BL Drama Lovers Club

 Chun Mo Rionnag:

Yes, I asked earlier in this thread on page 709 (the day of its release) if anyone else was watching it, but got no response.

I thought someone may have...but I'm too lazy to dig around, sorry! But I'm watching too. :-)

 American Fan:

I thought someone may have...but I'm too lazy to dig around, sorry! But I'm watching too. :-)

Actually, I'm going to stop watching the instalments, wait until it's finished and then pay to watch the full version.

 American Fan:

Do you know how many parts there are?

I don't. 

 axdxex:

April BL Drama Challenge

Day 18 - BL Drama That Was  Major Let Down

My Tooth Your Love. Am I going to be controversial for this one?

Hmm, I don't really disagree with anything you say. But ...

Yes, I also thought they tried to push in too much story (and backstory) without fully developing everything, although I think it was still a good attempt at understanding the psychology of the two leads. And yes, the two side couples were inadequately developed  - especially Alex and RJ. (I really liked RJ, not not only because he's super cute but also because he's a really interesting character - but Alex, gah, why did he keep throwing in random English?  Do Taiwanese people really talk this way?) I also felt that some aspects of the story felt rather forced, especially the dental theme and the strange equestrian thing near the end.

And yet, although I wasn't so keen on the series at the start, I actually really enjoyed it - and although the main love story wasn't the best, I thought it was alright. I was probably too generous in my rating, but I prefer to focus more on the good and what I liked, and in the end, I thought it was a pretty good story with pretty good characters and character development, generally good production quality, a unique style  - and finally, I liked the way everything came together nicely in the final episode.

So there. *stick-out-tongue emoji*

 American Fan:

DAY 19 - BL Drama Better Than Expected

The Wedding Plan, which I dropped after the first episode, but went back to much later and unexpectedly loved it

I also loved "Wedding Plan", but my expectations weren't particularly low, so I can't really say that it was so much "better than expected".

I'm actually struggling with this question a bit and trying to think of specifically when my expectations are low, and I can think of three reasons: (1) bad reviews or MDL ratings (for stuff already out there, i.e. not applicable for new releases), (2) a BL from a start-up studio or with first-time actors or from a struggling country (e.g. Cambodia or Myanmar), and (3) like you, when the first episode makes a really bad impression on me, but I continue watching and start to like the series more and more, either because it gets better or (quite often) because I start to recalibrate myself to the series, so that when I go back and rewatch the first episode, I see it differently.

As an example of the very last variation (recalibration), there's a current series that comes to mind: "1000  Years Old".  When I watched the newly released first episode, there were no MDL ratings, so I didn't know what to expect, but I'm not really a vampire person, and it's from a start-up low-budget studio, so my expectations were low. And indeed, I first thought it was pretty stupid and shlocky - but I continued watching, and by Episode 3 or 4, I started to really love it, mainly because I recalibrated myself to watch it as a cute, goofy comedy-spoof and not to try to take it seriously. Probably many or most others (if anyone is watching it?) will still think it's stupid and shlocky, but not me. Now I love it. (Please do not throw any rotting fruit at me!) So what the heck, this is my pick for today's challenge. 

April BL Drama Challenge

Day 19 - BL Drama That Was  Better Than You Expected

Unforgotten Night. I started this drama with low expectations from reading reviews, and then I witness these shortcomings myself in the first few episodes. I think all the complaints about this show are valid:  it is low budget, the BDSM aspect of the plot was always an afterthought (I thought it was an important factor because of Kamol's whole stich about people not being able to handle his kinks and then he proceeded to be vanilla for 90% of the show), Kamol was way to nice for a mafia boss.

Despite all this-- I enjoyed this show. I would even recommend this show. I'm not 100% sure on why-- but maybe it's because it's wattpad sugary fantasy coded and I'm programed to eat that up. It's cheesy but it's  entertaining. 

Still rated this a 7/10 though because I try to rate objectively. All its points come from its entertainment value.

 p43425:

So there. *stick-out-tongue emoji*

LMAO I knew someone would like this show-- it's rated super high and the comments on MyDramalist are generally good. Goes to show, "Different strokes for different folks."

 axdxex:

BL Drama That Was  Better Than You Expected

Unforgotten Night.

Actually, this is another possibility I was considering. I started off rolling my eyes at how "unforgettably bad" it was ... but then I realized that, if one watches it not as an actual mafia series but rather as a spoof (even though it wasn't), it is, as you say, cheesy but reasonably entertaining (and with some cuties, too). That being said, it wasn't really good either.

 angeliviki2022:

DAY 19 - BL Drama Better Than Expected

Sing My Crush

I really liked this one, too! Nice love story, beautiful music - and Baram is adorably cute!