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The funny thing is: In every other drama, the handsome ML actor showers at least once while the camera is panning over his hot half-naked body. We almost never see any relevant skin of an actress but IF we see some skin, it's basically full nude porn (see, for example, The Handmaiden). Koreans don't seem to know any nuances.

I didn't criticise the age gap per se but the fact that FL looked and behaved like a teenager. Personally, I'm not into pedo dramas. SFL looks like a grown-up woman and closer ML's age. SFL also has a stable job. She is an established doctor while FL does not even have any experience in her own job as a police woman. Despite the visible age gap, SFL would have been a more appropriate love interest, in my opinion.

Despite the many cliches and predictability of the story, I found this drama quite entertaining. Probably because I haven't seen any dramas taking place in the 1930s (or something like that) yet. Just the romance felt forced down my throat. FL and ML basically spent no time together, they were mainly busy surviving and fighting, so their love was not developed but "just there" out of the blue. I wished they had explored a bit more of the side stories instead of the "romance".

(1) FL's mother was portrayed as a monster, and the only thing that was able to make her human is her daughter. In all those episodes, she killed everybody but her daughter. For this reason, it made sense to me that she also attacked ML.

(2) We don't know if it is "the" parasite or whether there are multiple parasites inside Seong-sim's body. We also don't know what happened after that scene. It's called an open ending. Open endings are often used to make people excited for another season.

(3) We don't know whether the cup contains the parasite. This was obviously a scene with an unanswered question to increase suspense (and excitement for season 2).

(4) In one of the earlier episodes after ML landed on the pile of bones, he walked through the corridor. The camera showed an oddly shaped hand print on the wall that ML touched a few seconds ago. In the last episode, his neck looked somewhat odd as if he had a surgical scar. We can assume that he is infected. Whether he is immortal, is not answered in this season.

If you found that ending confusing: It's an open ending leaving many questions (for season 2).

Omg, he finally got a picture that looks like the guy in the dramas, not like some drug abuser pulled out of the sewer.

Not as well as the winners of the oppression olympics. Unfortunately. ☹

Most celebrities behaved well. There wasn't even any relevant incident with Yoona. If you watched the video, you certainly noticed that Yoona obviously made a mistake, the female guard communicated the rules in a way that is universally understood, and Yoona moved on. That's how most guests who made the mistake behaved because that's how "decent people" behave in Europe. Other guests simply moved on because they very likely knew that one is not allowed to pose on the stairs, so there was no need for the guards to usher them.

Only certain individuals made a scene.

Since you asked: In most places in Europe, there are strict rules for bigger events because, in the case of an accident, fire and/or terrorism, the place must be cleared as fast as possible without a stampede. The fire brigade tell the organiser in advance what to do, and they check if all requirements are met before the event starts, and they also check during the event. If the requirements are not met, the event might get cancelled, and the organiser might also have to pay a hefty fine. In the worst case, people get injured, and the insurance will not pay because rules were not enforced. Or maybe the worst case is a preventable accident in which somebody dies. It depends on who you ask.

One of the most important rules is that nobody may stand, pose or sit on stairs.

An example: In many European universities, students are not allowed to sit on the stairs in the lecture theatre even if there are no free seats anymore. That's not because those students are Black™ or celebrities but because of security requirements.

Thanks for the information. I didn't know that France will host the Olympic Games this year.

Do you live in Europe? If not, let me tell you that the reason for not being armed is not "it is not needed" but usually because only the police may carry weapons here. In some European countries, they may carry a weapon only in certain situations.

The Olympic Games is not Cannes.

Security guards can be racists but I watched the concerning videos. Yoona seemed not to be aware of the rules. The female security guard told and showed her the rules (not everybody speaks Korean). Sure, it's embarassing to make a mistake in public but Yoona moved on. Problem solved. We don't even know if Yoonah complained afterwards or if the scandal is just made up by her toxic fandom.

The other incidents were a "lovely" black woman trying to gouge the security guard's eyes out in the typical (black) US-American way. In most places in Europe, shoving one's finger into somebody's face is interpreted as an attempt of assault. If that "lovely" woman did that to me, I would probably have punched her in the face in an act of self defense. The security guard remained calm but strict. Since that "lovely" celebrity is black, we must not even tell her to put her f*ing finger down because that would be "racism" because the finger happens to be US-black.

Another woman, a white woman, posed at the top of the stairs while other guest were still walking up. She even fought the security to continue posing and made a scene. Obviously, she felt above the rules. Multiple security guards had to help the female security guard.

People on the internet and certain celebrities demand that the security should make an exception for certain people. That's ridiculous because there are hundreds of other celebrities who would like to get nice pictures on those stairs, too. Even if we applied modern American racism against white people, there wouldn't even be enough time for all non-whites to get pictures. Some "pocs" would have been ushered to make place for the more equal "pocs".

Terrorism and accidents aside, if everybody is supposed to get treated equally, there must not be any exceptions. Hard to grasp for lots of people.

Many Western politicians in the West get murdered when they are in public. It is relatively unlikely that a terrorist makes a career as a politican just to murder somebody in the parliament.

Cannes is not a public event either. Not everybody can attend. You have to be "in the industry", you have to have money and connections to get invited. It is unlikely that some future terrorist makes a career in the industry. Not impossible but unlikely.

When I was in university, I had to enrol in courses where the topic was "security". Despite the growing number of moslems in my country, terrorism was statistically unlikely (in that course) because there was a looooong list of things that are more likely to kill people, especially fire and stampedes (see Love Parade 2010 or Itaewon 2022). And the fire brigade would check every single detail.

If terrorism is a concern, people get scanned and screened outside the location, not inside it because it makes no sense to worry about terrorism on the stairs. The guests cannot walk fast enough to escape bullets and granates.

Yes, of course, if "they" are the police. The security people (like the concerning woman) do not have any weapons in Europe. That woman is not expected to protect the celebrities against terrorists. It would be against the law if the employer demanded otherwise.

Since there are multiple people on the stairs, we can assume that terrorism is not a much of a concern there.

Obviously, "nobody" was exaggerated but children and people with low intelligence might not be able to interpret things. As somebody who works in the entertaining industry (not movies or series but something else), I just shared my experience. Of course, my experience often differs from those of people who just stick to their ideology and narratives. Keep doing that if that makes you happy. :)

Knife attacks are unlikely on that stairs. It's not like one of those celebrities was there to murder people. Normal people don't get near those rich people who attend the festival. The reason for the strict security are "normal" safety standards to a) prevent accidents, and b) to ensure that the place can be cleared in an organised way in the case of an emergency such as fire.

The fire brigade and the police make sure that those standards are followed, or they simply close the place down. The organisers of those festivals neither want accidents (because they would get sued) nor do they want their festival to be canceled (which would make them lose money as well).

The organisers prefer "hurt feelings" over "hurt people". "Hurt people" is more expensive than "hurt feelings".

Also, unlike in other parts of the world, there are strict rules in Europe when it comes to such festivals. Not following those rules to the tee means that the police and/or fire brigade will cancel your festival. Just a reminder: Itaewon happened in 2022. At least one young actor died. Since those festivals are very expensive, the organisers definitely don't want the place to be closed. Celebrities who are basically unknown in the West can be happy that there is just some "rude" security who tells them to move instead of removing them from the festival for not following the rules.

It's unlikely that they have terrorists in mind. "Simple" accidents can be extremely expensive. If one of the guest trips on the stairs, the scene could quickly resemble a bloody domino. If the security politely asked every single one of those hundreds of guest, that festival would not even be possible.

Apart from that, there are many rules in Europe. If the organisers of those festivals do not follow them to a tee, the police or fire brigade (or both) will close the whole place. Loveparade in Duisburg (Germany) happened in 2010. Itaewon happened in 2022.

While reading the "muh racism" comments, I often wonder if some self-proclaimed fan's non-white darling gets crushed, would that self-proclaimed fan be happy? Or is it racist if a non-Asian person falls on an Asian guest? Are the stairs racist? Are hurt feelings more important than health?

What "white standards" are you talking about? The Korean boyband does what Koreans demand/enjoy. Nobody in Korea cares what "white people" think. Except for the unhinged toxic fandom, of course. Asians just have to learn that stuff that works at home doesn't necessarily work the same way elsewhere.

Hollywood stars and their PR agency do know that, which is the reason why you see Hollywood stars displaying the finger heart in Korea/Asia and acting as if they were clowns or monkeys just to entertain the Asian target group. In the West, the finger heart looks ridiculous, which is the reason why we can assume that the Hollywood stars did that to entertain Koreans/Asians in Korea/Asia.

Asians do not seem to have realised yet that they have to entertain the West while being in the West.

In my "white" country, we have a few white celebrities who learnt the hard way that they are superstars at home only. In Hollywood, most of them are nobodies. Being white and following white standards does not mean anything.

That's good for you. I hope you won't encounter this actor too often, so you will still be able to enjoy stories like these. :)

It was an interesting drama but the pace of the story was not good in my opinion. The story progresses extremely slowly, then suddenly rushes through important moments in the characters's lives.

What I liked was that alcoholism was depicted as a problem even though the drinker wasn't ugly and disgusting. In other dramas I watched, alcoholism was only for the old and ugly people while good-looking people drinking way too much was depicted as normal or even cool.

I agree. The ending felt unsatisfying. A bit too simple for my taste. Only 2 agents seemed to have been working on this case, and they "solved" the case without any evidence, nobody questioned that, nobody asked questions. That's implausible considering the nation lost its president in an act of terrorism.

Nice political thriller with character development.