But why condors? Is there a big eagle in the steppes that gives the impression of being a condor? I thought condors only exist in the Andes. (I get the wrong TL/adaptation, LOL, but I seriously cannot link Mongolia with condors. Condors belong with Aztecs and Toltecs and Olmecs and blood-soaked Sun Temples in my mind. I might be biased.)
Keep in mind when watching Cn BLs, that no Chinese censored BL is bromance. Bromance is its own separate genre…
It depends on what you're recognising as chemistry. I think the main characters of this drama are on fire together and they don't even need to smooch to show you that.
If you're used to the in-your-face Thai BL dramas, for example, anything more subtle will pass right by you, IMHO. Myself, I prefer the subtle approach. When I need p0rn, I know where I can watch it. That being said, there are plenty Thai dramas that are not really explicit and still get the message through, so this is not pitting one type of doing dramas against the other.
Cdramas just do it a different way and there's no need to compare the two (or three, or more, if we throw in j-doramas or Western m/m stories and whatnot). I mean, what's the point? They're just different and that's that. And chemistry really does come through even if they're not on a bed doing heavier stuff than just looking at each other, LOL.
Coming over from the other (longer ep count) page, this seems to be cut up in smaller releases to pass the censorship rules, so the one actually airing is this shorter length one and who knows when the rest will come, too.
So copy-pasted from the other thread, first impressions:
Errr, Guo Jing... are you a bit soft in the head?! Who the heck does what this guy does on his first day in civilisation, LOL? And he's not even among the first in the main cast?! What the heck is going on? (But I still like him, hahaha~, and I love his struggle with the white-haired guy who's heartbroken over his snake, that was hilarious.)
So many threads linked in the first three eps and we're not even a whole day's adventure in - will the DaoZhang survive? (Because it looks like Guo Jing forgot about getting his medicine FAST).
I also like Ouyang Feng, is he going to be a bad guy? And he kind of seems to be a bit slower than Rong anyway, LOL, will there be a twisted romance there?
Meng ZiYi as the evil demoness!!! YES please!! I've missed Zoey Meng :D I hope they don't kill her off too fast.
Is it just me or does Wang HongYi look a bit like Chen ZheYuan when he smiles? :D
I already got a bit lost among all the missing kids, sword brothers or sisters or marriage partners, and it looks like each and every one of them isn't their actual parents' kid but someone else's and hidden to be kept safe.
This is not half-bad, I'll be sticking with it for a while.
ETA2 On second thought, I'm moving over to the 30-eps count, because this is too hard to keep straight for when the rest of it will air, who will be the leads, what story they will tell, etc.
Like seriously... you've put on your kinky sexy time suit, you've lighted all those fire hazard candles, you set the table and plated the food, you freaking OPENED THE DOOR EXPECTING YOUR LOVER... and then you just meekly go with your opponent to check out your presentation that you still have DAYS to check out, you have a romantic candle dinner WITH HIM, you fall for the stupid oopsie my clothes are dirty trick and then you snap at your actual lover, defending your ex-crush... Oh and also staying there like he's dead waiting for Ter to maybe actually kiss him?!
WHAT THE HELL was that?!
Also, does Taem actually have any expectations of Yak?! Why is she acting so shook up when he fails to kiss her though there was the perfect opportunity? I thought she already has another love interest and isn't into Yak more than as a friend. Drama writers what the f are you doing here?!!
Is Yak so unstable as a boxer that just a fake breakup (we know it's not a fake love, but anyway) manages to get him basically delusional and have him lose a match so badly?! And why is he seeing all kinds of things all over the place? Does that mean he gets to have Kao rooting through his psyche?
The only normal one this ep was Cher. I like him. He should smack both brothers over their heads with their heaviest training weight. It won't cause much damage, since their heads are made of wood, but it might be worth a try.
I don't even care, I'm here basking in Joe and mom and Joe and friends overload, LOL. Also, everybody and their…
I guess this is where they'll start changing things a bit from the novel. IIRC, the bone finding was closer to the end, I guess not happening so fast in the drama. Maybe Ming really will get a redemption arc.
In which case, I hope he suffers a lot before his HE.
Or maybe they won't even find Joe's bones?! What if they dare make it a coma indeed, with older Joe just sleeping it away and newer Joe just waiting to get to switch back their bodies?...
I am of two minds about it. On the one hand, it'll shake things up a bit and we'd get Poom as the Joe who gets his HEA. On the other, having Ming really see Joe's remains shook him up the most in the novel. If there's anything to drive him insane, that's it. I... I rather want him to go insane LOL.
I don't even care, I'm here basking in Joe and mom and Joe and friends overload, LOL.
Also, everybody and their mom gets great haircuts but Ming's bro, hahaha~
Just a quick note - everybody brought their A game to this drama. I don't remember any other Thai drama so well-acted. Special shoutouts to Poom and Up - and Porsche also had a great moment in that recognition scene.
They kind of wasted Moon WooJin though. And in the end, they did go the more tropey way than I'd have wanted,…
Weeeeell, TECHNICALLY he was 18 years in the past, because that's when the fire happened. And the kid took the man who was in the fire 18 years back, who was always GwiJu from 5 years back, LOL.
They kind of wasted Moon WooJin though. And in the end, they did go the more tropey way than I'd have wanted,…
He said he got the ball from yesterday. He got dad from five years back. There's no extra explanation so I can tell whatever I see it as, too.
I am not in the right mood to fight/discuss in contradictory statements over not-well-rounded-endings of dramas right now, sorry, so I'll leave it at that.
Please use the spoiler tag, there are probably people who haven't completed the drama yet.
They kind of wasted Moon WooJin though. And in the end, they did go the more tropey way than I'd have wanted,…
It was a joke, LOL. Obviously the kid snatching him saved his life. But it's still kind of eeck to think about a 5yo wandering around in a building about to explode, snatching a whole-grown man out of the freaking fire and somehow bringing him back to the exact same spot he (the kid) left. His dad ends up all over the place sometimes, though granted, he does get right back at other times.
But the risk!! eeesh.
Now I wonder if he could take something TO the past with him though, since he seems to be way more powerful than dad, who could only act in the presence of DaHae...
The best thing is the sismance, but the ending is cut too short.
They kind of wasted Moon WooJin though. And in the end, they did go the more tropey way than I'd have wanted, but it was a pretty good ending after all.
Soooo... he went missing for five freaking years because the kid came and snatched him to the future?! Serves them right, having a super-powered FIVE YEAR OLD, what the actual F&CK, DaHae, what were you thinking?!!! - sent to get him back with no more instructions than that. Send him back to get King Tut, why dontcha, there's photos of his death mask all over the place, it's enough info, get get him, kid!
Is there a CPS for the superpowered? I'd like to give them a call...
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Is it meant to be a Kun Peng?!
If you're used to the in-your-face Thai BL dramas, for example, anything more subtle will pass right by you, IMHO. Myself, I prefer the subtle approach. When I need p0rn, I know where I can watch it. That being said, there are plenty Thai dramas that are not really explicit and still get the message through, so this is not pitting one type of doing dramas against the other.
Cdramas just do it a different way and there's no need to compare the two (or three, or more, if we throw in j-doramas or Western m/m stories and whatnot). I mean, what's the point? They're just different and that's that. And chemistry really does come through even if they're not on a bed doing heavier stuff than just looking at each other, LOL.
So copy-pasted from the other thread, first impressions:
Errr, Guo Jing... are you a bit soft in the head?! Who the heck does what this guy does on his first day in civilisation, LOL? And he's not even among the first in the main cast?! What the heck is going on? (But I still like him, hahaha~, and I love his struggle with the white-haired guy who's heartbroken over his snake, that was hilarious.)
So many threads linked in the first three eps and we're not even a whole day's adventure in - will the DaoZhang survive? (Because it looks like Guo Jing forgot about getting his medicine FAST).
I also like Ouyang Feng, is he going to be a bad guy? And he kind of seems to be a bit slower than Rong anyway, LOL, will there be a twisted romance there?
Meng ZiYi as the evil demoness!!! YES please!! I've missed Zoey Meng :D I hope they don't kill her off too fast.
Is it just me or does Wang HongYi look a bit like Chen ZheYuan when he smiles? :D
I already got a bit lost among all the missing kids, sword brothers or sisters or marriage partners, and it looks like each and every one of them isn't their actual parents' kid but someone else's and hidden to be kept safe.
This is not half-bad, I'll be sticking with it for a while.
Which damned page am I supposed to keep count of, then? This one or the other one, LOL? *confused*
ETA @Megumi-H says this is the first part of that other one, because that was too long to be aired so they cut it up.
But now which one do I go to, LOL? Serves me right, not doing any snooping before diving in.
ETA2 On second thought, I'm moving over to the 30-eps count, because this is too hard to keep straight for when the rest of it will air, who will be the leads, what story they will tell, etc.
WHAT THE HELL was that?!
Also, does Taem actually have any expectations of Yak?! Why is she acting so shook up when he fails to kiss her though there was the perfect opportunity? I thought she already has another love interest and isn't into Yak more than as a friend. Drama writers what the f are you doing here?!!
Is Yak so unstable as a boxer that just a fake breakup (we know it's not a fake love, but anyway) manages to get him basically delusional and have him lose a match so badly?! And why is he seeing all kinds of things all over the place? Does that mean he gets to have Kao rooting through his psyche?
The only normal one this ep was Cher. I like him. He should smack both brothers over their heads with their heaviest training weight. It won't cause much damage, since their heads are made of wood, but it might be worth a try.
In which case, I hope he suffers a lot before his HE.
Or maybe they won't even find Joe's bones?! What if they dare make it a coma indeed, with older Joe just sleeping it away and newer Joe just waiting to get to switch back their bodies?...
I am of two minds about it. On the one hand, it'll shake things up a bit and we'd get Poom as the Joe who gets his HEA. On the other, having Ming really see Joe's remains shook him up the most in the novel. If there's anything to drive him insane, that's it. I... I rather want him to go insane LOL.
Also, everybody and their mom gets great haircuts but Ming's bro, hahaha~
Just a quick note - everybody brought their A game to this drama. I don't remember any other Thai drama so well-acted. Special shoutouts to Poom and Up - and Porsche also had a great moment in that recognition scene.
Time paradoxes are great :D
I am not in the right mood to fight/discuss in contradictory statements over not-well-rounded-endings of dramas right now, sorry, so I'll leave it at that.
Please use the spoiler tag, there are probably people who haven't completed the drama yet.
But the risk!! eeesh.
Now I wonder if he could take something TO the past with him though, since he seems to be way more powerful than dad, who could only act in the presence of DaHae...
Soooo... he went missing for five freaking years because the kid came and snatched him to the future?! Serves them right, having a super-powered FIVE YEAR OLD, what the actual F&CK, DaHae, what were you thinking?!!! - sent to get him back with no more instructions than that. Send him back to get King Tut, why dontcha, there's photos of his death mask all over the place, it's enough info, get get him, kid!
Is there a CPS for the superpowered? I'd like to give them a call...