BL Drama Lovers Club

 dora:

10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40 is only on GagaOOLala 

https://kisskh.at/793220-40-made-ni-shitai-10-no-koto

Ohh thank you so much!

 RXinw:

and that goes for @Indie Art Girl, Mr. P, and @Italophilia as well. In my mind you all are in your 20s 😁 so yayyy for being young again

You are most kind. 💕 

 RXinw:

we have our own age gap here in the club lol. Mr. P and his dearly beloved angel Fluke.

I have several "dearly beloveds", but Fluke is my one and only "most dearly beloved". Don't forget the "most".

On a serious note: Having a double-digit age gap with my real spouse, this is a sensitive subject for me. Aren't we in this community supposed to be rejecting judgemental attitudes about which relationships among consenting adults are OK and which aren't? 

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On the subject of "Khemjira": Last night's episode 6 continues to be excellent, and I continue to be deeply in love with Namping (who is most definitely a "dearly beloved"), but with the halfway mark of this series now reached, and lots of background setup for the two couples, I'm very ready to finally see some love blossoming. 

 iota:

i'm still deciding on khemjira (leaning towards yes)

Give it a try. The first episode is one of the scarier ones, so if you make it through that, you should be fine. I personally don't like horror or thrillers, but I'm lovin' this one - although admittedly because Domundi has done an overly good job in getting me invested in their cast. (See my above obsession with Namping.)

I haven't started "Mandate", not least because there's no official international release.

 dora:

For example, I would not be comfortable in a poly relationship but I think it’s great to see more of them represented on screen.

My thoughts exactly. It's an interesting story theme, and interesting to imagine, even if I know from my younger experiences that it's nothing for me in reality.

 dora:

As you once said, imagination is free. You also reminded me that I can like whomever I choose without having to feel guilty about being an older fan.

Did I really say that? You make it sound so much better. Anyways: Yes, exactly.

 p43425:

I have several "dearly beloveds", but Fluke is my one and only "most dearly beloved". Don't forget the "most".

How dare I get it wrong 😞. Duly noted for future reference.

 p43425:

On a serious note: Having a double-digit age gap with my real spouse, this is a sensitive subject for me. Aren't we in this community supposed to be rejecting judgemental attitudes about which relationships among consenting adults are OK and which aren't? 

Absolutely, judgemental attitudes about other persons relationships should not be tolerated.

I did not mean any offence; sorry if I made you feel insulted. 

Persons should absolutely be able to enjoy their choices free of judgement. What two or more consenting adults do regardless of age or gender is no one's business once they are not harming others. What matters is respect - even though I have a preference it should not be at the judgement of others' preferences that are different. 

 dora:

thanks for thinking of us as young. My skin really appreciates it. Lol.

😉

 dora:

Desire

I have a whole working theory on this series to write about in my finale review.

 RXinw:

sorry if I made you feel insulted

No worries, it wasn't directed at you or at anyone else in particular.

Just finished my catch-up binge-watch of the Japanese remake of "Love Sea". Although I've heard mention in this group, I don't recall hearing any real feedback yet, so here goes:

With last week's episode 6, this brings me to the halfway point in this 12-episode series. It's also just now reaching the point in the story at which the Thai original started to get annoyingly cliché and boring in some scenes, so it remains to be seen whether the Japanese remake will suffer from this same weakness or whether they'll somehow manage to streamline the story in the second half.

Instead of "Mut" (Fort) and "Rak" (Peat), the protagonists are "Muto Kaishin" and "Rakumoto Ai". (How clever, eh?) The actor who plays Ai really nails the arrogant and cynical sulkiness of the character just as well as Pouty Peat, but unfortunately, there is no substitute for the incomparable Fort Thitipong, hubba hubba!

The NC scenes are indeed steamy, by Japanese standards and even by Thai standards, but that's not my reason for watching. (With rare exceptions, NC scenes don't usually do much for me, nor does heavy snogging, blech!)

Cuties are, however, a valid reason for me to watch anything (up to and including trainwrecks), and there are some, notably Kaishin's younger brother. 

As with the Thai original, which worked in cameos for Boss and Noeul, the Japanese remake worked in cameos of the actors who played the main couple in the Japanese remake of "Love In The Air".  (For admirers of Nagumo Shoma: It's in the middle of episode 6. He works in the restaurant, while Hamaya Takuto works in the clothing store.)

Although I wasn't as negative about the GL couple in the Thai original as many others, I would say that the Japanese counterparts, and the execution of the GL storyline, are arguably better.

I claim to be a tough critic of remakes of good originals that didn't need remaking, and yet I watch them anyways. As with the Japanese remake of the iconic "LITA", I don't see much point in this remake of "Love Sea" other than to have a domestic product for the Japanese market.  In the case of "LITA", the generally inferior remake did, however, have one advantage: it intertwined the two storylines, thus avoiding the split into two sequential halves which was my one substantive criticism of the iconic Thai original.

Anyways, getting back to "Love Sea", I definitely wouldn't call the Thai original "iconic", but it had some good points, not only Fort & Peat (needless to say, absent in the remake) but also the beautiful cinematography of the lush Thai island in the first three episodes. Although the Japanese island is interesting, neither the beauty nor the cinematography is anywhere near the Thai original, the first three episodes of which were really nice. (It didn't start going downhill until episode 4.)

In sum, I don't love this remake so far, nor did I think I would, but I'm strangely looking forward to Tuesday's episode 7. Why? Curiosity as to how it compares to the Thai original? My relentless quest for new cuties to admire? Dunno. Anyways, I'll hold off on my final verdict until the end.

 Dramatic Deb:

I finally finished Pit Babe Season 2: Uncut . 

I still haven't even started on it. I'm already getting plenty of Supanut right now with "Most Beautiful Count", so other than for more Benz/Garfield, I'm not feeling very enthusiastic about it.

 Indie Art Girl:

Mr. P said it's not so bad after EP 1 (I know it's him this time, lol) so maybe I'll try again sometime.

To be clear, it's not that "Khemjira" doesn't have scary or suspenseful moments in subsequent episodes but rather than episode 1 dives straight in, so you know what you're getting.