Acting/ cast: I would personally say I like d the acting in the last season more than this, but overall the cast is very CUTE,
Music: I can only say the music has improved
Rewatch value: I personally would rewatch it again only for the smutty scene and because I became to attached to the characters.
Overall: this show isn't that bad, but I have seen better yaoi/bl shows then this
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In terms of romance. I really love their stories, From the first season, it was super "kilig" and comedy. But in this season OMG, it's opposite more on drama and really I really can’t stop my emotions from crying. I can't breathe as in
I'm looking forward to season 3 if any. I'm so excited to find out what was inside the box they buried and they will open it after 10 years as their promises.
Really LOVE is SACRIFICE. That's it.
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PS. We already know that there are many ways in letting go of the person we love that are not too painful but they chose that.
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Disappointed
It’s January 27, 2021 and there’s still no Season 3.This was worse than season 1. I went through both seasons skipping most of the scenes with Oat and Pop, that´s how much I enjoyed the main couple LOL. Still I was super annoyed by them and Pop was a wimp till the end, other people have to take important life decisions for him. I do not get how Mo, Pree and Oat fell for him.
They hyped up the SM enthusiasts with the new couple but gave them nothing at the very end. We don`t even know if they are actual blood brothers or not and they got a half-assed ending like all the rest.
They could have added an episode to show what´s going on with Pree and Bo, did he got married or ended up as Pent's druggie boy toy? But he seemed fine at the ceremony.
At least Mo got a man she deserves.
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Continuing the Tradition of Sexually Ambiguous Bros
Here's a tip to aspiring BL writers: Men are rarely confused about their sexuality by the time they turn 18, although, they may not act on it, due to social prejudice and conditioning. So here we have another story of two sexually ambiguous bros, Oat and Pop. (There are many sub-plots with other characters, but I'm only going to talk about their storyline). We suffer through two seasons of "What the Duck" and our heroes barely have a bromance, never mind anything that gets sexual. There is a brief tease of male rape (a scene right out of "The Effect") but at least this one turns out to be a comical misunderstanding. The BL drama formula says that it's fun to watch two guys make out, but let's not let them actually be gay and have a happy ending together. So, this show concludes with Pop departing to become a flight attendant and Oat (after an incredible effort to befriend Pop) decides to ditch him to become ... are you ready for this? ... a Monk. Yes, really. That defies psychological physics. Pop has been pretty well established as straight (he has a girlfriend). It would be a stretch for him to switch teams at age 22. Oat has lots of sex with himself. He could be interested in Pop, but maybe he became a Monk because he knows Pop is a lost cause. (A gay man being attracted to a straight guy is a real life tragedy for many gay men). So there's really only one logical ending to this drama, in the presumed Season 3: Pop: "I really do love you, Oat, but I just can't get into the gay thing." Oat, putting his hand on Pop's shoulder: "Honestly, I don't care about that either, Pop. Just having you as a friend is enough for me." Oat starts to kiss Pop on the lips, but in the last second gives him a peck on the cheek. Amused at Oat's shyness, Pop smiles, stares into his eyes and gives him a bro kiss on the lips. Oat wipes his lips with the back of his hand, "Pop!" They laugh and walk off together. The End. Oreo Puwanai (Pop) and Strong Charoenchai (Oat) manage to create some chemistry together, despite the dysfunctional personalities their characters are given. It's fine to start out that way but by the end of the first season their character arcs should have evolved to be more friendly toward each other. Will there be a season 3? Will our boys get together? I'm not holding my breath. I'll leave them with my suggested ending.Was this review helpful to you?
Maybe it didn't. Maybe it had different writers, different producers, a different production company. Maybe it came from a strange, horrible parallel universe where What The Duck was dark, twisted, disturbing and grimly unfunny.
Not that What The Duck's humour was its best quality. To state the obvious, some of season 1's most powerful moments were not typical campy Thai BL moments involving confused schoolboys, a Boy Sompob OST and a cut to a fish tank. Parts of season 1 were dark. But they were dark in a thoughtful and intelligent way that suggested the writers understood the theme they were trying to explore.
This season's darkness is shallow, almost trite, in its obvious shock value - a kind of second-rate gay soap opera designed to horrify you into watching more.
Assault,
Rape.
Abuse.
Incest.
It does not make me want to watch more. It makes me want to drop it. Which I have.
What a disappointing ending to the series.
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Having said that how they ended the season was just extremely disappointing and unsatisfying ????. Each of the storylines for each character was left unanswered in a way that makes you think that the producers ran out of money ???? so the story was abruptly stopped ???? . Extremely frustrating ????to have such a good show without closing its storyline. My hats off to the cast for doing such a great job????. I do hope???? that you’ll all get back together and complete Season 2 the proper way and yes I even hope they’ll be more!!
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*SPOILERS*[also contains spoiler for together with me, bad romance characters]
Without having read the original story, I still figured half way through season 1 a perfect ending was probably not going to happen.... Pop’s reactions never hinted at truly giving in.... season 2 was disgusting though....
IF pree/rambo line had been filmed outside of the BL umbrella, it might have had a better reception and got to season 2’s drug/sex parties without being so tasteless. If you want to take a close but fictionalized review of the drug/unsafe sex LGBTQ subculture, just watch Queer as Folk (US) and follow the Ted Schmidt storyline. He takes a painful journey of drugs and unsafe sex (with tenuous consent) and the consequences of putting yourself in a shady situation.
I would rather watch Korn cheat on Knock again before finishing season 2 of this show.
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Ahorraos el tiempo
¿Por qué en casi todas las segundas temporadas deciden arruinar un buen drama?Si hubiésemos tenido continuación bien hecha de la primera temporada esto hubiese sido aguantable, pero los protagonistas casi no salen, yo vine a ver un BL, no un drama hetero como cualquier otro, que es lo que parece la mayoría del tiempo, pues Mo es la ÚNICA que tiene un final decente.
Bo y Pent siendo asquerosos lo poco que salen, nada nuevo, pero el CASI violar a Oat lo hace peor.
Oat y Pop casi no salen, y cuando lo hacen no nos dan ni un mísero beso entre ellos, luego por alguna razón no pueden estar juntos si Pop es azafato ¿Por qué? Pop veía a Pree todo el tiempo mientras Pree era azafato por dios, qué excusa más tonta para separarlos ¡Y Oat se hace monje así por la cara!
Win y Newyear, no me quedó claro si eran hermanos o no (supongo que si) pero fueron lo más cercano a interesante en esta temporada, de resto salté TODO (menos a Oat y Pop, porque guardaba la esperanza...mal hecho) aunque dejan muchas cosas en el aire.
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Du coup, j'étais vraiment enthousiaste pour la saison 2 et j'attendais beaucoup!
On commence le premier épisode avec de magnifiques scènes, du coup on se dit "géniall!" .
Puis au fur et à mesure c'est la décadence...
Les relations ne semblent pas réelles. Je parle par rapport aux récits de l'histoire... On a un couple fou amoureux qui veut se marier et comme dans la plupart des mauvais BL une fille fout la merde. Excusez-moi, mais sérieusement, je n'ai jamais vu ça dans la vie réelle! Si tu es homo , que tu aimes vraiment ton mec, c'est pas une nana qui pourra faire quelque chose.
Bref, il y a encore ces histoires de parents... Et malgré le fait qu'on parle ici d'adultes, on a encore l'impression d'avoir affaire à des enfants. Je prends en compte le côté culturel, mais un moment faut arrêter. Cette histoire me donne juste l'impression que tous les homos d'Asie n'ont d'autres choix que de se soumettre à leurs parents , d'épouser une fille et d'étouffer leur sexualité. Du coup, une question: "comment ces hommes gay , mariés font pour avoir des relations sexuelles ou sexuellement épanouissantes dans leur mariage? " Et "comment ces femmes vivent-elles ces situations? "
Je suis une femme hétéro.. Désolée, mais jamais je n'accepterai de me marier avec un homme homo qui n'aura pas envie de mon corps, mais devra se stimuler en pensant à un gars! C'est le truc qui m'ennerve le plus dans les BL (surtout les chinois), on ne se met jamais à penser à la femme hétéro.. C'est peut-être parce que j'en suis une que je pense à ça!
On tombe dans tous les clichés énervants: l'homosexualité c'est le sexe, l'homosexualité c'est la drogue, l'homosexualité c'est être malheureux.
J'ai déjà regardé ce genre de films, et le message ne tournait qu'autour de ça et ça me va! Parce que oui, parfois ça veut dire ça ... Je l'ai vu, et en été spectatrice de près avec un ami.
Mais ça n'est pas toujours ce qu'ils veulent! Ici, cette série nous donne l'impression dès la saison 1 de parler "d'amour"... Donc quand on parle d'amour, on parle également de combat pour l'amour . On dirait ici qu'il n'y a pas d'amour.
Un qui va renoncer à son amour... L'autre qui trompe l'autre.. L'autre qui frappe l'autre...
Tout ce que cette série m'a donné comme impression c'est qu'on a voulu vite finir la série... Et pour la finir, fallait que tout parte de travers!
De plus, j'ai l'impression qu'on voulait juste énerver , faire pleurer le spectateur. On est manipulé dans nos émotions. C'est un peu le truc des mauvais BL.
Je pense à ces jeunes qui viennent de se rendre compte de leur homosexualité. Je ne voudrai pas qu'ils regardent ça!
Surtout que beaucoup d'articles que j'ai lu dernièrement expriment combien la personne homosexuelle a d'avantage de chance de se suicider, d'être malheureux. On associe même à un stress post-traumatique ce qu'ils ressentent tant ils doivent toujours être sur leur garde!
Si on veut intégrer la communauté LGTB de manière correct et épanouissante, ça commence par l'image que la société leur renvoi d'eux-même. Ca commence par les médias, les films! Quand comprendra t-on que les Films et séries peuvent influencer la société? Cette série va renvoyer aux jeunes homos : "préparez -vous à une vie de merde" et aux hétéros "voilà tout ce dont sont bon les homos". Quel est le message qu'ils ont voulu véhiculer? Il me semble qu'ils n'y ont pas pensé!
On se sert de la mode du BL, du Yaoi pour juste manipuler les émotions.. Ils devraient s'en servir pour véhiculer des messages positifs. Combien d'homosexuels vivent la monogamie pure? Très peu!! Certaines études montrent que certains ont jusqu'à 52 partenaires dans leur vie!
Mais personne ne se demande pourquoi... "C'est parce qu'ils sont gay", dit-on! Non, c'est juste que dès le départ on leur a véhiculé l'image qu'ils ne sont pas comme les hétéros, qu'ils doivent se cacher pour aimer, se cacher pour avoir des relations sexuelles, se tenir la main, s'embrasser... Quel couple hétérosexuel pourrait s'épanouir en vivant ainsi?
Un couple se construit avec des projets. Si on ne donne pas l'occasion à quelqu'un d'avoir des projets, c'est perdu d'avance.
Bref, cette série m'a plus que déçue.
Point positif: les acteurs incroyables!!!
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Perda de tempo
Essa série me ensinou que não há nada tão ruim que não possa piorar. Além das polêmicas que envolveram essa série (falei na resenha da SS1), essa temporada conseguiu superar a primeira no quesito: péssimo roteiro.Temos aqui um casal principal que realmente não se decide, com um dos piores finais que já vi. E pior, a série prática prometeu uma continuação, que talvez explicasse os furos, e desse ao casal que não parecia casal, o seu final feliz, mas não veio aí!
O casal Rambo e Pree não se reconciliou, não estou reclamando disso, estou questionando o fato do idiota que o Pree se tornou, se envolvendo com pessoas ruins e fazendo toda sorte de coisas idiotas.
Pelo menos Mo teve seu final feliz, depois de sofrer tanto... Os amigos do casal principal são uns completos idiotas, não sei se amo ou odeio Rambo por ter causado a separação do casal principal, aliás, sinceramente, eu shippei Rambo e Pop o tempo todo.
Sobre aspectos técnicos, não há muito o que dizer. Tudo está na casa do "razoável".
Eu não perderia meu tempo vendo de novo, mas se te interessa, vá em frente.
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What the Duck: Final Call (Season 2)
Se a primeira temporada foi um caos controlado, a segunda é o caos que largou o volante e acelerou rumo ao penhasco. What the Duck: Final Call tenta se levar mais a sério, mas o resultado é um drama arrastado, mal resolvido e emocionalmente exaustivo, e não no bom sentido.A trama se propõe a continuar os conflitos anteriores, mas parece mais interessada em esticar situações desconfortáveis do que em realmente resolver algo. O desenvolvimento dos personagens é mínimo ou inexistente. Alguns até regridem, como se tudo que aconteceu na temporada anterior não tivesse servido pra nada. E se na primeira temporada havia pelo menos algum charme no absurdo, aqui sobra só o cansaço.
Os diálogos, em muitos momentos, parecem rascunhos não revisados. As discussões são repetitivas, circulares e pouco naturais. O roteiro insiste em conflitos que já deviam estar superados, forçando drama em cima de relações que já não têm mais para onde ir. O resultado é uma narrativa que se arrasta, tentando parecer profunda enquanto só entrega mais do mesmo, ou pior.
A atuação segue o mesmo padrão da primeira: irregular. Só que aqui o peso dramático é maior, e o elenco claramente não dá conta de sustentar tantas cenas intensas com credibilidade. Fica forçado, cansativo e, em algumas partes, constrangedor. A química entre os casais principais, que já era instável, praticamente evapora.
A produção técnica é mediana, mas sem evolução. A trilha sonora continua sendo o único elemento que não irrita, e mesmo assim, começa a parecer repetitiva depois de tantas cenas emocionais mal conduzidas.
Se você assistiu a primeira temporada e ficou curioso pra saber como tudo termina... prepare-se para uma conclusão frustrante, que levanta perguntas demais e responde quase nada. Final Call não é um encerramento digno, é só uma extensão desnecessária de um drama que já tinha dado o que tinha que dar.
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Los actores fueron Buenos, me gusto el contenido, excepto en la tematica de las drogas y sexo le falto que enviara un mensaje a lso jovenes sobre el tema de las drogas y el sexo, ya que es algo que se ve en todos lados aun mas en los jovenes
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