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As many MDLers who despise me know, I rarely hesitate to "comment more." :D My Beautiful Man is high-up on my Top 30 Best BLs list. Great show.

It's one of many Thai BLs that feel like Disney TV afternoon specials for kids.

Don't waste your energy on these psycho, Korean celeb/fan suicide cult members.

"Either way, she was a bad person in the past."

That moronic statement is all you need to read to understand that this person is intellectually limited and immature.

Hmmm...thanks for the input. I appreciate it. Perhaps I will give it a shot when I'm desperate for BL and have watched everything else. :) I can't imagine a Thai BL doing justice to a plot like that. Costumes, sets, and period details from a hundred years ago is not easy to pull off.

Thanks again.

I read the synopsis for "I Feel You Linger In the Air" and that was enough for me to take a pass. I'm not big on time travel, supernatural, and other gimmick-based BLs. I'm glad you enjoyed it though.

I'm not saying there are no good Thai BLs. There are lots of them, but they mostly were made more than two years ago. I have eight Thai BLs on my top 30 fave BLs list, but they're all oldies.

I get that. I just think it would be a better strategy to play it cool for a while. Be polite and courteous, but back off on expressions of intimacy/love. Let Qian see what it's like to have Yuan around but not be the center of his attention. It's clear Qian wouldn't like that at all. :)

I got to that point almost two years ago and gave up on Thai BLs. The last one I found watchable was Moonlight Chicken. Thailand is making the classic business mistake of flooding the market with quick-shot products to make quick money. As a result, the quality of individual products goes way down as the quantity increases. In the end, they've saturated their target consumer with low-quality products, thus their value decreases.

Which brings you here to this page, where we're all freaking out at how well-made THIS product is. I "love love" this drama too.

Wow. This is the best BL I've seen in quite a while. I'm impressed with everything from acting and direction to cinematography and set design. Some of the scenes, especially at the river, are feature film-worthy.

I'm happy to see the overwhelmingly positive response and high ratings for this show here on MDL. I'm so used to pathetic Thai BLs, their comment sections (which I don't go to because I don't watch Thai shows anymore.) full of squealing fujoshis, rating abominations like "Bad Buddy" a 10/10 and calling it a "masterpiece." Lord help us.

Mild spoilers:

The Lili-San Pang reveal scene was hilarious. A meat cleaver, for god's sake! lol I love the way Qian calmly takes off his glasses, goes to the kitchen, and returns with a deadly weapon. hahaha Then the panic to remove all sharp objects from the house...lol

As Qian, Chris Chiu is great at projecting powerful emotions with very little face/body movement. And yet that body could kick some people's asses. He's like a mountain lake on a calm day: The surface is smooth as glass, but below the water is dark and currents flow.

I'm a bit surprised at how Yuan is behaving. I thought he'd be more stand-offish for a while.

My god, that preview.

Thanks, Find Me!

The suicide of popular and famous Korean actor Lee Sun Kyun has stirred up a bit of a storm there. The director of his film "Parasite" and many other well-known actors and producers held a press conference, demanding an investigation into who on the police force leaked information to the media. They also trashed Korean netizens, social media, and news media, demanding accountability for publishing the illegally leaked information.

Korean celeb/fan suicide culture is so ingrained there that it will take a long time to change anything. MDL publishing this article is an example of that. They think spreading unproven accusations made by an anonymous accuser is a legitimate thing to do. No ethics at all.

On edit: I'm hoping people like LSK's widow and celebrities themselves, start suing law enforcement and media outlets responsible for this shit.

It will never happen. Ignoring the problem is a huge part of Korean celeb/fan suicide culture and this site leans heavily Korean. I've tried to figure out who "owns"MDL and where it is based, with no luck. But Korean shows seem to get the bulk of attention here, don't you agree?

My sister likes it when I ________ her.

Done with you, psycho.

I had an experience very similar to this in college.
This superb little film captures the melancholy sadness overlaying the whole thing.
Excellent acting.

9.5/10

"Everyone should seek psychiatric help if thinking about harming their self."

Is this supposed to be news to me.? The problem in Korea is that there is STILL a huge stigma attached to seeking mental health treatment. If this actress did so, and a paparazzi snapped a pic of her going into a psychiatrist's office, then THAT would be the next scaling up of the "scandal." The media and public would go wild.

"Blackmailing people with suicide to escape from bad deed doesn't work in this day and age."

What the hell are you talking about? What Korean celeb that you know of has threatened suicide to mitigate an ongoing media frenzy? I'm going to name Korean celeb suicide victims off the top of my head...

Lee Sun Kyun
Moonbin
Kim Jonghyun
Cha In Ha
Park Yong Ha
Sully
Goo Hara
The rapper Iron
Choi Jin-Sil "The nation's actress"
Choi Jin-Sil's younger brother, less than a year later
Roh Moo Hyun Korean president

In NOT ONE of these cases did the deceased mention "suicide" to anyone, much less "threaten" suicide to gain sympathy. Goo Hara had two prior attempts, I believe, but in no case did she "threaten" that she was going to do what she did.

In every case above and, keep in mind I pulled these off the top of my head, NO ONE had any warning of what was to come. Korean celebrity suicide victims tend to be very efficient in performing the act: They make a decision, tell no one, and go about the business of killing themselves. On occasion, a note is found afterward.

So, again: What the hell are you talking about? Based on the perspective you seem to have on this topic, I'm beginning to think you're 14 years old.

Yeah, I'll get right on that, as soon as you start working on reining in your participation in the Korean celebrity "scandal" and suicide cult.

You forgot this part of my last reply: "So what? 20 years!"

Accuse me of whatever you want. At least it's clear I'm not rehashing lame BS from 20 years ago in an effort to...what? What is it you're trying to accomplish with all these replies?

Your behavior here is a classic of the Korean suicide culture: Using an accusation from an anonymous source as an excuse to dig up and disseminate all sorts of ancient history.

You don't get it: I am not interested in hunting around the Internet in an effort to find out everything I can about this woman, like you're doing. I don't do this regarding ANY celebrity. I pretty much stick to news about their profession and upcoming work. The reason I don't do this is that I DO NOT CARE. High school bullying or whatever, it was 20 years ago, she's 20 years older, hasn't killed anyone that I know of, and isn't likely to. Why are you spending your time investigating this so-called "scandal?" What's in that for you?

You keep claiming you're not someone who cares about actors as PEOPLE, but as performers regarding the quality and various aspects of their performances, right? And yet you're doing a deep dive into all this high school bullying silliness based on an unsubstantiated accusation from an anonymous source. WHY?

I think you are VERY interested in her private life, based on your statements and actions related to this thread. What you are doing perpetuates the cycle of psycho-Korean celeb/fan culture, whether you do it from Korea or the U.S. Good for you.

Why the hell did Kang let that female sniper, "2 seconds," walk away when he could have killed her. I don't buy that he was so shocked it was the girl by the creek that he froze. As a result of his choice, at least one main and one supporting character were killed. Also, he knew exactly who she was and how many SOK soldiers she had killed, and would kill in the future if he let her go. And then he let her go.

I have seen this movie twice and this still feels like a false note to me.

A great war movie that is thoroughly anti-war.
Gets a tad too preachy a few times, and that brought down my rating.
Acting performances are exceptional across the board.
There are several hard-to-swallow coincidences and character overlaps I don't buy.
Battle scenes are tremendous, and I appreciate the unflinching inclusion of plenty of body gore, as war is a meat grinder and not to be sugar-coated.
Lee Je Hoon turns in his usual outstanding performance and looks fine af with no clothes on.

8/10

I have a question regarding a pivotal plot point, which I will place behind a spoiler tag below. If anyone cares to check out the question and respond, I'd appreciate it.

It's easy to insult people like you who provide so much ammunition. Your attempt to draw an analogy here is beyond stupid.

Is my rudeness taking you to the breaking point?

Wow. You are blind as a bat.

"Don't hurt others" is an appropriate summation of everything I wrote above.