Bored Out Of My Mind
Story: The story is great, in my opinion. I just feel like the episodes do not do it justice. I was hooked the first three episodes, but after that, I was fighting sleep. Seeing all the comments about the novel, I will definitely give that a try. I am sure I will enjoy the novel a thousand times more.Acting: I honestly felt the actors had no chemistry (I know, I'm sorry). The kiss scenes were stiff and made me a bit uncomfortable. The only one who ate down with the acting for me was North (he was not an eyesore), but Arthit and Jonah standing outside in leather jackets smoking was the cringiest, worst acting performance I've seen in a while. The child actor who played Emma performed circles around the main cast. She ate down!
Music: The music was boring, which went great with the show.
Overall: This was a miss for me.
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Suspend Your Disbelief
Story:
The series has great bones. I can really tell it's from a novel because the show speeds through everything just to land on clearly defined story points. The writing was just too stupid for me.
We have serious horror themes, then it jumps to a "serious" officer doing the most unserious things. For example, he goes to the temple that's being investigated for ritual sacrifice and decides to trust one of the two main suspects. Another stupid thing: why is the "spiritual witness" the one finding evidence at the crime scene? Did they not even sift through the dirt at all?
Last thing: they investigate two victims' houses, then suddenly get the idea to investigate the rest of the victims' homes. Like... NO DUH!
The story just isn't well balanced, in my opinion. There's too much "just suspend your disbelief" mixed with horror, mystery, and emotional backstory. I couldn't get sucked in because it all felt like a mess.
Acting:
Everyone but Thub deserves their flowers! The ghost truly stole the show. Pavel and Otto had great acting chemistry. Whenever they were on screen together, I believed them. Then Thub walks on screen with his derpy smile and gives us the most unnatural performance of his life.
Music:
Very funny music. It reminded me of yodeling a little. I enjoyed it!
Overall:
To be completely honest, I only enjoyed the romance aspect, which is shocking because I'm a plot girl all the way. I just love scenes where it's only two people having a discussion about their wants and feelings. Then it cuts back to the police work, and my brain turns back on because none of it makes sense.
The white-eyed ghost was also a treat!
This version keeps your wording, humor ("Like... NO DUH!" and "derpy smile"), and opinions, while mainly fixing grammar, punctuation, and readability. It should still sound like you wrote it.
I’m giving it a 6.5 because artist put effort into this and I always consider the passion behind a project. If I was being brutally honest though I would really give a 4/10.
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First Thought: Transcending The Game
Story: The story was so good! I usually don’t enjoy horror and scary things. I do think the horror was exaggerated in the reviews I saw of this show. Not too many jump scares or anything like that. The villain was actually amazing. Even at the end, I was thinking, if he wasn’t born of midnight, then what? Then she literally dropped his birth timestamp. LOL. I did not like Khem. No sense of urgency, common sense, or survival skills. That is exactly what a flawed human character should make you feel. If anything, I live for the plot and fleshed-out storylines way more than the romance aspect. I have no idea why Peem and Khem truly loved each other other than the past-life connection.
Acting: 100/10!!!! Everyone did a great job, and the acting was truly phenomenal. With standouts like Green, the children that played Thong and Ek, and Ohm (Khaekhai). So many of my family members would walk by and get sucked into the show (and they are “foreign” show haters).
Music: 10/10 music! It really makes you feel things. มนตรา (Mantra) [From "เขมจิราต้องรอด"] by KENG HARIT is so amazing. I haven’t enjoyed an OST song like this since “Why Don’t You Stay” by Jeff Satur.
Overall:….. Top five dramas I’ve watched (not in my top BL though because I really don’t find it romantic).
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Loved it!!!!
The show is great. I know it had a lot of controversy for not being true to the source material. I found a lot of those complaints disingenuous, especially the colorism one. The BL watch community is notorious for refusing to watch shows if the main lead isn't attractive. I'm not saying people with darker skin, like myself, are unattractive, but I've been a receiver of some of the BL community's harsh comments. If you want to laugh throughout and really enjoy a show, I would definitely recommend this one.The last thing I don't get is people complaining about a fictional story not having enough fictional politics and fictional controversy. It's a fictional story.
Story: I actually found the story very entertaining. I enjoyed all of the characters, even the bad guy. I also liked that a lot of the cliffhangers weren't dragged out. A lot of the scenes and questions about who the traitor was weren't dragged out either. It was a great, easy story to watch.
Acting: Everyone was in their acting bag! Everyone's performance was spectacular. The villain's performance was spectacular. Of course, Wandori/Prince performance was spectacular. The star of the show was definitely Banjorn. I did not like the character, but the actor really brought him to life, and he made me laugh. I was literally crying tears laughing during the prison scene.
Music: Not going to lie, the music was trash. (3/10) I just didn't want it to screw the rating even lower.
Overall:This was a great show, and it really pulled me out of my BL drama slump! Don't take it too seriously, and you'll truly have a fun time!
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