jpny01

Is the whole story going to be this dull? They're good togther and I like that the actors are uninhibited, but his is basically PWP.

I almost had to stay home from work today.

Also, what possible reason is there to vote it down so far?

I didn't think that was tragic - and also that was a serious drama that telegraphed what was going to happen from the beginning, whereas this is fluff.

A perfect review - I'm almost tempted not to write one now because you already said everything I have to say.

That was an anti-climactic and a bit to preachy - this was a series that got by on characters despite a weak plot.

If all the characters are gay, if someone suffers, then they'll be gay. Regarding your other comment, I agree, it was a refreshing change that Akk didn't pull the "I'm not gay, I only like_______" BS.

Haha - yes, I can see that. What I meant, if you haven't seen it yet, is that the boys are shy and awkward, but once they're sure they both want the same thing, it's ON. The actors are also not squeamish about it and really commit, which is nice.

There was actually an organization called the Furry Friends Network (which sounds kinky but it's not) that was feeding feral cats at one of our buildings (you may own a phone or tablet made by them) - they would spread wax paper on the sidewalks and pile it with dry and wet food, which the feral cats would duly consume - in competition with racoons, skunks, and rats, which were all attracted to the area in great numbers.

The city authorities would only come and trap the cats, hold them for 2 weeks to make them available for adoption, which didn't happen, despite the high demand for feral cats, because who wouldn't want feral cats in their house? Anyway, after the 2 week period they were required by law to return the cats to exactly where they got them.

Meanwhile the employees were all complaining. You would expect them to call to say "there are disgusting vicious creatures infesting the building grounds", but no. The invariable complaint was "you're not taking good enough care of the cats!"

The solution Facilities came up with was to spray the grounds with coyote pee. I would have thought they might have started with citrus, which cats hate, and work up from there, but apparently the jumped to the gold standard. I didn't know coyote pee was attainable in quantity, but, surprisingly, it is, for precisely this purpose. Apparently it's farmed - how you collect it isn't clear to me. In any case, it worked.

I'm, actually in real estate & facilities management, and to me, a cat is just a cunning rat, much like a pigeon is a flying rat. I once had to deal with a feral cat problem, and it was not pretty. Especially in California, where it's highly illegal to "deal with" pest problems.

"Kinda" vague? The rules are whatever they need to be at any given moment. I honestly dislike that kind of lazy writing. It's Ok to introduce a silly rule every once in a while purely for comedy, but not as a plot device.

Ghosts can be bound to objects, so that would make it believable. Like an earring, maybe?

I'm from California, and it's fairly common to bring dogs to work in smaller companies. Larger & older ones generally don't allow it because people whine about allergies and the legal department doesn't want to deal with any of it, and Facilities definitely doesn't want to deal with it.

I have a bit of data on a BL series on GagaOOLala - a good-quality six ep Filipino BL that cost $6,000 to make got $2,000 from Gaga to air it - that means two-thirds had to be raised, and Gaga only pays for completed work, so you only get money later, and this one came with substitles already completed. Gaga isn't huge or a profit machine, so I'm fine with some product placement, but it is annoying when the entire plot screeches to a halt for ads, like:

[Crying] "My whole family was just killed!"
[Friend hands him a jar] "You can get rid of those bags under your eyes with Shiny White Skin SPF 80 Care Cream"
[Now with whiter skin than a Norwegian albino during winter] "Wow, thanks, I feel great!"

Filipino BLs are about $5,000 per hour, lower-budget Thai BLs are a bit more, $10-12,000 per hour (with 10-15% from product placement), and I don't know what a high-budget production like KinnPorsche would cost, but probably quite a bit more. By comparison, a super-low budget American Indie is $1-2,000 per minute. Rings of Power was $1M per minute.

I didn't like Blueming, which took a hilarious comedy and tried to make it a drama (in the series, the main character resented the new guy because he thought he was trying to steal his spotlight, but he was really a sweet guy. In the original, the new guy really was trying to steal his spotlight and it was a battle of insane narcissists). It and Cherry Blossoms to me were formulaic and shallow. I like a good Tsundere character, if they're a Tsundere character, and not just acting like one due to an insanely implausible misunderstanding.

OK, here's my assessment, and this took forever because I couldn't even remember most of these and had to look them up (I probably miscategorized a couple just because I don't remember them well enough). To me, no Korean BL approaches the highest quality Thai, Filipino, Japanese, or Taiwanese BL, like ITSAY, Gaya Sa Pelikula, Life Love on the Line, or the better Historys. But that still leaves them in line with Thailand, except the volume of Thai BLs is 20 times higher, and as you noted, they're much longer and so when you suffer, you suffer. And there's probably a Thai/Filipino category below "Terrible" - maybe "Totally Insufferable" for horrors like Check Out or Physical Therapy, Amore, and most of the DYI Filipino series. But I tihnk it's undeniable that Thai BL has fallen off a cliff in quality lately, although I think that's partially the threadbare formula wearing thin to the point of psychosis and their habit of pulling the first guy with abs they find off the street to act in them.

Great:

Choco Milk Shake
Semantic Error
Where Your Eyes Linger (probably wouldn't cut it today)

Good:

Long Time No See
Mr. Heart
Peach of Time
To My Star
Wish You (film version)
You Make Me Dance

Bad/Terrible:

Behind Cut
Color Rush 2
Kissable Lips
Love Class
My Sweet Dear
Ocean Like Me
Oh! Boarding House
Tasty Florida
To My Star 2

So terrible it was good:

Discipline Z

Mediocre & Forgettable:

Blueming
Boy Next Door
Cherry Blossoms
Color Rush
First Love, Again
Nobleman Ryu's Wedding
Once Again
Roomates of Poongduck 304
Tinted With You
Wish You (series version)

Probably a good idea. It's very rare, but there are the occassional Make Our Days Count endings. It's hard to imagine a series about a man's pets becoming human having a tragic ending, though.

I think people always downrate series that are short. I'm not sure why - I'd rather watch a short good series than a meandering disaster like Physical Therapy. I have no idea what you mean by "fan service". I assume you're referring to any physical content beyond what 12-year olds do. If it's about adults, like this series is, then if there's no physical aspect to the relationship then it's silly.

In the case of this series, while I don't think it's all that great, the first couple of episodes were weak and so a lot of people probably voted and dropped it and didn't get to the bettere episodes. I didn't vote, but I did drop it until someone told me it got better. I'd probably rate it a 7.5. Maybe I'd bump it up slighly to an 8 because I liked the uncompromising portrayal of Seung Seok's character. In any case I almost feel like it's subjectively better than Love in the Air and Ai Long Nhai.

There are good Thai BLs. I can't think of any offhand, but I'm sure there must be some. Oh wait - War of Y is good. So there's one. I'm not sure I agree about Korean BLs, though - they're all kind of formulaic and mediocre to me. Except Semantic Error and Choco Milk Shake.

I thought maybe I had sleep-posted something mean. I'm glad I didn't. If you'd like, I can be mean to you now so that your reply makes more sense.

I think you might have meant to reply to someone else - I didn't say any of those things.

Who's that standing behind you?

Sorry.

I'm down for that. My one/exclamation mark key is broken, but imagine it's there instead of the period.