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I am so, so obsessed with this story. I haven't watched any of the other HIStory series (this was my introduction to BL), but I can't wait to try them. I loved the actors in this series and the storyline was really interesting. I liked that it wasn't just the two couple's stories, but there was a lot of drama going on in the background. Honestly, I didn't expect the surprises that came in the last 2-3 episodes. I thought it was a really well-crafted story.I LOVE TANG YI. He's so handsome, and I love his tortured but lovable personality. Meng Shao Fei's ability to blow through that cold exterior and get to Tang Yi's warmer and caring core was my favorite part of the whole show. I could watch an entire season just on them being domestic and learning more about one another. There will never be enough hot Tang Yi/Meng kisses for me to be satisfied. Jake and Chris are great actors with so much chemistry and I think they really made this series shine.
However, I can't leave out Jack and Zhao Li because I lovelovelove them. Their start to finish storyline was just so cute, and I love how Zhao Li learns a little bit about himself in each episode and comes to realize how much he likes and wants to be with Jack. Also - who could resist Jack? He's equal parts terrifying psychopath and adorable boyfriend. They picked the perfect actor for Jack because I don't think I can imagine anyone else playing him so perfectly and complimenting Zhao Li's naive, gentle character. I would also watch an entire season of them being domestic, especially because Jack is living with Zhao Li now.
This was just such a fun drama and I'll probably rewatch it a few more times. I'm a huge enemies to lovers fan, and I think that Tang Yi/Meng have such a great relationship that develops over a lot of time and experiences. I wish there was more fan fiction out there in the world because I think I need more Tang Yi/Meng and Jack/Zhao Li.
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From HIStory 1, I managed to watch only the last episode. HIStory 2 – last 4 (teacher-student taboo not my thing). HIStory 2 missed in what I was looking for. From the main couple, I only liked and felt the attraction from Yu Hua. Zach Lu as Qui ZI Xuan was really trying to deliver, but he didn’t convince me. Maybe I’m just too pretentious this way.
And finally, reached HIStory3: Trapped. Jake, Chris and Andy, I absolutely love you guys.
Chemistry between the two main couples was exactly to my taste. For the main couple, the story wasn’t dragged, it had on the table the issues, the feelings, the trauma. Secondary couple didn’t have enough screen time, sadly.
Jake and Chris, while a bit forced in acting – but just a bit, nothing to rub me the wrong way – put their hearts in their performance and in their steamy kisses. Good script as well, since it allowed their characters to express their emotions and fears. I am also a sucker for both character types of Jake and Chris – one giving his love and support, unconcerned, not asking for anything in return and the other tough on the outside and hiding extreme sensibility.
Maybe my liking of Andy’s performance is overrated – he is definitely very cute and his character is extremely cool. Cute, but psycho. Since he is the bodyguard/hitman of a mob boss, one can definitely assume there is some killing done him – never showed, though. But Jack (Andy Bian) is always smiling, with a minimum of expressions changes – like a psycho.
Story…underdeveloped, IMHO. I am talking here about other story lines, not the love story. There was potential there, but felt like most important turns were glazed over. Of course, most reasons for characters’ actions are given, most decisions explained… I just think everything could’ve wrapped up much more enjoyable.
Love story – I believe feelings started to develop before we start witnessing their interactions. There is definitely an inclination for the main guys to help each other, right from the first episodes. This inclination is more towards personal decisions as opposed to professional ones (I am helping you cause is my cop so I have to save lives). Everything that happens between them is still beautiful and as mentioned earlier… without any hiccups and misunderstandings (nice change from other dramas). But then again, men are more straightforward and their relationships are different from my usual romcom ?.
I will rewatch it, definitely. I will not watch HIStory3: Make Our Days Count, since I trust the ratings given by MDL users.
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Simplesmente amo
Quando essa série foi lançada eu entrei em frenesi, aliás, eu e o fandom BL inteiro. HIStory já era uma saga de muito sucesso, tanto que estava em sua terceira temporada (atualmente, em, 2023, está no ar a 5º). Blzeiros que chegaram na era KinnPorsche, nunca saberão a emoção de ver, pela primeira vez numa série de renome o relacionamento entre pessoas da máfia e da justiça. O sucesso pode ser atribuído a muitos fatores: ao sucesso que a franquia já havia feito com as temporadas anteriores, a temática adulta e totalmente diferente do que víamos habitualmente nos BL's, ao carisma dos personagens, à química entre os casais, entre várias outras coisas. Com tantos elogios, estou apenas dizendo o óbvio, não estou falando que a série foi perfeita, pois ela teve suas falhas, inclusive algumas bem graves. Porém as falhas não anularam as partes excelentes.Sobre o roteiro, ele foi muito bem construído. No primeiro episódio vimos um Tang Yi pertencente ao mundo da máfia, e Meng Shao, um policial revoltado com o sistema ineficaz que não o permitia prender o mafioso maligno que tirou a vida de sua amiga.
Gradativamente a obsessão de Meng Shao por prender seu arqui-inimigo, faz com que eles se aproximem. Essa aproximação faz com que um humanize o outro, desfaz o estereótipo de forma gradativa, e a cada episódio novo vemos o muro entre eles ser quebrado para dar espaço ao amor. Os episódios vão explicando o comportamento dos dois, a relação entre Tang Yi e o homem que o criou, seu desejo de legalizar seus negócios, e por fim as revelações sobre seu verdadeiro pai, sobre o verdadeiro assassino. A relação de amor entre eles é construída em meio ao caos e incerteza que os cerca, e na verdade, é o alívio da série, pois o Tang Yi implacável, capaz de matar por seus ideais, se derrete e se curva aos pés de Meng Shao. As cenas de amor entre eles, apesar da inicial inexperiência de Meng Shao, são de uma delicadeza sem igual, que deixou uma trama que tinha tudo para ser pesada se errassem a mão, leve, gostosa e divertida. O Tang Yi implacável, era na verdade apenas um garoto com o coração magoado pela saudade de seus pais e pelo peso de seus erros, que se transformava num amante terno nas horas de intimidade. Isso sem falar na imprevisibilidade, pois muitas coisas eu jamais poderia prever, como a culpa do capitão e a identidade do pai de Tang Yi.
O desenvolvimento do casal secundário foi uma delícia de se ver, por serem um alívio cômico e por causa da espontaneidade como eles se entregaram um ao outro.
Sobre o casal hétero, eu preferia não comentar... a irmã de Tang Yi era mimada, tratava a todos como bem queria, e o seu funcionário, de quem ela gostava, era um completo idiota. Essa personagem pra mim foi um dos furos da série, pois apesar dela ser responsável pelo tiro que atingiu Meng Shao, em seu plano com o guarda-costas traidor, ela nunca foi punida por isso, enquanto o guarda-costas sofreu sérias consequências. Aquela velha história de que o dinheiro compra tudo é bem reforçada aqui, ela termina bem, feliz e casada com o homem que ama,
Se eu tenho mais alguma crítica, é sobre as cenas de ação que achei mal coreografadas, sobre a falta de informação de como eles voltaram das montanhas . Mas com certeza minha maior crítica é ao final... nunca vou superar o fato de não ter existido um salto temporal mostrando a liberdade de Tang Yi para ele e Meng Shao viverem seu amor, nem mesmo um episódio especial, e como já fazem quase 4 anos, também não espero uma segunda temporada.
A atuação não tem defeitos, amo cada detalhe dessa série, inclusive a ost de abertura que até hoje está na minha playlist. Sempre que posso revejo essa série, que pra mim é 10/10, e além de indicar eu ainda panfleto ela.
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Totally topped the past HIStory's
*outline*Honestly, I didn't know what I was expecting when I first began the drama. I felt like it was going to be way too concentrated on crime, yeah, but I didn't expect THAT kind of crime. It was just stories within stories and it was all so confusing that I had to keep bullet-pointing the story at whatever faces they were linked to. But I regret nothing. That was actually the most interesting part - after the ships.
*analysis*
STORY : Every HIStory drama has a moral it teaches us and is most definitely unique. You don't expect what's coming for you, and this one definitely kept up to the mark. This particular one explored the feeling of love and belonging. The pacing was brilliant. I feel no scene got wasted throughout the whole series, maybe a few here and there but those just explained emotions and backstories a little more to get the gist of what was happening and why. The episode length fed to my needs. I always try to look for shorter episodes so that I can finish off the drama to my own pace. Usually longer episodes bore me easily because I feel the director is just trying to long out the drama for no reason. And I mean this generally. The love scenes were the best; whether they were confessions or rejections. I loved all the ships and this is probably the first drama I've ever watched where I felt the ships were perfect and I was excited for every couple moment.
STORY / ACTING : Jake Hsu's acting in the beginning just seemed a little too far-stretched, like an amateur's would be. Every movement, every line, everything would just be over-exaggerated. But his acting got way better after the first, maybe, 3 episodes so that's why I didn't rate it too low. Chris Wu had his moments too but- actually, it was only one moment... But all the secondary actors performed exceptionally well. I never came across any secondary character where I thought "oof calm down" or "okay no, that would never happen and we both know that". It was a real boomer I had to feel this way with one of the male leads honestly, but it really does stop after the first few episodes.
MUSIC : Okay, so I watched this drama on YouTube by BL Everywhere. And there were around three long intervals of unrelated music so there were moments I couldn't hear the genuine track in the drama. But overall I found that all the tracks were decent; not exactly the type of music I'd listen to, however. Despite all that, the reason I rated it so high is because the tracks were played beautifully and at the perfect moments throughout the whole drama.
REWATCH VALUE : To be honest, I do see myself coming back to it because it's an easy watch that I could complete in a day if I ever felt like binge-watching a BL. This has to be one of few I'd put at the top as priority. I even binge-watched it last night and got no sleep, knowing fully well I had school to attend to today. Major oof because now my eyes keep closing.
*recommendations*
I would definitely recommend this to a friend, especially if they want a little bit of everything - genre wise. There's crime, action, mystery, and it also gives off a few thrill vibes here and there because of the dark aura of crime the drama is practically drenched in.
If you'd already watched this, then I'd recommend watching the rest of the HIStory dramas, especially 'Crossing the Line'. These two are now my favourite HIStory's.
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So, I was saying... Maybe I love telenovelas. But they are so silly and dramatic. Most times the acting is bad and so on. But this. Oh baby let me tell you. This is shit, but this good kind of shit that you scream at with rage and you see yourself being invested and very much engage with the characters. How? I don't fucking know. But I was rooting for this people so hard and I was screaming at them. They were my friends for many hours (And the second hand embarrassment was there. It was present and strong) . But I was giggling. I am a ass grown woman and I can watch any TV show but here I was watching this in one afternoon and evening.
Oh man. I don't want to write a review. I don't know anything about BL dramas. I only know that sometime they kiss with theirs mouth close. So close. They are like 8 years old kissing in a birthday party. But I don't know, dude. I liked this. And I have to tell everybody here because my friends expect the worst from me. Not this. Cute little asian twinks kissing? Nah man.
This shit is the good shit 10/10 I would not watch again but I would remember and tell my friends about it because they are going to laugh so hard.
But. BUT I am going to watch another one.
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funny & excellent
a mafia leader with a lot of sex-appeal falling in love with a childish cop... totally new approach to the genre of underworld - inspired dramas. actors are perfect in their roles, such fresh faces with a lot of charm! they convey all emotions so naturally, you cannot but fall for them! there are two gangster - cop couples, both hot. there is also a bit of a plot, enough to deliver some tension other than the romantic one.very niche & totally underrated.
on the whole, it's not something to take seriously, but totally enjoyable. kudos to the entire team!
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ASÍ es como se hace una serie de mafia gay
He visto esta serie más veces que a mi propio padre.Toda la parte 3 de HIStory parece que fue dirigida por una luz que logró que con dos historias que, al no tener nada que ver entre ellas, fueron creadas para destruir psiquis...
HIStory 3: Trapped debe ser, creo, la más famosas de todas (y con razón) dado que trae a la mesa una historia que hasta el momento no era muy común de ver en pantalla: gente adulta haciendo cosas adultas e interesantes.
La historia se centra entre Meng Shao Fei, un policía que quiere a toda cosa descubrir que sucedió con el crimen de su oficial a cargo y Tang Yi, un líder mafioso que Shao Fei piensa es el responsable de todo lo sucedido. Oh, pero sí la trama se espesa luego. En el medio de toda una serie de enredos que empuja a ambos personajes a no solo buscar el hilo de aquello que los aflije en sus vidas, sino en permitirse ser vulnerables alrededor del otro y poder darse el lugar para amarse.
La dinámica entre Shao Fei y Tang Yi es hermosa de ver, al mismo tiempo que también te compenetras con los personajes de Jack y Zhao Li An que son polos opuestos pero no pueden funcionar mejor juntos.
Trapped es una serie que la primera vez que la ví no podía creer estar viva como para que mis ojos hayan sido agraciados con la historia que acababa de presenciar. Y si bien la historia de ellos dos era mi foco principal, en un momento te encontrás TAN inmersa en la historia de conflictos que cuando se estalla todo empezas a putear del shock.
Detesto decir que a veces hay BLs que fallan en contar una historia porque no saben balancear el foco de las relaciones con el argumento, pero pasa y eso a veces peligra todo el proyecto porque podés plantear una premisa pero si no cumplis con eso desarmas toda la idea. Pero por suerte Trapped no hace eso. La serie comprende que ambas relaciones se construyen en base los sucesos de la serie avanzan, dado que cada nueva cosa que se va descubriendo lleva a que los personajes se unan más entre ellos hasta que llega el punto que entienden que no pueden estar el uno sin el otro.
Si no la han visto está más que claro decir que lo hagan porque van a salir rejuvenecidxs una vez que la terminen y va a pasar un tiempo y se van a encontrar mirandola de vuelta y descubriendo cosas nuevas con cada repetición, siempre fascinandose en cuanto a lo que la historia y ellos pueden develar.
HIStory 3: Trapped, gracias por existir (y nunca sabremos si habrá una segunda temporada pero en base al final es de cada unx pensar si la historia merece avanzar o quedar donde quedó).
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For me the only big thing that I think needs to be pointed out is that the show needs a major trigger warning for sexual assault (not between any of the shows pairings) for episode #14 (if you're watching the shorter episodes) and #7.
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storyline:there were no moments that i got bored. The plottwist the intensity the relotionship developments... just all spot on for me. No unnecesarry angst or drama, which is nice in BL for a change. Trapped is not the typical cheesy BL anyways, story wise its more mature and the relationships develop naturally. The main focus is also not really on the relationships. It is very much about the plot. there was action and character depth all balanced out very nicely. meng shao fei's police officer job is a bit sketchy like: what is even going on in that police department at times. That is maybe a bit weird to me (but we can excuse it)
acting/actors:
i think Chris as Tang Yi is just perfect. his composure and calm demeanor really made the character for me. super stylish as well but thats just a bonus :p . Actually everybody did a great job. they all had so much personality which makes all of them so likeable. Jake's efforts to understand the role of shao Fei is really admirable. really makes him shine at the right moments,
rewatch value is high on the HIStory series. but especially trapped, it just doesn't get old.
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Um tiro certeiro
Eu sempre acompanhei todos a saga HIStory. Eu inexplicavelmente amo e espero por mais bls.Esta série eu poderia ver milhões de vezes que nunca me cansaria. Sinceramente foi uma das melhores coisas que já vi. O policia, na minha opinião o ator não é muito bonito e nem tem um grande carisma como o ator que fez de Tang Yi. Mas eu nem vi a série só pelos atores, eu vi mesmo pela história que carregava.
Na altura que eu vi este bl, eu tinha visto poucos. Eu amo séries de mistério e policial e na altura começava a gostar de séries bl, então foi como juntar um mais um. E foi assim que surgiu a minha paixão pela série. Eu irei roubar e afirmar que ela é nota dez, mesmo tendo falta disto ou daquilo., mas eu não me importo.
O casal principal divinamente tem muita química, mesmo os dois não tendo um contacto físico, eles já têm química só pelos olhares. Eles combinaram muito. Nem sempre um policia fica junto com um criminoso, mas mesmo com esse obstáculo eles conseguiram criar a sua história e escreveram um "viveram felizes para sempre".
Mesmo com a função de investigar um casa, ainda existiu espaço para o amor, eu achei isso muito lindo, mas mesmo assim em certos momentos parecia que a investigação tinha sido colocada de lado, porque o Shao Fei seguia e perceguia Tang Yi. Mas aos poucos as verdades começavam a surgir.
Uma coisa que me deixou um pouco triste, foi saber o que acontece depois que o Tang Yi é solto... antes disso deveria referir que no final ele decide entregar-se pelos crimes que cometeu e assim ele se tornava uma pessoa mais justa para com a sociedade. Mas eu gostaria de saber o que aconteceu sobre o casal principal e o secundário. Talvez essa minha curiosidade não seja relevante... talvez.
O casal principal sempre me deixava com um sorriso largo, como o casal secundário, que inicialmente achei um pouco forçado, mas com o tempo eu fui aceitando.
Considerações finais.
Eu amei, achando mesmo o Shao Fei um pouco feinho, mas ninguém no mundo é bonito, porque a beleza é relativa, penso que todos os atores combinaram com os papeis, além disso eu depois de ver a série eu li a novel e achei fantástica. Recomendo a série sem pestanejar, para aqueles que são como eu, amam um série policial e um bom bl.
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Really a worth watching
Currently I m watching tha history all series.....I have seen so many clip related to all the history series part ....but the one I have seen clips the most is history 3 trapped....at first I was really very excited to watch as I started to watch it kind of get dull and boring bcoz I have already seen so much clips nd spoiler and thought to dropped the series.. but after 15 ep the story changed completely ...the person that I thought to be villian is not ....the ending is so satisfying bcoz it provide perfect ending to everyone....the series fulfilled it's name...i e trapped bcoz both the leads are trapped in the four years ago . ..the most interesting person is jack everytime is on screen I have a smile... I kind of feel bad for a -de and cheng wen hao too .....overall the series is really good and have a perfect plot,cast.i m glad that the ending was not uploaded in the Instagram or YouTube shorts....Babye..plz give this series a shot😅
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A good watch - inside a surrealist taking.
The one basic tenet of this action-packed, though surrealist, series is: ‘Gay life is commonplace and two men kissing will call absolutely no attention to themselves’... lol!LOL... well, we all know that is not true! But, movies are just movies, and - as it turns out - this series is quite enjoyable if you manage to accept that surrealist premise.
The plot is acceptable, though on occasion it becomes exceptional… especially during those intimate confrontations between father and son, or between the two lovers. All of it within the limited scope of what a 10 episode series allows, of course. Not a lot of time to develop a masterpiece of scriptwriting. Very little patience to wait before scooping up the profits – I guess: LOL!
Acting is good, and again: exceptional during certain scenes. The crying scenes are moving but the conversations about right-and-wrong are perhaps the best. Very good acting overall, the more one thinks about it.
With regards to Music, it is carefully thought out and does a great job supporting the plot. Lastly, rewatch value is high: the movie is complex enough that it would entertain a second watching at a later time.
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