Three Colour Fantasy

Three Colour Fantasy

6/10

Three Colour Fantasy

Genre:                               Episodes: 9                          Year: 2017

Romance

Comedy

Synopsis:

A drama trilogy consisting of three mini-series. ‘White’- Despite being a grim reaper tasked with escorting souls to the afterlife, Byul does everything in her power to save the life of her favourite singer, Woo Joo. ‘Green’- So In Sung has failed the exam to become a police officer 8 times. He applied for a high-paying part time job and gained superhero-like powers. ‘Gold’- Nan Hee has poor self esteem because she doesn’t think she is very pretty. She comes across a magical ring that makes her pretty and uses its power to pursue her ideal man.

Cast:

Ji Woo (Byul)

Suho (Woo Joo)

Yoon Shi Yoon (So In Sung)

Jo Soo Hyang (Wang So Ra)

Kim Seul Gi (Mo Nan Hee)

Ahn Hyo Shop (Park Se Gun)

 General Thoughts:

I wasn’t quite sure how to review this as they’re all different stories and don’t link together in any way, but I decided on doing them all together as they’re technically part of the same web-series.

Who doesn't like a bit of cutesy romance every now and then?

All the stories were pretty interesting and fun, and even if you didn’t love all of it, there were still parts of each story that you’re bound to enjoy. I’m still not sure if there was some greater theme between the three shows that I just missed completely or if young love was the only connection. Either way, I enjoyed all the stories for the cute 3 hour shows that they were. While all of stories had a lot of cute, ‘Star of the Universe’ had a much more serious tone than the other two making them seem extremely jokey and bright in comparison. ‘Star of the Universe’ really did seem like the odd one out of the bunch, as ‘Vivid Romance’ had a Kim Seul Gi cameo and I think I saw Kang Ki Young somewhere in ‘Queen of the Ring’. 

Kang Ki Young and Yoon Shi Yoon? This is a bromance I can get behind.

What Was Great:

Star of the Universe:

This was by far my favourite of the three. In a short web-drama what I’m really looking for is a sweet romance with lots of cute, and that’s what Part 1 gave us.

Suho is super dreamy

While I still don’t understand how the top star fell for the average stalker, once we got into the cuteness and the romance I was entertained and happy. I wouldn’t write home about either of the leads, but they gave acceptable enough performances for a short series. I remember thinking that I wanted to keep an eye out for how Suho’s acting was going, but then I went and got all distracted by his handsomeness. Whoops. I think it was okay. The general story was just so nice. It had a touch of sadness in it in that the heroine was already dead so we knew we were on borrowed time, but the romance between the two was so super sweet. I also adored the romance between the doctor and the emergency worker. It was just a nice little show about two kids falling in love, and it even had a bit of depth to it. Awesome.

Cast:

I was so on board this drama from the moment I heard the casting news. Yoon Shi Yoon? Yes. Kim Seul Gi? Double yes. I’m still slightly bummed that two of my favs didn’t actually act together (they were in different stories), but I was excited all the same. These two are just built for comedy, though they can both also carry emotion well.

Look at how adorable and tiny she is

Kim Seul Gi made me love her all over again in her segment, as she really nailed home that she is the queen of comedy right from episode 1. Can she have a lead role in a big drama now, please? The supporting actors were all pretty solid too, and made for a very well acted show.

What Wasn’t:

Direction of Story 2:

I would have adored this story had it not been for the small fact that the two leads basically used other people who loved them to get at each other.

I just felt so bad for the rebounds

I’m not usually a fan of rekindled romances (hello, you broke up for a reason), and it was just salt in the wound that these guys were dragging two innocent people into their mess and trampling all over their emotions. It was hard to get on board with any of the cute between the leading couple as Yoon Shi Yoon’s character is actually dating another girl for the majority of the series. Both the second girl and second guy were super cute and it was sad to watch their two little hearts get broken at the expense of someone else’s happiness. It was nice that the overall message was that In Sung was fine and able to be loved without his superpowers, but I really wished that they’d come to that conclusion just between the two of them.

Message of Story 3:

This story was almost perfect. It was all going swell until about halfway through when I realised that a pretty serious case of Second Male Lead Syndrome had snuck up on me.

And suddenly I realised I'd been in love with him all along. Shame the heroine didn't feel the same.

There was plenty of comedy to be had in the main male lead thinking that cute little Kim Seul Gi looked like a supermodel, but I was really hanging out for her character to get the love she deserved.

Kim Seul Gi is fabulous and if you don't agree you can get out of my face

And in my eyes, that love came from the guy who put the ring on and saw her exactly as she was and not some hot supermodel-like girl. Sure, we did get to that stage with the main guy at the end, but the hero kept saying stuff that made me believe that he never found her truly pretty. Like ‘you’re pretty in my eyes’. And his whole confidence booster for her was ‘show people that ugly apples have value too’. Like, back off bud she’s a perfectly fine apple, thank you very much. It started to grate on my nerves the way everyone kept calling Kim Seul Gi ugly. Sure, she’s not classically beautiful but that girl is hell adorable and a far way off ugly. It doubly bothered me because this show is bound to have some young viewers, and you’re telling a bunch of young girls who are short and cute and delightful that they aren’t physically appealing. And that’s not cool.

Recommend?

Web-dramas sort of have a different scale to the 16 and up episode dramas, in that you expect less from them. I totally recommend ‘Three Colour Fantasy’ as a cute time-waster series. The stories are nice and short (about three hours each) and have a fair amount of plot in them compared to other web-series I’ve seen. They’re all fun and entertaining in their own ways, and definitely better than most web-dramas out there. 

They're all pretty cute