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If I want to see a political thriller, I will seek out an adequately financed series or feature film along those lines. If I want to see a BL or gay-themed thriller, I will seek out the same.

If I want to watch a mid-budget series with a closeted gay attraction that barely registers and a hilariously lame political/crime plot, along with cheesy acting, bad direction, and all the other cliches of a bad lakorn, I will watch this show.
Oh, wait...that won't happen because I just dropped it.

1/10

What is your official title within the MONOMAX PR/Marketing department?

You're welcome. :)

Fluffy pablum for the Little Girl set.
Yet another nothing-there Thai BL by way of Korea.

Dropped
1/10

That, right there, is some seriously messed-up sado-masochistic shit going down.
One rubbing his ex's face in pain, and the ex all too eager to let him do it.

Good acting overall, naturalistic.
There was definitely tension.

7/10

Nah...not feeling this.
Dropped

1/10

The long opening scene, with the two MCs in the car, was good. They felt like real people, and the acting was fine. I was engaged. Sadly, from there on, it was downhill. Soon it was all the usual, stereotypical, Pinoy gay film acting styles, chewing scenery, screeching fag hags, and worst of all, boredom.

I marked this "completed," but in truth, I skipped ahead in ten-minute increments after that first scene.

Pretty bad.

4/10

Any "straight" guy who falls this easily for a fem dude wasn't "straight" to begin with.

I could be wrong, but is there a gay stereotype or two they might have left out so far? :)
Who introduces themselves like this?:
"Hi, I'm _______________, I'm a drag queen." (duh)
"Hi, I'm _______________, I'm a male-to-female transexual." (well, alrighty then.)
"Hi, I'm _______________. I'm bisexual." (Who asked?)

I suppose the casting was intended to capture the long, languid look of whatever Manga characters these people are based on, but I often feel I'm watching a drama whose MCs are lipstick Lesbians.

Bite me.

Also, I watched The Whispering of the Gods. Awesome.
Thanks for the tip.

Thanks for doing the subs, Nick.
I just watched and enjoyed it. The ending put a big smile on my face. :)

Finally, at the end of four episodes, something happened.

A few cute moments among content that is 95% rehashed tropes/cringe cliches we've seen 174 times before. Squealing fangirls, "the four kings," rolling on top of a crush in the night, lol, Perfect fluff and nonsense for the cotton candy/rainbows/unicorns/glitter Little Girls kicking their feet in comments below.

I continue watching for Hioki. Something about him is hella attractive to me.

FINALLY got to see this, after a kind fellow MDLer shared a link with me.

Loved the film. It needs another couple of watches to see all of what's going on here, but I'm there for it.

9/10

Geeg, here it is with subs if you want to watch again.

https://archive.org/details/the-whispering-of-the-gods-2005

Me too.

https://archive.org/details/the-whispering-of-the-gods-2005

https://archive.org/details/the-whispering-of-the-gods-2005

Enjoy! :)

Agreed!
He's a great actor. I loved him within minutes, the first time I saw him in Netflix's "D.P." I keep an eye out for his projects and watch what I can.
He is getting LOTS of lead role film work over the last few years, so maybe he's more appreciated than we realize. Glad to see it!

KKH is doing a great deal of writing and directing, as well. Maybe he keeps his head down and avoids Korea's sadistic press and bogus "controversies" so well that it seems he's not paid much attention, but he is so, in the ways that matter.

He isn't classically handsome either, though I find him attractive/sexy/charismatic. I hardly recognized him in the photo above. Looks get the press's attention, too.

"attacked..." lol
Oh the poor dear. However did she survive it?
But that's OK, Tota to the rescue!

Yeah, no. Lame plot, great special effects.

6/10