His Man and Merry Queer, Korea's first LGBT dating/reality programs

[AstroBaby]

I feel like most of the thread has probably seen the alleged spoilers of his man since it's one of the first posts on the tag but

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According to Chankyu's cousin

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The couples that get together are

Changmin/Jeonghyeon, Eunchan/Seonyul, the others end up single (unsure if this includes the new cast members that will be brought in)

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evidence for this rumor

 

 

 

 

[AstroBaby]

4 hours ago, gam3 bo1 said:

i'm currently watching merry queer, up to episode 2 and is it just me or are the subtitles very off??? sometimes the subs refer to jihye with she/her pronouns or it'll talk about something very vaguely (like when they were talking about sex toys and i think they were talking about using them on a partner but i found it hard to grasp what was happening), or the sentence structure is off, and then i have very little idea of what's going on (don't know how to properly explain it). i'm watching the 2nd episode on kshow123 and i watched the 1st episode on another site but i'm 99% sure the subs come from gagaoolala due to the fact that both episode translations haven't been too accurate and the logo of the site is in the corner. i was wondering if anyone else experienced this trouble and if it's possible to watch the show with better translations because while i do seem to understand what's going on for the most part, it can get a bit frustrating 

No, it's not just you, I think the original subbers were able to turn around a product the quickest because they just translated literally without much care for syntax and such and all the other sites just copied their work..it's definitely confusing

[AstroBaby]

On 8/5/2022 at 11:42 AM, Shaandenigma said:

 

I think the producers could have done a better job in structuring the show in such a way to force them to have to intermingle more with each other at least the first few days then let them gravitate towards who they have a connection with. Like I feel people keep trying it with Changmin even though he's clearly only interested in Jeonghyeon at this point because they haven't had the opportunity to have a date with him. It would also help the guys the others look over have an opportunity to challenge first impressions. I also think it would just help them have more interactions overall rather than just sitting in a room together scrolling their phones and getting in their own heads.

 

Yeah, I feel like they wanted to go with a Terrace House type vibe of slow building relationships and natural everyday interactions ( likely in part to push back against the overly-sexual perception of gay men) but the thing with Terrace House and other 'true love' type reality shows is that they take place over months at a time which allows for those bonds to develop. Over just a week without much producer intervention they're just going to awkwardly gravitate towards the first person they find attractive/talk to, a reality show over that time frame needs more gamification in order to create big moments.