Can South Korea's self-hacked "Cosmetic Fluid" really hit the real pain points?

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Before the beginning of the article, a major event was announced.


Sir is a senior Japanese comic fan, you all know.


Today is also about manga, not Japan, but Korea.


is also the work that has left the most lasting shadow on Sir in recent years. Do you remember this picture of


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In 2015, a Korean horror comic called "Cosmetic Fluid" swept the Internet. The style of


is curious and ironic. The scale of


makes this IP available and has been adapted by various countries.


can talk about self-criticism.


Koreans have never served anyone.


weird and strange: cosmetic liquid

Orthodox Korean comics adapted animation film. Before


was released, the Korean media basically gave five-star expectations.


is nothing else, the original is really phenomenal. Haven't seen


?


Sir first upload a few pictures to make up your lesson. The story of


begins with a brain hole of a "cosmetic liquid": an artifact that can shape the appearance and body at will after use. How amazing is


?


Use it to soak your face, pinch it.


Wow, my aunt has become an internet celebrity.

Use it to soak and squeeze.


Wow, the bucket becomes snake spirit.

of course.


The desire of human beings to be beautiful is endless. Since


is so amazing, can you squeeze the whole body?


line. The result of


came out like this:

all the human body and fat are dissolved, only the skeleton is left but the "monster" who still has the consciousness to talk to you.


disgusting?


Bizarre hunting is not the scariest part of "Cosmetic Fluid".


's insight into human greed in modern society has really pricked the heart. The adaptation of


this time is an attempt to grasp this point. The heroine of


Yizhi, a very stereotyped ugly girl.

profession is a makeup artist in an performing arts company. The female star Xue Li she serves is a nasty femme fatale. Although


said that money is hard to make money and shit is unpalatable, I still have to sigh Yizhi's strong heart.

As an ugly girl who grew up, Yizhi often suffers from the malice around her.


There are too many snacks in the supermarket, and the salesperson smiles contemptuously.

The uncle of the security guard in the community watched her fall and opened his mouth:


"I said you eat less and lose weight." Cyber ​​violence carnival.

looks ugly, long life, paved with self-esteem that was crushed by others intentionally or unintentionally.


The tide of online violence is the last straw that crushes Yizhi.


She has become more and more self-deprecating, eating and drinking, and acting as a keyboard man to vent her emotions online. When


was at the bottom of the valley, a mysterious package was sent to Yizhi's house.


opens.


huh? Cosmetic liquid? The package also comes with a USB flash drive.

plug into the computer and play the video.


, an ugly woman with a full face (can it be a little tricky?), is introducing a product called "Miracle Cosmetic Liquid".


and myself are now separate from this face

Next, the video shows an incredible scene.


The plasma-colored cosmetic liquid is poured into the basin, mixed with water, and then the face is buried for twenty minutes.

looked up.


eh, it's no different?


Sir wants you to be mentally prepared for the next shot. Coming


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The ugly girl pulls her face-


pinches plasticine, three times five times two, instantly DIY into a cold beauty.


Yizhi shocked the lollipop in her mouth, and the fire of hope to change her destiny ignited in her heart.

did not hesitate at all, she opened the bottles of liquid and learned the video process...


buried her face and looked up!


uh...


is a handicapped party, yes!

Okay, if Sir had this stuff, things would only get worse.


However, this amount of cosmetic liquid is only enough for Yizhi to make a face, and it is not enough for a whole body. With two bottles of


fishing, Yizhi was easily hooked.


she later learned that if


were to do the whole body, it would cost 200 million won.


This is not a small number for Yizhi.


But she is too eager to be beautiful, especially in such a relaxed way.


Money can solve the problem, is it still a problem?


So, Yizhi forced his parents to empty their savings and finally collected 200 million.

Yizhi soaked in a full cylinder of cosmetic liquid, then lay on the bed, was removed more meat, and bid farewell to the ugly girl before.

Back home again, Yezhi is already a beautiful woman who doesn't even recognize her.


said that in the future, people should be kind. What


can do is to ask his mother for money right away-beautiful clothes are worthy of this beauty, right?

Everything is really different.


became beautiful, and found that the world around him has also undergone earth-shaking changes.


, the community security guard who once thought she was obese, tried his best to strike up a conversation with her.

walking down the street, the eyes cast by the men made her very unaccustomed for a while.


bought clothes, made hair, made beautiful photos, changed the name of the heroine of an idol drama-Xuehui, and instantly became a hot internet celebrity.

In the virtual world of the network, beautiful packaging is the best surfing weapon.


Otherwise, why are the fake ladies struggling to fight for orders?


And all this is what she calls "investment".


return on investment is a variety of men.

For the first time in his life, Yizhi has tasted the joy of being a socialite.


However, being a socialite also has side effects.


goes out to socialize with the men every day, goes home and undresses...


is over, and the belly starts to grow again. meat. Up.

Yizhi instantly thought of the once fat self, no way, no, I have to lose weight immediately! How is


thin?


The horrible key to "Cosmetic Fluid" is to see through a law of human nature:


Once a person has taken a shortcut, he will want to keep taking the shortcut.


weight loss does not rely on exercise, soak in cosmetic liquid.

Sir is not saying that there is nothing wrong with taking shortcuts.


is wrong. When we are too excited and rely on "finding a shortcut", we will ignore the gutters and blind spots that appear on the shortcut at any time.


Sure enough, Yizhi overturned in comfort.


fell asleep in the bathtub, just when the phone was out of power and the alarm clock failed.


Overtime soaking in cosmetic liquid made her whole body...


a bunch of things.

Don't worry, the screenwriter will not let her die like this. The more exaggerated plot of


is behind, and Sir is not spoiled. When


was circulated on the Internet in comics, Sir was obsessed with this magical story. Those unreasonable brain holes of


make people extremely excited.

This animated "Cosmetic Fluid", although it has achieved good results in the box office of animation movies in Korea, it must be said.


This movie is a cosmetic surgery failure accident.


is first of all animation effects. Different people have different opinions on the style of


. Of course, you can say that these moving pictures that are always stuck and dropped frames are creating a strange atmosphere.


, but Sir really looked like a question mark.

and cheap web makeup game-style 3D rendering:

The whole film seems to be shouting: I am poor, I have no money. There is also a very serious side effect of


forcing 3D, which is a logical loophole that can be ignored in the comics, and can not be ignored in the movie.


For example, you can't help but wonder why a person can live with only the five senses and consciousness.

Why does the protagonist use cosmetic liquid to become more beautiful, even the sound becomes better?


If you want to consider these logics, then "Cosmetic Liquid" is really impossible to watch.


put aside these logically unreasonable places with patience, and the so-called "cosmetic liquid", which is known as the self-criticism of the Korean nation, really hit any real pain points?


As everyone knows, South Korea is a big country in plastic surgery.


Mature technology, popular trend, unified aesthetics.


From the entertainment industry to the civilian class, the Korean people are always pursuing beauty.


As early as more than ten years ago, Sir had watched a Korean comedy called "The Ugly Girl Turns Over". The heroine of


was originally an ugly fat girl. After a cosmetic surgery, she completely changed her face and became a female star to the pinnacle of her life.

At that time, South Korea’s cosmetic surgery bonus was on the rise, and the movie promoted the Korean-style inspiration of “plastic surgery changes fate”.


In recent years, South Korea has begun to reflect on the supremacy of beauty, the proliferation of desires, and aesthetic alienation behind plastic surgery.


After all, when we laughed at the ugly Miss Hong Kong in the past few years, the beauty of the Miss Korea next door can be used to play Lianliankan.

"Cosmetic Fluid" animation has the ambition to criticize reality.


It is indeed in some places, very directly reflects the various problems of this big country of plastic surgery.


The Korean entertainment industry is full of artificial beauties, but they are full of lies, "I am pure and natural." They all rely on exercise and drink plenty of water to make them beautiful.

And the so-called "plastic surgery changes destiny", but also to get the benefits of sex, is this kind of beauty even more sad? The


Body shame phenomenon is infinitely magnified in the film, becoming a powerful tool to mobilize the audience's emotions.


but too much, it seems too deliberate.


In the original comics of "Cosmetic Liquid", the author explained by the role that cosmetic liquid is actually the same as cosmetic surgery. Uncontrolled and irregular plastic surgery can cause serious problems. The heroine


was soaked into a paste by cosmetic liquid, which corresponds to the frequent cosmetic surgery accidents in Korea.

In the original comics, the author also spent some space to describe the side effects of the cosmetic liquid, such as the body will deform and fall off.

This also corresponds to the side effects of cosmetic surgery in reality.


Sometimes, the beauty of cosmetic surgery has a shelf life, and you can only repair and repair it continuously.


But unfortunately, in the animation, the very referential plot of the side effects of the cosmetic liquid disappeared.


The crux of all tragedies, the plastic surgery phenomenon and the problems behind it, have been transferred to the "protagonist's death" and "the villain's pervert". The characters of


are broken and extremely facial. All the actions of the heroine and the villain of


are based on the simple theory of "inferiority complex". Because


is ugly and unloved, he must be psychologically distorted and perverted, acting like a madman.

So for the sake of beauty, you can bankrupt your family, you can kill, you can ignore the life and death of your parents. Before and after the beauty of


, the complex psychological changes of the characters are seriously missing, and it is easy to be like a puppet. The


movie shows the "crazy" of people becoming beautiful.


never portrays the collective void behind this madnessImaginary. The


movie "Cosmetic Fluid" is too "safe".


is a story of three commons with interesting concepts.


There are a lot of exotic, dog-blooded, magical, erotic, and horror.


At the end, after being captured by the male lead, the heroine hangs naked on the bathtub.

Is this going to play alphabet games? Don't get excited. The hero of


is undressing.


However, this is not "Fifty Shades of Grey", but "Journey to the West".


Warmly celebrate our country's success in exporting Korean culture once again, and the Hundred Eyes Demon won the MVP!

For a subject that can reflect social reality, it could have been more in-depth.


and all my strength is spent on the curiosity, which is a pity.


is also the subject of plastic surgery, and Sir remembered the Japanese movie "Embarrassed" adapted from a manga.


female star Lilizi is also a man-made beauty who has a full-body plastic surgery, except for her eyes, there is nothing original all over her body.

But cosmetic surgery has become beautiful, accompanied by the painful trap of Israel. The high-intensity work and competition in the


entertainment industry also made her collapse, unscrupulously.

The side effects and constant repairs brought by plastic surgery are the mental and physical double torture that cannot be shaken off.

's unrestrained pursuit of desire made her step by step toward the abyss of destruction. At the end of the


movie, Sir is still impressed.


In the spotlight of everyone, Lilizi picked up the dagger.


finally chose to self-destruct against everyone.

She finally saw the strong nihility behind the so-called beauty of appearance-the more attractive the beauty of


, the shorter the shelf life. Beauty is always appearing, waiting for oneself, only to be forgotten. Is


just so?


pay attention. The


knife is inserted into the eyeball.


yes sheThe only part of the whole body is still "original".


This is a self-salvation.


This is a self-destructive performance. Who will


show for?


Those crazy flashing spotlights.


Those lenses focusing on every inch of her artificial skin.


and all the people who have been, and even now, are still attached to this nihility.


This is where the movie "Embarrassed" and the comic version of "Cosmetic Fluid" make us think about it.


is-


it is not cruel to make the audience watch a character.


takes this "cruel" as a mirror.


find for the audience.


among the onlookers, is there you?

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