Madame_Mim

Wow, I saw someone say it's worse than 'Unforgotten Night', a series so bad that I only managed to finish it by turning it into a drinking game.
Is this really that bad?

They've really done an excellent job with this soundtrack. A lot of the time I find BL soundtracks to be quite cringey and repetitive.

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Same here. This feels like a huge mistake when it comes to the stats. I want to watch the uncut officially, but this keeps me from doing that. No need to renew my iQIYI subscription. If I really like the show, then I'll stream the YT-cut to an empty room instead, but I can't sit around and wait for iQIYI to maybe make it available.

Ouch! I was hoping that this would end up being one of those dead-end MDL-pages. I feel bad for this new batch of actors that 'Motive Village' have in their grip.

What... they actually tried it again!? When is 'Motive Village' going to let that franchise go. I pity the new group of actors that they have in their grip.

Yesterday it had 8.5(!), so who knows what the score will end up being. I suppose it depends on how effectively they retain people's interest in hating or loving it.
I felt bored, but I haven't rated it yet. I don't really understand the urge to rate stuff until at least a few episodes in. I don't know if I'll manage to keep watching this beyond ep.2, though.

I'm a bit torn, too, but I kind of feel the story depends on where they take it. It's enough to keep me intrigued, anyway. We're halfway through, so there is still enough time for them to tie things together and surprise us with something. I like when a story is a bit unpredictable, and doesn't show every move along the way, but it could just as easily turn out that it wasn't building towards anything, which would be a bit disappointing, despite the strong acting performances. Might be the kind of story where you don't know until the end if it held up story wise.
If it doesn't, then at least we got great acting partners out of it. I already knew that First can act. I don't cry easily, but he got me 1,5 times on another show. I haven't seen Khaotung in anything else, so I can't judge him on his own until I see him play a different role, but they are really good together. I think it's a huge advantage when the actors know each other well from the beginning. It comes across a lot more natural when they are already comfortable with each other and have a mutual trust from the start.
I get the impression that some studios, in the BL industry, rush through that part of the preproduction process and don't focus on giving the actors time to build trust. If they think that all they need are just pretty faces, then that can result in some pretty awkward performances.

iQIYI only has the first 3 episodes as cut versions, so that's not an option anyway. One would need to figure out if the channel who aired it has it for streaming somewhere.

I actually thought that made it more interesting. Not being certain of who to trust, that's a good ingredient for a maffia show.
And the mother has to be pretty traumatized. Who knows how few people she's seen during all that time. Suppose that she doesn't remember having kids, then that just feels like two strangers hugging her tightly and claiming that she is their mother. Or, it is possible that she remembers more than Korn knows, and therefore needs to pretend not to know them.

It could be that he himself doesn't feel ready to be in front of a live audience.

Oh, my god! 🤣

Someone watching KP, with Paw Patrol headphones. That's a mental image that I didn't know I needed. 😆

Oh, I really hope that's true!

I'm wondering if he meant the painting thing they did, not realizing that that was already out. He did sort of move to show the painting on the wall.
I'm hoping for an actual side story, too, though.

I can't believe that it took me this long to realize that I can toggle Dolby Audio on iQIYI. 🤦‍♀️

I really liked this show for the social commentary and how refreshingly well their female characters were written (by BL standards).
All the women were side characters, but I felt as though they had their own lives outside of their interactions with the main roles.

On my first try I didn't get passed 20 min. Ended up powering through it the next day. I figured that it was best I do it before VP did whatever they would do.

I always feel bad about criticizing the actors, since being the face of something often means that they get negative feedback for things that have more to do with bad script and/or directing, but... WTF was that!? I saw nothing that indicated that they'd been excited about taking on a more complex subject matter and taken measures to delve into the characters. But then again, it doesn't seem like anyone involved did a shred of research.
I kind of cringe at how badly they are being roasted, but they should've held on to this project for a while, and worked out some of the kinks (pun very much intended).

Just a theory, but I wonder if it is the first BL, for a lot of people. Many were suddenly trapped at home, in early 2020. The show is really not my cup of tea, but I can easily see it offering comfort for people. And with all that has happened, during the past couple of years, I think we've all clung to comfort where we could find it.