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If you want a summary on previous EP1

Detective Chinatown webseries:

Now moving on to

“Mandala’s Dance - Episode 2”

Awen, along with A Shui’s other high school roommates Dinan and Chaya, reported to the police, claiming they were troubled by “Brahma.” Recently, Dinan found a palm print on his roof matching his hand, and Chaya, hospitalized for an eye disease, was attacked by rosary beads at home. Lin Mo investigated their connection but found only their shared high school background. One night, Dinan and Awen’s car plunged into a river; Dinan saw a golden Brahma statue underwater. Under pressure, the police chief held a ritual where Awen confessed they had broken a vow to Brahma made in high school. After the ritual, Awen was nearly hit by a falling billboard.

“Mandala’s - Episode 3”

To pursue clues, Lin Mo visited Luming Middle School, where the four girls had studied and he had once substituted. The principal revealed the girls were dorm roommates who missed their college entrance exam due to typhoid fever. A Shui had once defended Ah Wen by throwing water on a boy, Pei Shan, who Ah Wen liked. At A Shui’s funeral, a mysterious man tried to stab her husband, Qin Jun. Lin Mo tracked the man, finding him at Pei Shan’s “Statue Factory.” There, Lin Mo discovered a blank yearbook page for A Shui and perfume test paper indicating unspoken love. Confronting Pei Shan at A Shui’s grave, Lin Mo learned the sisters’ relationships were strained, and Qin Jun’s marriage was unhappy.

Save the Green Planet (2003)

A Korean film where a guy named Lee Gyeong-bu, and his significant other, kidnaps Kang Man-Shik, a chaebol CEO, because he thinks he’s an alien plotting to destroy the world.

Jang first conceived of the idea for Save the Green Planet! while watching Misery.[3] He enjoyed it, but was disappointed with the lack of depth of the Annie Wilkes character, and accordingly decided that if he made a film about a kidnapping, it would be staged from the point of view of the kidnapper.[3] Later, Jang stumbled across a crank website accusing actor Leonardo DiCaprio of being an alien who wanted to conquer Earth by seducing all of its women, and he decided to combine the two concepts.[3]

(Note - tbf, as one guy said ‘the bourgeoisie are not human’)

This is the OG basis of a recently published English remake Bugonia (2025), and one that Hankoyoreh looks on quite fondly as its top 30 films from South Korea

We’ll start at 4:30 PM EST on Blorptube, right here: https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

https://letterboxd.com/film/save-the-green-planet/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/38744

CWs for the films (excluding spoilers?)

Detective Chinatown webseries:

‘Suicides’ / sutra-induced homicides, mental health and mild medication use, what else?

Save the Green Planet:

Sex Et Nudity: Mild

Several bare butts and some bare breasts.

Violence Et Gore: Severe

The film contains several explicit torture scenes that are not for the squeamish.

The film contains a lot of Science Fiction/Horror violence, some of which is quite bloody.

In several flashbacks, we see a lot of graphic violence and gore, much of which is very emotional and heart wrenching.

Profanity: Moderate
Substance Abuse: Moderate

Several scenes of drug use including Chrystal Meth.

Frightening Et Intense Scenes: Severe

The entire film is just as scary as it is funny and emotional.

Source

Detective Chinatown webseries EP2: https://tankie.tube/w/7eqp5x35364eriwgYZ486a

Detective Chinatown webseries EP3: https://tankie.tube/w/dbAVs1N6eQcD4VUs8eUQ7L

Musical intermission as given permission by Lemmygradwontallowme: https://tankie.tube/w/bUtWSRP2FQFSK1HxqgNFbc

Save the Green Planet: https://tankie.tube/w/dak3TfiYkLVbpEKWk7yMjz