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Replying to atom951 Oct 24, 2023
Zero tolerance works. I'm ambivalent. Somebody shopped him, I have sympathy for that; I like his work and his…
hmmm...stupidity always winds me up a bit, especially coming from self-righteous dolts such as you who write like drug-addled Hippies even though they claim not to be one.

I could use a laugh though: Please share in what way I, or this actor, are "selfish arseholes," when your reply makes clear you're the asshole here.

Incidentally, I haven't had a drink or any kind of a drug in over 23 years. What are YOU high on?
Replying to atom951 Oct 23, 2023
If you think the USA is in better shape on the drugs front, so be it. Much of the world sees the US as a country…
" There are some stats from YouTubers on it, I can't be bothered to find them." Typical of your type. We're talking about MARIJUANA, ffs! I don't care if he was using heroin, that should land him in rehab and long-term treatment, not prison. SK is insane on the drug thing.

Do we need a generation of old farts to die off so this obsession with marijuana as some great destroyer of society can finally die too?
Replying to atom951 Oct 23, 2023
Zero tolerance works. I'm ambivalent. Somebody shopped him, I have sympathy for that; I like his work and his…
I don't have to "respect" stupid, backward, draconian laws, whether they're in the U.S or SK. Marijuana is a nothing-burger. If SK beheaded K-Pop stars for being gay, would you "respect" that because it's their law? Jesus.
On Forgotten Oct 23, 2023
Title Forgotten
Pretty damn good.
Could have been a lot better with some of the cheese cut out. For example, the very last scene.

Why do people in movies being chased by an automobile while on foot run in the middle of the road?
Also, Korea has long had national health insurance, yet every other Korean movie/drama features someone desperate to pay for hospital bills.

Very impressed with Kang Ha Neul's acting. Entirely convincing at both ages.
Kim Mu Yeol was damn good too. Hottest I've ever seen him in that black suit near the end.

8/10
On Come Rain Come Shine Oct 23, 2023
Self-indulgent. Profoundly dull. What a waste of Hyun Bin.

I can totally get into a slow-paced, but gripping story where something interesting is going on beneath the surface. This isn't that story.

Out after 25 minutes of watching the husband wrap and then unwrap teacups as though he were assembling and disassembling a Swiss watch. Spare me the tedium.

Oh, and it's raining. That means what's going down in sad and portentous.

Dropped like the bomb it is.

1/10 and the 1 is for Hyun Bin's face.
Replying to shimska Oct 23, 2023
?? at least give a reason why you think it's bad...
I am not at all surprised you think my tastes are "weird." Considering that opinion comes from someone who thinks this show and its cast are "very good," I'll consider it a compliment. Like many other MDLers, you like things safe, pedestrian, and unchallenging.

You have every right to your tastes, but I don't have to respect them.
On Amphetamine Oct 23, 2023
Title Amphetamine
We start at a 10/10 rating, just on the basis of Byron Pang's physical beauty and all the time we're given to luxuriate in it throughout this film. Tom Price is a beautiful man as well, with a great butt, so I'll bump our starting point to 12/10.

Now I begin to take off points for spotty acting from the leads, Scud's sometimes good but sometimes atrocious direction, occasionally horrendous acting from supporting characters, absurd and nonsensical plot twists and turns, wildly uneven attempts to be artsy/fartsy, laughably fake sex scenes, cheesy special effects, etc. and we land at 5/10.

Oh...but I have to take off an entire point for the ridiculously goofy-looking, facial peach fuzz "mustache" and chin thing Kafka sprouts off and on, so now I'm at 4/10.

But then I think of Byron Pang's body again, along with the fact I really don't want to give this thing an "F," so I'll bump it back up to 6/10 for a solid "D" grade.

Wonder why Pang's career went nowhere after the few things he did with Scud. There were moments in this film where his acting was quite good.

The synopsis, reviews and other commenters keep telling me Kafka is "straight" in this film. No. No, he isn't. Straight guys don't stare at handsome men, and then stare, and then stare some more, and then flirt like crazy when they chance upon one another later, as Kafka does when he first sees Daniel and then runs into him at the temple. At the least, he is predominantly straight but somewhat bisexual; Daniel being the first man who has strummed the one gay string on his otherwise straight guitar.
Replying to shimska Oct 23, 2023
?? at least give a reason why you think it's bad...
Well, apparently your standards are low, but you have every right to hold them there.
On You Are Mine Oct 22, 2023
Title You Are Mine
On the list of Top 20 Best BL Bodies, Parker Mao occupies spots 1 through 10. WOW. I had to put my eyeballs back in my head.

Hsiao Hung (Fandy Fan Jr.), who also likely has a rockin' bod, is however, also a natural, comedic actor. Those faces he made at the secretaries in the back of the bus when The General Manager was cornering him, and while he was trying not to ogle The General Manager at the pool, were hysterically funny.

This show is a great combo of fluffy (which I normally retch at), sexy, and funny. It's light as a feather, but at its core are two good actors who have good chemistry and are easy on the eyes.
Replying to shimska Oct 22, 2023
?? at least give a reason why you think it's bad...
Not really sure what you're babbling about. Apparently, you like this...thing, and I think it's crap. As people here always say, "we can have different opinions."
Replying to shimska Oct 22, 2023
?? at least give a reason why you think it's bad...
Lame acting, neither lead has substantial charisma, the characters' behaviors are all over the place and wildly inconsistent from scene to scene, which is the fault of the writers; the direction the actors so desperately need is either not there or just bad so the actors are left floundering, etc.

No 25 year-old woman knows the thoughts and ways of gay or bi, closeted and struggling high school boys. It's absurd. So what we're getting here is a 25 year-old woman's fluffy fantasy of what such people are like. Which is sad, because I thought the Thais had the fluff market cornered, but I guess not.
Replying to Baddie Oct 22, 2023
Then most likely you are an outlier
I'm always an outlier on MDL. That's the status of everyone here who has good taste and high standards for acting, direction, writing, etc. Plus, MDL is dominated by Western fluff-lovers and prudes. So this show is right up their alley.
On Bedevilled Oct 22, 2023
Title Bedevilled
Hye Won: Most god-awful, unsympathetic, irredeemable main character in the history of Korean cinema. She is a cold-ass b***h and the film never explains in the slightest why she is the way she is from the opening scene.

I have to laugh at those below who somehow see this as a feminist movie, critiquing the horrible way women are treated by Korean society. The women in this flick are too busy shitting on each other to have time to be shit on by the men. Hell, the old broad with the butch haircut runs the island, not some dude.

Lame.

6/10
On The Soul Oct 22, 2023
Title The Soul
Wow, Chang Chen and Janine Chang are stunning in this film.
I felt her character's love and concern for her husband before she spoke a word.
Plot felt a little all over the place at times, but well-worth hanging in there.

8.5/10
On I Cannot Reach You Oct 21, 2023
This show is unique and remarkable in the way this relationship is unfolding. The leads' inner monologues are spot-on to the thoughts of frightened, closeted gay teens. Handsome and talented leads are surrounded by very good supporting actors, which makes a huge difference in the quality of any show. Blondie has become my almost-favorite character. I was a tad suspicious of him at first, but the way he's turned out to be is a lot different than I thought. :D He's hot too.

The schoolgirls in this series are even more annoying than in most BLs.

This is a very good one so far.

Haven't said this in a while and it bears repeating: I wish MDL would disallow ratings until a series has completed its air run. Doing otherwise makes zero sense. The rating above is not labeled "thus far," and implies an assessment of the complete show, which it is not, nor can it be.
Replying to etoks21 Oct 20, 2023
Title Sisid
How odd. When you discovered it had a gay element to the story, why didn't you just stop watching it? Must not…
You need a brain cell!

Why am I not surprised the bigot tries to claim Jesus is on his side?

But hey, could you quote me one word from the Bible where Jesus had anything whatsoever to say about gay people, male or female? Thanks, I'll wait.

Don't try to out-Jesus me, homo-hater. I was raised going to church every week plus eight years of parochial school. But do go ahead and make a fool of yourself, please.
Replying to etoks21 Oct 20, 2023
Title Sisid
How odd. When you discovered it had a gay element to the story, why didn't you just stop watching it? Must not…
Ah...the homophobic, closet case viper shows its fangs at last.
A snake that's "okay without gay stuff!" but watches full-length movies about "cocksucking dudes" anyway. Hmmm...Islamic, perhaps?

Not concerned about you at all. I am, however, concerned for the millions of "mentally didsabled" gay people snakes like you make life miserable for. Take your hatred and shove it, snake-eyes.