Damn, I was hoping we'd get two episodes each week.
This is somewhat stupid, but also cute/sweet/amusing. More importantly, it has heart, which forgives a lot of flaws.
I like that we've got four great-looking guys but each is handsome in a distinctively different way. And not a pretty, fem, idol-type among them. I would have had LuHui strip down and painted him skinny-dipping in the surf. Who cares about another lame painting of a rock formation? Oh look! BL boys frolicking in the surf. That's new. Why does he keep his wife in an old bean can? And would an entire set of human ashes fit in a container that small? I've got my mom in an urn and it's significantly bigger than that. :) Maybe he spread half of her somewhere else... LuHui is overplaying the child-like thing, but the way he looks at his teacher and seeks his attention is sweet. I truly feel I'm watching a teenager experiencing his first crush. That is the worst sand castle I have ever seen. I enjoy amusing/sexy/goofy sight-gags like teacher pulling the covers back to reveal a naked LuHui, the carefully placed hand of a statuette concealing his man-member from the camera's lustful gaze. lol Teacher seems to have liked what he saw.
Lots of self-righteous tools hide behind empty "rhetorical scenarios" that mean nothing.
Are you suggesting Yoo Ah In, who in the U.S. would receive mandatory drug treatment and court-ordered, supervised probation for this addiction, would "reoffend" (Your use of the punitive "reoffend" as opposed to the medical, treatment-centered word "relapse" is noted.) before aKorean addict who was stupid enough to place themself within reach of Korea's backward drug laws? You are wrong and ignorant.
Supervised, court-ordered drug treatment WORKS. Statistics bear me out. Do some research Church Lady.
You seem to be a strong proponent of justice. Except for Yoo Ah-in. And people falsely accused of something -…
You're a coward.
You pontificated that "ALL crime disgusts" you, that "ALL crime is shameful," that "ALL crime hurts people," as if laws aren't subjectively written and imposed by governments made up of human beings; as if laws don't change all the time; as if many laws on the books all over the world aren't disgusting and shameful and hurtful to people. You drew no geographical or political boundaries clarifying where your disgust and shame end or begin.
Now you're skittering back away from your arrogant, brain-dead statements.
The laws that have Yoo Ah In in prison for at least one year, and is now pushing for FOUR, for the crime of being an addict, for engaging in acts that hurt no one but himself, that were facilitated by licensed doctors and hospitals, and for which he should receive treatment and supervised probation, not prison time, are what's disgusting and shameful.
As far as "hubris" goes, your self-righteous posing stinks of it. Most commenters here and I are on the side of mercy and justice; you're on the side of false morality and cruelty. You suck.
On edit: I live in the U.S. This country has on the book thousands of immoral, unjust, racist, unconstitutional laws. With our new dictator Trump now taking over, we're about to have thousands more. Because I have a conscience, a brain, and common sense, I support NONE of those laws and break as many as I can get away with.
You seem to be a strong proponent of justice. Except for Yoo Ah-in. And people falsely accused of something -…
Your stupidity and arrogance disgusts me. It's a crime in Muslim countries to be gay and many of them put men to death for it. Is being gay "shameful?" Does it "hurt people?" "Crime" is whatever idiots in power at a given time say it is and what is a "crime" changes all the time. I guess you're in favor of all of it, eh? Yoo hurt no one but himself, but your self-righteous ignorance allows you to pretend otherwise, apparently.
Anyway, I'm giving less time these days to arguing with Puritanical, suicide-enablers. Your kind is on its way out.
I was going to rate this 7/10 but bumped it up a half-point for the wonderful, natural, realistic kisses throughout 9-12. Quite a few lame elements here and there, but the cast is appealing and mostly actual young MEN, not boys, which is a nice change.
Last two episodes contained some eye-rollers and I don't buy the sister/ex-BF combo at all but whatever.
Often, when I encounter what feel like extremely unlikely character behaviors from gay men in a BL I think "female writer?" I see I was correct once again. The male director should have known better and fixed those problems.
7.5/10 Recommended only if you're kind of desperate for some BL content and in a forgiving state of mind.
You sound immature. Do you hate Korea? It's a bit arbitrary. And why do you bluntly call him "Yoo", if you respect…
rando netizens online do not accurately represent the attitudes of young Koreans. That is another thing that is so maddening about Korean media constantly quoting netizens as if they are a representative sample. They are a tiny group but very LOUD.
As I said above, younger Koreans are far more socially liberal than their parents and grandparents. One example is the recent "scandal" involving a popular, veteran Korean actor who knocked up a much younger model. She had the kid but they are not marrying and will co-parent. Koreans 60 and older think he should be crucified. Millenials/GenZ don't give a shit.
You sound immature. Do you hate Korea? It's a bit arbitrary. And why do you bluntly call him "Yoo", if you respect…
Most of the movies I love are out of Korea and I have a fondness for the country in general. Sadly however, I have to agree with you for the most part. Korea is appallingly backward in many of its cultural/societal attitudes. That IS going to change though, and pretty quickly as the old generations die off. Those under 50 and especially under 30, are MUCH more Liberal and tolerant than the oldsters who grew up under military dictatorships. What they either don't understand or don't want to admit is that these Puritanical attitudes were first forced on the Korean people by the first and long-lasting military dictatorships. They were nearly as brutal as the commies to the north.
Now, perhaps you jest, but I want to add that Korea has been a stable democracy since the late 1980s. It is only recently that the president declared martial law, and it lasted for all of six hours before parliament members broke into their own building to override the martial law declaration. And many of the soldiers assigned to guard the building stepped aside to allow them in and did nothing to stop them. Many of the guns were unloaded. The military took the side of democracy.
The dude who declared martial law was arrested and jailed a week or so ago, along with several officials who played along with his attempt to seize power.
Korea is much more than a "proxy power" for the U.S. and it is highly economically successful. I won't argue though. The U.S. did a lot wrong over the decades since the Korean War, such as standing by and allowing the military dictatorships to exist and using 300,000 Korean troops in the Vietnam War, but the U.S. is also the only reason South Korea exists at all and is not under the thumb of fatso Kim Jung Il along with the North.
Exactly, if he hasn't harmed anyone then what do I care what he gets up to in his personal time?
While I agree with you one hundred percent, the Propofol is NOT something to mess around with. It is what killed Michael Jackson. But it was prescribed for Yoo by a doctor and administered in a hospital setting, so of course the doctor and hospital were let off with a slap on the wrist but they're crucifying Yoo.
Yoo suffers devastating insomnia, as did MJ. I have had bouts of insomnia and I absolutely understand how complete inability to sleep, which of itself can make you crazy, would drive a person with $$$ resources to go to absurd lengths to try to get some zzzzzzs. But Propofol only keeps you under for 20 minutes to half an hour so its use for insomnia is not only dangerous, it is ineffective.
They better decide to put him in a rehabilitation center for withdrawal therapy rather than in a prison that would…
He is already IN prison awaiting re-sentencing on appeal. I don't know the circumstances of his surroundings but I certainly hope they include treatment.
Thank god, he's way too good to be thrown out of the industry, but at least if he is, they should release his…
He should move to the U.S. and Hollywood. We don't destroy people with drug addiction; we treat them. Yoo is well known here from all his Netflix work and would be in high demand. F**k Puritanical Korea.
So he is getting prosecuted for smoking weed in the USa where it is not illegal.....what?But ok, lets keep the…
Yes, Korea is one of two or three countries in the world who believes it has the right to control your behavior even when you're in another country and subject to its laws. Like most MDL articles, the one above does not make clear that Yoo was not ultimately tried or convicted on the absurd marijuana charges. Korean media likes to mention things that imply other things without giving the reader the full story.
I'm curious as to what actors Korea has "kept" who are convicted pedophiles or perpetrators of sexual abuse. Could you fill me in?
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This is somewhat stupid, but also cute/sweet/amusing. More importantly, it has heart, which forgives a lot of flaws.
I like that we've got four great-looking guys but each is handsome in a distinctively different way. And not a pretty, fem, idol-type among them.
I would have had LuHui strip down and painted him skinny-dipping in the surf. Who cares about another lame painting of a rock formation?
Oh look! BL boys frolicking in the surf. That's new.
Why does he keep his wife in an old bean can? And would an entire set of human ashes fit in a container that small? I've got my mom in an urn and it's significantly bigger than that. :) Maybe he spread half of her somewhere else...
LuHui is overplaying the child-like thing, but the way he looks at his teacher and seeks his attention is sweet. I truly feel I'm watching a teenager experiencing his first crush.
That is the worst sand castle I have ever seen.
I enjoy amusing/sexy/goofy sight-gags like teacher pulling the covers back to reveal a naked LuHui, the carefully placed hand of a statuette concealing his man-member from the camera's lustful gaze. lol Teacher seems to have liked what he saw.
Are you suggesting Yoo Ah In, who in the U.S. would receive mandatory drug treatment and court-ordered, supervised probation for this addiction, would "reoffend" (Your use of the punitive "reoffend" as opposed to the medical, treatment-centered word "relapse" is noted.) before aKorean addict who was stupid enough to place themself within reach of Korea's backward drug laws? You are wrong and ignorant.
Supervised, court-ordered drug treatment WORKS. Statistics bear me out. Do some research Church Lady.
You pontificated that "ALL crime disgusts" you, that "ALL crime is
shameful," that "ALL crime hurts people," as if laws aren't subjectively written and imposed by governments made up of human beings; as if laws don't change all the time; as if many laws on the books all over the world aren't disgusting and shameful and hurtful to people. You drew no geographical or political boundaries clarifying where your disgust and shame end or begin.
Now you're skittering back away from your arrogant, brain-dead statements.
The laws that have Yoo Ah In in prison for at least one year, and is now pushing for FOUR, for the crime of being an addict, for engaging in acts that hurt no one but himself, that were facilitated by licensed doctors and hospitals, and for which he should receive treatment and supervised probation, not prison time, are what's disgusting and shameful.
As far as "hubris" goes, your self-righteous posing stinks of it. Most commenters here and I are on the side of mercy and justice; you're on the side of false morality and cruelty. You suck.
On edit: I live in the U.S. This country has on the book thousands of immoral, unjust, racist, unconstitutional laws. With our new dictator Trump now taking over, we're about to have thousands more. Because I have a conscience, a brain, and common sense, I support NONE of those laws and break as many as I can get away with.
It's a crime in Muslim countries to be gay and many of them put men to death for it. Is being gay "shameful?" Does it "hurt people?" "Crime" is whatever idiots in power at a given time say it is and what is a "crime" changes all the time. I guess you're in favor of all of it, eh?
Yoo hurt no one but himself, but your self-righteous ignorance allows you to pretend otherwise, apparently.
Anyway, I'm giving less time these days to arguing with Puritanical, suicide-enablers. Your kind is on its way out.
7/10
Beautiful effort by all involved. Well done.
8.5/10
Last two episodes contained some eye-rollers and I don't buy the sister/ex-BF combo at all but
whatever.
Often, when I encounter what feel like extremely unlikely character behaviors from gay men in a BL I think "female writer?" I see I was correct once again. The male director should have known better and fixed those problems.
7.5/10 Recommended only if you're kind of desperate for some BL content and in a forgiving state of mind.
As I said above, younger Koreans are far more socially liberal than their parents and grandparents. One example is the recent "scandal" involving a popular, veteran Korean actor who knocked up a much younger model. She had the kid but they are not marrying and will co-parent. Koreans 60 and older think he should be crucified. Millenials/GenZ don't give a shit.
Do some research.
Now, perhaps you jest, but I want to add that Korea has been a stable democracy since the late 1980s. It is only recently that the president declared martial law, and it lasted for all of six hours before parliament members broke into their own building to override the martial law declaration. And many of the soldiers assigned to guard the building stepped aside to allow them in and did nothing to stop them. Many of the guns were unloaded. The military took the side of democracy.
The dude who declared martial law was arrested and jailed a week or so ago, along with several officials who played along with his attempt to seize power.
Korea is much more than a "proxy power" for the U.S. and it is highly economically successful. I won't argue though. The U.S. did a lot wrong over the decades since the Korean War, such as standing by and allowing the military dictatorships to exist and using 300,000 Korean troops in the Vietnam War, but the U.S. is also the only reason South Korea exists at all and is not under the thumb of fatso Kim Jung Il along with the North.
Yoo suffers devastating insomnia, as did MJ. I have had bouts of insomnia and I absolutely understand how complete inability to sleep, which of itself can make you crazy, would drive a person with $$$ resources to go to absurd lengths to try to get some zzzzzzs. But Propofol only keeps you under for 20 minutes to half an hour so its use for insomnia is not only dangerous, it is ineffective.
I'm curious as to what actors Korea has "kept" who are convicted pedophiles or perpetrators of sexual abuse. Could you fill me in?