Till the World Ends (2022)

Ambitious and on a limited budget, still manages exactly what it sets out to do!

"Till the world ends" was an extremely ambitious project that, despite a limited budget, really landed on its feet in the end. I'll split this review into the categories MDL gives (apart from rewatch value, because I just don't do that).

STORY: 8/10. I am a big fan of the apocalypse/dystopia genre, so it was really refreshing to see! Without any immediately obvious plotholes, it's a wild ride that follows a cast of easy-to-love characters. Once you look a bit deeper though, it becomes clear that (I think partly due to the limited runtime) characterization took a little bit of a backseat on this one. The relationships between the characters are written really well and are easy to recognize and empathize with. But individual characters' thinking was a bit more unclear to me. The ways in which most of them made decisions and were flipflopping between options so easily was a bit annoying. But I can write it off as: "These guys are about to die in the literal apocalypse, so I think I can forgive them."

ACTING: 9.5/10. I want to congratulate the whole team that worked on this series with the result, but especially the actors really knocked it out of the park. Despite the aforementioned flawed characterization, the cast was able to portray some actually real and human-feeling people here. I was especially impressed by Best and Michael, who really made me choke up at some times. Being able to empathize with the characters is so essential to one's enjoyment of a show, and the cast absolutely made that possible. The emoting this cast did... I'm really impressed.

MUSIC (+effects): 7/10. There was an obvious limit to the OST used, but I think the choice for mainly instrumentals was a really good one. Those were atmospheric and whoever was responsible for editing these in, did a great job at using them to enhance, not distract. OSTs can be quite annoying if it's the same one or two vocal songs over and over again, so using mainly these instrumental ones made it more lowkey, which works really well for a suspense-focused series. Speaking of suspense: I am sO impressed by the special effects. It's often one of the first things to cut down on when on a budget, but it's obvious there was a story to be told that necessitated them, and they worked GREAT. Also, the moon was super pretty...

I think I forgave this series a lot of things that I wouldn't if this was another series. However, I do that because the team behind this one obviously had a clear idea and were passionate about it. "Till the world ends" is really unique in its field, and I think that's why it deserves to be given some slack.

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Amazing series of love and loss and value of life.

After watching this series 2 times I had found that I had fell is love with it the 2nd time around, after really understanding the amazing story it gives with the touching value of love. This series takes you on an adventure of life with pain, loss, love, joy and the value of ones life. I had cried and laughed so much watching this series. The first time I was hurt and after rea watching it a year later I found that i finally understand its message and the meaning behind it. For a low budge series and a small cast it was amazing done. The chemistry is there with a ride of emotions. The only down fall was knowing in the end that the characters would die, but life and death are the true meaning. This series was an adventure of emotion and understand that we most enjoy our life as it can all go in a moment time. This series was amazing and worth rewatching. This was a beautiful bl series.

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Finally an actually exciting and unique bl!!

Okay.. Till the World Ends really saved 2022 for me, it was just amazing. The plot, the acting, the chemistry, the shots and the beautiful cinematography! Art and Golf's relationship started really toxic (Like literally, Golf hit Art's head with a guitar, gave him amnesia and then basically kidnapped him) but it surprisingly worked. Their chemistry is amazing (I mean let's be honest Art can hold chemistry even with a tree, he is just amazing) their acting is soo good like I normally don't cry in a bl that often but this series made me cry multiple times..

I also like the fact that even though this is a series about the end of the world but the atmosphere is always cozy and bright so you don't feel suffocated. I also like the horror/suspense parts like those jumpscares actually made me jump. This was a very whumpy show but I loved that part! You constantly worry about whether the characters will survive because no one is safe.

Some scenes were kept very long but that didn't bother me because there are only 6-7 characters in the whole series and half of them are already dead by the time we get to the middle of the series. That's why it didn't bother me that the same characters stayed for a long time and talked in a scene. Most of those who gave this series a low rating also say that the series has some logical mistakes, but let's face it, this is a show about the apocalypse, so it's normal to have some logic errors. It did not bother me tbh.

I just hope that we get a second season because Art and Best had the best chemistry and it's very hard to find a bl where all the actors are actually really good actors.

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Sorry I don't understand how people are watching this

Apocalypse, violent criminals and BL. As the first of its kind, I was definitely intrigued.

But after 5 episodes, I thought to myself: Ah, screw this. Life is too short to waste any more time on BLs that don't make me happy. I’m going to move on.

The unfortunate thing about TTWE is that I just couldn’t get behind Golf as a character. He’s a pretty face for sure, but something about his character was just so annoying. First point of irritation: Him being the most narcissistic, self-absorbed liar ever. Second point of irritation: How did Golf even start falling for Art?

The best part of every BL is watching the characters fall in love with each other. Not only was this frustratingly absent in this romance, but the chemistry between Art and Golf is seriously off. Honestly, even the old woman and her dog had a better relationship.

My full review here: https://asianblreviews.wordpress.com/2022/12/09/till-the-world-ends-2022-bl-review/

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How has this drama managed to get a score of 7.4?

The pacing was awful, and I had to stop as soon as they wanted to 'marry'? I know they only have like a few days left, but chill guys. You've lowkey just met. Plus what I didn't get is how Golf's hate for Art disappeared as soon as he hurt him. Maybe regret or guilt I think. But I guess he didn't blame him for the breakup? Just the 7 day curse I guess. Wouldn't recommend to anyone so far. And definitely will not be watching this again any time soon, if I'm honest with you..This could have been done so much better, but no. Pacing was as good as the avengers age of ultron. Spoiler alert; not good pacing.

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