My issue with this show is that many people seem to be watching and voting based on their favorite mentors and not who's most ready to debut. Also, these live voting results are ridiculous. I wish they wouldn't have such drastic effects on the lineups.
This show is tough for me because there's more than just 7 people who are ready enough to debut, so I'm going to be at least somewhat disappointed with the end result no matter what. Also, the vote stealing round was dumb. Shin Jaewon getting last despite being one of the two main crutches of his team pissed me off, and Andy in 5th place was BS, too. At least their teams won. My boy Atilla lost 50k votes.
So there's an uncut version on iqiyi now.... each episode is over an hour long about 20 minutes longer than on…
I thought it was strange that the show kept pushing the side couples despite barely giving them any time to develop. Turns out, it's almost all in the uncut version. 😅
The original series was deep, with a complicated (sometimes chaotic) plot and different, well developed characters.…
The problem with the original was that it tried to bite off more than its budget could chew. You say the characters were well developed (I mostly disagree), but a chunk of them weren't even in the novel, and then had their story arcs abandoned or aimless by season 2 anyway. Most of the side couples also didn't even go anywhere, and the antagonists were very 1 dimensional. In addition, the novel was almost strictly PhunNoh, so this version is actually more faithful by focusing mainly on them.
Season 2 itself was also an issue because it tried to jam 3/4 of the story into one season whereas season 1 was only a small portion of it. I admit I miss the feel and older cast of the original too, but honestly it hasn't aged well, and this new cast is doing a good job portraying the characters while the production seems to know what they're doing time management wise. I think Noh in particular is being portrayed much better than the original. I never liked how the 2014 version's Noh was homophobic at first for no reason and never seemed to return Phun's affection to the same extent, mostly because of Captain's acting.
It is an interesting story, and I think the BL component would have made it trendy.
You literally just said that having the gay relationship in the show like it was in the novel would make it too "trendy." That's what I was calling out.
No one is caving to homophobic pressure. MDL is a place for us, all of us, to come and celebrate diversity and…
I'm not accusing anyone enjoying the show or commenting here of being homophobic, I was saying it seemed like homophobia was the reason the BL aspect was removed, and I didn't like how users who were expressing their disappointment were being dismissed as fetishizers for wanting it in.
It is an interesting story, and I think the BL component would have made it trendy.
Doesn't change the fact that it's censored. My existence as a gay person isn't a trend, and neither are stories about gay characters and relationships. We aren't just "trendy."
It's ok for people to be disappointed and offended that the work was censored, and it's disheartening to see those expressing that disappointment being dismissed as fujoshis fetishizing gay relationships. BL has exploded in popularity and viewership in the past 5 years or so and is regularly watched by LGBT people. I am one. Stripping it from the plot reeks of caving to homophobic pressure. I think people should still watch it if they enjoy it, but try to understand why this is an issue to us.
It is an interesting story, and I think the BL component would have made it trendy.
How? Love for Love's Sake has an interesting story too, and yet still managed to keep its gay romance plot. Stripping it out reeks of caving to homophobia, which doesn't sit well with some LGBT viewers.
Geonu confessing to JM out of nowhere near the end was funny to me, because he only seemed interested in Mew before that. Honestly, JM & Geonu should have just had their own BL instead of whatever this was...
Season 2 itself was also an issue because it tried to jam 3/4 of the story into one season whereas season 1 was only a small portion of it. I admit I miss the feel and older cast of the original too, but honestly it hasn't aged well, and this new cast is doing a good job portraying the characters while the production seems to know what they're doing time management wise. I think Noh in particular is being portrayed much better than the original. I never liked how the 2014 version's Noh was homophobic at first for no reason and never seemed to return Phun's affection to the same extent, mostly because of Captain's acting.