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Rotron

Upcoming Series: Zomvivor

nix54

@Rotron Glad you enjoyed Prison Playbook. when somebody mentioned it I realised I had kept coming across the show for some reason when I searched MyDramaList. I thought that maybe I should have a look at it and as you say there is a lot of different themes in the series which make it worth watching.

nix54

@Rotron TADA TADA TADA - shouldn't have problems remembering that one. Just finished Love Bill (I had put it on hold while watching the end of Reborn Rich and then found myself hooked on the Golden Spoon). So sad but then I suppose it was not a story that could ever have a satisfactory happy ending. Though It was heavily signalled by ongoing reference to Thien's scripts always having sad endings. Strange how this simple show really grabbed me. A lot of new BL coming out soon. Any current recommendations for this week's viewing?

Rotron

@nix54 Yes, it's quite evident that Korean series and movies try to put in more themes to capture and engage the emotions of more audiences. This is actually the first Korean series I have watched that's got more skin than usual. It's quite rare in a Korean series to see even a shirtless guy. This one didn't even play safe with the bromance moves. The ML does have a nice body.

Rotron

@nix54 Love Bill the Vietnamese BL that just finished? I have not watched it yet. I really have not started watching on any new BLs. Been busy lately with my bathroom renovation. To note though. My School President seems to have the cutest couple. I Will Knock You for some funny stuff. Between Us looks very boring. Of course, any South Korean and Taiwanese BLs are always recommendable. Have you seen the previous HIStory series? I'd recommend completing them. HIStory is one of the more popular ongoing series of BL stories.

Rotron

Upcoming series: Boyband

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nix54

@Rotron I tend to binge watch a series after watching one or two episodes to see if I want to watch the full series. I am very keen to watch Between Us but I do agree the trailers look boring. I like the quality of korean dramas, better thought through and executed plots and, of course, the inevitable twists. However the episodes are long (1- 1/2 hours) and 16 or so is pushing it.

Rotron

@nix54 Yes, there is always high expectations for Korean dramas. To fail will be quite a shame. There has also been some titles that locals from Korea will reject and boycott if they do not like or go against the norm in a drama show. These titles then are either scrapped or not shown locally. Koreans are critical of their history so shows that are historical must not deviate from what really happened.

I am not much a fan of Korean historical shows but I've watched some. One thing that I did like is The King: Eternal Monarch which is a science fiction / historical thing because two Koreas exist (one from the past and one from the present) and the Korea of today is a Korea where the Korean War did not happen. So there is no North Korea and the monarchy thrived or survived. You might want to watch it. It stars one of the most popular Korean actors.

https://kbizoom.com/korean-series-that-are-very-popular-but-were-boycotted-by-domestic-fans/

For us international viewers, we really don't care about this and I personally think that this will only limit creativity. As evident on Japanese anime, they really have no problems like this and this is why the Japanese are able to churn out unlimited stories that uses history or characters from history in their stories.

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nix54

@Rotron Oh Yes, I very much liked The King:Eternal Monarch although the ending was a little odd. it was one of the first Korean series I ever watched - the K2 being the first. Descendants of the Sun made me a committed fan of Song Joong Ki and his wry smiles. It does appear a very odd and harsh society to my european eyes. Many years of watching US shows and extensive periods living in the US have led me to believe that a society's TV is a pretty accurate reflection of that society.

Rotron

@nix54 Oh I liked K2 also. I just started on Descendants of the Sun. You are so right on the last part. This is why I watch a lot more international titles that interest me. It's the culture that one must get to absorb. The West is great but the society definitely is not. There's just so much hatred in it that you don't see in other parts of the world to that extent. People from the West who don't get to travel is very much a part of that society and this is why a lot of them retire in Asian countries. It may not be perfect nor it may not provide you with benefits that you get from their government but here it gives you the simple and peaceful living that one may desire without working oneself to death.

When an Asian goes to the United States, there's a good percentage that they may experience racism, an act of hatred or sheer disrespect. But when an American or any Westerner goes to Asia, it's quite the opposite. You are venerably respected, honoured, celebrated and welcomed. Depending on which country of course but in mine, you definitely will feel the warmness of the people.

Don't include China in what I said though. Majority of mainlanders are rude and boastful especially the ones with money. Japanese people have greatly changed their perspective of tourists in the past years because of Chinese mainlanders who irrespectively desecrate important and sacred places. They don't give shit about other people's culture or way of living. It's the same for any other country here in Asia. We don't like them but they bring the money.

Gosh! I've been talkative again. Ehe.

FDS2000

There's a particular manga site I am sure you are aware of that I first went to for some yaoi content and discovered that they had a large collection of live action BL content that I didn't even know existed, as well as both shorts and long form live action English language content, and manga/anime (even clips of erotic anime/manga art), etc. I'm sure you are aware of it for helping to add to content here, but if not, feel free to send me a PM.

It would probably be helpful if we had a thread where people could talk about the content to help people decide what they might want to download and check out - it really surprises me that so few people - even though many download some of the porn clips - bother to vote that they like it (the star rating system) or bother to leave a comment as a form of review. There's so much BL and anime and manga that - other than maybe you like a photo, there's no real way to decide if something is worth downloading (or more importantly, spending the time) to check it out.