Sib had more lies, unreasonable, scheming and mischievous acts and disregard for others in one episode than Aoey…
I don't know what raging fan means in that context, but I have always liked him and I have never grasped the flowing hatred towards him. He was the most interesting character in the show and Bruce by far the best actor in the whole cast, even though ensemble acting was quite solid in LW throughout.
Sigh. This was horrendous. Two hours of elongated, messily scripted, not very well-established communication problems…
And btw Tiffy is a bitch. The way she abandoned Aoey was both cruel and thoroughly unprofessional, and now she stops Saymork to go after him? How is that any of her business? Isn't she yet content with Aoey's unhappiness? And what makes her so worthy to be placed on such a moral high ground? I hope Tum divorces from her soon. Sorry.
Sigh. This was horrendous. Two hours of elongated, messily scripted, not very well-established communication problems and pseudo-conflicts, which Sib and Gene did not really have 2 years ago, at least not that much, but apparently they have now, after being a couple for 2 years. Wtf? Tediously protracted scenes of Sib teasing Gene, while Gene plays the one hard to get (again, after 2 years), followed by equally tedious shooting scenes on the beach and storyboarding in the resort, then by a goofy horror spoof-cum-prank sequence. They all long outstay their welcome with the supporting cast insufferably and hammily overacting.
I have only watched it for Aoey and Saymork, and indeed their brief scene at the end was the only saving grace. Hopefully, this is the prelude to their spinoff. If not, and this was there to further wallow in poor Aoey's undeserved misery, that was fairly pointless as well. I cross my fingers, though. Their story is very promising. And once again, Bruce proves what an accomplished, talented actor her is. He has just once scene but he literally rules it.
I'm say something else about Aoey. I saw on the prequel page everyone saying he deserved what he got and yes,…
Sib had more lies, unreasonable, scheming and mischievous acts and disregard for others in one episode than Aoey in the whole show. But if it comes to Sib, usually anything goes, because he is the dashing and irresistible Top, the ML on white horse. Aoey does not get this privilege.
Actually it was the penultimate episode when Aoey did something really bad for the first time, and even that was seemingly unintentional and not in a bad faith. It was not a scheming or wicked act, he felt no satisfaction afterwards. In the instagram livestream, he was trying to tow the company line - he said that all of them get along well, yet he was being bombarded by fans and he finally lost it. He never said Gene had stolen Sib from him. He said they were all getting along well. Others on the livestream were saying that, but Aoey never did.
People consistently hated him since day one, simply because his character was placed there to divide the main ship, and people conveniently used him as a punch bag. He was being played as a complicated character, but people have slotted him in a pure villain role and he was demonized. He is a very interesting and complex character. A flawed, messed up, damaged but certainly not evil person.
In ep 11 it was established that the scandal burst out with the picture taken on the beach about Gene and Sib, Aoey's livestream did not change the situation a jot. But everyone from the press conference to Tiffy acted as if it was done by Aoey's livestream, only to shift the blame onto him, and give the MLs a free pass and easy way out. They tried to appoint him as a villain - and solely responsible villain - in a highly unpersuasive and one-dimensional way. Lazy writing and very manipulative, but many people sadly went with it.
Twitter is now currently illegal in my country. So I can't access it. Can you please send the English version…
It would not be the first case either in BLs. Pi is hot af in Fish Upon the Sky also and we are supposed to believe he is a loser.
I am puzzled too, and though I have downloaded the video, rewatching would not solve the problem, since I don't read Thai. The tweeter states it is Sat's phone.
Both scenarios are plausible. Top says they are besties with Sat, but he is sleeping on his lap once and Top seems to be slightly flirty with him in the bar. God knows. And from what we have seen Sat seems to be more of a player (bathroom scenes), not Choke. ("You're really good at destroy other's relationship. you are so good, you are the best!")
If Top and Choke are lovers, that explains Choke having a photo about Top too. But why did he say he was single then? And if Top and Sat are best friends, how come Sat does not know about this? Or does Choke take an advantage of Sat not remembering anything, including that Choke is not single, hence trying to get near him? My head hurts.
Yet it could all be about a third person as well. In the teaser we saw girls calling him digusting because of a video. He probably filmed why making sex with someone.
So it has been corrected here. 14 episodes in total and not 20. I have just wanted to ask that now that it is established Aunt Ann is the villainess, what on earth could be done for 8 more episodes. The show has been pretty intriguing for all its faults, but this turn seems to be a bit cheap.
So is Sat a person who likes playing around with boys in bathrooms? In those flashback scenes though he seems not very willing for sexual interactions. Or have not we seen enough?
Just when I thought the MDL comment section cannot find any new depth or subject for pearl-clutching, here we go. An 18 years old guy daring to have sexual instincts despite having an 11 year-old mind or not quite (pant forth...). Wow. Just wow.
Both & Newyear are not that terribly young either. Newyear is 26 and Both is 33, but what counts is that they…
I have already told what purpose they serve. They are the so-called "raisonneurs" who make commentaries and/or confront the rest of the cast with their wrongdoings, antics, false judgements, etc. In calssic Hollywood Eve Arden, Thelma Ritter or Steve Geray made a virtue of this type. And they have not consumed so many screen time, they hardly had any so far while the scenes of some of the other ones, at least the Simai-Lukmo couple, imho have been generally quite protracted.
Why should I be "invested" in this couple? Just because you made a statment that they are pointless, and I don't take a bow and second that? I happen to like them, but that is about all. I think they have a dramatic purpose and I find it nice and in-jokey. When I see Louis Armstrong as himself giving friendly advice to Danny Kaye's character in Five Pennies, I find that is a nice turn. When I see Carroll Baker, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Lilli Palmer playing themselves as movie stars being robbed out of their jewels in heist movie Jack of Diamond, I think that is an attractive idea. That is the reason, and not because - unlike you - I am a mindless dummy lead by his nose by the cunning marketing experts of this show.
Both & Newyear are not that terribly young either. Newyear is 26 and Both is 33, but what counts is that they…
Well, impressionable youth are in fact more likely to listen to the love advice of a young, trendy, handsome, hipster, influencer gay couple in a steady and stable relationship for nearly a decade than to the Dalai Lama or the Elders of Zion. Wisdom does not necessarily come with age anyway, at least not with everyone . As for Newyear, I don't know his life story, but my ex was Thai, who had his frist bf at 12 (and he lost his virginity to him at the same age), and he kept telling me it is being quite common in Thailand, so I would not be so sure about Both being Newyear's first either. But like I said, giving love spin doctor livestream videos via their own channel is a real thing, one of their frequent social media activitities, and it is extremely popular, so whether you personally want his/their advice or not is quite irrelevant.
As for their participation in the show, since this time they play their real selves, it is quite unlikely the screenwriter gives them artificial drama (that would mess up their fandom too). They certainly remain the sort of "raisonneurs" of the series throughout. It is probably a less showy role but it could also be important. Calling it "viewer-bait" and "cynical grab for viewers" is quite a massively melodramatic exaggeration of the storm in a teacup kind. It is called cameo, and it is also quite common in the entertainment industry worldwide. Louis Armstrong played himself several times in quite a few musicals from High Society to Five Pennies with much less dramatic purpose, and it was fine.
Today I learn that contrary to what I thought, Taiwan doesn't have complete marriage equality and that if Melvin…
It was probably just carelessness when the same sex marriage law passed that they did not calculate with international couples and marriages. The Taipei High Administrative Court revoked the limitation, so probably the Parliament corrects this mistake soon.
Incisive, sharply written, well-characterized, sensitively acted and generally absorbing slice-of-life comedy-drama that gradually gathers momentum and arouses sympathy for its unlikely ménage à trois. The detail is quite good too.
There are too many characters in this - they should have left out a few. Both & Newyear are a cute couple, but…
Both & Newyear are not that terribly young either. Newyear is 26 and Both is 33, but what counts is that they have been happily together for 8 years now, and they actually do love spin doctor livestream videos on their youtube channel and insta too - that was a reference to one of their real life social media activities.
A sequel, at least so far, thoroughly in par with its predecessor. Visually it is just as stunning, in spite of less picturesque locations, the acting is again excellent, the script is both emotional and intelligent, the conflicts and motivations are real and believable, and the direction is suggestive and accomplished.
I have only watched it for Aoey and Saymork, and indeed their brief scene at the end was the only saving grace. Hopefully, this is the prelude to their spinoff. If not, and this was there to further wallow in poor Aoey's undeserved misery, that was fairly pointless as well. I cross my fingers, though. Their story is very promising. And once again, Bruce proves what an accomplished, talented actor her is. He has just once scene but he literally rules it.
Actually it was the penultimate episode when Aoey did something really bad for the first time, and even that was seemingly unintentional and not in a bad faith. It was not a scheming or wicked act, he felt no satisfaction afterwards. In the instagram livestream, he was trying to tow the company line - he said that all of them get along well, yet he was being bombarded by fans and he finally lost it. He never said Gene had stolen Sib from him. He said they were all getting along well. Others on the livestream were saying that, but Aoey never did.
People consistently hated him since day one, simply because his character was placed there to divide the main ship, and people conveniently used him as a punch bag. He was being played as a complicated character, but people have slotted him in a pure villain role and he was demonized. He is a very interesting and complex character. A flawed, messed up, damaged but certainly not evil person.
In ep 11 it was established that the scandal burst out with the picture taken on the beach about Gene and Sib, Aoey's livestream did not change the situation a jot. But everyone from the press conference to Tiffy acted as if it was done by Aoey's livestream, only to shift the blame onto him, and give the MLs a free pass and easy way out. They tried to appoint him as a villain - and solely responsible villain - in a highly unpersuasive and one-dimensional way. Lazy writing and very manipulative, but many people sadly went with it.
I am puzzled too, and though I have downloaded the video, rewatching would not solve the problem, since I don't read Thai. The tweeter states it is Sat's phone.
Both scenarios are plausible. Top says they are besties with Sat, but he is sleeping on his lap once and Top seems to be slightly flirty with him in the bar. God knows. And from what we have seen Sat seems to be more of a player (bathroom scenes), not Choke. ("You're really good at destroy other's relationship. you are so good, you are the best!")
If Top and Choke are lovers, that explains Choke having a photo about Top too. But why did he say he was single then? And if Top and Sat are best friends, how come Sat does not know about this? Or does Choke take an advantage of Sat not remembering anything, including that Choke is not single, hence trying to get near him? My head hurts.
Yet it could all be about a third person as well. In the teaser we saw girls calling him digusting because of a video. He probably filmed why making sex with someone.
Why should I be "invested" in this couple? Just because you made a statment that they are pointless, and I don't take a bow and second that? I happen to like them, but that is about all. I think they have a dramatic purpose and I find it nice and in-jokey. When I see Louis Armstrong as himself giving friendly advice to Danny Kaye's character in Five Pennies, I find that is a nice turn. When I see Carroll Baker, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Lilli Palmer playing themselves as movie stars being robbed out of their jewels in heist movie Jack of Diamond, I think that is an attractive idea. That is the reason, and not because - unlike you - I am a mindless dummy lead by his nose by the cunning marketing experts of this show.
As for their participation in the show, since this time they play their real selves, it is quite unlikely the screenwriter gives them artificial drama (that would mess up their fandom too). They certainly remain the sort of "raisonneurs" of the series throughout. It is probably a less showy role but it could also be important. Calling it "viewer-bait" and "cynical grab for viewers" is quite a massively melodramatic exaggeration of the storm in a teacup kind. It is called cameo, and it is also quite common in the entertainment industry worldwide. Louis Armstrong played himself several times in quite a few musicals from High Society to Five Pennies with much less dramatic purpose, and it was fine.
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