Dinosaur Love

It was okay

This one wasn't that bad but it also wasn't anything major outstanding, I did a second rewatch and was able to dissect and analyze the show this time, and well, here we go.

Mek & Kram: These two sucks, there's nothing nice to say about them, anytime they were on the screen they annoyed me to no end. Mek is horrible, he forgets Rak and his 3rd anniversary brings his friend over to Raks with Kram's favorite food, and has the nerve to tell Rak he can't remember what he likes. then when Rak goes to "sleep" Mek and Kram are talking as loud as possible and Mek still has the nerve to tell Kram to be quiet because he doesn't want Rak to hear, like it's too late for that. Then when Rak let go of his suspicions about Kram because he didn't want to fight, Kram sent a picture to Mek and Mek couldn't believe Rak when he said nothing was happening. Not to mention both Kram and Mek are major gaslighters, I was getting secondhand gaslighted listening to them. Both were crazy, Mek violated Rak and still gaslighted him while doing it and Kram was just nuts and needed more help, the fact he could put his best friend through what he did out in front of the apartment was crazy.

Rak & Dino: I don't know if I've seen chemistry with these two but I will say anytime Dino made out with Rak I was like please stop, his whole tongue had bills to pay. I love spicy and kissing but gosh darn we didn't need the tongue every 5 seconds of kissing, I wonder what Kong thought while filming this, anyway, I do think Dino was too pushy like you knew what Rak went through, give him space and help him heal from all of that. Poor Rak attracted all the crazies, from Mek and Kram to Tart, even Dino was a little crazy.

Chalam, Suea & Mhee - These 3 were my favorite and the most normal out of all of them. Chalam was just too funny and I adored all of his screen time. I need more of Mos, and I love Mhee and Suea because they were there for Rak like real friends should be and took care of him. Though I would've liked to see the love interest that they had talked about in the last episode, it would've been cute to see them all there at the beach with there lovers.

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The Idea Was There, But Was Poorly Executed

Dinosaur Love was a difficult series for me to fully enjoy. Unfortunately, many of the events in this series felt forced, rushed, or simply unnatural, making it difficult to become emotionally invested in what was happening.

The series seems to lean into the idea of love at first sight, with Dino. However, the romance often lacked the development needed to make those feelings feel believable. Rather than allowing relationships to naturally progress, the story frequently seemed to jump from one emotional moment to another without giving the characters enough time to establish genuine connections.

One of the biggest examples of this was the situation involving Mek, Rak, and Khram. Mek cheating on Rak with his best friend was already a complicated situation, but the way the series handled the aftermath made the entire storyline feel even more problematic. Khram knowingly entered a relationship with his best friend’s boyfriend, and was overjoyed when the breakup happened. His desire to remain with Mek while also maintaining his friendship with Rak, seemingly without facing meaningful repercussions.

The series then attempted to shift the audience’s sympathy even further by portraying Khram experiencing a mental breakdown and self harming after being cut off. This did not feel thoughtful nor impactful. But felt more like a narrative device designed to make the audience feel sorry for him.

At the same time, Mek’s character portrayed more in the wrong felt weird. Villainizing him by having him become aggressive and the attempted SA felt random. What bothered me most was the inconsistency in how the series handled morality. Even the apologies throughout the series felt insincere.

That said, Dinosaur Love did have some genuinely interesting ideas. There were moments where I could see the potential for a much stronger series underneath everything. The problem was that these ideas felt randomly inserted rather than properly integrated into the overall narrative. It often felt as though the writers had numerous concepts they wanted to explore and tried to fit all of them into the story without carefully considering how one event should naturally lead into the next.

While the cast had potential, the acting was inconsistent, and certain performances made the series feel more like a YouTube video or student project than a polished drama.

In almost every major aspect from writing, pacing, character development, acting, and overall execution, the series fell short for me. Yet, somehow, I still found myself enjoying parts of it, even when the story is making questionable decisions. Maybe it is the potential hidden beneath the messy execution, or simply the fact that I wanted to see where all of these increasingly chaotic storylines would eventually lead.

Ultimately, Dinosaur Love feels like a series with plenty of ideas but not enough development to bring those ideas together effectively. Despite all of its flaws, I can’t say I completely regretted watching it.

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Not good but not horrible

This series has a lot of bad reviews. There are several reasons and I agree with most. But overall, this was cute. You just have to ignore the bad acting, the cringey dialogue, the horrible editing, and chopped up story.

I didn’t really see any chemistry between the leads. Maybe in one scene. This is my opinion but Dino was not a good kisser. It was like he was chewing on Rak. Plus the tongue was just gross. I didn’t see any passion.

Story was choppy. It had more drama in the beginning with the attempted rape and the cutting which was shocking. But that ended quickly. Never figured out who Sim was. Why include him? And Tart was obviously there to add drama and it didn’t work. He was too likable. Suea turned out to be the wise one, believe it or not.

Overall, bad, but I’m glad I watched it. If you look past everything and watch it for entertainment, it was actually pretty cute.

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Bad acting

I watched the trailer to this but decided to give it a go.
Wish I hadn't. Really below standard for a BL.
All the actors seemed on another planet. There were pauses between lines.. Rak was depressive.. No actors
really gelled.. As soon as I saw males dressed as females
the acting was over the top and it turns everything into a comedy and you can't take the series seriously. I'm not against trans actors as I have a grandson whose gay but
it really puts you off probably because it's not so prevalent in the Western dramas. All in all not a good view but that's only my opinion.

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Misleading from the very beginning.

I won't say this series was bad but it certainly wasn't great. For the most part, I was confused and getting whiplash from all the different plot points they were trying to throw into a 10 episode series which really did not flow well together. And there were a lot of choices made that didn't feel like it would fit the character, whether it was a good or bad choice. The whole thing was just misleading from the get-go.

Let's start with the first impression aspects: The movie poster and the synopsis. The dark, night-time city look of the poster gives off a dark, serious vibe akin to Big Dragon or KinnPorsche but the series was anything but serious or dark. The synopsis makes it sound like Dino is a bully type who stalks his prey when in reality, he was the nice guy protector to counter Rak's "helpless boy" type.

But even that didn't make sense because, actually, Rak was very vocal about his boundaries and his limits. If there's one thing I will say this series did right it was that Rak actually stood up for himself, at least verbally if not physically. He said "no" to the ex, he cut off the best friend after he found out about them, he set boundaries for them as well as himself when he continuously stood his ground in telling Dino "I'm not ready." And this kind of became important when Dino was clearly trying to get intimate and Rak was having flashbacks to the ex forcing himself on him. But this time, when he tells Dino to wait, he listens, unlike the ex. It's pivotal in how Rak sees Dino and it shows that Dino respects Rak and his boundaries.

All that being said, I couldn't help but feel bad for Pepper in this role. I mean, he is a great actor and they paired him with someone who was.. well, not. I don't know if it was a director's thing or Kong's attempt as seeming insecure or if it was Kong himself, but his constant looking off to the side as if he's looking at a camera or crew member off screen was breaking the fourth wall, and not in the "funny because it was intentional" way. It made me think Kong was uncomfortable himself instead of it being a Rak, as the character, trait.

The entire cast, in fact, seemed to be a mixture of highly seasoned actors or the very basic first-timers with little in-between. The cameos made zero sense whatsoever and felt like they were just introduced for shits and giggles. Much like many of the short-lived storylines that were introduced for the drama then completely forgotten without much of a resolution. It felt like a young teenager, at best, wrote this with all the experience a teenage has with life and relationships.

I will say, the best cameo and character in this entire series was Pepper's tongue. Whenever it made an appearance, the show got 10x better each time. It was almost enough to make one ignore how obvious the difference was in experience between Pepper and Kong, and not just in acting.

It was clever, though, how they gave a bit of an intro to the other Buddy Line stories at the end because, at least for me, it made me curious how their stories would go. I just hope they get to work opposite actors that fit them better than Dino and Rak did.

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What happened? What did I watch?

This series had some of the best actors and they wasted their talent with crappy writing.

I liked the story at the beginning but by the end, I didn't know how the story was going to end and I still don't get it.

I would love to get with some people and rewrite this story because there was so much potential and then nothing.

Do not get me started on the kissing scenes. They had chemistry but what the heck. I do feel bad for the lead main male because he is a good actor but at times he looked too old.

I liked Chalarm but again talent wasted and not enough time to go into their story. I also still don't understand why Dino's people were fighting with other people and their one friend would set him up...like what?

I gave music a low score because I don't remember any music.

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"Dinosaur Love" it's a BL drama about a student named Rak, that is cheated on by his boyfriend, but then meets Dino, who's very interested in him and tries to do everything to make him fall in love.

How is it possible that a Thai BL is so ridiculous?! The two main characters are unbearable.
Dino, with an alpha male attitude who falls in love just by seeing Rak, without even knowing him well and Rak who acts extremely childish all the time and his reactions to Dino are strange, since he had a boyfriend before, flirting with a guy is nothing new, but Rak is scared, avoids it and is excessively effeminate, like a stereotypical gay man with no complexity at all.

At first, the drama was PG-12 level, with at most some flirting, but after Dino and Rak have sex the story changes completely and basically every moment of them together is exaggerated. I'm totally in favor of passion, of a greater intensity in BL, but this style of drama isn't just about that, there has to be a bond, a connection.

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Just to balance the bad reviews

Was it problematic? I don't think so, threat of non consensual and self harm are drama, bl is life, life is drama. Some of the acting could've been tightened up, less of the main song repeat and for the love of... lose the 'funny' sound effects (or at least keep to a minimum) - and the Tart storyline seemed to be there because they wrote the original protaganists out. I feel like his part was maybe his original friend who slept with his boyfriend but (badly) recast.
I also thought there were a couple of warning signs about Dino being too possessive but then understood that was actually what Rak wanted after his previous relationship - just by a couple of things he says to Dino (calls him Daddy, warns him off Please, tells him he submits to him - paraphrased).

I thought the chemistry was off the charts, not just between the two main leads but it felt like everyone really were best friends off set and that came through in the scenes and I can live with heart felt acting that might be less professional...
Though in all honesty it was the last two specials that made me re-evaluate the first 8 episodes in a more favourable light (not seen the Vietnam episode yet).

Solid 8/10 for me.

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I enjoyed it

I don't know why there are so many bad reviews, I honestly enjoyed watching it, it is a standard BL to me. There needs to be a WARNING for episode 3, but I loved the main characters' chemistry; I thought it was so cute, and it made me all giddy. The storyline itself was okay, not the best, definitely not the worst that I have seen, but it did get boring in some areas. Overall I thought it was pretty good, the standard for the normal BLs that I have watched.
The last two episodes were probably the best, the acting and storyline were better, and the chemistry was so cute, although I wished we had seen the few new characters at the end instead of a POV and maybe even seen a little more of those sub plots because I am so interested in them and seeing those characters in those scenarios, especially Chalarm.

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