Pinoy BL Series
Thailand
While a bit slow paced, Episode 2: Love Through the Rainbow was generally ok. This episode showcased Curt and Sid doing different couple challenges for Sid's vlog. It was hinted that they are hiding something from their viewers. The shower scene felt awkward. Script was conversational enough. There were sensible lines about using vlogs for advocacy and for fame. Acting was mostly fine. Production technicals were alright. All in all, this was a good episode.
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Diving Into Love Episode 3
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Episode 3: Fresh was a solid episode. Character backgrounds for Andrei and Sam were provided. This episode also depicted the two getting closer with each other. Script was conversational with lots of nice banters between Andrei and Sam. Sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (SOGIE) discussion was even incorporated in the screenplay. Acting was largely realistic. Audio-visuals were mostly fine. Cinematography was alright with nice camera shots of the beach and resort. But the subtitles need to be more in sync with the visuals. Overall, this was still a good episode.
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Even though Episode 5: Scorpio had issues with scene sequence and had a sad ending, I still liked this episode. Pisces and Scorpio had good dynamics during their interactions. Script was generally conversational. Acting was alright. Kelly and Arjay did well. Audio-visuals were quite uneven though. There were distracting echoes and some camera shots and split-screens covered part of the faces. But overall. this was still a good episode.
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Sarah and Elmo's cheating and lying scheme was finally exposed with Nathan confronting Sarah and Jessie about it on Episode 6: Face-Off. After sometime, Jessie reconciled with Sarah while Nathan confessed his feelings to Elmo which the latter rejected for Sarah's sake. Screenplay was conversational enough but the delivery of lines was over the top at times. Acting felt scripted. There were still issues with the audio-visuals. Overall, this episode was at least watchable.
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HeartBreak Mountain Episode 2
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Episode 2 regressed from the the pilot episode. There were too many silly scenes that didn't really advance the plot/storyline. The handling of the issue of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) was a bit problematic. Script wasn't funny enough. Acting was tolerable though. Production technicals need improvement. I just hope this series improve in succeeding episodes.
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HeartBreak Mountain Episode 1
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Episode 1 was campy. It wasn't super entertaining but it was tolerable enough. At least at the onset, we have a general idea about this series' supernatural plot/storyline that focuses on a fairy's vengeance. Screenplay was mostly fine. Some comedic lines hit the mark while others didn't. In terms of acting, most of the actors need improvement. But Lester was alright. Audio-visuals were uneven. There were distracting background music and sounds. And while there were good camera shots, there were also poorly edited scenes. All in all, this episode wasn't good but it was watchable.
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Kiss the Night Episode 5
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Episode 5: Last Breathe depicted Kenneth's experience of abuse and his death. Kenneth's death was senseless and reflective of the lack of clear direction for this series. Screenplay had corny lines. Acting was at least tolerable on this episode. Audio-visuals were the same as previous episodes. Overall, I'm just hoping for a modicum of improvement in succeeding episodes.
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Kiss the Night Episode 4
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Episode 4: Sacrifice was a cringefest! While there were bits of background for some of the characters, especially Mico, the scenes were still very much disjointed. The characters' reactions on some of the scenes defied logic. Script was cringy. Acting was terrible. The actors went overboard with their performance a lot of times. Production technicals were still poor. Frankly, I'm beyond disappointed with this series.
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As Kiko and Mark grew closer to each other, Episode 3 featured relationship development that brought complications to their lives. Kiko's past as a masseur threatens whatever they have. Roy, Kiko's former customer, is an impending problem to their relationship. Script was mostly ok. Acting was also fine. Audio-visuals were alright. Based on the preview, next episode will showcase the main conflict of this series.
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Episode 2: Pagbabalik Alaala (Recurring Memories) provided some details about Rich's past with his ex-boyfriend Teejay. At least there's progress in terms of plot/storyline. Script still needs to be more conversational though. The delivery of English and Taglish (code-mixing/code-switching in the use of Tagalog Filipino and English) lines wasn't natural enough. Although this episode was better than last episode, acting still needs refinement. Production technicals also need to be better. All in all, I hope this series continues to improve in the next episodes.
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Episode 3 didn't improve on the previous episodes. Substantive and technical issues remained. While there were some encounters for the couples (Art/Mack and Khel/Sai), the plot/storyline didn't really move much on this episode. There were dispensable scenes. Screenplay was still boring. Acting was still underwhelming. Audio-visuals were still problematic. Lip movements and spoken vocals didn't quite jibe. Make-up was still excessive. And editing, especially scene transitions, was still bad. Overall, this series needs to be better on succeeding episodes.
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Episode 1: Captive Strangers introduced the main characters of this Filipino (Pinoy) boys' love (BL) series. This episode focused on the aftermath of So's breakup with Pablo. There were numerous belabored scenes on this episode. The scenes that were supposed to be daring and provocative came across as tasteless. Because these unrealistic scenes were unnecessarily prolonged, they bordered on being exploitative. Screenplay was generally conversational at least. Acting was largely uneven. Vincent's performance was alright but Kevin's acting needs a bit of work. Vin's performance was quite caricaturish. Audio-visuals had issues. There were distracting echoes. While the drone videography was able to present some good camera shots, editing, especially scene transitions, needs refinement. All in all, it wasn't a solid pilot episode but I'm hopeful this series will improve in succeeding episodes.
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Diving Into Love Episode 2
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Episode 2: Unexpected began with an annoyingly long 6-minute recap. Excluding the opening sequence, recap, post-credits, and next week's episode preview, this episode was only 8 minutes long. This episode featured part of Hanson and Sam's backstory. An effeminate gay character, Nathan, was also introduced. I hope he's not treated as merely this series' comic relief. Screenplay wasn't conversational enough. Acting by AC and Axel needs improvement. They sounded scripted. They also made unnatural hand gestures as though they're on a school declamation contest. Kid was the saving grace for this episode. Production technicals were still ok though. All in all, this series needs to be better in succeeding episodes.
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Kamisetang Papel Episode 6
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On Episode 6, Zander died while Efren and Carlo ended up together. Kamisetang Papel is definitely a candidate for the worst Filipino (Pinoy) boys' love (BL) series of all time. Everything about this series spelled mediocrity. Plot/storyline, performance, and production were all poor. I would like to congratulate all those who were able to get through this series!
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Kamisetang Papel Episode 5
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By Episode 5, there's still no sufficient character background, no character development, and no relationship development for this series. Suddenly, characters were gone (dead?). Screenplay was cringy. Acting was horrendous. Production technicals were poor. Images were blurry and pixelated. Finally, one last episode!
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