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As a telenovela-type lover, I actually enjoy this series!

I've watched all 14 episodes and there are few things that bothered me, but I very much still enjoy watching it lol

The casts are great! They did their best with what they're given
Lingling Kwong as Tawan the bodyguard is so cool, dashing, and so strong
Orm Kornnaphat as Ayla the idol is really cute, pretty, and makes me wanna protect her
For Tawan's team of bodyguards, they are so funny lol
And the rest of the casts are also great, they did their job really well that made me able to be immersed in the story

I watched all kind of series and movies from many many countries and cultures so I don't judge that "something is bad" easily because every one has their own charm, strength, and weakness.

The early stories are quite great for me, I felt butterfly, shy, laugh, angry, etc as I was immersed in the story
However, there are some part of the stories, especially towards the end that I don't really think needed
BUT! As someone who like the series like telenovelas etc, it's understandable that the problem would rise one another until almost the very end lol

But there is something that really bothered me the whole series, it's the wardrobe!
What kind of bodyguard wears stilletto, that's a really strange choice from the director and team
If they want to make Tawan taller, they could just gave her a high-sole boots etc
and all those very very big, oversize suits are also strange

So my complain is mainly about the wardrobe department

Besides the wardrobe, I really really enjoy this series, it's easy to watch, and it's quite enjoyable to watch with family from kids to grandparents because it aired in primetime slot

Great job to all the casts!!
But I hope the director would put more consideration to those kind of things in the future

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A very great portrayal of real life family drama

This series is so good! The main story about the conflict between mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law because she loves her daughter way too much and want to control her life is a really great potrayal of real-life family dynamic, especially in Asian family.

The casts do a very great job of portraying their characters that makes the viewer could emphatize with them and could easily makes us feel sad, angry, happy, and squeeling over their relationship, etc. I want to praise especially the 3 main characters: Lingling Kwong as Runch, Orm Kornnaphat as Neen, and P'Kik Suwatjanee as the mother-in-law, very very great job!!

And the detailed props and all small details that the director and team put in the series makes it even more realistic!

Because one of the things that I hate the most is plot holes, so the emphasize on details is making me very happy.

So far so good, I really love this series, good job everyone!!

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A fun detective story

I'm pleasantly surprised by this series of EngLot because their previous series weren't that great in my opinion.
But this one is really good!
Their acting has improved a lot

I love detective story like this. It made me curious who's the culprit and I love how this stories unfold

The reason I only give 6 for Rewatch Value is because I anticipated every week because I'm curious on how the stories unfold and who's the culprit. But now that I know, its value decrease a bit
But I really enjoyed every single episode

Really great job to EngLot and all the casts!!

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There is such a thing as "too much"

The 2nd series by FreenBecky is a period drama and let me tell you, I love period drama

Because all Thai GL are romance series with happy ending, I'm very curious on how they could get their happy ending, especially in the times and situation where those kind of relationship were not accepted

Overall I enjoyed it BUT I don't know whether it's because they wanted to make 16 episodes or not, but the story kinda drags a bit so there are few episodes and scenes that I found boring

But I love all those places and costumes, etc, I found that captivating

I think Freen & Becky's acting has improved from Gap and I know they are popular for those heavy kiss & love scenes
HOWEVER! There is such a thing as "too much"
For me, I really enjoyed the love scenes in Gap, all those anticipation is making me hot and bothered.
At early episodes in The Loyal Pin (TLP), those also made me hot and bothered as well.
But as the series unfold, those scenes became more and more and longer and I don't see the use for putting all those excessive scenes in the series. Sadly, those scenes started to make me feel bothered because it became boring and not exciting anymore

But I watched it because I was curious how their relationship and the stories would unfold and overall I could enjoy it even though I don't think I would ever rewatched it, unlike Gap

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The 1st of 4Elements and the best one for me!!

I'm plesantly surprised!
The 1st series of the 4Elements and the new pairing I didn't know before yet their series blown me away!

I really love DinRose and even made me love AppleMim as well, they are so so cute
AppleMim feels like a real-life DinRose to me lol

Their relationship in the series is very very cute and made me giddy
I'm always excited to watch every single episode

Though there are few storyline about Wasu etc that I don't particularly care about, but overall I really love this series!
It's cute, romantic, and there are funny moments too,

In my opinion, this is hands down the best series out of 4Elements!
Great job!

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I'm sorry but this is the worst series that's full of plot holes, I'm so dissapointed

The 3rd series in 4Elements played by FreenBecky is surprisingly so dissapointing for me

First of all let me tell you this:
I've watched all kind of series and movies from many many countries and cultures so I don't judge that "something is bad" easily because every one has their own charm, strength, and weakness.
And also I've watched almost all Thai GL.

What I hate the most when I watch something new is the overall production. If it gives the feeling of a really small production, I would skip it and I wouldn't say anything bad about it either because I get it, it's a small project with small fund and usually it's a passion project, so I respect that.

BUT!!! The 2nd thing I hate is plot holes.
And The Air is so full of them. I've watched 7 eps, next week is the last ep but lemme give my review now because I don't think it would change even if I wait until next week.

I've watched Gap and TLP and overall I like those 2 series by FreenBecky.
But this series, I very very much hate it and so dissapointed
I think this series is the most series with plot holes I've watched in my entire life
I couldn't enjoy it at all but why I still watch it? Because this is the 3rd out of 4 series in 4Elements.
And I want to watch The Fire next so I feel like I need to know this series first because all 4 series is kinda connected one way or another

I love watching western action series and movie so this much plot holes especially the episodes that have action in them, is bothering me way too much for me to be able to enjoy it

And no hate to Freen, but as a detective who's kinda goofy (in my opinion that's the character's personality, but I'm not sure) I think her expression is way too flat
I actually noticed it since The Earth. I don't know whether that's the direction or just her acting because I've never read the novel. But for me, I don't really like it.
And as a detective who's supposedly very great at her job that makes her very famous, and a complete player, she made sounds like squeels like "kyaaa" is so not cool. I think she should grunt or at least make it sounds cooler, because if she squeels in fighting scene, it suddenly made me feel like I'm watching a cat fight. At least that's how it feels for me.

I don't know if it's because my opinion about this series already bad because of the plot holes, but somehow nothing in this series works for me. The funny scenes doesn't feel funny, the sad scenes doesn't moved me, and the romantic scenes doesn't give me giddiness I usually felt watching other series, it all fell flat sigh


I'm sorry this is a very long review but I really hate plot holes and this series in intolerable to me in terms of plot holes so let me rant about it a bit:


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Now about the plot holes, I didn't take notes because never have I ever thought I could find this many plot holes in 1 series, but from what I can remember after watching 7 episodes:

- How the heck many people from Madelline can speak Thai? From Princess Blew (Becky), her dad the king, her brother the prince, Grace and Henri (Blew's bodyguards and traitors). How do I know they spoke Thai? Because there is no single interpreter in the scene and all of them can talk to common Thai people without any problem so I'm pretty sure they're not talking in English either. Especially Henri because he talks to many lowly thugs and hired mercenaries, and even talks to nurses in hospital while dresses as a doctor. If he talked in English, I'm pretty sure the nurses would be surprised, but they didn't

- The early runaway scene --> Vayo was riding motorcycle but choose to dump it and instead change it to public transport.
And as expected, people in the bus look at Blew strangely because of course, she looks caucasian so it attracts attention.
I think that's a very stupid decision because in doing so, she always have to use public transport and hitchhike and increase the risk of Blew being recognized by bystander

- Many action scenes have many holes, like their positioning that's too open and would be able to be shot easily. One of the worst decision by Vayo is telling Blew to sit on a big log in between 2 trees with her back completely exposed and opened to be shot freely from almost all sides even though they weren't in safe place yet. Like, why don't she told Blew to crouch behind that big log is so strange. And for a detective that's supposedly very good at her job, she made a lot of decision and movement that's kinda stupid. When the bad guy come from the front, she didn't pull Blew to hide behind her but Blew is standing still beside Vayo at an arms length

- The episode 6 is the worst of them all in my opinion, here's why:
(1) Vayo told Blew if she saw the board sign, she should run away to the back of the island. But how does Vayo know where to put the sign? Because Blew was walking around the island with Bua before the invasion so there's a chance Blew wouldn't see the sign
(2) Blew was told to run away to the back of the island if invasion happen, but there's only 1 police on the boat? And sure enough the police was shot sigh
(3) The shootout happened and the bad guys were pushed back and ran away to the back of the island. If Vayo wanna make the back of the island their escape plan, why would they push back those bad guy with clear path there? And after seeing the bad guys ran towards there, Vayo didn't look worried or immediately pursue them but she's like just stand there and watching them run away
(4) Blew already on the boat sailing through the sea when the bad guys saw her and those bad guys ran towards the front of the island to fetch their boats but could catch up easily?
(5) Ok, let's move away from the action. After Vayo was shot while wearing bulletproof, she fell to the water, being rescued by Blew and found unconsious. Blew gave NOT cpr because she just put her lips on Vayo's lower lip, not blowing air into Vayo's mouth lol
(6) Vayo is hospitalized I don't know how long and for what because from what I've seen, she's perfectly fine. How do I know she doesn't have internal damage or something? Because she let Blew slept on her hospital bed while Vayo slept curled up besides Blew. If she had bruises or internal damage, wouldn't that hurt like hell? I think this scene is just made to give romantic moment even though it doesn't make sense
(7) When Vayo's dad visited her at night, she told her dad she is suspicious of her dad's right hand man. In the morning Henri come to take Vayo out in the hospital and the hospital is still in normal situation. But when he found out Vayo isn't there anymore, the shootout happen in the hospital lobby, BUT suddenly the hospital is already empty. I don't think they could organize it that fast, it's just not logical

- In the episode 7, Grace shot Henri just because Henri wants to shoot Vayo but Grace wants to be the one to shoot Vayo herself is just the stupidest decision ever. Especially because they already suspected the police would be there shortly but she chose to shoot her own trusted man?
- After Grace, who is holding a gun to Blew's head, is surrounded by Vayo and the police, why the police bunched up in one position and not spread out even though the space is so big because it happened in open space?
- Grace was at complete disadvantage so why would she shot Vayo only in her arm and leg? She should at least shot Vayo dead because Grace is only surrounded by 2 sides: 1 is Vayo, 2 other polices who's bunched up only in one side. If she shot Vayo dead at the spot she could moves freely because she still has a hostage
- When Grace shot Vayo, her gun completely pointed at Vayo while her back is completely exposed, so why don't the polices there shot her right there and then?

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So, in my opinion, there are too many plot holes that's unreasonable.
If they want to make an opening for romance or suspense, they could make it better, but it's done and I'm dissapointed
I know making action series is not easy but as someone who watches many action scenes, the holes in this series are too glaring to be dismissed

After watching The Earth and The Water and enjoying it, I'm really sad about The Air
I hope The Fire would be good

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A very great series! I fell in love...

This series, TSOU, is the 1st LingOrm series I've watched

They are so pretty! I'm mesmerized by their beauty honestly

This series made me cry a lot! Since the very 1st episode lol
But I really love this series
I could emphatize with the characters and be immersed in the story
The cuteness and giddiness I felt from Lada & Earn relationship, the anger, sadness, disappointment, and satisfaction throughout the up and down of their love story is very fulfiling to me

I actually "fell in love" with Earn Sanithada lol, she is my ideal wife!!

This series will always be one of the greatest one for me, great job everyone!!

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