Reviews

The Next Princess

Ep 4 - Oh dear, Khanin said those fatal words, ‘I don’t trust anyone but you’. There’s gonna be some more Khanin tears with that one line, I can feel it in my waters.Jimmy is excellent in his portrayal of Ramil as is his push/pull relationship with Ohm’s character Paytai.Background music and scene changes are still clunky unfortunately, I’ve seen this happen with a few other Thai productions and wonder if they are using the same sound editing team, a bit unfortunate given the budget but nothing they can’t fix post-production down the track.Funny/cute/weird moment: Getting Daou was a real bonus, his ‘I Trust You’ with its key change is magically perfect. I’m hoping for some more pop or rock songs next as it is the 4th ballady type song now

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The Next Princess

Ep 4 - Oh dear, Khanin said those fatal words, ‘I don’t trust anyone but you’. There’s gonna be some more Khanin tears with that one line, I can feel it in my waters.Jimmy is excellent in his portrayal of Ramil as is his push/pull relationship with Ohm’s character Paytai.Background music and scene changes are still clunky unfortunately, I’ve seen this happen with a few other Thai productions and wonder if they are using the same sound editing team, a bit unfortunate given the budget but nothing they can’t fix post-production down the track.Funny/cute/weird moment: Getting Daou was a real bonus, his ‘I Trust You’ with its key change is magically perfect. I’m hoping for some more pop or rock songs next as it is the 4th ballady type song now

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The Next Princess

Ep 3 - Oh my Princedomhood the Palace was Palac’ing, that’s for all the haters going on and on and on and on about it not being Palace enough, just check out the golden chairs in the dining room let alone Khanin’s bed! Gurl she rich now lol.And so the battle for the crown doth begineth bahaha we’re off with scheming and just whose head is on the chopping block.New track ‘I trust you’ has entered the OST.Likes: Butler Chakri…I want one.Not so much: Too short, each episode could easily be 90 minutes lol. Some of the scene changes are fast, don’t get me wrong, usually in BLs it feels like 5 minutes of no dialogue/music between scenes but not here it’s wham bam thank you mam and next!JJ’s casting - his big moment came…a royal choir dressed in their finery…then his solo…and we heard an average voice HUH? Was a bit of a buzzkill. The top soprano was too strong overall and to be fair he should have been stronger if given a solo. So here’s where my intial rating is now unfortunately starting to waiver. It seems like nepotism now, so many stronger with better annunciation Thai acotrs are out there BUT Aof is now stuck with the team he has. Given the budget and hype my critical eye is now watching. JJ’s moment was more of a…meh blink and you’ll miss it. Early days still so looking forward to some strong acting from him.Funny/cute/weird moment: The first (non) kiss was direct from ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’, no it wasn’t but it was a very good effort for a stolen kiss, spy stylez.

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The Next Princess

Ep 2 was off da hook! The opening sequence alone was like Mission Impossible, I got chills lol. Ok not MI but it was thrilling to watch for a BL, you get me. Now that chemistry that we all fell in love with during Cutie Pie, well she’s back with a vegence 🔥🔥🔥baby is burnin. The pace in this episode is very different to the first one. I noticed the series has received quite a few negative 1 and 1.5 star reviews because they didn’t think the pace was good and that the environment wasn’t royal enough. Well folks you get pace, you get baddies, you get a hilarious taxi driver, you get romance on an airplane, romance in a late night book shop, you get to watch Zee being a macho man AND taking his top off and, o yes, you get Royalty, I mean c’mon King Nirut, Thai acting royalty at its best.O and the tears, the tears 💧💧💧and that was just me lol our poor teerak Khanin has to pull them out twice.Who was the the taxi driver? Hilarious.Like: you’re probably not gonna believe this, but the opening credits are the Thai version of Game of Thrones. I sh$t you not. There’s a TNP world coming and I think more series are being lined up, you heard it here first.Not so much: the scene changes and background mood music in a couple of spots is a little jarring. I mentioned it during ep 1 and again I believe it’s because of the timeframe and getting it edited on time. I personally have been in series and TVCs and I know that background noise just naturally or from filming a scene in a public area can be extremely difficult to edit out. I also mentioned before that IQIYI can update episodes so I imagine in further post production they may fix these bits and re-upload, but don’t wait get that subscription stat.Funny/weird moment: Lavatories sounded like laboratories, try saying it like that, it’s hilarious ie instead of lav-it-tree, la-vor-ra-tory soooo cute. Best scene/s - Nunew literally being a puppy 🥺🐶. Pahahahahaha the train scene, Zee with a MO 🤣.

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The Next Princess

Ep 1 was intriguing, the sets were larger in scale than anything we’ve seen before. Given it begins between London and the fictitious Emmaly we are immediately immersed into Khanin’s world. Like: The scale, you really can’t get past the levelof character detail this BL has gone through in creating this world, it really is next level, from the fencing apparatus and locker room, to the family crests, colours and emblems. Can’t wait to see more of this after only one episode.Not so much: In a couple of the scene changes you can hear an audible clunk in the music/background noise, a bit of a surprise from this company who normally don’t miss that kind of detail. I can only assume that in order to get the episode in on time this could have happened however I do know that Iqiyi do reloads, so down the track might actually get replaced with a cleaner version.

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keep reading comments about how good this…

keep reading comments about how good this is.. the acting is bad - like bad, BAD - & idk if i wanna root for a guy that is so volatile & obsessive he act's as crazy as he did, that made his gf run away from him. & to add insult to injury he hurt an innocent bystander - that will be his future partner? what?!??? *******************************************************************************idk but the dude seems messed in the head, i don't think he is a fit partner for women or men. or cause the world is gonna end & now Art is more or less is dependent on him - it's the perfect setting for a crazy dude like Golf. still doesn't make this anything but toxic as f*ck. but the it wouldn't be a Thai BL...aish

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Immediately gripping and intriguing

The direction of this show is truly incredible. The first episode, despite having a young boy as the lead, works amazingly.I do dislike all the stories that begin with narration and exposition, but at least it's short in this one.The way the story begins is quite riveting and lays a great foundation for the character dynamics. We learn quickly the type of person Kuin Dao is from the way he protects his subordinate and takes the lead.The prosthetics did give me pause and, well, they're not at all the best. I did wonder where the budget was going to go with such obvious prosthetics. Thankfully, the ghost warriors are a snippet of the episode and we don't have to be thrown off by their makeup all the time.Otherwise, this episode packed a punch, broke my heart, made me gasp, cry and connect with the characters, even the ones with such small roles as the boy who takes his friend's place. Oh! Pure and agonizing heartbreak. We understand how ruthless the opposition is and can understand, even empathize with the revenge plot.

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