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Your concerns are very reasonable, but we can't really say anything about it until the drama is released. As I've said once before, there's barely any footage to prove whether she's a good actress or not, and fans can't keep deluding themselves into thinking she got the role solely for her talent, her influence and popularity definitely played a hand in her being accepted. Even if she was accepted into YGE as an actress and even if she auditioned, it doesn't prove anything about her acting skills, until we actually see her acting our judgement should be neutral and I advice everyone to not get too excited and start setting unreachable standards, setting the bar too high is only gonna stress the actors/production team and the final product might turn out to be quite underwhelming as a result. Supporting your idols and favorites is totally fine and hyping up their work is good too, but please keep an objective perspective if their work doesn't turn out good, fans shouldn't start attacking other viewers simply because they didn't like this person's work. Giving constructive criticism is NOT the same as hate, you don't realize how many people don't actually understand this concept so I applaud you for not discrediting her immediately like some did, and I also like how you're being level headed about this too so props to you. I'm also glad no one has lashed out on you for stating your opinion, you'd be surprised by how many immature fans there is ready to throw knives at you for simply speaking your mind.

From the other person's reply and the teaser being out I'm saying yes, except maybe with slight changes cuz some of the cast already left the crew and it's being continued by a different company.

Thank you for the info, I stopped keeping up with the news on this series a few days ago so I didn't know about that. Chances are that another company took charge as it is highly unlikely for filmania to continue it. I'm pretty sure the reason they foundthe company to begin with is because of this series and the budget for it was pretty high so if they dropped it, it's probably because its budget reached a limit they couldn't keep up with aside from the author leaving ofc.

I hate to tell you but the damage is already done. The company already dropped the project and from what I've gathered, the chances for another company to pick it up are almost non existent. For what it's worth, I'm glad that it's not happening tbh, the trailer was good, but the plot was quite problematic and the author was very uncooperative with the team working on it.

You're most welcome, I'm glad I could help ❤❤

You're very welcome ❤

This series is literally about the relationship between a mafia boss' son and his bodyguard with a bunch of drama and side characters on the side. The plot is originally rated 17+ if I'm not mistaken because of some toxic/violent elements and adult-ish scenes I believe, but to sum up the whole issue for you, the production team and the screenwriters wanted to bring the plot down a notch so it wouldn't be as heavy as it originally was, sadly our dear author was having none of that so they argued and she left. She (apparently) started spewing stuff left and right about the company, and many other complications start arising so it all led to the company dropping the project. This is basically the whole problem in a nutshell, if you'd like to know more about this whole situation I recommend checking the Twitter fandom cuz they're the most up-to-date or so I've heard.

Honestly, if it's not your cup of tea don't watch it, and I mean no offense when I say this. Dramas and shows are made for people's entertainment, but if a drama isn't serving its purpose then by all means stop watching it. You shouldn't force yourself to watch anything if you're not into it. Now for what you've said about "overhyping" these two series, I must say I disagree with you on that. If you don't like something it doesn't mean that it's overrated or too "hyped" as you've put it. There are people who genuinely like these two shows so why are you discrediting them on the expense of the few who are only watching for their "faves"? I personally loved the untamed, but WOH wasn't really to my liking, and I didn't watch any of them for anyone in particular so you can't say I'm watching it for my faves right? Same goes for many others. Although I do think that there is some truth to what you had mentioned about people watching stuff not for the plot but for the cast. I've seen quite a few cases like that so I know where you're coming from, but that doesn't mean that everyone is like that. Also, I don't think this is related to the show being popular or anything, maybe it's just the genre that isn't to your liking, maybe it's the plot too, but I don't think this is about it being overhyped. I might sound defensive and I apologize if my way of phrasing things comes off as rude, I'm just trying to be as objective as possible here. You have every right to express your opinion on this drama and every other one for that matter, but I personally think you shouldn't brush off people's likes and favorites like that, again, I'm not trying to teach you how to think or how to respond, I'm just stating my opinion, you're not obligated to take it to face value.

Honestly tho, if only the plot was more thought through and the editing and camera angles were handled a bit differently. This series could have been a groundbreaking work for China in the fantasy genre.

Thank you for talking about this, I'm glad someone finally said it. I've never read the novel, but from what I've heard, apparently the main issue that started this whole mess was about how violent and unsettling her original plot was and how the production team and screenwriters wanted to tone it down a little so it would be more screen appropriate, and apparently our dear writer was so against it she refused the changes, wanting the script to be word for word from the novel and you know how the rest goes. Now for what you've mentioned about BLs in general, I personally think they have some problematic aspects to them, mainly because they're not usually written by gay people, but by hetero females wanting to satisfy their fantasies about men being in a relationship, and sadly their stories and scenarios rarely ever apply to real life because of how unrealistic they are and how harsh the world's depiction and view of the lgbtqia+ community is. Another issue with the BL genre is how very sexualized it often is, how they never portray actual gay people and how it mostly shows only 2 types of gays:
1) the soft/feminine bottoms
2) the strong/masculine tops
There is no diversity whatsoever. And let's not forget the weird additions of what they consider to be "drag queens" or "trans people". Even though I was looking forward to watching this one, I was never fully aware of how problematic the original storyline is. I simply thought that the screenwriters wanted to change some dialogues or something, not remove the most problematic parts so I'm not really sure now whether I want them to continue working on it or nah. And the amount of issues attached to this show and how inconsiderate the industry is towards the thai lgbtqia+ community makes it harder to continue supporting it. And even if a company decides to continue working on it, the hype around it has already died down and it probably won't survive that long in the industry seeing how uninterested viewers are getting after hearing about the whole situation.

Indeed, BDSM is all about consent and safe words. I don't know much about this department, mainly because I'm an ace, but I want to point out the fact that they never said that this was about BDSM. Furthermore, this movie was never advertised as a romance/love story. You can clearly see that the tags for this movie don't include the romance tag. The movie showed a relatively realistic portrayal of Stockholm syndrome combined with the heavily disturbing sex scenes. Even though the plot was all over the place, I really think that this movie did well in terms of portraying this very unnerving plot of an f-ed up sort of "relationship" between a r@pist/kidnapper and his victim, cuz really this plot can't be portrayed in a "healthy" or "romantic" manner anyway.

More like left hanging in the air. Filmania dropped the project but people are still holding on to the hope that another company is gonna pick it up and release it instead. So to answer your question, no technically it's not cancelled, but it's still a possibility if no company decides to continue it.

Yup, after dropping it and picking it up several times so that should tell you something. I won't spoil anything but I will say tho, my biggest disappointment was in almost everything related to ballet in this circus raucous. This might be because of how dear ballet is to me but yeah, it's definitely the most frustrating part(s).

Definitely not the only one. The plot just plummets downhill real quick going forward so, yeah, good call on putting it on hold.

Precisely. I get the excitement and anticipation but people are setting their bars waaay too high their expectations are starting to get very unrealistic, and that just puts unnecessary pressure on the staff and cast .

Yeah, I knew about the new conditions and requirements for applying and the government's not-so-subtle dislike towards idols and their influence. I wasn't referring to it back then. I saw a document circling around about how the chinese government is banning these shows all together, and I tried digging for more info but nothing came up so I took it to here to ask about this whole thing. Thanks for the reply anyway, I didn't know about the situation with Chuang 2022 so, thanks.

True, China feels more uptight about the mentioning of anything korean, but anyways thanks for the info, I was getting really confused about the whole situation.

Thank you, I just read it. Ok but the fact that it's all Korean websites is hilarious lol. Also thank god it's not true. But is it just me or is korean media trying to paint the Chinese in a bad light? I noticed on several occasions that the koreans tend to twist the narrative about anything related to china, and it's not a one time thing.

If you do please tell me because I was really caught off guard when I read that. I did know about the new restrictions and the rules for the trainees to apply to such shows, but to straight up ban them? That is just extreme.

HOLD THE FREAK UP!
I just stumbled upon an article stating that the Chinese government has banned all idol survival shows and that the final line up of this season is not gonna debut. Is this actually true? Because if it is I'm flying over there to throw a tantrum and even cuss them out publicly. I get the cancellation, but to ban ALL idol survival shows? That's just extreme bs, like China what is going on over there? Are y'all ok? Sure you don't need a factory reset?