I agree with Sathiperera. If you didn't like *any* of the HIStory series, this one might not do it for you either.
"People praising Trapped so much, surprises me a lot. A bunch of cops who behaved like children, some cheesy cliche BL scenes and then Jake Hsu's acting who was over the top most of the time? Chris Wu was great and stunning, though."
I appreciate BL cheese, but I can see how others wouldn't in some cases. Chris Wu was my favorite part of the series.
"And the plot with the father was good. But the whole series wasn't balanced out. I rewatched it several times, and still got the impression it didn't flow right. This was a very mediocre production, all over the place, with some great scenes, some great acting, but no consistency."
I admittedly didn't watch it several times over, but I did think it was consistent enough..as far as these shows go and there really were some good scenes and good acting which I liked it for.
"With some minor changes like reducing those silly and unnecessary scenes in the first half and making the cops more believable, it could have been much better. "
Like I said, I like the cheesy BL stuff, but the cops indeed could have been more serious.
"No offense, but Trapped is sure not a good example of a great series with great writing and great production. "
No offense taken. I'm not one of the "people praising Trapped so much" lol. I just used it in comparison. It wasn't "great" in production and writing, but I don't think this one does much better in those aspects either...except that this is simpler.
"WBL is a rather generic story, but the actors are charismatic, the characters well written and the most important thing: it's not so messy."
I felt the leads were charismatic enough in Trapped as well. Like I genuinely don't feel the chemistry was lost between them, but yes, I can also agree that this story isn't as messy and is (again), simpler.
I agree with Sathiperera. If you didn't like *any* of the HIStory series, this one might not do it for you either.
Your comments weren't any less subjective than mine and that you would only criticize my comment instead of the actual subject matter of what we're talking about is rather telling of what your concept of logic is.
I agree with Sathiperera. If you didn't like *any* of the HIStory series, this one might not do it for you either.
Yikes. I don't think ever disagreed with a comment more than this. lol This show's good, but it's not breaking any new boundaries from what I've seen. Production quality and acting are really middle of the road here. I really don't see how one would think Trapped isn't as good as this, but to each his own, I guess.
I agree with Sathiperera. If you didn't like *any* of the HIStory series, this one might not do it for you either.
Not really. Of the three seasons and seven miniseries, there was a lot of variation in production, direction, etc. 'Stay Away From Me' and 'Trapped' weren't of the same quality in the slightest.
If anything, this series is right on par with HIStory installments like Crossing the Line and Trapped.
I feel the same way. There are too many things that don't really make sense or work. Like when Tan was going to…
About the very minor pet peeve, in some Asian languages, including: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Thai, one says they're going to do something now, but they're the first one to do it of the group, he or she will say: "I'll go/sleep/eat first" with the same meaning being conveyed as "I'm gonna go/sleep/eat now." in English. It carries no sort of extra haughty or rude emotion to it as it can in English.
Sometimes translators catch this and translate accordingly, but a lot of the time, they don't and as someone who lives in Asia and speaks English, most people who speak English as a second language here also word it this way in English when speaking quite a bit. So if you come across this irl, don't take it the wrong way! haha
I get that it annoys you in probably a similar way to how people saying "irregardless" annoys me, I'm just providing some context. ;)
lol, I thought the same thing. it's insane how all these thai BL series just revolve around these ppl with money…
This also seems to correspond with them being of Thai-Chinese descent too. Like the only three BL characters I can recall who were clearly specified to be Chinese, but weren't filthy rich were Teh from I Told Sunset About You, Noh from Lovesick, and Can from Love By Chance, but even...Can's family, with that house, they were definitely upper-middle class at least..which I don't particularly like or dislike, but I keep noticing it because they use Chinese words to refer to their family members and I'm like, "Hey! I know that word!" lol Happens with other Chinese words used in Thai from time to time too. At first I thought I was getting better at Thai without trying..nope. lol Just Chinese.
I loved it. The only thing I would change is that I wish we could have seen the three other guardians of the kingdom fight alongside Boya as the Vermillion Bird. I think visually, that would have been super cool, but I loved the love/romance (albeit muted) between Boya and Qingming. It was very tender and beautiful.
Sidenote: notice how Boya got *more* angry when he saw Qingming sitting with all the male spirit guardians than the female ones. lol
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So, I just went back to check the first 2gether trailer and yeah Win was definitely bigger and his character seemed a little more...tough? Also, that shadow of a mustache he had...no. lol
TRIGGER WARNING. Oh my god I have never been more disturbed by a movie. I don't even know what to say. I'll respond…
This is, before anything else, a historical depiction based on real-life people. I don't know how much you've read about the history of homosexuals, particularly in upper-class Asia around this time, but I assure you....truth is stranger than fiction. So, I don't think it's detrimental because it's not predicated on anything that applies to our modern times.
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I appreciate BL cheese, but I can see how others wouldn't in some cases. Chris Wu was my favorite part of the series.
"And the plot with the father was good. But the whole series wasn't balanced out. I rewatched it several times, and still got the impression it didn't flow right. This was a very mediocre production, all over the place, with some great scenes, some great acting, but no consistency."
I admittedly didn't watch it several times over, but I did think it was consistent enough..as far as these shows go and there really were some good scenes and good acting which I liked it for.
"With some minor changes like reducing those silly and unnecessary scenes in the first half and making the cops more believable, it could have been much better. "
Like I said, I like the cheesy BL stuff, but the cops indeed could have been more serious.
"No offense, but Trapped is sure not a good example of a great series with great writing and great production. "
No offense taken. I'm not one of the "people praising Trapped so much" lol. I just used it in comparison. It wasn't "great" in production and writing, but I don't think this one does much better in those aspects either...except that this is simpler.
"WBL is a rather generic story, but the actors are charismatic, the characters well written and the most important thing: it's not so messy."
I felt the leads were charismatic enough in Trapped as well. Like I genuinely don't feel the chemistry was lost between them, but yes, I can also agree that this story isn't as messy and is (again), simpler.
If anything, this series is right on par with HIStory installments like Crossing the Line and Trapped.
Sometimes translators catch this and translate accordingly, but a lot of the time, they don't and as someone who lives in Asia and speaks English, most people who speak English as a second language here also word it this way in English when speaking quite a bit. So if you come across this irl, don't take it the wrong way! haha
I get that it annoys you in probably a similar way to how people saying "irregardless" annoys me, I'm just providing some context. ;)
Sidenote: notice how Boya got *more* angry when he saw Qingming sitting with all the male spirit guardians than the female ones. lol
So, I don't think it's detrimental because it's not predicated on anything that applies to our modern times.