Drama watching, a trailer and a ballet rec

[maggie33]

Let’s start with a trailer.

Love Like A Bike

It’s the official pilot trailer for a new Thai BL. It has Pattaya, cycling, lots of melodrama and three pretty couple. And two familiar faces amongst actors: Ta Nakun and Tee Thanapon (Tol from Triage). And it’s directed by Golf Tanwarin. I’m definitely interested.


And a ballet rec is for Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake. I love that ballet so much. I love the version with the traditional Petipa and Ivanov’s choreography a lot, too. But I love Matthew Bourne’s reimagining and choreography even more.

First I want to rec a wonderful, short vid on Youtube with comments by Matthew Bourne, Adam Cooper (the original Swan) and Harrison Dowzell (the next generation Swan).

Becoming the Swan in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

And someone put 2019 version on Youtube, too, in a very good quality. It's here. I don’t know how long it will be there. But if you wanted to watch it for now you can.


Petrichor

I watched six episodes for now, still haven’t got the time to watch the 7th episode yet.

I like it a lot. Engfa and Charlotte are both great here (I tried watching Love Bully last year since I was curious about them, but managed only one episode because I found it boring). And of course they are both gorgeous women and have wonderful chemistry. I am mildly interested in the ‘who’s the real killer’ plot, but that’s not the main draw for me. The romance between the leads is, and a warm and loving relationship between Tun and her older brother Tin. And the cute secondary F/F couple. And of course it’s always so nice to see Max Nattapol on my screen again, even if here it’s in a relatively small secondary part.


Love Scout episodes 3-4

I loved it. These two episodes were very good, too. I really hope the drama keeps up being this good for the remaining eight episodes.

Spoilers here.

I have two ‘sigh, why’ quibbles. And one of them is about the drama introducing the second love triangle. Especially since it seems to me that our second leads will probably end up together. We found out that they both lost a sibling, so I fell like they will probably bond over that and then start having romantic feelings for each other.

And of course our main leads have a childhood connection, of course they have. I mean, it’s not confirmed yet in the drama, there were only hints for now, but I’m sure of it. It is a kdrama after all. I just really hope it won’t be used for unnecessary drama and last minute breakup since it’s connected to a big tragedy for both of them.

But they are really just quibbles and all the other things were so, so good in these episodes. Our lovely main romance, both main leads being such wonderful, fascinating characters, all the different relationships in this drama, not just romantic ones. Like for instance Seo Mi Aae and her husband's relationship. I loved that scene when her husband came to pick her up after company dinner and he knew she would be drunk so he brought crocs for her to change from her elegant shoes. Aww...

Ossan’s Love Thailand episode 2

Ok, the drama gets its own tag here. Because I loved that 2nd episodes even more than the first. It was sweet, funny, and adorable, and I laughed so much. And made a lot of aww noises at my laptop, too. This drama is surprisingly touching sometimes amongst all the comedy.

Spoilers here, too.

Heng is such a sweet and kind dork. And you know, he looks like Earth. No wonder that those two guys fell so hard for him. 😊

And I think that Heng already starts to feel a stirring of something more than friendship for Mo, even though of course he doesn’t recognize it for what it is. And for now he’s only determined to win Mo’s friendship back.

And earlier I forgot to mention that Thor is in this drama, too. And looking absolutely gorgeous as a star employee at Heng’s company.

And of course I loved First and Khaotung’s cameo as Alan and Gaipa... I mean, excuse me - Alone and Gaitong 😉 They are a couple here, too, and with backstory of First and Khaotung’s characters from Moonlight Chicken. And everything about that was hilarious. “His mother was my insurance client.” And then making fun of Gaipa singing at his mother’s funeral. LOL

But now I want other BL pairings to have cameos as couples inspired by their characters in previous dramas. Heh...

Comments

[profiterole_reads]

I'm looking forward to your thoughts on episode 7.

[maggie33]

I watched half of the 7th episode, and yeah, I was pretty sure that would be the twist. I admit I didn’t want it to be, and I am a bit disappointed, but yep, I am not surprised. Highlight for spoilers! *I actually suspected it since the beginning, but just a little bit, and then they started pushing Kawin as a suspect so hard, and I was pretty sure that Kawin was just a red herring. And since it’s not Kawin, the only other person available for a twisty killer reveal was Tin.* I don’t have time to watch the rest of the episode today, but we’ll see, maybe they will do something interesting with that reveal. I might even get over my initial disappointment. 😊

[profiterole_reads]

Highlight for spoilers! *There were people joking about "murder husbands" on Tumblr. My own theory was Big Tech, or Big Tech protecting his son. So with the reveal from the previous episode, suddenly Tin was a suspect for real. On the other hand, since it's still early in the show, I wondered if it was another red herring and the young cop was the murderer. That guy is sus af.*

[maggie33]

I finished the 7th episode finally today, and I am going to watch the 8th right away, because I am a bit :/ at Tun’s decisions here.

Highlight for spoilers! *I absolutely get why she didn’t shoot Tin there. He’s her beloved brother and she just found out that he’s a murderer. I even get why she didn’t say anything about that to anyone at first. But after that talk with Run at the hospital… I mean, Tin is a serial killer who killed a lot of people. And now he’s still free and can easily kill again. If he was just a… I don’t know, a thief or a forger, I would be more forgiving. But heh, I like the idea of “murder husbands”, maybe someone will write that fic. :)*

[profiterole_reads]

Highlight for spoilers! *Ran's reaction is weird too. Instead of nagging her still-in-shock gf, why doesn't she just tell the truth to the other 2 honest police officers out there?*

[maggie33]

Yeah, that, too. I agree.

[aurumcalendula]

I definitely need to catch up on Petrichor! (the last drama I'd seen the lead actresses in was Show Me Love which I found dull, but I'm enjoying them in this) I'm very curious if they kept a particular twist from the books.

[maggie33]

I'm very glad I started watching it, because I enjoy it a lot. And I watched only half of the 7th episode for now, and there was a twist there. I haven't read the book, so I don't know if it's the one you're talking about. But in the drama I suspected it would end like that. I'm just surprised they revealed it so early, there are still three more episodes to air. :)

[china_shop]

I'm looking forward to Love Scout, when I finally get my hands on it. :-)

[maggie33]

I watched episodes 5 and 6 as soon as they appeared on VIKI, and I enjoyed them a lot. Here is hoping they won't do anything disappointing in the second half of the drama. :)

[china_shop]

I'm halfway through ep 8 now. Absolute agree with your sighs in this post, but also Seo Mi Ae and her husband are SO GREAT, I love them, especially her. :D

[maggie33]

I love Seo Mi Ae and her husband. They have a great marriage and they are great friends to our leads. And I only say that, after watching episode 9, I really like the way they deal with both subplots I had my 'sigh, why' complaints about. Now let's just hope it will be like that in the last three episodes, too. :)

[china_shop]

Oh wonderful! *fingers crossed for the rest of the show*

[no_detective]

thank you for the swan lake links! <3

[maggie33]

You're welcome. :)