Hey P, I saw in one of your recent anon replies you said you'd love to see other countries takes on UWMA - and oh mY GODS! YES! I wish.
I was wondering if you have an ideal cast, country to country? Who would your picks be for the different productions?
(Side eyes Sam Lin as Dean for the Taiwan cast - also thought of Yagi Yusei as Team for Japan?!)
I was also wondering if there are elements of the story, dynamics, or characters you think different countries would do well, or what they'd bring to the table in terms of production and execution?
I genuinely can't wait to hear your thoughts if you have any!
Hope you're well and having a good May so far!
Oooo
Recasting Until We Meet Again
in different countries, 6 leads only, BL actors only, no existing pairs
(Generally I chose actors who are a bit too old for college, but this series could be set in a work place or sports environment etc… and the story would still work, so shrug.)
Taiwan
Dean - Sam Lin (We Best Love)
Pharm - Erek Lin (DNA Says Love You)
Korn - Alex Chou (My Tooth Your Love)
Inn - Shi Cheng Xuan (Plus & Minus)
Win - Hank Wang (Be Loved In House)
Team - Hsu Shuo Ting (About Youth)
You cannot tell me you aren't absolutely gagging for that last pairing. I think I'm brilliant.
Korea
If I didn't like busting up pairs I'd hand the Parks (Semantic Error) Dean & Pharm, and the 8th Sense boys their past selves. But since I'm feeling experimental...
Dean - Park Young Woon (The Director Who Buys Me Dinner)
Pharm - Choi Jae Hyun (Peach of Time)
Korn - Leo (Happy Ending Romance)
Inn - Gongchan (Unintentional Love Story)
Win - Kim Seong Hyuk (Choco Milk Shake)
Team - Jeon Chang Ha (First Love Again)
Alternate reality option: Hand it to OnlyOneOf and have them make a series of interpretive MVs about the darn thing.
Japan
Dean - Miyazawa Hio (His the movie)
Pharm - Kura Yuki (His the series)
Korn - Suzuki Jin (Given)
Inn - Oriyama Nao (Takara & Amagi)
Win - Komiya Rio (Eien no Kinou AKA Eternal Yesterday)
Team - Ohira Shuzo (8.2 Byo no Hosoku AKA 8.2 Second Rule)
Although we all know Japan would have Dean & Pharm AND Win & Team also end up apart/dead.
Righto, those are my picks!
Fun ask!
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The Heavenly Idol (2023) - 성스러운 아이돌 - Whump List
List by StayDandy
Synopsis : In the supernatural Other World, the Pontifex Rembrary and his troops battle against dark forces in a campaign to thwart the Evil One's return to power after a hundred years. Just as he takes the upper hand in a tough duel against the Evil One, an inexplicable force foils Rembrary's victory and transports him to the present world. He finds himself in the body of a K-pop idol named Woo Yeon Woo, a member of the boy group Wild Animal. The true Yeon-woo has been transported to the Other World in Rembrary's body. Naive of the workings of the present world, Rembrary struggles to live as a K-pop idol while finding a way to return to the Other World in order to restore himself and Yeon Woo to their original bodies and save the two worlds from the Evil One. (MDL)
AKA : Pontifex Rembrary | Pontifex Maximus Rembrary | The High Priest Rembrary | Holy Idol
Whumpee : Rembrary / Woo Yeon Woo played by Kim Min Gue
• Kasy played by Choi Jae Hyun (bonus, 1 ep)
Country : 🇰🇷 South Korea
Genres : Comedy, Romance, Drama, Fantasy, Supernatural
Notes : This is a Full Whump List
• Adapted from the web novel "Holy Idol" (성스러운 아이돌) by Sin Hwa Jin (신화진).
Episodes on List : 12
Total Episodes : 12
*Spoilers below*
01 : [in Other World] Rembrary is knocked off his horse, hurt in a fight … unsteady, dizzy, head pain … [in Modern World] wakes as Woo Yeon Woo (I will continue to refer to him as Rembrary though), collapsed on the floor … cuts his own hand with glass, magically heals (boo)
02 : Pain, trouble breathing, passes out … overuses his powers, exhausted, collapses, passes out.. wakes briefly, passes out again
03 : … continued from previous ep. ... Slapped several times to wake him up, barely conscious … Kasy has a panic attack, throws up, hospitalized
04 : Rembrary overusing his power, dizzy
05 : Burns his hand when using his own powers
06 : Attacked, stops a knife by the blade, cutting his hand.. stabbed in the shoulder, passes out … treated in a hospital (distracted like a child so they can stitch him up .. aww! lol) … hits his wounded shoulder on a bookcase
07 : (near end) Drunk, pushed against a car, slides to the ground
08 : Stabbed in the leg, bleeding heavily, heals himself
09 : Falls down the stairs (comedic) … (at end) pushed into a wall, panic attack, trouble breathing, passes out
10 : [quick flashback] Unconscious … [present] chest pain, trouble breathing … panic attack, trouble breathing … panic attack, trouble breathing … overuses his power, passes out
11 : Attacked, stabbed, falls down stairs, passes out … [in Other world] wakes in chains (I'm sorry, I can't with the mullet 😂) … [in Modern world] Yeon Woo is found at the bottom of the stairs, unconscious, bleeding.. hospitalized, ventilator … [in Other world] Rembrary is attacked with magic, pain, collapses … falls to his knees in grief
12 : Rembrary beats Yeon Woo with a slipper (comedic) … Rembrary is knocked to his knees, kidnapped … his powers are slowly, painfully, stripped from him, passes out … stabbed, passes out (technically he dies, but really he just visits the old lady in he after life for a hot minute before being sent back)
More Whump Lists for this show:
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So I'm so excited about Death's game. I really am. I remember reading the manhwa and every chapter had me gripping my phone in excitement.
But the only thing strange is that they cast Seo In Guk as Choi Yijae.
(Yes I'm sure he's going to deliver like he always does. And have you seen the cast? Man this is an expensive show! And each actor is going to play at max 2 episodes.)
Like Choi Yijae, at the beginning of the manhwa, was shown to be the most average of average guys. Not exceptional in any field.
Average height. Average looks. Not tall and not good looking. This fact, was put a lot of importance on, because it was an important part of his character.
And, I don't know... it's kind of really wrong 😂 that they cast *Seo In Guk* to play a guy that is "not tall and not good looking".
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My favorite friendgroup 🥰
they really are #Goals
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I'm just curious, do you have any thoughts on Peach of Time?
Peach of Time
I didn’t review it because it’s sad. But I liked it better than most of its ilk because it never made any claim to being otherwise. Going in, we all knew it would be sad and stay that way. It has a lot more in common with the Chinese execution of “my ghost boyfriend” as a result.
I wish we had gotten a Korean/Thai combo piece that was a bit more Thai than this one, though. Longer, happier. Maybe this will still happen.
Final thoughts on Peach of Time?
I love the two languages in the same show.
I enjoyed Jimmy paired with someone else.
I hope we see Choi Jae Hyun do BL again.
I think that’s pretty much it.
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DEATH'S GAME: PART 1
GENRES: Drama, Supernatural
SUMMARY: Caught in a game of punishing resurrection, a man who took his own life tries to find meaning in hanging on.
THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Pillar demons, citron tea, hundreds of cover letters, finding meaning in the mundane, fated connections, bullies, prison, male models, car chases, MMA, chair-fighting, gut-wrenching regret, hopelessness, redemption, and a dizzying number of A-list celebrities.
HOT TAKE: Episode 4 of this show broke me, hard. Although the plot is simple and a bit repetitive, every single acting performance is stellar. The character connections made with each new story gives the overarching experience real depth and emotion, and I can't wait for the second part coming in 2024.
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"Shipped the actors but not the characters"
I actually shipped the characters in this case as well
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