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A Tale of a Thousand Slow-Motion Looks!

Seven point nine? You mean, people think this well-crafted series (sort of a gay divorce office series) is on the same level as Star in My Mind??????? Dude...

Coming next: A Tale of 1,000 Stars Remixed.

Win and Lin’s mother is the most clueless character in BL history.

The cast is game, most of the jokes landed, lovely message —it would’ve been great if it were 50% shorter. (And I’m really relieved I won’t have to listen to the title song again.)

Thai BL rule number one: Once you get your man, rebuff any kissing attempts at all costs. Remember to act like it’s your virginity at stake!

Direction is rock solid, cinematography is outstanding for a BL series (ep. 5 starts with a series’ highlight), the cast look like regular college kids (which is the point) and they can act, the pacing is steady, I was really impressed by how they kept the matches thrilling — it’s the old coming-of-age BL story but it’s really well told. Definitely a nice surprise.

Lol So true!

You know, this series would be some five episodes shorter if Kluen just had a nice therapist.

Let’s just say this is the slickest, most professional thing Star Hunter has ever produced. And so far, a very good letter of apology for subjecting us to Gen Y 2.

As for the reviewer who got exasperated with how long it took for Tawan to realize his bf was cheating on him, let me say just this: darling, I’ve met people who took longer than 8 episodes to realize their significant other was cheating on them.

This is very well-done cotton-candy fluff: charming characters, great rhythm, and lots of spot-on humor. It doesn’t aim at re-inventing the wheel. It’s old school tame kisses and naive characters but thank heavens it doesn’t take place at college. What it sets out to do, it does really well. It’s a solid soapie BL. Bonus: a killer dimple.

So far so very good. It’s the kind of over-the-top zaniness the Thai do really well (Bad Romance, My Engineer, YYY…). Top cast, production, direction. But if they try to sustain this plot for 6 or 7 more episodes, it will get tired and boring really fast. I mean, the whole Van Gogh misunderstanding in the age of Google is something we’re able to overlook because of the actors’ winning charms but there’s only so much Nuea-advances-Toh-recoils-and-advances-Sky-flirts-Jao-rebuffs you can get away with. I hope I’m wrong and they’ve got crazier subplots up their sleeves (Prao as a funny villain, Daisy as a basketball star, Som and Tor, a rival challenging Nuea for Toh’s affection, the possibilities are endless).

There are only two words to describe it: pure cringe.

Yes. If it’s actually based on his life, I’ve spent most of it experiencing flashbacks, he’s got memory issues (the finale of part 1 retconned in the beginning of part 2), he must have a hell of a beef with the real-life Non, and the real-life King crossed paths with a 14-year-old boy.

Valen’s ever-changing hair length really gets on my nerves. The way the writers treat Non is a perfect example of the word ‘sadistic’.

I guess it sets the record for most broken hearts per square mile in a single BL series.

Shall we talk about Not Me’s amazing cliffhangers?

Dude, they started with a bang!

Pass me that paper tissue box. Ep. 12's gonna be a hell of a weepie!