This show is so well done. This fills in a lot of ZQL story and just the immensity of it and what Wu Xie really is to him - its filled a lot in for me. The story was quite good. I enjoyed the cast a lot in this one.
I really like Chen Ming Hao as Pang Zi, he is that character to me - I liked that they had an older Wu Xie considering their interactions in this series. I loved Edward as Wu Xie. Edward is a phenomenal actor and he delivered such a fantastic performance that I can't imagine anyone else playing this Wu Xie anymore - he completely convinced me. I kno the role is always recast - its like the series thing but if Edward were to reprise his role as Wu Xie I wouldn't be upset. I really liked Kang Le's ZQL also - he is a little smiley sometimes but he is one of my favorite ZQLs in general. I liked both of the Zhangs. I even liked Feng and Hans and it isn't very often that westerners are likeable in Chinese media but Feng was really not a bad character at all.
This was very good and ranks high out of the series for me. I will rewatch for sure - there were a lot of little things in this one that mattered.
Now I understand why the script has so many holes. So it turns out that YW wrote the script? I tried to watch…
There are literally writers listed on this page - just scroll up a bit, you can see them.
I've seen very, very bad series... this is not one. Now I am biased - I love YinWar but this show is easy to like regardless. I've said this already but I'll say again - the show is about a romance between a Bangkok Robin Hood, master of disguise and a good bad guy. Maybe, just maybe, your taking this a little too seriously.
I have been watching this on YouTube in English...suddenly English is not available...but I see Arabic....so strange...Arabic?............most…
C'mon - you have the most American sounding name with this most American of comments.
There are 2 billion Muslims - I'm certain some of them are gay. If the old 1/10 rate demographers have claimed to be the approximate % of the population that is queer is a human trait and not simply a societal trait than there would 200 million LGBTQ Muslims - a population 2/3 the size of the United States, the third most populous country on earth.
Arabic is only spoken by about 500 million people but it is one of the most used languages on the internet, hence the subs.
This show. I've only seen episode one. I can already understand the "sketch show" comments - I don't kno that I hate it tho. Tbh the format allows for almost anything - I wouldn't be surprised if we see more stuff like this in the future.
I want to point out that this show was huge in Thailand and Thailand did rather quickly legalize gay marriage after this show. I'm not saying there is a direct correlation but it would be foolish to think that this show didn't have an impact on making that happen. NuNew is one of the most influential people in BL right now and it is rather well deserved if you look into him at all - he is an incredible person.
Love or hate Cutie Pie its not a terrible show. Its very well polished - the production quality, the sets/locations, the clothes, the actors, everything is top tier. It may not be everyone's cup of tea but there are far worse things we could be watching than this.
Yes it's not. Not everything is bl and this is a very good series even though it's not bl
Ok, there exists far, far, far, far, far more content made that is truly not BL than there is actual BL - so you are correct not everything is BL. In fact the vast majority of media is not BL... most of it not made with a BL cast tho. Its not like this is a show with a BL actor - this show has two well known and established BL ships in its cast.
I said this last week but here I say it again: why the hell does Yin look so handsome? What happened?
You couldn't see it the whole time?!? The first time he really smiled at War in Love Mechanics I didn't wonder about War's character's choices after that - you couldn't have paid me in University to stay away from Yin if he had smiled at me like that 😉
it's funny that most kdramas are boring, overrated and have a rating of 9. I'd like to know what's wrong with…
C'mon Bud - one of the main leads plays Robin Hood type character that is a master of disguise. The other is a good bad guy. Perhaps you are taking this a little too seriously.
After Love Mechanics what other series has YinWar been together in? I'm not even sure if War has done any drama since Love Mechanics and the one I think Yin did War wasn't part of.
This is nothing compared to On1y One. I think someone should study the cult following. I have never seen something…
Oh yeah, that was totally just a rant bc you touched on a button of mine with the masterpiece statement - I'm actually not disagreeing with you at all. Tbh, other than go off on you, I didn't say much of anything that wall of text, I apologize.
On1y One is the first step brother story I've found watchable since the original Addicted, which I don't even count. Its not original at all - there is nothing new about the content that could warrant a masterpiece. I think the acting is good but I can't say its master class.
What I think On1y One does very well is portray how we actually communicate with each other rn. The way the leads communicate, what they say and what they don't, their reasons why - all very relatable. The interactions with the parents - relatable. The school setting even is done very well.
The battle all young people fight between their future and their present - the struggle with who they think they are supposed to become, who they want to become and who they actually are. That is life and it is depicted quite well by On1y One. Its very relatable. One of the leads rn is using societal, parental and naive self expectations to deny who he is to himself - we do this all the time in life, convince ourselves what we are doing is what we are supposed to be doing even tho its not what we want to be doing at all - so again super relatable.
At the end of season 1 the leads are on opposite sides of self realization - one leaning towards self acceptance and the other denial. Both of them and their lives will be affected by the other's choice. This situation happens often and is very well depicted - unfortunately this too is very relatable. There is an underlying theme that we can't hide who we are that I expect will become more prevalent in season 2 and is of course also a fact of life we all struggle with.
So, another book... Essentially, it may not be a masterpiece outright but its hitting close to home for a lot of people and I understand why some are saying that it is.
No ! USA movies are propaganda, not this drama, its just chinese history
I don't think our military dramas are our most effective propaganda - they are just to recruit young American men. Our most effective propaganda recruits entire families from where ever they are on earth 😉
This is nothing compared to On1y One. I think someone should study the cult following. I have never seen something…
There are varying degrees of masterful or masterclass - those are "Timeless" ones and a little unfair to measure as the barrier for entry to qualify as a masterpiece.
All things that people can do in life require effort and the way we go about accomplishing our goals is skill, often several or many skills for one task or action - this is true for the most difficult and most simple things.
All skills can be honed by people to a "master level" of ability and the product created by people that have attained that level of ability is a masterpiece by definition - this is true for the most difficult and most simple things we do. A bowl of rice or ramen can be a masterpiece.
If we live long enough we should attain master level ability in many things by default simply from sheer number of times or hours spent doing them. The lawn/garden of an old man vs the lawn/garden of a young man is excellent example - so is Grandma's cookies vs Aunt's cookies despite them using the identical recipe and ingredients.
A created masterpiece in any art form can only be determined in relation to its peers in its time and place. Some masterpieces transcend the required relation to their peers - the Mona Lisa is not a masterpiece bc its better than xyz paintings, the Mona Lisa is a masterpiece in her own right. One does not need to hear bad classical music to know the 5th Symphony is good - it qualifies itself.
That timeless level requires time tho. On1y One can both be a masterpiece now and not in the future as a "timeless masterpiece" is simply a creation once given that accolade that still holds it now. We still have to identify them first out of their relation the things like them in the moment. How can On1y One be on a list of BL Masterpieces in 100 years if people do not say that of it now?
Tho I understand your position I find it to be a very limiting as a creative master can only be know thru their works - how can we identify the best of us now if we are always comparing everyone to the best of us that have ever lived - its just a little much is all. I will say your opinion is quite common - hence the rant, my apologies.
The first season kinda snuck up on me - I went in without any real expectations and found myself really enjoying it. The main 5 leads are a lot of fun to watch and season 2 cemented their position as some of my favorite characters and actors in all of Chinese media. Their is so much chemistry between the leads, each has their role and none of them could leave without it changing everything - an absolutely fantastic cast. I'll definitely watch season 3 - tbh this show is why I renewed my Iqiyi subscription and future seasons of this show is an excellent reason for me to keep it.
I think its kind of funny that this show sparked a conversation about male prostitution - as if host clubs exist only in Thailand 🤣
20 years ago CSI did an episode set in a Vegas host club - literally the identical thing, just without acrobatics. They exist rn and rn in Vegas men are drinking bottle after bottle of wine that people pay thousands of dollars for and they will throw up in the bathroom the second their guest leaves.
WeTV (Tencent for USA) has a misdirect to Live In Love instead. But GagaOOLala has it just fine. Though it isn’t…
Some of the most recent Thai shows also include 4 Minutes and currently airing Kidnap, Jack & Joker, and Love Sick 2024. All of those are quite good - maybe its just the recent shows you're watching 😉
Fr the most sus show on my list is Kidnap and its meant to be - its literally doing every single trope episode by episode, like its crossing them off a big list. I think its fantastic but of course I'm biased bc I love to see Ohm in just about anything.
I really like Chen Ming Hao as Pang Zi, he is that character to me - I liked that they had an older Wu Xie considering their interactions in this series. I loved Edward as Wu Xie. Edward is a phenomenal actor and he delivered such a fantastic performance that I can't imagine anyone else playing this Wu Xie anymore - he completely convinced me. I kno the role is always recast - its like the series thing but if Edward were to reprise his role as Wu Xie I wouldn't be upset. I really liked Kang Le's ZQL also - he is a little smiley sometimes but he is one of my favorite ZQLs in general. I liked both of the Zhangs. I even liked Feng and Hans and it isn't very often that westerners are likeable in Chinese media but Feng was really not a bad character at all.
This was very good and ranks high out of the series for me. I will rewatch for sure - there were a lot of little things in this one that mattered.
I've seen very, very bad series... this is not one. Now I am biased - I love YinWar but this show is easy to like regardless. I've said this already but I'll say again - the show is about a romance between a Bangkok Robin Hood, master of disguise and a good bad guy. Maybe, just maybe, your taking this a little too seriously.
There are 2 billion Muslims - I'm certain some of them are gay. If the old 1/10 rate demographers have claimed to be the approximate % of the population that is queer is a human trait and not simply a societal trait than there would 200 million LGBTQ Muslims - a population 2/3 the size of the United States, the third most populous country on earth.
Arabic is only spoken by about 500 million people but it is one of the most used languages on the internet, hence the subs.
Love or hate Cutie Pie its not a terrible show. Its very well polished - the production quality, the sets/locations, the clothes, the actors, everything is top tier. It may not be everyone's cup of tea but there are far worse things we could be watching than this.
It just seems like a missed opportunity to me.
Love Mechanics was a bit sus right off - some people never got past that and so they didn't kno about YinWar... everyone knows now 😁
After Love Mechanics what other series has YinWar been together in? I'm not even sure if War has done any drama since Love Mechanics and the one I think Yin did War wasn't part of.
On1y One is the first step brother story I've found watchable since the original Addicted, which I don't even count. Its not original at all - there is nothing new about the content that could warrant a masterpiece. I think the acting is good but I can't say its master class.
What I think On1y One does very well is portray how we actually communicate with each other rn. The way the leads communicate, what they say and what they don't, their reasons why - all very relatable. The interactions with the parents - relatable. The school setting even is done very well.
The battle all young people fight between their future and their present - the struggle with who they think they are supposed to become, who they want to become and who they actually are. That is life and it is depicted quite well by On1y One. Its very relatable. One of the leads rn is using societal, parental and naive self expectations to deny who he is to himself - we do this all the time in life, convince ourselves what we are doing is what we are supposed to be doing even tho its not what we want to be doing at all - so again super relatable.
At the end of season 1 the leads are on opposite sides of self realization - one leaning towards self acceptance and the other denial. Both of them and their lives will be affected by the other's choice. This situation happens often and is very well depicted - unfortunately this too is very relatable. There is an underlying theme that we can't hide who we are that I expect will become more prevalent in season 2 and is of course also a fact of life we all struggle with.
So, another book... Essentially, it may not be a masterpiece outright but its hitting close to home for a lot of people and I understand why some are saying that it is.
All things that people can do in life require effort and the way we go about accomplishing our goals is skill, often several or many skills for one task or action - this is true for the most difficult and most simple things.
All skills can be honed by people to a "master level" of ability and the product created by people that have attained that level of ability is a masterpiece by definition - this is true for the most difficult and most simple things we do. A bowl of rice or ramen can be a masterpiece.
If we live long enough we should attain master level ability in many things by default simply from sheer number of times or hours spent doing them. The lawn/garden of an old man vs the lawn/garden of a young man is excellent example - so is Grandma's cookies vs Aunt's cookies despite them using the identical recipe and ingredients.
A created masterpiece in any art form can only be determined in relation to its peers in its time and place. Some masterpieces transcend the required relation to their peers - the Mona Lisa is not a masterpiece bc its better than xyz paintings, the Mona Lisa is a masterpiece in her own right. One does not need to hear bad classical music to know the 5th Symphony is good - it qualifies itself.
That timeless level requires time tho. On1y One can both be a masterpiece now and not in the future as a "timeless masterpiece" is simply a creation once given that accolade that still holds it now. We still have to identify them first out of their relation the things like them in the moment. How can On1y One be on a list of BL Masterpieces in 100 years if people do not say that of it now?
Tho I understand your position I find it to be a very limiting as a creative master can only be know thru their works - how can we identify the best of us now if we are always comparing everyone to the best of us that have ever lived - its just a little much is all. I will say your opinion is quite common - hence the rant, my apologies.
20 years ago CSI did an episode set in a Vegas host club - literally the identical thing, just without acrobatics. They exist rn and rn in Vegas men are drinking bottle after bottle of wine that people pay thousands of dollars for and they will throw up in the bathroom the second their guest leaves.
Fr the most sus show on my list is Kidnap and its meant to be - its literally doing every single trope episode by episode, like its crossing them off a big list. I think its fantastic but of course I'm biased bc I love to see Ohm in just about anything.