These last two episodes were surprisingly good, much better than the finale of the original series! The lazy screenwriting and unrealistic "love scenes" have however not improved much. Condensing the two together (pun intended) would result in a really well-made series though.
It seemed like a long tourism commercial to me, and definitely not a bad one. Lots of eye candy and nice music. The two leads have great chemistry, but I find it hard to believe that two grown men would be as shy and insecure as these two, not even willing to stay the night. :D
I mistakenly thought she was the director. She had several posts in her IG, just like this.https://www.instagram.com/p/By2MEEnngoS/She's…
I see. Well, I had to correct three of my reviews now :D But especially after “Who Are You” I’m pretty sure she must have been involved here as well, there are definitely stylistic similarities (probably most of the team was the same). Nowadays they at least translate the name of the director in the credits. Sadly, there is not much info to be found about Kanittha Kwanyu online, not even on Thai WP. Still a common problem with female directors, I would say. Hope she will soon get the credit she deserves!
I am confused: why was Kanittha Kwanyu originally listed as the director here? Now that it has been changed (not sure when), I can indeed not find any source about her involvement in the series. So where did the information originally come from? Was she maybe involved with screenplay or some other department?
I definitely agree with you with regards to the "excessive eagerness to send a positive message". In my review I point out that "they unnecessarily idealised high school as an institution". That ultimately reveals a pretty simplistic view of the world of education, which is certainly politically ingrained in Korea, not sure about Thailand. The personal developments you criticise to me still seemed convincing though, especially the development of the father-son relation in Gun's case (well, we seem to disagree quite a lot on Gun's character). In Pete's case, the problem imo is that they didn't get enough screentime in the last episodes anymore. Anyway, I like your nuanced review!
you made a point! this voyeurism actually reminds me of Korea's "Nth Room" case.... and in some other east asian…
Good to know, I'm a bit relieved then! I was hoping that the line meant something like this, but it was shown very briefly and not during the worst part.
I was having some thoughts on it as well, wanted Way to say: "Hey, this is a crime!". I would hope that GMMTV…
Yeah, Way's criticism to me sounds more like "professional porn has better visuals" than it being a proper condemnation. The fact that they usually put warning signs for alcohol abuse but they fail to do so for for something like this is very revealing, sadly. To be clear: we're not only talking about secretly filmed material, the victim is also said to be underage! Very disturbing. This could really have been avoided ...
Guys, there's a part in ep 3 that really concerns me , especially because nobody is talking about it. In part…
I was having some thoughts on it as well, wanted Way to say: "Hey, this is a crime!". I would hope that GMMTV at least put a warning message like they like to do with drugs and violence, but nothing. Very disappointing and dangerous indeed! And considering that this has a female director ...
Well, for me it all started in 2016 when I went on exchange in the Netherlands. Suddenly there were lots of Asian people around me, something i'm really not used to from my home. Since I went straight (not so much :D) into the BL part, I have to mention the Norwegian show SKAM which at the time had caught my attention after having watched another Norwegian gay-themed series (Eyewitness). I was really obsessed with it and at the same time I fell in love with an Asian guy for the first time and quickly had my heart broken. As a consequence, I spent lots of time on YouTube and started watching movies like Uncontrolled Love (Chinese), Love's Coming, Love Love You and Water Boyy (Thai). And that last one was my final bridge to Thai dramas, since GMMTV then released the Waterboyy series. While I was watching that one I also had my next personal Asian love story, so I could enjoy the romantic stuff even more. Well, and afterwards I just kept watching what GMMTV had to offer (SOTUS in particular was my next obsession), and also found out about other interesting series like Together with Me. In 2018, I joined MyDramalist and also visited some Asian countries (including Thailand, obviously) for the first time. And now I feel really proud whenever i see Thai series trending world-wide on Twitter! :D It isn't only BL anymore, luckily there have been some really strong action/thriller series lately like The Gifted, 3 Will Be Free or Gift for the People You Hate. I haven't watched a lot of non-Thai Asian drama until now, but maybe I will try some in the future.
Oh, and needless to say that I started following BTS and other K-Pop groups around the same time.
I don't know the original. When I watched the trailers, I thought that this might be either like The Gifted (best-case scenario) or like Blacklist (worst-case scenario). Now that I realised that the director is Kanittha Kwanyu, I really have high hopes! Sure, the screenplay could still suck and Krist is probably not the strongest actor, but a good director is a good start.
Oh, and needless to say that I started following BTS and other K-Pop groups around the same time.