KinnPorsche (2022)

Has both fun and substance.

I appreciate the range both the writing and acting has from lighthearted humor, sweet love, to nuanced, raw, tragic devastating emotional gut punches. Aside from the very cool stylized use of solid colors to code characters and their inner minds, that the color grading of the other scenes are not afraid of color even while illustrating this world where the characters live in the grey area of morality. The costuming is also very well done. Modern drama costuming looks so deceptively simple, but it's really not. They designed looks that fit naturally without being distracting, as well as reflecting the emotional state of the characters in the scene. All the artistic and technical aspects are done and oversaw with care from the directors/producers, the labor of love from from every cast and crew is felt from the overall quality of the work.

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Great Action BL

Kinn Porsche shows brutal violence, and passionate sex, without hot babes interfering with their love story. The characters in this series are flawed, and make mistakes out of emotion. Some of the characters cannot tap into their emotions, hurting others in the process. Kinn and Porsche never hide their love from their families and others, which was wonderful to see. Although Porsche was shown having alley sex with 2 women, he still fell in love with Kinn, and fell hard. Even when there was conflict with the families, Kinn and Porsche still stuck together, and got through it together, making the viewer feel their relationship is the real thing, and will last.

What is at the core of this story is family. Even through all the drama and manipulations, but families are close in different ways. In usual romance stories, the main couple are pretty much alone and their families are hardly seen. KP is different where you see family in every single episode, giving the viewer insight into the characters' backgrounds, as we get to know the family, not just the ML.

The casting for the most part was superb. Apo, the dangerously handsome actor, with his beautiful smile, made my heart flutter. Thai productions are often criticized for their colorism, but Apo and Barcode appear ethnically Thai to me, and not ghostly fair. I don't like to insert social issues, but want to give this a nod since it is a colorism is a huge criticism in the entertainment industry in Asia. As an aside, I love with Jeff and Gameplay work on projects, but I was able to adjust to Jeff and Barcode. Since Barcode was under-age, they kept it chaste, which I also appreciated.

Some cons: There are still unresolved plot lines and some plot holes. For example, Porsche was shown going to university, but this was never mentioned again, not even about dropping out. The actor playing Porsche and Chay's mother was much too young to be their mother. Porsche is supposed to be almost 30, the actress should have been in her 50's. Women should be allowed to age. Hopefully there will be another season to answer some of the unanswered plot points.

I highly recommend this series. I think most people will not be disappointed.

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A great concepts and worth the watch

This drama will bring you multiple of concepts in many movie genre to produce this drama!
After watching the entire series, that is when I realize why I invested my time because it
has many layers to it. This creative writing and directing style touched on Romance, Mental Health,
Social Pressure, Abuse, Greed, Betrayal, Trust, Manipulation, Control in love & war.
At times I thought I was watching Scarface (Mafia concept scenes), then Mission Impossible (Fight plot scenes) and a journey to 50 shades of Gray ( all of Kinn/Porsche love scenes & Vegas/Pete scenes in ep12 -14 ) overall a great idea but definately not original, and couldn't figure it out why I kept watching as I hate seeing too many voilent & crime scenes in BLdramas but due to a mix of many genres compact in 1 drama we have watched separately. They created all these concepts to make a BL drama and the main reason why the fans of the show liked it because of the kinky scenes with Vegas and Pete which is abit of a sex slave act but them again Veags/Pete scenes were the talk because of just that tie up.

The actors have put alot of hard work into their characters to bring to the viewers and it was felt. Their acting came across very natural with the main cast and support roles that are in almost every scenes. If you like any of the movies I named above you be able to watch KinnPorsche!

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Should you watch? I'd say yes; it is excellent for Thai BL standards.

After watching KinnPorsche twice, I think this BL is a pretty good watch overall. I've seen a lot of critical reviews on here, mainly because of the lacking storyline/plot and the disappointment in the quality after the years of hype that it's gotten based on the trailer. It's understandable that people feel "let down", however, I do feel that this series is better over worse.
A common critique that I saw was that the relationships were toxic. In reality, though, this is about the mafia. Mafias are very real and they aren't pretty, so you can't expect the romances to be perfect and healthy. You can see the psychological struggles of the characters, you can see how the actors portray their pain. Especially with Vegas/Pete, it really shows it.

What I liked:
- It's clear that the creators and actors have put a lot of time and effort into making this. The production and cinematography is exquisite; the lighting, angles/shots, filming locations - everything about it feels like it's done right. The music is also fitting (generally better than most Thai BL, but of course, they had to throw in some goofy BGM) and the OST's are beautifully done.
- The acting. The chemistry. It's really good, they definitely chose the right people for the main roles. For quite a few actors this series was their debut and I must say, they did an amazing job.
- The series is definitely more serious, but it's also funny and a bit cheesy. It makes it easy and fun to watch, it's engaging, it's easy to rewatch. I did enjoy the steamy scenes, although it's not for everyone, I thought they were nice.

What I didn't like:
- I think everyone can agree that the storyline was lacking and had holes in it. It felt like some episodes and scenes were just filler due to a lack of ideas. My guess is that it's because the series was adapted from a novel that wasn't the most complex or interesting. The plot twist was a good one, but I feel like more could've been done with it. I've heard rumors of a season two due to the lowkey open-ending, but I'm just not sure if they'd have enough material to work with. To be completely fair though, I've only read part of the web-novel, not the entire thing.
- The series wasn't that deep. As stated above, more could've been done. It could've been more meaningful and realistic, but I'm not going to say that it was bad because it was very good and entertaining.

So yes, you should give it a shot!

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One of my favorite

I absolutely loved this series. When I heard it was coming out I was so excited!! Yes it may have taken such a long time to come out but it was definitely worth it. The storyline the acting the chemistry between all of actors are amazing. I enjoyed each and every episode. A lot of the actors in this show are rookie actors which is hard to believe. I want to praise “Bible” in particular. This is the first series he has ever acted in and he did such an amazing job. I’m so sad this is already ended. Fasted 14 weeks of my life. Not to be dramatic but this show really got me through tough times, times when I didn’t feel like pushing through life I thought “Kinnporsche comes out on Saturday just a few more days”. Now what am I gonna do. Wait till season 2!!! I do believe there was MANY!!!! unanswered questions but there’s always room for season 2. Kimchay happy ending im hoping. There were some rough parts of the show but over all I loved it.

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tales of mafia love

This series is something that filled my heart with love and hope. Whole kinnporsche cast and crew did a great job in all aspects. KP series just occupied my boring Saturdays and also increased my patience in waiting. When you start watching this series, each episode will have something interesting and also each episode has sudden surprise or a cliffhanger which increases curiosity to wait for next episode. Main couples (KP,VP,KC) were charming and Irresistible. Plot is so interesting not like some teenage love. This series gives it's best in showing how mature people love each other. Each character has it's own way to represent love. When you love someone, you trust them no matter what like kinnporsche trust each other. When you got love from someone during your tough times you should spread that happiness to others who are in need no matter how cruel they are, like pete loved vegas. Even all are comparing you with others and you are not being loved by others or even others fail to recognize your worth, you still have to love all and give respect to them no matter how cruel they are, like vegas gave to his father and main family even though he lost everything by his side! pete was his gift from god for his struggles. Thanakun is the symbol for colorful life, Kim is for unmasking truth, Arm is for secret weapon inventor, Korn is for his mastermind!!
Action scenes are so realistic. Comedy scenes are hilarious, each actor never failed to make us laugh. Some scenes are hot and worth for waiting. OST of this series got me goosebumps! Especially "Why don't you stay" ost has each line designed for true love! My favorite lines from this series are:
"It's alright, keep practicing, one day you'll be good at it." - kinn
"Time is about life and death, four minutes lack of O2 will kill your brain cells, just a split second that you're slowing down is the chance of having yourself killed, hence Time is imperative for a bodyguard" - Arm
"There's no heroes nor villains in this world" -pete
"I ask myself all the time, how much do I want my dream to happen? Is it worth it if I lose something along the way? But if we love something so much with all our hearts, don't you think it's worth it?" -kim
"porsche: Why do we have to be cuffed together like this?
kinn: I am sorry! But this makes us know each other so much better! "
"When you are in love, we must often add sweetness to each other, spend time together" -yok

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O final foi apressado

O shipp kinn×porsche foi realmente muito fofo, mas foi bastante monótono.
Ok, eles tiveram suas grandes cenas, mas depois disso eles ficaram praticamente secundários. Sei que a história gira em torno de uma máfia e é óbvio que não ia mostrar romance o tempo todo, mas muitas as vezes que tinha algo importante do enredo e trocava a cena pro kinn, ele tava fazendo algo aleatório.
Na minha opinião, Vegaspete carregou o dorama nas costas. Mas também achei que a relação deles foi de 8 a 80 em segundos(??), devia ter desenvolvido melhor eles antes do último episódio.

O Kinn: ele é um dos protagonistas, mas tem a personalidade de um personagem secundário. Fala sério que um menino da idade dele, sendo chefe de máfia, tendo que lidar com seu ex-defunto e com a segunda fala se rebelando, não vai ter nenhum surto?? Não vai desabar nenhuma vez?? Sério que a personalidade dele é só "bip bop sou fiel a familia. Bip bop quero aproveitar e ser feliz Bip"????


O último episódio: é muita coisa pra processar pouco tempo.
Me deixou a impressão que a Yqiyi queria fazer uma grande expectativa para o ultimo episódio, e ficou segurando enredos para largar tudo junto.
A parte da família do Porsche não é bem explicada, e tem coisas muito estranhas que o roteirista simplesmente fingiu que não viu ???.
No episódio tem simplesmente amantes apontando armas para os amados, mortos voltando pros vivos e declarações???
Primeiramente que foi o cúmulo o Kinn ainda apontar a arma para o Porsche mesmo depois de tudo o que ele fez pela família.

-- os mortos, o primeiro a voltar dos mortos até que teve uma base lógica, mas tem alguns furos que me incomodam bastante.
O segundo nem se fala, o que foi aquilo?? E ninguém explica como/porque ele morreu tão rápido??? O kinn sabia daquilo????

Como que duas famílias mafiosas vão entrar numa guerra e os principais membros não vão usar colete a prova de balas??

Este é um dorama que tem tudo pra ter um final triste, e chega até ser irreal ver todos eles felizes. Por mais que Kinn e Porsche estejam casados, como eles conseguem continuar felizes vivendo e enriquecendo de famílias órfãs, venda de drogas, armas, cassinos clandestinos... ??
Como o porsche mesmo demonstra nos primeiros episódios, é um trabalho repulsante.
As últimas cenas do dorama anularam completamente a realidade e colocaram eles em outro dorama - este no estilo comédia romântica.

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Riot

Now this is a simple story about a man who can't button his shirt so he hires a man who also doesn't know how to button his shirt to be his body guard and thus, a love story begins! Lmao
For real tho that's kinda how it goes ANYWAY this series was top notch lust and I'm screaming for it. No lie, several scenes I watched repeatedly (no shame). If you're looking for something cute and fluffy TURN BACK! If you're looking for amazing visuals, bloody gun fights and family rivalry LOOK NO FURTHER!
I got a LOT lost toward the end and almost launched my computer across the room but we survived the roller coaster of every dirty and emotional moment this series has to offer and more. Would recommend (even if you're new to BL). I tried to wait until it was completed to binge watch but I couldn't and I regret it cause the cliffhangers almost made me lose my head! (you'll understand the pun later in the series)This is one of the few series I can't decide who my fav couple is lol
Enjoy....

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If you didn't watch this series, then you've wasted the half of your life

I don't know about y'all but for me it's soooo hella good i loved everything even the soundtracks are amazing.
My fav couple of all times are Vegas and Pete, omg they're so AMAZING together.
If we gonna talk about KinnPorsche, they have such an amazing chemistry you literally can feel it, beside their love scenes hahahahaha even though they're the main couple and all the focus is on them but i kinda prefer VegasPete, it's my opinion anyway.
Not forgotten also about Kim and Chay i loved them so much but the ending kinda got me confused idk, but literally the best thing about this is Jeff's OST omg guys it took me to another world with his ANGELIC voice.
Anyways, this series is the DEFINITION OF PERFECTION

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Go watch this!

Starting by saying I am a straight person that appreciates art and love in every shape or form. I started KP because of a beautifully fan made video on tik tok.

I have little to no knowledge of the BL universe but still blows by mind that this has just a few viewers on dramalist. I mean, it was an insane, fantastic, absolutely emotional ride of a show.

I started watching when the first 4 episodes were out and let me tell you it draw me in so much that for the next couple of weeks I planned my Saturdays on their episode releases.

Acting, cast, story, visuals, music were top level!!! Oh my god did this show delivered. I was an emotional wreck by the end of it.

Emotions poured through my TV screen, still cannot believe so many of the actors are newbies. The chemistry between all of them and I’m not referring here to romantic feelings but more like the actors worked so well together and balanced themselves so well in the scenes that I am forever a fan.

I get that this is not a light story with quite a few taboo topics but they are part of our day to day life in a way so seeing it portrayed so raw and soulful to give it justice makes me love this series even more.

It’s a first for me on a bunch of levels and it’s one of those shows that you will forever remember one way or the other.

Art is art and love is love!

Go watch it! 10/10

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This show is iconic, but don’t expect lovely and healthy relationships

This show will definitely be remembered as one of the most iconic BL’s ever. It’s so perfectly done that even if you don’t really enjoy the plot, I think that it’s still worth watching.
I don’t have any issues with the acting or the cinematography, but some parts in the plot were kind of messy and kept me from giving it a perfect rating.
The beginning was really good and the relationship between Kinn and Porsche was developed really well. The action parts weren’t too much or too little and that made watching the hour long episodes enjoyable.
The worst part for me were the last few episodes, especially the last one. They started to get too complicated for me, too many plot twists that just over saturated the story and defeated their own purpose of being shocking and unexpected. I still don’t know the real truth behind what happened in the last episode because of how confusing it was. However they ended the show in a way that might suggest another season, and I really hope that happens because there are still a lot of storylines to explore, especially the sides couples’ ones.
Another thing that kind of annoyed me was how toxic all the relationships in the show were. Maybe the healthiest one was Kinn and Porsche’s and that really says it all. I just would have loved to see more development in the emotional side, yes they love each other, but they keep doing the same mistakes over and over again and at the end they just fix everything with sex. Nonetheless I still loved the more intimate scenes, they were very explicit but that is something we never see in the BL industry so I was really happy to see that. Don’t get me wrong, I still love the couples in here, but I just wish they were a little less toxic so that I wouldn’t feel bad for rooting for them.
Overall I think that this BL is really a gem, and it’s so good and well made that is able to stand the comparison to the most popular action and romance series out there.

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