We have that silly Chuckchuck side story that takes away from the Thai scenes! So much development between Sky and Win could have been done there! The story is good, the characters interesting, but Xion needs to stay far, far away from directing! Zeke and Fifth have so much promise! We should have forgotten about Sky, his X and that dam dog and just focus on these two!
It was mentioned Chot had stomach problems that is why he was in the hospital
Exposition is a hell of a thing if you don't know how to use it. Something central to the plot that causes a main action should not just be in a small like of exposition. Bad storytelling!
I was wondering the same thing! This show is confusing and the way they keep adding scenes that were filmed with…
I also missed the scene where Pat calls Put to do the blocking. When was that? We had the team talking about it, then suddenly a scene with Put out of nowhere. Then we have some exposition of Pat calling Put. What's going on here?
I could well do without the Thai part of the story. The plot of the people at the restaurant is ridiculous and…
At times the restaurant staff looks like some sort of parody. It reminds me of the BBC Red Nose production of Upstairs Downstairs which was a parody of Downton Abbey :D
Win and Sky's x-rated flirting by the pool felt very much like an authentic interaction between two, sexually…
The scene in pt.3 where Win speaks of his background was well done exposition. One of the very few main positives of the episode. Teejay handled that expertly.
Ep.4 In the words of Dr. Who, "What? What? What? What?" 1st scene: Why is there so much freeking ad-lib? Is it that hard to write a good parent-child conversation? The neighbour and Sky's Dad start this side thing about nuts. Gosh! Fifth and Zeke's banter about nude photography wasn't so bad. Seemed to be almost organic jibbing between two friends. Almost. What the hell is this side story with YummyEater69 and Ms. Beckey? Ahm, couldn't you remove the caw caw sound for the establishing scene for the restaurant? Generously shot, but the sound seems to want to add a hint of horror. Ms. Becky's conversation with Zeke could have been one to set up a relationship of mentor and mentee, but it had to become a bit cringy. The pool scene with Sky and Win was nice. Teejay did an excellent job of establishing some of Win's back story. Zeke making coffee for Fifth was cute and quite a good product placement, but, and this is just a slight nitpick here, couldn't you have edited out the slurp sounds my dear Xion? That sort of kills the effect. Chuckchuck seems not to want to be in the show. Do you blame him? At least Drake lost him in an almost believable way. I'm not Pinoy, but do you guys usually just drop brand-name clothing on the street like that? I won't need to go shopping when I visit. :D What was the point in telling Sky CC was missing? Should he fly back at once? Sky and Win making fun of Prim's ex was funny as hell. One of the few times ad-libbing works because Miko and TJ are professionals. We really couldn't be bothered to do a coherent proper script huh Xion? Or are we renting the equipment by the word, so whatever is said in one take we just print that? Anyway. Sky and Win bonding at the massage was good. Fifth's and Zeke's end scene was nice. Zeke recounting how Fifth found him was positive, but did it have to end on "To be continued. The end?????" While not the worse production from the Philippines, its fellow Oxin drama Rainbow Prince might just take that award, with just a drama student reviewing and tightening up the script we could have had an epic gem here! The characters are good (except the cringe-fem ones), the acting is not bad, the basic story has some merit, and the location scouting is on point.
One question is at the back of my mind though: Did Ben (of Ben X Jim) end up as a Thai chef with the new name of Win when he disappeared in B X J Forever?
Finally, finally, a Thai workplace that's not 100% toxic! The owner was very fair in dealing with sexual harassment and nonperforming employees, especially as they were his family. I really appreciate complex characters and none are more so than Uea. I really loved his relationship with his sister not being poisoned by his mother. I would have liked more background for King though. For the least, we could have seen him being in love with Uea since they met in college which would lead to him wanting to settle down with him. Uea and King seemed to have used King's apartment more. Uea's apartment is way better, bigger, and has a better kitchen and furnishings. It's also more central, being near the main Skytrain station :D
I will probably watch this, but...Are we seriously going to have another "Chukchuk is missing" story? I couldn't…
I think misplacing Chuckchuck is not a side story, but the sitter actually loses the Producer's dog during shooting and everyone goes batty to get him back :D
I have so many questions. Why is Miss Becky now selling produts online? Why does she have the dog? Where's, Ken?…
Ms. Becky was probably traumatized after the kidnapping and left Ace's employ and left? :D Maybe CC was her parting gift? :D Jelai probably went to Teaching College, got his Teaching Diploma, started as a trainee teacher, and got promoted to Dean in 2 years. Talk about upward mobility in the Pinoy Teaching Service. Or was it some sort of diversity hire? :D
My questions are: 1. Sky's house doesn't have any other areas to convert to a borders space they had to lump Sky with all these strangers? 2. Sky's mom's business seems to be successful. Why doesn't Sky join her business, help her diversify and even be the face of the product? A 2nd place world food champion is better advertising than nothing. 3. Couldn't we get a little exposition as to why Ace and Sky separated? Not much, just a few minutes of talk with a flashback? We had Ace angry when Chukchuk went missing. We didn't need him to come to the studio.
So many questions. So little competency in the writing :D Oxin makes these wonderful, amazing train wrecks that you just can't help but watch!
Reading these comments, I do think Book is playing Cher quite well. The inexperienced 20-something-year-old with the youth energy, nativity, now getting into life sort of person. Cher is an extrovert who speaks before he thinks and Book is capturing that with impunity. His sad/ angry in ep. 9 was quite nicely played too. I could feel his connection to the Gameboy. Yes, his emotions seemed to be all over the place but still were in keeping with the character. Even what seemed to be a change of his mind to push Gun away that personality type would do it. Although it seemed he thought everything was good, I could still see this personality overthinking what people would think about Gun and wanting to end it to "save" him by pushing him away. I'm liking the writing of the characters. All have totally distinct personalities and the writing is keeping it that way. The friend group is epic. Very supportive. The only real issue I have is Gun could have been aged up a bit. Force and Book seem to have no age difference whatsoever. While it's not the greatest BL from Thailand, it's no way at the bottom of the pile. Book and Force have chemistry rivaled by greats like Max and Tul, Earth and Mix, Bilkin and PP.
The establishing shots are just gorgeous. Chiang Mai looks more stunning than it normally does. Manila looked beautiful. Why doesn't the live-action meet this quality? Even the product placement was bad. The cringe jokes continue. Come-on! Could we have fem characters not hit on every male that crosses their path? Oxin should be more professional by now. They have great ideas, but the executive is just so bad!
The story is good, the characters interesting, but Xion needs to stay far, far away from directing!
Zeke and Fifth have so much promise! We should have forgotten about Sky, his X and that dam dog and just focus on these two!
This was just pure epic fan service! Adding that bit of Towson and Por was just genius!
Something central to the plot that causes a main action should not just be in a small like of exposition. Bad storytelling!
In the words of Dr. Who, "What? What? What? What?"
1st scene: Why is there so much freeking ad-lib? Is it that hard to write a good parent-child conversation? The neighbour and Sky's Dad start this side thing about nuts. Gosh!
Fifth and Zeke's banter about nude photography wasn't so bad. Seemed to be almost organic jibbing between two friends. Almost.
What the hell is this side story with YummyEater69 and Ms. Beckey?
Ahm, couldn't you remove the caw caw sound for the establishing scene for the restaurant? Generously shot, but the sound seems to want to add a hint of horror.
Ms. Becky's conversation with Zeke could have been one to set up a relationship of mentor and mentee, but it had to become a bit cringy.
The pool scene with Sky and Win was nice. Teejay did an excellent job of establishing some of Win's back story.
Zeke making coffee for Fifth was cute and quite a good product placement, but, and this is just a slight nitpick here, couldn't you have edited out the slurp sounds my dear Xion? That sort of kills the effect.
Chuckchuck seems not to want to be in the show. Do you blame him? At least Drake lost him in an almost believable way.
I'm not Pinoy, but do you guys usually just drop brand-name clothing on the street like that? I won't need to go shopping when I visit. :D
What was the point in telling Sky CC was missing? Should he fly back at once?
Sky and Win making fun of Prim's ex was funny as hell. One of the few times ad-libbing works because Miko and TJ are professionals. We really couldn't be bothered to do a coherent proper script huh Xion? Or are we renting the equipment by the word, so whatever is said in one take we just print that?
Anyway.
Sky and Win bonding at the massage was good.
Fifth's and Zeke's end scene was nice. Zeke recounting how Fifth found him was positive, but did it have to end on "To be continued. The end?????"
While not the worse production from the Philippines, its fellow Oxin drama Rainbow Prince might just take that award, with just a drama student reviewing and tightening up the script we could have had an epic gem here! The characters are good (except the cringe-fem ones), the acting is not bad, the basic story has some merit, and the location scouting is on point.
One question is at the back of my mind though: Did Ben (of Ben X Jim) end up as a Thai chef with the new name of Win when he disappeared in B X J Forever?
I really appreciate complex characters and none are more so than Uea. I really loved his relationship with his sister not being poisoned by his mother.
I would have liked more background for King though. For the least, we could have seen him being in love with Uea since they met in college which would lead to him wanting to settle down with him.
Uea and King seemed to have used King's apartment more. Uea's apartment is way better, bigger, and has a better kitchen and furnishings. It's also more central, being near the main Skytrain station :D
Maybe CC was her parting gift? :D
Jelai probably went to Teaching College, got his Teaching Diploma, started as a trainee teacher, and got promoted to Dean in 2 years. Talk about upward mobility in the Pinoy Teaching Service. Or was it some sort of diversity hire? :D
My questions are:
1. Sky's house doesn't have any other areas to convert to a borders space they had to lump Sky with all these strangers?
2. Sky's mom's business seems to be successful. Why doesn't Sky join her business, help her diversify and even be the face of the product? A 2nd place world food champion is better advertising than nothing.
3. Couldn't we get a little exposition as to why Ace and Sky separated? Not much, just a few minutes of talk with a flashback? We had Ace angry when Chukchuk went missing. We didn't need him to come to the studio.
So many questions. So little competency in the writing :D
Oxin makes these wonderful, amazing train wrecks that you just can't help but watch!
I'm liking the writing of the characters. All have totally distinct personalities and the writing is keeping it that way.
The friend group is epic. Very supportive.
The only real issue I have is Gun could have been aged up a bit. Force and Book seem to have no age difference whatsoever.
While it's not the greatest BL from Thailand, it's no way at the bottom of the pile. Book and Force have chemistry rivaled by greats like Max and Tul, Earth and Mix, Bilkin and PP.
The cringe jokes continue. Come-on! Could we have fem characters not hit on every male that crosses their path?
Oxin should be more professional by now. They have great ideas, but the executive is just so bad!