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remember: seeking equality is oppression to the powers that be.
real quick shout out to pond and eed. pond was the breakout in this and i laughed every time he was visible. his acting was a ten out of ten. he sold his role completely. eed, aka the grandma, was the MVP of this entire series. her wisdom made me cry multiple times. she was a beautiful person. if people like her existed in 1930, they were visionaries.
this BL is difficult for me to get through. i have experienced an array of emotions watching it because of the messages within it. realistically, with the way i binge, i should have finished this yesterday. however, vasin and the dynamics around the leads because of the change of power have made it hard to continuously watch. this review is more of a critique of the character's themselves and the content; not the actors, production, or otherwise.
i can see the reflections of the world, like most may be able to, in this piece of work. this made me think that world needs a collective revolution against the elite of the world. i live in a "developed" country that is suffering immensely because of those at the helm. i wish i alone could invoke change and rid of class but it will never be that simple. anyway, i love that this drama has a real thought-provoking plotline. i hope it opens up the eyes of the mentally enslaved. i hope it inspires others like it did me.
i know it is not fault of the brainwashed and uneducated characters in this. the royals are fully responsible for roles that were. the royals were responsible for the lack of education amongst the collective population. the royals were responsible for the wealth disparity. however, characters like nual and ueam really set me off. nual, in particular, had scenes that were immensely difficult for me to get through. the indoctrination in her ran so deep, she prioritized the well-being and considerations of the royals well over her own offspring. she was fortunate in that she had a free-thinker staring her dead in the face on a consistent basis yet she still could not break free from the enslaved mindset. it was so infuriating watch her speak to phob like he was an object but be tender to the royals who did not even grant her a formal education. she blamed phob for the revolt as if it would not have happened with or without his intervention. she berated him for wishing better for himself, HER, and the rest of the country and not settling for scraps. she physically abused him for standing on the side of the working class. i felt so much internal pain watching her scenes.
the main royals, including the MVP, all felt wronged by the revolutionaries but by phob, in particular. they and nual constantly referenced all the "good" they did for him which was not even the bare scrapping minimum. good deeds are not conditional or contingent on sightless allegiance. that is one indicator that their picturesque treatment of their servants, in the beginning, was just a false face. it was upsetting seeing phob act as though tinn was a victim of anything other than betrayal through deception. what phob did to tinn to obtain information was a serious personal offense. however, tinn was not a victim of suddenly becoming a commoner / having his life upended. the royals were lucky the lot of them were not imprisoned indefinitely considered the claims made. tinn lived in a bubble he opened and walked in and out of regularly. there were starving people literally eating on the ground in a lot behind a government building and he was privy to that information. tinn had way more power than he used when it came to both the countrymen and his relationship with phob.
vasin pissed me off badly. i hated his character so much that i had to pause every time he spoke; similarly to my experience with nual. his character was perpetually spewing anger and verbal abuse [with the occasional physical abuse] that it triggered me. their faces even triggered me as a viewer. he is a perfect example of an elitist who sees an equitable distribution of wealth and power to all as oppression. he deserved to be imprisoned immediately, in my opinion. he was described, by tinn, as a man who was devoted to his family. where was the evidence of that? he hated chat since he could not be or do what he wanted. he garnered and maintained full control of tinn for years, making him the golden child. his sons were nothing but objects to assert his will. when they wanted to exist as individuals, the abuse came. he was a homophobic, short-sighted, imbecile who became deranged in his hatred toward phob. he, like nual, are terrible parents undeserving of the children they had.
the chemistry between inn and ongsa was a ten out of ten. their intimacy in this was stellar apart from the sex [?] scenes. i imagine they were done the way they were to protect ongsa. i think ongsa needs to work on his crying. otherwise, everyone's acting was good. pond's acting, however, was exemplary.
i noticed some goofs but the plotline was enough to override those mistakes. the singer on the main soundtrack is the first thai artist to wow me in terms of vocals. edited to add: i have now completed this and yeah no. whoever decided the direction and execution of the siege needs to be slapped. it was so poorly done, i LAUGHED at the bombings and shootings. it felt randomly thrown together. civilians were just being shot at and bombed out of nowhere. one side or the other would just be shooting into the blank distance. was that supposed to be convincing? i noticed a very notable editing glitch that was multiple seconds long. all the other period related errors were easy to ignore but then the execution of the insurrection made me backtrack. basically, the last episode tarnished the rest of BL but i will not lower the rating too much.
in conclusion, edge of horizon was a riveting watch. i cried so much at the end regarding phob's fate. i was resigned to accept it as it was. i think that ending would have been better but the ending we got was ideal for the hearts of the viewers.
this BL is difficult for me to get through. i have experienced an array of emotions watching it because of the messages within it. realistically, with the way i binge, i should have finished this yesterday. however, vasin and the dynamics around the leads because of the change of power have made it hard to continuously watch. this review is more of a critique of the character's themselves and the content; not the actors, production, or otherwise.
i can see the reflections of the world, like most may be able to, in this piece of work. this made me think that world needs a collective revolution against the elite of the world. i live in a "developed" country that is suffering immensely because of those at the helm. i wish i alone could invoke change and rid of class but it will never be that simple. anyway, i love that this drama has a real thought-provoking plotline. i hope it opens up the eyes of the mentally enslaved. i hope it inspires others like it did me.
i know it is not fault of the brainwashed and uneducated characters in this. the royals are fully responsible for roles that were. the royals were responsible for the lack of education amongst the collective population. the royals were responsible for the wealth disparity. however, characters like nual and ueam really set me off. nual, in particular, had scenes that were immensely difficult for me to get through. the indoctrination in her ran so deep, she prioritized the well-being and considerations of the royals well over her own offspring. she was fortunate in that she had a free-thinker staring her dead in the face on a consistent basis yet she still could not break free from the enslaved mindset. it was so infuriating watch her speak to phob like he was an object but be tender to the royals who did not even grant her a formal education. she blamed phob for the revolt as if it would not have happened with or without his intervention. she berated him for wishing better for himself, HER, and the rest of the country and not settling for scraps. she physically abused him for standing on the side of the working class. i felt so much internal pain watching her scenes.
the main royals, including the MVP, all felt wronged by the revolutionaries but by phob, in particular. they and nual constantly referenced all the "good" they did for him which was not even the bare scrapping minimum. good deeds are not conditional or contingent on sightless allegiance. that is one indicator that their picturesque treatment of their servants, in the beginning, was just a false face. it was upsetting seeing phob act as though tinn was a victim of anything other than betrayal through deception. what phob did to tinn to obtain information was a serious personal offense. however, tinn was not a victim of suddenly becoming a commoner / having his life upended. the royals were lucky the lot of them were not imprisoned indefinitely considered the claims made. tinn lived in a bubble he opened and walked in and out of regularly. there were starving people literally eating on the ground in a lot behind a government building and he was privy to that information. tinn had way more power than he used when it came to both the countrymen and his relationship with phob.
vasin pissed me off badly. i hated his character so much that i had to pause every time he spoke; similarly to my experience with nual. his character was perpetually spewing anger and verbal abuse [with the occasional physical abuse] that it triggered me. their faces even triggered me as a viewer. he is a perfect example of an elitist who sees an equitable distribution of wealth and power to all as oppression. he deserved to be imprisoned immediately, in my opinion. he was described, by tinn, as a man who was devoted to his family. where was the evidence of that? he hated chat since he could not be or do what he wanted. he garnered and maintained full control of tinn for years, making him the golden child. his sons were nothing but objects to assert his will. when they wanted to exist as individuals, the abuse came. he was a homophobic, short-sighted, imbecile who became deranged in his hatred toward phob. he, like nual, are terrible parents undeserving of the children they had.
the chemistry between inn and ongsa was a ten out of ten. their intimacy in this was stellar apart from the sex [?] scenes. i imagine they were done the way they were to protect ongsa. i think ongsa needs to work on his crying. otherwise, everyone's acting was good. pond's acting, however, was exemplary.
i noticed some goofs but the plotline was enough to override those mistakes. the singer on the main soundtrack is the first thai artist to wow me in terms of vocals. edited to add: i have now completed this and yeah no. whoever decided the direction and execution of the siege needs to be slapped. it was so poorly done, i LAUGHED at the bombings and shootings. it felt randomly thrown together. civilians were just being shot at and bombed out of nowhere. one side or the other would just be shooting into the blank distance. was that supposed to be convincing? i noticed a very notable editing glitch that was multiple seconds long. all the other period related errors were easy to ignore but then the execution of the insurrection made me backtrack. basically, the last episode tarnished the rest of BL but i will not lower the rating too much.
in conclusion, edge of horizon was a riveting watch. i cried so much at the end regarding phob's fate. i was resigned to accept it as it was. i think that ending would have been better but the ending we got was ideal for the hearts of the viewers.
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