I binged watched all 15 episodes over the last week and fell in love. The original series was the beginning of…
"because the writing and character development are much stronger than what we usually get from Thai BLs"
These comments annoy me a little bit. Thailand makes the most BLs - every year there are incredibly high quality and well written shows. There are also a lot of shows made on a shoestring budget to formula that just seems to print money, they are not original, they are not innovative, they are not supposed to be.
You are comparing apples to oranges - they just all happen to be from Thailand.
I can't believe Caged Again is your first Series - I'm so impressed with that show I don't kno what to say, I think you've done a truly excellent job with your first series fr.
I think one of the best aspects of Caged Again is also one of the hardest to really talk about. The show has an excellent awareness of exactly what it is and doesn't lose sight of that at all while telling an adorable and very fantastical story. I keep waiting almost for it to cross a line into maybe too cheesy, too campy or too try hard and it just never does - it isn't like the show is toeing any of these lines, its very cleverly dancing over all of them. The 4th wall break is I think one the hardest things to do well and here its used in a way that feels almost natural - that is an accomplishment in an of itself. I'm assuming you had a little something to do with all this 😉
Whatever it is your doing - just keep doing it bc you are killing it 👍💯😁
I look forward to more of your projects in the future!
Yes! Yes! Yes and uh Yeah! Wow you have covered everything, I absolutely adore this gem of a show!Merry Christmas/Happy…
Haha - I had to stop myself from writing more, I get a little wordy sometimes. This might end up being the first show I actually leave a review for - I feel almost guilty for not talking about the Actors - obviously all 4 leads but so many of the side characters have made minor roles very memorable characters, I'm really impressed with everyone involved with this project tbh
Tbh - I can't tell you how MoD ended rn to save my life. If you are only comparing Sammon's adapted work, I much…
Ahh, c'mon - I'm not the only person that thought MoD was a little slow. I think your the first person I've seen call 4Minutes trash. There was not a single issue with 4Minutes that I could not easily overlook - I thought it was quite good, plus Bible...
Bible delivered an iconic performance - iconic. That was like the buzzword on that page describing him, I did say it at the time but I'm echoing a lot of people.
This show is a real gem. All the comments about it being cute - its adorable, like master class adorable. Everything is just the right level of whatever it is for the story - obviously the cuteness and actors/acting in general but also the fantasy/realism, the comedy, the Home Alone bad guys, even the 4th wall breaks - its like just the right amount of all of it.
I also think it has a very powerful message hidden right under the surface of all the flawless cuteness. The interplay between the animal lives and the human lives of the main characters is showing us the characters grapple with serious questions "What's important in life? What do I want out of life?" and they have absolutely no baggage like parents or other people in their lives to consider at all, no obligations, no responsibilities, they are in school but the grades don't matter, so there is no excuse for the characters, or us, but to deal with maybe the biggest questions in life. Wow. That is absolutely epic, bravo.
When you peel away all the bs its rather obvious isn't it? "I just want to eat what I want to eat, watch what I want to watch, be near the people that I want to be with and just go with the flow" - is that not a good life? Maybe a better life than having everything that money can buy? You don't need to work life away for one of those.
I should write about how awesome the acting and production have been but this is getting very long and I have one more thing I have to say.
I watched this solely bc of Porsch and Arm - I'm very glad I did but initially they were the entire reason why, if you are making a BL, take note of that. I think they are awesome and I want them to live their best life - so please throw money at them, not that money is all important but I'm sure they would appreciate. I would very much appreciate all my younger peers to know of them and that they can be like them - the exact role they played in this show actually. It is important when we are young to have examples we can see of what we can be. I think they very naturally portray an excellent example of how we can be.
I'm sure this is apparent at this point but I highly recommend this show. To everyone involved with this project - thank you, seriously, well done!
This was quite good. They did such a good job of making this feel like it was 1980s China - as a Westerner, the only thing that really struck me as out of time was the flashlights.
They should almost make a short tomb series with the old school yellow light flashlights that were all we had for the longest time, bc it would be way more terrifying but we would never be able to see anything 😅
I really liked the three leads in this and An Lin the Old Man is one my favorite side characters ever. He was great.
Compared to Lost Tomb Series there are a lot of similarities but in this one it really is ghosts that blow out the candles 😉
This is pretty good. Its good to see all 4 of the leads again - I think this might my favorite role for Dunk far. I'm glad they cast Peter - its kind of cool to see an American play a Thai police officer!
I love the Burger Joint - so classic looking. Tbh - Thailand is just killing this retro look rn
Also - this is really making me want to rewatch 10 Things I hate About You 😂
"His family is in electronics. That's why he has a shocking personality." - I want to meet someone with an electronics background so I can introduce them to everyone and then sit on this, until the exact right moment - every. single. time. I doubt I kno them very long, but it would be worth it.
This show is hilarious. The sewing bit in episode 2 - "Let's do some hidden stiches" 🤣🤣
Thank you so much for this comment! I had somehow missed Joy of Life despite Chen Dao Ming is one of my absolute favorite actors - I going to start watching today even!
Painfully great. The only way to enforce the law is by making a big bang to be noticed. And that last scene in…
You repeated this twice and it seems quite important so I want to make I'm understanding correctly - what do you mean the "The law is defamed" - defamed is likely one of the least used words in English outside of a courtroom and I don't understand this contextually.
This show had a lot to say. Despite the drama plot there was so much real life in this show. The character relationships, especially those between the parents and the children, are very well done.
Somebody said this is some of the best child acting that they have seen in Asian media - this is some of the best child acting in general. Zi Shen might be the best child actor I have ever seen. I actually noticed that Zi Shen has another project with Wang Jing Chun, the actor that played Detective Chen, and I'm very likely going to watch that simply to see if Zi Shen is like this in every role.
These comments annoy me a little bit. Thailand makes the most BLs - every year there are incredibly high quality and well written shows. There are also a lot of shows made on a shoestring budget to formula that just seems to print money, they are not original, they are not innovative, they are not supposed to be.
You are comparing apples to oranges - they just all happen to be from Thailand.
I think one of the best aspects of Caged Again is also one of the hardest to really talk about. The show has an excellent awareness of exactly what it is and doesn't lose sight of that at all while telling an adorable and very fantastical story. I keep waiting almost for it to cross a line into maybe too cheesy, too campy or too try hard and it just never does - it isn't like the show is toeing any of these lines, its very cleverly dancing over all of them. The 4th wall break is I think one the hardest things to do well and here its used in a way that feels almost natural - that is an accomplishment in an of itself. I'm assuming you had a little something to do with all this 😉
Whatever it is your doing - just keep doing it bc you are killing it 👍💯😁
I look forward to more of your projects in the future!
Truly a brilliant observation 😉💯
I'm really glad to see I'm not the only one 😁
Very cool pfp btw!
Bible delivered an iconic performance - iconic. That was like the buzzword on that page describing him, I did say it at the time but I'm echoing a lot of people.
I hope your having a better day 😊
I also think it has a very powerful message hidden right under the surface of all the flawless cuteness. The interplay between the animal lives and the human lives of the main characters is showing us the characters grapple with serious questions "What's important in life? What do I want out of life?" and they have absolutely no baggage like parents or other people in their lives to consider at all, no obligations, no responsibilities, they are in school but the grades don't matter, so there is no excuse for the characters, or us, but to deal with maybe the biggest questions in life. Wow. That is absolutely epic, bravo.
When you peel away all the bs its rather obvious isn't it? "I just want to eat what I want to eat, watch what I want to watch, be near the people that I want to be with and just go with the flow" - is that not a good life? Maybe a better life than having everything that money can buy? You don't need to work life away for one of those.
I should write about how awesome the acting and production have been but this is getting very long and I have one more thing I have to say.
I watched this solely bc of Porsch and Arm - I'm very glad I did but initially they were the entire reason why, if you are making a BL, take note of that. I think they are awesome and I want them to live their best life - so please throw money at them, not that money is all important but I'm sure they would appreciate. I would very much appreciate all my younger peers to know of them and that they can be like them - the exact role they played in this show actually. It is important when we are young to have examples we can see of what we can be. I think they very naturally portray an excellent example of how we can be.
I'm sure this is apparent at this point but I highly recommend this show. To everyone involved with this project - thank you, seriously, well done!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
If you are only comparing Sammon's adapted work, I much prefer 4 Minutes to MoD - this show I've not seen enough of yet.
They should almost make a short tomb series with the old school yellow light flashlights that were all we had for the longest time, bc it would be way more terrifying but we would never be able to see anything 😅
I really liked the three leads in this and An Lin the Old Man is one my favorite side characters ever. He was great.
Compared to Lost Tomb Series there are a lot of similarities but in this one it really is ghosts that blow out the candles 😉
I love the Burger Joint - so classic looking. Tbh - Thailand is just killing this retro look rn
Also - this is really making me want to rewatch 10 Things I hate About You 😂
This show is hilarious. The sewing bit in episode 2 - "Let's do some hidden stiches" 🤣🤣
Somebody said this is some of the best child acting that they have seen in Asian media - this is some of the best child acting in general. Zi Shen might be the best child actor I have ever seen. I actually noticed that Zi Shen has another project with Wang Jing Chun, the actor that played Detective Chen, and I'm very likely going to watch that simply to see if Zi Shen is like this in every role.
I very highly recommend!