Kate

Let me present to you 50% of the possible top9 🤣
Will add the 2nd half after 2nd episode.

So we all know the shows are rigged even without "officially rigging the votes". Production team has its favs and the editing shows it as fuck. Unless someone catches the publics attention for some reason or someone becomes fans favorite randomly, the top9 will consist of the idols who had the most focus on them in episode 1 and 2 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Episode 1 we had:
⭐ Park Han Bin
⭐ Seok Matthew
⭐ Chen Kuan Jui
⭐ Park Gun Wook
⭐ Jang Hao
⭐ Han Yu Jin
⭐ Sung Han Bin
⭐ Hui
⭐ Haruto
⭐ Jay

There is a huge difference between their screen time and what other trainees got. When some were shown just for the group greeting and not even bits of the performances, they often had the whole framing of their personalities - why they auditioned, what was their journey to be idols, how it started, additional performances, other idols talking about them etc. Bot only that - look at Chen Kuan Jui - they did not even show the group performance, just his bits from it, from various angles, repeated few times, adding slow motion etc.

So yeah, while I might like some other trainees, I am getting mentally ready for most of the ones above to debut, and the chances of someone else getting in are real low.

Well, making shows is an art form, but it is also a business. If they can cast a failed idol who already has some kind of fanbase as the potential viewers, they will cast the idol. Same thing happens in mainstream dramas (a lot of idols with mediocre skills being cast for main roles).

Same thing happens in Thai BLs, but with putting together the same pairings over and over again , it's not just "because they have a good chemistry"- this sell, because they already have a fanbase, because they don't want to piss off the fans of the ship. the 💵💵 is and always will be a factor in casting.

Honestly speaking, my biggest issue is casting people who for some reason don't want to kiss AT ALL on screen. Be it the decision they made or it's in the contract with the company they are sign under. Like Cherry Magic - amazing show, but the last elevator scene was just 🤡 Or Toptap and Mike in Tonhon Chonlatee - the characters were supposed to be openly gay couple, and they kept cutting scenes every time they were about to kiss - it was just annoying and distracting. Just don't write the kisses into the script if you know the cast can't do them for some reason ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

"uncomfortable with being intimate with the same sex even though they signed up to be..." some of it is on actors, some of it is on the directing itself. I always say that BLs in Korea are on the same phase of skin ship straight romance was like 13 years ago - surprised barely touching lips "kiss" as the final big move. It's the Park Shin Hye phase 🤣 They are making Why R U Korean version and I am already laughing, coz that's one of the few productions Korea is truly not ready to deliver. All that show had was the chemistry, so if they fail even in that aspect, it will be just a disaster.

As for casting - getting into BLs is not as popular in Korea as in Thailand. The number of actors Thai shows can go through during auditions is for sure far bigger than in Korea.

One thing that for me Thai shows fail at during casting is: once they find a good pairing, they keep them together as long as possible in as many projects as possible. For me, it gets boring real fast...

acting workshops are not really a thing in Korean entertainment overall. It's not just BLs. The idea is - actors already are actors and should know how to present the role without outside guidance of acting coaches. As in, it's not production team's job to teach these actors how to act. They have script readings etc, but I did not hear about workshops being done for dramas in Korea. And honestly speaking, not like Thai BLs are usually a top performance material. Yes, there are a few amazing actors, but most are decent at best. It's the issue in the whole BL industry, no matter the country.

Not 3.5 off tho - not objectively at least. < no ratings are objective since they are ALL (yours too) based on personal preferences ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Okay so what if someone finds the body, that second the person should disappear, but then they decide to ignore it and pretend like they never found it? Someone else who was not the killer found it, but the person is still thought to be missing.

Also missing is not exactly the criteria, coz some people were known to be dead, but the body was not found...

the whole finding body is illogical overall. Found by whom? Coz technically speaking most of these people's bodies were not missing - people who killed them have hide them. Like... how many people need to know where the body is for the person to be able to move to the afterlife?

imagine Im Si Wan in season 3 😍 not just a cameo here, but as an actual main for next season.

exactly. Not only were the participants part of the game and entertainment, but also the operators. They were also part of the game, even tho they did not know it themselves. they probably all thought it was coincidence someone they knew was in the game.

My favorite scene from the last episode was their talk about both of them having their own dreams and working towards them. Gun showed a lot of maturity even adults are incapable of. After being open about wanting to sing for Tinn during Wave stage, how much he cared if he was part of the audience, hearing he won't make it would hurt, would make him feel disappointed (not necessarily in Tinn but the circumstances themselves), but he was able to put aside his feelings and understand that the same way he dreams of being a singer and it's his goal, and Wave will get him close to it, the same way Tinn's chat with the doctor would be a huge help of him getting close to being a doctor. I loved how he went: we both have our dreams and we will do great. He both assured himself and Tinn.

oh god bless you, made me check the preview.
I always skip previews in dramas coz they too often spoil the whole episodes 🤡

YOU CANNOT BAIT US INTO BELIEVING IL YONG MIGHT SURVIVE AND WAKE UP FROM COMA TO THEN KILL HIM WITHOUT EVEN HAVING A CHANCE TO GIVE PROPER GOODBYES BY SOME BULLSHIT RANDOM 1-DIMENTIONAL RECYCLED POORLY DRESSED ASSHOLE OF A VILLAIN! FUCK ME, FUCK THIS DRAMA , THEY CLOWNED US ALL 🤡 I am honestly pissed and annoyed.

Also, the fact I liked Thomas in season 1 the most and bish did not get any closure, and now I liked Il Yong and he had bullshit of a closure... 🙃

Jiang Tao was such a good bad dude hahaha I mean, he was perfect to hate 😂
Also, random but I was a bit pissed at the end. Li Yu Heng and Qiao Zheng Yu were such a gentle and pure and nice ship, why they did not introduce them earlier. I would like the two of them as the 2nd couple way more than Song Song and Xia Zhi 🙃

Nah, the rat was fine 😂
40"52 < around that time in that episode. I did not need that closeup on the face 😅 I meant a really specific frame hahaha

As if ALL horrors in ALL subgenres rely on gore and bad guys are never punished. Just because i like horror does not mean i like all subgenres and all tropes. I can also like a trope but find it either poorly executed or unnecessary in a specific story.

also, the gross part was not about gore, but more of a "feeling way too much like a tentacle porn rather than horror" scene

Not Koreans literally not knowing how to make a rom-com anymore.
Maybe I am the only one tired of the thriller/mystery/serial killer/action/any other than rom-com genre in rom-com genre 😂

It seems like a high budget drama that had not enough time for the post-production editing. Some CGI looks amazing, but some seems simply unfinished.

for sure if "inspiration" is the right word, since Island story (webtoon) existed before Bulgasal was a thing. Similarities would be more fitting?

Choi Chi Yeol is my spirit character. The whole "What I mean by natural approach is that I'd rather not meat anyone" was 👍🏻😅

I see quite a few people not liking the slower introduction and I get it, but for me it's perfect. The show has 16 episodes and it's a romantic comedy. They either need to take their time to establish characters and have a slow but natural progression and good pacing, or add random bullshit to fill that screentime 😂 Not to mention, personally I prefer to know the characters as individuals before I start seeing them interacting with each other.

The only complaint I have is the creepy stalker student. I hope she will not be there for the comedic bits, and they will truly show her as creepy and inappropriate...

I will watch season 2 and I will most likely be disappointed...
The issue I have is how... boring all the characters are. There is nothing new nor refreshing about majority of them.

Honest, the best part of the story, the character with most depth and the one with best performance was the girl who had the abusive boyfriend...