FrankIncese

What I meant was... them being influencers has too little to do with their story. Why title a series influencers when it could have been “My Christmas Romance”.

This was just okay. A bit too simplistic for me. Too much unresolved. Doesn’t really spark any questions or answers. Funniest line was Mom saying her lottery was actually helping the family.

My main problem with the Influencers is that they aren’t doing any influencing. Yes they post a couple of vlogs. But it really has nothing to do with the story.

As for school... yes it’s tiresome but where else can you set a series about teen boys? School takes up a lot of their time.

So far this is okay. Love the look into provincial life. But do people honestly act this way? Move to Manila without any prep or research? No job, no place to stay, only one acquaintance who hasn’t been too good to you this far as your only contact? Ignoring people when they come visit, treating friends like strangers, talking about people right in front of them??? I don’t know anyone who would do any of these things. I know BL is fantasy but this is outrageous. Brendalynne needs to stop improvising and talking to herself when no one is around.

Yes they do.

Agree with the creepy, over the top comments. Not making a lot of sense so far. Will be interesting to see if they follow up on the premise, "Does love make you a better person?" Not excited about this one. Even the eye candy feels creepily gratuitous.

Okay. Not bad, not great. Sweet and simple. More bromance than anything, with the hint of something possible if there were a sequel (which there is not, as far as I know). I didn't see the first twist coming (staying over to be closer to a girl), so that was a nice surprise. Aek is not a lovable character (very selfish and manipulative when it's clearly not appreciated), but thankfully this is light enough fluff so that it's not too problematic. Toey is kinda bland. Not sure if Mike is supposed to be cheering them on, or causing them problems. The social media angle, fake celebrity, endorsements, shaming was interesting and relevant. Would love a deeper dive into that in some other series. The graphic novel elements were too long, although I did like how they evolved. All in all, a decent movie for a mindless bromantic story.

Ok, so the workplace sexual harassment isn't an issue??? "I'm uncomfortable", "Get used to it." Ohm is a predator. A beautiful, buff predator. Wan starts the whole love story, though. It's his interest in Ohm that propels the story. He could have shut it down. It's obvious the relationship with Tar was in trouble all along - or at least vulnerable. This is a real life story. This is how relationships fall apart (or don't). No easy answers or pure villains. I'm not sure what Tar did that was so unforgiveable, or at least worse than falling in love with someone else like Wan did. All in all it was well done, thought-provoking movie with complex characters and some good performances.- It's funny to see Gun here, playing a college graduate, when 6 years later he's still in college in 2Gether. I prefer him here without the excessive affectation.

More montage than story. I know most BL uses the jealous rival trope but I didn’t understand here. They were clearly on vacation together for one purpose... they liked each other. I never believed the other love interests had a shot so it made their story inconsequential. Still sweet and cute like the first. Adorable awkward blushes made me smile. Felt like it took a long time to move so little forward in the relationship. Perhaps more true to life than the fairy tale BL were used to in that regard. I won’t watch again nor do I need to watch the special.

A meet cute vacation fling with potential for more. Handsome and charismatic actors required to very little other than look adorable Beautiful scenery but shot in a way that makes this feel like a promo for the resort and the story is just filler in between promo footage. Not a lot happens but it’s all sweet and cute and makes you feel warm and happy.

Had forgotten about this one until I watched again. Very very very simple. Not necessarily believable in any regard but who cares. Nai is so handsome and they give his character some nice vulnerability. Gump warms your heart. Great friends. So... Nai kisses Gump to cure his hiccups and we jump cut to the car ride. Really? Not even a fake explanation? No, “it was just to cure you” convo? Not even a real moment where they confront what has happened? That’s the biggest misstep for me. Not sure a hug is enough to solve all the problems at the end but who cares. But did I understand it right... Soda doesn’t really want to reunite, it’s all a plot to get Gump and Nai together? That’s far fetched. Still I really enjoyed this sweet and very innocent movie.

That's kinda the norm these days. Pay for views.

Ah ok. I agree. He does seem very confident.

Aren’t ALL BL series reminiscent of other BL series?

You think James is masculine? He seems very fem to me. Not that I have a problem with it.

A rather disappointing, let down for a finale. I enjoyed parts of the series. Benjo was very strong. But overall it was too preachy with its long monologues that didn’t really cover any new ground. I was surprised that the boys seem to be fully accepting of their sexuality but did not even attempt to move forward and we ended with then split. Obviously 2 years later Benjo is out (at least with that hair and those glasses I assume), so it will be interesting to see what issues they tackle in S2. All in all, some nice moments marred by a very theatrical style.

Yes some sweet moments really do make you forget all the rest!

Ahhhhhhhhhhh! This series is actually 4-6 episodes. If you remove the 30 second staring contests between each line, most of the episodes would be about 5 mins long. Honestly, Directors... meaningful glances can be quite effective in the right moments but not after every line. Plus your actors look so awkward. You can tell they don't know what to do and often times they start to break the stare, until they realize they have to continue (I'm sure someone is yelling at them off-screen. "Stare at him longer, dammit!"). One time I counted 12 edits to different angles of their faces before one of them answers the others' question.

A gorgeous cast (all 25 of them), some decent acting, but preposterous subplots (kicked out of music club for someone leaving you a love note, school charters being randomly rewritten, a school with 5 people in the music club but somehow none of them are entered into the music competition... which never happens), 2 main couples that seem to be from entirely different series (even the film quality seems different), REALLY POOR editing... like baffling at times, the pacing is glacial, an annoying score (folks, when you say a guy is the best guitarist that has a style unlike any other, please please please let him be able to play guitar... even a little bit) .

What happened to Khunpon? Why was he so interested in Oil but then just disappeared? Then suddenly shows up out of nowhere (to do a report that Oil says he is NOT doing with Khunpon). What happened to Dad and Half-Bro? Bro lives in the house but only shows up randomly, and then they play music as if he's Norman Bates in PSYCHO. Is Dad in a coma? Because he stares off into space half the time and answers as if he's drugged. Is the adorable (yet still creepy) stalker even necessary? Wait... Tin has a girlfriend? Why doesn't she start texting until Ep 12?

Episodes 10 and 11 and 12 are painful. Random scenes just thrown together with zero plot progression. Tin turns into a creepy perv for a moment. I know this is fantasy, but what teenage boy would dare get naked in front of the boy he loves. His... interest is gonna be obvious. Writers... destroy this trope!

The subtitles... thank you for them, but wow. My favorite was "la la la la la la..."

Wasted potential. In the hands of a decent writer and director, this could have been so much better. And yet, I watched it all. Never again, though.

I see. Interesting.

Why would you think that?