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There's that self-righteous need to persecute a celebrity again; even one who's served his time and paid his fines.
You're Korean, right?
"Third class..." Yeah, right. Many years as Big Bang's Maknae and a successful solo career. Seems pretty first-class to me. lol

Yes it does:
I recognize talent, charisma, and stage presence.
I know the difference between what he was convicted of and what people like you still say about him.
I know he was convicted of the felonies only after a plea deal that cut his jail time in half. That's how prosecutors force people to admit to doing things they didn't do.
I know he has served his time, paid his fines, and is a free man, who has as much right to a long and happy life as you or me.

Also, I know your bringing up his photo in response to my comment because you're unable to form a coherent argument actually relating to my comment, says a lot about you:
Self-righteous and not so bright.

And your obsession with demeaning him says a lot about YOU.

As I've made clear, I enjoyed 1-6 immensely and was ready to include it on my Best 30 BLs list. Then the last two episodes wrecked everything that went before. Those who say otherwise are deliberately looking the other way. There were countless implausibles, lame acting, and lame writing in 7 & 8.

NO fangirl is going to openly proclaim she is up-rating a show and giving it a good review because they're stanning an idol who stars in it. Get real.

I adore The Pornographer.
That you're putting the two in the same category is... something.

And the last two episodes...?

Until just now, I was ignorant of Rei's status as a J-pop idol in the boy group ONE N' ONLY, the makers of such epic, never-to-be-forgotten classic songs as "I'M SWAG!"
One n' Only claims to have fused k-pop and j-pop into an entirely new genre called...wait for it...KJ-POP!

NOW...I understand the fangirling reviews and up-rating going on here. We must rally round Rei and promote his career!!!

Did you know that Rei...
Has blood type B?
Is an avid collector of earphones. (Yes...earphones.)
Eating spicy food and doing tongue-twisters are among his "special skills." lol
He is a Dragonball fan! (Wow!)

Rei's idol status also explains the series' lack of committed kissing even in scenes where they were having butt-sex. (It's only gay if you KISS! All straight boys know this.)

This 8.1 rating is absurdly high. I suspect an MDL sub-demographic of fujoshis (in the original meaning of the word), who don't mind some messed-up sex between two dudes along with a grungy setting, are up-voting this thing like crazy, completely ignoring all the lame aspects of the last two episodes, including writing, acting, and direction. The first six episodes were grand. I was ready to add it to my best 30 bls list. Then episodes 7 & 8 happened.

To counteract the fangirl/fujoshi up-rating, I shall have to apply my own corrective in the form of a down-rating of 1/10.

lol No, no it is not a "masterpiece." Look the word up.

Why can't a drama be gay AND psychological? Gay people have psyches, just like everyone else. I suspect your use of the trendy "queer," which connotes an agenda, has something to do with this.

lol Nice spoiler.

You missed part of the story's point: Maya was raised in a horrendous, abusive situation also. People aren't born as evil motherfuckers; they are MADE over into that.

Because it was. Haoran seemed listless/unfocused, and Chihiro's acting was...well, lets just say he could have used a few more takes to get it right. Like the very end, when he looked right into the camera, which was supposed to be Haoran's eyes, he seemed goofy, stiff, unnatural.

The ending is absurd and I suspect you know it.
Suddenly, magically, everything changes and all is well. Spare me.

Nice to read a reasonable assessment free of fangirling. How would you rate the series?

How do you use emojis here? I haven't figured a way to do it yet.

So it is "not perfect," and "perfect" both?

hahahaha..."MASTERPIECE."

One of the fangirls finally said it out loud. I've been wondering which one of you would be the first. Look up "masterpiece" in Merriam-Webster and stop throwing the word around so loosely on MDL.

The BBC brings nothing new to the table. It is a rehash of every rumor, innuendo, unsupported allegation, blah blah blah to back it up. That people are pretending there is anything in that doc that hasn't been beaten like a dead horse already, is just more of the delusional, netizen, kill-the-celebs mindset that has driven so many to suicide already.

The BBC doc was cheap and sleazy in the way it portrayed the whistle blower and the writer as helpless victims, when in truth they simply did not have the evidence to back up their claims. I got very tired of the "isn't she just a poor, victimized, sad little thing?" angle they took on it to elicit sympathy for their lame reporting.

People like you still, years later, even after he has paid his debt to society, hold him responsible for crimes he was never accused of. And he only pleaded guilty to the ones was convicted of as part of a plea deal to cut his sentence in half. This is a common tactic prosecutors around the world use to pressure defendants into pleading guilty to things they didn't do.

Re the BBC hit piece, I also got sick of the presentation of prostitutes as victims, and of the weepy, poor-me, young woman who claimed to have been "raped" at BS, even though no evidence was presented that it actually happened. The BBC went for melodrama over substance.

Seungri doesn't care, and I'm glad of that. He's building a new life for himself, as should anyone after serving their time and paying their fines. He owes you nothing.

This piece is magnificent! You should do this professionally.
Can I pretend to have been the inspiration for Taeko, even if he is far more erudite than am I?
Or are these simply to of your many personalities, having a convo?

Bravo!