I feel like SW was just promoting his business 💀 but that's just me lmaoo
No it’s all the SW haters saying it. Because that’s the narrative you’ve all created for him. Personally I dont think he’s ready to date anyone yet, including everybody’s precious SH, but the constant shade is such a high school energy.
I’ll be glad when they finally kiss so all this “Is it a BL?” BS and misplaced attribution of this series to a Chinese production company will finally stop.
Keep in mind that he said that in response to questions from an off-camera interviewer. He was giving them the answer they wanted: that he’s torn between the two men. It’s all for show.
But he’s not torn. He’s reluctant about JS. Otherwise he would’ve been much more proactive by now, and his inactions speak louder than words.
I stand by what I said earlier. The season will end with SH uncommitted, because choosing SW over JS would turn JS into an emotional basketcase, and SH is too nice to do that.
Does anyone else find the voice dubbing strange/distracting? I know its a chinese production thing, but coming…
I hate it, and will stop watching some Cdramas as soon as I find out they’re dubbed. There’s no way I’d stop watching this one, but the list of voice actors in the credits is so long that I think almost every character was dubbed.
Hate to say it but for me the pilot lacked spark and went through the motions, like a cover band playing someone else's greatest hits.
New's performance in "Warp Effect" was also so brilliant that having him return to this meek kind of character is a little disappointing. And I hope his "Achi" won't be an overdone performance like Minato in "Minato's Laundromat".
This is so disappointing. The writers obviously want to keep the same dynamic between Minato and Shin as Season One, so Minato is forced to remain an emotionally stunted closet case who exclaims in horror every time Shin does anything remotely boyfriend-like.
This makes something so basic as Minato laying his hand over Shin's into a "moment" to set our hearts aflutter.
In other words, no dramatic growth whatsoever.
Shin is a fool to let himself be friendzoned. Instead of the blissed-out expression he keeps on his face no matter how badly Minato treats him, I hope we'll finally see him assert his right to be an equal partner in this "relationship" (i.e. glorified bromance) or else.
Right now this bogus retread has a higher MDL rating than the first season. Mind-boggling.
A whipped Jeng is excruciating to watch. I hate how he has his tail between his legs for most of the finale while Pat remains immature and self-absorbed to the end.
I'm also not quite clear on what it was that made them finally reconcile?
Jeng's dad really is the Prince of Darkness, isn't he!
I think they could have tried a little harder to make the characters look like they truly aged. Most series do it with different hairstyles. It would have been fun seeing Jaab with short hair, although I'm sure Saint the actor would not have allowed it.
Funny observations: yet another episode where Pat has a good cry, and that advertising "awrad" on the shelf. Their English will always be lightyears better than my Thai but it still made me smile.
I'm always a generous grader but this gets 7/10. I wonder if we'll ever see these two leads in another series together. Something tells me we won't.
From my source of information, this is definitely BL, not bromance. Making in China but airing outside of China…
The final bit of the closing credits says it's a joint production of companies in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Thailand.
Some of the external shots are Beijing and the setting is Beijing, but the external shots could be stock footage and the actual filming could have been done on a closed set anywhere in the world.
I translated the entire opening and closing credits and saw no evidence that the production was reviewed by Mainland censors and got approved. (I'm assuming that a movie or series that passes censorship displays some sort of certification during the opening or closing credits.)
The only catch is that the company that did post-production is based out of Beijing. I don't know if that alone would mean that the series would have to undergo Mainland censorship review.
Hopefully someone who knows how the censorship process works can comment about that here.
If they're up to 146+ already, this series could be in the running to surpass the number of times that Team called…
You are too funny! And you have an impressive memory!
I dug up the post. It was a statistical analysis rather than a rote counting exercise, and it arrived at a conservative estimate of the total number of "Between Us" Hia's as 1,134.
And, this was for only 9 of the episodes because for the first 3, Win and Team weren't yet a couple.
In the promotional slide show on their main page Gaga also says they become "100% lovers".
I assume Gaga takes an initial look at the shows they carry to make sure they're in line with the site's mission, so it's possible that "100% lovers" is what we'll get, but on the other hand I can't be sure that the person who did the web marketing would have the same insight into the plot.
As for "half brothers", that could be true only in two ways.
The first would be if Wu Bi's mom had had an affair with Su Yu's dad and got pregnant by him. Hardly seems likely.
But, if Su Yu's mom was having an affair with Wu Bi's dad long before they dated and got married, and if she got pregnant with Su Yu as a result, then maybe we're in for a surprise twist that will make this comment section blow up like crazy.
I've just binge watched the 4 episodes and this show is great on its own(when u don't consider the original "addicted).My…
I watched the first six episodes of "Addicted" yesterday and the biggest thing that stood out was how different Wu Bi's characterization is from Gu Hai's.
Wu Bi's tough exterior is much easier to get past than Gu Hai's, and his focus is not on his dad's betrayal of his deceased mother but on the absence of his mother. He's had several years to adjust, but he hasn't. The statue that was her last work of sculpture is like a talisman that he keeps with him in her memory, so when he realizes who Su Yu is, it shakes him to his core. He immediately stops bullying Su Yu and becomes permanently attached.
In "Addicted" there is no statue, and there's no other object that serves as its counterpart. Gu Hai doesn't show any emotional after-effects of losing his mother. He's protective of her memory but I get the sense that this is to punish his dad. There's the implication that she died because his dad had her killed.
So, the two series are so different in how they approach the story that I think anyone who skips this one out of anger that it's not the original is really missing out.
"Addicted" will never be remade or continued using the same cast and crew. People need to get this into their heads and accept it, and be glad that someone else is at least trying to bring the story to life in a fully conceived form. Personally I'm loving it so far.
I had to look on the top of the page to make sure I was in the right series. 😬By the comments over this last…
I think it's dropped way lower than "Fahlanruk" and is now in "My Boy" territory.
A suicide attempt and attempted sexual assault in one episode, which includes a scene where the assaulter gets comforted by his manager(?) while we hear tender soundtrack music playing.
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I am hoping that’s not what we’re in store for because that would be the most abrupt shift in tone since MODC.
But that’s just me lmaoooooo
But he’s not torn. He’s reluctant about JS. Otherwise he would’ve been much more proactive by now, and his inactions speak louder than words.
I stand by what I said earlier. The season will end with SH uncommitted, because choosing SW over JS would turn JS into an emotional basketcase, and SH is too nice to do that.
I know this is third-hand news, but if they did ask that it would be a terrible thing to tease us about if it wasn't going to happen.
New's performance in "Warp Effect" was also so brilliant that having him return to this meek kind of character is a little disappointing. And I hope his "Achi" won't be an overdone performance like Minato in "Minato's Laundromat".
This makes something so basic as Minato laying his hand over Shin's into a "moment" to set our hearts aflutter.
In other words, no dramatic growth whatsoever.
Shin is a fool to let himself be friendzoned. Instead of the blissed-out expression he keeps on his face no matter how badly Minato treats him, I hope we'll finally see him assert his right to be an equal partner in this "relationship" (i.e. glorified bromance) or else.
Right now this bogus retread has a higher MDL rating than the first season. Mind-boggling.
For me Dan was the spark. And he's going to law school! Now that's a catch. 😍😍😍
I'm also not quite clear on what it was that made them finally reconcile?
Jeng's dad really is the Prince of Darkness, isn't he!
I think they could have tried a little harder to make the characters look like they truly aged. Most series do it with different hairstyles. It would have been fun seeing Jaab with short hair, although I'm sure Saint the actor would not have allowed it.
Funny observations: yet another episode where Pat has a good cry, and that advertising "awrad" on the shelf. Their English will always be lightyears better than my Thai but it still made me smile.
I'm always a generous grader but this gets 7/10. I wonder if we'll ever see these two leads in another series together. Something tells me we won't.
Some of the external shots are Beijing and the setting is Beijing, but the external shots could be stock footage and the actual filming could have been done on a closed set anywhere in the world.
I translated the entire opening and closing credits and saw no evidence that the production was reviewed by Mainland censors and got approved. (I'm assuming that a movie or series that passes censorship displays some sort of certification during the opening or closing credits.)
The only catch is that the company that did post-production is based out of Beijing. I don't know if that alone would mean that the series would have to undergo Mainland censorship review.
Hopefully someone who knows how the censorship process works can comment about that here.
I dug up the post. It was a statistical analysis rather than a rote counting exercise, and it arrived at a conservative estimate of the total number of "Between Us" Hia's as 1,134.
And, this was for only 9 of the episodes because for the first 3, Win and Team weren't yet a couple.
I assume Gaga takes an initial look at the shows they carry to make sure they're in line with the site's mission, so it's possible that "100% lovers" is what we'll get, but on the other hand I can't be sure that the person who did the web marketing would have the same insight into the plot.
As for "half brothers", that could be true only in two ways.
The first would be if Wu Bi's mom had had an affair with Su Yu's dad and got pregnant by him. Hardly seems likely.
But, if Su Yu's mom was having an affair with Wu Bi's dad long before they dated and got married, and if she got pregnant with Su Yu as a result, then maybe we're in for a surprise twist that will make this comment section blow up like crazy.
Wu Bi's tough exterior is much easier to get past than Gu Hai's, and his focus is not on his dad's betrayal of his deceased mother but on the absence of his mother. He's had several years to adjust, but he hasn't. The statue that was her last work of sculpture is like a talisman that he keeps with him in her memory, so when he realizes who Su Yu is, it shakes him to his core. He immediately stops bullying Su Yu and becomes permanently attached.
In "Addicted" there is no statue, and there's no other object that serves as its counterpart. Gu Hai doesn't show any emotional after-effects of losing his mother. He's protective of her memory but I get the sense that this is to punish his dad. There's the implication that she died because his dad had her killed.
So, the two series are so different in how they approach the story that I think anyone who skips this one out of anger that it's not the original is really missing out.
"Addicted" will never be remade or continued using the same cast and crew. People need to get this into their heads and accept it, and be glad that someone else is at least trying to bring the story to life in a fully conceived form. Personally I'm loving it so far.
A suicide attempt and attempted sexual assault in one episode, which includes a scene where the assaulter gets comforted by his manager(?) while we hear tender soundtrack music playing.