It was made implicitly but quite obvious, really obvious..It is said IQIYI will re-broadcast it. If this is true,…
I'll try to watch it all before the doubly censored version comes out. There is no release date yet, right? I hope they'll wait at least a week...Thank you so much....
I am starting this now and the first episode is gripping! Hope it stays that way! Thank you, @LordFengCui! A question for those who saw it: is it really so very obviously BL and not a c-bromance that it needed to be banned for it to be reedited as censors demanded?
I'd give season 1 a solid 7.5/10...i really liked it... preerambo was not my fav.... i liked oatpop story... tho…
Is lazy subber's version still available somewhere? I'm trying to find it but don't seem to be able to! I watched her version of Together With Me ages ago which I finished only because of her hilarious comments! So I would like to give this one a chance but only with the right subs!:-) Thanks!
Bullying is a worldwide problem, yes, but the one in South Korea is really severe. It takes not only place at…
So true. I think there are two terms in english for this phenomenon or, rather, crime: bullying for the incidents taking place in school with kids and harassment for workplace and adults. Whatever the term, and if what you say is correct, which probably is since there is not one single drama where a character is not bullied/harassed and the writers write about their lives, SK needs to do more to solve this problem both in real life and on line. They seem brutal with each other following the basest instincts of survival of the fittest (i.e. the strongest/richest bully) which often results in victims' taking their own lives while the adults in schools claim ignorance. Tragic!
Indeed, it is worldwide problem and honestly, I doubt it's ever going to be completely eliminated, but it is important…
I only wish that the movies like Night Flight could give the push in the right direction for the societies to change but it is disheartenig to see the change not really coming...at least not fast enough for the majority of victims!
I am so happy to see the Editorials back. I hope for good! Fingers crossed! You keep coming up with such interesting topics so I can only wish for the Powers-That-Be at MDL to rescind their interdiction of LGBT or BL topics, so you can write a few more well researched articles....🥰As they say: Hope spring's eternal! 😀
Another great article! Thanks, BB! Keep them coming, please!
Bullying is a worldwide problem and each country deals with it as they can but sometimes I feel that the Koreans speak of it the most often (therefore the majority of films & dramas in your article are Korean!) and still nothing seems to get better there. Someone is bullied in every single korean work of tv fiction especially those taking place in school (cut-throat environment apparently!), I think.... I read the webtoon "Weak Hero Class 1" and it was so violent and heartbreaking that I decided never to read or watch anything about bullying ever again! So I carefully check for bullying tags nowdays! "Night Flight" was one of the first Korean movies I watched when I discovered BLs. The poster makes you think it is a cutesy high school romance! But it is everything but cute... Amazing film but I felt like I was punched in the gut while watching it!
I just finished the first episode and it is unfortunately screaming "manga adaptation" at which I shudder in terror!🤣 I wish they would tone down the manga element: it is so OTT!
Are people or businesses that respect customs and abide by the law cowards? I like Yoo Ah-in, but calling Netflix…
Are people allowed to mend their ways or do they deserve to be punished for life for the errors of judgement/mistakes/crimes they made? It would not be cool with me, but I would not blame YAI for his supplier's crime! People who commited crimes and were punished for them are not allowed to work? Are drug users forbidden to work in SK? Is there a law in SK which makes employing drug users illegal? Because that is the crux of the matter! Yes Netflix are coward, buckling under SK netizens' pressure.
A full drama in 7 minutes with a lot of flashbacks. Cinematography really dark: greens and blacks prevail, giving very uncomfortable feeling. The only pretty shot was of the lanterns flying in the night but that one is always beautiful....the rest is underwhelming. They are also pretty explicit which is surprising for China! I guess they ban only BLs there! Not GLs....🤣
" If I understand correctly, they are re-editing in order to minimize his presence?" That's the thing though,…
Isn't it still the thing in the States: "respecting other countries' customs and cultures even though they are not in accordance with ours, completely wrong and simply put, nonsense....who are we to tell the others how to govern their country"? The puritanical netizens might be a minority in SK but they are very very very loud and therefore disruptive!
Different people, different morea and Netflix's only more is more profit so they do what they are told, I guess....
It is so rage inducing ! We all had this discussion here in january, hoping that the things will move in a different direction in SK. They didn't, they don't and they probably won't any time soon.
As for the incomprehensible article, I think we should probably blame Google Lens or some such translation app....right, MDL official "writers"?
Easily addictive, I never thought I'd get hooked on so quickly to an older drama like this. But even though it is brimful of tropes it is highly watchable. One tiny issues: the actor is not really believable as an ex convict and former bad boy. He looks and acts so innocent like a child. Staying optimistic after spending 16yrs wrongfully accused in prison? He knows his low position in that hierarchical society and does not dare to ask for more! Sad....Still, that annoyingly pushy angel is makes him reconsider but it sounds so wrong somehow! Poor Kang Chill: the guy is going to go through hell during 20 episodes, his every hope probably crushed by the bad guy who will eventually get punished but not before episode 20. I don't know if I have enough strength to stand the coming amount of extreme suffering. Still it is not boring...Starting ep 5 now! A long way to go and a lot of bad things are certainly going to happen to him: accidents, drownings, attempted murders, deaths in the family, evictions, police brutality, debt....Am I missing something on this list? ;-) Edit: 12 days later and still on ep 5. I want to watch it but I am dreading all the bad things that are going to fall upon the ML. There are 15 eps left so no flowers and butterflies in near future.... No, this is a drop. The beginning was interesting but the ML's "childish innocence" is not really convincing for someone who spent 16 years in prison. Nobody lives through such an experience and remains naive!
Here we go again: Koreans cancelling actors for not being perfect! I expected better from Netflix! I guess money speaks louder than the right thing to do! If I understand correctly, they are re-editing in order to minimize his presence? Cowards!
True! Oh, so true! And I finished it, hoping to see the things others raved about. Could not find them! There were a couple of episodes in the second half that I watched in 10min instalments: so cringy that it was unwatchable and since I do not FFW I had to take breaks. Often! To recover and gather strength! What a waste of time, good original material and cute actors! Remakes are definitely not my thing! 🤣Or theirs for that matter! I do not dare to imagine what the Thais will do to Kieta Hatsukoi!🤣🤣
Thank you for the subs, Amaris! A Budding Blue Sky, what a poetic title.... This is fun to watch: the way Tori sulks while Sakaki flirts with a girl, is priceless! Every case ends with a meal together: curry, pancakes... Case 1: victim blaming Case 2: mermaid, blindness and bl Case 3: lost kid Wish it was longer and the cases more realistic: especially the last one. It concludes on them promising to stay together forever, while riding bicycles. Basically this is a BL that doesn't say its name or better known as chinese bromance genre!
It is not that it is boring but those manga exaggerated facial expressions have no place in a live adaptation. It is really annoying! I remember having the same problem with Kieta Hatsukoi....Another pet peeve of mine, sorry manga fans!
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A question for those who saw it: is it really so very obviously BL and not a c-bromance that it needed to be banned for it to be reedited as censors demanded?
I am so happy to see the Editorials back. I hope for good! Fingers crossed! You keep coming up with such interesting topics so I can only wish for the Powers-That-Be at MDL to rescind their interdiction of LGBT or BL topics, so you can write a few more well researched articles....🥰As they say: Hope spring's eternal! 😀
Bullying is a worldwide problem and each country deals with it as they can but sometimes I feel that the Koreans speak of it the most often (therefore the majority of films & dramas in your article are Korean!) and still nothing seems to get better there. Someone is bullied in every single korean work of tv fiction especially those taking place in school (cut-throat environment apparently!), I think....
I read the webtoon "Weak Hero Class 1" and it was so violent and heartbreaking that I decided never to read or watch anything about bullying ever again! So I carefully check for bullying tags nowdays!
"Night Flight" was one of the first Korean movies I watched when I discovered BLs. The poster makes you think it is a cutesy high school romance! But it is everything but cute... Amazing film but I felt like I was punched in the gut while watching it!
Different people, different morea and Netflix's only more is more profit so they do what they are told, I guess....
It is so rage inducing ! We all had this discussion here in january, hoping that the things will move in a different direction in SK. They didn't, they don't and they probably won't any time soon.
As for the incomprehensible article, I think we should probably blame Google Lens or some such translation app....right, MDL official "writers"?
Poor Kang Chill: the guy is going to go through hell during 20 episodes, his every hope probably crushed by the bad guy who will eventually get punished but not before episode 20. I don't know if I have enough strength to stand the coming amount of extreme suffering. Still it is not boring...Starting ep 5 now! A long way to go and a lot of bad things are certainly going to happen to him: accidents, drownings, attempted murders, deaths in the family, evictions, police brutality, debt....Am I missing something on this list? ;-)
Edit: 12 days later and still on ep 5. I want to watch it but I am dreading all the bad things that are going to fall upon the ML. There are 15 eps left so no flowers and butterflies in near future....
No, this is a drop. The beginning was interesting but the ML's "childish innocence" is not really convincing for someone who spent 16 years in prison. Nobody lives through such an experience and remains naive!
This is fun to watch: the way Tori sulks while Sakaki flirts with a girl, is priceless!
Every case ends with a meal together: curry, pancakes...
Case 1: victim blaming
Case 2: mermaid, blindness and bl
Case 3: lost kid
Wish it was longer and the cases more realistic: especially the last one.
It concludes on them promising to stay together forever, while riding bicycles. Basically this is a BL that doesn't say its name or better known as chinese bromance genre!