"And of course, not even 15 seconds into their kiss, they're already laughing so hard, they're shaking as…
I was wonder the same thing! The only question is how can they make any money on this? There's no merch, no fan service events, no promo of any kind! Whoever the producer(s) is/are, must be swimming in money and spending on a spoof is must be like paying for lunch for them!
Oh for the love of everything unholy, what the bloody hell did they do to this series!? They left us with so many unanswered questions in the last episode, showing a surprise "ending" that turns out to be a cliffhanger then slap a "to be continued" sign on it! That was really uncalled for!
Well, episode 4 is out for the viewing pleasure of anyone who's not scared of losing a few braincells, so lets huddle together and enter the realm of IQ breakers!
Ah, The Office! Nope, not the one you are so familiar with on both sides of the pond, but almost as hilarious! Looking at this "office", I'm even more convinced that this BL is also moonlighting as a sci-fi series, because they're partially stuck in 2009, when Windows7 was launched! Not to mention, that every "officer" seemed to be a victim of body snatchers as well, because the Windows7 locked screen was visible on every screen while all of them were staring at it, furiously typing away! So, now we are venturing into horror territory as well! I must admit, I didn't see that one coming! You see, I told you that the writer(s) are on genius level!
I also realized, that our beloved hearing impaired sound engineer and favorite jittery cameraman are back to elevate the quality of our viewing experience! Hearing our illusionist cop's heavy breathing was music to my ears, and it sounded so sexy, that if I closed my eyes just for a second, I could've sworn that he was watching some X-rated content on the job!
The editing department needs to be highly praised here too, because they're totally disregarding the idea of seamless transition in order to jolt us back from the mental stupor of the previous scene! I'm truly thankful for the jarring wake up call, otherwise I might have suffered a permanent brain damage!
It's been ages since I visited a night club, but as far as I can recall, couch "dancing" wasn't something that people do in there! Or, am I so out of the loop that this new trend somehow escaped my attention? Is there a way to hire those "dancers" for my next garden party? Those moves that they were displaying was so mesmerizing that I forgot to read the subtitles and I had to rewind the scene a few times to try to focus on the riveting dialogue between the ex lovers!
BTW, here in the US we have bars were cops go to unwind, but strictly out of uniform and never during the job! Even though I'm not familiar with the code and ethics of the South Korean police force, I'm almost certain that drinking, police brutality and engaging in lewd behavior are still a big no-no! Maybe, I should keep reminding myself, that this is a sci-fi/horror/BDSM BL series, so I can get over such trivial issues and trust the writer(s) to guide me through their diabolical plot in do time!
Listen, I'm no martial arts expert, but that "fight" between "police officers" completely caught me off guard, because of their flawless lack of any skill or knowledge of hand to hand combat! Before we get to that plot twist, I cannot pass over the fact, that while the owner of the club was viciously kicked all over the floor, nobody blinked an eye, the music blared through the room and those dancers never missed a beat! Talking about "the show must go on" attitude on steroids!
So, let's get back to that well choreographed fight scene! Not to brag, but I watched many cop shows and movies and I would swear under oath that every country that has a police academy, some form of hand to hand combat is part of the training to become a police officer! Somehow our fantastic writing staff was completely unaware of that miniscule detail and decided to insert a high school level punch out sequence to throw us off! Brilliant move! It took me a minute or two to stop laughing, then the reunited lovebirds started to mush all over each other in front of everyone and I was back laughing even harder than before!
Meanwhile, our bleeding psycho cop was sitting on the hallway floor when captain sadist/masochist showed up to enlighten and cheer up his obedient slave... err I mean his distraught subordinate! His special caring for Min Ho just melted my heart! Where can I find a boss like that?
For the final minutes of the episode we are back in the club and our pair having a heart to heart, confessing past deeds and promising to be scared together and even possibly die together, because Shakespeare loved tragedies and told us that Romeo and Juliet are the perfect role models for true love....which is completely logical for teenagers with raging hormones and questionable choices during the middle ages, but I'm not sure that a supposedly educated and well trained cop(s?) in the age of technology should come to the same conclusion!
Then came the question that I was not prepared for, followed by some intimate moments that I whish that I was forewarned about! "Can I kiss you?" asked our club owner and my brain automatically screamed "PLEASE DON'T!" Of course nobody listens to me when I'm yelling at the screen, so he bent over and started to slobber all over his lover's closed lips! Have you ever watched a train wreck in slow motion, when you know it's going to be horrible, but you still can't look away? I absolutely owned that horrified look on my face and I kept wondering, what went through in each of their minds during that scene? Was it like " I won't move my lips no matter what you try! Who knows where your lips and tongue have been!" on one side while the other was thinking something like " If I keep doing this it could look like that we are kissing, right? I mean , he might be a bit stiff, but I am a professional and I can fake it until I make it! At least his lip gloss taste very nice! I should ask him what brand did he use!" during the act? I wish I could ask that question from them for real!
Oh, before I forgot to mention, while this was going on the music and the couch dancing never stopped! Maybe those extras got paid more if they never stopped moving no matter what was happening during filming!
All in all, it was a very intense, very logical and very romantic episode... if you are a 12yrs old fanfic writer and daddy owns a film company, so you spend your allowance on someone to make this unmatched cinematic masterpiece of a series based on your precious work!
I don't know how can I recover from this exquisite, well crafted and perfectly executed marvel that episode 4 presented for us, but I'm determined to pull myself together and be ready for more, because if there is no pain how can we truly appreciate pleasure!
This is of course just IMHO as always and I'll see you my fellow deranged club members next week!
Yay! Back to the comments section for episode 3 & 4! Let’s see what’s in store for my favorite Tide of…
This fixed (in more way than one🤣) pairing will go down in the BL Hall of Fame as the ultimate cringiest, zero chemistry, NC-mangling legendary demigods of the genre! There will be statues erected to honor them someday!
DA DA DA DA DA third episode has arrived and it was so criminally awesome that a few my IQ points just filed for witness protection!
Where to even start with this 16 minutes long, unfiltered, raw, in your face gibberish of a script that is truly Oscar worthy! To all aspiring authors out there, I highly recommend to take notes on this breathtaking, incoherent word-salad, also known as "script in incognito" that our esteemed writer(s) produced in episode 3! Every cop drama writer should come and study this ingenious method of storytelling if they're hoping to make it in this business!
I must confess, I never had any kind of unidentified powdery substance, but it seems that our ML wasn't sniffing baby powder while he was waiting for his ex to spill the tea...uhm I mean the whiskey! It makes perfect sense to get one's brain scrambled before a cop show up as long as that particular cop is your ex, who already told you that if you do anything unlawful he will arrest you! On the other hand, that same cop was playing "hide the salami" while he was "raiding" the place, which might have given our club owner mixed messages on that issue. so we can let this slide I guess! I mean who am I to question the artistic creativity of the blatant inconsistency that our very open minded and forward thinking writing staff produced!
I also noticed, that our club owner has a superpower that is a perfect match of his illusionist ex's disappearing policeman gear! He can be high as a kite in one moment, than he'll be completely coherent and clean in the next! Nobody told me that this cop show/BL BDSM/romcom is also a sci-fi series on the side!!! I'm in absolute awe of this broad spectrum masterpiece! If we can get some aliens or dear should I dream of seeing a vampire on this show, I might just wet myself with glee!
I must address the most moving part of this episode, that made me wipe tears from my eyes, and could hardly catch my breath. Yeah, laughing that hard can do that to you!
Don't get me wrong, I truly appreciated the skill of non-reaction while discovering that your ex is a druggie/possible undercover cop/victim within a span of 2 minutes without a single emotion shown on your face! Oh, this life saving, hard to master skill is part of the curriculum in every spy school all over the world and maybe they should recruit this young actor for some 007 gig, because he's a natural!
Then, he did a complete one-eighty and got all soft and nurturing, promising to help his wayward ex with everything, including rehab! At that point I was literally sobbing into my hankie! In a meantime, our club owner was busy telling absolutely nothing and kept trying to shove some powder up his wannabe savior's nose one moment, than trying to convince him to stay away because things are so dangerous! I assume, he probably meant that something more dangerous than stuffing drugs into an orifice, but I can be wrong!
I must admit, that the writer(s) are truly outdone him/her/themselves this time! The final scene was the ultimate climax of episode 3, as a now bone sober club owner wanted to stand up for himself and his ex lover by refusing to let him get hurt than promptly collapsed on his knees 60 seconds later! That flat line-exchange and forced, fake despair will haunt me until tomorrow's episode! Not to mention the look on the captain's face, that reminded me of someone with severe stomach issues and it was just as painful to watch!
For the life of me, I'm not sure how this company was able to gather such immensely talented staff and crew in one place, but I pray to the BL gods to watch over them, because their invaluable contribution to the BL genre cannot be measured! Every department from writing, editing, wardrobe and cinematography are doing their absolute minimum to prove it once and for all, that you can achieve the pinnacle of film making just by physically show up on set as frequently as absolutely necessary! No skills or talent of any kind is required to produce cinematic magic as long as the producers are able to provide a minimum wage budget and your non-effort, exquisite wonder-work will be rewarded with the distribution of this organic, biological waste product to anyone who's got internet connection and a strong constitution to survive the viewing experience! I'm proud to say, that I have platinum membership in this very selected, by invitation only club of BL fans, who lives and breathes for the ultimate pain and pleasure of watching this kind of sublime, mind-melting phenomenon!
I feel that I should follow our club owner's example and be on my knees, humbled and subservient in the presence of such remarkable mastery that the director created for us! I can only hope, that I'll stay worthy of this privilege, this heavenly gift for many years to come!
Of course this is just IMHO as always, and I say to thee, my fellow members, let us convene for another 16 minutes of worship tomorrow!
I'm not OK! I'm so far from being anywhere remotely OK, that I just zipped by Alpha Centaury! Someone needs to explain it to me, how in the name of everything that's unholy a 20yrs old and a 23yrs old actors in their first main role are acting better than most seasoned veterans of the industry!
Ollie and Shu Yuan are both possessing such flawless acting skills that it's borderline paranormal! The insane emotional depth, the seamless naturality of every physical interactions that they're able to display combined with complete trust, understanding and harmony that they share is simply incomprehensible! The level of professionalism, maturity and skill that these two are delivering with each episode is just out of this world! Just let me emphasize the fact, that they are playing a double role, switching back and forth between characters like it's nothing! On top of all that, every intimate scene is a mix of pure carnal heat, the exquisite poetry of lovemaking and a soul crushing need to be loved!
In my youth I was a stage actor for a few years, so I know exactly what it takes to pull off just one complex character, never mind slipping into a different one without missing a beat, like you're just changing an outfit! After each episode I found myself blankly staring at the screen for a while, trying to process what I just witnessed! I don't know what's in store for the rest of the series, but there's one thing that I know for sure is that from now on, I'll be following both actors' career and pray to the BL gods to pair them up for more roles! I don't mean to make them a fixed couple or anything like that (although if they decide to do that I wouldn't complain😄), I just want them to be reunited for a new project from time to time! With their immense talent, whatever they chose has the potential to become a massive hit!
Oh dear, I'm going to miss BossNoeul so much! This was a fun, lighthearted fluff and in the sea of angsty, toxic and highly charged CBLs and KBLs I've been watching, this is felt like a breeze of fresh air! Boss absolutely nailed his role and whenever Noeul was in the same space with him their chemistry instantly ignited! Oh, and don't even let me start on their NC scenes! They are so natural, that my brain automatically goes to delulu mode and I'm convinced that they're must be a real couple! I hope that I don't have to wait too long for their next project!
I was just eagerly waiting the first continuity mistakes and then he indeed appeared... the "bona fide illusionist"…
I think that next 4 weeks will be a hoot! I'm not sure if it will reach the legendary status of 'Tide of Love' on our EBS chart, but we're off to a great start!
The only question is how can they make any money on this?
There's no merch, no fan service events, no promo of any kind!
Whoever the producer(s) is/are, must be swimming in money and spending on a spoof is must be like paying for lunch for them!
That's not enough! I'm not ready to say goodbye!😭😭😭
They left us with so many unanswered questions in the last episode, showing a surprise "ending" that turns out to be a cliffhanger then slap a "to be continued" sign on it!
That was really uncalled for!
Ah, The Office!
Nope, not the one you are so familiar with on both sides of the pond, but almost as hilarious!
Looking at this "office", I'm even more convinced that this BL is also moonlighting as a sci-fi series, because they're partially stuck in 2009, when Windows7 was launched!
Not to mention, that every "officer" seemed to be a victim of body snatchers as well, because the Windows7 locked screen was visible on every screen while all of them were staring at it, furiously typing away!
So, now we are venturing into horror territory as well!
I must admit, I didn't see that one coming!
You see, I told you that the writer(s) are on genius level!
I also realized, that our beloved hearing impaired sound engineer and favorite jittery cameraman are back to elevate the quality of our viewing experience!
Hearing our illusionist cop's heavy breathing was music to my ears, and it sounded so sexy, that if I closed my eyes just for a second, I could've sworn that he was watching some X-rated content on the job!
The editing department needs to be highly praised here too, because they're totally disregarding the idea of seamless transition in order to jolt us back from the mental stupor of the previous scene!
I'm truly thankful for the jarring wake up call, otherwise I might have suffered a permanent brain damage!
It's been ages since I visited a night club, but as far as I can recall, couch "dancing" wasn't something that people do in there!
Or, am I so out of the loop that this new trend somehow escaped my attention?
Is there a way to hire those "dancers" for my next garden party? Those moves that they were displaying was so mesmerizing that I forgot to read the subtitles and I had to rewind the scene a few times to try to focus on the riveting dialogue between the ex lovers!
BTW, here in the US we have bars were cops go to unwind, but strictly out of uniform and never during the job!
Even though I'm not familiar with the code and ethics of the South Korean police force, I'm almost certain that drinking, police brutality and engaging in lewd behavior are still a big no-no!
Maybe, I should keep reminding myself, that this is a sci-fi/horror/BDSM BL series, so I can get over such trivial issues and trust the writer(s) to guide me through their diabolical plot in do time!
Listen, I'm no martial arts expert, but that "fight" between "police officers" completely caught me off guard, because of their flawless lack of any skill or knowledge of hand to hand combat!
Before we get to that plot twist, I cannot pass over the fact, that while the owner of the club was viciously kicked all over the floor, nobody blinked an eye, the music blared through the room and those dancers never missed a beat!
Talking about "the show must go on" attitude on steroids!
So, let's get back to that well choreographed fight scene!
Not to brag, but I watched many cop shows and movies and I would swear under oath that every country that has a police academy, some form of hand to hand combat is part of the training to become a police officer!
Somehow our fantastic writing staff was completely unaware of that miniscule detail and decided to insert a high school level punch out sequence to throw us off!
Brilliant move!
It took me a minute or two to stop laughing, then the reunited lovebirds started to mush all over each other in front of everyone and I was back laughing even harder than before!
Meanwhile, our bleeding psycho cop was sitting on the hallway floor when captain sadist/masochist showed up to enlighten and cheer up his obedient slave... err I mean his distraught subordinate!
His special caring for Min Ho just melted my heart!
Where can I find a boss like that?
For the final minutes of the episode we are back in the club and our pair having a heart to heart, confessing past deeds and promising to be scared together and even possibly die together, because Shakespeare loved tragedies and told us that Romeo and Juliet are the perfect role models for true love....which is completely logical for teenagers with raging hormones and questionable choices
during the middle ages, but I'm not sure that a supposedly educated and well trained cop(s?) in the age of technology should come to the same conclusion!
Then came the question that I was not prepared for, followed by some intimate moments that I whish that I was forewarned about!
"Can I kiss you?" asked our club owner and my brain automatically screamed "PLEASE DON'T!"
Of course nobody listens to me when I'm yelling at the screen, so he bent over and started to slobber all over his lover's closed lips!
Have you ever watched a train wreck in slow motion, when you know it's going to be horrible, but you still can't look away?
I absolutely owned that horrified look on my face and I kept wondering, what went through in each of their minds during that scene?
Was it like " I won't move my lips no matter what you try! Who knows where your lips and tongue have been!" on one side while the other was thinking something like " If I keep doing this it could look like that we are kissing, right? I mean , he might be a bit stiff, but I am a professional and I can fake it until I make it! At least his lip gloss taste very nice! I should ask him what brand did he use!" during the act?
I wish I could ask that question from them for real!
Oh, before I forgot to mention, while this was going on the music and the couch dancing never stopped!
Maybe those extras got paid more if they never stopped moving no matter what was happening during filming!
All in all, it was a very intense, very logical and very romantic episode... if you are a 12yrs old fanfic writer and daddy owns a film company, so you spend your allowance on someone to make this unmatched cinematic masterpiece of a series based on your precious work!
I don't know how can I recover from this exquisite, well crafted and perfectly executed marvel that episode 4 presented for us, but I'm determined to pull myself together and be ready for more, because if there is no pain how can we truly appreciate pleasure!
This is of course just IMHO as always and I'll see you my fellow deranged club members next week!
There will be statues erected to honor them someday!
I'm looking forward to read your excellent summary every week!
Where to even start with this 16 minutes long, unfiltered, raw, in your face gibberish of a script that is truly Oscar worthy!
To all aspiring authors out there, I highly recommend to take notes on this breathtaking, incoherent word-salad, also known as "script in incognito" that our esteemed writer(s) produced in episode 3!
Every cop drama writer should come and study this ingenious method of storytelling if they're hoping to make it in this business!
I must confess, I never had any kind of unidentified powdery substance, but it seems that our ML wasn't sniffing baby powder while he was waiting for his ex to spill the tea...uhm I mean the whiskey!
It makes perfect sense to get one's brain scrambled before a cop show up as long as that particular cop is your ex, who already told you that if you do anything unlawful he will arrest you!
On the other hand, that same cop was playing "hide the salami" while he was "raiding" the place, which might have given our club owner mixed messages on that issue. so we can let this slide I guess!
I mean who am I to question the artistic creativity of the blatant inconsistency that our very open minded and forward thinking writing staff produced!
I also noticed, that our club owner has a superpower that is a perfect match of his illusionist ex's disappearing policeman gear!
He can be high as a kite in one moment, than he'll be completely coherent and clean in the next!
Nobody told me that this cop show/BL BDSM/romcom is also a sci-fi series on the side!!!
I'm in absolute awe of this broad spectrum masterpiece!
If we can get some aliens or dear should I dream of seeing a vampire on this show, I might just wet myself with glee!
I must address the most moving part of this episode, that made me wipe tears from my eyes, and could hardly catch my breath.
Yeah, laughing that hard can do that to you!
Don't get me wrong, I truly appreciated the skill of non-reaction while discovering that your ex is a druggie/possible undercover cop/victim within a span of 2 minutes without a single emotion shown on your face!
Oh, this life saving, hard to master skill is part of the curriculum in every spy school all over the world and maybe they should recruit this young actor for some 007 gig, because he's a natural!
Then, he did a complete one-eighty and got all soft and nurturing, promising to help his wayward ex with everything, including rehab!
At that point I was literally sobbing into my hankie!
In a meantime, our club owner was busy telling absolutely nothing and kept trying to shove some powder up his wannabe savior's nose one moment, than trying to convince him to stay away because things are so dangerous!
I assume, he probably meant that something more dangerous than stuffing drugs into an orifice, but I can be wrong!
I must admit, that the writer(s) are truly outdone him/her/themselves this time!
The final scene was the ultimate climax of episode 3, as a now bone sober club owner wanted to stand up for himself and his ex lover by refusing to let him get hurt than promptly collapsed on his knees 60 seconds later!
That flat line-exchange and forced, fake despair will haunt me until tomorrow's episode!
Not to mention the look on the captain's face, that reminded me of someone with severe stomach issues and it was just as painful to watch!
For the life of me, I'm not sure how this company was able to gather such immensely talented staff and crew in one place, but I pray to the BL gods to watch over them, because their invaluable contribution to the BL genre cannot be measured!
Every department from writing, editing, wardrobe and cinematography are doing their absolute minimum to prove it once and for all, that you can achieve the pinnacle of film making just by physically show up on set as frequently as absolutely necessary!
No skills or talent of any kind is required to produce cinematic magic as long as the producers are able to provide a minimum wage budget and your non-effort, exquisite wonder-work will be rewarded with the distribution of this organic, biological waste product to anyone who's got internet connection and a strong constitution to survive the viewing experience!
I'm proud to say, that I have platinum membership in this very selected, by invitation only club of BL fans, who lives and breathes for the ultimate pain and pleasure of watching this kind of sublime, mind-melting phenomenon!
I feel that I should follow our club owner's example and be on my knees, humbled and subservient in
the presence of such remarkable mastery that the director created for us!
I can only hope, that I'll stay worthy of this privilege, this heavenly gift for many years to come!
Of course this is just IMHO as always, and I say to thee, my fellow members, let us convene for another 16 minutes of worship tomorrow!
I'm so far from being anywhere remotely OK, that I just zipped by Alpha Centaury!
Someone needs to explain it to me, how in the name of everything that's unholy a 20yrs old and a 23yrs old actors in their first main role are acting better than most seasoned veterans of the industry!
Ollie and Shu Yuan are both possessing such flawless acting skills that it's borderline paranormal!
The insane emotional depth, the seamless naturality of every physical interactions that they're able to display combined with complete trust, understanding and harmony that they share is simply incomprehensible!
The level of professionalism, maturity and skill that these two are delivering with each episode is just out of this world!
Just let me emphasize the fact, that they are playing a double role, switching back and forth between characters like it's nothing!
On top of all that, every intimate scene is a mix of pure carnal heat, the exquisite poetry of lovemaking and a soul crushing need to be loved!
In my youth I was a stage actor for a few years, so I know exactly what it takes to pull off just one complex character, never mind slipping into a different one without missing a beat, like you're just changing an outfit!
After each episode I found myself blankly staring at the screen for a while, trying to process what I just witnessed!
I don't know what's in store for the rest of the series, but there's one thing that I know for sure is
that from now on, I'll be following both actors' career and pray to the BL gods to pair them up for more roles!
I don't mean to make them a fixed couple or anything like that (although if they decide to do that I wouldn't complain😄), I just want them to be reunited for a new project from time to time!
With their immense talent, whatever they chose has the potential to become a massive hit!
This was a fun, lighthearted fluff and in the sea of angsty, toxic and highly charged CBLs and KBLs I've been watching, this is felt like a breeze of fresh air!
Boss absolutely nailed his role and whenever Noeul was in the same space with him their chemistry instantly ignited!
Oh, and don't even let me start on their NC scenes! They are so natural, that my brain automatically goes to delulu mode and I'm convinced that they're must be a real couple!
I hope that I don't have to wait too long for their next project!