Furrina

Exactly. When I say "harsher" I mean 2 of the 6 accused got life (they had gotten barely 1yr-ish, some fine and then reinstated back to their jobs) and the other 4 got off/acquitted because by the time of release and reinvestigation, Statute of Limitations had already passed. The abuse went as far back as 1960s, the movie came out in 2011 and final sentencing happened around 2012-13. . And the worst part is NOBODY was oblivious to the abuse, they were all involved and actively covering it up. Teachers, institution, local LE, politicians etc...the whole rotten system was in on it.

The biggest change that happened because of this movie was they took away the Statute of Limitations for Child/Disable Abuse cases.

Atrocious camerawork aside, it was weak but still not as bad some thai bls I've watched this year. I'll take sad music and a more or less complete story over garbled wafer-thing nonsense of a plot strung together with gratitous sex scenes. Just make a porn, no?

also, this is china. it's practically impossible to distance yourself from your bio parents, no matter how there are. it's basically a luck of draw if you get good parents. Filiel piety isn't just hammered into their heads since birth, it's also a law.

I'm sure you have heard of that news where the parents abandoned a daughter at birth, then tracked her down 20-25 yrs later and sued for a home because her adoptive parents had bought one for her (or she bought it for them) and they said her bio brother also deserved one. And they WON. Occasionally beating the crap outta your kid is probably not even in the top 100 worst things to be considered as child abuse.

This movie is based on true events that actually happened. This absolutely happens irl.

This was based on the true events that happened, that were more or less covered up. This was their way of basically making a documentary about the ongoing issues, albeit with popular actors so it would get famous and the hidden abuse would come to light. It was SUPPOSED to graphic and horrible because the reality was much much worse.

The movie did manage to make a difference. They changed some parts of Korean laws, esp about child and institutional abuse (like capital punishment isn't allowed in schools anymore), and the teachers and institution shown here got harsher punishments for their crimes (yet, not even 1% to pay for the the lives they ruined).

Absolutely, not. This movie is based on true events - which were more or less covered up until this movie came out. If u want the happier version (not happy, but happier than the one shown here) it came about BECAUSE of this movie, and much much later.

If u read up on the actual case. this movie got so popular and there was so much backlash about the sentencing - both local and international - that they reopened the investigation and some of the perps got harsher sentences. It's not enough - it never is - but at least it was better than what they got before. This movie is not suggest a movie, it's absolutely a vehicle of change and voice for the victims.

Not if u are good at picking up languages. He wouldn't be fluent obviously, but he was dedicted enought he would be passably conversational.

The title translates to "me and my dad are both 18 years old". It says time travel in tags, so maybe like twinkling watermelon?

The synopsis sounds like Taxi Driver kdrama... revengers for hire

we could keep arguing in circles about this, so I'll fold. No point in fighting over some 3yr old drama. Even cast has moved on by now

Typical C-bl ending - break up, time skip, come face to face again, the end.

Sometimes shows, not in China, but everywhere are realised to a small test audience (that why they have these early/first showings) and depending on the feedback they get from the test audience, they make minor or major changes. Extra footage is filmed if needed, shota are edited, soundtracks, maybe some reactions or dialogues. Sometimes even mystery plit twists and endings are changed. Even couples are changed if they are still filming, like, for eg, a multi-season drama like Friends.

If this show was taken out of schedule/release and then re-released, it means they got a feedback that some things needed to change. Censor board would review it again and rare accordingly. It's not a conspiracy, that's just how the industry works.

Or both of them are killers.

Scary Movie went with both detectives being the killers, but it's a parody, so....

Someone in the thread below guessed Sing's character was the killer. He has a minor role, so it could very well be him - a bullied nobody outcast taking revenge on the popular kids by murdering them. Or it could be the new cop as well (either he is the killer or he is protecting the killer), and is only in town to direct the investigation away from himself.

All the possibilities are practically a trope by themselves at this point, it's become a whole new mystery which trope will they go for.

Oh, it's from the Step by Step team..i thought it was the same team as Twins, but that's The Boxer.

Making brother the killer is too obvious (so extremely possible). But I feel like they will go for killer is a girl, twist, because they always do. It was probably because she had a crush on the little brother, but he liked the dead girl.

Reason?

Na.. it becomes obvious on the 2nd watch when u know who enchante is. Theo wanted to know "enchante" was because he wanted to know why 3 of them were pretending to be someone who doesn't exist. What seems like him being a bitch the first time, on 2nd time u know he is walking around trying to catch them on their bullshit. It's a far subtle and smart drama actually, and that's the problem. It only works if know there's no mystery. If u look at this from harem/mystery angle it's crap, otherwise it's fun and clever. I upgraded my rating to 10 yesterday.

Posting the gist, because the show is better if you know the spoilers and Theo's actions through the show make a lot more sense. This for 1-8. Ep 9,10 you're on your own.

Let's start with the most obvious one. Enchante. There is NO Enchante. It's just a bored and lonely guy (Theo)!trying to drum up a fake lover to make his crush, Akk, jealous. Akk being a self-proclaimed friendzoner, escalates it by throwing pamplets about looking for Enchante in the college campus. 4 random dudes show up - all of them are incidentally the "Ambassadors" aka Poster Students for the University. And if u pay attention, 3 of them are Grade A creeps.

1. Phupha - Theo's peer-mentor and the academic ambassador. He gave creepy, can't take no for an answer, pushy weirdo, needs a restraining order ASAP vibes from the get go. There was NOTHING romantic in their interactions, Tbeonwas decidedly uncomfortable around and only tolerated him because he is a senior from the same dept.

2. Natee - Art/Painting ambassador. Stalker, creep. He was suffering from a Painter's Block, Theo is his muse. He is knows who is the Real Enchante is from the start. Him and Theo are basically playing Enchante-chicken. He is pretty much upfront about wanting Theo's help (Theo's dad is the Chancellor which is why he is such a hot property), to get them a new exhibition hall so he call display his creepy Shrine of Theo paintings and idk get famous. He has a sidekick who is madly in love with him. I think they eventually get together offscreen, we don't know.

3. Wayo - Athletic ambassador, football team captain. Gives off hardcore fratboy vibes. Keeps finding excuses to get Theo alone and drunk. He is fooling nobody. He also has a thing going with their coach/teacher who keeps turning a blind to whatever the fuck he is doing. Theo and Akk make bets on when he will make his move, and it's Akk"s job to run interception between them. One of Wayo's teammate is Akk's other best friend, who is in charge of defending Wayo against Akk, so he can score Theo.

4. Saifah - Music ambassador. He is basically a jellyfish, just coasting along minding his own business. He is just here for the drama, and to occasionally flirt with Theo in the hopes that Akk, the dumb guy, will get jealous, and drag Theo into his bed like a caveman. He finally does in ep 8 and we all heaved a sigh of relief.

And that's the gist. Theo acts the way he does because he really wants to why everyone is pretending to be Enchante. He treats them like trash because, well, why would'nt he? Also, he is pretty blue-balled because Akk keeps giving him mixed-signals. Like seriously, so MANY MIXED SIGNALS. Kisses him when he is asleep, them acts like it was a dream, drunkenly confesses to kissing him but acts like he doesn't remember what he said, says "je t'aime" (I love you in French) then acts like he has no idea what it means (he googled it, we see his mobile screen), volunteers to find Enchante, then gets upset when 4 guys show up and Theo wants to meet up with them. Like.... seriously man. SERIOUSLY.