Jack & Joker: U Steal My Heart! (Uncut Ver.)

Jack :): Joke

Look started with a bang and not going to sugar coat it, it had a ton of weaknesses. A lot of things that didn't work for me personally, the fact that next to YinWar I got so attached to Hope and Save , and there were times when you will be screaming YOU HURT MY BABY PLEASE JUST TAKE ME BACK TO HIM FFS and then you'll get some crumbs at some point that were never quite satisfying but hey, I figured it was because of the length of the season being only 12.

The second thing was at times the writing is weak and other times it's good and most side characters , not all but most, if you get attached, the characterization was weak.

Even Carbon's character should have been a lot more frequent because it was chaotic and entertaining like Hope.

Look, who doesn't love yet another iteration of their favorite established couple?

It's YinWar , they have chemistry! And I waited so long after being left with some major proverbial blue balls when that video of them came out that gets you excited holy shit YinWar are going to be in this crime fiction bl! Just to realize it's was merely a promotion for their concert.

And then this happened at long last, and yes it's natural to have high expectations.

I'm a sucker for enemies to lovers, slow burn, crime fiction, all of it!

But my main issue with this particular story was that at the very least one of them should have been proper 'bad' especially Jack, because that whole thing where he's actually trying to help people afflicted by Boss, instead of actually being a loan shark made his character weak because it was just Joke's character then who started fucking up. But even his character for the most part remains the same good vs evil thing.

Another thing that wasn't working for me, the whole school thing. It would have been okay if it was just something they did sparingly but they didn't.

So I m seeing a lot of divided opinions about the special episode, which I'm just going to tell you this: you want something cutesy with YinWar don't watch the special and stay delulu for as long as possible. I didn't and now I'm fucking suffering. Anyway jokes apart for me personally, holy shit, it was damn dark and SO MUCH ANGST! Freaking loved it.

Also I felt bad for Boss's son too even though he was spoiled and awful to Joke and the rest along with Hope, I didn't mind so much, though again his character is weak still I got into it and feel bad about all the bullying he received even from the friends.

I didn't ship him with tattoo. Just again weakly written characters.

What I did like the whole games bit and the loan shark arc because half the time it's a bunch of hot people doing some pretty decent action, getting severely beat up, or crying. Angst and hot people getting bloody. Is my jam.
And the fact that it goes from dark and angst to crack levels of comedy. Love all the cutesy wholesome stuff . These folks even nailed the sound track.

Also the whole arc with Grandma, and even Joke's family and his father, loved it! Angsty but goodie.

And now for my opinion on the special episode which I'm just going to call finale.

I was HEARTBROKEN.

I just had a bad feeling when Nang gave the predictions about them being fated and when Joke said something like no matter what happens and where I end up, I will find my way back to you. I knew that was sus ! I was fucking terrified.

The MOMENT Carbon and the casino folks started beating the shit out of the friends, I knew it. Knew what would follow when Carbon practically pulls joke away and by then I was already crying and then he takes Joke near the water and I knew something was going down and as expected.

I knew it would happen and still a veteran like me I was crying .

Just gets worse from there.

Just watching Jack just suffering was damn so painful to watch and experience.

The way he got so fucking delusional it breaks your heart.

And then even I have no idea what the post credit scene even made me feel tbh.

I just remember screaming and additional tears.

That is all.

End of Rant/review.

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The fun campy action thriller BL of my dreams

When I was a kid, my father used to take me to the theater to see all of the big budget Hollywood action flicks he could find. Explosions. Hot women. Quippy one-liners. Fast cars. You name it. It was exciting, and fun, and something my father and I really bonded over, though there was always a small nagging suspicion in the back of my head that something was missing. As an adult, watching Jack and Joker, I realized that it was that I never got to see myself portrayed in said stories.

So imagine my absolute glee when I popped in the first episode of Jack and Joker and it starred two complex interesting characters, who just so happened to both be men, and not only that, but they were blatantly into each other. Each episode proceeded to just wow me in how natural it felt to have two queer leads in a complex story of family, class disparity, crime, and sentimentality. They really build a world you can live in in this story, and you find yourself really caring for the various colorful characters, from sopping wet tech guy Tattoo, to the lovable sassy Toi Ting. Is this a deeply Thai drama? Yes, which means you've got your typical pacing issues in chunks of the story and lots of over the top campy humor moments complete with a bunch of obnoxious sound effects. But behind the usual trappings is a deeply human beating heart and a story of a downtrodden community brought together because of the Love and Passion of two men with hearts of gold.

I've seen a LOT of Thai dramas, the flaws in this didn't bother me in the slightest, but I know not everyone will enjoy the pace and tone of this beast of a project. But I had a blast from start to finish. It was just so much fun. I loved the characters and their dynamics. I loved Jack and Joker's slow burn romance. I found the world and story, though deeply campy and flawed, super engaging.

Art is beautiful because it is imperfect, and this show moved me deeply despite its flaws. If you are thinking about going into this, ignore the hype, ignore the haters, and just try and enjoy the show for what it is. It's the fun campy action thriller BL of my dreams, and maybe it could be yours too.

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I am so sorry, old friend

Just realized I have free will and I don't have to watch the special episode, so yay, Jack and Joke. After god knows how long (615 days; I am so sorry), I have finally finished this show, and like always, I have a lot of thoughts, good and bad. I will give a 9 (8.7) out of 10. Then I am going to say what I liked, what I didn’t, do an episode overview, and finally lay baby girl to rest.

I don't even know where to start because it has actually been so fucking long lmao. I guess I can start with Yin and War, because I love them a lot, but I know them and their track record, and that's why I'm not watching the special episode. I am especially in love with War, him and that soft voice, god I want a piece of that, my lord. I thought their chemistry shined through in this, like always, and their acting was so good; I didn't even want to finish the show lmao. But yeah, love my boys, but we need some whimsy with their next show because why do we never have any whimsy? Like whatever, can't wait for their next show and loved them in this shit despite it taking me so long to finish. YIN (and his beauty marks on his neck) BLACK TURTLE NECK EPISODE 7 I AM WET. Okay, I am done.

Despite this show's track record, it is actually beyond fucking funny. Like, my lord, I was laughing my ass off almost the entire time, so that's always good to see because I feel like shows with a bunch of plot always try really hard to be serious, and sometimes all you need is a good laugh to get you through the plot. So yeah, good on them.

Looking at my reviews, I think I liked the plot and their romance. They were starting to fall for each other, and ignoring that weird time skip, it was cute. Like, you could really tell the feelings with them despite the entire world not wanting them together; I loved that. I also think the plot was pretty good; it did get convoluted towards the start and the middle, but I still think they did a pretty good job with this. WAIT I DID KIND OF LIKE THE PLOT TOWARDS THE END, I FELT LIKE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF RUNNING CIRCLES AROUND EACH OTHER, IT WAS STILL KIND OF FUN. Like there's levels to this shit, with the 4 kings or whatever the fuck, I actually really enjoyed that, like a bigger fish to fry kind of thing.

HOPE AND SAVE. Or I think that was their names. I fucking loved them. Even though I hardly remembered their plot towards the end, my love for them did not fade, oh my god. I loved them, and they were lowkey perfect for each other, so go them (I would rewatch for them, I can't lie). Dog eat dog world for real. Eat the rich, not each other, bro.

And then finally, for things I liked, I actually put the ending on here. I thought the ending was good. Of course, the ending to THIS show and not the special episode that I will not be watching because I do not really have to do anything. That is the moral of this story: do whatever the fuck you want. But yeah, I thought the ending was fun, like, hey, there is always bigger fish to fry, and you guys think your pawn is in a game? Actually, the main villain is the pawn in the game of life. What a do. So basically, in a dog-eat-dog world, there is always somebody richer, a bigger fish to fucking fry, like, holy goddamn shit. I like that a lot. That was lowkey a good ending. They were dragging that shit, though, which I did not enjoy at all, but I am like, hey, okay, that is good. But that is fucked up that Rose's dad used her for the pawn thing, and it is also fucked up that Joke cannot spell. But I like that ending a lot. I know what is to come for the special episode, and sometimes you have to choose happiness over getting the true ending. So, yeah.

Regarding things I didn't like. I don't know if they did that on purpose or what, but the start was not good, like at all. I felt like we were just thrown in there, and I was god-awful confused. Not even like intrigued confused, just like, hey, what the fuck is happening? I think especially for a show with this much plot, they should have started it better, but that's whatever.

DO YOU WEAR WIGS? WILL YOU WEAR WIGS?

RUN AROUND. One thing about this show that I do remember is this run around shit. Like, hey, how much can we do the same thing over and over again? I will answer that you would be surprised. Like, oh, we are stealing, oh he's lying to us, or wait, now we are mad at him. Come on now y'all, what are we doing? That was just kind of irritating. I can't lie. Like it doesn't really give me any comfort; it just felt like, oh fuck, it is happening again, and it became more of a dreading-it thing. Adding more to this runaround shit, we started to drag-plot it too, and I really did not want this to be a drag plot, but we were losing the plot rapidly because we were trying to push it to 12 episodes. But yeah.

ON TOP OF THE RUN AROUND SHIT. ROSE THAT MAN IS NOT YOUR MAN AND HAS NEVER BEEN YOUR MAN, OH MY GOD HE DOES NOT WANT YOU CAN WE PLEASE LAY OFF (I MEAN SHE DOES, BUT IT TAKES FUCKING FOREVER). LIKE OH MY GOD HE IS GONNA PROPOSE, YOUR MAN LIKESSSS DICKKKK BITCH. HE DOESN'T WANT YOU, BRUH.

The horsemen people. Babe, we were playing some childish ass games and making it to be this whole thing. Babe, we played Snakes and Ladders and Monopoly; why are we making it this whole thing? Like bitch get me some fucking Candy Land while we are at it. That pissed me off, silly, and then hangmen shit (I was really into that though), but god, y'all come up with some better games.

Okay episode overview time, yayaya. Episode 1: " Yep, not a clue what is happening. He's funny. Okay, bruh, what is happening? That was not a good start in my opinion, and I feel very confused, but I am going to give this show a chance lol." Episode 2: "A kleptomaniac, ass pathological liar whose morally grey falls for some poor kid who just wants to be a national champion." "Holy fuck bro looks so sexy in this washed-out lighting." Episode 5: "Whoever is on camera duty is making their height difference look almost criminal lmao." Episode 7: "LOOSING MY MIND WITH YIN IN THIS FUCKING SUIT HOLY SHIT. A tear just ran down my leg, maybe even a few more for him in that black turtleneck. Save and hope the betrayers!! Dog eat dog world bro, and it be your own fucking people." Episode 8: "Jack has made his bed, and now he is going to lie in it. He is the only one to blame now. And save fuck him. Joke is scared of his dad, dude. Look at those eyes. They are playing Snakes and fucking ladder lol and making it out to be this big thing. He looks like he is being held at gunpoint in that video. In a world where everyone seems to hate you, having that one person who loves you is the best feeling in the world. The beauty marks or moles, if you will, all on Yin's neck ARE SO SEXYYYY. Not to be feral in these desperate times, but shit. I should sleep and be happy while I sleep and not let this show ruin my life." And then Chloe didn't watch the show for two years lmao. Episode 10: "LOWKEY AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE'S ONE GUY; WE JUST NEED TO GET ENOUGH ANGRY PEOPLE, AND YOU CAN TAKE HIM DOWN. OR FLEE LIKE COWARDS, I GUESS, I DON'T REALLY KNOW." Episode 11: "But yeah, I have an inkling I know what's coming, but really acceptance is really the first step. I don't really know. Maybe that's the moral here: accept your fate and life will be easier. ALSO, boss is just a guy; why don't we fucking shoot him? Or are we too fucking dumb to do that, huh?"

I will give it to them; I got really into this show. So into it, I didn't want to finish it lmao, because you know. Give yourself some peace of mind and just watch this, not the special lmao. And just like this, we are finally. Goodbye old friend, you will be missed. Okay bye!

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Spoilers ahead!!

I did not expect that this Thai BL storyline would be that good and thank god I was wrong. The plot was so good, the characters were well written and the execution was flawless. Can I also just say that every music that they put into the drama is so good and pairs really well with the scenes that the characters were trying to portray?!

From the start to the end, I went through a rollercoaster of emotions, from small smiles to laughters to tears and depression. There were a lot of topics that felt relatable and meaningful which was portrayed throughout the series. Whether its family issues, relationship problems the way that they tackle every single situation was handled well.

The chemistry between the male lead and main character was there like you can feel it after one episode. One of my favorite scenes was the confession scene. When Joke (main character) asked Jack (male lead) who does he like? And Jack says “its you” to Joke. To me that was the sweetest moment and the perfect timing because they have went through a lot together and during that time Jack realized that he cannot be with a person who he doesn’t love. His heart wants to be with Joke because he cannot lie to himself anymore and wanted to accept the truth. Also! The first time they wanted to kiss he would always ask for consent from Joke. CONSENT IS HOT DARLING!

I don’t really have any critiques to write anymore except that they need to make a season 2 or smth. Like this cannot end here!! Thank you for listening to me rant. Just know i’ll be depressed for a few days because of the cliffhanger.

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I LOVE THIS BL!!

this serie was amazing!! the actors were acting rlly good and the story is perfect.



for the music tho i didn't rlly like it but igs that doesn't really matter as long as the serie is good.


i will definitely watch this bl again!! this is also one of my top 3 favorite bls cuz i found comfort in the characters and i can't get over it this deserves a 10 for my opinion.


for the ppl who haven't watched it yet. i recommend it!

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Not good at all

The main leads don’t have chemistry; there is not much to fall in love with . They don’t even have scenes together that much. Even when they are with others, they don’t have scenes together like two different story lines, no linking or talking between the main leads. The comedy is forced. The story writing is so poor. They said at first it’s more romantic, afterward, they changed into this. They are involved in production and story; should have left that to professionals and taken acting classes in which both are average. Yin feels like he is on a good level that wants to work on Netflix series, bro, you are stiff as a pole and doesn’t have any lead series unless it’s ship-related.

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Se fosse só pelo final e pelas piadas, eu dropava… mas Joker não deixou <3

Eu entrei nessa série porque adoro BL com ação, e acabei ficando pelo drama, pela dor e, principalmente, pelo Joker. A luta dele pra ser aceito, pra ter espaço num mundo que só quer moldá-lo, me tocou. Foi impossível não me apegar. O Jack também tem seu peso na história, com dilemas fortes e uma trajetória difícil, mas foi o Joker que ficou comigo.

A série manda muito bem na ação, e nisso ela não decepciona nem por um segundo. As coreografias são incríveis, bem filmadas e muito bem executadas. Eu cheguei a achar que os atores eram lutadores na vida real, de tanto que mandaram bem. As cenas são intensas, bem dirigidas, e conseguem ser emocionantes mesmo nos momentos mais técnicos. A parte visual ajuda muito também, com um clima tenso e urbano que combina com o enredo, apesar de alguns efeitos especiais não serem tão bons assim.

Agora… se você tá procurando romance, talvez não seja aqui. A relação entre o Jack e o Joker é linda, cheia de nuances, cumplicidade e até desejo ali no meio, mas não chega a tocar como um romance de verdade. Falta desenvolvimento, falta profundidade emocional entre os dois. O carinho existe, a conexão existe, mas tudo é muito mais sugerido do que vivido. Então, se sua expectativa for o romance, pode bater uma frustração. Mas se o foco for ação e drama bem feitos, vai fundo sem medo. Nem mesmo os personagens secundários vivem um romance de fato visível, tudo é muito sugerido, tudo é muito "a gente namora tá, não esqueçam disso" e seguem agindo mais como amigos íntimos que como casal de fato.

Sobre o final, não foi exatamente satisfatório, não vou mentir. E não tô nem falando do Save ter... vocês sabem o quê. É mais esse clima de “todo mundo bonzinho” no fim, como se tudo tivesse se resolvido com um abraço e um laço de fita bonito por cima. Sabendo o tipo de mundo que eles vivem, comandado por ricaços, corrupção, violência e esquemas pesados, esse felizes para sempre não convence tanto assim. Mas mesmo assim, dentro da proposta da série, foi um final decente.

Agora, vamos falar de um ponto que me doeu fisicamente: as cenas “cômicas”. Gente… teve umas que eu precisei pular real. A vergonha alheia bateu com força. E o auge pra mim foi o Jack Cachorro. Aaaaaaaaaa. Que dor. Que dor. Parecia que eu tava assistindo outra série por alguns minutos. Essas tentativas forçadas de alívio cômico não funcionaram comigo, só quebravam o clima e me tiravam totalmente da imersão.

Mesmo com esses tropeços, Jack and Joker ainda entrou pros meus favoritos. Pela carga emocional, pelos personagens e pelas lutas incríveis. Não é perfeito, mas é marcante.

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