FrankIncese

Haha. I think they took a page from Disney. They kill off all the parents.

What I don't understand is... the date was for 12pm. How late did SW stay up? And how late did he sleep to be late for a 12pm date?

Hmm. I'm intrigued A fun way to start a series and a new take on how to tell a BL story. Didn't watch TTs2 so even more surprising not knowing anything about their backstory. Will be interesting to see where they go with this and if they can navigate the relationship without falling into familiar tropes. SFX are a bit over the top but I can stomach them so far.

Leo may be the most beautiful man in the world. I'm in.

While all of the actors are doing incredible work, I am a forever fan of Kang Yoo Seok. I will seek out and watch everything he ever does. His face displays every emotion so beautifully. I see a long brilliant career ahead. And while we all hate her character, Yang Seo Hyun is also remarkable. I have fallen in love with her, despite her character's enormous flaws. That's good acting.

I would sell my soul for friends like these.

Yes, I see the distinction and agree it would feel differently if I did it myself or if someone did it TO me. If the writers intent was to show his immaturity, then they did it poorly. I actually believe they just ignored what he had said earlier because they needed him to create conflict here.

Ait wanted to post the relationship on Facebook and when James said it would end their careers, he said he didn't care. But when someone posts a pic of them, then he is upset. While I agree, he has justification, they really need to remember what their characters have said/done and not contradict themselves.

That was a lackluster episode despite all the action. These fight scenes needed better staging, especially the pitch/bank fiasco. Speaking of… there were a couple of times in the ep I definitely could have used a sweet and tender moment between them. I know this ep was focused on other issues, but a squeeze of the hand or protective arm around the shoulder would have made me swoon for them. Gun, poor baby. This may have been your worst episode. And writers… didn’t realize we were back in the 50s where women were relegated to the kitchen. How cool would it have been to see the two girls kick a** and save Pitch/Bank?

Misogyny and stupidity in one plot point.

This episode was a surprise. While the pacing is still too slow, it felt right for the conversations that were going on. It is very natural. Each actor takes the time to think about their responses and while neither of them are breakout stars (IMO) they both felt true to themselves as these characters. They both seem totally smitten in the most endearing way. The writing, while still pedestrian, also felt like actual adult conversations, with thought and meaning behind it. Even the bit with Kong bribing them made me chuckle. There were some nice directorial touches as well. If this is going where I think it's going, I'm very intrigued to see the outcome even though it took 4 episodes to really pique my interest.

I will have to "star" this episode, so I can go back to rewatch it again and again. Has to be one of my favorite episodes of BL of all time. The friendship here is amazing. The mature conversations - even DaOn who still has trouble communicating his feelings - is mature enough to encourage ShinWoo. FINALLY seeing ShinWoo smile. This was EVERYTHING.

Ep 2 is a snooze fest with 2 - count em - 2 insignificant injury/disinfectant scenes. That's 3 in 2 episodes. They're already out of ideas. Sad.

First episode was not very good.

Mediocre writing with all the familiar situations (let me tend to your insignificant wound, so we can stare at each other longingly! - and the same thing shows up again in the ep 2 trailer).

Bad dialogue (Do you know anyone who, after they have been mugged, would tell their concerned (and CUTE!) neighbor, "Nothing happened." Or after you express some medical knowledge and they ask if you're a doctor, you answer, "Don't ask that.", but later admit you're studying medicine).

Poor direction, slow pacing. Everyone looks like they don't know what to do and stand around like helpless mannequins.

The boys are cute, but flounder under the direction. This may be the show that makes me give up on Thai BL. I need MORE. Not the same thing rehashed again for the 100th time.

If you can call these guys a boy band at all. Their music and videos are horrible.

On another note... I wonder if these actors will have difficulty in the industry for even being in a show that exposes its dark underbelly.

I want to support this series for the serious issues it raises, but the writing is so bad. Have these writers ever had an actual conversation in real life, because some scenes are just ridiculous. I understand we need drama, and sometimes characters can't speak their whole truth to CREATE that drama, but these characters seem more like 5 than 25 (Bas/Ait are younger so I'll forgive some of their poor communication skills, but James behaves like an emotional zombie.) Thank God it's only 6 eps, otherwise I would drop right now.

Don’t sink to their level or you become one of them.

I liked elements of the series, but yet another series written by someone who has not done their research and dismisses character just to service the plot. A coach who hardly coaches, and new divers who act like they're in charge (including one who has seemingly never dove before, but is the best diver on the team after 3 practice sessions - that don't include any practical advice on how to dive.). The. leads are very good, excellent chemistry and I liked their bromance (wish it was more, but what can you do). But I couldn't sit through 30 episodes. It just dragged on too much for me. The abs! The abs, though. I'd kill for abs like that.

ARGH! The Flashbacks! I want to throttle somebody. This is horrible story-telling/directing/editing. The boys are good, and the story is interesting so far, but I would like someone to re-edit the show and remove all the flashbacks. Of course, each episode would be about 10 mins long, but I'm all for that!

Interesting in the BTS that Mark mentions another director and thanks 2 people, neither of whom is Mean. Hmmm.

Thanks for sharing. We can swap nightmare production stories some time. I have my fair share as well.

On a side note: folks here often say “give him a break, he’s so young” and yes, most actors improve with time. But Perth was like 17 when he did LBC (and I personally loved him in that) and Leo DiCaprio was 19 when was nominated for his first Oscar. Some folks got it, some don’t.

Of course. I just wondered how close to his real life it was.