About Life is beautiful, there is a Kyungsoo/Taesub cut on bilibili. As for the whole 63 episodes I watched them on Myasiantv: https://myasiantv.ac/show/life-is-beautiful Unfortunately it's not HD if that's what you want. However, because of that, it has some nostalgia feeling to it. Well if like me you're an old dinosaur😂
I cried so much in the episode with Nina in D.P season2ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ Such a cruel fate!!!!!!! Especially how her story ended. She was sooooooo close to her dream and freedom. Then that thing happened at the airportðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
I have been going back and forth on removing it due to this. Whether it would be beneficial to leave it to document…
Sorry but I have to disagree with you about the straight washing part. Straight washing is when the gay character is portrayed as straight by adding a female love interest.
The series is not out but from what I understood they didn't add any girl unlike some Chinese series. Yet I don't see so many hate comments on their pages.
Anyways we can't about straight washing before the series is released. If the director decided to just make it bromance by removing all romance between them to focus on other aspects I don't see any problem. As long as they don't add girls between them. Though I hope the series is high quality.
Cliche story. Cliche office romance. Cliche BL characters. Cliche SA/Harassment/Red flag. It's been some time since I watched a BL with that many red flags so I noticed more than usual. Cliche cold/expressionless/rich ML(though he cried once & showed his emotions at this end) , cute/pushover/poor MC. Some cute moments.
They had 10 episodes!! Yet they didn't develop the relationship between the main couple at all. There were too many unnecessary dramas & miscommunication throughout the series. Time they should have used by showing us how they fell in love with lot of lovey-dovey scenes.
A light silly series that you can enjoy if you're in the mood for it.
Coming from yaoiland, the tropes are all here and the story borders at times on sexual harassment and frankly…
Hello smile bestie!!!! I also have a thing for smiles. It's the first thing I notice every time...and it helped me when I started K-Pop: that's how I recognized the idols XD
Have all the ideas in the world ended? Why is everything so boring in a frustrating way?... Why are there no wild…
I feel your pain. The worst part is that BL started becoming popular only a few years ago. So it should be full of new ideas. There are even lot of novels to adapt or be inspired if they don't have their own originals stories.
Sadly like Hollywood, they're just making the same stories over and over. At least with Hollywood they had decades of masterpieces.
I think fans are part of the problem. There are lot of them who like BL for the NC and/or kissing scenes. As long as these 2 are good they're happy with the series. For example so many dislike K-BL only because of the kisses.
Also all BL are focused on the romance genre unlike straight series where there are some that focuse on other genres.
A realistic office drama without romance (thanks God). It is all about the workplace with the characters' everyday…
I know it's unrealistic but I wish Mr. Oh & Kim Dong Shik stayed at One international company and Jang Geu Rae became a full time employee. Anyway I still like how the of them ended at the same company like old time. Though I feel sad for Chun Gwan Wung.
A realistic office drama without romance (thanks God). It is all about the workplace with the characters' everyday working life. We follow them throughout their daily work & projects, experiencing their hardship with them. In short, a slice of life in corporate setting.
I felt A LOT of frustration, disgust, anger, etc. I kept cursing, yelling at the characters, wanting to enter through the screen to slap some assholes (Mr. Ma being the worst), shake the pushover characters, etc.
Then there were times where I felt joy, excitement, etc. Plus, there were emotional scenes here and there that felt even more poignant since there were few of them. Most of these moments were toward the end. It made me cry a few times...okay I cried buckets😅 I also like the 4 newbies’ relationship. Though it would’ve been better if there were more of their friendship.
All in all, it was a great series with good plot & some lovable characters. With some life lessons. I highly recommend this drama.
P.S: Just few random thoughts I want to share😅:
-Jang Geu Rae is an adorable hardworking cinnamon roll. He looks at Oh Sang Shik as a father figure, Kim Dong Shik as an older brother.
-I like that Ahn Young Yi’s team accepted her at the end.
-Too much second hand embarrassment in episode 3 with the presentation😂
-I would have gone without the unnecessary little bit of romance (at least it was just one-sided crushes)
-The episode where Han Suk Yool lost his smile hit so hard😠It felt so good seeing him smile again!
-Episode 13. 27:00-27:07 when Baek Ki wanted to ask his boss for soju. Then later the scene at the sauna.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
-Oh Min Suk (Kang Hae Joon) is a fine looking man🫣! Every time he appeared on the screen I was captivated. It's like everyone else became background silhouettes😅 I wonder why he doesn't have more main roles🤔 Especially since he doesn't seem to be a bad actor. I'll have to look into more of his work with more scenes to decide but he seems okay in this series.
Heard it was good so I watched episode 1. I don't understand why. There is ONE thing I liked: the "aerial silk" performance the woman did in the beginning.
If that was the theme of the series, with more budget, great acting, great director, a powerful love story full of passion shown through lot of different performances to show us their different emotions and how they connect with each other throughout the series...THAT would be an interesting, world winning masterpiece of a BL for 2024. (My brain wrote a whole different story with just that part and I want someone to turn it into reality for next year or 2026 or...)
Sadly it wasn't. We got a story about host bar (not interested), with okay acting (there are worse), 0 chemistry between the leads (maybe it'll improve later) and me almost wishing it was about Khemthis & his friend Japan (sorry I just watched 3 BL + read 1 BL about "Friend to lover" so I'm in the mood for that. And expecting a plot twist😂).
Plus the series is too "clean". Without any emotion or connection between the characters. But since it's only episode 1, maybe it'll change? Though I don't have too much hope. My experience tells me it'll be like that for the whole series. With empty NC scenes to attract viewers?
Anyway, a disappointment after people's reaction to it: was expecting more. I'll binge watch later to give a chance.
P.S: At 5:00 of episode 1, I was expecting and waiting Khemthis to fall down those stairs😂🤣 The choreography at 19:14 was from Libido by OnlyOneOf.
P.P.S: I also liked the pole aerial performance. Though it was too short
The main couple's chemistry was great, the story not bad. Unfortunately they barely had any interaction between them. A romance series with few romance scenes...😒 Maybe if it was longer the story would feel more complete?🤔
Also I like the fujoshi co-worker because she was low-key about it, just a human being. Unlike the fujoshi we see in Thai BL, always screaming😒
Anyway a potentially good series that could have been better if it was longer, so there would be more lovey-dovey. married couple scenes between the 2 leads.
It's been 6 years but here are some recommendations:
Series: Beyond evil D.P Bloodhounds Weak hero class Black Knight Duel (2017) **Under the skin **Oh! No here comes trouble **All of "The lost tomb" series/adaptations. My favorite being "Ultimate note" (Ss3?) **The King's avatar **Killer & healer
Movie: Secretly Greatly (2013) Shoot me in the heart/Shoot my heart (2015) The merciless (2017) Joint Security Area (2000) **Marry my dead body
That's all I remember for now. Also all these bromance are the kind I like. Meaning without any romance with woman between the guys. Romance ruins bromance for me.
**Chinese/Taiwanese. All the other are Korean. I don't remember watching bromance from other countries.
Watched this movie some years ago. Wanted to re-watch today. I loved it as much as when I first saw it. It's really good. I loved the story especially Ryu Seung Min & Lee Soo Myung's friendship and bromance. I love how they helped each other.
P.S: I wish Lee Min Ki & Yeo Jin Goo will make another movie or drama together. They're such good actors!!!!! And I didn't have enough of them & friendship😞
Unfortunately it's not HD if that's what you want. However, because of that, it has some nostalgia feeling to it. Well if like me you're an old dinosaur😂
P.S:Tae Sub's step mom is the best!!!
Such a cruel fate!!!!!!! Especially how her story ended. She was sooooooo close to her dream and freedom. Then that thing happened at the airportðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
The series is not out but from what I understood they didn't add any girl unlike some Chinese series. Yet I don't see so many hate comments on their pages.
Anyways we can't about straight washing before the series is released. If the director decided to just make it bromance by removing all romance between them to focus on other aspects I don't see any problem. As long as they don't add girls between them.
Though I hope the series is high quality.
Cliche office romance.
Cliche BL characters.
Cliche SA/Harassment/Red flag. It's been some time since I watched a BL with that many red flags so I noticed more than usual.
Cliche cold/expressionless/rich ML(though he cried once & showed his emotions at this end) , cute/pushover/poor MC.
Some cute moments.
They had 10 episodes!! Yet they didn't develop the relationship between the main couple at all. There were too many unnecessary dramas & miscommunication throughout the series. Time they should have used by showing us how they fell in love with lot of lovey-dovey scenes.
A light silly series that you can enjoy if you're in the mood for it.
Sadly like Hollywood, they're just making the same stories over and over. At least with Hollywood they had decades of masterpieces.
I think fans are part of the problem. There are lot of them who like BL for the NC and/or kissing scenes. As long as these 2 are good they're happy with the series. For example so many dislike K-BL only because of the kisses.
Also all BL are focused on the romance genre unlike straight series where there are some that focuse on other genres.
Their series have budget. But the writing? The plot?
Though I feel sad for Chun Gwan Wung.
I felt A LOT of frustration, disgust, anger, etc. I kept cursing, yelling at the characters, wanting to enter through the screen to slap some assholes (Mr. Ma being the worst), shake the pushover characters, etc.
Then there were times where I felt joy, excitement, etc. Plus, there were emotional scenes here and there that felt even more poignant since there were few of them. Most of these moments were toward the end. It made me cry a few times...okay I cried buckets😅
I also like the 4 newbies’ relationship. Though it would’ve been better if there were more of their friendship.
All in all, it was a great series with good plot & some lovable characters. With some life lessons. I highly recommend this drama.
P.S: Just few random thoughts I want to share😅:
-Jang Geu Rae is an adorable hardworking cinnamon roll. He looks at Oh Sang Shik as a father figure, Kim Dong Shik as an older brother.
-I like that Ahn Young Yi’s team accepted her at the end.
-Too much second hand embarrassment in episode 3 with the presentation😂
-I would have gone without the unnecessary little bit of romance (at least it was just one-sided crushes)
-The episode where Han Suk Yool lost his smile hit so hard😠It felt so good seeing him smile again!
-Episode 13. 27:00-27:07 when Baek Ki wanted to ask his boss for soju. Then later the scene at the sauna.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
-Oh Min Suk (Kang Hae Joon) is a fine looking man🫣! Every time he appeared on the screen I was captivated. It's like everyone else became background silhouettes😅
I wonder why he doesn't have more main roles🤔 Especially since he doesn't seem to be a bad actor. I'll have to look into more of his work with more scenes to decide but he seems okay in this series.
If that was the theme of the series, with more budget, great acting, great director, a powerful love story full of passion shown through lot of different performances to show us their different emotions and how they connect with each other throughout the series...THAT would be an interesting, world winning masterpiece of a BL for 2024. (My brain wrote a whole different story with just that part and I want someone to turn it into reality for next year or 2026 or...)
Sadly it wasn't. We got a story about host bar (not interested), with okay acting (there are worse), 0 chemistry between the leads (maybe it'll improve later) and me almost wishing it was about Khemthis & his friend Japan (sorry I just watched 3 BL + read 1 BL about "Friend to lover" so I'm in the mood for that. And expecting a plot twist😂).
Plus the series is too "clean". Without any emotion or connection between the characters. But since it's only episode 1, maybe it'll change? Though I don't have too much hope. My experience tells me it'll be like that for the whole series. With empty NC scenes to attract viewers?
Anyway, a disappointment after people's reaction to it: was expecting more. I'll binge watch later to give a chance.
P.S: At 5:00 of episode 1, I was expecting and waiting Khemthis to fall down those stairs😂🤣
The choreography at 19:14 was from Libido by OnlyOneOf.
P.P.S: I also liked the pole aerial performance. Though it was too short
Maybe if it was longer the story would feel more complete?🤔
Also I like the fujoshi co-worker because she was low-key about it, just a human being. Unlike the fujoshi we see in Thai BL, always screaming😒
Anyway a potentially good series that could have been better if it was longer, so there would be more lovey-dovey. married couple scenes between the 2 leads.
Series:
Beyond evil
D.P
Bloodhounds
Weak hero class
Black Knight
Duel (2017)
**Under the skin
**Oh! No here comes trouble
**All of "The lost tomb" series/adaptations. My favorite being "Ultimate note" (Ss3?)
**The King's avatar
**Killer & healer
Movie:
Secretly Greatly (2013)
Shoot me in the heart/Shoot my heart (2015)
The merciless (2017)
Joint Security Area (2000)
**Marry my dead body
That's all I remember for now. Also all these bromance are the kind I like. Meaning without any romance with woman between the guys. Romance ruins bromance for me.
**Chinese/Taiwanese. All the other are Korean. I don't remember watching bromance from other countries.
P.S: I was rooting for the side couples.
Edit: I forgot to add. WITHOUT the unnecessary love triangle please.
P.S: I wish Lee Min Ki & Yeo Jin Goo will make another movie or drama together. They're such good actors!!!!! And I didn't have enough of them & friendship😞