Color Rush (2020)

this drama was really poorly done

I don't usually write reviews but I'll make an exception. To people who are wondering if you should watch this, I don't recommend it. There are more holes in this plot than stars in the sky. Every single possibly interesting thing they mention leads nowhere, it feels incredibly rushed. Pun intended. The cinematography is awful, the writing is disturbingly bad, and the leads have absolutely no chemistry. If you want to watch it for the ten-second face reveals where Yeon Woo is filled with the power of the rainbow (in more ways than one), go ahead because that's pretty much the only notable thing about this series. And please, Yeon Woo, can you please make up your mind on your opinions? One second you're all "wah I can't be with him I'll hurt him wah", then the next you're "I love you. I barely know you but I love you." like dude, chill.

On that note, what was that "plot twist" at the end about? Yoo Han has a sudden inability to recognize faces. Whyyyyy?!! What is the point of including that at the last minute? That is some incredibly lazy writing, my friends.

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This drama did not live up to its expectations. First of all the story felt very rushed and some details weren't well presented although the plot had potential. It seemed very interesting when I read about it but after watching it I'm quite disappointed. They talk a lot about Yeon Woos mom yet we never found out what really happened to her. Another thing I'm wondering is where is the boy love in this? I can see that they tried to make the drama filled with romance but for me this is more bro love rather than bl. The ending felt rushed and I got confused about what and how some things happened in the last episode.

I liked the cast, they did a great work. The visuals were great but it didn't make the drama more watchable for me. Having a good story is more important. I don't have much to say about the music either, it's not that great but it seemed like their budget was low so it's acceptable.

I will not be rewatching this and I don't think it's worth watching. Maybe if you want something lighthearted and short, then this is something for you. Just be prepared to be disappointed because it's a rushed drama with missing details and no boy love.

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I liked it, however, I gave myself too high expectations

This show was probably the drama I've anticipated the most ever. As soon as I saw the article about Hur Hyun Jun starring in a new drama I was so excited because I missed him quite a lot. And the fact that it was a BL drama made me even more excited because I couldn't help but wonder how it would be portrayed. I was so pumped that I even made it my mission to make subtitles for STORYWIZ's YouTube videos so other people could be pumped for it too. However, as I started watching the show, I feared that my anticipating it this much made my expectations too high. Don't get me wrong, I liked the show, but I have to admit that it didn't quite live up to what I thought it would be.

The story was innovative. I liked the whole concept of colorblindness and meeting the person who could make you see colors because it's a very fanfiction-like trope. When I first read the description of the drama I thought it was brilliant. I also tend to fall for dramas based on books, so that was also a huge plus for me. I liked Yeon-woo and Yoo-han's dynamics and, boy, did I like the two friends. They made me laugh at all their jokes. It was nice seeing Yeon-woo and Yoo-han's relationship develop over time, but I didn't like how vague they were about it. It was a little weird how they never described how their feelings towards each other developed from platonic to romantic. But they were still adorable and you could see how much they cared for each other. However, I wasn't the biggest fan of Yoo-han having trouble recognizing faces. It makes sense, but I don't feel like it was necessary. I also feel like they swept Yeon-woo's mother under the rug.

As far as acting goes, wow! Yoo Jun is such an incredibly skilled actor! I was so amazed whenever he was on-screen. It was a great call to cast him as the protagonist because I cannot imagine it being portrayed as well by anybody else. You can tell that Yoo Jun has been an actor since childhood. However, as much as it pains me to say this, I wasn't too fond of Hur Hyun Jun's acting. I love him so dearly, but sadly his acting just wasn't up to level with Yoo Jun, which is only fair of course, because it's his first time acting in a drama (which especially can't be easy when it's a BL you're debuting in). But the fact that their acting levels were so different kind of lowered the quality of the drama for me, sadly.

I liked the OST, but I felt it was very overplayed. The title song would appear multiple times throughout the episodes, which just takes up quite a lot of space when the episodes are so short. Both songs from the OST were very nice though. Also, even if I seemed a little negative in my review, I enjoyed the show and would watch it again. I'll miss getting to watch the episodes during my online school breaks.

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Short but unique

I'm glad I found this series.

It has an interesting theme - people who only sees colors when their probes are with them.
I've heard and read a lot of story with similar themes, soulmate AUs where people are color blind and only are able to see colors when they found their soulmate; also that's the sign you found your partner through life. But they were never like this, with this kind of twist where you experience de-coloring when you are not with your probe. This makes monos desperate and obbsessed because once you got a taste what it's like to see actual colors you never want to see the world only in gray again.

I loved Yeonwoo's and Yoohan's characters. Yoohan was a sweet guy who cared for Yeonwoo despite the fact that he was a mono and Yoohan knew monos got obsessed with their probes sooner or later. He didn't care for that one bit - why is that we only got the answer at the last episode. Honestly I wasn't prepared for this turn of events.
Yeonwoo dear, he was so scared that one day he'll be like the other monos in the news who kidnapped and killed their probes! But he was a kindhearted guy and always thought of others before himself . Though I don't approve of the way he wanted to protect Yoohan from himself, at least he remained true to his word that he didn't want to harm Yoohan in any way.

The only not so positive thing I have to say about Color Rush are the plot and the animation.
The plot would have been good -it was good in many ways -, but I felt it rushed. Like... what happened to Yeonwoo's mom? Did they managed to find her in the end? We only got little bits of informations about her and her dissapearance and the overall case. I would have liked to have a more elaborate story. And I know, the series itself is short, so they focused on the main characters and the main plot but this could have been so much more detailed in the little things like this if Color Rush would have more and longer episodes. This goes with Yoonhan's background too. We got like 2 sentences about his family in the last episode and that's all.
As for the animation. It was a bit -okay, at first a LOT but it got a bit better with time-, cringe-y to watch the color rush scenes. Those rainbow sparkles around their faces was soo weird. I couldn't get to used to them.

And just to touch the OST topic too.
You have to give this OST a chance because it's fantastic. It went very well with the drama and I have a feeling I'll be lsitening to it more in the future.

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Not Good Enough

Korean mini drama " Color Rush " had an interesting and unique concept, but it didn't pull it through. That is mostly due to its length that leads to the story and romance being rushed, as the progress had to give time to the explanation of the whole mono universe. The drama also left out A LOT, like those drowning sequences that were not explained, not to mention they completely left out what happed to the father, and just presented an ending that was convenient as it was needed to be a happy one. I mean, it was said that it's rare for a mono to finds his probe, and, considering how many people were actually mono, it was a bit stretched to have mono criminals always on the news. Plus, if the lead was afraid that he will turn obsessive over his probe, then why that ending? And wasn't his probe a lot more obsessive than him? (his reasoning wasn't that convincing either). In addition, those color rush moments were cheesy and they overdid it with the lights and graphics.

Other than that, the performances were pretty good from everyone in the cast and the cinematography, other than the bold CGI, was good.

So, overall, three out of ten, because this drama had potential but it didn't have time to properly present and develop it and it had too many plot holes.

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Good drama but less plot

The point of this drama is color, but I don't like the dialogue they are talking about. Discuss various colors that end up not being heard.

The content of the drama is a little confusing, there is no disclosure of the cause. I am still confused about what the probe means. Maybe because this drama is a short drama make me feel this drama is less interesting.

But their acting is both still quite stiff and lacking chemistry. But this is pretty good for an audience who likes drama about color.

I hope their both can fix the shortcomings and wait for the next drama. ( ◜‿◝ )♡

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Overall its a fresh concept

TW: SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN EP 7. PLEASE LOVE YOURSELF AND SKIP THAT EPISODE IF IT UPSETS YOU.
REVIEW-
Its has a very interesting plot not only in bls but in Kdramas in general and could have easily been 16 episodes long with this plot.
Amazing fantasy-fiction story with good cinematography. I would have preferred this show to be longer instead of hoping for a 2nd season because by the time s2 comes out I am pretty sure the little hype I have left for it will also go down,
But this is not my main complain with the show.
My main problem was, excuse my straight forwardness ,i usually don't mind bad acting I have got to say this Hyun jun's acting was too bland even for a rookie to the point it was unbearable to watch his scenes.
He delivers even deep lines without moving 2 muscles in his face. Nothing against him though I just feel he should stick with singing.
So my ratings for this show significantly lowered as i found my self skipping most of the scenes in the last episode.
Besides I have got to say this, overall the show and editing was ok but in episode 4 the editing and pacing was tooo confusing its like many important scenes have been cut out.

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So much they could do, but...

Don’t misread my somewhat low rating: I actually loved the plot behind this story and the hints of psychological issues involved in all of it. I also loved the idea of talking about how people see their own worlds and how can they put up with others’ worlds. The topics of obsession, applied to a love relationship but also in life...

So, precisely because I think the idea was great, I’m so disappointed with... well, everything else! :/

Due to the shortness of the drama, the plot wasn’t really well developed and many things felt like “what?!? why?!?” for me. Many questions were left with no answers at the end so I just thought: “why come up with this element in the story if you just don’t have time for it?”.
The characters felt like sketches, not developed enough and way too rush in changing ideas and course of action: somehow I appreciated the Mono who shows a nice acting and natural body gestures, but the Probe was too stiff for this role... that’s a pity.

The “i take off the mask” scenes were a bit too many and felt repetitive... I wasn’t annoyed by the rainbows effects (I’ve seen enough trashy things on dramas to NOT get scared by that color-rush effect XD) but the music kinda hurt my nerves. o.O

I mean, this could have been such a cool project with many interesting twists but it felt a bit disconnected. I would love to see a Taiwanese or Japanese reboot of the story sooner or later!

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Hard to Evaluate This One

Where to start? I always love the production values of Korean dramas. They are the best. The leads are very appealing and have good chemistry. Like the other Korean BL dramas I've seen, this one is very timid about showing much affection on screen. We get a lot of long stares into each other's eyes. We sort of get a kiss at the end, but it's about as passionate as two dolls kissing. The plot is interesting but quickly overpowers the story of their relationship. Way too much time is wasted seeing Yeon Woo's POV transform from black and white to color. I think we see this in every episode and we got it after seeing it twice. The complicated plot about Monos and Probes makes this drama very dialogue heavy, usually through hearing voiceovers of the character's thoughts. Frankly, conflict of the Mono possibly killing his Probe, yet the Mono and Probe are sole mates who open up the world to each other, seems like a "no win" premise. On one hand you want these two to get together but if the end game is for one of them to die, why bother. So, sadly, I'm going to pass on the sequel because I have a feeling this will end up as a tragedy and there are more upbeat dramas to watch. The death of a same gender love interest is a tired cliche.

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Mediocre at best

Intriguing plot, just very poor execution.

For a story that is so focussed on colour and the dichotomy between the grayscale and the full colour wheel, there appeared to be 5% effort into the cinematography to enhance this aspect of the story. Even in moments where you would expect the most saturation or vibrancy, it was visually very dull. Bit of a wasted opportunity for sure.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the actors per se, but they’re dealing with a very short series, and having to try cram in a soft enemies to lovers dynamic without a lot the time required to pull it off. The relationship didn’t feel genuine, and any instances of intimacy felt incredibly awkward and forced.

The plot is the only cool thing about the show, but even then you’re left with 100 questions and several unresolved plot points. Wouldn’t recommend and wouldn’t rewatch.

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Half-cooked meal that left me half-full

Should you watch it? Yes, if you are bored with the usual BL tropes and want to see a new and unique story that is rare in BL dramas. The concept is pretty interesting, reminding me of ABO world where instead of Alpha and Omega, you have Mono and Probe. However, sadly the unique story is not accompanied with great execution, making this a half-cooked meal that left me rather unsatisfied.

STORY
With such complicated theories about Monos and Probes and their supposedly dynamic relationships, it is impossible to fully explore them in just 15-mins 8 episodes drama. We only get short backgrounds and a little bit explanations here and there to understand this world and the characters. Until up to ep 7, I had no idea about Yoo Han's background and why he seems to be obsessed with Yeon Woo. We also only get glimpses of Yeon Woo's background and his issues of being a Mono. Many use the short episode as an excuse, but I'd totally blame this to the producer and screenwriter. If they were going to make this story as short drama, they should've worked a better and tighter plot rather than wasting some precious few minutes in some scenes that do not contribute to the plot. At the end, a lot of major plots remain unsolved for the sake of having cute ending, which is okay but rather unsatisfying.

ACTING
I would say Yoo Jun is a better actor than Heo Hyun Jun in this drama. Especially starting ep 6 onwards, his acting improved a lot and you can feel his emotions when he was feeling desperate. On the other hand, Hyun Jun felt rather stiff, I don't know if that's supposed to be his character's personality, but he was emotionless and even when saying romantic lines, his face doesn't change and his voice is flat. I could hardly feel any emotions from his acting, imho. Due to that, I felt little chemistry between them, it's definitely there but not so much.

In conclusion, it's an OK drama to watch and it's great that Korea has started to churn out BL with various themes, which I greatly appreciate. Oh, and the OST is amazing as expected from most of Korean drama ^^

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