That's right. You should do a proper investigation and then laugh.
oops! I just did a google and found that you are indeed correct. He is NOT wearing a wig, but rather colored his hair. I stand corrected. When I viewed a couple of earlier pics posted here on MDL I thought sure the hairline looked like that of a wig. I was mistaken. Accordingly, I have changed my position to read:
Every time I see LJH in that silly silver/white dye job I laugh. Poor guy. :)
I'm watching The Art of Negotiation and I can say he's definitely NOT wearing any wig. He coloured his hair.
oops! I just did a google and find that you are indeed correct. He is NOT wearing a wig, but rather colored his hair. I stand corrected. When I viewed a couple of earlier pics posted here on MDL I thought sure the hairline looked like that of a wig. I was mistaken. Accordingly, I have changed my position to read:
Every time I see LJH in that silly silver/white dye job I laugh. Poor guy. :)
Because Thailand is a conservative country ruled by conservative military idiots.
How utterly stupid.
Yes, it is implied that F4M is naked in that scene. However, we see NOTHING more than we would see if he were wearing a Speedo, other than perhaps an inch more of skin along his hip. It is hilarious that that inch of skin and the implication of nakedness is enough to put this tame show on par with hard-core, cum-in-your-face porno. lol
It's even more amusing when one considers that Bangkok is well-known as a sex tourism destination, world-wide. :D I suppose most of the rest of the country is still in the 20th century, however. But then, those folks don't go to movies or watch TV dramas about gay boys who like fancy nail jobs.
Truth is, actors regularly use devices such as stick-on crotch covers so that they appear naked to the camera but don't have to walking around naked in front of a crew.
Same for sex scenes. Often, when we see what looks like full-on intercourse, both actors have pube-covers on so there is no genital contact. Other times not so much. I've seen a few top-quality Korean and Chinese films in which there were brief glimpses that made it clear it was pube-on-pube action going on.
Which always makes me ponder how often that leads to actual, though unintended, unsimulated sex between actors. Losing yourself in the character and the heat of the moment, I can absolutely understand how that could happen. Which is why, if I were one of those actors, I'd insist on a crotch cover, especially if I was in a relationship at the time. I'd be able to more fully commit and go for it if I knew there was NO way something was going to slip into something else and feel really good in an out-of-control way.
I am a prolific amateur and occasionally semi-professional stage actor, though I've never been required to do a sex scene on stage. I was required to walk around stark naked for half the show in one role in a well-known play though. THAT was an experience. :D
That's fascinating because in the case of both couples, I feel exactly the opposite. Bua and Chian have significant emotional/mental issues. F4M does also, but his seem more a function of how he is living, rather than who he is at his core.
I'm sending Bua and Chian off for psychiatric care and counseling...not dating of any kind for them for at least a year. I want BB and F4M together, with F4M attending mandatory, weekly sessions with a talk therapist for the foreseeable future. His core healthiness is revealed to me in moments such as when even as he created and posted that fucked-up kissing video to prod Faifa to dump him, he was desperately disgusted and upset with himself for doing so. He KNOWS his problems. He needs help accepting and dealing with them.
Another, similar moment was when BB came and sat with him in that deserted classroom as he worked on his homework and he ended up sobbing as he admitted to BB how upset he was at thinking he had lost him. He is actually VERY self-aware. It's his awareness that some of his actions are way out of line with his heart and conscience that causes him such pain.
Have we EVER seen Chian in such a moment of self-reflection and distress? No, we have not. We mainly see Chian cry with self-pity when Bua turns away from him. Then he leaps to his feet to run after F4M because he cannot bear the thought of being ALONE with himself.
Now that I say that, the scene in which he accurately summarized to Bua why he wasn't taking the bait Bua was dangling, and went on to summarize their overall, fucked-up relationship too, showed pretty damn strong self-awarenesss, at least in the moment.
All but BB could use a good chunk of time in no relationship at all.
People watching shows/movies/whatever at 2x or whatever freaked me out when I learned of that a while back. I'm…
Lectures? Wow...that's not good. No way can your brain be absorbing what you're seeing/hearing as it would at live speed. This is another good argument for compulsory, physical attendance in class. Everything is always in flux. Perhaps down the road the pendulum will swing back in that direction. I have an apartment neighbor who is a college freshman; he attends ALL his classes remotely even though he's two miles from campus and is as healthy as can be. It seems sad to me...I used to enjoy walks to and around campus, just for the air, the surroundings, and other people. He's missing all of that.
Remote attendance is a great option, depending on the circumstances. Being allowed to attend remotely even when you've moved to town and are near campus seems...absurd. Maybe a viable alternative would be allowing a limited number of remote attendances per semester.
I have wondered off and on throughout this drama, how often what I'm seeing and hearing onscreen is commentary/critique of the ubiquity of and addiction to, social media and 24/7 stimulation. Seeing F4M watching that drama at 2x, as well as when Bua consulted a chatbot for comfort and reassurance, when what he needed was a human being, his two neglectful mothers being absent, were two of the moments I considered the director might be critiquing/interrogating/commenting on it rather than merely showing it.
Wow...I'm glad I'll be dead by the time everyone's watching at 4x and AI has enslaved humanity.
On edit: Relatedly, I read an article just a couple days ago about how hand-writing notes in class engages the brain more deeply than does typing on a keyboard. In turn, that engagement makes for enhanced memory and recall. This applies to journaling as well. Studies show that hand-journaling stimulates the brain more effectively than journaling into a computer. Interesting.
People watching shows/movies/whatever at 2x or whatever freaked me out when I learned of that a while back. I'm…
Wow. I am impressed at your ability to look at that objectively and your willingness to admit to your conclusion. That's a healthy load of self-awareness there, X (maybe you should change that letter of your screenname to "Z."). :) :D All best to you.
1) Journalist pursues truth about transponder technology and and bidding manjun and woosung. wusung ceo was the…
Thank you for this! My head hurts, and I thought I fully understood for a moment (I've seen the film twice now) but then I lost that speck of light and now I'm not sure again. :D I suppose a third watch and a third reading of your analysis is in order somewhere down the line.
Does the Internet enable more good than harm? I have no idea, but it's easy to believe the latter is true, especially with Douchebag Trump now installed in power here in the U.S. No doubt LOADS of deception was employed to put him where he is.
This show's raw portrayal of Bangkok backdrop makes me love the city so much more.. no other series captured the…
Serious question: I have enjoyed the cinematography in Gelboys immensely, and one aspect of that is how Bangkok has been shot, including saturated colors, especially at night. But I have seen lots of cities shot that way in movies, all more or less just as lovely. The daytime shots appear like most any huge modern city to me. What do you find beautiful about Bangkok that you have not seen captured as well elsewhere as here?
The most depressing moment in this drama so far was when Bua reached out for emotional support to a...chatbot. Unless I misunderstood that part, and that's possible because I'm a fossil, but still...
it’s so gen z coded I feel heard. like how chian switched to 2x watching cdrama or only having on close friend…
People watching shows/movies/whatever at 2x or whatever freaked me out when I learned of that a while back. I'm older than dirt, so could you help me out here? If you're not into a show enough to watch it at its own pace, then you're not really into it at all, so why not just, you know...drop it?
I don't mean this as a dis, but is it that Gen Zs can't abide a moment or two without something, anything, even if it's a freaking drama they don't give a shit about, distracting them from what I always thought of as...quiet time alone with one's thoughts, to think, to consider, ponder, or simply to blank out without any input whatsoever?
Do you think it's an addiction to constant stimulation that drives that sort of thing? I'm tossing about for reasons, and that's one of the first that comes to mind. To me, it's creepy af.
And thank you, MDL, for using the word "SCANDAL" for the six millionth time to get eyes on your trash article, spreading unproven allegations and accusations as if they are true.
Seriously, how many celebrities are you going to help put in the ground via suicide before you grow a conscience and stop promoting garbage like this? What? "We will never stop helping put celebrities in the ground," you say?
I think baabin does like bua it’s just that he’s been liking foumod for so long so he doesn’t realise it…
That's a stretch...Baabin is admirably self-aware and controlled. The entire time he and Bua were experimenting it was obvious that Baabin was going with the flow to see how things went. And when they kissed...meh...he just wasn't really feeling it.
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Every time I see LJH in that silly silver/white dye job I laugh. Poor guy. :)
Every time I see LJH in that silly silver/white dye job I laugh. Poor guy. :)
I suspect this is a wise-ass comment, in which case I heartily approve. :D
Well done.
lol Well, often I don't understand them either. :D
Happy St. Patrick's Day.
Yes, it is implied that F4M is naked in that scene. However, we see NOTHING more than we would see if he were wearing a Speedo, other than perhaps an inch more of skin along his hip. It is hilarious that that inch of skin and the implication of nakedness is enough to put this tame show on par with hard-core, cum-in-your-face porno. lol
It's even more amusing when one considers that Bangkok is well-known as a sex tourism destination, world-wide. :D I suppose most of the rest of the country is still in the 20th century, however. But then, those folks don't go to movies or watch TV dramas about gay boys who like fancy nail jobs.
Truth is, actors regularly use devices such as stick-on crotch covers so that they appear naked to the camera but don't have to walking around naked in front of a crew.
Same for sex scenes. Often, when we see what looks like full-on intercourse, both actors have pube-covers on so there is no genital contact. Other times not so much. I've seen a few top-quality Korean and Chinese films in which there were brief glimpses that made it clear it was pube-on-pube action going on.
Which always makes me ponder how often that leads to actual, though unintended, unsimulated sex between actors. Losing yourself in the character and the heat of the moment, I can absolutely understand how that could happen. Which is why, if I were one of those actors, I'd insist on a crotch cover, especially if I was in a relationship at the time. I'd be able to more fully commit and go for it if I knew there was NO way something was going to slip into something else and feel really good in an out-of-control way.
I am a prolific amateur and occasionally semi-professional stage actor, though I've never been required to do a sex scene on stage. I was required to walk around stark naked for half the show in one role in a well-known play though. THAT was an experience. :D
I'm sending Bua and Chian off for psychiatric care and counseling...not dating of any kind for them for at least a year. I want BB and F4M together, with F4M attending mandatory, weekly sessions with a talk therapist for the foreseeable future. His core healthiness is revealed to me in moments such as when even as he created and posted that fucked-up kissing video to prod Faifa to dump him, he was desperately disgusted and upset with himself for doing so. He KNOWS his problems. He needs help accepting and dealing with them.
Another, similar moment was when BB came and sat with him in that deserted classroom as he worked on his homework and he ended up sobbing as he admitted to BB how upset he was at thinking he had lost him. He is actually VERY self-aware. It's his awareness that some of his actions are way out of line with his heart and conscience that causes him such pain.
Have we EVER seen Chian in such a moment of self-reflection and distress? No, we have not. We mainly see Chian cry with self-pity when Bua turns away from him. Then he leaps to his feet to run after F4M because he cannot bear the thought of being ALONE with himself.
Now that I say that, the scene in which he accurately summarized to Bua why he wasn't taking the bait Bua was dangling, and went on to summarize their overall, fucked-up relationship too, showed pretty damn strong self-awarenesss, at least in the moment.
All but BB could use a good chunk of time in no relationship at all.
Remote attendance is a great option, depending on the circumstances. Being allowed to attend remotely even when you've moved to town and are near campus seems...absurd. Maybe a viable alternative would be allowing a limited number of remote attendances per semester.
I have wondered off and on throughout this drama, how often what I'm seeing and hearing onscreen is commentary/critique of the ubiquity of and addiction to, social media and 24/7 stimulation. Seeing F4M watching that drama at 2x, as well as when Bua consulted a chatbot for comfort and reassurance, when what he needed was a human being, his two neglectful mothers being absent, were two of the moments I considered the director might be critiquing/interrogating/commenting on it rather than merely showing it.
Wow...I'm glad I'll be dead by the time everyone's watching at 4x and AI has enslaved humanity.
On edit: Relatedly, I read an article just a couple days ago about how hand-writing notes in class engages the brain more deeply than does typing on a keyboard. In turn, that engagement makes for enhanced memory and recall. This applies to journaling as well. Studies show that hand-journaling stimulates the brain more effectively than journaling into a computer. Interesting.
Dropped. 1/10
My head hurts, and I thought I fully understood for a moment (I've seen the film twice now) but then I lost that speck of light and now I'm not sure again. :D
I suppose a third watch and a third reading of your analysis is in order somewhere down the line.
Does the Internet enable more good than harm? I have no idea, but it's easy to believe the latter is true, especially with Douchebag Trump now installed in power here in the U.S. No doubt LOADS of deception was employed to put him where he is.
I don't mean this as a dis, but is it that Gen Zs can't abide a moment or two without something, anything, even if it's a freaking drama they don't give a shit about, distracting them from what I always thought of as...quiet time alone with one's thoughts, to think, to consider, ponder, or simply to blank out without any input whatsoever?
Do you think it's an addiction to constant stimulation that drives that sort of thing? I'm tossing about for reasons, and that's one of the first that comes to mind. To me, it's creepy af.
Seriously, how many celebrities are you going to help put in the ground via suicide before you grow a conscience and stop promoting garbage like this? What? "We will never stop helping put celebrities in the ground," you say?
I'm not surprised.