Star and Sky: Star in My Mind (2022)

The phrase "idiots in love" took on a whole new meaning in this series

This show has been on my "to-watch" list for over a year, but I didn't have a chance to actually sit down and watch it until a month ago, and... well...

Ever heard of the phrase "idiots in love?" In this series, Dao and Kluen were idiots and then some. One is a dummy who harbors a secret crush , while the other is a blockhead who has trouble expressing his feelings. The two go to the same school, and are in love with each other, but both are too scared to admit it.

They seemed destined to never cross paths, until one day, when Dao was about to leave to study abroad. Encouraged by his best friend, he confessed his feelings to Kluen.

Kluen response? "Have a safe flight."

*Facepalm*

Nontheless, Dao took that as a sign of rejection and was devastated, and left Thailand with a broken heart.

A year later, Dao returned to Thailand for college, and lo and behold, who did he see? Kluen, the very same guy who (in his POV) rejected him. Bad enough that they had to take part in the school pageant together, but they also had to live in the same dorm for the duration of the competition.

Clearly, someone forgot to check their horoscope that morning. (j/k)

Thus begin a "second chance" type of love, in which Dao tries to forget his "unrequited love" for Kluen and simply be his friend, while Kluen does everything (from being helpful to just downright possessive) to get close to him. That is, everything short of confessing his feelings.

I rarely have a love/hate relationship with a series, but this one falls under that category. Watching this show was like going on a rollercoaster ride. My emotions went from "awwww, that's so sweet" to "FFS, just kiss already!" to "why am I wasting my time on this show?" to "it's about d**n time someone does something" to "Jesus effing Christ, can you two be any dumber?"

There is something about the way Dao and Kluen interact that makes the whole angsty love journey very realistic, and you can't help but root for them. At some point, it becomes obvious to everyone (but Dao) that Kluen was hopelessly in love with him. I mean, the guy used his mom's birthday to lure him to his house. And really? Did Dao seriously think he changed his own bandage and applied the ointment while he was drunk? *smh

On the other hand, the pace of the story is somewhat erratic. The beginning and middle were fine, but then towards the end, everything became rushed. The conflict, resolving of the conflict, and the love confession all happened within two episodes. It's as if the screenwriters realized they'd taken up 6 episodes with the storyline, and not wanting to cut anything out, simply wrapped up the story quickly.

Despite everything, Star in my Mind is a decent series. Sadly, character development was poorly written, but I think it had to do with the fact that the series only had 8 episodes. The acting is not bad, but if Dunk and Joong want to keep up with their fellow GMMTV artists they'd need to step it up. Maybe take some acting classes. The one saving grace of this show would be the OST. These two should form a duo and aim for the music market. Their vocals are so well-matched.

Overall, this series is not bad, but it's not particularly good, either. Compared with other BL series that aired in 2022, and the ones that are currently airing this year, there are many better options. Hopefully, JoongDunk's acting would improve in the future.

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The fastest relationship that somehow still moved at snail pace.

This is that sort of BL that you just watch on a lazy Sunday afternoon in between any heavy dramas you're watching. It had a simple story. No angst, no drama. Just two guys having pure love, while one of them was slowly completing a harem. EVERYONE wanted Dao and I just found him to be the blandest character ever. I also couldn't get past Joong being this stoic character with resting bitch face most of the time.

Yes, it does get boring after a while because well...nothing really happens. It's 8 episodes of heavy stares, mini kisses and one guy being too cowardly to express his feelings and yet, for 8 short episodes, they somehow found a way to make it the slowest moving romance ever and just dragged it out until episode 7. The side characters didn't really serve any purpose, just for comic relief.

That's basically it about the drama. If you like this kind of simple and pure love BL, then it's right up your alley.

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Crazy little thing called love but gay

If you remember the famous Mario Maurer movie crazy little thing called love, then you have got the storyline. It's pretty much the same except no one is "ugly" and has a glow up. There's nothing much to say about the storyline. It's pretty much bland.

But there are very much good things about the series. Firstly Chen. Wow. 2moons never did justice to his skills and acting. His golden skin was shining. He played the character of a socially awkward, introverted guy reallllyyy well. The guy who played Daoneua is also a good actor. But as usual their kisses were awkward. Mainly Daoneua was awkward. Except that their very few interaction in the whole series was pretty cute and sweet.

The guy who played Maitee. I watched one of his series where he was a serious studious guy. But this character suits him more. I hope I'd get to see him in this kind of free fun guy more. Overall it was good. The ratings are fair. There were so many familiar faces as well. Good for one time binge watch. Also, you can skip some scenes and still will understand everything.

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"An emotionally lightweight BL"

A type of BL series that has a good story, too bad the expressions of actors are not really showing and they somehow lacking in portraying their character.
The casts are good especially the main actors and I'm waiting for more onscreen chemistry of JoongDunk on their next BL projects.
Overall, it is something you can enjoy and if you're not a fan of heavy and tear-jerker dramas, this one is for you.

"Meet me at midnight"
"Staring at the ceiling with you"
"Oh you don't have to say to much"

"When the morning came we"
"Where cleaning incense of yours"
"Vinyl shelf cause we loss track of time again"

"I have this thing when I get older but just never wiser"
"Midnights become my afternoon "
"When my depression works the graveyard shift of all the people"

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The entire plot could have been avoided with a ten minute conversation

This is one of the most generic BLs I have seen. I honestly had no intention of watching it, but after seeing Joong and Dunk in other shows, I decided to give it a shot. It was extremely predictable, with drawn out back-and-forth conflicts that didn't actually help build the characters. If Joong and Dunk's characters would have just sat down and had a conversation, the entire show would have been avoided.

Daonuea (Dunk) confessed his feelings for Kluen (Joong) in 11th grade, and with no response from Kluen, Nuea went on his study abroad trip for 12th grade and tried to forget about it. That is, until the two reunite their freshman year of college. Trying to forget about the confession, Nuea pretends to have not known Kluen, but it seems the feelings are still lingering. When others start pursuing Nuea, he's torn between trying to move on and staying true to his own heart.

Thank god this show was only 8 episodes, because it took forever to get anywhere with the plot and if that was drawn out any more I would have dropped this. The only reason I didn't rate it lower was that the relationship does become very sweet and cute, and that part is fun to watch. However the miscommunication and constant "you should move on and find someone better" got old SO fast, and I think the entire first 6 episodes could have been condensed to two, and the couple could have had some more interesting challenges when they were together. Instead, we got a very stereotypical show that didn't really do anything new, besides an ending that clearly just wanted to set up a sequel. This is probably only worth watching if you're a fan of Joong and Dunk and are waiting for a new show from them....

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Just an average school drama

I have to say out of the star and sky series this one is not my favorite in my opinion because I liked Sky in your Heart better because the chemistry was there and they were absolutely adorable and I was obsessed with Prince, but in Star in my mind there wasn’t really that much chemistry it was just a normal college drama that you see in every day life. Plus even though I love Joongdunk this drama was not for them because I’m currently watching Heart Killers and they are so good. I will warn that there might be spoilers and be aware.
The plot was just a normal college drama that you see in Thai BLs, which is you are either and engineer or your competing for the Freshy Star and you need to pick the hottest or cutest boy in your major. I feel it focused a lot on that because Daonuea was chosen and Khabkluen was also chosen, but it was also known that they are enemies. It was hilarious when Khabkluen and Daonuea were cuddling and when Khabkluen got woken up and Daonuea was still sleeping and he acted like it was normal when they got caught by Pokpong. I will also mention Typhoon and his major one sided love towards Daonuea like as much as he worked hard to get his love and he didn’t get it because he’s supposed to end up with Khabkluen was actually sad, but he did work hard. Also that ending was something because it ended with Khuafah who is Daonuea’s older brother getting in a car crash because he was drunk driving and it just ended like that. Like I was so shocked, but I guess that’s how you’re gonna start Sky in Your Heart. Also I loved the 5 minutes of Prince because I could already tell he was gonna be someone good. Overall, in my opinion I didn’t enjoy this as much as I liked Sky in Your Heart, but it was enjoyable at some times and if your a fan of Joongdunk because of Heart Killers and if you like school dramas then I definitely recommend this for you.

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Very average

I will say I almost rated this very biased just because i am a huge joongdunk fan but once actually completing this series it really didn’t do much for me.

i think both joong and dunk have improved a lot with their acting and honestly i don’t think either of them were terrible in this series to begin with but i can definitely see an improvement. unfortunately the story was boring and really didn’t make sense. it’s another miscommunication trope but the miscommunication was soooo bad that it just didn’t make sense. Kluen couldn’t have told Dao from the beginning his liked him back? what was the point of meeting in college and STILL not telling him his feelings but just beating around the bush. It was almost the exact same premise as their other series Hidden Agenda. I unfortunately feel like they’ve both been typecasted as these same characters consistently among all their series. However, at the time of reviewing this I have been watching their more recent series The Heart Killers, and though their character tropes are essentially the same it fits better with this storyline compared to this drama. Joong’d character is always the guy hiding his feelings and playing too cool, while Dunk’s characters are always the one being straight forward and pinning after Joong’s character.

Typhoon was very annoying and weird in this series. I felt like he couldn’t take no for an answer and was just very weird and pressuring Dao to reciprocate feelings he knew weren’t there. Dao also sort of toying with Typhoons feelings at one point too was also very gross, especially since he was so upset about the girl confessing to him and he was afraid of hurting her feelings. Though he apologized to Typhoon later it was still very unusual since he cried so much about it earlier. Also, Fah. Didn’t like his character. Why was he always calling and being needy and weird?? I knew they included him so much for the spin off series but it felt out of place and he was just annoying more than anything.

I’d say overall this wasn’t a terrible watch, it was easy enough to get through but it definitely had its flaws and wasn’t the best series ever by any means. I would say it’s a nice casual, short series to binge. As for rewatch ability… not there for me. Granted, most gmmtv series are not normally ones i’d decide to rewatch even if i liked them more. probably just due to the fact they are constantly coming out with new series and multiple with my favorite ships.

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Doce e cativante

Um drama que entrega uma história envolvente sobre segundas chances, amadurecimento e os sentimentos que nunca desaparecem.
A trama acompanha Daonuea, um jovem que se declara para Kabkluen no último dia do ensino médio, mas acaba sendo rejeitado. Anos depois, ao entrar na faculdade, ele descobre que terá que dividir o quarto justamente com seu antigo crush. Esse reencontro inesperado desperta emoções conflitantes, trazendo momentos de nostalgia, tensão e esperança.
O roteiro acerta ao construir uma relação que se desenvolve de forma natural, sem pressa, permitindo que os sentimentos evoluam com profundidade. A atuação dos JoongDunk é um dos pontos altos do drama, transmitindo com sensibilidade as inseguranças, o carinho e a conexão genuína entre seus personagens.
Outro ponto positivo é a estética da série, com cenários lindos e uma fotografia bem agradável de assistir.

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Para mim, valeu apena assistir mais de duas vezes

Este foi o segundo dorama bl que eu assisti, e devo admitir que amei, desde do primeiro capítulo que fiquei completamente apaixonada pelo casal principal, assisti este dorama no final de 2022 e foi uma das melhores experiências que tive, tanto que fiquei com "ressaca de bls" e não consegui assisti nada por pelos três semanas.

Aos meus olhos, o casal principal Daonuea (Dunk Natachai) e Kluen (Joong Archen) tem uma ótima química, o bl me fez chorar, me deixou triste e contente pelo final feliz. Devo mencionar que a cada frase no final dos capítulos me deixava com uma leve angústia, as frases mexia muito com os meus sentimentos.

Enfim, eu amei o bl, amei os sentimentos que ele provocou em mim, amei o elenco, os atores.

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divertido!!

não dá pra negar que esse BL é muito cliché, mas isso não é negativo, ele tem momentos realmente engraçados de humor e momentos muito lindos e fofos dos joongdunk, o que tira pontos é alguns conflitos que são... desnecessários e a falta de desenvolvimento de alguns tópicos, mas tirando os defeitos, é divertido de assistir e de passar o tempo!!! não é enjoativo (eu acabei no mesmo dia que comecei) e deixa um quentinho no coração, recomendo para quem deseja passar o tempo sem se preocupar com histórias tão complexas, um romance simples está ótimo!!

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Um romance leve, mas com espaço para evolução

Star In My Mind traz uma história envolvente e doce, focada em sentimentos não correspondidos e segundas chances no amor. A narrativa é bem construída e consegue captar a atenção do público com uma combinação de momentos emocionantes e clichês adoráveis.

- Motivos da resenha -

1. História (8.5/10): O enredo é simples, mas eficiente. Ele aborda com delicadeza temas como aceitação, amizade e o amadurecimento emocional, o que cria uma boa conexão com os espectadores.


2. Música (9.5/10): A trilha sonora é um dos grandes destaques da série. As músicas complementam perfeitamente os momentos emocionais e ajudam a construir a atmosfera romântica.


3. Valor de Reassistir (10/10): É o tipo de série que você pode revisitar quando quiser algo leve e reconfortante.



Pontos a Melhorar:

1. Atuação/Elenco (7.5/10): Embora o elenco tenha química, algumas performances poderiam ser mais naturais. Certos momentos pareciam um pouco forçados, principalmente em cenas de maior carga emocional. Isso poderia ter sido trabalhado com mais profundidade.


2. Desenvolvimento dos Personagens: Alguns personagens coadjuvantes poderiam ter tido um arco mais bem explorado, o que daria mais camadas à história principal.



Conclusão:

Star In My Mind é um BL que encanta pelo charme de sua simplicidade. Ele não é perfeito, mas tem um coração que brilha através de suas falhas. É uma boa escolha para quem busca um romance leve com momentos fofos, mas que também deixa um gostinho de querer mais em termos de atuação e profundidade de enredo.

Nota Geral: 9/10


sou uma grande fã de Joongdunk, inclusive, os divos merecem muito! 🥰

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