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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?

I absolutely agree with you on this, but honestly I've started losing hope that iqiyi will even address this issue any further now . And Lisa's reaction and behavior were very unprofessional and lacked sympathy towards the trainees. If she wasn't a trainee before and just a dance mentor I would've somehow been more tolerant of her behavior despite my disapproval of it, but because she was one and had went through the same training process and endured even bigger hardships, I didn't support her role this season most of the time, like for example, in episode 15 or something when Jerome D was struggling with the choreo, she didn't even try to hide her annoyance and stomped her feet like a 5 y/o, and I know he wasn't ready to debut and that he lacked in this department, but like, in what world is this behavior professional or acceptable? Ik some people criticized her for being strict before, but her behavior here is not strict, it's straight up mean, I've seen my fair share of strict teachers, and I trained under a russian teacher too so that should tell you something about how I view this. My teacher never acted like she did, even when she was disappointed, her harsh criticism was valid. Some fans really should stop excusing her behavior.

I'm with you on this. Honestly, I was really sad it's come to this tbh, the trainees deserved better and iqiyi is not the one at fault here, I'm sooo tired of people blaming them when it's out of their hands, I really wanted to see these boys debut, but alas, it is what it is, I just hope that they get the chance to actually debut one day when the whole situation is forgotten yk. The mentors were definitely more professional and involved in comparison to the previous season, I would like to add tho, the situation with Lisa (to me) is an obvious publicity stunt to raise the rating and view numbers, they could've gotten any other Chinese idol to be a dance mentor and it would've worked out just fine. I love Lisa, I really do, and I think she's an amazing dancer with a great amount of talent, but unlike others I still feel like she lacks experience mentoring wise, and that's coming from an ex-dancer, Ik I'm gonna have the living daylight attacked out of me for saying this but I fully believe she still lacks in this precise aspect. It might have worked for the first season where the competition was still somewhat light and the choreography wasn't actually that hard to learn in general and when she actually met the trainees, but the trainees of this season needed legit mentors with previous years of teaching. What also bothered me a little is the favoritism she showed towards some trainees, like don't get me wrong it's absolutely fine to have favorites, but if it effects your judgement and overall behavior then it's a big no from me. I would like to highlight something you mentioned too "not everyone gets a chance to be shown during the practice time, and at the end, we end up with 10-20 trainees we remember" that's exactly what I liked about this season, they actually showcased the trainees quite well unlike the previous seasons which mainly focused on specific participants from specific companies.
Overall your review was spot on, and in conclusion, this series was a beautiful ride that ended on a very unfortunate note and I hope that iqiyi would finally provide us with some closure because we really need it.

P.s: you're obsession with huaiwei is absolutely justified, that boy stole my heart with his shining personality and his comedic remarks here and there can I just adopt him already? lol.

Ok damn, these replies are intense. In a LESS rude way, I personally think it's a bit too early to decide whether she's good or not since we barely know anything about her acting background and before anyone says anything, yes ik she acted in stuff before, and I know she auditioned as an actress in the beginning, I've been a fan since pinkpunk's days and I know about her minor roles, but there isn't much to say about her acting for the lack of footage. I understand your concerns and unlike everyone else I think it's in someway fair to think like this, did they choose her based on her skills/talent? Very possible. Did they choose her based on her popularity? Also a possibility. I think both factors contributed in this case, however to say that it's a negative thing for them to choose an amateur? I have to disagree with you here, I've seen a lot of new actors nail their first main roles so we can't really say that it's ridiculous. And I'm really not trying to offend anyone here but people really should try to see things from a more objective point of view. I think your way of replying may have been a bit defensive (not saying that some people weren't either) but I think it's really just subjective viewing here. Ig what I'm trying to say here is, I advice you to keep somewhat of an open mind, your concerns are valid, and you have every right to feel this way imo, but again, the lack of footage can't support nor contradict your opinion so until the drama comes out, nothing I or any other person says can really be of actual validation since everyone has their own opinion so while some may enjoy it, some may not, again, it's a subjective matter we're talking about so I think what I said should offer some clarity (or at least I hope it does)

You're absolutely right. And I haven't watched SOTUS so can't say much about it lol. I watched a bit of UWMA recently after someone recommend it to me and honestly it was..... a lot to take in. The acting was somewhat over the top imo and I'm not really a fan of the reincarnation part so I was somewhat discouraged by it and eventually dropped it after going through this comment. When I posted this comment the replies kinda helped me change my usual ways and habits of watching and introduced me to different perspectives so I'm thankful for them.

Li Ronghao and Lisa did an amazing job. I loved how Li Ronghao let the trainees really showcase their amazing vocals and I loved the vibe of the song as a whole, their facial expressions really projected the feelings of the song and I'm super happy with how it turned out. Lisa's team did absolutely fantastic too, loved the music video-like performance and the trainees were amazing with the execution (I'm still salty that Kingston was eliminated tho). If I had to rank the stages from best to worst (keep in mind that non of the stages were bad, just that some were way better than others) it would be:
1- Will pan's + Lisa's stages (I couldn't choose one because those two were equally as good imo)
2-Li Ronghao's stage
3-Chris Lee's stage
4- The9's stage
5- G.E.M' stage

True, and that's a good tactic. I don't like leaving anything unfinished so I usually keep watching even if I'm not enjoying it in hopes that it might get better, but so far this series hasn't shown any signs of improvement except for ep9, and lately this persistence of mine has been really bothering me when it comes to watching stuff so I'm opting to put stuff on hold and then maybe return to it later if I felt like it.

You're absolutely right. Thank you for sharing your opinion :)

Oh no. hope it's not that much of a problem tho lol

100% agree with this. I used to feel hurt with such responses, but now I'm just like, as long as I'm not disrespecting them or invalidating their opinions, I'm fine about it, of course unless it's straight up hate then that's a totally different situation lol.

Good point! Thank you for sharing your opinion. I'm the type who doesn't like leaving anything unfinished or halfway through, that's why I kept watching it, but I guess it just became an obligation rather than a source of entertainment after a while.

Thank you for sharing your opinion. I agree with you about the comment section part, but I did expect a somewhat defensive reaction towards my opinion and I was ready to face the criticism I would get, wasn't expecting it to be towards me writing that comment at all tho lol.

You're right. And I agree with you about the production value and the acting too, and there are indeed way worse bls out there, my problem is mainly how such storyline is handled and I do realize that it's supposed to be a parody-like bl. As I said in another reply, I feel like I'm being too hard on the series (might be because I had very high expectations and forgot that this is a thai bl we're talking about lol) so I decided to put it on hold for now and maybe come back to it later with a more objective perspective

It's ok, I understand where you're coming from. The reason why I wrote that comment is because I've been told that I'm always too quick to judge and that I'm very nitpicky so when I saw that it wasn't really doing it for me I decided to ask if I should keep watching. And I wasn't talking about here, I was talking about yt or other sites, the amount of positive reviews baffled me and someone literally lashed out on me for saying that I don't really like it because it's a great show or whatever. I was hoping to get other opinions on this matter and then decide, it might seem like a really silly and trivial thing but it really bothered me.

You're right, and I really do hope you don't struggle with it like I did

LoI thanks for the suggestion. I might actually do that because I feel like I'm just being too hard on the show.

Ok, thank you for the suggestion. It's alright btw, happens all the time lol