Oxygen (2020)

robotic acting + cliche story

A bad and boring series!

I decided to watch this because of the feedback I read on Facebook saying it's cute and all but...

I was disappointed.

Even once, I didn't like a single episode. The only good thing about this show is the story of Dr. Petch and Khim. Grateful for them for saving the show for just a short period of time.

The main couple and side couple is so bad on acting. Most of the scenes are so corny and cringe. I just keep watching to complete what I started.

I am bored to the max from the first episode until the last. Bad, just bad!

No plot twist, weak chemistry, poor script.

Ahhhh, at least for the OST, it is good.

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in love

**I wrote this review while it was still ongoing**

A lot of people dislike this series because the main couple is "boring" but thats exactly why I love it. I love how simple the main couple is and how calm both Gui and Sol are. Maybe its bc im going through a not so great time right now but I was kind of wanting a break from all the one of the leads being overly/unnecessarily aggressive and all the problem-after-problem situations that cause stress while also adding some *sPiCe* to the story and Oxygen is that one series you can watch whenever youre stressed out or dont want to watch anything toooo complicated while also making you excited for the next episode. At this point, Oxygen is why saturdays are pretty much the only days I wait for and probably the only days where I can feel safe and genuinely happy but lets not get sad here lol.

-Story-
Yes Oxygen is quite fast paced for the main couple but not in a bad way, there are no major obstacles (so far) but I was still so intrigued and waiting a week was, and still is, too much for me. While a lot arent I'm interested in all the couples:
The main couple, SolxGui have a fast paced but cute story, I love them sm and their interactions always make me scream, same with PhuxKao, their story develops much slower than the main couple's and is more interesting and I love it when Phu calls Kao his bunny and basically die at any interaction they have haha. And (probably) last but not least Dr. Petch and Khim/Dr. Perth? I honestly have no idea whats going on in Dr. Petch's case rn but his "story" with Khim goes somewhere different every week which always leaves me in a "hm. what was that" mindset as the doctor always gets himself in different situations every time.. but what is that? Based on ep7 Khims brother seems interested in the Dr? This is what I mean, Dr Petch is in all kinds of positions I love that for him? xD

-Characters-
I fell in love with everyone:
- Gui is so painfully adorable and such a decent human being and I honestly love him so much.
- Solo is extremely attractive like- this man is going to be the absolute *death of me*, the way he looks at Gui gives even me butterflies and like, why cant someone look at me like that >:(.
- Kao is so cheeky and literally not afraid to say what he wants to say and I love that he's so straightforward with Phu and honestly wingman of the year award easily goes to him.
Phu = one word. Tsundere. I love him. Hes hot hes cute need I say more?
- Dr. Petch - I like him, hes kinda shy and he can even be adorable sometimes and I even relate to him sometimes lol. - - Now Khim.. I'm not gonna lie I kinda hated her at the start, like, I found her extremely annoying and just didnt like her at all specially when she done those stalkish things in the beginning lol but ive actually come to like her a bit now so yay ig :D.
- I feel bad for Dr. Perth and we dont rly see much of him, but I like his character lol

-Acting-
The acting sometimes feel stiff but not at the same time? I feel the chemistry but sometimes it feels empty but not empty enough to feel awkward, but thats understandable bc most of the actors are quite new! fun fact = a lot of the cast were supposed to be in "My Engineer" but you know how they changed the cast a few times. So basically most of the cast in Oxygen are My Engineer rejects :D! im jking ab the rejects part pls dont attack me lmfao but yea I was shocked to find out that they were supposed to be in My Engineer, I feel like Nut (Solo) would be Bon and that TERRIFIES me.

-OST-
I listen to the OP everyday like its a religion (it is) and the intro is honestly amazing I love it. I gotta stand up and bust a few moves every time the episode starts haha.

-OVERALL-
Sorry this is really long lol. But if youre looking for a more complicated story with a lot of tension, Oxygen is prooobably not the one for you. However if youre looking for something simpler then youve come to the right place! I definitely recommend giving it a try!

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Cute and Sweet story

its a cute and sweet story.. it was amazing watching it
Characters are very cute you will always have a smile on your face while you are watching it
the main couple Solo and Gui are very cute and sweet.. I like how sweet both characters were... how they were each others pillar how they supported each other and what liked the most was Solo's jealousy he looked so cute when he was jealousy!!! it stole my heart literally... I loved them very much!!! it was good to see Gui understand Solo and giving him time to tell him things and when he said what was necessary to say and especially Gui smile it was very lovely
i absolutely loved the music in background i mean the title song is amazing "you are my oxygen" it was very good i fell in loved with the song.....
the other characters were also good their acting was good.....
the story of kao and phu was sweet too but it did hurt when phu had to leave but left left with the promise and that's what soothed me.... it was amazing acting in terms of kao the way he looked i felt sincere and not faked it was my favorite moment of their part...

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Will the be a second season

Great storyline. I liked all the main actors. Hope they
will come back with a second season. I really enjoyed the show. I want to see Guitar and solo get into a deeper relationship and adopt the little boy. Also bunny to be with the guy to be serious with each other. All the casts to be return in the second season. I will be telling all my friends to watch oxygen. I give credit to the writer, producers, the actors. Hope one day to visit Thailand. I have become a Bl fan. I will like to see dr and the girl get serious on the second season. Also the younger brother with the other doctor.

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your own perspective

every person has their preference so this review may or may not help you but it's my personal opinion 

-We all know that a drama cant contain All informations a book could give us, so I understand that some could get disappointed just like the untamed/mo dao zu shi(as reference I don't mean anything bad by mentioning this)in the drama there wasnt everything included so i kindly advise you to aslo read the novel.

-the music was great i liked the original soundtrack "Oxygen" sung by Supanut and also by Boss

-all actors and actresses did a great job portraying their respective characters 

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Stereotypical BL Series

While I did give this series a good rating, I won't lie that it's pretty generic, and a stereotypical BL. It wasn't bad or anything, I did enjoy myself, but noting stood out either. I had to rewatch a few episodes just to remember what had happened.

Let's Dive In.

Solo and Gui were a pretty forgettable couple. Nothing to major stood out with them that made me want more of them. Their pairing was okay, I did really like how tall Nut is and how he just towered of Petch, although, Nut's acting was questionable. He held this gaze that was super annoying and I just wanted him to change expressions at least once. Gui was fine I guess, he wasn't bad but he didn't stand out either. Like I said, I can barely even remember what went on with this couple.

The reason I gave this drama the rating it got was because of Phu and Kao. Absolutely adored them. Characters that come to meet that have completely opposite personalities is the best to me. Kao helped Phu get out of his comfort zone, and helped him to be more spontanteus. I wished we could've gotten to see them get together, so if there is a season 2, then I hope most of the focus is on them.

The third couple is confusing. Khem and Dr. Perth feel too odd for me to count them as a couple. I didn't ship them not one bit, and wish that Dr. Petch would've been the one to reciprocate perth's feelings. This leads me into Khim. Her character was annoying, dreadful, a stalker, and we could've done without her in the series. For the majority of the series she is trying to convince Dr. Petch that he's gay and in love with Dr. Perth. It wasn't entertaining at all, and made me highly uncomfortable. Also, her following Solo and Gui around like they were her property or something. Nothing good came form her. With her character being apart of the show, you can kind of tell this was made for female fans before it was made for males. Upsetting, but the simple truth with most Thai BLs.

Some other problematic stuff happened in this series that I can't really remember, but all I know is that this isn't the worse series ever, did have its cute moments. Wouldn't be the first series I recommend, but it wouldn't be the last either, so that a good sign.

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not what i expected ( short review)

i went into this with low expectations and it was better than i thought.
the story was ok it was lacking i dont even know what the plot was even about besides the fact that solo lost his smile after the passing of his mam and his dad is homophobic and wants the "best" for him. then we have phu who also is in the same boat as him he has a dark past ( honestly forgot what his story was) but i loved him and kao. then we have the others which i just honestly idek what their story was if u want to watch this show and enjoy it a little better i suggest skipping all scenes that include petch/khem/perth/khim together its just not worth the time. cast: nut as solo: honestly i love nut hes one of my favourite actors and he can act i suggest watching his newest bl something in my room to showcase that because this show really was a let down and i blame the directing on this one. he was outstanding a 10/10 in simr and here not so much. his acting was stiff but did get a lot better towards the end. petch as gui: acting was stiff it did improve towards the end he really didnt stick out to me as much as nut but he wasnt terrible. phuri as phu: honestly 8.5/10 on his acting even with his character having walls up he still manage to let us know how he feels even when there isnt much expression and i just love when he calls kao bunny. boss as kao: once again 8/10 on his part his character can be found annoying but i wouldnt blame him he really had to get his way when it came to phu and the goodbye scene i cried so hard. they deserved at least him coming back in the last scene of the episode but they still had their happy ending instead of breaking up so im not complaining.

overall : its ok the ending could of been better , i hate love triangles let alone a love square. side couple was my favourite, its an okay watch dont expect much from it.

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Two good lead actors wasted in unwatchable series

This was a long wait through far too many episodes in Act 1 to reach the pay-off in Act 2 and I doubt many viewers would be so patient, primarily because the producers had paired two sympathetic lead actors with two other actors with performances so wooden, you wondered where the attraction was to bring each of these two couples together. Other reviewers have dissected the plot with precision: I don’t think it deserved such careful consideration. I suspect that Thai screenwriters, chained to their source material and observant of manga conventions and Thai cultural behaviours, have either avoided or abandoned any effort at any meaningful psychological understanding of their own characters. People are reduced to cliches - such as a child deprived of a mother’s love - to explain a person’s entire life, and by this single notion, to represent the totality of that person’s contemporary behaviour. Here in this series, the father is prepared to use violence to control his son’s behaviour but manages an epiphany within two episodes. This total change of heart is shown not by the character himself but by the explanation of another character altogether, as if all ogres are basically good at heart, if you look hard enough. Thai producers of BL series had better be careful; they think they’re in clover and can keep expanding the viewer market exponentially. I understand 75 shows are slated for 2022. I think they’re taking their audiences for granted. They shouldn’t. Viewers won’t put up with low quality like this forever.

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Disappointing ... & .... Boring

This for me was one of the worst drama, I have come across, to put where I started skipping and not even bothering to watch, the storyline I have not what it really was about, as it really lacked that, the acting was downright bad, and had no flow whatso ever to it, the characters themselves didn't seem to click at all. Lack of music in this drama was just as bad.

It was a very big, boring disappointment, It was just very boring and hard for me to even finish. The acting was stilted and the actors did not fit the characters , they didn’t fit them looks or even in characteristics. And how they portrayed them in the drama like so mismatched. They just ended up being very unremarkable, like how did this even get made?!

I will very much forget it after today and I will probably never think about it again.

I literally needed the oxygen to try and get through this drama!!!

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Tender, Romantic, Beautiful

It is a ‘feel good’ series filled perhaps with the usual basic twists and turns but the overall story is just so well told. Sure, it has a lot of problems with the production, but I honestly bought into the story because I thought the series went into new directions. There is a very good reason for this series to be called Oxygen and you have to experience it to understand how meaningful it really is. Sure, there are flaws in this series. The main characters perhaps play their roles way more passively than they should have but for me it just worked. Some parts were miscast such as Solo’s dad. The story could have been tightened up more and less emphasis on characters that were superfluous. But the backstory of Gui and Solo were so engaging that it made it worthwhile to watch and enjoy. My full review of this very good and entertaining series is at ppbongi.medium.com. You can leave reply there if you want - either positive or negative.

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