Episode 12: What a strange, sad, lonely little ceremony to wrap things up. I have so many questions about why the writers would have Mashiro come up with such a sweet, potentially moving idea, and then execute it in such an oddly downbeat way, that I won't try to list them all, but #1 is why, now that they have supportive friends and family, would he not include at least some of them at the "ceremony" itself, rather than as an afterthought to help them eat the cake. This felt like a C-bromance almost, trying to have a gay wedding but making sure it felt depressing and isolated so the couple wouldn't be perceived as happy, and no one in the audience would be inspired to go get gay-married.
And OMG, that mannequin kiss! WTAF? That is the stiffest, most static, and emotion-free mannequin kiss I have seen since the long-ago SOTUS freaked me out with the first mannequin kiss I ever saw, very early in my BL-watching days. In fact, I will now assert that this "wedding" kiss is the MOST mannequin-ish mannequin kiss in all of BL history. Feel free to nominate other atrocities/examples if you disagree, of course. This was a STATUE-kiss; they were more like stone than rigid plastic. Granite, in fact. Yuck.
That thing is a great example of how to make a kiss between two men feel homophobic.
Nutshell: By episode 3, I thought this might be headed for an 8.5/10 to 9/10 range rating. I ended up giving it a 5/10. From episode 4 onward, it steadily sank like a stone into the icy depths of BL mediocrity. All the life and quirks that made the MLs interesting drained out of them. Kanade, especially, went from intriguing, neurotic weirdo to boring, middle-aged, woman librarian. Mashiro stayed barely more interesting to the end, but only barely. There were a couple sparks of his earlier, charming eccentricities in this finale, but only a couple. It made me sad.
Agree with this but calling it disgusting is a bit much. Honestly, why even bother making a tv series based on…
Agreed, except that most of what comes out of Thailand, post-2020, is terrible. Even so-called "NC" scenes are lame. Only people who only watch BLs would think such scenes are truly risque. lol
These two dudes are as cute as they are smokin' hot, and from what I can tell with no subs they're also pretty funny and have great chemistry. When things get going...wow.
I never watch shows raw, but I watched this. You should too! :D
YOU keep poking your head in my comments, Mother. lol
OK, so it was three months ago. The fact I thought it was six months just shows how forgettable this lame thing was/is.
I remember lots of weird shit about snakes, many actors ten years too young for their roles, including a "doctor" who looked 15, lots of bad acting...oh, and one of the leads smoked cigs constantly to let us know he was really, you know, mature and badass and shit. I also remember it was almost so bad it was good, but not quite.
You remind me of another fandom Mother Hen who commented obsessively and policed the comments of others during the original airing of KinnPorsche. She had a gaggle of junior hens who swarmed anyone who trashed the show, kind of like you're doing here...Mother. Are you her, with a new screen name? :)
Oh, and one of the most entertaining aspects of this thread you're monitoring as a Kpop site, are your underlings who frantically comment that they "can't believe how 'low' the rating still is," and encourage people new to the show to up-rate it to boost it to the (I suppose) rating of 10/10 it so clearly deserves.
Oh, wait...that was YOU. :D I think it's against MDL rules to pose as one of your own junior Hens, Mother. Also, shouldn't you be encouraging veteran RL viewers to go back and change their ratings to 10/10?
I look forward to your "poking your head" into this comment, Mother. You know you want to.
So...you're the Mother Hen of this Kpop fandom page, eh? Have you come up with a name for your "army?"
I love that you went and checked my watchlists. Just what a fandom Mother Hen would do. I watched three episodes of this about six months ago. If you had bothered to look in my DROPPED watchlist, you would know that. I stumbled across a short excerpt video on YT and came back here to remind myself if I had already tried this one. I had.
Wow. This comment section reads like a nutjob Kpop fandom site. So, let me remind you, this is NOT a Kpop fandom site, though it IS nuts.
The comment section is for EVERYBODY'S opinions, negative as well as positive. To those of you trying to maintain this as your own, personal RL fan site on which you get to police comments...back off.
Nobody does crime thrillers better than Korea! I guess I was burned out on this type of film for a while; haven't watched one in at least six months. I'm glad this was my first one after my break.
I'm now a fan of Kang Ha Neul. I'll be checking his bio. Yoo Hai Jin is one in a million and always fun to watch, no matter what character he takes on. Definitely not a pretty boy, but his screen charisma and acting skills render that factor moot. Park Hae Joon has become another fave of mine.
Fun, exciting watch.
8.5/10
On edit: Turns out I HAVE seen Kang Ha Neul in six different movies, three of them in my top 30 list. I was already a fan and didn't know it. :)
Terrible. lol Surly, malnourished, chain-smoking teens, booze it up, stare at a river, steal motorcycles, repeat over and over for nearly two hours, the end.
"Hidden Gem" is a cliche on MDL, so how about "Buried Treasure" instead? That is exactly what this film is. I knew nothing about it. I don't even remember why I put it on my PTW list, or when, but I am thankful I did.
Iron Mask is a beautiful, gripping tale of tragedy, rage, resentment, and the ultimate power of forgiveness, both of oneself and others. I was pulled in immediately. The story is made all the more fascinating by what it taught me about Kendo, which serves as its framework and its potent metaphor.
I also knew nothing of its lead actor, Joo Jong Hyuk. I hope to see much more of him in the future. Great work.
Jae woo's a better man than me I would've crashed out 10x harder in there. Not showing that final hit was criminal.…
Great flick. To me, much more of a psychological/tragedy/sports drama than a thriller. Either way, fantastic surprise. I don't even remember why I put this on my PTW list, but I'm happy I did.
My gosh, why did I wait so long to watch this, and why have so few people paid it any attention? It is astonishing. I just finished. Too much to gush about right now to do it justice So great an amount of suppressed anger/frustration, powerfully played. The best part was seeing it released from so many characters in very individual ways. I spent the last 25 minutes or so in tears.
Devin Pan is remarkably beautiful. His features are fascinating to my artist's eye. Gifted actor, too. Huang Guan Zhi is another of my fave young actors, so it is great to see them both here.
The drummer/dancers are fab. The makeup spectacular.
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What a strange, sad, lonely little ceremony to wrap things up.
I have so many questions about why the writers would have Mashiro come up with such a sweet, potentially moving idea, and then execute it in such an oddly downbeat way, that I won't try to list them all, but #1 is why, now that they have supportive friends and family, would he not include at least some of them at the "ceremony" itself, rather than as an afterthought to help them eat the cake. This felt like a C-bromance almost, trying to have a gay wedding but making sure it felt depressing and isolated so the couple wouldn't be perceived as happy, and no one in the audience would be inspired to go get gay-married.
And OMG, that mannequin kiss! WTAF? That is the stiffest, most static, and emotion-free mannequin kiss I have seen since the long-ago SOTUS freaked me out with the first mannequin kiss I ever saw, very early in my BL-watching days. In fact, I will now assert that this "wedding" kiss is the MOST mannequin-ish mannequin kiss in all of BL history. Feel free to nominate other atrocities/examples if you disagree, of course. This was a STATUE-kiss; they were more like stone than rigid plastic. Granite, in fact. Yuck.
That thing is a great example of how to make a kiss between two men feel homophobic.
Nutshell: By episode 3, I thought this might be headed for an 8.5/10 to 9/10 range rating. I ended up giving it a 5/10. From episode 4 onward, it steadily sank like a stone into the icy depths of BL mediocrity. All the life and quirks that made the MLs interesting drained out of them. Kanade, especially, went from intriguing, neurotic weirdo to boring, middle-aged, woman librarian. Mashiro stayed barely more interesting to the end, but only barely. There were a couple sparks of his earlier, charming eccentricities in this finale, but only a couple. It made me sad.
Not recommended.
5/10
Keep clucking, Mother Hen. :)
I never watch shows raw, but I watched this. You should too! :D
9/10 for heat and cuteness.
omg...you can't make this shit up...
No, wait...you DID make this shit up. :D
lol
OK, so it was three months ago. The fact I thought it was six months just shows how forgettable this lame thing was/is.
I remember lots of weird shit about snakes, many actors ten years too young for their roles, including a "doctor" who looked 15, lots of bad acting...oh, and one of the leads smoked cigs constantly to let us know he was really, you know, mature and badass and shit. I also remember it was almost so bad it was good, but not quite.
You remind me of another fandom Mother Hen who commented obsessively and policed the comments of others during the original airing of KinnPorsche. She had a gaggle of junior hens who swarmed anyone who trashed the show, kind of like you're doing here...Mother. Are you her, with a new screen name? :)
Oh, and one of the most entertaining aspects of this thread you're monitoring as a Kpop site, are your underlings who frantically comment that they "can't believe how 'low' the rating still is," and encourage people new to the show to up-rate it to boost it to the (I suppose) rating of 10/10 it so clearly deserves.
Oh, wait...that was YOU. :D I think it's against MDL rules to pose as one of your own junior Hens, Mother. Also, shouldn't you be encouraging veteran RL viewers to go back and change their ratings to 10/10?
I look forward to your "poking your head" into this comment, Mother. You know you want to.
So...you're the Mother Hen of this Kpop fandom page, eh?
Have you come up with a name for your "army?"
I love that you went and checked my watchlists. Just what a fandom Mother Hen would do. I watched three episodes of this about six months ago. If you had bothered to look in my DROPPED watchlist, you would know that. I stumbled across a short excerpt video on YT and came back here to remind myself if I had already tried this one. I had.
Come on, Mother, step it up.
This comment section reads like a nutjob Kpop fandom site.
So, let me remind you, this is NOT a Kpop fandom site, though it IS nuts.
The comment section is for EVERYBODY'S opinions, negative as well as positive.
To those of you trying to maintain this as your own, personal RL fan site on which you get to police comments...back off.
Are you the director's mom?
I guess I was burned out on this type of film for a while; haven't watched one in at least six months. I'm glad this was my first one after my break.
I'm now a fan of Kang Ha Neul. I'll be checking his bio.
Yoo Hai Jin is one in a million and always fun to watch, no matter what character he takes on. Definitely not a pretty boy, but his screen charisma and acting skills render that factor moot.
Park Hae Joon has become another fave of mine.
Fun, exciting watch.
8.5/10
On edit: Turns out I HAVE seen Kang Ha Neul in six different movies, three of them in my top 30 list. I was already a fan and didn't know it. :)
Surly, malnourished, chain-smoking teens, booze it up, stare at a river, steal motorcycles, repeat over and over for nearly two hours, the end.
1/10
That is exactly what this film is. I knew nothing about it. I don't even remember why I put it on my PTW list, or when, but I am thankful I did.
Iron Mask is a beautiful, gripping tale of tragedy, rage, resentment, and the ultimate power of forgiveness, both of oneself and others. I was pulled in immediately. The story is made all the more fascinating by what it taught me about Kendo, which serves as its framework and its potent metaphor.
I also knew nothing of its lead actor, Joo Jong Hyuk. I hope to see much more of him in the future. Great work.
Please watch.
9.5/10
It is astonishing.
I just finished. Too much to gush about right now to do it justice
So great an amount of suppressed anger/frustration, powerfully played. The best part was seeing it released from so many characters in very individual ways. I spent the last 25 minutes or so in tears.
Devin Pan is remarkably beautiful. His features are fascinating to my artist's eye. Gifted actor, too.
Huang Guan Zhi is another of my fave young actors, so it is great to see them both here.
The drummer/dancers are fab. The makeup spectacular.
And that ending...YES!
9.5/10