Tanky Toon

I like River Knows Fish Heart too even it's also not a big budget movie. I think it's more their acting or lack thereof that throws me off, like you could clearly see they are just reciting their lines. It started out better than expected until it rolled downhill.

Never seen someone look so disinterested in sex......well that's besides me ???

Totally agree because that they should have added another episode to show the later years even until their death and following the manga because that made the story so bittersweet that it showed love through ages.

So excited for Pearl Next Door.

I came here for the BL but end up low-key crushing on Pearl.

Who's out there chopping onions dammit!

No. I subscribed to the Gagaoolala app since I was also wanted to watch a few others movies that are only available there.

I actually wasn't expecting much when the trailer came out, so I lowered my expectations and that's why, when I watched the first three episodes, I thought this isn't as bad (except for a few spots). But when I watched ep 4 to 6. I thought there would be some movement to the plot in an already short series, as how do I expect their feelings to develop if nothing much happened except for a long video montage of their supposed "moments" together that can't really count. For me, it was hard to believe that because of those confrontations, that both of them would suddenly develop affection for each other, especially less believable on Junjie's part.
So with 4 episodes left, how can they really show that the feelings between them would be this "forever burning" love that's shown in the trailer?

It probably boils down really to the low budget this series had, as not only the pacing suffered, but almost all the other elements as well.

Side note: Although the lack of funding largely can contribute to the quality of a production, I have seen better executed films/dramas made by independent and even student productions.

The first 3 episodes were promising despite the low budget and some parts felt cringey (especially Jia Ming's ex-gf acting)....didn't know that the next 3 episodes would be even more low budget...looks like they used up the funds to buy them all acting lessons taught by the neighborhood aunt.

Episodes 5 and 6 especially are filled with so much flashbacks of an already short series that you would think we would forget what happened. I am all for flashbacks of key romantic scenes but dude they just literally happened in thw last few minutes / episodes.

This would probably be one of those dramas/movies where the trailer already contains all the major parts of the movie and the rest are just fillers around it .

Paid a subscription to Gagaoolala because of this not realizing it would also be picked up by Viki. Though the episodes on Viki will be released a week later. I'm now in no hurry to watch the rest.

The only part that I liked in these 3 episodes is that Junjie's wearing Doraemon PJs which is so much in contrast to his aloof character at work.

I'm screaming my head off because finally those who keep saying this is not BL (since there was bo skinship) can go suck their ****
Such a sweet and heartwarming story. Can't get enough of those two!!!

This short is just a excuse for five random guys to get laid.

I saw Gagaoolala's account was also deleted, not just the comment. Maybe they did encounter a snag with the moderators on this site. But it's not like they are promoting illegal sources / unofficial links that are plenty on MDL .

But that's weird though. Why wouldn't they be allowed to promote their own platform? This is how people discover new sources for hard to find LGBT productions. I saw Strongberry doing the same on here so it's not MDL doesn't allow it. I joined Gagaoolala because of this.

I didn't know this but did find it a coincidence that the Kid's first name in the movie is the same as the director's. Now it makes sense.

Totally agree with you that it should have ended with the first movie. And Toey accusing Oat for falling in love in such a short time, but didn't he do the same??? SMH

Exactly. I like Asian story telling , even European storytelling compared to Western story telling because for me, a lot of the Western production focuses more on the culmination of the act than the journey itself, of course with some exceptions. I like stories like these where the focus is on the emotional/sexual awakening (pretty much like a lot of coming-of-age movies). Of course there are good works, mediocre offerings and bad productions coming out of every country and Western/European productions are easier to come by than let's say dramas and films produced by conservative Asian countries.

I used to find a lot of these small independent works on Vimeo where I try to support LGBTQ titles, so they could churn out more works and hopefully mainstream media will take attention.

I just found about Gagaoolala, a LGBTQ streaming site based in Taiwan but just launched internationally in May and they contain a lot of LGBTQ titles from Asia, including the works already in Vimeo. So instead of paying per title when it comes out at the same cost of a monthly membership, we get access to at least 300 titles and more to come weekly.

I love this LTNS. This is the one that introduced me to the small production companies coming out of SK (Strongberry and Matchbox).

Yes I agree. For me it's the intensity and/or the emotional journey the characters go through that what makes or breaks for me. There are a lot of LGBTQ dramas out there (even het dramas) that have tons of skinship that don't illicit chemistry these two characters have for each other.
I would take substance over meaningless smut anyday.

IMHO, that almost kiss in the field packed more sexual tension than some lip locking (if you can call it that) from a lot of SK het dramas.

Unpopular opinion: I'm all for a 'happy' ending and all that but this is one of those that doesn't need it. Why? Because I'm not too fond of emotional adultery and I'm of the mindset that Oat should have told his wife sooner. Chasing down Toey without consideration for his family and making Toey feel guilty for ruining it, is so uncool.

I get it that Oat was afraid of the consequences of coming out and he was trying to be a responsible father and husband, but he should have thought about it before acting upon his impulses. Planting his feet in two boats, waiting to see which wins out, is not a solution. If his wife hadn't brought up the subject of him not saying where he was, Oat would have kept his mouth shut.

It seems that only Toey and Numwha are the ones who are thinking properly, placing another's happiness above theirs. Jane, and to an extent, Kenta are sounding boards that offer different perspectives on what can be considered as 'good,' 'bad,' 'right,' or 'wrong' behavior and these are the 4 characters who seem to make Oat less of a bad person than one who's simply in love.