Addicted Heroin (2024)

MEGA LETDOWN

So boring and dull, the camerawork and lighting are amateur production level. The cast are stiff and have no chemistry.
Music is Meh.

Why did they even bother if their budget was so low, just wait for Japan to adapt it like they are with LITA.

Why is August always half naked in ep 2? I think 90% of the budget is on insurance for Augusts chest.

Poppy is a dumb name but it suits the immature/inexperienced actor playing him, although he has a long line of dramas he has been in its most likely due to mummy and daddy pushing their darling boy for fame.

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good but not really similar with original

I know i watch this because the original one is not....... yeah like that. i watch it uncut version and it's better than cut version.
So, first of all this series is not really similar with Chinese Original Version ( because they have different cultures and weather so i can accept that ). The actors acting is pretty good but not that good. there's a lot different scene that i feel different from original, but that's oke. the pacing is lil bit long but still comfy to watch that ( Sometimes long pacing makes me feels uncomfy and i just skipped it ). Yeah, overall 8.5 for this show till 4 eps that i watch. But i still look forward to it

And y'all commenting about the real of ages actor, please they just working and not actual couple. thai have rule about NC and it's 17+ ( for actual couple ) but remember that they just working, working( Moreover, this is the first debut for the poppy cast ). So, yeah!

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A series totally worth wasting your time on. I spent two days finishing this series in 1.5x speed and in that time-frame, I could let this series become as a background noise.

Even though it isn't your typical love story due to its taboo highlights, it doesn't mean the story should be bad. The main plot can easily be grasped by normal viewers, but some subplots totally were not worth the time! Those minutes used for those plots that did not even let the story progress would've easily been scrapped. It was totally not related in any way or form to the development of the story. Furthermore, the ending and the beginning are so confusing; both didn't coincide with one another in any shape or form. There are a lot of holes in the series that were not expanded in as well.

Nevertheless, the acting of the two main actors is really well defined and was not awkward at all, but there are times that Pop's acting does not convey their feelings that well. Hero's actor, on the other hand, managed to surpass his acting each episode. The OST is one of the cutest and most calming instrumentals there is in any series I have watched.

Overall, it was a really good watch and fun as well, other than the things I have said above.

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Where to begin?

Alright, let’s get to it.

First off, Mac should not be in this show. His parents never should have agreed to let him be in this show as a minor regardless of the age of consent. So essentially, I blame the parents for their decision.

Yes, Mac is 16 and the same age as his character, Bai Luo Yin from the novel, but I personally think given the amount of NC scenes in the novel especially one scene in particular (IYKYK), no 16 year old needs to play that out on screen for adults, men AND women, to take advantage of for their own benefits.

Second off, the director being 35 but having a history of casting underage actors at 16 or 17 is a red flag. And the producers should also be looked at for even letting this happen.

Note that if they are 17 but in college then that’s another debate for a later time.

All of these things have been mentioned again and again and this show should be cancelled because of these factors.

I feel bad for August because he is a great actor and definitely carries Gu Hai’s spirit from what I saw in the first episode.

Now if they would have just used August for the eight years afterwards with other actors his age, this would have been a hit show.

So we now have three shows:
Addicted (Mainland China) with it ending with BLY’s ex returning.
Stay with Me (Taiwan) with it ending with the car crash.
And now this adaptation from Thailand , which we have no idea how far they are going to go with only 10 episodes.

And to point out that the author of the novel is not even a screenwriter for this adaptation as she was for the first two adaptations is definitely questionable, unless of course she was asked to be a part and she said no. (If anyone knows that situation, let me know.)

This whole thing would have been welcomed if they just went with the second part of the novel with the main characters as young adults and the aftermath of what happened to them. And we could even have had the development of the second “couple”, You Qi and Yang Meng that happens after the wedding of BLY and Gu Hai.

All this to say the age gap between August and Mac will always be criticized because it’s too morally conflicting despite Thailand’s law.

I really do hope Mac is able to voice any opinions he has on being a part of this show. I always say let the actors speak for themselves without any hindrance from agents, producers, and of course the media.

And if you’re asking, if I’m still going to continue the series? Well, given the fact that it’s not or no longer available in the US on WeTV or YouTube, unless pirated on different websites then no. But I will be reading the comments throughout the ten weeks it’s on air for the people who can watch it to see what this production did.

Thanks for reading my review.

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Decepcionante

Esta serie es un intento de adaptar la novela Are You Addicted?, que ya cuenta con dos versiones previas: Addicted y Stay with Me, ambas chinas. Las series anteriores sufrieron de la censura china, dejando la primera sin terminar (solo llegó hasta el episodio 15) y la segunda sin una segunda temporada (cubre el primer libro de la novela, dejando el segundo pendiente). No obstante, ambas se han consolidado como dos series importantes en la industria BL, con Addicted convirtiéndose en una serie de culto y Stay with Me conocida por su gran calidad. Cuando se anunció que Tailandia lanzaría esta serie, todos los fans de la novela y de las series anteriores tenían la esperanza de que, al estar en una industria más abierta, se entregaría una serie de calidad y completa. Desafortunadamente, las cosas se torcieron desde el episodio 1.

Esta serie presenta problemas claros tanto en el guión como en la dirección. Las decisiones sobre qué contar y cómo contar la historia simplemente han sido pobres. Se han priorizado ciertos contextos mientras que se han omitido elementos fundamentales que capturan el corazón de esta historia, empezando por los personajes. El personaje de "Pop" o "Poppy" (Bai Luo Yin en la novela) ha sido reducido a un personaje amorfo, sin personalidad y sin los rasgos definitorios que explican el amor, la obsesión y la relación con Hero (Gu Hai en la novela). Hero mantiene su espíritu y el actor que lo interpreta lo intenta, pero no es suficiente ante un mal trabajo de producción. La fuerza de ambos personajes, sus fracturas, dolores, resiliencia, dignidad y locura —todas las cosas que los construyen y los hacen ser quienes son— se borran de un plumazo, haciendo que la historia, en ocasiones, sea incomprensible.

Toda la historia se reduce a escenas superficiales, carentes de profundidad y textura, convirtiendo esta serie en una más entre muchas sin ninguna relevancia. Las adaptaciones pueden tomarse libertades y hacer cambios. Eso está bien, y hay muchos ejemplos donde esto se hace con éxito, a veces, incluso mejorando la adaptación respecto a la novela original. Pero, si decides contar una historia que no es cualquier historia en el mundo BL, una que ya tiene dos series previas exitosas a pesar de la censura, el reto es hacerlo bien y mostrar una propuesta convincente. En este caso, simplemente, no se logró. Me siento mal por los actores. Espero que tengan más oportunidades en el futuro.

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