Trailers (and a few other things)

[maggie33]

I had to clean up my bookmarks again. So here have a post with links to trailers, fanvids and BTS vids I saved in the last few weeks.


Fanvid: Moonlight Chicken Jim/Wen - If you're ready


BTS vid - also for Moonlight Chicken, for the 1st episode.

It’s so cute and funny. Especially Mix having problems with the cat that really doesn’t want to stay in his lap. And I thought that kitty was so chill when I watched the drama. 😊

And I just have to say that if you want me to watch product placement scenes without fast-forwarding do it the way Moonlight Chicken did it - make it about cat food with beautiful men cuddling a pretty kitty.


Trailers:

Pray in Love - a Taiwanese BL drama. The original title “Qi An” literally means praying for peace in traditional Taiwanese culture. The drama tells the story of a romance between Officer Yuan, a policeman and Xian An, an illegitimate son of the rich Yang family. It looks like an angst fest. But no news when it will air for now.

Our Skyy 2: The Eclipse – the teaser for this week’s episode. I can’t wait.


Star Hunter, the company that made Big Dragon, presented their lineup for 2023. Here are the trailers that caught my attention.

Big Dragon The Movie - a sequel to the drama. It seems there will be flashbacks to how Mangkorn fell in love with Yai, intertwined with the post-drama scenes.

Sunset Vibes - the second MosBank drama. The guys who met through the dating app have a one-night stand, and then they meet the next day as the boss and the intern at the same company. Mos and Bank both look beautiful, their chemistry is great, and it looks like fun, a bit trashy, but entertaining.

Love Senior - a GL drama in university setting. It looks cute, with a lot of fluff sprinkled with a little bit of angst.

True Moon - it looks like a classic rich boy/poor boy antagonists-to-lovers drama. Could be fun.

AcadeX The Movie - a fantasy movie about a school for people with special gifts. It looks a bit of Harry Potteresque. There are four houses and the mysterious annual competition, and one student who’s the most special of them all. But he’s played by Bank, and I like him a lot, so I’m going to check it out. But according to this trailer the movie will not be airing until 2024.

Comments

[profiterole_reads]

I am very interested in AcadeX because I'm always in for LGBT versions of HP. Not sure if this is supposed to be BL or GL or queer in another way. Doesn't one of the characters look non-binary to you? And is the host a drag queen?

[maggie33]

I don't think it's marketed as BL. At least it seems so from the little bit of information I could find. But from that trailer it does look like it has some queer themes. I hope there will be more information later, so we just have to wait and see. :)

[corvidology]

I had the same thought as you when watching Moonlight Chicken that the cat seemed really laid back so it was funny watching them try to coax it. :D

[maggie33]

I laughed out loud watching this BTS vid, because of that poor kitty trying so hard to escape. :)

[no_detective]

i really loved the eclipse (as in, i bought merch for the first time in my thai-bl-watching life!). that said, wasn't our skyy going to be sort of... AU-ish? would you recommend the episodes that serve as the sequel to the eclipse?

thank you for sharing your list - i always come back to your posts for recommendations (sometimes months later, oops) and i always find something fun. right now i'm pretty excited for the next prince but i've been meaning to check out moonlight chicken, so thanks for the reminder! <3

[maggie33]

Our Skyy episodes are AU-ish in the sense that they often have fantasy elements even for realistic dramas. That one episode from the first Our Skyy I watched had body swap. Our Skyy 2: Never Let Me Go had time travel. But both these episodes were also sequels to their respective dramas. Like what happened in the dramas was important to what happened in the Our Skyy episodes. There was some serious relationship stuff and a little bit of conflict, but always with a happy ending.

And I'm glad that you like my recs. If I love something I always want other people to watch it, too, and if I'm lucky they will love it, too and then squee with me. :)

[no_detective]

oh this is so good to know about our skyy, thank you! and i really appreciate the always happy ending. i've had never let me go on a list for a WHILE but it's hard to get in the mood for something kind of dark (even if i'm 90% sure i'll like it).

you've totally inspired me to make an effort and be more present on DW, and your posts are such a great resource! <333

[maggie33]

i've had never let me go on a list for a WHILE but it's hard to get in the mood for something kind of dark (even if i'm 90% sure i'll like it)

Ah yes, there is not so small dose of angst in Never Let Me Go. There is a happy ending, but it takes a while to get there.

But if I can offer one more rec - if you would like to watch something super adorable, with just tiny little bit angst, with good script and fantastic acting by the whole cast, and if you can accept high school setting, watch My School President. It's such a beautiful, funny and heartwarming drama that made me smile so much each episode.

[no_detective]

thank you for the rec - i've actually heard good things about my school president, will add it to the list for sure!