Golden Blood (2021)

The best drama ever

I’m not at all exaggerating when I say this is the best drama I’ve ever seen. I love all the actors, characters, plot, absolutely everything about it. It’s hard to believe that in the beginning, sky didn’t want sun around and didn’t want to be babied but now he sees that sun really does care for him and all the events show that. I don’t wanna elaborate too much more because I would like for everyone to enjoy this drama for themself. I’m often attached very much to dramas but this one (along with the untamed, make it right, be loved in house, fish upon the sky, he’s coming to me...) I’m extremely attached to and in love with to the point that I don’t wanna get anywhere near the finale because I love every single thing about it so so so very much. I recommend this to everyone!!! All the dramatic action scenes are so well done and the actors do it so well!!! Everything about their acting is amazing!! Back to the cast, I remember sky/ gun from love by chance and idk why but something about him made him my favorite character in that series and when I saw that he was in this drama I literally screamed. Gun and Boat act so well together and i don’t think I’d be able to watch dramas with them in relationships with other people because I love them together very much:). Sorry for the long review but it truly is amazing!!! ???

Lire davantage

Don't Waste Your Time

I gave this series two chances but it really wasn’t my cup of tea, the dialogue is cringe, the acting is extremely forced and there is no chemistry between the main couple. I would not recommend this series. There is really nothing that could save it, but if you still dare to experience it, I would advise to go for the movie, so you will have less to endure.

I liked the photography in some scenes and the second couple even if being there for cringe comical relief still had a better chemistry than the main couple, but still not enough to make it worth watching.

Lire davantage

Content Warnings: violence, tragedy (not between m/m)

Watch it for Pitch/Bank if you want, but unfortunately the potential was definitely not reached.

What I Liked
- a nice concept of a bodyguard/protectee
- humor mixed with action
- some cute fluff moments
- Pitch/Bank as the side couple
- Sky's dad's acting
- production value seemed fine

Room For Improvement
- that sponge bath was too invasive
- Gun's sad/angry acting, this was just painful to watch and it's partially the director's fault
- many plot holes/non-logical things such as: why wouldn't Sky's mother pre-donate her own blood (especially when she was pregnant as there can be complications), why couldn't Sky donate to her (granted he couldn't do as much as he was a child but still...), why wouldn't Sky pre-donate his blood since it's so rare, why would you put one of the only blood donors in an extremely dangerous job, why did the writers have them be in the art department when Sun can't draw and that's easily found out by the university, why did Pitch get a personality transplant, how did Pitch/Bank become boyfriends
- how Sky used those two women which I was worried about from the beginning, they should have cut out their characters and focused more on Pitch/Bank
- lack of character growth from Sky especially
- I absolutely hate time gaps and this was no exception, the ending felt very rushed

Lire davantage

TBH it's closer to bronze than gold ...

Oh boy, this was a little disappointing.....but I was kinda expecting it.

The story isn't bad...who wouldn't like to watch the forbidden love between the son of the mafia and his bodyguard? I know, right?? Sounds pretty interesting to me too! But the really missed the mark is pretty much all aspects on this one, and that hurts.

I really wanted this series to be good, but it wasn't. The chemistry wasn't there, the rare kiss scenes between SunSky were givind dead fishpallooza *UUUGHHH* The acting too was pretty rough - trust me guys, it pains me to write these words, but I have to be honest here. Sun (Boat) and Pitch (Sugus) were the best actors, but that alone wouldn't save the series. Sky's cries were very cringy lolol and that date scene OMG lolololol NOPE. I CAN'T.

The whole plot of the dad being obsessed with his "rival" and calling him mid attacks were stupid lol the guy is clearly doing EVERYTHING to kill his son (Sky) and he thinks it's a smart mafia decision to call him and laugh (very fake btw) about burning his drugs? Come on...just give him your son, it saves us time lolololol so dumb.

I'm not even going to say much about the "you have to prove that you love each other by not speaking for 6 years.....and then MAYBE you can be together" bullshit. I really HATE when they do that. It calls their audience (us btw) idiots! Why did it take him 6 years tho? Their reunion after 6 fucking years were also very lame.

Yeah. It felt like a lukewarm soup that needed way more seasoning on a very cold night. Don't really recommend this one.....watch it at your own risk.

Lire davantage

Loved the series

This was a pleasant find. I wasn't aware of this series until I stumbled on it. The only thing I found wrong with the series was basic lack of research by the person who wrote th script. The story was fantastic, but the blood type that can only recieve the same blood type is O-. Gun shined in this role and Boat was the perfect matchup for him in this story. The other characters were well casted as well. Tenon and Sugus were great in their roles as well with a great side story and lots of chemistry. Like I said, I loved everything about it other than the lack of research.... golden blood is O-. It is the universal giver but not reciever. AB- can recieve all negative blood types.

Lire davantage

literally what is going on

This show amazed me in a way that i've never been amazed before, but I do not mean that in a good way. So many things just make zero sense whatsoever. How can a mafia be a mafia without illegal activity??? That is literally not possible. It shows in the first episode that Sun just randomly got a call and casually became Sky's bodyguard, but then we learn that he's been training his entire life to be his bodyguard??? How come they have never met before if his entire reason for living thus far has been Sky??? ALSOOOOOO THEY TELL EVERYBODY THAT THEY ARE COUSINS, BUT THEN JUST DROP THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DATING ONE DAY AND NEVER SPECIFY THAT THEY LIED ABOUT BEING COUSINS. SO TO EVERYBODY'S KNOWLEDGE THEY ARE LITERALLY COUSINS AND DATING!!!! Don't even get me started on how the end of this show was literally worse than anything I could have come up with to end this show. A SIX YEAR NO CONTACT BREAK IN THEIR BRAND NEW RELATIONSHIP. Sorry but who is waiting 6 years to be together... there is a certain point where I say just disrespect your father and date. Speaking of the father why was he literally the worst man in the entire world and we were just supposed to ignore it. He "tested" sun by PRETENDING HE WAS GOING TO KILL HIM. AFTER RAISING HIM AS A LITERAL BLOODBANK FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. FREE SUN AND SKY FROM THIS TERRIBLE MANNN WHY DID THEY FEEL THE NEED TO GET HIS APPROVAL SO BAD.

Okay now let's talk about how the two girls in the friend group are the real victims of this show. They were literally strung along and given hope for the entire series that their crushes liked them back. Literally from episode one Sun could have told Juno that he did not have feelings for her. And then when Sky asked Toktaeng on a date ONLY because he wanted to get back at Sun??? Oh that made me hate him so bad. I never liked Sky but that was a new level of hatred I felt for him.

Anyways the show wasn't even that bad and I was entertained most of the time I just thought the inconsistencies were rly funny tbh . The second couple was cute too so.

Lire davantage

bro trained his whole life for this momment

The average was 8.25 stars out of 10. This wasn't even that bad. I'm so obsessed with this trope. I love the bodyguard, and I will protect you with my life trope so much. The story was meh. It was pretty okay. The ending was not as bad as people make it out to be, but I kind of wanted more. Okay, so I am going to go on my close friend's story highlight, and I am probably not going to watch the movie because it's just these 8 episodes in 2 hours, and that's kind of a waste of time.

My first reaction was that this lowkey resembles Kinn Porsche with the bodyguard shit. And it was a tale of thosuand stars with the parents paying the person to watch over their son and then the son thinking that they only did this because of their parents. Those were the vibes. I made a joke that Sky's dad is a mafia boss but can't pay the damn water bill in his son's house. Bro needs to step up as a father. Sky was your average annoying main character who just wanted nothing to do with his dad's mafia business and some loving, and that was interesting but not anything I have not seen before.

Then we met Pitch, and he was really making me uncomfortable. Good job on the actor for that, because, oh my god, he was making me so uncomfortable it wasn't even funny. I looked, and he and Bank were also main characters, so I already knew they were going to have something going on, and I love them together.

Of course Sun was an orphan, bro, because we need that good emo backstory for a mafia romance, lol. Then Sun and Sky started to have little moments, and I started to see that the actors actually had some chemistry, and the story started actually going somewhere, because for a good while it really wasn't going anywhere. Then we got more Bank and Pitch, with Bank sleeping in Pitch's bathtub and Pitch starting to fall in love with him. That was really cute, and you can tell he started to have a soft spot for Bank and his stupidity.

Then they jumped to a random date out of nowhere. I was like, What the hell? We have actually seen no development for the past 3 episodes; how are you all even on a date? Like it made no sense. How are you going to make an 8-episode drama a slow burn, bro? Like, what the hell? Then the sun dove into the shallow ass water to save the sky, and then sky did the same, and I actually couldn't stop laughing. The way he dove into the water was so fucking funny. I couldn't even breathe, bro.

Then we had the Thai drama random ass school trip or vacation, and this girl clapped back at the bank and everyone started laughing. That was definitely not in the script, lol. The way everyone was laughing Then bro started singing. Bro, shut up; this isn't a gacha singing battle or trolls; be quiet. Singing didn't kill your stupid grandma, bro. Shut up.

Then we got some more pitches and bank moments. Pitch once again had me scared for my own life through the screen with the way he was looking at Bank. Then both of our couples fell apart at the same exact time, like, what? Catch me a break, please. How are they going to go back and forth and just fall apart for the same exact reason?

Then the goofy ass fight scene, which had me laughing the entire time, I was giving partners in crime by set it off, and it made me really happy for some reason. And then we find out how fucking annoying Sky's dad is when Sun takes a bullet for his goofy ass. Then I said, That's why his wife is dead because he's a bitch; just let them love each other and let me get my super mega happy ending.

"A life without a younger master is like living dead." That was deep, homie. I need someone like that in my life right now. That was a cold line, and I liked it. Then they split up to prove their love, and we got a shitass ending. They could have dragged that out just a bit to get us a super-happy ending. Meh, it was good. I wouldn't recommend it, but it's not that bad. I would have written this six hours ago, but the shift started. Okay bye!

Lire davantage

Better than I thought it would be

The idea for this story was intriguing for me as I've seen a couple of mafia series now and have enjoyed the added suspense aspect it brings. This series was definitely more on the lighthearted side of the serious spectrum mainly because the main characters are not in a business of "questionable legality." Even the mafia boss is not in illegal activity so it's a nice change from the idea that we root for a bad guy, despite what he does for a living.

I was concerned that as soon as the bodyguard showed up that Sky was going to become a whining brat and purposefully get himself in danger just to defy his father. It didn't really happen though he did at first become very defiant and stubborn against Sun. But the fact was, Sun nor Father told Sky the severity of what was going on so he was just trying to live his life like he normally does. I mean, I can't really blame him because I would have probably done the same if I lived a certain way and then all of a sudden had a babysitter when I'm an adult with no explanation why. But I was pleasantly surprised when Sky found out the threat against his life that he immediately became more careful; listening to Sun and even asking his permission to do things. And the threat felt very organic.. the way the two bosses were going back and forth with their attacks. And I really liked how Sky was saying it's a never ending cycle that someone has to break by not retaliating. That was very mature of him to see that when the adults didn't.

One of the things that brought down the rating for me was the acting... it was sometimes distractingly amateurish even though the bulk of the mains have a decent acting history/background. And while the MC had good chemistry, they almost looked uncomfortable whenever they had to kiss. At that point, I wish they just wouldn't put it in at all and let us fill in those gaps with our imagination because otherwise is pops the chemistry bubble they had going on.

While I didn't like the way Sky used the girls to make Sun jealous, I also couldn't believe that they never picked up on Sun and Sky's attraction to each other nor did they get the hint when Sun always shot down the advances. I mean, come on, if a guy is into you, he'd be thrilled at how much you touch him and cling to him but he always had to pry her hands off him... was that not obvious enough? I'm glad that all they did was cry when Sun and Sky announced their relationship because if the girls had gotten pissed or wanted to cut ties with them because of it, the rating would have gone down more for me. I'm glad they were all friends still in the end and can be mature about it.

Which is more than I could say for Father... seriously.. as if the boys' actions of putting the others' life before their own was not a testament of their sincerity, he makes them live apart for 6 years and waste precious time together? So silly.

Anyway, overall I thought it was an enjoyable watch and I would recommend it for anyone looking for a series with a progressive, interesting plot that doesn't require too much brain power.

Lire davantage

The actors deserve a better storyline

It has great acting for the most parts. The acting is above the average BL acting (which is mostly cringey haha)

However, the show overall could use a better storyline. The story is exactly as the synopsis (no surprise or plot twist lol), but I'm okay with that. What I am not okay with is the amount of fillers. It became draggy and meaningless over time

It started out great initially, I was laughing a lot and enjoying at first few episodes and it just went downhill.

Still....Welldone for the acting, especially chemistry for PitchBank (They need a series of their own!)

Overall, I give full credits to the great acting, and think this show could have been a hit with such great casts, if only the storyline, plot and execution is better.

Lire davantage

Poderia ter feito história, mas...

Mais uma série que assisti no lançamento e decidi rever agora num dia ocioso...

minha principal consideração é: ainda bem que foi lançado antes de KinnPorsche! O conceito de "mafiosos" trazido aqui é vergonhoso, além de situações sem explicação ou lógica que insistem em aparecer até o fim da série.

O plot parecia interessante. Um filho da máfia (uma espécie de máfia que não quer cometer crimes) , playboy e arrogante, que se apaixona por seu guarda-costas, um órfão adotado pelo seu pai por motivos nada nobres, e que tem síndrome de vira-lata, e cai de amores por ele. Clichê? Sim, mas interessante. O tema que deveria ser o assunto principal da série, já que é o título, só começa a ser tratado nos últimos episódios. O casal principal me interessou, eu esperava que o Gun estivesse num papel principal, e ao ver o Boat me encantei... Jesus que homem lindo é Boat Tara.
Vou dizer que minha nota final é um 7.0. O roteiro tem muitos problemas, muitos furos, a direção poderia ter resolvido muita coisa mas não o fez, e a série, que tinha tanto potencial ficou apenas mediana.

Existe um casal secundário bem fofo, um valentão e inconveniente se apaixona pelo melhor amigo de Sky, e tudo começa com eles brigando por garotas kkkkkk. Esse casal tem uma construção legal, nem rápida nem lenta, bem gradual. Há o momento em que eles percebem os sentimentos e levam seu tempo para aceitá-los.
E por falar nas garotas, elas são umas fofas, são um pouco tapadas, pois até o sol no céu percebeu o trelelê dos meninos e elas não, mas elas não foram vilãs, pelo contrário, aceitaram que os bofes gostavam uns dos outros, e mesmo sofrendo seguiram em frente.

Um ponto que considero estranho, é que Peach em algum momento fala que percebeu desde o início que Sky era filho da máfia, ok , ele pode ser apenas muito observador... mas ele e Bank, pra ajudar Sky e Sun lutam com os mafiosos como se isso fosse algo normal pra eles, como se tivessem treinamento, achei isso meio sem noção, principalmente por Bank ser tão passivo. Também me decepcionei com a atuação de Gun em alguns momentos, quanto à Boat gostei mais da atuação dele, e acho que os problemas de atuação dos dois estão diretamente ligados a uma direção ruim. E quanto ao resto do elenco, a atuação foi razoavelmente boa. Sinceramente, foi tudo tão clichê que o que menos me interessou foi o vilão real... pq já era totalmente previsível o que aconteceria, com excessão do plot do sangue raro, e até isso foi bem mal elaborado... qual a possibilidade de existirem num espaço tão pequeno três pessoas com o sangue dourado, visto que no mundo inteiro só existem cerca de 50 casos confirmados.

Se o relacionamento entre Bank e Peach foi bem construído, não posso dizer o mesmo de Sun e Sky. Não consegui identificar quando o ódio passou a ser amizade e depois em amor... sinceramente, foi uma construção bem bagunçada.
Aparentemente a série se passa em um universo paralelo onde a policia não é bem-vinda, já que inúmeros acontecimentos violentos acontecem e em nenhum deles aparece um único policial ou segurança. São sempre Sun e os amigos de Sky, que só Deus sabe pq motivo, sabem brigar de igual pra igual com mafiosos armados.

O plot do sangue dourado deveria ter sido construído de forma gradativa, e não ser jogado na nossa cara com a série terminando.

E apesar de tantos defeitos, eu gosto da série, muito provavelmente vou ver de novo e realmente gosto de indicá-la. A ost é linda demais, a fotografia também, assista e tire suas próprias conclusões.

Lire davantage