I'm giving up now. Horrible series. You can't trust MDL ratings anymore.
Yeah, the lead actor sucks in both acting craft and looks. The absurd conceit that every man in sight was dropping at his feet because of his hotness and charm is one of the main reasons the show is a FAIL.
I'm guessing one of the biggest, juiciest, untold stories behind the scenes of this series' production is that since no major-name actor in wildly homophobic Korea would come within a mile of this role, somehow this third-tier dude ended up getting cast.
That said, it's bizarre to me that there are Korean movies as much as 20 years old, featuring future big stars in gay roles, so it's obvious doing so did not hurt their careers. If you check the bio page of SITBC's lead though, you will see that he is going nowhere fast. He's not talented.
B*tch a*s bl fans who loves fluffy, cute and fairytale-ish bls complaining about a queer drama based on a queer…
Why are you pushing the offensive term "QUEER" so hard? It's the gay equivalent of N****R and I don't see or hear Black folks raving about "N****R" shows.
Hate to break it to the bl fans, but as a lesbian: Our life is SHIT. Shittier in some places than others. And…
8.4 isn't high enough for you? I'm a gay man. This series is boring garbage. Also, lots of gay people have lives that are more happy than sad. Stop thinking in black/white terms. Life is not either "sunshine and rainbows" OR thunderstorms and lightning. Life is BOTH. Furthermore, the MC in this series is the source of his own misery, over and over again. The character learns nothing and never grows. From one awful relationship to another. Terrible casting too. A plain-looking, annoying fellow such as this does NOT have men falling at his feet, one after the other. Absurd.
Your perspective on sex is sadly twisted.Is there some reason a couple can't grow emotionally, develop their characters,…
Hi. I already dropped Fahlanruk. I was amused by much of it, but 30 minutes in, I could tell it was not for me. I found the guy playing Sherbet to be entirely ridiculous from a casting perspective, and was not willing to invest 8 hours in watching the show.
It seems I've completely outgrown that sort of Thai BL, along with most other Thai BLs. There's just so much wrong and annoying about the acting/writing/direction in Fahlanruk. If you're interested, I left a brief comment on the show's MDL page explaining why I was dropping it and giving it a rating.
I gave this a try on the recommendation of a fellow MDLer. Thirty minutes in, I know it's not for me, but it was kind of fun to watch even that much of this show's old-school BL vibe, especially leads who are clearly what MDL Church Ladies like to call "toxic" and "red flags" and all the other terms they think are negatives, but which the rest of us know as "fun, fucked-up bad guys who make lame plots watchable."
That said, even excellently toxic lead characters won't be saving this one for me. Whoever cast that James dude as Sherbet, who is supposedly hot af, a total and very successful player, who all gay men and straight, and trans, women too! obsess over and are in love with, should be shot. Dude is not hot, he has a string-bean bod, and an annoying affect. It's excruciating to watch an actor who is not a devastatingly attractive, romantic lead, try to convince us with each expression and gesture that he is just that.
Tanklao as Fahlan seems to have that leading man vibe potentially, but I'll not be sticking around to find out.
Got a kick out of seeing the Thai BL Uni ratio of two trans women for every one cis woman among the student body. And that queeny gossip in the early lunchtime scene was a stitch. :) Those weird, chopped-bangs Thai haircuts! What is up with that? :)
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The absurd conceit that every man in sight was dropping at his feet because of his hotness and charm is one of the main reasons the show is a FAIL.
I'm guessing one of the biggest, juiciest, untold stories behind the scenes of this series' production is that since no major-name actor in wildly homophobic Korea would come within a mile of this role, somehow this third-tier dude ended up getting cast.
That said, it's bizarre to me that there are Korean movies as much as 20 years old, featuring future big stars in gay roles, so it's obvious doing so did not hurt their careers. If you check the bio page of SITBC's lead though, you will see that he is going nowhere fast. He's not talented.
For the awfulness of the show and the hours of my life I'll never get back.
That you consider the sad, messed up life of this show's MC as "the most realistic depiction" you've seen of gay life is what's really f**ked up.
I'm a gay man. This series is boring garbage.
Also, lots of gay people have lives that are more happy than sad. Stop thinking in black/white terms. Life is not either "sunshine and rainbows" OR thunderstorms and lightning. Life is BOTH.
Furthermore, the MC in this series is the source of his own misery, over and over again. The character learns nothing and never grows. From one awful relationship to another.
Terrible casting too. A plain-looking, annoying fellow such as this does NOT have men falling at his feet, one after the other.
Absurd.
I was amused by much of it, but 30 minutes in, I could tell it was not for me. I found the guy playing Sherbet to be entirely ridiculous from a casting perspective, and was not willing to invest 8 hours in watching the show.
It seems I've completely outgrown that sort of Thai BL, along with most other Thai BLs. There's just so much wrong and annoying about the acting/writing/direction in Fahlanruk. If you're interested, I left a brief comment on the show's MDL page explaining why I was dropping it and giving it a rating.
I gave this a try on the recommendation of a fellow MDLer. Thirty minutes in, I know it's not for me, but it was kind of fun to watch even that much of this show's old-school BL vibe, especially leads who are clearly what MDL Church Ladies like to call "toxic" and "red flags" and all the other terms they think are negatives, but which the rest of us know as "fun, fucked-up bad guys who make lame plots watchable."
That said, even excellently toxic lead characters won't be saving this one for me. Whoever cast that James dude as Sherbet, who is supposedly hot af, a total and very successful player, who all gay men and straight, and trans, women too! obsess over and are in love with, should be shot. Dude is not hot, he has a string-bean bod, and an annoying affect. It's excruciating to watch an actor who is not a devastatingly attractive, romantic lead, try to convince us with each expression and gesture that he is just that.
Tanklao as Fahlan seems to have that leading man vibe potentially, but I'll not be sticking around to find out.
Got a kick out of seeing the Thai BL Uni ratio of two trans women for every one cis woman among the student body. And that queeny gossip in the early lunchtime scene was a stitch. :) Those weird, chopped-bangs Thai haircuts! What is up with that? :)
Dropped. I'm out of here.
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