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6 dead weights, dragged across finish line by generic fluff
So, how did this season fare compared to the previous ones?Not well.
From the production side of things, it's a mess. The beginning is so cringey many will give up just during that one infodump scene. It's basically a recap of first two seasons, in under 5 minutes. You don't need a degree in filmmaking to figure out what a horrible idea that was. And while it gets noticably better after that, it also consistently stays below average during the whole show. Editing feels kinda random at times and sound's an experience you have to live through to fully understand.
Glaucoma filter is back and working overtime during all NC scenes (which are fairly frequent in later half of the show for the new couple). Trully, you could watch this in 480p and see little to no difference from switching to 1080p.
Writing is harder to judge because of spotty fanmade subtitles. Official subtitles from WeTV might be a bit better, though. At the very least, I have seen no mention of the famous 'booby prize' in official international release. Yes, you heard that right. Similar to gems like Love Stage!! (2022), this also got a quiet official release once it ended and everyone interested in it has already found other ways to watch it. Am I too stupid to understand this ingenious marketting move, or were they just THAT SCARED of backlash from international fans? I guess we will never know.
The storyline itself is really weak and generic. It's also 99% divorced from the first two seasons, so there is no need to continue watching forthe 2moons franchise' sake. The "original 6 moons" don't feel like their established characters at all and have very limited presence in this season. What little screentime they have is either useless drama or a stock bacground of pretty faces. The most obvious lacking bond is between Ming and Wayo, who feel like strangers to each other this season (in stark contrast to first, and partially even second season). There's no need to go deeper into whatever they'd been doing, and you would do well to just skip all the scenes focused on them.
There are two new leads - Lomnaw (Mark Vachara) and Tarntatch (Danny Bandit). And while Mark's acting tends to be so quirky it really takes you out of the story at times, Danny is shining brightly enough to almost warrant watching this season just for him. Their story is basic, but cute. On its own, it would make for a fairly standard BL romance like Ai Long Nhai and My Engineer. Bundled up with 2moons curse, though? It's not getting any favors from the "established" franchise or production house. Many people will skip it just for that, and I wouldn't really blame them. With the amount of BLs releasing right now, it's not great enough to skip the queue for anyone imo. The whole branding and unimportant "side" characters are a baggage no one needs when selling mediocrity.
As a whole, this season provided no continuation of the original story, no conclusion for the established pairings, and it didn't even manage to stand on its own. What good did it bring to the table, then?
1. Nice OST. A real tear-jerker at times. Apparently no matter how far the franchise falls, their music choices will still prey on my nostalgia-ridden heart. Especially the "เครมั้ย - MASTER (Lonely Season)".
2. Eye candy. To put it bluntly, I highly doubt those actors were chosen based on their acting abilities. But hey! I ain't complaining. The new Beam (Payu Khunnaphat Jaroenchim) is so adorable you might want to suffer through some Forth-Beam drama just to see his pretty face. Hopefully he'll get another chance to shine, because he was sorely underused in this. And I might even be blackmailed into watching more of Toon-Tong (Lomnaw's friends), though preferably with different production.
3. It has used up MV's last chance of profiting from 2moons' franchise (I trully hope so).
In the end, do I think it's worth watching? Honestly, no. But it's not the worst time-waster this year. Just skip the OG 6 moons' scenes and don't expect much from what's left. I would give it 7/10 points for watchability, but that would be an insult to equally rated 2moons2 which at least tried to continue the original story with dignity. Hence it's 6.5 for meaningless and lowkey insulting, though not devastating adaptation.
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BTS is more interesting
I watched the first two seasons and half of this. The first cast was the best, but at least we can see some new pretty faces in the second. It was a good opportunity for newcomers in the industry to show themselves. At the third season everybody knew that the project will flop, so they cast from the bottom of the barrel. I still wandering how Lom's actor got this role, because he is average looking and lack of talent, but still got the most screentime. The old couples barely get a story, so it's disappointing. I heard, that the company would like to make a forth season. They should make a story about the producton and the actors, because what happened Behind The Scenes, much more interesting, than the plot.Was this review helpful to you?
Let's be honest, was refreshing
Even with the same boring elements of the seconds 2 moons this history right here was refreshing, the Tarn and Lom romance was good, I was really scared of the series turn out to be a new 2 moon story but this thank god was controled. In this series we focus on the new and pretty new couple, all the actors was good, and again with this mix college, slow dramas, a lot of money and now with 2 more handsome and funny couples we see another 2 moons, they won't be like the original because they not even try, they are not bad like that 2moons 2 they just the good, light and funny new side of this history.Was this review helpful to you?
Better than I was Expecting
I came into this series frustrated with the constant cast changes and put off by the low reviews, but I quickly found that I loved the new story focused on Lom and Thatch. To be fair, it could've been a completely separate series, but I did like how every so often, we would see the original gang. The story was very sweet, compelling, and I thoroughly fell in love with their love story. It's tough to get used to the cast changes, but it was so worth it to finish the series. If you are on the fence about giving this season a chance, I’d say go for it.Was this review helpful to you?
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Not as bad as people make it out to be
Before i say anything about this I should make it clear that i didnt watch the first and second seasons. Actually i dropped the first season, found out about the drama and skipped straight to the season 3.Its not as terrible as everyone makes it seem. The story is very typical however the enemies to lovers troupe is seemingly well done.
Theres no abuse between the ML even though their "enemies". They both always respect each other and even their bickering sometimes made me smile. The relationship between the ML is very realistic even if the NC are a bit wooden.
Honestly Ive seen worse and this story if watched as a stand alone isnt all that bad. I watched all 12 eps in a single day without getting bored.
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Sweet and Cute
The series is a sweet series but should be a stand a lone series and not part of the 2 moon story. The main couple are cute and sweet and have good chemistry. The rest of the cast lack the Sam chemistry that they had in season 2. I love the twins in this one bad one good 😊. The storyline was good and fun but did not fit with the rest of the 2 moon series. I really wish the kept the cast from season 2 but I was not at all a fan of any of the side story. Tat and Lom are the only ones that fit and had most of the storyline and sadly all the other characters were put for dumb background and they should still have more storyline that were not cleaned up but put into one episode each, which was annoying. The series should have been it's one series would have made more sense. Overall good for start actors.Was this review helpful to you?
I still love the first 2 moons. 90% based one the novel. I don't hate the the recent cast but the acting is so lame, there is no interconnection. Wayo and P'Pha is almost the same height supposed not (as written in the novel)
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everything on point.?love it
honestly thought it was boring just from ep 1 then i watched again i actually am glad i watched it u guys should watch it too the guys are way to hot especially pha and tatch 😍 or shuld i say hue and danny 🥰i am glad i watched it till late time😍😍😗😝☺😗😗😜😘😗😝😜😜🤔🤔🤨😝😝😝😝😜😛🤫🤫🤭😛🤐🤔🤐😝🤪😛🤔🤨😛😮😟😢😯☺😗😭🙊😯😯😯😯🤣😘😂😯😯☺😗😯🙊😯😯😯😗😜🤨😭😂☺😜🤣😗🤣☺🙊🥰😍😍😂😂🤣😂🤣😂😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😳😳😳😳😳😳🙉🙉🙉😳😳😳😳😳
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2 Moons: The Ambassador, Ambassador of/for what
First its disturbing that the previous actors don´t participate any longer ... was the story too ... boring or unimportant to be even told / written?And the previous cast did good not to join in this production, as the story seems silly and for what reason, not only in this show, is there this overboarding super dooper gay clichee, of wet heteros, acting actor? That character is a slap in the face of any LGBTQIAplus ... sorry ... sometime gay should only write gay stories. I know these shows aim in first place at a female audience, but this is under the gurdel and deeper.
The show is produced to cash on the previous one and failed grand ... The show is time theaft.
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WTF
I realize people hate Motive Village and with good reason but it seems like even Motive Village didn't care. The casting is straight out of the twilight zone. I mean seriously they went from God to Ben to Hue. Ben and God were hotties. Hue not so much. I mean hes not ugly but he's not on the same wave length of God or Ben. The over sized clothes and his acting is like 10 steps back. His chemistry with Park as tall Wayo was on a scale of 1 to 10 was non existent. As for Eiffel he is cute but his acting was blah. And the directors or whomever knew it because they depended on his only strong suit which was his body. The Kit recast ( nevermind none of them is worth mentioning)Danny is cute ish. I mean he's plain white bread with a sad sack woe is me look and slew footed elephant please don't make him run on camera again. As for his chemistry with Lom...apparently several liked it but to me it was lazy casting all around. MV going for another money grab because people are willing to watch anything BL just about.
Definitely should have let the original characters go as you did them a disservice and went with Tatch and Lom as a stand alone. They weren't my cup of tea but this is some Love By Chance 2 bull crap. The friendship between Wayo and Ming was strong in the first 2 Moons series yet here it seemed dropped all together.
Beam was a little hottie but he looked too immature in comparison to the other 2 Beam's.
I'm glad for the people that liked it but when you create a series with constant recasts the least you could do is keep the integrity of what you created throughout and people can recognize the existing characters.
This pissed me off like Love By Chance 2 when MAME chose to rewrite the Tin & Can story while simultaneously having Ae continue the first story to convey his lost of Pete. As a writer or as a production company that's a slap in the face of fans who followed the original story and want a continuation as opposed to a new view of characters we know and and grew to love instead of changing parts. Thats like an artist dousing a masterpiece in black ink. Want to create something new. By all means do it without destroying what you already created. But it's up to you. People like that will always find an audience.
This was definitely an ending but not a great one. But you know what they say opinions are like....and everybody has one
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3rd Time Is Not The Charm
Overall: I debated even starting this because of the production company (google Motive Village controversy and you can learn about it). But I wanted to support the actors.Content Warnings: flashback to non/dub con sex (drunk)
What I Liked
- the Forth/Beam kiss was decent
- (neutral) animations
Room For Improvement
- the reboot (season 2 aka season 1 plus extra plot line) ended on a major cliffhanger so I expected this to pick up where it left off but instead we have 2 new characters as the leads with a totally different plot
- the 6 of them sitting around and re-creating their stories was an exposition dump
- there are 3 established couples that didn't really do anything and don't have chemistry/they don't feel like established couples, i.e. an established couple who had a dead fish lip press kiss
- two seemingly straight guys starting as rivals who will eventually fall into the 'gay for you' trope
- production value (odd camerawork, goofy background music that didn't fit)
- effeminate guys stereotyped as boy obsessed/shrill
- boring, they even put a flashback in 27 min to earlier in that same episode
- a stupid competition
- what a weird thing for a person in an established relationship to do when someone asks for his phone number
- no official international release
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Technically I'm not dropping or watching
This show should imo not have happened. Motive Village is toxic and they are pathetic. These actors are not worth it. The preview made me not want to watch it ever. I stand with the former actors of both 2 Moons & 2 Moons 2. Wayo. Phana. Ming. Kit. Forth & Beam ended with 2MOONS2.This is the worse cast and judging from only the previews it's also the worse story. And those two new characters that they seem to be putting up front I hated them on sight.
Now this is just me I'm not looking to be helpful with this review but I use to like the actor / writer that wrote this crap from My Bromance etc but now (puke) if anyone wants to watch this I sincerely hope you enjoy it.
Me I would never watch it because MV has destroyed 2 casts with a bunch of bull and lies and their apologies published is just sad. Again just my opinion.
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