Perfect 10 Liners Episode 15
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So, GMMTV is going towards non-consensual stuff now... I had to double-check that this show is based on JittyRain's writings, not on MAME's. We already had emotional manipulation of Gun by Yotha, and now we got Yotha exploiting Gun's hesitation and indecisiveness to satisfy his lust. What a wonderful main character Yotha is, an example not to follow and a huge red flag - not because of what he was doing before, but because of what he's doing now. And what about the absurd "love will heal a trauma" trope being used in this episode? Crap like this is not just stupid, it's dangerous - someone might actually believe this nonsense (btw: this - again - smells like MAME's clumsy and incompetent writing).
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The Heart Killers Episode 10
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The show continues it's downright spiral, with bad writing becoming even worse and performances of the entire main cast being disappointing. This episode offered - at least on paper - several opportunities for emotional scenes with main characters. I mean you can ruin almost every scene that requires subtle acting (especially if you can't act) or even proper delivery, but to ruin a textbook tearjerker? That's a new low.Go home, THK, you're drunk.
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I'm okay with homophobic characters in BL - real world is still full of these idiots, so including these scum in a story is acceptable for sake of realism or to create an obstacle for a same-sex couple to form a relationship or stay together. What I'm not okay is having such a character presented as being justified, having legitimate concerns or voicing an opinion or point of view in a debate. Homophobia is evil, plain and simple, like racism or antisemitism. Any show, not just a BL, cannot leave any doubt about it. Homophobia is never justified and indefensible; presenting it in any other way as literal evil (regardless of where it comes from - outright malice, ignorance or stupidity, it doesn't matter) is not allowed. This episode does exactly that, presenting Teerak's father as an idiot, but acting in good faith (actually acting out of seflishness, which the show also fails to point out), and going so far as defending him: Teerak's mother saying "I know you’re disappointed. So am I" is inexcusable. It's 2025 for crying out loud, and this is a show made in 2024 - sounding like one of those idiotic early BL's from 8-10 years ago. Whoever allowed this crap to be aired should be fired on the spot. I gave this episode a rating of 1.0 because MDL doesn't allow a lower rating to be submitted.
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I'm okay with homophobic characters in BL - real world is still full of these idiots, so including these scum in a story is acceptable for sake of realism or to create an obstacle for a same-sex couple to form a relationship or stay together. What I'm not okay is having such a character presented as being justified, having legitimate concerns or voicing an opinion or point of view in a debate. Homophobia is evil, plain and simple, like racism or antisemitism. Any show, not just a BL, cannot leave any doubt about it. Homophobia is never justified and indefensible; presenting it in any other way as literal evil (regardless of where it comes from - outright malice, ignorance or stupidity, it doesn't matter) is not allowed. This episode does exactly that, presenting Teerak's father as an idiot, but acting in good faith (actually acting out of seflishness, which the show also fails to point out), and going so far as defending him: Teerak's mother saying "I know you’re disappointed. So am I" is inexcusable. It's 2025 for crying out loud, and this is a show made in 2024 - sounding like one of those idiotic early BL's from 8-10 years ago. Whoever allowed this crap to be aired should be fired on the spot. I gave this episode a rating of 1.0 because MDL doesn't allow a lower rating to be submitted.
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ThamePo Heart That Skips a Beat Episode 7
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Nut is delicious in this episode as the plotting Junn trying to separate Thame and Po, while William's Thame carefully plays his love game - subtly hitting various tones ranging from jealousy through sulking to letting his man know he's important. Est's Po is at times naive and confused, but mostly gets what's going on and lets events unfold. What we get is an interplay rarely seen in BLs. Good to see that ONER is no longer a cartoonish, moustache-twirling villain of the story, but a reasonable company interested in doing business. Also, it's always good to see Joong.
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Perfect 10 Liners Episode 13
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The ForceBook portion of this series was mediocre, but somewhat consistent - the delivery was what we came to expect from both mains (Force - wooden and emotionless, Book - lackluster and boring), the writing was weak, none of the characters had any depth and most lacked any characterization. This was already looking pretty bad, but turned even worse once PerthSanta took over - and this episode is a fine example of that. What we have here is: 1/ MAME-level of bad, cringy writing - meant to generate involvement and induce emotions in the audience, it instead annoys and sends all the wrong messages about non-consensual behavior, using violence, lack of communication etc., 2/ laughably bad performances - the only guy in the entire cast who can actually act (Aungpao) was again relegated to some pointless and utterly unimportant background character, 3/ a horribly mismatched main couple, with Perth visibly uncomfortable with being in a BL. I'm not saying this is a new low for GMMTV - this is still watchable (unlike "We Are", "Never Let Me Go" or "Enchante" - to name just a few dreadfully bad BLs by this company), but it gets worse with each episode.
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ThamePo Heart That Skips a Beat Episode 6
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Loved to see my LYKN bias - Tui - get more screen time in this one; his "you dumb" was on point. Thame's and Po's walking back and forth from Po's flat to the bus stop reminded me of something from my mother tongue. One of the ways to say that you're dating someone is to say that you are walking with that person (or that you're walking with each other) - that's exactly what we got in this episode. That being said, I do believe it's time that we see more of Thame and Po - and less of MARS.
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ThamePo Heart That Skips a Beat Episode 4
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75% of this episode is a not-so-convoluted attempt to collect another LY... I mean MARS member, which meanders for most of the time and has a very satisfying culmination. The remaining 25% is pure BL gold, with one precious nugget deposited in GMM... I mean ONER's storage room, and the other 2 tonnes of heartwarming goodness filling the last 10 minutes of the episode. More of that good stuff please!
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ThamePo Heart That Skips a Beat Episode 3
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The show keeps surprising me in a positive way - with decent performances, subverting expectations and intelligent writing. Ep. 3 revealed more about MARS' inner workings and fully delivered on the Nut-William front. With the dreamy atmosphere of ep. 2 gone, the air became almost too clear for BL romance - and yet we got several good WilliamEst/ThamePo bits, all of which were about connections and staying in touch. Hope that trend continues.
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ThamePo Heart That Skips a Beat Episode 2
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That was a little gem of an episode, quiet and neatly crafted, with a great dreamy atmosphere, both mains sharing a touching connection and the plot taking an expected turn towards a journey of "Mr. A" and "Mr. B" to visit all MARS members. William and Est keep on going strong and storywise everything so far flows in a natural (non-forced) way. Also, a lot of the cinematography looks like taken from a movie - which is brilliant. I was impressed with last week's episode and I'm impressed even more with episode 2. Very good job.
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The Heart Killers Episode 5
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It's still a no for me, still the same artificial feeling - now getting stronger as I noticed how weirdly empty the show's world is (it's more a vibe, less the number of people - extras - appearing on screen). I also feel everyone's delivery got worse - to the point of becoming utterly unconvincing. I really like Khao, First, Joong and Dunk, I really liked FirstKhao in "Eclipse" (and far less in "Only Friends"), but here - they all fail miserably. I hope this will change - and, to my surprise, I think JoongDunk have a better chance to improve, show something interesting.
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The Heart Killers Episode 4
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There was something weird, something off about most of the delivery by First and Khao in this episode, and it went beyond what they were saying and how they were saying it. Since ep. 1 this series has a vibe of being artificial, plastic and fake in almost every aspect - the visuals, the setting, the dialogue... Joong switched from being constantly surprised to be in this show to being himself, at least mostly, while Dunk switched from trying to portray a funny character to being every character he tried to portray in previous shows. Still, Joong did utter the only good line of this entire show so far: "I don't like that I miss you". The whole scene before and after that wasn't good (it felt, like many scenes in this show, like taken from someone's weird fantasy) and Joong was making a funny face while saying it, but that one line was delivered properly.
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The Heart Killers Episode 2
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The cringe continues, with awful dialogue, poor delivery (mostly by Dunk and Ken), Joong looking like he can’t believe he’s in that show and First portraying a character he doesn’t fit. Also, there are some weird sound issues. On the other hand there’s that FirstKhao chemistry, while Dunk teasing and tempting Joong is kinda amusing.
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