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I'll repeat what I wrote to another commenter below:

"MDL is leery of endangering whatever Chinese $$$ flow into its coffers in return for promoting Chinese films and series. This place doesn't operate for free, yet we, the members, aren't paying anything. What we DO pay with, instead of $$$, is the lack of trustworthy information in general, and coverage of films/series out of places like Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, India, and Indonesia, in particular.

Those listed countries have produced loads of worthy content, but you won't hear a peep about it on MDL because those countries don't fork over the $$$."

MDL is leery of endangering whatever Chinese $$$ flow into its coffers in return for promoting Chinese films and series. This place doesn't operate for free, yet we, the members, aren't paying anything. What we DO pay with, instead of $$$, is the lack of trustworthy information in general, and coverage of films/series out of places like Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, India, and Indonesia, in particular.

Those listed countries have produced loads of worthy content, but you won't hear a peep about it on MDL because those countries don't fork over the $$$.

Ah, China, and its good old "Public Security Authorities," always ready and eager to enforce the STFU OR ELSE law for the good of society.

Here in the US, the Chinese Public Security Authorities are Trump's role model for the new American Public STFU Authorities. Free speech is no more.

It's China, where "STFU" is enforced by law thru "Public Security Authorities."

Glad to have helped you to a better understanding of commenter-to-commenter interactions. You're welcome.

I'm not responsible for, nor limited by, anything other people post.
I'm perfectly "chill" though. Thanks.

Do you have a rape fetish?

This lovely little film moved me a long way along the road to a better understanding of and a lot more empathy toward trans people. I have seen it twice now. It will take a third and fourth watch to put all the pieces together, I think.

Especially in light of its limited budget, its accomplishments are remarkable. I'd love to see this remade with a big-ass budget to do the story justice. The dancers at the club were fantastic. My big budget fantasy production of this flick would expand their production numbers into the real kick-ass thing.

Bravo!
9/10

Did someone tell you you couldn't "critique" me?

Who is "we?" You and other faux blind people?

How any performer looks is one hundred percent the business of the audience. What do you surmise is the purpose of makeup, hairstyles, wardrobe, and fifty other things whose sole purpose is to influence our visual perception of a character's appearance and thus, the impression they make on us.

That you don't want to acknowledge that Holland is painfully thin, pale, with large lips, etc. is fine. Do that. Meanwhile, keep your nose out of other audience members' business and how they perceive a character based on appearance.

"dragging it" lol The OP made one, brief comment. Hardly "dragging."

Boy Pakorn is one of the best actors I've seen in anything out of Thailand.

He seems incredibly familiar to me, but I don't watch Thai dramas other than pre-2020 BL, and I haven't seen any of his movies. Thus, I spend half the time he's on screen in a frustrated state. lol Wish I could place where I've seen him before. He has great charisma and screen presence, and I don't see him "acting," but "being," as so few actors are able to successfully do.

He's the reason I'll keep watching this.
That Thai speech thing where they go "hoo!" to express mockery or feigned surprise always cracks me up.

oops. Too late.

This is hilarious, or at least as much of it as I found was hilarious.

I was able to find only parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10 on dailymotion. If anyone else knows where the entire flick or the parts I couldn't find are, please let me know.

For now, 8.5/10

I guess you missed this part: "Professional soldiers, NOT COUNTING THE PSYCHOS, of which there are plenty, understand that they are fighting other humans..."

There have always been psychos among professional soldiers. Far too many of them, unfortunately. Unsurprising that you identify with them.

"I mean, fuck, Trump is a billionaire so I dunno, comparing people to him isn't such an insult as you may think it is; as off mark as you are here." Yeah, cause personal wealth is definitely the ultimate measure of a human being, right? Also unsurprising.


"I actually worked on a frontline..." lol And I worked as an interplanetary bio-physicist specializing in xenomorphs for Weyland Yutani in the Alpha Centauri System. Prove me wrong.

Oh look! There's the usual "you're too emotional" deflection. lol So original. Yeah, I'm sobbing here, totally out of control. Your implication that most Americans are of the "too emotional" persuasion is laughable. We have more than our share of sadists and psychopaths here. Like you, they don't care about anything bad happening to others until it happens to THEM.

Then, we have the old "empathy is weakness" assertion. So original too. Charlie Kirk agreed, which is why I don't feel sorry for him or his wife. Wouldn't want to be weak, ya know. Newsflash: Empathy is what separates humans from animals. Soldiers aren't trained to "forget that they are fighting humans." They don't have to "imagine they are fighting monsters" to do their jobs. lol You watch too many action flicks. Seeing one's adversaries as mindless monsters, unable to rationally think, plan, and execute tactics is a great way to lose a battle/war.

Professional soldiers, not counting the psychos of which there are plenty, understand that they are fighting other humans, who for whatever reasons, are trying to kill them or do something else detrimental to the country which they defend. This may also come as a newsflash to you: Empathy does not require one to turn off one's brain, nor does it prevent one from doing what must be done, no matter how repugnant, to achieve a worthy objective. The universe isn't black/white, monsters/bleeding hearts, Trumper.

"Of course, I assure you that I am far more knowledgeable about politics and geopolitics then you are." hahaha No, no supercilious, solipsistic BS being spewed here, none at all! I assure you that you are not so, oh arrogant one.

The rest of your psychopathic/sociopathic blatherings are additional evidence of your similarities to Donald Trump, and unworthy of response.

My understanding is that US youngs see butt sex as a birth control method. No worrying about pregnancy if the sperm goes you know where. To be honest, that kind of saddens me, as it shows the lengths to which some straight girls will go to accommodate boys' sexual demands. It sounds like you and I may be about the same age and, yes, the idea of boy/girl butt sex back in the day would not be something that even occurred to us. Oral sex is also a lot more common among young straight people for similar reasons.

I have two now-grown daughters who have shared some stories from their high school and college dating days. The pressure on everyone to have sex now is tremendous; largely due to the Internet and social media. Sad.

"I mean, I don't care if some people in america live or die."

I'm American, in case you haven't picked up on that already. And yet, somehow, I care about people living and/or dying, how and at the hands of whom, all over the world, not just within the borders of the US. I care about a great many people and things outside the US. I follow news and events from around the globe, including Eurasia. Your delusion that what happens in the US doesn't profoundly affect Eurasia, would be shocking if I weren't already sadly aware of how many stupid, uninformed people there are in the US and everywhere else.

This caring of which I speak is an offshoot of qualities known as empathy and knowledge. Your lack of both is another trait you seem to share with Donald Trump.

I wonder if what prevented Chairman Mao from conquering the United States had anything to do with the existence of the US military, the largest and most powerful on Earth. Nah, couldn't be. I'm sure it was our national obsession with private ownership of weapons of war that kept the Commies at bay, not the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines.

And now, I'll leave you to wallow in the arrogant, ignorant solipsism you share with Donald Trump. Enjoy.

I care, that's who. Those "some" suicides are the #1 mode of death by gun in the US.

I didn't know you thought there were strict limits to this discussion. If you want to set boundaries for a chat, you should say what they are upfront so the other person can opt out, which is what I'll be doing after this comment.

If you think a bunch of amateur gun-owners running around with their assault rifles would be enough to stand up to the US military if it were turned on the people, you don't know what you think you're talking about, no matter what limits you set on the topic.

Suddenly, you sound like a supercilious, frustrated gun nut. Sorry I missed that, or I would have dropped this convo sooner.

Your phrases, "Who cares?" and "...none of my concern," are revealing. Our dictator Donald Trump is often described as a "solipsist." If you're unfamiliar with the term, Google it. You sound like you're in the same category.

Suicides by gun, mass shootings, and day-to-day crime violence are far greater worries than the occasional political "assassinations," though we do like those too. BTW, how and by who Charlie Kirk was killed is far from a settled issue, though our increasingly far-right authoritarian government would like us to think it is.