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Since we haven't seen it, we don't know what this is about exactly. However, I am appalled that you think any relationship between a director and an actor has to be some type of abuse. In Hollywood (and I am sure Europe as well), it is pretty common for directors to get involved with the actors and vice versa. There has been many directors who have directed their spouse in a movie. We don't know if the relationship started BEFORE he was assigned to the movie, outside the movie, etc.

The #metoo movement is about abuse of power. If a director made a move on an actor, the actor told them no and the director used his or her power to remove the actor or made his or her life miserable on set, then that's another story. It is apple and oranges.

This was my thought too. Both series seem to be based on similar concept but this one is darker.

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We can disagree on that. I didnt like the overly dramatic scenes in My Extraordinary. Other than that, yes the directing was competent and even good sometimes.

I am not watching. The audio is atrocious and it looks like the quality of the directing in the dramatic scenes is worst than My Day. This is not going to be up to the standards of modern BLs (e.g. Gameboys, Gaya, most GMMTV BLs, etc.)... and also My Extraordinary's ending left me with little desire to watch anything from Asterisk (except for A kiss 2 Remember and that's only because the two male leads were amazing in their 2 minutes in My Extraordinary)

It is becoming more common for them to live over 10 years and younger and healthier patients can live longer than 20 years.

The thing is that if you have a heart transplant today and you make it to 25 years from now, you will be running into issues with your transplanted heart in the year 2046. Hopefully by that time there are other options for you.....

So Tian could live to grow an old man with his husband.... :)

It is Thai BL. Even He's Coming To Me had a "happy" ending.... Well, there was The Shipper but that's an exception LOL

Seriously thought, I was thinking along the same lines, that IRL Tian would not live long because his heart transplant would fail eventually. Well, it seems I am on the wrong.... Younger transplant patients who are relatively fit can survive more than 20 years. Considering he is in his 20s, and that 20 years from now we could have other advances, it sounds like he could live a pretty long life. Maybe he can get another transplant 20 years from now? IDK

What would definitely kill him is the way he likes to live his life. Why did he try to get into a fight with those tea buyers? What happens if he looses his meds? He is so far from the hospital now... I would think you want to be close to your doctor for at least the first couple of months until you go through the growing pains of a new heart....

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I will rewatch but if it was there, it was poorly translated or portrayed

OMG OMG OMG OMG.......

Deep breath! OMG OMG OMG....

I need to sit down.... :)

It is weird to me because I didnt know that. Maybe you read the book? Thanks for the spoiler.

What is weird is that White's character says "did you clear the road" right before Tian collapses. Watch it again!

This has exceeded my expectations. As someone pointed out, there are some minor issues but this is one of the few First Episodes in a BL that gets a 9.5/10 for me.

Whatever it is, I think it will be important later on. My guess is yes, it could be Tian's friend. Somehow I think it will be tied to Tian's collapse or his night of excess.

Is Joss a real southern or northern thai?

I see why ppl say they are similar. At the very least, the original Chinese version took a lot of concepts from Japanese shojou manga, of which Itazura na Kiss is a well known example.

But now that I have watched this version, I can say they are just similar. Some key aspects missing from this show thus far which I think are unique to InK are: the stolen kiss, living together (in the C-drama they are neighbors. Here they are too?), a dumb second lead, Naoki being good at everything.

But we do see some things clearly burrowed from Japanese shojou manga: the cold hearted tsundere, the daydreaming female lead, the male being super smart while the female is dumb, etc.

I wouldn't call the Hana Yori Dango story a very progressive story considering that in the story the female is constantly rescued by the male lead and considering that this follows the idea that a female can be the catalyst for change in a man (in other words the character that transform and changes and sees significant growth is the male character).

GMMTV should just do GL. Now that would be progressive ;)

You have some good points but I think it had be equally unfair to have someone else play it just because Bright is not fully "Thai" or is not "Thai Chinese".

I agree that the female character should have gone to someone from the provinces or an ethnic minority. I am not sure how realistic that is, considering the history of colorism in Thailand and the fact that the only time I have heard a Northern Dialect spoken (at least in Thai BL) is when they want to characterize someone as being dumb, uneducated, or incomprehensible. Baby steps?

Will this be available with English subtitles? Where can I watch it?

Based on the comments above, I will edit my comment to read "inspired" instead of "remake"