TV review

Basic Instinct

Lost in time, students and teachers reveal their true identity

Did you know?: The film Hyoryu Kyoshitsu, or Drifting Classroom was made in 1987.

Review by Suwitcha Chaiyong

Human nature can be rather deceiving. People pretend to be nice and hide their true feelings or they act naturally when they are around other people. However, when people are caught in a life-threatening situation or if they are provoked, people tend to reveal their true identity.

This is what happens to a group of teachers and a remedial class full of students during a winter break on the new TV series Long Love Letter. The group experiences an earthquake, gets sucked into a time warp and enters into another dimension in an unusual desert environment. Everyone tries to survive by cooperating with each other or by fending for themselves alone.

The new iTV series from Japan is adapted from the suspense/horror style Japanese comic books titled Hyoryu Kyoshitsu, or Drifting Classroom. But the iTV show has a more romantic storyline than the comic books. The series is interesting to watch because it arouses the viewers' curiosities with unexpected events.

Besides its interesting themes, Long Love Letter has great special effects and fine acting. Find out what happens to the class at 9:30 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays on iTV.

VOCABULARY

deceive (v): to make somebody believe something that is not true
provoke (v): to say or do something that you know will annoy somebody so that they react in an angry way
reveal (v): to show something that previously could not be seen
remedial (adj): connected with school students who are slower at learning than others
time warp (n): an imaginary situation, described, for example, in science fiction, in which it is possible for dimension (n): a measurement in space for example, the height, width or length of something
arouse (v): to make you feel more active and want to start doing something