I'm not sure how all of this will be wrapped up, but I have to say I have REALLY enjoyed the format this series was filmed in. I love the way it almost feels like a street documentary in some places. It's very, very different from the way most BLs (and series in general) are filmed. At a few points in the story, it actually feels somewhat improvised, too, which adds a ton of realism. Man, I love it.
And the acting. Wow. These kids are SERIOUSLY good, especially in the scenes with silence or just long pauses. Their facial expressions are incredible. What a cast.
Lastly, I am still hoping Bas Hatsanat Piniwat (of the BasMaxky pairing) and the actor that plays Baabin, PJ Mahidol Pibulsonggram, get cast as brothers in something. They look alike.
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EDIT: One more thing.
I MUCH, MUCH prefer the naturally paced and realistic dialogue in this series, instead of dialogue with long pauses in the middle of sentences / thoughts (then switches to a new camera angle before the dialogue continues), the way a huge number of BLs are filmed. That method is SO freaking annoying.
From what i understood after reading the novel was there's a myth among the vampires that the golden blood of…
Oh, man. Make Your Days Count made me cry for 2 days. It was devastating to see their newfound love just taken away like that. It was so unexpected, and I was absolutely distraught.
I have a long list of favorites, but The Time of Fever was very good, and The On1y One was very well done. <---- That one is unusual in that, the ending was rather open, but also ended in a way that I didn't mind. No second season is necessary, but there could easily be one (and I would welcome it).
Another (mostly) good series with an excellent pairing is the Taiwanese series, See Your Love. The main couple was amazing, espec considering they're both pretty new to acting. I don't think Taiwan pairs couples the way Thailand does, so it's unlikely those two actors will be in another series like that. Which is a shame.
Anyway, I didn't mean to turn this into a mile long thread, LOL. It's fun to explore this genre, though.
From what i understood after reading the novel was there's a myth among the vampires that the golden blood of…
I'm a dedicated, decades-long fan of vampire stories but relatively new to BL in general, having only watched the genre for about a year or so. And I watch various series from across the geographical spectrum (though, TBH, I really can't stand very many from the U.S.), as well as from different production companies.
You're right, most of them are not deep at all. Rampant trope-ism and worn out story concepts (especially in the case of BLs - the high school or "college of engineering" setting) are vastly over-used.
I tend to like ones that are more unique either in substance or production format. I'm watching a Thai series right now called Gelboys. It's filmed in almost a street-documentary style in many scenes, although I'm not sure that's exactly the description I mean. It's just very different, and I'm really enjoying it.
I also just finished watching ThamePo, and that one was excellent. Much more of a typical style, but the difference is the cast - GMMTV made an incredible new pairing with first time actor William (real-life lead singer of a Thai idol group called LYKN) and Est, who is an established actor. As actors and as the main characters, they made an amazing connection that really came through on the screen. The series has a very high rating, if you haven't watched it already.
From what i understood after reading the novel was there's a myth among the vampires that the golden blood of…
I was able to read all of the chapters, through the end of Ch 20, without making an acct.
But at Ch 21 the website forced me to make an acct, and I couldn't read the rest until that happened.
So I made one and finished everything late last night. And there were definitely some plot twists.
My opinion: If that was a faithful translation of the original, then I hate to say it, but it reads like a high schooler or perhaps a college freshman wrote it. Unfortunately the intimate scenes were.....not well written, either.
It reminded me of WAYYYY back when Buffy the Vampire Slayer was super popular and fanfic websites sprang up all over the internet so everyone could write their "shipping" stories.
90% of those stories were poorly written, but other people were telling the writers things like "That was amazing!! Oooh that was so hot!! I love how you wrote this scene!!"
TBH, the majority of those writers should have never been encouraged to write. At least not at that point in their lives, lol. How do I know that? Because **I** was also one of those awful Buffy fanfic writers. Now I look back on those stories with a lot of embarrassment.
So now I'm in my late 50s, I'm back in college after being out of school for decades, and I'm a writer myself (mostly poetry and short stories - nothing you've ever heard of). I've had some great professors who were pretty demanding and as a result, I have a much more developed and skilled perspective on writing in general than I used to. I am certainly not a world-class writer by any stretch of the imagination, but I have a pretty good grasp of when something is well-written or not.
My final assessment is.......I can only hope the series is better.
Side note: I would love to know the process of how these stories are scouted / discovered, and how someone eventually decides, "This would be a good series." I would also like to know the percentage of series that are from adapted works (such as My Golden Blood), versus how many are original screenplays. I might have to do some research.
Thank you for the nice comment. But tell me, was Sangmin Dinneaw as awful as people say?
Sangmin-Dinneaw was pretty bad - but only from the 2nd half.
The first half was kinda cute and somewhat interesting,
But in the middle......I don't know what happened, but it changed a lot and not in a good way. It became gratuitous and gross, and there was a last minute sub-plot (sorta hinted at earlier in the series, but as a viewer I thought that it was just a tiny back story that was mentioned to establish some context, but NEVER thought it would be followed up on at ANY point in the story. Yet.....right at the last minute.....WHAM, there it was. )
Suffice to say things just got weird at the end and for me, at least, it completely ruined the entire series.
From what i understood after reading the novel was there's a myth among the vampires that the golden blood of…
Hey - I'm reading the novel right now, and it says the opposite.
I'm copying and pasting, here:
"Once Tong turns twenty-one, the power in his blood will fade on its own. At that point, neither Nakan nor anyone else will be able to exploit it anymore."
From what i understood after reading the novel was there's a myth among the vampires that the golden blood of…
So if Mark really wants to "protect" Tong, as he claimed, why did he say "I'll protect you until you're 21" ?? Meaning......once Tong turns 21, Mark will not protect him anymore?
Does that mean Mark is ALSO waiting until Tong turns 21, like the other vampires, so that he can drink Tong's blood when it's at its peak??
If yes, then that means Mark actually has an ulterior motive.
Is it possible we've been fooled, and it's actually Daon who is the original red flag here??? Did all the trouble start with HIM?
Did he pit Jaemin and Su Hyeon against each other??? (Buying perfume for and confessing to Su Hyeon in the letter, but also backhugging Jaemin and confessing to him, too?)
Is that why Daon said "I'm not as good a person as you think I am. I might only end up hurting you." to Seong Hyeon?
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I'm not sure how all of this will be wrapped up, but I have to say I have REALLY enjoyed the format this series was filmed in. I love the way it almost feels like a street documentary in some places. It's very, very different from the way most BLs (and series in general) are filmed. At a few points in the story, it actually feels somewhat improvised, too, which adds a ton of realism. Man, I love it.
And the acting. Wow. These kids are SERIOUSLY good, especially in the scenes with silence or just long pauses. Their facial expressions are incredible. What a cast.
Lastly, I am still hoping Bas Hatsanat Piniwat (of the BasMaxky pairing) and the actor that plays Baabin, PJ Mahidol Pibulsonggram, get cast as brothers in something. They look alike.
----------------------------
EDIT: One more thing.
I MUCH, MUCH prefer the naturally paced and realistic dialogue in this series, instead of dialogue with long pauses in the middle of sentences / thoughts (then switches to a new camera angle before the dialogue continues), the way a huge number of BLs are filmed. That method is SO freaking annoying.
I have a long list of favorites, but The Time of Fever was very good, and The On1y One was very well done. <---- That one is unusual in that, the ending was rather open, but also ended in a way that I didn't mind. No second season is necessary, but there could easily be one (and I would welcome it).
Another (mostly) good series with an excellent pairing is the Taiwanese series, See Your Love. The main couple was amazing, espec considering they're both pretty new to acting. I don't think Taiwan pairs couples the way Thailand does, so it's unlikely those two actors will be in another series like that. Which is a shame.
Anyway, I didn't mean to turn this into a mile long thread, LOL. It's fun to explore this genre, though.
You're right, most of them are not deep at all. Rampant trope-ism and worn out story concepts (especially in the case of BLs - the high school or "college of engineering" setting) are vastly over-used.
I tend to like ones that are more unique either in substance or production format. I'm watching a Thai series right now called Gelboys. It's filmed in almost a street-documentary style in many scenes, although I'm not sure that's exactly the description I mean. It's just very different, and I'm really enjoying it.
I also just finished watching ThamePo, and that one was excellent. Much more of a typical style, but the difference is the cast - GMMTV made an incredible new pairing with first time actor William (real-life lead singer of a Thai idol group called LYKN) and Est, who is an established actor. As actors and as the main characters, they made an amazing connection that really came through on the screen. The series has a very high rating, if you haven't watched it already.
I'm really hoping they DON'T camp up MGB. I can't watch it if they do.
But at Ch 21 the website forced me to make an acct, and I couldn't read the rest until that happened.
So I made one and finished everything late last night. And there were definitely some plot twists.
My opinion: If that was a faithful translation of the original, then I hate to say it, but it reads like a high schooler or perhaps a college freshman wrote it. Unfortunately the intimate scenes were.....not well written, either.
It reminded me of WAYYYY back when Buffy the Vampire Slayer was super popular and fanfic websites sprang up all over the internet so everyone could write their "shipping" stories.
90% of those stories were poorly written, but other people were telling the writers things like "That was amazing!! Oooh that was so hot!! I love how you wrote this scene!!"
TBH, the majority of those writers should have never been encouraged to write. At least not at that point in their lives, lol. How do I know that? Because **I** was also one of those awful Buffy fanfic writers. Now I look back on those stories with a lot of embarrassment.
So now I'm in my late 50s, I'm back in college after being out of school for decades, and I'm a writer myself (mostly poetry and short stories - nothing you've ever heard of). I've had some great professors who were pretty demanding and as a result, I have a much more developed and skilled perspective on writing in general than I used to. I am certainly not a world-class writer by any stretch of the imagination, but I have a pretty good grasp of when something is well-written or not.
My final assessment is.......I can only hope the series is better.
Side note: I would love to know the process of how these stories are scouted / discovered, and how someone eventually decides, "This would be a good series." I would also like to know the percentage of series that are from adapted works (such as My Golden Blood), versus how many are original screenplays. I might have to do some research.
And on another note.......the acting in this series is just BEYOND good. All of them. Wow.
Other than those two comments ^^^^, I am speechless right now.
The first half was kinda cute and somewhat interesting,
But in the middle......I don't know what happened, but it changed a lot and not in a good way. It became gratuitous and gross, and there was a last minute sub-plot (sorta hinted at earlier in the series, but as a viewer I thought that it was just a tiny back story that was mentioned to establish some context, but NEVER thought it would be followed up on at ANY point in the story. Yet.....right at the last minute.....WHAM, there it was. )
Suffice to say things just got weird at the end and for me, at least, it completely ruined the entire series.
I ended up giving it an extremely low score.
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Ahhhhh......Nevermind. I just read Ch 16. Wow.
I'm copying and pasting, here:
"Once Tong turns twenty-one, the power in his blood will fade on its own. At that point, neither Nakan nor anyone else will be able to exploit it anymore."
Possibly to use the blood smell from the meat market as a cover in case any of the other vampires were following them?
Just a guess.
Does that mean Mark is ALSO waiting until Tong turns 21, like the other vampires, so that he can drink Tong's blood when it's at its peak??
If yes, then that means Mark actually has an ulterior motive.
Did he pit Jaemin and Su Hyeon against each other??? (Buying perfume for and confessing to Su Hyeon in the letter, but also backhugging Jaemin and confessing to him, too?)
Is that why Daon said "I'm not as good a person as you think I am. I might only end up hurting you." to Seong Hyeon?