Never Let Me Go

EPIC!!

Don't believe the low rating reviews!! This series is the best of 2023! If I were to describe it in one word :Epic! It has everything :romance, action, beautiful scenery, entertaining plot, fitting soundtracks, the best bl actors❤️
Watch it and you'll find out why is hard to let go...
10/10
It some how reminds me of Your name Engraved herein, but with a happy ending! The way they continued the story in Our Skyy2 it's just WOW! Young, talented actors, Pond Naravit and Phuwin Tangsakyuen ...I can't picture anyone else for this series.. The roles were made for them! I can't wait for their future projects! I didn't invested much feelings into BL series , until now. They bewitched me!

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Never Again

This is an easy review -

Story - supercilious drivel; plotless, pointless, inhabited by paper-thin characters made to constantly pass the stupid ball, by the end crowded with filler scenes to merely pad out the episode count, and not bring any kind of reasonable conclusion.

Though the opening sequence was able to intro the series tie-in merch effectively.

Acting - None that I could see (exceptions Perth and Chimon).

Looking good shirtless does not bestow upon one spark and skill, and neither Pond nor Phuwin have improved one whit from the wooden sticks of FUTS. In every scene they are merely reading lines into a camera, that's it. And that is definitely NOT acting, and this remarkable dearth of talent should not be accepted as the norm (and on the same level as other brilliant actors within GMMTV), nor is it praiseworthy. Truly mind-boggling this series' MDL score. And the sub-basement mediocrity that some BL viewers champion.

Music - The First Noel? Also, the volume level for many of the seemingly endless montage sequences, way too loud.

Production - Color grading good. Basic camera work. Sound issues galore

And here I thought "Unforgotten Night" was bad fake mafia.

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one of the greatest bls of 2023

Since they performed in their first show together, fish upon the sky, I have been a fan of Pond and Phuwin. Never let me go has been something I've been eagerly anticipating, and the series did not let me down. The fact that nlmg hasn't garnered more attention for the amazing masterpiece that it is, truly astounds me. This is the only other bl that gmmtv has produced with a distinctive and unique plot, aside from the not me series. In all honesty, too many people are oblivious to the romance and intense feelings displayed by the main characters and all the other characters in nlmg, because they are distracted by the cliche bls that have the same plot and storyline.
After their first series, pond phuwin have improved dramatically in terms of acting. It is lovely to witness how their characters, palm neung, two innocent souls who have been wounded by the harsh world around them find comfort and solace from one another. This show is a true masterpiece in every way; the emotions, ost, and cinematography are all astounding. Absolutely a must watch series. <3

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Good chemistry and good acting from the stars, but the storyline was a bit…

Talking about Nuengdiao… At first, he was a bit arrogant and selfish, but good at heart. As the story proceeds his character got a lot better, bold and fearless.

Palm, on the other hand, a bit shy, very hardworking and gentle. That's till no one messes with his loved ones.

Their chemistry was so good as I said before. I think palm's company did so much effect on Nuengdiao to his character to develop, but one thing I must say Palm was so whipped for Nuendiao.lol

Ben and Chopper… Just wow! I would have never imagined them together, but as always GMMTV surprise us.
At first, I didn't like what Ben did, but alright, he had his reasons…
Then we have Chopper, omg, his character is the one that I loved the most.
His friendship with Nuengdiao was very good, even though everything happening between their family..
We didn't get much of Ben and Chopper, but they left so much effect even with less screen time.

Now the storyline was a bit disappointing for me. I expected a lot more. Some unnecessary scenes, also deaths and not much reaction for it…like HOW?!.. WHY?!
It should have had been more emotional for other characters to…
We could have gotten more BEN and CHOPPER scenes!

Overall, in the end, what saved the show, for me, was their chemistry and acting.
Is it this what we call: bodyguard to friends and to lovers, lol

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Objectively not good but I mostly enjoyed it anyway

I gave this a low rating because honestly the drama just isn't very good? The writing was nonsensical with huge plotholes and the acting was um....well... I'll go with shaky. Pond has the acting range of a brick and Phuwin has zero ability to pretend to be a teenage mafia mogul. But for some reason I enjoyed a lot of this anyway. For one thing, P&P are gorgeous and have good chemistry. They definitely had some very sweet moments in the first half and when they are hiding out with Palm's mother at the beach (shoutout to the actress who portrayed mom, she was great). I teared up when Nuengdiao dances with Palm in the hotel room, that was lovely. Also the actors who portray Ben and Chopper are very good and shout out to the director for having Nuengdiao's first kiss be with Ben and not the OTP, that killed the stupid I'm only gay for you BL trope. The cinematography and OST are also good. But the drama's second half is flat out terrible, like cover your eyes and cringe bad. I hope P&P get acting lessons and better scripts because I do enjoy watching them but ultimately this drama was just not it.

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I loved it, full stop

I really don't understand all the low ratings. I loved this show. I'm still having an emotional reaction 2 weeks after finishing it. I thought the acting was amazing. The soundtrack was masterfully used. There is one song from ep. 9 that I can't even listen to all the way through because I get too overwhelmed. The story/plot wobbled a bit in ep. 10-11, but it was significantly less riddled with holes than KinnPorsche which I also loved. I obviously wish that Jojo had tightened up the plot but we so often have to overlook plot points in BL's and this wasn't the most difficult to ignore. It really didn't matter to me because the actual story, the one between Palm and Neugdiao was so, so good. Contrary to many reviewers, I understood their motivations throughout and their decisions made total sense to me. If you view it through the lens of people who have experienced trauma you start to see why they do what they do. Pond and Phuwin really nailed these characters, especially Pond. His portrayal of Palm was filled with subtleties and he just opened the character bit by bit. It was just great acting.
This is a 10 for me. After Bad Buddy, it might be may favorite series yet and Pond is absolutely reigning as my king.

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AFTER I FINISH WATCHING THE DRAMA
When I started watching this drama, I had really high expectations for it. However, after a few episodes, my expectations began to decrease. I noticed more and more shortcomings. Also, constantly leaving each other despite declarations of love was unnecessary and irritating in my opinion. It was more of a time filler than an interesting element of drama. Overall, I'm disappointed with the shortcomings of this drama, but I liked the colors and the music until the very end.

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AFTER I WATCHED 10 EPISODES
Rating: 7/10
I watched ten episodes, there are only two left and I still can't decide fully how I feel about this drama. It's such a love-hate relationship for me with a rollercoaster of negative and positive things.

I see how much the trends in Thai bl dramas have changed in the last few years. I also noticed that Phuwin's acting has improved since his role in "'Cause You're My Boy". He is quite good at conveying positive emotions, but when it comes to negative ones, in my opinion, he lacks a lot. And in this drama, there are quite a lot of scenes where the actor has to show, for example, sadness or anger. Sometimes audio sounds unprofessional and the timing isn't always clear. I also don't like how it felt like we got Nueng's character development and then kind of regressed to his earlier behavior a moment later. I guess it's not established yet or it's just a little bit of poor writing.

Of the very positive things about this drama, I like the overall plot idea. Therefore, for now, I feel a certain disappointment and dissatisfaction with the shortcomings that have appeared. In this drama, I really love the color selection most of the time and the music is really well-matched.

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This is a Chopper Fan Account✋

I like this show for its characters and it’s plot; especially Chopper. The plot was interesting and engaging and watching Nueng’s development as he opens up and lives on the island was so emotional. Palm is a simp and I love him for it.

Ben never felt fully developed to me and kind of on the sidelines the whole time, and I think Chopper should’ve had a bigger ending to his character (possibly even dying); I think it would’ve made the show feel more realistic and given it more grandeur, but he is an angel and my favourite part of the entire show.

The first 4 episodes dragged and I almost dropped it but I did enjoy it once the plot got going. And then I wasn’t a big fan of the last two episodes; the editing felt weird in episode 11, and everything felt quite rushed. And episode 12: the conflict was resolved way too quickly and easily, only for there to be unnecessary conflict because Palm decides to run away… something Nueng had done two episodes before. I guess it just felt like plot points were repeating themselves just with different characters.

Anyway, I’m excited to see them again in Our Skyy 2!

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Self-sabotage and for what

Had potential with the tropes and whatnot. Definitely didn’t live up to that potential, though.

Acting:

So like, not horrendous, for sure. But, how did I put it? I could feel they were acting a lot of the time, ya know? Like it was watching an actor playing a character rather than watching a character played by an actor, does that make sense? So not the best acting all around. Perth and Nat did great with their scenes, though. But obviously they weren’t in much of the story.

Writing:
I struggled to love the characters. Palm was FAR too submissive and docile all around. I needed him to grow some fight or something but he stayed the same the whole time. Also, there was 0 mystery as to who the culprit was, which would be fine if anyone was doing anything about it. The conflict was a little too one-sided for too long. Like everyone involved knew who it was but for some reason didn’t do anything about it? And I understand that they wanted Chopper to have his big boy moment and everything, but the decisions they had to make for that to happen didn’t make much sense. Drama logic a little too drama logicy in here. 100% of the conflicts in the relationship between young master and Palm were caused by self-sabotage by one of those dumb asses. Self-sabotage conflicts need a certain type of story for them to be done well and this is not that type of story. I think it was trying to be too many things here.

Chemistry/Romance/Kissing:

There’s something there. I think they worked well in the first few episodes with the whole strangers to forced proximity to maybe friendsish to pining idiots. I love a good pining idiots situation. But, I didn’t get high levels of chemistry from them as a couple. Part of that is definitely due to the fact that Palm, as a character, was far too submissive and docile all around, though. At its core, this trope is a good romance but I don’t think this particular story executed it well. The kissing was fine. The kiss scenes didn’t feel like they held much importance to the story. A little awkward but, also they’re young dudes playing young dudes so awkward is kind of the name of the game.

Music/SFX:

Interesting amount of english indie music in this. Felt a but out of place sometimes. SFX were fine, didn’t really stand out as an issue.

I think they could have done a better job with this starting with the plot and the characters. Not a bad watch, but not a very good one either.

Now, for some highlights from my notes:

- Phuwin looking fresh looking clean
- PERTH my BELOVED
- Oooooh Pond a working man
- Mr bodyguard Unc needs to relax jesus
- Perth looking FINE as HELL in that black and white shirt
- This Ben guy is fucking weird I don’t like him
- Bro is PINING for bro who is also PINING
- It’s always the Qixi festival lmao
- My poor baby Chopper I can’t stand a Perth sad face someone make my boy smile ASAP
- Ben is such a decent guy so far but I just can’t get myself to like him
- Dumb young dudes being dumb young dudes stop being dumb young dudes
- Fighting at the local ballroom dance establishment party is wild why are we cracking bottles
- Papa bodyguard SUCKS 3/10 father
- So many people pissing me off here
- Maggie a sweetie for real boy should just fall for her frfr
- Ben moved from like a 7/10 character to a -4/10 real quick there
- I’d be mad, Palm is WAY too docile and accepting and forgiving for me
- Baby got that aura now
- Hey now, don’t you be yelling at my Chopper
- There are for sure ways out of this why are we acting like there aren’t Unc doesn’t have that much power
- Far more people have been shot in this show than I was expecting lmao
- Palm is annoying tf out of me rn
- 100% of the problems in their relationship were created by them lmao

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