[VIDEO] Local TV drama shows that while the rest of the world is living in 2017, we’re living in the year Microsoft Paint

Malaysian television is a beautiful thing. We may not have House of Cards, nor a long-running masterpiece like Law & Order: SVU. However, we have this treasure from Astro RIA:

KENAPA MESIA TAKLEH MENANG OSCAR ATAU EMMY?

Jom kita lihat buktinya. #astroria #astro #editing #postproduction pic.twitter.com/BmQCYmH580

— Rakyat: #curatorMY (@twt_malaysia) July 5, 2017

Jason Leong, comedian, who tweets as Dr Jason, brought it to the internet’s delightful attention that yo, while the rest of y’all are livin’ in 2017, we here in Malaysia livin’ in another dimension that has all the modern editing software, but chooses not to use it.

Watch the scene, and bear horrified witness to two men squabbling over a woman. An unfortunate accident happens, as it often does in these bizarre love triangles, and one of the men ends up being stabbed my a piece of bamboo.

And by “stabbed,” we mean this:

It’s better this way.

One question: for all of this Internet excitement, we have one burning, bamboo-stabbing question: WHAT SHOW IS THIS?! Help us, readers. Coconuts needs to tune in STAT.

And hey, btw, I’m pretty good with the ClarisWorks. Call me.