Our Skyy 2: Star in My Mind (2023)

The worst of the 8

This is hands-down the worst of the 8 stories. Was there even a story? 2 episodes of nothing except I-love-yous, and I've never sped through a series as fast as this, my finger constantly on the forward button. It says a lot when I actually preferred watching their friends than the intimate moments the lead couple had, all of which were mushy, vacuous and superficial. But this was probably because the source story had nothing to begin with either. The scriptwriter here inherited nothing to even have anything of a narrative arc. And Dunk, with his limited acting chops and mediocre looks, will likely not go much further in this industry. At least Archen has looks to carry off as a leading man, if he gets better roles.

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Sickly, Stupidly Saccharine (in a good way!)

My own rating references for context:
1-3 stars - This needs some major reworking
3-5 stars - Not the worst, but not to my taste
5-7 stars - Pretty solidly okay (could use improvements, but not terrible)
7-9 stars - We have a great thing here
10 stars - Please don't change anything, it's glorious!

Story/Plot: 6.5 stars
"Star in My Mind" was already a fluffy and sweet series to begin with, and if the audience expected anything else from these special episodes, I'm not entirely certain what information they received that gave them a different impression (since the exact same crew worked on the series and these episodes). We get to see Khabkluen (Kleun) and Daonuea (Nuea) going on two years in their relationship, and everything is as cute as a button between the two of them - Kleun won't stop spouting his love for Nuea in public or private, Nuea still loves having Kleun model for him, and the two of them are looking forward to their future together. It was nice to see the maturity of their relationship in the communications department, seeing as how their series was originally based on the distinct lack of communication between Kleun and Nuea. We get Kleun's delivery of the cliche line "I'm making up for lost time" when asked why he insists on saying "I love you" so much, as well as Nuea's beautiful "Just thinking about getting jealous already means I'm not trusting you, right?" to drive home how well they've learned to communicate with one another. Additionally, I'm always a fan of consent scenes - a long-term relationship can still have romantic moments, and romance and consent are not mutually exclusive. Kleun's "Can I kiss you?" and Nuea's soft response "Of course" was probably my favorite scene across both episodes.

Acting/Cast: 7.5 stars
Across the board, it's hard to say that GMMTV has any bad actors per say, but some definitely outshine others. Joong is one of the outstanding stars at GMMTV, and it really boils down to his ability to silently act with his eyes and facial features to deliver micro-expressions that make his characters come to life. I will concede that it helps that he was blessed with beautiful features to begin with, but it's very impressive how well he uses what he was given. The slight misfortune is that Dunk has to compete with Joong, because everyone naturally compares actors in scenes together and even more so if they are a ship (you really need both actors to sell their half of the ship in order for their characters' relationship to be believable, after all). Dunk has less experience in the acting business than Joong, so there's boundless opportunities for him to continue climbing; Joong is such a good friend and scene partner already, I'm excited to see them continue to grow together. With all of that said, I will also add that Dunk's hair stylist is not doing him any favors at all - the boy needs less bangs falling in front of his eyes! Joong has naturally massive (gorgeous!) eyes which help with capturing his eye movements and micro-expressions, and Dunk doesn't have that in his acting arsenal, so having Dunk's hair constantly in front of or shading his eyes make it harder to see any of his expressions.

Music: 9 stars
I have yet to find myself disliking an OST written by Boy Sompob, because his music is simple, catchy, and perfectly emotive of the series they have been a part of. Joong sings the majority of it, though Dunk has more parts in this OST than the previous "Star in My Mind" OST, and they both delivered a beautiful performance of it. Throughout the episodes, Director New employed his classic tactic of acapella-start-of-the-OST-chorus-at-the-beginning-of-a-touching-scene-and-then-have-the-background-instruments-come-in-to-close-out-the-scene, and as basic of a tactic as it is, it works very well to help sell sweet moments. The MV that was released a couple of days ahead of the episodes can be found here: https://youtu.be/mEiWEewQZbw.

Rewatch Value: 1 star
I would technically give this 0 stars, and not because it was a bad watch at all - there just wasn't anything substantial enough to grab my attention and remain rooted in my mind to encourage a rewatch. In all honesty, I think the only part I rewatched multiple times in the moment was Joong's surprise English line of "Can I kiss you?" along with Dunk's even-more-surprising English response of "Of course". Their English delivery was a beautiful surprise, made all the more delicious because they have beautiful lower registers when they speak English softly, and it was a romantic consent moment!

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Waste of Time

Okay. Im sorry… but what?? 2 episodes for Kluen and Neua be all lovey dovey without proper plot is wasting my time. Like… it is so boring! There is no purpose of the episodes and just a 2 hour long video of them being all lovey dovey which is almost borderline of cringe and I am so disappointed with New’s direction this time. Too plain with no seasoning. Blergh for me. You know I believe instead of this thing, they should have maybe create the plot to be where they are struggling with each other's time management and have no time for each other. OR- Multiverse where they are enemy. Or you know make them be like they are teaming up to help Typhoon and the girl that likes him. You know, there's so many potential and honestly, New... you truly disappoint me. I love New's series but this? I'm sorry. The series is okay but this just lower them down to BLERGH.

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Star in My Mind, more like Snooze in My Brain

I was so exited about Our Skyy 2, so this was kinda disappointing. Missed opportunity.

Oh. My. God. We’re barely a few minutes in and we already get hit with the classic “don’t call me darling” line. Again.

Now, in the previous Our Skyy 2 episodes (Never Let Me Go), I complained there was too much going on. This one? The complete opposite. Basically nothing happens. It's just 90% vibes and somehow... a surprising amount of kissing, hugging, and even a little boom-boom (??). If you're into Dao and Kluen, you'll probably enjoy the sweet nothings and soft stares. But for me? Dao is officially the most annoying character in all the BLs I’ve watched so far. Yes, the most. So it was kind of a struggle to make it through this without rolling my eyes into another dimension.

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Tidak Esensial untuk di tonton.

Sebelumnya saya mengucapkan maaf kepada penggemar maupun orang-orang yang terhubung dan terkoneksi dengan series ini. Menurut opini pribadi, episode dan series Our Skyy2 varian Star in My Mind ini tidak perlu ada ; ada beberapa alasannya diantaranya:
• Tidak punya maksud dan tujuan apapun, series ini hanya memiliki scene bucin dan bucin saja, bahkan tidak ada konflik sedikitpun. ini membuat konklusi dari series yang satu ini menjadi tidak jelas dan terlihat bahkan seperti short movie tidak jelas.
• Typhoon semakin terpuruk, awalnya saya fikir Our Skyy 2 ini akan memberikan kesempatan untuk tokoh Typhoon untuk menemukan cinta yang baru, tapi kenyataannya tidak. Parahnya Typhoon malah disukai oleh wanita bernama Min yang awalnya menyukai Daoneua, sangat miris. Walaupun ada dialog bahwa Typhoon berterima kasih kepada Daonuea bahwa dia telah menghubungan Typhoon dengan Min, namun ekspresi Typhoon seperti tidak bahagia. Selain itu saya rasa sangat disayangkan jika Typhoon dipasangkan dengan wanita, memang boleh dengan siapa saja, tapi sebelumnya Typhoon benar-benar memperjuangkan Daoneua yang notabenenya dia laki-laki.
• Scene tidak krusial, masa ospek mahasiswa baru yang tujuannya apa? dan kamping tidak jelas yang menampilkan scene-scene apa adanya seolah seperti mencari-cari "cerita" tambahan yang jelas seharusnya tidak ada.
• Ending is same, Endingnya benar-benar mirip dengan series aslinya, bahkan di malam hari. ini benar-benar sangat membuang waktu, saya bahkan menskip adegan kedua main role utama Kleun dan Daoneua karena saya benar-benar mabuk melihat kebucinan mereka yang saya fikir sudah cukup saya untuk melihatnya karena bosan.
• Dari segi dialog tidak punya life meaning berarti, warnanya juga flat, terdapat iklan secara tidak langsung dan lain sebagainya. Dari aku pribadi, tidak apa-apa jika anda tidak menonton ini, saya tidak merekomendasikannya. Selain itu menurutku series orisinalnya juga cukup. tidak perlu ditambah yang satu ini.

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