I do wish MDL would configure the site such that you can't give a series an OVERALL rating until it has completed its air time in full. It is not possible to rate a show, overall, until you have seen all of it. The current situation leads to massive up-rating from squealing netizen-type fangirls and boys who want to determine the success or failure of shows they love or hate while they're still airing. It's silly.
Side question: Does anyone have a link for Benjamin Tsang's 2019 short film "A cohabitation"? It used to be in…
You can see it at the link below. The site costs $2 a month for a basic membership but I've watched lots of bl shorts and movies there I haven't seen anywhere else. And once you've watched everything you want to, you can always drop it.
All this drama about moving to the dorm "together" and it's A FOUR MAN ROOM? wtf? Doesn't this kind of defeat the purpose? How is this to feel as if it's Tian's "home" when they're sharing it with two other dudes? All the "home" stuff building up to that was lovely, but the four-man room thing was a buzzkill for me.
Lots of nicely acted small moments again, but this is the first episode that dragged a bit for me. Do we really care about whatever is going on with Xi, the guy I thought was his BF but am no longer sure about that, and the female teacher? Waste of time. Too much of the neurotic parents too.
The "they're brothers but they're really not" thing is tiresome. They are NOT brothers! Can we not just get straight on this?
Morning Wood is everywhere! This series just won my heart and soul forever with those bits. Two things: That is one hundred percent what every morning is like for young men, and often even us old farts. Secondly, to that point, there had been no raunch to the show at all, so the "wood" was all the funnier and more surprising. For a moment, I thought I was watching the old classic BL, "Make It Right," and that's a good thing. I LOL'd like a crazy person. Which works out well, since I am one.
For me, TOO's power lies in all its small, but moving moments. They add up to something far greater than the sum of its parts.
BRAVO!
On to episode 8, which saddens me, as I've binged 1-7, but now I will have to start waiting a week for the last four eps. Bummer.
Wang is now "open" for business. tee-hee :D He sure is asking for lots of injections of Tian's blue ink.
I don't think I've ever before enjoyed watching an actor simply "thinking" before. Benjamin Tsang is remarkable as Tian, the "man of few words" whose eyes, face, and body tell me all I need to know about what is going on in that head. I don't even know how he does it. How can he look at someone silently a hundred times, and make me feel he's thinking a hundred different things? I've done a lot of amateur/semi-pro acting, and I have no real explanation for that, other than that it is some kind of ephemeral, unnamed, innate gift.
I like Xi, the teacher/cafe owner a lot. The actor as well. Interesting good looks.
I only recognized actor An Jun Peng, from History4: Close to You about two episodes ago. This really is a cast of 30-year-olds playing characters 13 years younger than themselves and mostly getting away with it. I would say Peng is one who is NOT getting away with it. I like his performance fine, but either his looks aren't malleable enough to be believed as a high-schooler, or he just doesn't have the innate ability to fully transform himself. I loved his work in History4 though.
This series is actually quite slow for extended periods of time, but the actors do such a remarkable job of making small moments interesting that I'm riveted to the screen.
The MC's phone exchange of promises (vows?) near the end of this ep was moving.
As an artist, I always notice and consider the features, lines, angles, and shadows of human faces and bodies. It's an automatic thing with me; always has been. The profile outline of Tian's head, face, and neck is another thing about this show that rivets me. Long, aquiline neck, curving adam's apple, up into an amazingly tight under-jaw that juts up before flowing to the chin, then the small but protruding lip, the fascinating nose, the brow and hairline...exquisite. I love that he's not pretty-boy handsome and yet so very attractive. Also love his very Chinese eyes. Beautiful.
Well, I don't even know what you are on about, but once you find anywhere as good live action episode as was episode…
I'm responding to annoy you. What part of "I can live with that" don't you understand? Looks like you Google-translated your own message to clean it up. This is far different from that mess you sent as a first reply. It's "BRAIN," not "BRIAN." A brain is the thing inside one's head. I assume you have one, though that's not self-evident so far. "Brian" is a Western first name. Brain is Dong Hee, the smart, studious half of the MC, who dumps his beloved for no coherent reason, as we often see in BL. "Athlete" is Ho Tae who is, you know, the athletic half of the MC.
Let me play devil's advocate and attempt to defend the bloopers?1. SW drank his beer all at once, AND before consuming…
He STAYED drunk on one beer for hours, then had a hangover later. On ONE beer. He was not a little "buzzed" or slightly drunk, he was stumbling, slurring, shit-faced drunk. On ONE beer. It's absurd. You say you got "drunk" on one beer. How drunk? For how long? How do I verify this? :D
But, as I said, it's hardly a big enough issue to make me stop watching. It's that I don't get how this kind of sloppiness gets by the directors in BLs. I don't agree with you that fictional stories, presenting themselves in the universe in which we all live, have no obligation to be faithful to reality.
I didn't think we would ever be on the same wavelength.... but here we are. I agree with your comment. Glad you…
Hey, I'm glad you related to my comment. I know I have lots of haters here, but I'm OK with that. I AM looking forward to watching the rest of the available episodes over the weekend, so I'll touch base. :)
Well, I don't even know what you are on about, but once you find anywhere as good live action episode as was episode…
It's douche BAG, not doucheback. As I told you, your comment is far too garbled, misspelled, and confusing for me to know what you think you were trying to say. I picked up that you disagreed with and insulted me several times, but that's it. As I said, I can live with that. I wasn't aware that you were desperate for a detailed reply. I'm commenting on MDL, not trying to "get somewhere. If you insist on replying again, please do so in your first language so I can use Google Translate. Thanks.
Episode 5: So slow on the surface, but lots of turbulence below... The super-smart/aggressive one makes me fear for a school shooting ahead. Creepy. What a great way to end the episode.
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All this drama about moving to the dorm "together" and it's A FOUR MAN ROOM? wtf? Doesn't this kind of defeat the purpose? How is this to feel as if it's Tian's "home" when they're sharing it with two other dudes? All the "home" stuff building up to that was lovely, but the four-man room thing was a buzzkill for me.
Lots of nicely acted small moments again, but this is the first episode that dragged a bit for me. Do we really care about whatever is going on with Xi, the guy I thought was his BF but am no longer sure about that, and the female teacher? Waste of time. Too much of the neurotic parents too.
The "they're brothers but they're really not" thing is tiresome. They are NOT brothers! Can we not just get straight on this?
Eagerly anticipating episode 8.
Morning Wood is everywhere! This series just won my heart and soul forever with those bits.
Two things: That is one hundred percent what every morning is like for young men, and often even us old farts. Secondly, to that point, there had been no raunch to the show at all, so the "wood" was all the funnier and more surprising. For a moment, I thought I was watching the old classic BL, "Make It Right," and that's a good thing. I LOL'd like a crazy person. Which works out well, since I am one.
For me, TOO's power lies in all its small, but moving moments. They add up to something far greater than the sum of its parts.
BRAVO!
On to episode 8, which saddens me, as I've binged 1-7, but now I will have to start waiting a week for the last four eps. Bummer.
Wang is now "open" for business. tee-hee :D He sure is asking for lots of injections of Tian's blue ink.
I don't think I've ever before enjoyed watching an actor simply "thinking" before. Benjamin Tsang is remarkable as Tian, the "man of few words" whose eyes, face, and body tell me all I need to know about what is going on in that head. I don't even know how he does it. How can he look at someone silently a hundred times, and make me feel he's thinking a hundred different things? I've done a lot of amateur/semi-pro acting, and I have no real explanation for that, other than that it is some kind of ephemeral, unnamed, innate gift.
I like Xi, the teacher/cafe owner a lot. The actor as well. Interesting good looks.
I only recognized actor An Jun Peng, from History4: Close to You about two episodes ago. This really is a cast of 30-year-olds playing characters 13 years younger than themselves and mostly getting away with it. I would say Peng is one who is NOT getting away with it. I like his performance fine, but either his looks aren't malleable enough to be believed as a high-schooler, or he just doesn't have the innate ability to fully transform himself. I loved his work in History4 though.
This series is actually quite slow for extended periods of time, but the actors do such a remarkable job of making small moments interesting that I'm riveted to the screen.
The MC's phone exchange of promises (vows?) near the end of this ep was moving.
As an artist, I always notice and consider the features, lines, angles, and shadows of human faces and bodies. It's an automatic thing with me; always has been. The profile outline of Tian's head, face, and neck is another thing about this show that rivets me. Long, aquiline neck, curving adam's apple, up into an amazingly tight under-jaw that juts up before flowing to the chin, then the small but protruding lip, the fascinating nose, the brow and hairline...exquisite. I love that he's not pretty-boy handsome and yet so very attractive. Also love his very Chinese eyes. Beautiful.
OK, I'm fangirling. On to episode 7!
What part of "I can live with that" don't you understand?
Looks like you Google-translated your own message to clean it up. This is far different from that mess you sent as a first reply.
It's "BRAIN," not "BRIAN." A brain is the thing inside one's head. I assume you have one, though that's not self-evident so far.
"Brian" is a Western first name.
Brain is Dong Hee, the smart, studious half of the MC, who dumps his beloved for no coherent reason, as we often see in BL.
"Athlete" is Ho Tae who is, you know, the athletic half of the MC.
Please do respond again. I enjoy toying with you.
On ONE beer.
He was not a little "buzzed" or slightly drunk, he was stumbling, slurring, shit-faced drunk. On ONE beer. It's absurd.
You say you got "drunk" on one beer. How drunk? For how long? How do I verify this? :D
But, as I said, it's hardly a big enough issue to make me stop watching. It's that I don't get how this kind of sloppiness gets by the directors in BLs. I don't agree with you that fictional stories, presenting themselves in the universe in which we all live, have no obligation to be faithful to reality.
As I told you, your comment is far too garbled, misspelled, and confusing for me to know what you think you were trying to say. I picked up that you disagreed with and insulted me several times, but that's it. As I said, I can live with that.
I wasn't aware that you were desperate for a detailed reply.
I'm commenting on MDL, not trying to "get somewhere.
If you insist on replying again, please do so in your first language so I can use Google Translate.
Thanks.
A douche is contained in a bag, not carried on one's back.
But goodness...work on your English and try again later.
So slow on the surface, but lots of turbulence below...
The super-smart/aggressive one makes me fear for a school shooting ahead. Creepy.
What a great way to end the episode.