For someone who been through some sh!t Armin be out here too trusting. No care he sounds crazy talking like the…
He's fifty in real lived years, he doesn't give a damn about other people's impressions of him LOL - trust me, when you get to fifty, nothing much matters even if probably important. Because ain't nobody got time for that.
He has to re-learn how to be meek and grow slowly AGAIN. Maybe it hasn't even landed for him either :D
Anyone dares slander Armin:Thada: *murderous look*Weynai: COPY THAT. Okay sweetie, talk some more English to me…
The more it goes on, the more it again looks similar to Rebirth of a Movie Star (the danmei novel.)
The ex-FWB showing up is like the Qiu Qian's FWB in the band who just HAD to show Bai Lang he was once like him. The ML fixing everything up for the MC - also there. The cuter than cute assistant - Hong Hong (with an extra love interest.) The only one still missing is Xiao Hai and I sadly think there won't be a counterpart to him. Charlie or Pharit equals Kang Jian too, like, LOL, it makes me miss that story so much. I just wish they had the guts to do that instead. Or do that one, too.
Because that's one beautiful story.
ETA I still like it very much that Armin goes psycho from time to time, LOL - he DIED people!! He's entitled to freak out when he meets people who might've had a hand in his murder.
But on that note, it wasn't that long ago that he was ruling over parties like that Rolls party like it was nothing. How come he's shy to be in the midst of one again? It wasn't even a few months since his big win and afterparty, LOL.
Okay sweetie, talk some more English to me LOL. And I do cheer him and Janine on! They're so cute, they'd give everyone diabetes if they get together :D
I don't know about (most of) the others, but My Stand-In is pure danmei (based on a Chinese BL novel). And I've…
Do you mean enemies-to-lovers then? Because it sounds more like that.
And if so, this doesn't seem to be one of them. KinnPorsche and TharnType might be like that, not certain about Love in the Air (maybe one of the pairings?) I don't know the others though so I can't say.
My Stand-In still is danmei (though the drama is Thai-made), and no, it's not enemies-to-lovers either (though I'll give that Ming is a shmuck and I loved to hate him in both the novel and the drama, LOL.)
Wow, mid-drama this turned from psycho(logical) dark drama into Shiiku Gakari Rika (TetsuxRika included), but with violence instead of sex and kept on like that through the end. (If you're not actually interested in deep abuse/violent sex/rape/ yaoi, don't look up that manga.)
From the three (I think) highschool fighting dramas I've watched this year, this might be the best. The fights are raw and pretty much as realistic as possible in a drama (you want to hear those punches land, LOL), there are actual reasons for the fights, and the ending kind of sells a possible second season.
(Also is it just me or does UiGyeom kind of looks like JongHo from time to time? I kept coming out from the drama with the feeling I've seen the maknae getting mad at people for real LOL).
Anyway, this deserves a way better rating than the other dramas within the genre that are better known. The only thing it lacks is a catchy rap fighting song, everything else is here. Watch this if you want actual fights.
If there's going to be a second season sometime, I'll watch that.
Totally random ass question: does bls like kinnporsche, tharntype, love syndrome, love in the air, unforgotten…
I don't know about (most of) the others, but My Stand-In is pure danmei (based on a Chinese BL novel). And I've read a lot of MM, BL, danmei, yaoi and whatever else this genre is called but never heard about a slap and kiss sub-genre.
im abt to watch this, would yall say its better than JOL?
Each is very good in their own way. This one is way better though, IMHO (it's my kind of story and my kind of pacing and my kind of character-driven plot.)
Don't expect them to be similar though, because they are not. That's part of what makes them so good.
Every actor in the support cast is so good. Janine is such a ray of sunshine! (And I haven't seen Intanont in anything else YET, but he just got on the list.)
up to ep 16 now and the marquis still hasn't killed zang hai despite the many many reasons to do so simply because…
You know that video of a silverback gorilla watching a caterpillar? When the caterpillar stops moving, he gently pushes it, to get it going and be interesting again LOL.
That's what Zang Hai is to the Marquis... an interesting caterpillar.
So, Thada is the new Mr. Purple Roses, but here we're talking cinema instead of theatre! =DI must admit the second…
What do you mean, LOL, the dialogue in the pool was PERFECT. Thada's lines were so perfectly awkwardly cringe they moved over the line and became Rhett Butler-worthy LOL. (I'm not even joking, I was expecting Armin to stop him at every line and serve him with a B!tch please!! line, hahaha~ but he preferred becoming Nostradamus instead, LOL; He was sooooo cringe it actually got cute :D).
I seriously hope someone in the drama takes note of Armins' rambles and wins big in the dot com bubble before it bursts :D
I don't know what you guys are doing, I'm just here obsessing over the secretary. How freaking CUTE is he??? LOL, the little points and signs trying to manage his boss baby, hahaha! And then the huge announcement - ~yeah the big meeting is cancelled because I have to go buy soy milk, err, I mean something important happened.
He is precious and must be protected. I hope there's someone in the story for him too, he deserves a prize.
OMG it really didn't register that Winner/Pharit is the other Joe in My Stand-In! I saw someone's comment the other week but I didn't really think about it 'cause he doesn't look the same (obviously) but this ep, he turned his head a certain way or did something with an expression IDK, and tha-da! it finally hit :D (yeah I did that LOL).
I also LOVE Armin's inside total war, hahaha~, every time he's meeting one of the past characters he goes berserk... on the inside. On the outside he's yes sir, yes ma'am, sorry sir, thank you guys! while inside thermonuclear weapons are going off like fireworks hahaha~
Yeah, so far Armin/Pond is completely carrying the story, I hope the other characters come out to play, soon. (And I mean ThaDa too, LOL, that 20cms high jump was so awkward LOL - but he deserves it. He doesn't deserve the secretary, I'll take him off his hands, thanks).
1. What made everybody was so scared of ZBW? Why did Shi Quan and Lu Yan work for him? Did they not know ZBW poisoned…
1. They weren't afraid of him, they LOVED him or respected him (in the case of the Lu assassins). In the case of Gao Ming, he was an orphan that Zhao raised up and had him become someone - though he actually kept him from becoming a scholar, as he could, if given any help - with the alternative of simply dying. The others were also adopted by Eunuch Cao and loved him as a father, and Eunuch Cao was Zhao's friend and underling.
2. Zhixing didn't lie, he told Zang Hai what his own father told HIM. His father lied, though, and when Zang Hai told the Marquis who he thought the third enemy was, he realised his own son betrayed him.
3. That part isn't clear. I think Zhao poisoned the Seal, but it's unexplained.
Out of the top of my head, as they say (I promise I didn't go look them up). And there are plenty more that I don't remember the names of - but I'd remember seeing them somewhere (like, LOL, half the cast of RuroKen :D) And I didn't even hit some of the actually well-known actors (because I haven't watched them much) or the female actors.
It's just that some are a lot more known internationally than others, so there's some selection bias in news articles.
This will definitely depend on whether the other OTTs who produce kdramas will follow suit (and they won't, if they want to keep their big names headlining their dramas).
This would be bad for the actors themselves (just the top and mid-tier level ones, though, I don't think the bit parts or cameos or guest roles ever paid much) but good for the overall industry (IF the others follow the trend, again, which I don't think they will). If the costs go down a bit, then a lot more dramas could be produced and the risk of not making up initial costs would go down. There could be an argument on the actual budgets not allowing for creative development - then again, they'll adapt to lower-budget drama scripts instead and maybe - finally - give a chance to new talent to come up.
And also give some breathing room for drama production teams in the original country - I know they'd love to see more money come from outside, since it's an investment that they don't have to chase and lock down. Still, that only gives way for certain big productions and nothing for lower budget ones, and only the big productions take over the market.
I don't know about other people - but I would like to see this actually happen, if it does. Instead of having all the eggs in one basket, let's spread them around and see what happens.
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He has to re-learn how to be meek and grow slowly AGAIN. Maybe it hasn't even landed for him either :D
The ex-FWB showing up is like the Qiu Qian's FWB in the band who just HAD to show Bai Lang he was once like him. The ML fixing everything up for the MC - also there. The cuter than cute assistant - Hong Hong (with an extra love interest.) The only one still missing is Xiao Hai and I sadly think there won't be a counterpart to him. Charlie or Pharit equals Kang Jian too, like, LOL, it makes me miss that story so much. I just wish they had the guts to do that instead. Or do that one, too.
Because that's one beautiful story.
ETA I still like it very much that Armin goes psycho from time to time, LOL - he DIED people!! He's entitled to freak out when he meets people who might've had a hand in his murder.
But on that note, it wasn't that long ago that he was ruling over parties like that Rolls party like it was nothing. How come he's shy to be in the midst of one again? It wasn't even a few months since his big win and afterparty, LOL.
Thada: *murderous look*
Weynai: COPY THAT.
Okay sweetie, talk some more English to me LOL. And I do cheer him and Janine on! They're so cute, they'd give everyone diabetes if they get together :D
And if so, this doesn't seem to be one of them. KinnPorsche and TharnType might be like that, not certain about Love in the Air (maybe one of the pairings?) I don't know the others though so I can't say.
My Stand-In still is danmei (though the drama is Thai-made), and no, it's not enemies-to-lovers either (though I'll give that Ming is a shmuck and I loved to hate him in both the novel and the drama, LOL.)
From the three (I think) highschool fighting dramas I've watched this year, this might be the best. The fights are raw and pretty much as realistic as possible in a drama (you want to hear those punches land, LOL), there are actual reasons for the fights, and the ending kind of sells a possible second season.
(Also is it just me or does UiGyeom kind of looks like JongHo from time to time? I kept coming out from the drama with the feeling I've seen the maknae getting mad at people for real LOL).
Anyway, this deserves a way better rating than the other dramas within the genre that are better known. The only thing it lacks is a catchy rap fighting song, everything else is here. Watch this if you want actual fights.
If there's going to be a second season sometime, I'll watch that.
Don't expect them to be similar though, because they are not. That's part of what makes them so good.
Way too little Weynai in this one, LOL.
That's what Zang Hai is to the Marquis... an interesting caterpillar.
Bonus: the video I meant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmjGmfb-sBc
We did notice that LOL.
I seriously hope someone in the drama takes note of Armins' rambles and wins big in the dot com bubble before it bursts :D
He is precious and must be protected. I hope there's someone in the story for him too, he deserves a prize.
OMG it really didn't register that Winner/Pharit is the other Joe in My Stand-In! I saw someone's comment the other week but I didn't really think about it 'cause he doesn't look the same (obviously) but this ep, he turned his head a certain way or did something with an expression IDK, and tha-da! it finally hit :D (yeah I did that LOL).
I also LOVE Armin's inside total war, hahaha~, every time he's meeting one of the past characters he goes berserk... on the inside. On the outside he's yes sir, yes ma'am, sorry sir, thank you guys! while inside thermonuclear weapons are going off like fireworks hahaha~
Yeah, so far Armin/Pond is completely carrying the story, I hope the other characters come out to play, soon. (And I mean ThaDa too, LOL, that 20cms high jump was so awkward LOL - but he deserves it. He doesn't deserve the secretary, I'll take him off his hands, thanks).
2. Zhixing didn't lie, he told Zang Hai what his own father told HIM. His father lied, though, and when Zang Hai told the Marquis who he thought the third enemy was, he realised his own son betrayed him.
3. That part isn't clear. I think Zhao poisoned the Seal, but it's unexplained.
Out of the top of my head, as they say (I promise I didn't go look them up). And there are plenty more that I don't remember the names of - but I'd remember seeing them somewhere (like, LOL, half the cast of RuroKen :D) And I didn't even hit some of the actually well-known actors (because I haven't watched them much) or the female actors.
It's just that some are a lot more known internationally than others, so there's some selection bias in news articles.
That killed me :D
This would be bad for the actors themselves (just the top and mid-tier level ones, though, I don't think the bit parts or cameos or guest roles ever paid much) but good for the overall industry (IF the others follow the trend, again, which I don't think they will). If the costs go down a bit, then a lot more dramas could be produced and the risk of not making up initial costs would go down. There could be an argument on the actual budgets not allowing for creative development - then again, they'll adapt to lower-budget drama scripts instead and maybe - finally - give a chance to new talent to come up.
And also give some breathing room for drama production teams in the original country - I know they'd love to see more money come from outside, since it's an investment that they don't have to chase and lock down. Still, that only gives way for certain big productions and nothing for lower budget ones, and only the big productions take over the market.
I don't know about other people - but I would like to see this actually happen, if it does. Instead of having all the eggs in one basket, let's spread them around and see what happens.