Watching things

[maggie33]

For the last few days I was watching a Polish show on Netflix called Wielka Woda (High Water). It’s about the giant flood in Wrocław in 1997. It was a really big disaster, probably the biggest in post-war Poland.

I was living on the other side of the country then, but I still remember watching the news every day and seeing cars left on the streets in the center of the city covered with water almost up to their roofs. And people having to use boats when they wanted to go somewhere. And the lack of drinking water and the lack of electricity, and a lot of people losing everything they worked so hard for. It was horrible and the most frustrating thing is that it was partially caused by the incompetence of people in charge in Wrocław then.

The show has six episode and I finished it yesterday. I liked it a lot. It’s well written, well directed and very well acted. It even made me teary-eyed a few times.


Through the Darkness is on Netflix now and I’m so tempted to re-watch it. I probably won’t for now because I’m so not in the mood for such a dark and heavy drama like this one. When it comes to Kdramas I’m still watching One Thousand Won Lawyer, I watched the 3rd episode yesterday. And it’s sweet, funny and optimistic. That’s exactly what I need right now. :)



And now let’s see which upcoming dramas and shows I’m excited about.


Mayfair Witches

I guess we have Anne Rice TV Universe now, since AMC, which is responsible for Interview with the Vampire, presented the first trailer for the show. It will premiere on January 5, 2023.

I loved the first two Mayfair Witches books – The Witching Hour and Lasher, but I grew so bored while reading the last one that I never finished it.

And we can probably expect a crossover event in the future for both shows since in the 1st episode of IWTV Louis’ brother mentions Mayfair house down the road or something like that. Anyway, the trailer looks good, so I will be watching this one, too.


Home School

Gun Atthaphan’s new drama, not a BL, again from the “respected and exclusive school hides a dark secret” genre. The first trailer from 2021 is here. It looks very creepy, and I’m not very fond of creepy, but I’m going to watch it anyway. :)

It only started filming in October, so we can’t expect it to premiere earlier than in 2023.


Island

It’s Kim Nam Gil’s new drama. It’s based on a webtoon of the same name, and it is a fantasy exorcism drama that takes place on Jeju Island. It will premiere in December.


HIStory 5: Love in the Future

It’s a new HIStory drama, and this one has time travel. No idea when it will air, the filming has just started. But still I’m willing to wait, because time travel, yay. But please, please, please, be good.


Roommates of Poongduck 304

A new Korean BL with the leads from Kissable Lips as the main couple again. It starts airing on October 13 and it will be on VIKI. The teaser with English subs is here.

Kissable Lips was bad, but I liked their chemistry in this drama, and I love Kim Ji Woong, he’s beautiful and talented and charismatic. I want to like this one. So again, please, please, please, be good. :)

Comments

[profiterole_reads]

I'm very excited about Wednesday (Addams). We finally have a date. Somehow I thought Netflix would release it for Halloween, but nope, I'll have to wait until November 23rd. And it's gonna overlap with Elite S6, which is not the most practical for me.

[corvidology]

I have found the HIStory series to be such a mixed bag, loving some, abandoning others.

It probably doesn't help that a few of them collide with squicks of mine. Ack!

[maggie33]

I consider myself lucky because I loved both History 2 dramas and both History 3 dramas. :) That's why History 4 was such a big disappointment for me, because I was convinced, based on my previous experiences with this series, that I would love it. And that was a big NOPE. :) Here is hoping History 5 will be more to my taste.

[maggie33]

It's so nice to have so many shows to choose from, isn't it? I hope Wednesday will be good and you'll like it. :)

[corvidology]

I have a big old incest squick so I didn't even try HIStory4 and didn't watch one of the three parts in HIStory1.

[profiterole_reads]

Yes, it's really nice. I keep a big to-watch list and pick what interests me the most.