Slow Burner
Enjoyed the slow burn of this love story. Some great acting throughout the series. An easy dreamy series to watch with a nice tea or coffee by the window on a rainy day. You’ll get sucked into the characters and before you know it, it’s over. Would have enjoyed seeing their next steps and what all the characters do next.Was this review helpful to you?
Crazy Messy in a Good Way
Bahahaha I think the review by Shiro is the best in explainjng this hilarious mess https://mydramalist.com/profile/Shirioink.But messy in such a good way haha. Watching the cast deliver their lines and then laugh at themselves is a bit of a stroke of pure genius from the director who I see is the third generation film company owner Xion. Letting the end of some of the scenes make it through the editing process is really pure genius because the cast you can tell can’t believe what they’re saying and find it funny themselves It does feel like they have created some of the script themselves on the go, which I think was pure brilliance.
As an actor myself there were so many cringe worthy moments, but if I was in that cast, I would’ve had the best time. One of the funniestly bad BL series out there but in my top 100 for sure lol keep up the great work Xion!
If anything, they should’ve stuck to Tagalog and Spanish only as it really conveyed am authentic storyline as the English acting wasn’t as competent or needed really. And by the way, there are a few musical numbers so be ready for them.
The GLBTIQA+ message of inclusion is good but could have been cleaner and clearer.
Xion, if you need an English speaking GLBTIQA+ assistant hit me up. I’d love to help out on your next project. You’re amazing.
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China reverted back to rhe 70s with over censorship
China really has to be ashamed. Real people everyday do not live without full expression of themselves. Only through repression can productions like this be made. It’s goes against human rights and is so demeaning to GL TIQA+ people in China. I’m so afraid for them them, it’s 2024 and illegal to live like they want to. If we don’t do anything ourselves imagine what fatalities will incur to the GLBTIQA+ chinese people in the future, join me in standing up for their rights as free living people.Was this review helpful to you?
Lots of Detectiving (not a real word ?)
Really enjoyed the ML and his friendships, would have enjoyed more of that.The detective part was on point and lots of dun to watch and try and figure out as the stories evolved.
Only downside was the FL. She seems more to be playing the role of a servant rather than a lead role. Her posture is also not the greatest. Her neck cranes forward a lot and isn’t in alignmnet with her spine, her centre wasn’t strong during this filimjng. There are many short FLs in C dramas, but I never really noticed their height however I did in this and I feel it’s because she just didn’t have any real acting strength in this series. The second, third and fourth female leads were far stronger and more intersting especially the 2nd FL, she could have easily taken the lead role in this.
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Khemistry in Spades
Ep 1 - c’mon horror theme, I never get goosebumps but that opening scene was scary, cool AND funny lol. But seriously, how beautiful can an actor lewk walking down a dark alley in Thailand! Namping is serving face chile.And lordy did I get get chills seeing Namping/Khem’s father as a monk. It was shocking, scary and heart wrenching all at once and we’re only 1 episode in.
The red toolbox, chills again…seriously I’m really difficult to scare but ok, Ima keep watchin ya 😟😥😂.
Masters spirit dolls are the cutest.
Background music and OST, honestly from the trauma of ballad ridden The Next Prince and it’s clunky sound scene changes and BG music that is a character in itself, Mandee Work I was skeeerddd for this one, BUT, refreshingly it’s all really quite good, with a bit of silly so TNPs bigger budget doesn’t always mean better Mandee Work.
We have story, a plot and good acting, winning!
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Keng and Namping finally have their own series. We’ve been waiting since they were paired in 2023’s DMD Friendship The Reality after their excellent showcase highlighting their Northern heritage Keng from Phayao on the Laos border and Namping from Mae Hong Son on the Myanmarr border. It was a cute showcase vying to win starring in a series, go have a look at their early Khemistry (see what I did there 🤣). In the series they were up against #ThomasKong no less and see where they are now!
Personally, I think Namping is very beautiful on screen and Keng comes across as stoic and mature. I’m really looking forward to seeing how they’re acting has evolved in this horror comedy series.
I’ll post the release timeline here when it’s published (or if someone sees it message me 🙏🏾😂). It is expected to be after The Next Prince. Plus you’ll also be able to catch them in the upcoming Magic Lover which looks hilarious. They also have their own Vlog on YouTube @domunditv.
It’s a highly anticipated series with the pilot receiving 4.8 million views on YouTube to date:
https://youtu.be/WADsk88cA0c?si=BpGolPFvB6IjkDyO
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This is PingNut!
Ep 2 - yes silly but with extra silly sass! The more Ping is angrier the better the sillyness gets. It’s not gonna be an award winner but is pretty fun.After watching episode 1 it really isn’t disappointing. It’s definitely not for everyone and has got a targeted audience. The simplicity and dumbing down of some of the themes in the first episode are understandable in it’s reach for a wider audience so I’m looking forward to seeing how this can be progressed. Really impressed with the production value of the opening sequin(ce) and right from the start we get a gist of what this is all about. One of the aspects I do enjoy about Beyond Cloud is their pace of story telling, it’s never too slow and keeps on moving.
The cast I’m intrigued to see what they have up their shirtless sleeves lol I’m really looking forward to seeing how they’re acting has developed since Pit Babe original series.
I’m imagining a lot of people won’t like the Thai comedy that’s in this series, it’s definitely not to everyone’s taste but for me it’s really refreshing to see and enjoy given the copious amount of new semi-serious BL series being produced and China’s censorship BL crackdown (again) so this is giving us a Queens sized heel full of sillyness with a message about acceptance so best watched with a glass of wine and big dose of don’t take it too seriously.
After enjoying the trailer, online content and YouTube this does not let us down, OTT camp.
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Kill Me Now!
Where to start. Thank you BL Gods and Gagaoolala for getting this one thru!Production value is good. Great to see both MLs taking on leading roles, I’ve enjoyed their other series. The script is a bit basic so far. Acting a little clunky. It’s only 12 episodes so not expecting a complicated story line.
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What A Knockout!
Ep 4 - Ughhh how can this keep getting better! Thun with his soft plushie side, I can’t stand it, yes I can, no I can’t, yes I can…’blow on it for me’ STOPIT, NODONT 🤣😳😂.Likes: all of it
Not so much: I like it alll.
Funny/special moment: The Heartless Left Hook - sounds like a s€x position lmao 😳🤩🤣.
Ep 3 - the story is developing intriguingly.
Episode 2 - oh my heartbeat. My blood pressure can’t cope with the drama or the hard hitting action 😰♥️🤣.
Likes: all. Not so much: Nothing.
Funny/weird moment: Ms Muay - on Keen’s mobile as ‘Loan Shark Bitc$’ is perfect haha lol. I’m glad she’s not over acting her role as the script alone is tight and just needs enough nuance from her to really make her evil #loveher #hateher.
Episodes 1 - what a start!
With the title of ‘Knockout’, you better have some good action and amazingly it does.
When Gun, playing ML Thun turns to Keen, played by Nice Boripat Jamsat in the first scene I got chills, he reminds me of a famous Southeast action star, I just can’t remember who. I’m in love lol 🥷🥊♥️.
Likes: so many, a first for me.
* OMG Samart Payakaroon Muay Thai boxing legend playing Uncle Petch is da bomb 💥.
* It has a gorgeous music score moving from classical guitar, to modern pop, to ambient and atmospheric.
* All new leads are very strong, the older Thai actors are da bomb diggety, so good.
* So much subtext is happening between the support cast of characters Pakorn, Ait, Boong, Marwin and Klao directed so sharply by not so suprisingly Tee Bundit Sintanaparadee.
* Ms Muay - what a bitc$ bahahaha she’s so good, I hate her lmao but really.
Not so much: ummm…nothing. It’s fiercely antonist driven and I have a feeling my hearts going to be wrenched from one corner of the boxing ring to another!
Funny/weird moment: sah cute seeing some of the ‘Joker’ series set.
I have high hopes for this now, may the power of ‘word of mouth’ be strong form this BL and if not thank you to the writer, production team and cast for an outstanding piece of script, direction and acting, brava.
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An Olympic Kick Start
A movie length episode 1 and I’m here for it. Solid 8 from me for now. Need to watch a bit more to get my head around some of the characters but great back stories so far and the comedy is fun! Soundtrack is looking hot too.The trailer is here fyi:
https://youtu.be/SgM_bXTyLyc?si=zrBSmZwBqrwhlxCK
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Ep 1 - Very cute start. A light hearted comedy romp tackling a hard (pun intended) topic that affects men, impotency. So fun and interesting seeing this issue being tackled lol.
Likes: The swap, Max’s cheeks.
Not so much: Wearing underwear in the bath. Subtitles and headings are a little off and incorrect spelling.
Well I’ve never seen this type of BL before! I like both of these actors so looking forward to seeing what magic they can pull off this time. Earth is looking fab and fierce as the older brother.
Trailer is out and starts airing on IQIYI 17 June.
https://youtu.be/KdDNFAs_VlE?si=CYT8A0XibCV-B8hb
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Same Chemistry Different Time
Gosh I remember when that all happenend to Lai Kuan Lin, poor kid, he was so young then but this shows his maturity. I hope he can see past this and that Cube offer him something more as would be a shame not to have him take part and make a more solid ending plus give him a bit of earnings/coin, I mean he deserves it. Either way the kid should be so proud of himself 🙏🏾❤️👍🏾.Now with 2 extremely talented and popular actors, so glad their calendars aligned.
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Dark Twists Are Coming
I’m really wondering if there are good people in this world! It’s like a now reflection of South Korean society, very interesting.Well I’m here for great actors/acting, direction, story telling but most of all THE DOLLS lol.
The jump rope song is scaaaary already. Is Cheol-su going to have crazy eyes like his girlfriend Young-hee? What treachery does he posses and is Thanos/T.O.P. Really back in 2 episodes as flashbacks ‘Let’s getit’.
Here’s the trailer if you missed it.
https://youtu.be/zgGTVaG2UiQ?si=qZB5OkuQIuqlt_cw
Squid Game 3 director Hwang Dong-hyuk and stars Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Kang Ae-sim, Park Sung-hoon and special Season 2 guest T.O.P. watch and react to the final season's trailer for the first time. T.O.P. just says Thanos lines the whole time 🤣😂😅.
https://youtu.be/wQ2ShvYOuqk?si=FPN_rDz-ZvFA2qea
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Super cute
The trailer is super cutehttps://youtu.be/575t2o-E6yM?si=-oaN_BPelS1xvVzV
An 7 so far from me based on the trailer. Will update once it begins.
Desc: It is said that “All-Service House” accepts any task, whether it’s walking dogs, finding cats, or… even stabbing people. Da Hei reluctantly takes on these odd jobs to earn medical funds, unaware that his roommate Xiao Bai is secretly an operative sent by the intelligence agency to take them down. After completing mission after mission, the two rookies’ growing dependence on each other deepens each day. But can they be together? Will they choose to reform their ways or continue down the dark path?
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The Korean Daddy
Started well but veered off to low budget land. Final rating 6/10.Ep 4 - the romance is heating up, some nice chemistry hapenning and the story is developing but I can sense some tears are coming!
K Dad is still hot lol.
Still a lot of negative comments and low ratings and Indefinitely know some sre from seeing the dubbed version which is terrible, so people just watch the WeTV version only trust me it’s like a normal BL series, the dubbed version has got lots of terrible sound issues.
Hmm 3 eps in and it’s middle of the road for me.
I see a lot of comments that people are confused as to why this hasn’t been doing very well and why it’s not well known. I think we have to remember that some series get backing through their marketing campaigns and some series actually put a huge budget towards promoting the series through many different avenues and media types, promoting the lead actors, live appearances, sponsors and marketing the OST. Without that kind of backing it has to rely on word-of-mouth and online activity which can only get you so far. Without some serious coin it has to fall back to the cast, production value and word of mouth. But these need to be done extremely well. There are many smaller budget BLs that have achieved this so it’s not impossible.
I also think the semi dubbed version that was released was seen without knowing about the Gaga version like me so at first I woukd have given this a very low rating.
It is still early days for this one so who knows.
Likes: script is pretty good with an interesting grass roots bad boy done good storyline.
Not so much: some minor issues, the sound and background music is more like a background concert so over emphasises/overbears the scene. Acting is solid in parts then drops. Casting 43 yo for 28 yo is just too far a reach. Major issue for me is the editing, many earlier Thai BLs struggled with this and they still haunt me so I’m getting those kinds of flashbacks lol.
Outcome: I’ll keep watching, the story is too intriguing and Korean daddy is daddy’ing 🤣.
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K Drama at it's Violently Comedic Best
Coming from Australia and not being Korean I have been amazed at the amount of excellent k drama writing, directing and acting talent taking the world by storm. 'Study Group' is my new 'Squid Game', the high school version.It begins with the hilarious script, with comedy parts no doubt penned by Oh Bo Hyun, from 'Island' and the hilarious 'Behind Your Touch'. How she came into partnership with this quite brutally bullying gangster action drama was a stroke of someone's genius. Without her this would be a tough watch as it is very physically and emotionally brutal.
This leads me to Wanna One and Nu'est god (haha) Hwang Min Hyun. He's racked up quite a few great roles and awards and rightly so. His comedic timing and screen dead pan face is a killer, literally lol. There are many scenes where his inner monologue is screaming, but with dead pan eyes, then BOOM out it comes. I can only guess this would have been tiring for him to film on many levels, but I'm hoping he gets award kudos for this role (after he finishes his military service I guess, excuse my ignorance here).
I could go on about all of the actors as there are some heavy hitters in this great cast but I'm not really a review type of person, however, I do want to mention Ju Yeon Woo, I may have had some tears at the end of ep. 8, his story arch comes pretty fast with a big wallop at the end, cheers to him! I'm also guessing Shin Su-hyun had a great time being a heavy hitter (pun intended) in this drama, she was excellent.
The OST kicks off (pun intended again) with Zerobaseone's Seok Matthew and Park Gunwook's 'Backpacker', awesome track. The killer tho is Bang Yedam's 'Hollo', especially at the end of ep. 8. Can't wait to hear the rest of the tracks.
The violence is horrendous so be warned and I can see why it's not so popular for many viewers, but I can also see why it's currently ranking no.1 in many places. If you can hang in there, there are meanings in there in regards to academia, survival and doing what's right.
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