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It's a really good story, with good production, and good actors. Almost a 10.
This series is a masterpiece, as a person who watched other OffGun works, I was really curious since one of my friends love this series. And God, he was so right.OffGun as SeanWhite was amazing, the intimacy, I feel like I was in the middle of something that I shouldn't. Their acting was SO GOOD, and everyone knows that Gun is incredible, but it was the first time that Off really make me shocked by his acting skills.
Gun was absolutely perfect for the twins, the way that he acts for each twin it's so detailed. And especially for Black, bcs White still has some sweetness which is totally Gun, but Black... He was Black.
The only reason that I gave 9.5/10 and not just a 10, was bcs Dan and Yok. I fucking hate their arc, and I fucking hate Dan. Yok forgave him, but NOT ME. I hate cops so much and men too all they do is lie. And I didn't like the acting of Fluke (Dan), he did a "good job", but I found so superficial, but First (Yok) amazing acting totally saved the day.
In resume: This so much more than a simple romance series, though they don't "represent" me, bcs I don't see myself directly in the characters, I deeply connected with them, with their feelings. It was really impressive.
It's a really good story, with good production, and good actors. Almost a 10.
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He is so cute... Tonliew is so so so adorable, and the cuteness of the character feels so natural, well, bcs it IS! He's naturally adorable (and so tiny omg). I loved their chemistry, how sweet and gentle their whole relationship is.
The acting is SO amazing. But obviously, the star here is Tonliew as Typhoon. The way that he portrayed raw emotions, grief, panic. He gave in fully for the character and it was so freaking good. Like... I want him booked and busy. He's so talented.
Also how funny is that the moment that New steps back from directing, suddenly the quality is SO MUCH better. He's so fucking bad as a director, really, it amazes me...
My deducting points tho are because I think that the story should've been more... smooth. It feels abrupt, the transition from extremely angsty to suddenly cuteness and a giddy world. Ofc, it makes sense, partially, with Typhoon's personality. Even while facing the HORRORS, he's still sweet and docile, gentle and smiley. He's so strong.
But even while partially making sense, it feels a little... unrealistic? Too quick! One moment he was scared of being close to Tonfah and then suddenly he wanted him back without fearing it much. I understand that his friends encouraged him but still... some details just feel like little story holes.
Whatever, this doesn't make the experience of watching bad. Not at all, it's such a sweet and gentle story. But ofc, for people who like HEAVY DRAMA... that's not what you will get. It's gentle, healing, soft and sweet. Yeah, there is some angst but the whole series is definitely not about that.
I'm super excited to see more of BeverTonliew!
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The fanservice it’s not serving! Waiter, I wanted more!
It doesn't add much to the plot, or the series as a whole, which is expected since it's a special (and one focused on a specific couple!)It doesn't exactly develop them as a couple either, it's more a fanservice special. Which is NOT a problem at all! But, since it's fanservice… I would have liked more if it had more yk, service!
But it's cute and quick and lovely! It's totally skippable, but it's also not unpleasant to watch!
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JohanNorth MEAL
OHHH GOD! I have a lot to say!We have 2 main couples here, and 2 hints about two other couples that are having their arcs aired now (as the time that I’m writing this). But, let’s focus on the couples of this season and on the main points that I like to touch in my reviews!
The story itself is a little… I can't say that it's strong! The first 6-7 episodes are SO BORING, and that's totally because HillTer are… insufferable. I kept watching bcs my friend already warned me: If you pass the first 6 episodes, believe me, it's going to get fun! And she was right!
What I didn't like in HillTer story is that it just goes round and around. If they just… SIT and properly talk in maybe episode 2, the problem would be gone and by episode 3 they would already be dating. I also personally don't enjoy miscommunication plots, but this one specifically is insufferable… I also didn't like the flashbacks bcs as I said: it goes round and around and we are still getting into NOTHING. It moves so slow and repetitive!
Then, we get to JohanNorth… and that's, my friend, when it gets FUN! Well, honestly, their story itself feels a little confused and rushed, then later it makes more sense but still… it does have some little holes in the story and when I think about the storyline alone… it's weird. But OH MY GOD.
MaxkyBas chemistry is out of this planet. And their kisses are FIRE. It's been a long time since I saw such hungry kisses and it was amazing. What totally saves their arc is how they're such good actors and have such a strong chemistry that you are convinced by their story in the end, even if it's not very rational.
PondEarth are also great actors! It's just that I didn't like their characters much, and most of the time I have to admit that Earth's character was a little annoying…
The directing, in general, as expected of New Siwaj, is awful. Not his worst work, definitely, but it's the same thing as P10L or A Boss and a Babe: the amazing cast saves the day.
It's fun and enjoyable to watch! I'm definitely on my way to continue watching and go for season 2 now!
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Waste of chemistry
I can't believe that I just found out how insane GreatInn chemistry is after they're already divorced!!!Jokes apart, they're both insane good actors and their chemistry was amazing. Which for me, basically carries this series.
I think it's fun, cute! It's not a bad series, definitely not! And also their spreading awareness about STIs, kinks and sexuality exploration, multiple letters of LGBTQIA+ is just amazing! Also them staying LOYAL to Dee being purple and Yoryak being yellow even in lighting and scene setup is amazing!
I really like P'Golf and how she always goes to sensitive queer themes. But overall, I can't say that Wandee Goodday has good screenwriting. The direction is actually pretty okay, the problem is the story. The characters are underdeveloped, especially Dr. Dee. Also, the story basically goes nowhere in a lot of episodes… It's just… messy? And boring, a lot of times. Which is upsetting since it did have so much potential.
Oye and Cher are cute and ThoFluke chemistry is SOOO GOOODDD but also not developed too. It ends up being a little messy and confusing.
Unfortunately everyone did GreatInn dirty, potential deeply wasted… It's such a shame.
I feel bad bcs it's obvious how much the cast and the crew were doing their everything for the series, it does have some touches of care that come clearly from a team that loves what they're doing… it just didn't happen.
The music is insane though, the original soundtrack is just BOP after BOP.
PS.; It’s funny how you can easily tell what year it was just from watching the series, GMM style changings through the years are so funny.
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I love their perspective about love, grief and guilt
It's an emotional story about love for cats, love, grief, guilt and family. In all his failures and imperfect ways. It's relatively calm and composed when compared with FirstKhao's other series (and it was literally their wish). It's still emotionally developed and very on brand for them, but a lot less rollercoaster of emotions.I loved it in general, it's about grief and it's well done, I just have some points: I wish that the mom and son thing were more developed, bcs we don't really understand what exactly made mother and son fall a little apart, where exactly was the moment or thing that this happened. Also, the whole show has those little plot holes here and there, but overall it's not that unpleasant.
It's beautiful, and the acting, I don't even need to talk about it right? Fresh Arisara is one of the most brilliant actors of her generation. I wish that she would just do every show in Thailand bcs she's brilliant. FirstKhao alwayyyyys delivers and Satang is also amazing.
A good watch! Also I love the cats, I just really wish that they would play a bigger role in the whole thing. WE LOVE YOU BABY JUMBO. I also love my diva Jennie.
Oh and AJ who is there playing the same character for the 1939 time. And I eat it everytime.
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What a waste of time!
To be honest, I hate almost everything about this series. The acting is mid, the screenwriting is horrible, and there is zero character growth. Please don't tell me that Teerak learning to say 'no' or Muengfah controlling his anger counts as growth. bcs it DOESN'T.Teerak is insufferable, Muengfah is boring, and the plot is 90% filler. Like how a whole series is a filler? Idk, they invented a new genre at this point.
The only saving grace for me was RealHia. AuauSave served a full meal while I was suffering! I only endured this show because of them. I’ll be sticking to TikTok for their scenes in the special episodes because nothing could make me sit through three more hours of the lead couple. I also love TeeteePor, but even their storyline was dull.
I love ThomasKong as personalities, but their acting here was rough. I really hope they’ve improved since this filmed, because this was hard to watch.
Don't waste your time.
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Lazy screenwriting and stupid plots
I just really feel sad for the actors who are AMAZING, cute patooties, and deserved better characters. Well, let's go. My reviews are always structured by: screenwriting, directing, and acting (while touching on other points in the middle).It's one of the worst screenplays ever, and it's disappointing because their screenwriting team (they are from a crew) is one of the best, and the people involved were some of my favorite artists in this field. That’s probably why it's so unsettling to me that they were so lazy with this script.
"Boys in Love" doesn’t really have conflicts. Which is not necessarily the problem, it’s weird for a Y-series, but it’s NOT the problem. The problem is that you don’t see development or growth in any of the characters. They start the series and end the series THE SAME, which is a big problem for a series that was supposed to talk about growth, falling in love as a teenager, and the conflicts that come with it (like choosing your career path, dealing with frustrations, etc.).
The main couple, KitShane, was so badly handled. Like… everything was rushed, they get together so early, and then NOTHING relevant happens. KimMon was INSUFFERABLE, and I feel bad for Aston (Mon) to have to play such an idiot. ALL OF THEIR fights were stupid, and not silly like teens fighting, it was plain stupid, and I don’t think they grew out of it during the series. The only fun thing for me in the teens was the couple that wasn’t even a real couple in the series, PerTar (they are hinted but they don't really happen). They were pretty funny, and Tar was my favorite character. He was so funnyyyy. AND PODDPAPANG, I LOVED IT. OLD MAN YAOI. I just feel sad that they weren’t better developed.
Their acting was amazing… especially Luke (Kit). He was a good surprise to me since I didn’t know what to expect. Chokun (Kim) is also amazing, but I already knew my boy. Aston (Mon) was such a good surprise to me. KenPaul were adorable in their little screentime. Podd and Papang, amazing as ALWAYS. Such a good crew for such a BORING series, it makes me a little sad.
At least the series was BEAUTIFULLY filmed. The scenes, scenarios, AMAZING, as always. Parbdee Studios are THE BEST. Everything was cute and beautiful. The directing was okay, but with that script, not even a miracle would save it.
Boring. It would be a 4 if I didn’t like the boys so much.
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We Are dolphins singing Symphony
It's plain happiness. It feels like we're dolphins and we're all singing Symphony by Zara Larsson together bcs it's really plain happiness. They don't have actual problems, maybe a little miscommunication but it's like, 20 minutes long, everything is simple and funny. If you want something to LOVE LAUGH LIVE, that's the series. It's just... how can you have 4 main couples, 1 hinted couple, and still, be so... empty? Also, it's unfair that ChainPun doesn't have development bcs in SIXTEEN episodes (really, for WHAT?) they have 2 proper scenes of them. TanFang and QToey being funny and cute saves the show bcs the main couple was so fucking boring... enemies to lovers? Like in the first opportunity, they're already sucking each other faces.Well, about the couples:
- PhumPeem (PondPhuwin): Boring... cute, but still boring. Points for Phuwin meowing. Points for them being the first BL couple that I watched who really have a flirting stage. They have a normal couple development but considering all the time that it took... it was a little too much?
- TanFang (AouBoom): SO FUCKING FUNNY they carried the show along with QToey, but they were very underdeveloped. Like you blink and they're together out of nothing.
- QToey (WinnySatang): Surprisingly, the best development between all the couples. They're the only of all of them who really have a history and reasons.
- ChainPun (MarcPoon): They didn't have screentime at all but when they appeared, it was fun. JUSTICE FOR THEM!
In resume: Sixteen episodes with basically every couple with bad development and hours of filler episodes where PhumPeem was just flirting when you could take that time to make proper character constructions. It's not a bad series, fr, it's funny and it's enjoyable. But it does have BIG screenplay holes, and it's such basic things that it just feels that they did a very lazy job. They really don't have proper problems and things like that, so, if you just want happiness, you will like it. But on a technical point: it's a LAZY screenwriting job. Like so fucking lazy.
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The plot is simple but beautiful. I love when BL series have protagonists older, since the majority of them are with people in their twenties, queer people exist in all ages and we don't have so much representation of older queer people.
Since it's a Japanese work, they tend to follow 2 paths: Very camp or more melancholy. This is a little melancholy, but just a little, and in some points about age, life, and work. In general, it's refreshing.
Both actors are extremely good, their performance was amazing and intense. It looks so real.
The photography it's beautiful, it's probably one of the most beautiful confession scenes that I have ever seen, both aesthetically and in the dialogue.
That's such an work of art.
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it's simple and lovely
IT'S SO FUCKING CUTE AND SILLY AND LOVELY AND EVERYTHING TO MEEEE.I love it when a series it's silly. They know they are silly. And they do a great job of being silly and proud to be silly. And they are very proud.
It's not a deep plot, it's actually a cliché. Enemies to friends to lovers, and it's cute and funny! I liked how even with just 8 episodes with 30 minutes each, they are actually developed. Not only as a couple but as individuals too.
And, the acting was so on point. Seobin (Jaeyoon) and Jiwoong (Hojoon) are really good actors, and their chemistry is amazing.
And ofc, I have to say: THE KISS???????? OMG that was a kiss. A very kissy kiss. Hojoon was hungry. Damn...
Sometimes, less is more. And it's exactly why Roommates of Poongduck 304 is so good: It's simple, but they work with what they have. They didn't try to make it look like something grand, it's just simple. And way too good.
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Waste of a great art team
Uhmmm, so much to say...About the plot and story: LORD HAVE MERCY what a lousy plot, the idea of a sex tape and revenge porn and everything it's horrible, but it's fun how after all THAT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER. It's strange, rushed, and you don't even understand how the fuck they started to be friends and eventually fuck. It's very very very weak as a series.
But, if something it's on point, it's their chemistry. Mos (Mangkorn) and Bank (Yai) have insane chemistry. The fact that they knew each other before the series probably helped a lot. But their acting... ermmm. They are both mid, especially Mos, they really have to improve a lot. But I think that they are going in the right way.
I have things that I liked a lot in these series, but in the end of the day, it doesn't help very much in my opinion about the series:
- OST: Very good, I loved Bank voice in the main soundtrack. Added to my playlist.
- Photography, filmography, and colorimetry: INSANE. IT'S FUCKING BEAUTIFUL the color scheme for the characters and their relationships and feelings are FUCKING BEAUTIFUL. Yai has a warm color scheme, normally with red and orange, and that says a lot about his personality too. While Mangkorn has a cold color scheme. When they are together, the colors merge in beautiful scenes. It has beautiful shots too, and the way that they play with the symbolisms of YinYang and the four sacred animals of Chinese mythology it's great. The YinYang scene on the floor that appears in the opening is one of the most beautiful shots that I have ever seen in a Thai production.
Unfortunately, that beautiful photography is wasted with VERY POOR screenwriting. Very. Poor.
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As I said, it's a silly plot, but it works because they didn't try to make it look like it wasn't. It's silly, and that's it! I love Nuea a lot, he was so cute and had such a good heart. And he was so funny. About Lom, he was a little... I understand his reasons but I think that he chose the worst way to do things. But it's a series so makes sense...
About the acting, Pak (Nuea) was good. He is exactly what Nuea has to be: cute and funny. Sunny (Lom) it's charming like a drama protagonist and it's exactly what his characters need. Aya (Yiwa) also did a good job. My problem is with Kate (Marine). She's so fucking bad. Every single scene with her was emotionless. Seriously. I know that it's her first acting gig, but still... Damn. It was annoying.
The ending was cute too, overall, it's a good series to watch :)
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Better than the series, but still not good.
It's not the first Our Skyy that I have watched bcs I didn't follow the episodes airing, I'm just following the series as I watch them.I already did a review of NLMG and my note was 3. I'm not reviewing it as a new part of NLMG but as a special. For a special, this was kinda... funny? I laughed a bit and the story was so... camp. That's why looks better compared to NLMG. But I not really liked the plot, tho. It was... well FOR WHAT?
With the amount of drama in the main series, the special could be more bright, I guess. But it's cool for people who liked the series since here they were so more lovey-dovey. And that's another problem for me, LOL. It doesn't look real, yk? They were being sweet and it was kinda... embarrassing? To watch. It looked really fake. I didn't buy it.
Pond and Phuwin have chemistry, although they are not good actors, they have. But here, I was ? well, WHERE THE CHEMISTRY GO?
Well, it's not good at all, but anything it's better than NLMG. And for a special, is what the fans wanted I guess.
Overall, compared with the other episodes of Our Skyy, it's decent.
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CAMP IN A VERY GOOD WAY
It's so camp, like really camp. The scenes are just so funny and omg I cried a lot from laughing like crazy.The thing is: PondPhuwin are REALLY bad actors, Pond it's the worst of them, but Phuwin it's not very good either. Anyways, it works because as I said: IT'S CAMP!
It's funny and they are cute, but I have to say: NeoLouis as DueanMeen totally stole the scene, first OMG DUEAN WAS SO FUNNY SO SO FUNNY and Meen it's just SO CUTE, I wanted to hug him like a baby the whole time.
In resume: It's good because it's camp and they made very good use of being silly and ridiculous, I watched really fast because it's so easy to watch, it's really good for when you're not in mind to watch something more dark or with more issues, when you just want laugh and being silly a little hihi.
PS.: Louis OST it's so good..
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