I checked out episode one of Love Keeps Going which premiered last Sunday with a respectable 1.84, which is about what its predecessor drama Sunny Happiness averaged during its run. I kept my expectations low and my biases in check just to see if the story and execution worked for me.
My verdict is this – Love Keeps Going better keep on going the hell away from me. I almost headdesked myself into a stupor by the end of episode 1, and hilariously, it’s for all the opposite reasons I could have imagined. It’s a pass for me on this one, but there were a few things I liked, including some songs off the OST, so I’ll share a download link at the end of the post.
There was an amazing flip-flop in my opinion of the two leads. Cyndi Wang did not annoy me at all, and her acting has in fact gotten slightly better. I like her character Cha Mei Le, quirks and extreme personality traits and all. Mike He, on the other hand, was dreadful, a huge step back from the pitch-perfect performance he delivered as Xian Yun Jie in Sunny Happiness. I thought I was watching mutant-Mike or something. I loathe his Han Yi Lie character, and Mike’s performance is a combination of stiffness and spitting out his dialogue to convey his attitude.
I also hate the story so far – all the secondary characters are written in such one-dimensional ways, and the thought of Mei Le getting cheated on by her current boyfriend, who happens to be Yi Lie’s older brother, and somehow she and the younger brother end up falling in love, really doesn’t work for me. Plus the glimpse of the Big Medical Condition of Doom in the preview leaves me running away screaming. I can’t watch this drama because I refuse to have my newfounded love of Mike destroyed.
With that said, I have to give props to Cyndi – she carried episode 1 and was the only character resembling a normal human being. She and Mike do have chemistry, though I don’t know if it’ll touch the intensity of what Mike and Rainie Yang have together, or even surpass the delicate tenderness of Mike and Janine Chang.
I’m glad I checked out this drama, because the OST is excellent. Cyndi, whose speaking voice I can’t stand, is actually a singer by training, and I like her as a singer much better. She sings the theme song for Love Keeps Going called “Don’t Cry”, and it might just be my favorite theme song from any TW-drama this year.
Opening credits for Love Keeps Going:
Click here to download Cyndi’s entire new album Sticky, including the LKG opening credits song “Don’t Cry” and the LKG ending credits song “Sticky”.
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thanks koalaaaaa....I'm not fan of MH n CW...but I'm a fan XiaoXiaoBin....hahaha...he so cute...I love him since Autumn Concerto....XiaoLe...haoxiang ni.....
Hehe... you wrote "Yi Xian" - instead of "Yi Lei" :)
I have zero expectations for this one or rather that it wasn't going to be good. I haven't watched a Cindy drama since her Smile Pasta one (which I surprisingly liked and watched while it was airing). I'll probably wait until it finishes airing and marathon it. Hope Mike acting gets better in the series.
I thought I was the only who thinks Mike He was speaking/ delivering his lines awkward! But since Ockoala mentioned it I agree! His just saying his lines thinking he's acting it! The story is weird w/ too many shifts from diff characters! And Cyndi plays 2 characters? No wonder the girl is too skiny again!!
XioaLe is my catch here! He acts better compare to the leads! So will watch this after its done airing!
i agree with you koala, in order for me to see the chemistry, Mike He needs some one like Rainie Yang and Ariel Lin.
Thanks koala for the update .. I am not expecting much but hopefully the drama would surpass other Mike He dramas I loved.
I must admit Cyndi's acting is getting better :)
and the OST is AMAZING!!!!!
I love "The Next Me" most compare to "Don't Cry" and "Sticky"
I am waiting to start this ... I eventually watch everything Mike is in, but still ... in general, your taste is so similar to mine, I'm dismayed. :(
i like mike he with rainie and i like sunny hapiness , i hope this one they have a chemistry , calling love is a big disappointment for me coz no chemistry , im not a cydi wang fan but hoping for improvement .... but still rainie is for joseph for now hehehe so i will wait and see if this one will work for me
This is a NO NO for me, my plate is full at this time:
Watching: In plans: On Hold:
LTM City Hunter Que Sera Sera
DTLY Best LOve BBF
Rebound Midas M3
Manny Nobuta wo Produce
Sunny Happiness
Too much for me!! I have to stop, between the drunkeness and the addiction, I have more than enough!
@ angelito : despite all of these menu of yours..i think LTM is the most drama which absorb ur energy to maximum level..rite? ^^
Yeah, LTM kick the crap out of me!!! Take my live source, and turned in to garbage!!! That get me hooked since day one, and now I am a freaking junkie!!!! OMG I need help, hospitalization, shock therapy, food deprivation or something like that!!! LOL
well...we need preview 11 and 12 to be exact. I hate waiting and been repeating over and over again..
btw back to this drama (before we get ban since we're not in LTM tread) ... as soon as I saw the preview that Mike He is sick, i tell myself "what the heck is this?" don't we had enough with sickness and death?? Aigoo...pls taiwan find something new...
Ahhhhhh!! We can't live without the cliches!!!! LOL, someone in every drama is dying or die because an incurable disease!! Or kill, or get killed by one of the parents, making that love like Romeo and Juliet, totally awesome, grisly forbidden!!
Holy hannah, chingu. That's a harsh review for Mike. I'm going to stay away from the drama. Not that I had any intention of watching it