A "lakorn" is a type of Thai drama, like a soap opera, only with more crazy pants. The main characters usually do shocking, extremely illegal things, for which they are rarely punished by law.
You may stumble across this lakorn, read the synopsis or something, and decide that maybe you'll watch it. But don't. Really.
This story is just infuriating. The female characters are all either weak, evil, crazy or too stupid to live. That goes for the male characters, too--especially the ML, who is a walking cartoon of Thai cultural values drawn so stupidly, you'll think you've been beaten to death with a clue bat. How James Ma wound up in this steaming pile of horse poop, I simply can't.
The evil 2nd female lead is wearing some great clothes in this show, though.
The last two years have been quite blah, Kdrama wise, although there've been exceptions which were very good and almost made up for how boring things have been. I thought it was just me thinking that, though. I've been watching Cdramas and Lakorns instead, but these they have their own problems. (I just finished a Lakorn minutes ago that made me want to claw my eyeballs out it was so bad.)
Not so sure about the 2nd one. From my experience, Asian people seem more vulnerable to catching colds if they…
You catch a cold from someone else who has a cold, or from touching a surface exposed to cold virus, which is why frequently washing your hands reduces your exposure to colds (among other illnesses.)
Bad medical advice/presentation is my loudest, largest complaint about Asian dramas! These things drive me absolutely crazy:
1) Someone is shot, stabbed, falls down the stairs, gets pushed out a window--whatever--and someone runs over and scrapes the hurt person up into their arms. Maybe it's just American TV, but doesn't everyone know not to move an injured person? Why aren't Asian viewers entitled to the same advice?
2) You can't catch a cold from walking in the rain. Damn it, Thailand. Stop teaching your viewers this. You also don't become feverish from walking in the rain. Or faint. Still looking at you, Thailand! Stop making your audience stupid.
3) Punching women in the stomach won't cause them to become unconscious. Still looking at you, Thailand. Stop using this as a plot device when you need a female character to become a helpless victim.
4) I have more. Many more. But I'll stop with this: No one walks away from being hit by a car that's moving at speed. You may not die, but lots of your parts are going to be damaged. This is a very simple physics problem.
Movie wasn't . . . awful? But neither was it good. It's disjointed to the point of near incomprehensibility, but you might have the feeling that if you watch the thing while you're squinting at your screen, more of it might make sense. But nah. I watched it because the drama was infuriatingly disappointing, hoping the movie would fix the wrong things in the drama. But nah.
It seems the Koreans are suffering from face blindness a lot. I only heard of this illness after watching the…
Face blindness, which is a real brain disorder, is the inability to recognize people's faces. You can be born with this disorder, or acquire it after injuring your brain. It is somewhat rare, affecting fewer than 2 people in 100. If you're South Korean, however, your odds of being born with, or developing prosopagnosia are much higher, say like 50/50 in 2020, according to Kdramas.
Only in a lakorn can the 2nd female lead kidnap the first female lead, with at least three witnesses (one of whom is the 2nd female lead's son) resulting in the death of one of the witnesses and escape any judicial punishment . This is so common in lakorns that it must come as a huge shock to real Thai citizens when they find out that their country actually has real laws, and attempted murder is prosecuted, even if the victims forgive.
Revenge dramas, even bad ones, are my thing. I really hope this gets picked up by a Thai angel subber. I don't need translations when the action is slapping and hair pulling [spoiler: this describes 197% of lakorns] but revenge is a lot more complicated, plot wise.
The comments on here??? Don't forget most countries have laws restricting drugs. Celebrities are not "Above the…
"The comments on here" are largely expressing the idea that drug use should not be considered a criminal act, regardless of a country's laws which criminalize it. Questioning, criticizing, and speaking up are just a few of the ways that individuals can change their country's laws (provided their country allows them the freedom to speak their objections.)
Secondly, while many people (and countries) do consider suicide a crime, it is undeniable that an individual owns their own life.
Drug laws which criminalize addiction instead of treating addiction like the mental/public health problem it actually is, are barbaric. That we still have laws like these (which appear to be universal, although arguably worse in the East and Middle East) in the 21st century is unbelievable.
A huge thank you to Thai subber angel Thippy for her work on this, making it possible to watch it with eng subs.…
Really entertaining watch. With horrible, horrible people. The male characters are ungoverned, conscienceless, promiscuous jerks you would want neither as a friend, nor a lover. Yet strangely, the female characters do (no single one of whom has enough brains to add 2 + 2 together without coming up with a sum = "pineapple"--and one of the female characters is a medical doctor.)
As is commonly the case in a lakorn, this drama's characters do horrible, horrible things, until the last thirty minutes of the last episode, when these horrible, horrible people receive miraculous character transplants so they're no longer horrible, horrible people (helpfully, the victims of these horrible, horrible people also acquire the amnesia necessary to forgive/forget all the things the horrible, horrible people did to them.)
I couldn't stop watching this, and when I finished it, I felt very glad that no one I know knows I did. It really is that bad.
This story is just infuriating. The female characters are all either weak, evil, crazy or too stupid to live. That goes for the male characters, too--especially the ML, who is a walking cartoon of Thai cultural values drawn so stupidly, you'll think you've been beaten to death with a clue bat. How James Ma wound up in this steaming pile of horse poop, I simply can't.
The evil 2nd female lead is wearing some great clothes in this show, though.
1) Someone is shot, stabbed, falls down the stairs, gets pushed out a window--whatever--and someone runs over and scrapes the hurt person up into their arms. Maybe it's just American TV, but doesn't everyone know not to move an injured person? Why aren't Asian viewers entitled to the same advice?
2) You can't catch a cold from walking in the rain. Damn it, Thailand. Stop teaching your viewers this. You also don't become feverish from walking in the rain. Or faint. Still looking at you, Thailand! Stop making your audience stupid.
3) Punching women in the stomach won't cause them to become unconscious. Still looking at you, Thailand. Stop using this as a plot device when you need a female character to become a helpless victim.
4) I have more. Many more. But I'll stop with this: No one walks away from being hit by a car that's moving at speed. You may not die, but lots of your parts are going to be damaged. This is a very simple physics problem.
Secondly, while many people (and countries) do consider suicide a crime, it is undeniable that an individual owns their own life.
I find your comment unsympathetic and dogmatic.
As is commonly the case in a lakorn, this drama's characters do horrible, horrible things, until the last thirty minutes of the last episode, when these horrible, horrible people receive miraculous character transplants so they're no longer horrible, horrible people (helpfully, the victims of these horrible, horrible people also acquire the amnesia necessary to forgive/forget all the things the horrible, horrible people did to them.)
I couldn't stop watching this, and when I finished it, I felt very glad that no one I know knows I did. It really is that bad.