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I think every Korean BL gets the tag "Short Length Series" haha.

Right! Knock me over with a feather!

Can’t wait!

Or for a kiss ... 😂😂😂

Really enjoyed it. Compared to that terrible HIStory "Love In The Future" series this is already a masterpiece.

Cooper and Marc are well cast, and so far the supporting players are really good too. Cooper is great at comedy and Marc is good at projecting a more serious personality, so for me the chemistry is on point.

Abysmal.
Dropping.

Mix was phenomenal.... he really came into his own with this performance. We don't want that to get lost in all the accolades for everyone else, as much as they also deserve them. :)

He will be a winner if he is anywhere in the final nine, and I will be shocked if he isn't.

This show is fake and infuriating.

I've watched the Chuang, Idol Producer, and Youth With You shows, all of which had their own issues with bias, but they have nothing on this one when it comes to fixing the game from the start.

What's surprising, though, is that Boys Planet doesn't try too hard to hide how much it's rigged. After all, this is a show where they're willing to make a blatant last-minute change to the rules of a DANCE CONTEST in order to make sure that the Korean team can come from behind and win.

If they're willing to do that when the prize is just a pizza dinner, why should anyone think they wouldn't do it when the stakes are higher?

There's a statement at the beginning of each episode where it says that votes are being tallied by a third-party company so that the results are fair, but the problem here isn't how the votes are counted -- it's how the contest is set up in the first place. So far, the trend is that any faceoff between Koreans and non-Koreans will be staged to ensure an overall victory by the Koreans.

How else can anyone explain that the bonus points awarded from the seven faceoffs between Korean and non-Korean groups were based on the votes of a live audience consisting mostly of -- wait for it -- Koreans? Sure, the tally of those votes was done fairly, but given who was voting was it any surprise that SIX OUT OF SEVEN of those faceoffs were won by the Korean teams?

This meant that EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT of the available bonus points went to Koreans, and that certainly doesn't seem like a statistically valid outcome if the playing field were fair.

The most agregious aspect of this hit home when I watched this week's episode, since it was stated that many of the Korean guys who were not eliminated were saved specifically because of their bonus points.

That is what I call a rigged game.

Anyway, let's use that "85%" number as a predictor on the makeup of the final nine ... with 85% being Korean and 15% from the Global team. This will result in (0.15)*(9) = 1.35 members being Global.

We can round that up to 2, resulting in 7 of the final nine being Korean and 2 being non-Korean. This is my prediction.

I also predict that Jay will not be in the final nine because he would shine too brightly, and that they'll find a way to keep Hui in there while also bringing in Park Gun Wook, who is a favorite of the mentors.

"If" he makes it to the final lineup? As soon as he was announced as a contestant I assumed he'd be in the final group. It would be humiliating for him not to be, so I suspect the producers will do what they can to make sure he makes it. Kinda like the way the K group suddenly won the dance battle.

The bias of this show, on full display. They're shameless.

G group was behind in the 1:1 battles so Lip J (or more likely the producers of the show) decides that the final battle will decide it.

I don't feel any suspense as I watch anymore. Until they do away with the "K vs. G" nonsense and let every boy fend for himself, K will continue to win. The final group will probably have one or two token G boys so that they can claim everything was fair.

Who thought it was a good idea to have an alcoholic character as one of the main leads.

Really enjoyed the first episode. It's a perfect Friday mood and the roles suit both guys to a tee.

I'm intrigued by how it seems their pairing gets heated up pretty fast .... it makes me wonder what the overall plotline will be, since it seems like the initial chase will be brief.

I like creating BL Cuts. I worked on one for Mi Ling and Heart while MC was airing and today it's finished. I think it turned out really nice if I do say so myself.

I thought I'd offer it here, at least for now, to anyone who wants it. It's three files to be downloaded from Dropbox, HD 1080p. Total time is roughly two hours.

If you'd like to download the cut just send me a message and I'll give you the links. Free, no strings attached.

"Heart & Mi Ling" BL Cut ....
for info read "spoiler" below ↓↓↓↓↓↓

Good point! I thought that reunion was very blah too. It was like he was greeting a friend who'd just got back from a two-week vacation.

I'm not feeling a lot of chemistry between the two leads, either.

Given the potential rival from the office and other misunderstandings, it looks like the series could be a ten-episode slog through one miscommunication after another. And since I think Phu is a selfish jerk I'll find it hard to care.

I'll give it one more episode and if nothing improves I'll drop it.

A series about a thoughtless jerk named Phu, who spent his childhood making eyes at his best friend then abandoned him for ten years without a word.

I hope it doesn't turn out to be ten episodes of Nan being a doormat.

I get the sense that the story arc for Mi Ling and Heart is nearly concluded and that the final episode might focus more on Jim and, possibly, Gaipa. The crisis about Mi Ling having to move away from Pataya with his mom has passed, and the "gay son/gay nephew" situation has become a non-issue. Heck, Jim even made a sexual joke about it to Mi Ling.

It looks the last episode will deal with whether Mi Ling moves to the States (he's welcome to stay with me if he does), and there's a possibility that Heart's parents don't yet comprehend the full extent of the boys' relationship, and might object.

I'm glad that both the relocation issue and question of sexuality have been addressed, though, and I'm looking forward to the finale.

Finally someone mentions that! What wonderful casting.

Now, if she shows up in Fourth's next series (whatever that is), that will be pretty funny.

That was a long drive to the hospital .. it was mid-afternoon when King stopped curbside to pick up Uea and pitch-dark when they got there.