Given Yuki's lack of presence, nervousness, and bland affect in that audition, there is no way in hell he would have been cast as a walk-by extra in a high school play, let alone a co-lead in a major BL drama production. Give me a break.
Meanwhile, the big star of the BL looks to be at death's door by starvation, with the limp, oily, blah-blond hair that many Japanese seem to think is attractive.
Teetering on the edge of a drop, but willing to give it at least one more episode as I pray for some Japanese weirdness to liven things up.
First of all, FF is a talented actor, with charisma, screen presence, and beauty.
Second of all, this film is absolutely terrible. I watched to the end just so I could continue to enjoy looking at Fandy, but I broke down and began skipping ahead toward the end, even so. If there is a coherent, overarching, connected storyline of some interest here, I don't know what it is. If the same actors hadn't kept showing up again and again, I doubt I'd have known most of the scenes were connected. A rando sense of disconnectedness is my main take. Perhaps that was intentional in some artsy-fartsy way, but if so I still don't care.
FF is tragically underrated and underused. I hate to see what should be his most productive years passing by with nothing much coming of them. He should learn Korean and head over there where they're making great films and he'd fit right in.
His best work remains the 2018 BL, History 2: Crossing the Line.
If all you want is to look at FF, watch this. If not, skip it.
My goodness. I sniffled through all three final episodes.
Top-notch BL drama-making; the kind of show that proves the genre does NOT require one to settle for fourth or fifth-rate standards of production in any category.
Superb: Acting Direction Lighting/cinematography Sets/set dressing Music Did I mention ACTING? I was deeply moved or made to laugh over and over by the UNDER-acting of the ensemble. No overly dramatic histrionics or shouting to make up for lack of talent; everything so understated and lovely.
The BLs that have moved me most deeply have one thing above all else in common: Moments in which the primary characters are together, perhaps saying nothing or very little, and yet I well up in tears simply because I am filled to overflowing with FEELS which have been created by all the hundreds of perfect moments depicted prior to that point in the show. That happened a good 20 times during this series.
Such is this series' perfection that I forgive the Tiger/Lamb/Top/Bottom silliness near the end. Partly because it seems clear to me that this couple does not hold to such lame categorizations. Let the topping AND the bottoming be as fluid as their love.
My love for this series derives in part from its courage in confronting the main issue concerning the MC and knocking it aside. Well-done.
Unknown goes straight to #2 on my Top 30 Best BLs list, just below "Blueming," and perhaps one day it will move up that one space.
I actually find myself quite aghast that you continue to push this whole prostitution narrative, when it is obviously…
One of the biggest tells about your verbose, neurotic, and seemingly uncontrollable need to embellish your writing, is the frequent inclusion of unnecessary details such as the Lain root of the word "prostitution, prositutio. lol
Your inclusion of that detail does nothing to deepen the reader's understanding of what prostitution IS. It's there to impress us with your vast store of factoids, while telling us nothing more about prostitution than we already know. In fact, I'd argue your inclusion of such bombastic silliness is intended to obscure, rather than highlight, what constitutes prostitution.
In Nutcase City, where your expansive manse stands in the neighborhood of Bloviation, contact-free flirtation, unprotected anal sex, and all acts between, are the same. Having a conversation in exchange for beverages, something tens of millions of people do every single night around the world, is the same activity as giving an under-the-table blowjob in return for money.
I actually find myself quite aghast that you continue to push this whole prostitution narrative, when it is obviously…
hahaha...her "insights" are completely psycho, and delivered in such a supercilious, arrogant tone as to be insufferable. You are amazingly patient with this nutjob.
I actually unblocked her so I could read her unhinged rants as a form of entertainment.
this is a very uncalled-for and rude thing to say. in the same comment you called her a bad actress and you’re…
Definition of "Good" actress: The opposite of whatever IUD is.
I hate when K-Poppers who can sing but not act get cast over actually talented people to draw in the psycho-stanners. And she does have a nice singing voice.
this is a very uncalled-for and rude thing to say. in the same comment you called her a bad actress and you’re…
First of all...lol to your comment.
However, in my judgment, her acting in MM episodes 1 through 14 is the OPPOSITE of your description of what she did in Scarlet Heart. Perhaps if the director HAD put a carrot up her arse, it would have helped. She looked as if she were on heavy doses of Methadone, AND bored.
That is, until episode 15, when she seemed to emerge from her coma. The scenes in which she gave her speech about LSK to the board of executives, and again when she went with LSK to identify Grandma's corpse, moved me to tears.
I get she was trying to portray someone who has completely emotionally shut down. However, even depressed/shut down people THINK. I never saw her gears turning as she responded to events or planned something or reacted in a split second before remembering to shut down. She was a BLANK until episode 14.
So the first thing a rookie actor needs to star in a BL drama... is to go look for someone to rape them?!! WTF…
No idea what you're babbling about. There is no "rape" going on here. If a dude goes out looking for another dude to f**k them, it's the furthest thing from rape you can get. "Will you please f**k me" is quite a different attitude than "God, no, stop, what are you doing? Get OFF me!" which is something someone might say while being raped.
And whether it's a guy or a girl, what's it to you? Are you the sex police? Who said anything about "love?" Is it your position that sex can or should be experienced only when accompanied by "pure love?" lol
Typical MDL Puritanical, sex-phobic Church Lady stuff. Thanks for reminding me your type is still roaming these pages.
Oh my god. Terrible. Embarrassing. The brothers are exceedingly hot, but that's about the only upside here.
Unattractive, anorexic prostitutes are unlikely to make a living working the "street." She's also utterly charm-less, so all these men falling for her is absurd. Apparently, the oldest brother is unconcerned about STDs. His new GF has them crawling all over her.
I watched about 1/3 of the film before I started skipping ahead, looking for nude scenes of the bros, but there weren't enough of those. The attempts at artsiness only made things worse.
Based on the synopsis and the "sweet, cute, homey, comfortable, relaxing etc." comments below, this sounds like a dropper. In my world if you put all those words together, they spell BORING.
In such cases, I wait until the show has aired in its entirety to check it out. So...see ya in six weeks!
The plot is a little bit weak. I expect more from JBL. Yes I know it's a manga adaptation. Still the setting is…
Observation, not criticism: It's funny how paranoid most MDL commenters are about "offending" someone in a show thread with a comment that's less than complimentary. lol Just from the synopsis, this sounds like it leans to the weak side.
But sleeping is much worse even it's only one time...if not sleeping with other you can always start over but…
I agree. This idea of having an "emotional" affair is kind of silly to me. I see it as a problem only if it began to affect the amount of time one spent with one's spouse, or the spouse began sharing intimate info to the friend, that kind of thing. This guy kept the interaction well within healthy boundaries. All the claims that an emotional affair is just as bad as a physical one are hooey. You can't get VD from an emotional affair.
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Given Yuki's lack of presence, nervousness, and bland affect in that audition, there is no way in hell he would have been cast as a walk-by extra in a high school play, let alone a co-lead in a major BL drama production. Give me a break.
Meanwhile, the big star of the BL looks to be at death's door by starvation, with the limp, oily, blah-blond hair that many Japanese seem to think is attractive.
Teetering on the edge of a drop, but willing to give it at least one more episode as I pray for some Japanese weirdness to liven things up.
Second of all, this film is absolutely terrible. I watched to the end just so I could continue to enjoy looking at Fandy, but I broke down and began skipping ahead toward the end, even so. If there is a coherent, overarching, connected storyline of some interest here, I don't know what it is. If the same actors hadn't kept showing up again and again, I doubt I'd have known most of the scenes were connected. A rando sense of disconnectedness is my main take. Perhaps that was intentional in some artsy-fartsy way, but if so I still don't care.
FF is tragically underrated and underused. I hate to see what should be his most productive years passing by with nothing much coming of them. He should learn Korean and head over there where they're making great films and he'd fit right in.
His best work remains the 2018 BL, History 2: Crossing the Line.
If all you want is to look at FF, watch this. If not, skip it.
5/10 All 5 points are for FF.
Top-notch BL drama-making; the kind of show that proves the genre does NOT require one to settle for fourth or fifth-rate standards of production in any category.
Superb:
Acting
Direction
Lighting/cinematography
Sets/set dressing
Music
Did I mention ACTING? I was deeply moved or made to laugh over and over by the UNDER-acting of the ensemble. No overly dramatic histrionics or shouting to make up for lack of talent; everything so understated and lovely.
The BLs that have moved me most deeply have one thing above all else in common: Moments in which the primary characters are together, perhaps saying nothing or very little, and yet I well up in tears simply because I am filled to overflowing with FEELS which have been created by all the hundreds of perfect moments depicted prior to that point in the show. That happened a good 20 times during this series.
Such is this series' perfection that I forgive the Tiger/Lamb/Top/Bottom silliness near the end. Partly because it seems clear to me that this couple does not hold to such lame categorizations. Let the topping AND the bottoming be as fluid as their love.
My love for this series derives in part from its courage in confronting the main issue concerning the MC and knocking it aside. Well-done.
Unknown goes straight to #2 on my Top 30 Best BLs list, just below "Blueming," and perhaps one day it will move up that one space.
BRAVO
10/10
Your inclusion of that detail does nothing to deepen the reader's understanding of what prostitution IS. It's there to impress us with your vast store of factoids, while telling us nothing more about prostitution than we already know. In fact, I'd argue your inclusion of such bombastic silliness is intended to obscure, rather than highlight, what constitutes prostitution.
In Nutcase City, where your expansive manse stands in the neighborhood of Bloviation, contact-free flirtation, unprotected anal sex, and all acts between, are the same. Having a conversation in exchange for beverages, something tens of millions of people do every single night around the world, is the same activity as giving an under-the-table blowjob in return for money.
omg...hahaha
Keep it up, Ariel-Head. You're a hoot.
But thanks for the laughs.
I actually unblocked her so I could read her unhinged rants as a form of entertainment.
I hate when K-Poppers who can sing but not act get cast over actually talented people to draw in the psycho-stanners. And she does have a nice singing voice.
However, in my judgment, her acting in MM episodes 1 through 14 is the OPPOSITE of your description of what she did in Scarlet Heart. Perhaps if the director HAD put a carrot up her arse, it would have helped. She looked as if she were on heavy doses of Methadone, AND bored.
That is, until episode 15, when she seemed to emerge from her coma. The scenes in which she gave her speech about LSK to the board of executives, and again when she went with LSK to identify Grandma's corpse, moved me to tears.
I get she was trying to portray someone who has completely emotionally shut down. However, even depressed/shut down people THINK. I never saw her gears turning as she responded to events or planned something or reacted in a split second before remembering to shut down. She was a BLANK until episode 14.
If a dude goes out looking for another dude to f**k them, it's the furthest thing from rape you can get.
"Will you please f**k me" is quite a different attitude than "God, no, stop, what are you doing? Get OFF me!" which is something someone might say while being raped.
And whether it's a guy or a girl, what's it to you? Are you the sex police? Who said anything about "love?" Is it your position that sex can or should be experienced only when accompanied by "pure love?" lol
Typical MDL Puritanical, sex-phobic Church Lady stuff. Thanks for reminding me your type is still roaming these pages.
The brothers are exceedingly hot, but that's about the only upside here.
Unattractive, anorexic prostitutes are unlikely to make a living working the "street."
She's also utterly charm-less, so all these men falling for her is absurd.
Apparently, the oldest brother is unconcerned about STDs. His new GF has them crawling all over her.
I watched about 1/3 of the film before I started skipping ahead, looking for nude scenes of the bros, but there weren't enough of those.
The attempts at artsiness only made things worse.
Highly not recommended.
3/10
In such cases, I wait until the show has aired in its entirety to check it out.
So...see ya in six weeks!
Just from the synopsis, this sounds like it leans to the weak side.
Don't apologize for your opinions. :D
There is so much I could ask and say in reply to this odd statement, but as there's zero chance you'd open your mind a little, I'll not waste my time.