If Syn gets ordained, wouldn't there be an expectation of celibacy? I've read of some Buddhist monks in Japan…
I am an ordained monk. Not sure what the screenwriter is up to, but if they follow normal customs, Syn would take the pabbaja ceremony and become a novice. This is what Thai boys and men usually do once in their life. You can do for some weeks, or months, and then just go back to normal, secular life. You can also stay a novice for some years and become then a fully ordained monk. As a novice he must stay celibate. But to be honest, a lot of novices aren't. I mean, those are often just normal boys and men who stay for some weeks. As long as they do not have sex publicly nothing won't happen (The spiritual realm left outside).
I guess they do not need to discuss a relationship, because Syn might come back in some weeks. Thai BL depicts everything so inevitably. It is not that Syn will become a lifetime monk.
I like a lot of series he has written or was part of the writers' team. Not to mention that he really looks gorgeous. Like his smile here. He should try acting. I would watch it :D
Okay, it is finished. I liked it, otherwise I would not have invested time watching it. Just want to name two points I did not like: 1. Lifeless world. Okay, all are in the bunkers. But that's not how human psychology works. Ever been in evecuation situations? I have been threetimes. Once in Germany, when a World War II bomb was found at a site I was working on; and twice here in Vietnam, during a flood and a typhoon. You wonder, how many people do not comply with official evacuation...
2. Lengths. I mentioned it once before, but there are so many periods of inactivity in this series. Can they not talk AND drive? Why have they to stop for 10 min and talk? Or just stand around? Or sit around doing nothing, while they literally have only 1day or 1 hour left to live?
I liked the idea. After realising, and getting some hints from fellow commenters here, I dropped my "scientific" analysis. This is a BL and , yeah, there was a nice development in between the main leads. Not so sure about the side couple, how to explain their relationship. I actually felt not much in the last episode, regarding the main leads' relationship. They hugged sometime, and kissed. But Art and Golf often stood quite distant from each other. Again, that is not how I feel someone would react, whose life expectancy is less than 30min. The end was okay. I think a lot of people might be disappointed/unsatisfied. Some of the previous episodes had more "emotion", to be honest.
Despite those points, as I said, I liked this series.
I am only on Ep 6 but the reception looking at the YouTube comments Vs the MDL ones are so different lmao. The…
The YT comments are always positive. I wonder if negative comments are locked there, as they do with the thumbs down now. I would consider myself an average viewer and in most cases I feel something is bad, when it is bad (and opposite). When I read through YT I always think I am going to watch a masterpiece. I think, it is because YT does not really want a discussion/argument in their comment section, while MDL is there to just do that.
I just checked. I have no subs at all. I watched yesterday the premiere at 8.40pm and the first two parts had subs. I dropped it when part 3 came and had no subs. Now they've gone for all parts here. They probably upload them later or tomorrow.
? Do you mean, there's no eng subs on p3/4? Because that is what I have. Part 1/2 have eng subs, but the rest not. It was already at the premiere yesterday. I dropped it and left it for my breakfast. But in the morning it still has no :((
"not that I am looking for the meaning of life in a BL"I think, this series is not BL. Who, actually, claimed…
Yes, you are right. I am not against modern plots in BL. I just mentioned. And I do not even complain if we BL-fans seize some series with nice looking boys :D But I am more afraid of film companies who sell us "BL" which in reality isn't...
Sorry to say that: but this series does not give me anything. It looked so promising. Next week's the final and…
"not that I am looking for the meaning of life in a BL"
I think, this series is not BL. Who, actually, claimed this to be BL? I already wrote, for me this is a coming of age series. I am quite strict with the BL definition, I usually apply the traditional straight-to-gay plot for BL, and most Thai series would not be BL in that sense. Beside the fact that we have one couple and another one which smells a bit for BL, there is nothing BL-ish here...
For me this is a Thai youth series (see above) with some male-male side couples.
Sorry to say that: but this series does not give me anything. It looked so promising. Next week's the final and there is no "message", no content, I can get out of this (not that I am looking for the meaning of life in a BL, but I hope you get the gist of what I try to say).
I think it is because of those time jumps. The two must now have been in a relationship for more than 3-4-5 years…
That's why I often feel a bit left outside. We actually haven't seen their whole relationship. They go together, then we jump many years, and now we see them having issues and break up. No wonder I feel somehow disappointed...
I am angry 😡💢💢 no, no... Like I am genuinely angry. Did the two forget they were eachothers crushes????…
I think it is because of those time jumps. The two must now have been in a relationship for more than 3-4-5 years (I lost it which year we are now in). A lot of issues can arise, which we did not see because they weren't addressed here.
Even if you're busy, you can still tell your partner you're going to be late. When you come home, especially if…
But you do not just break up with someone because he is busy and misses one occassion, even if it is an important one. You break up because there is something fundamentally wrong in the relationship. So I agree, actually, with synchronicity. There is still the option to articulate your needs. But Thai do not talk with each other, as we have encountered now for hundreds of times....
What drives me mad is this filming technique where they use flashbacks to show the feelings of a character. We saw what happened 20 seconds ago. There is no need to repeat what Gun said (luckily, they did not repeat the whole film scene, but just the voice).
Everyone who has more than 10 brain cells in the head can see that Golf is crying over the break up, and not because he did not get a dessert.
Filming techniques like that make sense in a 5,000 episode soap opera to remember what happened ten years before. It is just annoying. And this is not the only scene where this is used. It contributes to the slow pace of this series.
I guess they do not need to discuss a relationship, because Syn might come back in some weeks. Thai BL depicts everything so inevitably. It is not that Syn will become a lifetime monk.
Not to mention that he really looks gorgeous. Like his smile here. He should try acting. I would watch it :D
Just want to name two points I did not like:
1. Lifeless world. Okay, all are in the bunkers. But that's not how human psychology works. Ever been in evecuation situations? I have been threetimes. Once in Germany, when a World War II bomb was found at a site I was working on; and twice here in Vietnam, during a flood and a typhoon. You wonder, how many people do not comply with official evacuation...
2. Lengths. I mentioned it once before, but there are so many periods of inactivity in this series. Can they not talk AND drive? Why have they to stop for 10 min and talk? Or just stand around? Or sit around doing nothing, while they literally have only 1day or 1 hour left to live?
I liked the idea. After realising, and getting some hints from fellow commenters here, I dropped my "scientific" analysis. This is a BL and , yeah, there was a nice development in between the main leads. Not so sure about the side couple, how to explain their relationship. I actually felt not much in the last episode, regarding the main leads' relationship. They hugged sometime, and kissed. But Art and Golf often stood quite distant from each other. Again, that is not how I feel someone would react, whose life expectancy is less than 30min. The end was okay. I think a lot of people might be disappointed/unsatisfied. Some of the previous episodes had more "emotion", to be honest.
Despite those points, as I said, I liked this series.
But I am more afraid of film companies who sell us "BL" which in reality isn't...
I think, this series is not BL. Who, actually, claimed this to be BL? I already wrote, for me this is a coming of age series. I am quite strict with the BL definition, I usually apply the traditional straight-to-gay plot for BL, and most Thai series would not be BL in that sense. Beside the fact that we have one couple and another one which smells a bit for BL, there is nothing BL-ish here...
For me this is a Thai youth series (see above) with some male-male side couples.
Everyone who has more than 10 brain cells in the head can see that Golf is crying over the break up, and not because he did not get a dessert.
Filming techniques like that make sense in a 5,000 episode soap opera to remember what happened ten years before. It is just annoying. And this is not the only scene where this is used. It contributes to the slow pace of this series.