Glad you enjoyed my review. I preferred Stay with Me to this version.
Do you like reading novels? People say the production team for Stay With Me has never even really planned for a second season because the novel goes insano style afterwards with warfare and something weird, which can not be adapted both because of the dubious story and blockbuster level budget it would have required to film.
I am ANNOYED with all of the fake, soap opera level drama that is used to drag the story even between the main…
1. The key drama drive of the lad not being able to be together because they have girlfriends is not believable. Teens change boyfriends and girlfriends on whim with ease. There is no reason why the lads should be stack with their girlfriends. You do not need them as “beards”, either, because lots of teens do not have girlfriends, it is very regular.
2. Besides, the idea of the lads pretending to be gentlemen does not work because they have already cheated on their girlfriends, so it is useless. And they continue to cheat on the girlfriends because they lie about their feelings.
3. Even when one of the lads learns they the girlfriend of another has cheated on him, he does not inform his friend, which is absurd. You always tell your friend, if you are a friend at all. Others would have told anyway, though, so it all is nonsense.
4. Of course, the lad “forgot” to say to the other one that there was not just one teaching video, there were many with different people, so she could have been forgiven for a “mistake” — a single (!) one. “I only cheated on you with a dozen or two lads! I started to get a sense of slight guilt while doing the last dozen, so it should be obvious that I love you so much!”
5. Even after one lad got free, the second one has continued to date a lass for no reason at all other than to drag the plot. And even when he has decided to break up and was fake drama again with the lad being in doubt, even though he has never loved her. The scenarists have main lads to be annoying by making them imbeciles.
So all of those plot point only serve as a contrived way to drag the plot. I wish the author of the novel came up with a better, more believable solution for that.
As always, you give basically professional reviews, thanks. I will probably skip this series entirely because I am not sure which parts of it are meaningfully better then the 2023 version Stay With Me, even if the kisses had to be fake because of weird casting decisions.
I am not sure why there was a need for this adaptation at all.
Did they delete this in yt? I wanted to rewatch it after how many years but I can't find it anymore 🤧
Lots of series get deleted from YT because the filming duties decide to license them to streaming platforms, while others are still left free to watch as a bait into the BL world.
Who is Tul? Also an actor or he is from a different industry?
This is why I am asking. Good for Mew and Tul. Just sad that too few actual gay actors. Maybe NuNew can be gay? Though he did not confirm just like other suspects.
You do not start a series with scenes in the darkness because people did not yet see the characters, so it is hard for them to pick up who is who. Also, the dark scenes should not include blinking lights because it is super annoying even if you do not get dizzy from this.
Also, no need for the shaking camera. It is not the “found footage” genre, so propers rigs should have been used.
I used to like him due to love sick and his interactions seemed well balanced but it seems those too were just…
R@pe jokes are nearly banned in the USA only in the relatively recent time. Before that, many most famous comics had jokes like that. So just because the culture about it has changed specifically in the USA, and only just five seconds ago in historical scale, it does not mean that it should in other countries.
The intent is important, not the joke itself. Jokes can and often should be offensive. So unless the chap has seriously called for anyone to be r@ped, no repercussions should follow regardless if we like the joke or not. (To be clear, I am not a fan of those jokes at all, none of them are funny to me, but I admit those are jokes and not r@pe threats.)
WHAT did I miss? Why the rabid dog brother did all of sudden change his attitude towards the main lad in episode…
I see people complaining about the characters, especially the main chap.
HOWEVER, this character type is absolutely real. The fact that the series show it so accurately is it’s great strength, not its drawback.
Also, people complain about “unclear” ending, but it is actually pretty clear as the main chap has evolved to be better self, to be honest and open about his feeling with everybody.
And yes, other characters did not get a happy end because it is just like in real life, happens not so often.
We should not confuse this more serious (except for the silly card game premise) series with a typical GMMTV BL drama.
This one is more akin to gay film genre that is not bound by the business-friendly rules of the BL genre that e.g. ban cheater or questionable characters as leaders because it would tamper with the “ships”, fan event ticket and merchandise sales.
2. Besides, the idea of the lads pretending to be gentlemen does not work because they have already cheated on their girlfriends, so it is useless. And they continue to cheat on the girlfriends because they lie about their feelings.
3. Even when one of the lads learns they the girlfriend of another has cheated on him, he does not inform his friend, which is absurd. You always tell your friend, if you are a friend at all. Others would have told anyway, though, so it all is nonsense.
4. Of course, the lad “forgot” to say to the other one that there was not just one teaching video, there were many with different people, so she could have been forgiven for a “mistake” — a single (!) one. “I only cheated on you with a dozen or two lads! I started to get a sense of slight guilt while doing the last dozen, so it should be obvious that I love you so much!”
5. Even after one lad got free, the second one has continued to date a lass for no reason at all other than to drag the plot. And even when he has decided to break up and was fake drama again with the lad being in doubt, even though he has never loved her. The scenarists have main lads to be annoying by making them imbeciles.
So all of those plot point only serve as a contrived way to drag the plot. I wish the author of the novel came up with a better, more believable solution for that.
I am not sure why there was a need for this adaptation at all.
You do not start a series with scenes in the darkness because people did not yet see the characters, so it is hard for them to pick up who is who. Also, the dark scenes should not include blinking lights because it is super annoying even if you do not get dizzy from this.
Also, no need for the shaking camera. It is not the “found footage” genre, so propers rigs should have been used.
The intent is important, not the joke itself. Jokes can and often should be offensive. So unless the chap has seriously called for anyone to be r@ped, no repercussions should follow regardless if we like the joke or not. (To be clear, I am not a fan of those jokes at all, none of them are funny to me, but I admit those are jokes and not r@pe threats.)
HOWEVER, this character type is absolutely real. The fact that the series show it so accurately is it’s great strength, not its drawback.
Also, people complain about “unclear” ending, but it is actually pretty clear as the main chap has evolved to be better self, to be honest and open about his feeling with everybody.
And yes, other characters did not get a happy end because it is just like in real life, happens not so often.
We should not confuse this more serious (except for the silly card game premise) series with a typical GMMTV BL drama.
This one is more akin to gay film genre that is not bound by the business-friendly rules of the BL genre that e.g. ban cheater or questionable characters as leaders because it would tamper with the “ships”, fan event ticket and merchandise sales.
Why the rabid dog brother did all of sudden change his attitude towards the main lad in episode 4?
Though I personally like pron, so I will check this series anyway.