BL Drama Lovers Club

 FortPeatForever:

Welcome to the club :)

Thank you!

 MeNotYou:

As Long As We Both Shall Live

SEEN It! Loved it !! CRIED HARD 

 p43425:

I have a special place in my heart for the stories of young first love that I totally missed out on in my own teens. *sigh* As to Earth in "My Only 12%": Yeah, he was 25 at the time it was filmed, but nevertheless, I thought he was really really good in the role. I totally loved his chemistry with Santa.

I am NOT an Earth fan, but I honestly did like him in 12% too.... and better that Earth than my beloved EarthMix, Earth wearing school shorts. ? @Simi_Tutu

 MeNotYou:

It feels like they just relied on the popularity of MosBank to make it a success.

This statement right here could not be more true!

From early on I have been saying that they are trying to do more than one series in one. The story-lines of the office romance and the paranormal are so disjointed. The script is also lacking. Honestly I come here every week and talk about how aesthetically pleasing the cinematography is and how I wish the script was just as good.

Regarding Battle of the Writers, I feel that the trailer was very misleading. I was very apprehensive about the series when it was announced because of YimTutor track record but then I saw the trailer and decided to give it a shot; well that was a regrettable decision. I am one of those persons who cannot drop a series no matter what. The perfectionist in me will not allow it, so now I am stuck with this mess.

 MeNotYou:

The Auditors

I will have to check this one out.

 Simi_Tutu:

Oh, an investigative drama. How is the pacing? I have the worst attention span. Whenever I try to watch a Chinese drama, there are just too many episodes. I love police investigation murder mysteries, so maybe I'll like this one.

The  pacing so far has been good but I am just at episode 6 out of 30 so let me not make any declaratory statements just yet. 

I rarely watch Chinese Romance dramas because too many episodes and slow burn plus there is oftentimes some huge emotional baggage/trauma in the story-line. I have to be in the mood for it. The last one I watched was Here to Heart.

 Simi_Tutu:

I ended up dropping "My Love Mix Up" two episodes before it ended

I see my decision to strike it from my watchlist continues to be validated lol.

 American Fan:

Sorry, this is a long reply

I see you are developing my long post syndrome lol.

 American Fan:

This reminds me that my fav thing about Halloween is the candy corn!! Yum! Yum!

I have never had candy corn. I have always wanted to try it.

 Simi_Tutu:

 I've found that I now enjoy more mature storylines that focus on adult conflict. I've noticed that BL  has been taking a new direction lately. I'm excited to see more fantasy and action-packed plots, as that's more to my taste.

I am 100% with you on this statement.

 Simi_Tutu:

I hope I don't offend anyone by saying this, but those blue shorts for the school uniforms throw me off now. Ever since I saw them on a certain actor, *Cough* Earth *Cough* Some of the actors are just too old to be wearing them.

OMG are you reading my mind lol. Yes, some of those actors have no damn business in those shorts. Even great camera and makeup work cannot hide the fact that they are a little too old to be playing those characters. There are too many young actors trying to make it for production companies to be doing this.

 p43425:

I totally missed out on in my own teens. *sigh*

Well I have just entered adulthood and I have never held hands much less a kiss but then again I avoid all romantic advances like the plague lol. My dream is to die as a wealthy, virgin bachelor.

 MeNotYou:

tho some of them are YASSSS! and fan yourself worthy

I have a feeling we are going to get along just fine. (no one say anything let that side of me be discovered gradually *evil laugh*)

 MeNotYou:

But then you get absolute disasters like Playboyy and the raunch was almost off putting because of the way it was done and with no plot to be found anywhere. It felt like some horny teenagers were in charge and I found myself just rolling my eyes at the whole thing. 

Right! It was an insult to a NC scene enthusiast such as myself. I am still pissed.

 RXinw:

From early on I have been saying that they are trying to do more than one series in one. The story-lines of the office romance and the paranormal are so disjointed. The script is also lacking. Honestly I come here every week and talk about how aesthetically pleasing the cinematography is and how I wish the script was just as good.

Exactly! That's what I call lazy writing. They should've just stuck with the office romance and left the Naga storyline to The Sign. 

 RXinw:

Regarding Battle of the Writers, I feel that the trailer was very misleading.

I never saw the trailer (this is exactly one of the reasons I usually avoid trailers), so that could be why I'm still ok with it, tho if I'm being honest, it wouldn't hurt my feelings if say something happened and I wasn't able to continue watching it....lol. It doesn't give me that "ugh how am I going to wait an entire week" or even an "I can't wait to see what's going to happen next" feeling, but I don't mind it over all. Definitely not worthy of a rewatch tho, that's for sure. 

 RXinw:

The Auditors
I will have to check this one out.

Definitely do so. If you like mysteries and/or light action shows, I think you'll like it.

 MeNotYou:

absolute disasters like Playboyy and the raunch was almost off putting because of the way it was done

But it was rather entertaining in a train-wreck kind of way. This is what happens when BDSM scenes are done by people who learned about BDSM from Wikipedia.

 MeNotYou:

once KBLs get even more comfy in the genre, they will surpass everything because like the Japanese, they know their ish when it comes to storylines and productions

I think already now, KBLs really excel at delivering consistently high quality. Unless one places a high value on snogging or NC scenes, it's rare that a KBL disappoints. Thailand: Quantity. Korea: Quality. Japan: Originality.

 RXinw:

I have never had candy corn. I have always wanted to try it.

It's disgusting. Don't do this to your body. (OK, I admit that I liked it as a kid, when I didn't know better.)

 RXinw:

I see you are developing my long post syndrome

No worries. You remain unsurpassed, the "cordon bleu" of long posters.

 MeNotYou:

Definitely not worthy of a rewatch tho, that's for sure. 

(re "Battle of the Writers") I'm thinking I actually will rewatch it when it's finished so that I can make more sense of the garbled storylines (especially the virtual collaboration and the story-within-the-story). And despite the many flaws of this series, I'm lovin' Tutor and Yim (pitter patter goes my heart).

 Emma:

Day 28. If you could have ONE BL character (not actor) as your partner who would you choose and why?

None, because they're all gay.

As one of the few guys in this group, I don't have this problem.

The problem I do have, however, is with the oppressive wording of this question. American Fan is denying my basic human rights by forcing me to choose just one from my harem (currently at 38).

But if you're really going to force me: Pharm. Because he's an adorable cinnamon roll ... and he can cook.