No idea. I just checked the trailer on YT, at the end of it I got a link to part 1/4 of episode 1 on YT, but when…
Do you mean future GMMTV shows? Or will this include upcoming episodes of shows that already started airing, like "Cat for Cash", "My Romance Scammer" and "Only Friends: Dream On"? BTW: limiting YT content to Asia or just part of it is a very strange decision. I would understand it a few years ago, but now, when GMMTV is holding fan meetings and events outside of SE Asia - it seems counterproductive. If the company hopes to increase its earnings by forcing the rest of the world to pay to watch that content - it might be up for a surprise. There's plenty of Thai BL content available for free, so some inter fans might turn away from GMMTV, while others will use VPNs and other methods to get to that content without paying for it. Also, this will further damage GMMTV's reputation, already tarnished by heavy overpromissing, PR fails and drop in show quality.
Why is it geographically blocked? Will all new series be blocked?
No idea. I just checked the trailer on YT, at the end of it I got a link to part 1/4 of episode 1 on YT, but when I clicked on it, YT told me that the video wasn't available in my country. I'm in Poland and we never got any GMMTV videos blocked (geo-blocked) - even when some shows (like "Kidnap") were blocked in certain countries, we got them.
Glad I wasn't the one to point out Fourth's veeeeeery long screen absence - but it bothers me too. I checked that it has been 566 days since Fourth's last show aired (23.08.2024, last ep. of My Live Mix-up), that's more than 1,5 years. This was also the last GeminiFourth show to air. Real shame.
GMMTV's backlog is absurd. They announced this show "for 2025" on 26.11.2024; 13 months later the show isn't even ready. Several other shows which were meant "for 2025" and were announced on 26.11.2024 - "Ticket to Heaven" with GeminiFourth, "Wu" with SkyNani, "A Dog and A Plane" with NewTay and "Love You Teacher" with PerthSanta - suffered the same fate, while "My Romance Scammer" with JuniorMark and OhmPoon will start airing tommorow. I mean GMMTV kind of got its audience used to delays in production and release, but this time is seems worse than before - and with no external problems to serve as an excuse (no Covid this time, the Thai military did not stage a coup etc.). And despite of all this back in November 2025 the company doubled down on presenting shows for the upcoming year - and announced an unprecedented numer of shows "for 2026". Unless GMMTV becomes turbocharged there's no way we'll see even half of those announced on 25.11.2025 by the end of this year. Sorry for the rant, I needed to get this out of my system.
Wait, hold up and rewind. So, I was right about Feratu and Jett... whatever it is happening.... I'll just wait…
A few episodes ago I was betting that Feratu is awake/conscious and controlling Jett, whom he made a vampire all those years back at the orphanage, and that the Hunters were actually created/inspired by Feratu as a tool of revenge on Jonoel vampires. Well, I was wrong.
He did a splendid job in "MuTeLuv: Not My Father!", portraying the only complex character: going from troubled to lost to dark and insane. And all that time I was like "someone give that boy a big hug, a kiss and pull him back into the light".
I'm surprised by how much I'm enjoying this show. I don't care about vampires (this is still first and foremost a BL, only this time the protagonists and setting are vampire-related instead of school or university related) and that's not what caught my attention. Boun and Prem are both doing a very good job portraying characters which feel relatable - both feel lost, trapped by their status/position, often confused by their feelings, lonely and striving for something else/more than they know. Both are gravitating towards each other despite of circumstances (again: vampire-related, but that's unimportant; what matters is that we understand their plight and feel that obstacles for their love are there, are real, not made-up). Boun's Ramil might be a bit wacky at times, but there's a lot of calm sadness about him - same as in Prem's Punn; this sadness goes away when they are together - and maybe that simple trick made me like the show. Those characters and their portrayal have grown on me.
First - both in "calm, calculating evil mode" and in "crazy, chaotic evil mode" - is a treat. I also liked today's episode for Jimmy channelling some of the "evil bitch" attitude he used in "Bad Buddy". Watching First and Jimmy - both in "evil mode" - going against each other was a highlight of my Sunday.
While the script for last part/scene of today's episode (ep. 4) was cheesy, the scene itself was enormously enjoyable and felt genuinely touching - almost exclusively due to good delivery of both Boun and (even more) Prem. Their performances and chemistry elevated the writing and saved what could have been a disaster.
1/ I'm not a whovian, but still felt the opening credits similar - in vibe, design and music - to those of "Doctor Who"; I actually liked it more than the episode itself. 2/ While I liked Gemini's performances in "Moonlight Chicken", MSP and - to a degree - in "My Love Mix-Up!", I was unimpressed by him in ep. 1 here (I'll keep watching, maybe it's me who needs adjusting). 3/ Biggest disappointment so far: Aungpao's performance. I loved him in "Cooking Crush" and kept rooting for him (while ranting that GMMTV's not giving him a decent role to play, relegating him to background characters); now that he got a little more screen time than usually (albeit in a principal cast larger than in BLs) I didn't like what I saw (but will keep watching and hoping it'll become better).
When Punn, Ramil and Methas enter the hotel floor only Punn's reflection can be seen in the glass wall of the corridor - revealing that both master and his servant are vampires. It's not mentioned nor addressed in any way and if you blink you might miss it. Neat little detail.
The script clearly is botched, but the performances, although clumsy, seem genuine and fill the show with enough charm to make the whole thing enjoyable. It's dumb, but feels so well intended, that I can't help but like it.
This seems like such a throwback kind of show, as if it was from a decade ago. The kissing cant even be called…
That's a feeling a lot of people got - judging by the comments. I got it too, as a number of the show's aspects - including all you mentioned - seem archaic, and count among the shows weaknesses/flaws. On the other hand we got a "NSFW scene" in ep. 1, responsible for there being a "master" (meaning "cut") and "uncut" versions of the episode; I might be wrong, but that's very unlike BL shows from 10 or 5 years ago. A weird mix of outdated and modern stuff. Edit: I couldn't find when both novels the script is based on were written/published, but I did find a review for "Gown and Gear" from October 2019 and reviews for "Extern!" from 2020.
No MDL profile. Judging from his IG account he was in "Apple My Love" by Kongthup - the same company which produced "Doctor's Mine". Also, he's a pediatrician - which is a nice touch given the show's title.
BTW: limiting YT content to Asia or just part of it is a very strange decision. I would understand it a few years ago, but now, when GMMTV is holding fan meetings and events outside of SE Asia - it seems counterproductive. If the company hopes to increase its earnings by forcing the rest of the world to pay to watch that content - it might be up for a surprise. There's plenty of Thai BL content available for free, so some inter fans might turn away from GMMTV, while others will use VPNs and other methods to get to that content without paying for it. Also, this will further damage GMMTV's reputation, already tarnished by heavy overpromissing, PR fails and drop in show quality.
2/ While I liked Gemini's performances in "Moonlight Chicken", MSP and - to a degree - in "My Love Mix-Up!", I was unimpressed by him in ep. 1 here (I'll keep watching, maybe it's me who needs adjusting).
3/ Biggest disappointment so far: Aungpao's performance. I loved him in "Cooking Crush" and kept rooting for him (while ranting that GMMTV's not giving him a decent role to play, relegating him to background characters); now that he got a little more screen time than usually (albeit in a principal cast larger than in BLs) I didn't like what I saw (but will keep watching and hoping it'll become better).
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Edit: I couldn't find when both novels the script is based on were written/published, but I did find a review for "Gown and Gear" from October 2019 and reviews for "Extern!" from 2020.