When it comes to "whining losers," no one holds a candle to woke Americans, with whom you've had more…
oooh...you used the word "woke," and attempted to slam me as an American, while using "New York City Foodie" as your screen name and not including in your profile where you live. Seems like a whining loser sort of thing to do.
Your searingly concise insults have cut me to the bone. I am utterly devastated by them. lol
I'll assume you're American, or live in America, or are just another MDLer obsessed with America, nonetheless eager to display the typical, MDL anti-American schtick I see a lot of here. Cuts no ice with me, sister. Since, among the insults, you include nothing negating anything I wrote, I will also assume you concur that fake "controversies" over idiotic things like the subject of the article above are a laughable element of Asian drama fandom and media.
There are LOTS of seriously messed-up, stupid elements of American culture, Donald Trump being the most messed-up element of all, but, unless I missed it, this article isn't about that dumbass or "wokeness" (a lame af, imagined insult used by right-wing American nutjobs and Trumpers, so I'll assume you're among them); it's about ginning up another dumb controversy over nothing as a pretext for promoting a drama.
I am perfectly calm, thanks. Don't care if you think I sound rude. I'm not "respectful" to people who write ignorant/cliched comments. Your fixation, and that of seemingly most fujoshis, on the bottom/top silliness, is rude to gay men everywhere,
You: "So there is another possibility him building top persona. For now he looks like a bottom." You sound like a typical butt sex-obsessed fujoshi, even as you try to sound like a psychiatrist pontificating on a group study experiment. hahaha
Now, in this comment, you say you are open to whatever their "dynamic" is, rather than using the words "top/bottom" as you did above. I guess I missed where you wrote that maybe no one is topping anyone here.
Next, comes the part where you say "why so upset?," "go touch grass," or "it's not that serious, bro," correct? I'm not upset, I touch grass daily, and this fujoshi top/bottom mindset is a seriously, hilariously, stupid element of BL World.
My favorite is the "trampling on the flag" bit. hahaha If the carpet in the still above is the one the article mentions, there are a lot more than five stars. God, what dimwits. Fake "controversies" over shit like this are one of the most bizarre things I encountered when I got hooked on Asian cinema/dramas six years ago. I'm still not used to it.
These themes have been presented with greater skill and effectiveness many times before and will be again in the future. This flick is cliche'd, riddled with plot holes, full of unsympathetic characters, and worst of all, it's boring/overlong.
There is one appealing, believable character, the Blasian kid. However, his character is marred by the fact that we're asked to believe a guy like him would find Yuta attractive and charismatic. Same goes for Kou. But then, I never found Yuta types interesting or attractive, even in high school. He's a bully/loser who plays the rebel from a protected (or so he thought) position of privilege. If I'm to believe he WANTED to get himself removed from that protected perch and was acting passive-aggressively to make it happen, I didn't see that on the screen.
I saw/felt no reason why this group of supposed friends was drawn to each other. Also, not believable that the little gay guy and the Lesbian were actually romantically attached. Spare me. lol Perhaps the writers' most annoying flub was to assume the audience weren't owed an explanation as to how the yellow sports car was placed in that impossible position. "It's a metaphor, so we don't need to explain!" doesn't cut it.
Overall, the movie took potentially gripping subject matter and made it dull. Oh, and that intellectual/rebel chick. ugh. Please.
3/10
P.S. Nobody listens to that soulless techno music when they're sober. Its purpose is to rave to while you're on booze and drugs. I laughed every time they teed it up and acted like it was totally hot. Plus, it was BAD techno.
the chemistry is there u can feel it between the leads the storyline is unique not repetitive, quality is eh yeah…
This comment is full of falsehoods and ignorance.
Kbls rely far more on the international audience than on their tiny Korean one. Korea, with a population of 50M, most of whom are homophobes, is NOT the primary BL target audience. If it were, the genre would already have died out in that country. It was the GLOBAL audience that made Semantic Error a humongous hit internationally, which then led to its comparative rise in the local market. Jaechan, of the obscure kpop group DKZ, would still be unknown without the international audience that went crazy for SE.
Korean BL makers' continued timidity in portraying physical affection onscreen is likewise misplaced. The international audience wants to see more of that realism, not less. You think all the realistic kisses in Semantic Error went over well with the Korean audience? No, it was the international one, which also drives the success of kpop, that went wild for it. The teeny Korean BL audience follows on the heels of the huge global one, not vice-versa.
I could provide links to support all of this, but just like me, you have google.
But yeah, sure, Korea's local BL audience is small because Christians, Jews, Muslims. lol Got it.
Well, people have sex and there´s nothing scary about it.
Take your little google lecture somewhere someone cares. By your rules, no couple who ever had drinks together could have sex afterward because one might be drunker than the other, or they both might be wasted, in which case neither can "consent," which means they would have raped each other. I wonder if they'd be allowed to share a prison cell, at least.
Relaaaaaax. You need a few stiff drinks and a good blackout lay.
Well, people have sex and there´s nothing scary about it.
I didn't ask YOU if you stopped watching. You'd know that if you weren't frantically typing a mile a minute in a snit that a drunk person wanted sex.
But I have another question: What if both sex partners are drunk? Does that mean both are rapists and they need to go to the police station together and report each other?
Kbl industry now only makes shows for 16-year-old, fluff-loving little girls. ugh. vomit puke. The soft-focus cinematography and "swoosh" sound effects gave me a headache by 20 minutes into episode one. I stuck it out long enough to say I gave it a chance.
Juvenile, horrible, and predictable in all the worst ways.
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Your searingly concise insults have cut me to the bone. I am utterly devastated by them. lol
I'll assume you're American, or live in America, or are just another MDLer obsessed with America, nonetheless eager to display the typical, MDL anti-American schtick I see a lot of here. Cuts no ice with me, sister. Since, among the insults, you include nothing negating anything I wrote, I will also assume you concur that fake "controversies" over idiotic things like the subject of the article above are a laughable element of Asian drama fandom and media.
There are LOTS of seriously messed-up, stupid elements of American culture, Donald Trump being the most messed-up element of all, but, unless I missed it, this article isn't about that dumbass or "wokeness" (a lame af, imagined insult used by right-wing American nutjobs and Trumpers, so I'll assume you're among them); it's about ginning up another dumb controversy over nothing as a pretext for promoting a drama.
You: "So there is another possibility him building top persona. For now he looks like a bottom." You sound like a typical butt sex-obsessed fujoshi, even as you try to sound like a psychiatrist pontificating on a group study experiment. hahaha
Now, in this comment, you say you are open to whatever their "dynamic" is, rather than using the words "top/bottom" as you did above. I guess I missed where you wrote that maybe no one is topping anyone here.
Next, comes the part where you say "why so upset?," "go touch grass," or "it's not that serious, bro," correct? I'm not upset, I touch grass daily, and this fujoshi top/bottom mindset is a seriously, hilariously, stupid element of BL World.
My favorite is the "trampling on the flag" bit. hahaha If the carpet in the still above is the one the article mentions, there are a lot more than five stars. God, what dimwits. Fake "controversies" over shit like this are one of the most bizarre things I encountered when I got hooked on Asian cinema/dramas six years ago. I'm still not used to it.
9.5/10
With a few notable exceptions (Hello, Fighting Mr. 2nd! lol), it's remarkable how aligned our ratings are.
There is one appealing, believable character, the Blasian kid. However, his character is marred by the fact that we're asked to believe a guy like him would find Yuta attractive and charismatic. Same goes for Kou. But then, I never found Yuta types interesting or attractive, even in high school. He's a bully/loser who plays the rebel from a protected (or so he thought) position of privilege. If I'm to believe he WANTED to get himself removed from that protected perch and was acting passive-aggressively to make it happen, I didn't see that on the screen.
I saw/felt no reason why this group of supposed friends was drawn to each other. Also, not believable that the little gay guy and the Lesbian were actually romantically attached. Spare me. lol Perhaps the writers' most annoying flub was to assume the audience weren't owed an explanation as to how the yellow sports car was placed in that impossible position. "It's a metaphor, so we don't need to explain!" doesn't cut it.
Overall, the movie took potentially gripping subject matter and made it dull. Oh, and that intellectual/rebel chick. ugh. Please.
3/10
P.S. Nobody listens to that soulless techno music when they're sober. Its purpose is to rave to while you're on booze and drugs. I laughed every time they teed it up and acted like it was totally hot. Plus, it was BAD techno.
Glad you're enjoying it, though.
Kbls rely far more on the international audience than on their tiny Korean one. Korea, with a population of 50M, most of whom are homophobes, is NOT the primary BL target audience. If it were, the genre would already have died out in that country. It was the GLOBAL audience that made Semantic Error a humongous hit internationally, which then led to its comparative rise in the local market. Jaechan, of the obscure kpop group DKZ, would still be unknown without the international audience that went crazy for SE.
Korean BL makers' continued timidity in portraying physical affection onscreen is likewise misplaced. The international audience wants to see more of that realism, not less. You think all the realistic kisses in Semantic Error went over well with the Korean audience? No, it was the international one, which also drives the success of kpop, that went wild for it. The teeny Korean BL audience follows on the heels of the huge global one, not vice-versa.
I could provide links to support all of this, but just like me, you have google.
But yeah, sure, Korea's local BL audience is small because Christians, Jews, Muslims. lol Got it.
Relaaaaaax. You need a few stiff drinks and a good blackout lay.
But I have another question: What if both sex partners are drunk? Does that mean both are rapists and they need to go to the police station together and report each other?
You mean 2/3 of the population of the planet?
You live in a bubble of arrogance.
Kbl industry now only makes shows for 16-year-old, fluff-loving little girls. ugh. vomit puke. The soft-focus cinematography and "swoosh" sound effects gave me a headache by 20 minutes into episode one. I stuck it out long enough to say I gave it a chance.
Juvenile, horrible, and predictable in all the worst ways.
Dropped.
1/10