Reviews

The Dynamic Duo

I liked it.
It was original to a degree.
Everyone's acting, especially Sky, Nani, Great (believable in every character) and Krist were better than okay. In fact, Krist left an impression.
SkyNani have a real bromance vibe and that is partially due their features and not anything particular. Sky's soft protective look towards him and Nani's innocent face does the work.
expressions are their shitck.
It's okay marketing them as a bromance couple and once it stays that without inferring more. They did it, because the expectation was there, but light on the romance.
I enjoy action and mystery, so it was not boring but it still didn't blow my mind.
The story flowed along culminating without the usual overdramatization. Bonus.
The script was okay. The demon within and without being conquered by the Wu. Both finding their center along the way. I think I want something that breaks boundaries for them. This is still within the safe zone.
It was funny, a bit emotional at times, action geared and good enough to stick to the end.
S1 is enough. I don't need a sequel.

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9/10 Refreshingly different and surprisingly heartfelt

9/10 Refreshingly different and surprisingly heartfelt

Cosmetic Playlover exceeded my expectations with its unique workplace setting and charming romance. The chemistry between the leads is fantastic, making every interaction feel natural and heartfelt as they grow together. Despite only having eight episodes, the story never feels rushed, balancing sweet moments with emotional character development. A few repetitive conflicts and a slightly underwhelming finale keep it from perfection, but it’s still a warm, engaging J-BL that stands out from the usual formula.

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Jumborg 9 supremacy

Released as part of Tsuburaya's 10th anniversary celebration, a year jam-packed with so many different tokusatsu productions from everyone and their mothers, Jumborg Ace is a confused beast, unsure if it should be a revenge-driven thriller or embrace the goofier antics of contemporaries. Yes, it very much lives in the shadow of the better-known Silver Giant from Nebula M78; the formula has already worn thin, but the series does deserve a bit of credit for blending high-flying monster action with mecha elements years before giant robot anime would truly explode in popularity. What keeps you going more than anything is the rather emotional central storyline; revenge is always a powerful motivator, and it keeps you hooked merely to see how far these characters are willing to go, especially once Jumborg 9 gets introduced. Unfortunately, the show has more than its fair share of child-focused episodes that regularly interrupt the momentum of its invasion narrative, while supporting characters sometimes receive limited development, and a lot of the acting reflects the broad style common to children's television of the early 1970s. Still, these shortcomings are outweighed by the show's infectious energy and sincerity. The production values are pretty typical of the era with miniature cities, rubber-suited monsters and colourful pyrotechnics all on full display. Although occasionally showing their budgetary limitations, they're executed with enough enthusiasm, the action sequences are brisk, inventive and often surprisingly brutal, with Jumborg Ace dispatching enemies in ways that stand out even among his giant hero peers. While the opening perfectly captures the larger-than-life spirit of the series, I find myself once again unimpressed by a Shunsuke Kikuchi score; there's not a lot I can even say about it. Regardless, Jumborg Ace is a fine little show in its own right; its blend of giant robots, alien invaders, and heartfelt heroism makes it essential viewing for fans of vintage tokusatsu despite being another series cursed to never get a proper ending.

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10/10 10

10/10 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't care about the critics I loved this series period.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Rand the
follower and Paxton in of life dear very much so more and less so much for me to be with me ondesa Pentecost and then we are going back yard lalby for you to the follower
of the house to the beast
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me oh I know it is sup girls and boys over flower f4 thailand miss kiss
you doing a good job of making your life
better than ever before me your special day is sup
I have
been trying for a long time but not yet done so much so more guys are going on way to better this year
I think we
will be friends with me and you can go out there.

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Mature Romance, Immature Villains

This is a true enemies-to-lovers tale. This isn't about harsh looks or mean words. The leads were ruthless with one another—they whipped, stabbed, and bit one another. Then, the drama deftly gave the viewer flashbacks that explained how they each came to be so combative and hard.

The Good:

• Kudos to the writer for giving me villains with understandable motivations. They were despicable and did unredeemable acts, but the drama made me mourn the waste of their lives.
• The drama subverted my expectations. The siblings didn't hate one another. The ML and FL were equals in intelligence, ability, and commanding power. They trusted and protected one another. When the FL was faced with an act of noble idiocy, she only considered it briefly, which was a huge relief!
• The princess was a mess, which was unexpected. She careened from one stupid decision to another. I had to remind myself that she'd been coddled and protected all her life. She had no practical experience outside her ivory tower. She'd never felt repercussions from bad choices. Her father and brother had protected and indulged her. Spoiled princess needed a reality check. And she got it.
• And now, a word about amnesia, that frustrating bugaboo of Asian dramas: this has BOTH the ML and FL experiencing memory loss. But wait, it isn't frustrating and meaningless like most plot Band-Aids. The first bout of amnesia with the FL was handled beautifully. She was understandably off kilter and suspicious of everyone, but she handled her condition rationally. Rather than detract from the drama, her memory holes added another layer of suspense. The second bout of amnesia was short-lived, thankfully, and bearable.
• There were beautiful visuals throughout the drama.

The Bad:

• Do we really believe an ill Emperor was left alone for hours?
• If a person destroys a woman's life and aspirations (someone who has proven she is capable of murder), wouldn't it make sense not to allow that dangerous person near? Just sayin'.
• Why do rotating Klieg lights appear every time there is a kissing scene?
• Why does the camera do the cha-cha-cha for dramatic moments? Forward, back, freeze, blur the background—so dramatic.
• The lighting and filters made the second prince look like his face was made of melting ice. I loved his character; he deserved better lighting and makeup.
• As often happens, the drama frayed a bit towards the end.

I added a half star for a capable ML and FL, well-fleshed out villains, and an amnesia story that actually worked.

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9/10 The best of Studio Wabi Sabi

9/10 The best of Studio Wabi Sabi
This was really an awesome showcase of the talents of Wabi Sabi's artists (and Perth Tanapon). There are 7 emotionally charged stories, intertwined by family and friend relationships. We get some comedy, drama, and a full range of human emotion. The stories were touching and the acting was really good!
I think this series was a great way to show the depth of their talent, including the bench. When you match these wonderful actors with good writing and direction, you get amazing results. I thoroughly enjoyed every episode.
Favorite scene was Perth's, when he presses the button to friend Fairy's character on FB. That nervous energy and glee when she accepts the request was SO raw and relatable.i got nervous with him!

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The acting is brilliant

I will start off by saying this may not be a story for everyone. It is both heart, wrenching, and heart warming. The characters are so impacted by their childhood. But I would never call them damaged. They’re just looking for who they were meant to be. And they find it in each other.
Each actor is perfectly cast. And they do a wonderful job.
I would say the only thing that left me a little unsatisfied was the lack of wrapup for some of the secondary characters, but it did not deter from how much I really enjoyed this show.
The three leads are amazing actors. But so are all of the secondaries. The soundtrack was awesome and helped the mood of each scene.
The show does deal with some very serious mental health issues. And I thought it dealt with them in a very realistic and important way.

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10/10 Cutest Ron-Com with very two different outcome

There are two storylines here 1 - a Boy-Girl relationship involving veterinarian students and a pet 2 - a Boy-Boy relationship involving veterinarian student and his senior.
This is the story that introduced us to OffGun - the ultimate duo and BL couple for GMMTV. Whilst they weren't the first BL couple in GMMTV, but back then when GMMTV was still exploring whether BL has a market, this was refreshing.
They were very cute, and their chemistry, though in their infancy, was awesome.
Of course, some of the long time Babiis (fans of OffGun) would know that this is the series that gave Off Jumpol the name "Papil". According to Gun, he was new to GMMTV at that stage and Off was looking after him like his "dad" (in Thai 'phaw'), and so it was a word play of "phaw" and
"Puppy".
If you wanted to following all of OffGun series, this is a must watch.

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sugar overload in a fantasy workplace setting where everyone is unnaturally nice

To think that of all things I'll binge watch Thai GL shows. I guess this is the consequence of having discovered that in the 8epi GL format they barely have time for the usual lakorn crap & not having anything else lined up to watch.

The plot does not amaze, I'm especially annoyed how they dealt with second FL in the final episode. I dislike the social media confession trope quite a bit, it's bad even compared to other common redemption ark varieties.

Anyway despite not having amazing storytelling the drama is a lot of fun to watch. The FLs (xD) have great chemistry & their bickering is endless fun. The love triangle is bearable, yes the second (or 3rd xD) FL would be incredible annoying in any other format, but thanks to the short runtime she barely had any screen time or chances to annoy us. So I guess I can forgive the show the 3-way hand grab moment it had that one one time.

~ I wrote this review without watching the special episodes.

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I found it interesting that the production team used artificial intelligence to generate some video footage for at least one video presentation to showcase their concept.


edit: Watched the 2 special episodes. The first one is about closure for the main couple & its a decent extended fluffy happy ending for them, the second on the other hand is about the Tetris couple, but practically it feels like it's all for showing us embedded marketing, still as far as special episodes go these were okay.

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WHO? THE WU!!!

this is an exceptionally beautiful series! we have an amazingly skilled cast, smooth directing, beautiful camera shots, really good cgi and a script that doesn't just leave us hanging but explains why things are like that in the world of wu and why are the characters acting like this. to be honest from the very first episode onward not a single scene felt off or staged, everything was portrait with utmost sincerity and deep emotions which makes you feel drawn into this supernatural world where evil spirits absorb the energy of life. it also gives you hope that this silly little group of characters can defeat the demons and feel happy in their lives again. WU was done with so much background research considering we have a second language in here as well and many ritual aspects coming from ancient chinese books. these actors had to learn how to speak mandarin, how to cast spells, how to fight, how to play cards & drums and even how to act like a monkey! everyone put their heart & soul into this series and it really came out shining in just 9 episodes. i dare to say that WU is a masterpiece with the story itself alone but the actors, filming crew and staff just made it even better!
i'm so happy we got to see the reallife niranpete and their undying love and understanding for each other, skynani delivered the part of being soulmates so well i now want to go out into the world and find my own!! so if you're looking for a series that draws you into the story, makes you fall for the characters, screaming at the chemistry, keeps you hooked and makes you bawl your eyes out for what's happening in the episodes then WU is definitely the one I'd recommend!
i'm only nagging a little about the pacing towards the end especially ep 7&8 felt a little rushed to get it all done in just 9 episodes but the ending made it worth it all over again so congratulations to p'wa for bringing wu into this world better than anyone else could've! 👏 to all the viewers and skynanians: may your love & support for skynani protect you from the evil yao around you sadhuuu 🙏

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TWINNNNNN

This drama actually hits so well. ML and me actually twins cause I would act the exact same way if I thought I was a psycho killer. I didn't even get any second hand embarrassment it was more of a "we twinning" type of feeling which is kinda jokes LOL. I actually watched this a couple of years back and dont really remember the plot fully but I do rmb the drama being able to handle both the serious and comedic genres very well without ever fully letting go of one which I think a lot of dramas struggle to do so kudos to that. I wish to see more of these types of dramas in the future<3 Its always a pleasure to watch I recommend !

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