wdbtd had it's merits, and I enjoyed it in a lot of ways, but there were some aspects of the original story that they really botched and it left me with a final impression that was kinda disappointing. Fairly good, though.
But I greatly disliked both Evernight and L&P. The FL's in those were terrible. FL in wdbtd was really well cast, I thought. But LBTG just takes the cake, this is the best acting i've ever seen from either Arthur or Dilraba both.
it's not that she absolutely needs it, but it's a chance she got after 400yrs. So ofc she will want to experience…
it is when you're eternally bored and empty.
i knew someone who had been in prison, and he said the tv in there HAS to be on, and the second it goes off, there are immediate riots. I asked him why. He said because the boredom is enough to drive you insane in there, and the TV is the only relief. Without it, you have to find other ways to relieve your boredom, so they riot because at least it's something to DO.
Imagine the most bored you've ever been in your life and magnify it and times it by 300 years.
It's a strong motivator. The only reason it seems frivolous to you is because your POV is radically different from hers.
I just want to thank you so much for the lovely compliment! Portuguese, my great grandmother was portuguese. She…
Im into red flag ML romances mainly. But I'll watch anything that's actually really GOOD. But it has to be romance. So, do you have anything Brazilian you can recc me to watch, like a good place to start getting into them.
I did a Turkish drama thing last year because another MDL buddy just begged me to like "you'll love them i swear" and I watched like 6 turkish dramas and could not continue. One, there is usually an ML beard/moustache problem for me. Namely, I hate them. And they happen in Turkish dramas with great frequency. Two, and more importantly. EVERY FREAKIN TIME the ML has a monogamy challenge. He either is in a relationship when he meets the FL, or cheats on the FL and then grovels, or SOMEthin. And I tried to tolerate it, but discovered that nothing turns me off in an ML quite like that does lol.
Your masterful review was able to creatively capture the core essence and perfectly described this high octaine,…
tysm my goal is generally to accurately describe the experience of watching a drama without giving anything away for people who like to go into their shows blind. I knocked points off on the rewatch factor because it ramped down in the last quarter of the drama and got dumb and just basically switched gears (ironically exactly the same way S&L did) and idk.... my rewatches tend to be for ones that the ending makes you want to stand up with your power fists to the sky and go "YAAASSSS". Whereas this one has an ending that makes you fold your arms and go "oh." So I knocked a point off.
I'm still getting used to the way idol fandoms work with dramas. Working backwards from an actor's looks to like…
Anyone who chooses this industry to make a living knows that theyre capitalizing off their visuals. So they willingly subject themselves to objectification, TO A DEGREE. But obsession from fans comes from parasocial relationships taking the place of rl relationships and isnt healthy... but the industry encourages it with variety shows, bts's, meet and greets etc to show the PERSON behind the actor, and to me thats not healthy... john malkovich and keanu reeves dont do this, and theyre widely loved and respected as actors. Some objectification is normal but too much is weird and creepy so its about degree and gray area here too.
Who freaking knew that Arthur Chen had this side to him?????? I mean MY GOD. He just turned--- like with this…
i will leave as magnificent a review as possible, and hopefully the momentum keeps up on this show, because i'm loving it, and Im loving that I didn't think I'd love it at all and then i DID lol
evernight = i gave it a 6, and i barely remember watching it, and when i go back and refresh my memory on it's page, I realize that the FL was a dealbreaker for me, no can do with that one
I think there's two things that make this drama magical... one, Arthur Chen has finally hit his stride. He has confidence, he has experience, he's taking the right roles for him. And two.... he clearly crushes on Dilraba in rl at least somewhat. So some of what makes this performance absolutely crush it is that there's an element of him *not actually acting*.
Which is what shocked me about the psycho bloodlust scene in ep 3, is there was a part of the REAL Arthur Chen in it, he made himself vulnerable to the camera in a way I just didn't know he could. That MFer is a LOT spicier of a personality than he lets on. He usually plays it cool and goofy and sweet and aloof and wise, and here he just went full crazy and it looked GORGEOUS.
I'm still getting used to the way idol fandoms work with dramas. Working backwards from an actor's looks to like…
Well here's how it works. An evil elite class of luciferian reptiles has taken over the planet, and they strive every day to deprive our lives of joy. This includes marring beauty. Natural beauty, civic and architectural beauty, and the beauty of art. So now you get a beach with a gas station sign parked way out on the pier to ruin any photo ops or nice sunsets, you get buildings being built that look like cold ugly monoliths, replacing older buildings that were built with grand intricate beautifications, you get post modern impressionism instead of rennaissance sensibilities about what art gets vaunted by society, so ugly sculptures etc
c-dramas is an oasis of beauty in an ugly world. the most beautiful will be the most celebrated.
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But I greatly disliked both Evernight and L&P. The FL's in those were terrible. FL in wdbtd was really well cast, I thought. But LBTG just takes the cake, this is the best acting i've ever seen from either Arthur or Dilraba both.
i knew someone who had been in prison, and he said the tv in there HAS to be on, and the second it goes off, there are immediate riots. I asked him why. He said because the boredom is enough to drive you insane in there, and the TV is the only relief. Without it, you have to find other ways to relieve your boredom, so they riot because at least it's something to DO.
Imagine the most bored you've ever been in your life and magnify it and times it by 300 years.
It's a strong motivator. The only reason it seems frivolous to you is because your POV is radically different from hers.
I did a Turkish drama thing last year because another MDL buddy just begged me to like "you'll love them i swear" and I watched like 6 turkish dramas and could not continue. One, there is usually an ML beard/moustache problem for me. Namely, I hate them. And they happen in Turkish dramas with great frequency. Two, and more importantly. EVERY FREAKIN TIME the ML has a monogamy challenge. He either is in a relationship when he meets the FL, or cheats on the FL and then grovels, or SOMEthin. And I tried to tolerate it, but discovered that nothing turns me off in an ML quite like that does lol.
evernight = i gave it a 6, and i barely remember watching it, and when i go back and refresh my memory on it's page, I realize that the FL was a dealbreaker for me, no can do with that one
I think there's two things that make this drama magical... one, Arthur Chen has finally hit his stride. He has confidence, he has experience, he's taking the right roles for him. And two.... he clearly crushes on Dilraba in rl at least somewhat. So some of what makes this performance absolutely crush it is that there's an element of him *not actually acting*.
Which is what shocked me about the psycho bloodlust scene in ep 3, is there was a part of the REAL Arthur Chen in it, he made himself vulnerable to the camera in a way I just didn't know he could. That MFer is a LOT spicier of a personality than he lets on. He usually plays it cool and goofy and sweet and aloof and wise, and here he just went full crazy and it looked GORGEOUS.
c-dramas is an oasis of beauty in an ugly world. the most beautiful will be the most celebrated.
> 10k watchers
> who even are these actors
> who even is this director
113K COMMENTS
compare w TTETOM which to this day has about 133k comments
am I supposed to believe that VoS comment count is organic?