Author: LT
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The Protagonist of Your Own Story: Like in the Movies Review
Following on from the excellent Gameboys, Pinoy television has now delivered the equally-good Like in the Movies (Gaya Sa Pelikula)
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Nothing’s Changed: SF8 Love Virtually
A cute Uee and Choi Shi-won carry a cute story on virtual dating that has little depth but a lot of cute. Did I mention it’s cute?
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Full Circle: SF8 White Crow
SF8’s sixth story is an enigmatic and disturbing tale of bullying and suicide in a world where reputation means more than life
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It’s the end of the world: SF8 Baby It’s Over Outside
It’s the end of the world. SF8’s fifth story fails as science fiction but works as a story.
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Korea’s Technological Optimism: SF8 Blink
Technology is universally beneficial in the universes created by SF8. That techno-optimism is most evident in the anthology’s fourth episode, Blink.
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Love By Chance 2: More fan fiction than fiction
Love By Chance’s so-called second season is merely fan fiction and its fans deserve better.
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A Fleeting Moment: SF8 Joan’s Galaxy
Joan’s Galaxy is a short piece about finding happiness in a fleeting life. But while it might work as a character study, it fails as a piece of science fiction.
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The Incorruptible Man Wants Nothing
Forest of Secrets (Stranger) is now winding up its second season on Netflix. What does its protagonist’s brain injury tell us about corruption?
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School Nurse Files: A Celebration of Weird
Netflix’s new Korean original The School Nurse Files is a bizarre, surreal and fun-filled ride that celebrates non-conformity and calls for us to embrace every part of ourselves
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Pass or Play on Gameboys?: Definitely Play
In the middle of the Covid19 lockdown in the Philippines, gamer Cairo Lazaro begins an online romance with his fan, Gavreel Alarcon in this high-quality BL from the Philipines.