I'm glad I'm not the only one comparing this to Fahlanruk. They're a little bit similar though still different enough in concept. Both are entertaining and engaging.
I like this series a lot. It's uncomplicated and straightforward, concentrating on the relationship between Fah and Sher and their various friends, plus there's PInk, the fujoshi, busy sending pictures of the pair to a fan page. Fah is the driving force here as Sher can't help but be swept up in Fah's infatuation with him, mainly because Fah is a) taller, b) more handsome, and c) rich (listed not necessarily in order of importance). Both boys are independently minded and strong willed, leaving little room for sentimentality or real romance. It's been relatively light and breezy, moving on from incident to incident. It's still early days so anything can happen, including flareups and tears, but I'm sure they'll take it in their stride and overcome these moments. Meanwhile, let's just enjoy.
[Ep. 12] Quite the dramatic episode, this one, but what to make of it.
Let's start with the meal on the balcony of Sun's condo. Kim is about to eat a prawn, Sun looks at it and Kim pops it in his mouth then Sun tells him he's allergic to them. Kim had barely chewed on it when he jumped up and rushed to the bathroom and out came white-coloured spew, no food. Not possible, yet he somehow has a reaction and lies down on the couch where Sun gives him the inevitable half-hearted wet cloth treatment on his left side, entirely missing the right side. Apparently, Sun gave him an antihistamine, which would take a little while to work. Nevertheless, Kim appears to be asleep. Sun, sitting next to him, attempts to rise, but is pulled back and held in a vice-like grip by Kim, then it happens again, but he finally manages to free himself. I thought that scene was hilarious, but it could only happen in a BL drama, not in real life.
The other major development was when Rain, his parents and the doctor left the property the latter purchased, but she doesn't go with them in the helicopter. Cut to the pilots. I knew something was up when they conversed. Up they go. Rain notices the doctor's car going in the wrong direction. He has remarkable eyesight. Then the helicopter develops a problem, apparently explodes midair and crashes in a rainforest. At the same time, Kim is on his motorbike going home when a massive truck turns in front of him and he collides with it. That was meant to happen but how on earth could it have been planned and executed? Who knew Kim was leaving Sun's place and how did this truck appear out of nowhere to cause the collision? Lastly, we see the doctor in her car, shedding petals of the rose she is holding, meant to symbolise the demise of the family she had been dealing with. The question is, how could such a sweet, rich lady like her be so nefarious and why? She sees the report of both incidents on TV and decides to go to the hospital where Kim is, obviously to try and finish him off, but in next week's episode, while she's in his room, Sun enters and is shocked by her presence. What does he know about her? Will he save Kim from an untimely death? Somehow, I'm sure he will. But before this happens, the bodies of Kim's parents miraculously get wheeled past him in the very hospital he's in, despite the fact they died a considerable distance away in a tropical forest. That scenario is just ridiculous.
We're left with Kim possibly about to suffer from amnesia and Rain is missing. We presume he will be found alive, but that would only be possible if he jumped out of the helicopter before it exploded and had a parachute, so his instincts and reflexes would have been much quicker than that of his parents who plunged to their fiery doom. Phayu, of course, still hopes that Rain is alive, but once they are reunited, will Rain allow himself to be with Phayu and vice versa?
Such unexpected developments and unanswered questions from this evolving drama, however improbable, do at least keep it interesting. With another four episodes to go, there's a lot more in store for our boys.
Something very odd is going on here in that there appear to be two versions of Ep. 3 - one is littered with repeated snippets, marring the continuity and the other just plays normally. Aside from that, I'm finding it kinda trite. I also find it remarkable that these supposed teenagers are all in their twenties and Eiw (Earth) is older than Kung (Peak) by three years though with his whiny voice you wouldn't know it. I get that it's mostly about Eiw and Cake but overall it's rather mediocre.
(Episode 7) Although I like this series, there are times when I feel that the dialogue and behaviour aren't quite right or don't flow properly, but the most outlandish bit was when Rain suddenly stepped in to play the cello in place of Kim, which of course went perfectly, then he sauntered off to play rugby. We didn't know Rain played the cello and he's never attended a rehearsal, yet he was able to play the music without it in front of him, which staggers belief. The other big scene with Rain was when he tended to Payoo after his accident with the bar-b-que and Payoo tells him his feelings have never changed. Rain lets that comment pass over him as if it means nothing, but it suggests that Payoo has an unrequited love for him. Regarding the two swordsmen, I'm not quite sure what's going on between them, but after their bout, they meet each other on the stairs and it looks like one of them is about to kiss the other one - at least, that's what Kim thought when he shielded Sun from seeing them.
It's up to Ep. 6 of this series and for me it's like an exercise in advanced futility. With each episode, all I can see are more and more boys who have a crush on another boy with some characters having multiple people desiring them but none of them act on it. The exception is Kim and Sun, played by Ohm and Fluke, whose characters in UWMA were so memorable but are totally different here, where Ohm has the beauty and emotion of alabaster and Fluke, as always, is cute and fragile. Here, Sun likens Kim to a heartless zombie. He shows his caring side to him repeatedly, then suddenly he'll be cold and ruthless. It's this side he shows to another boy who wants to get close to him but is continually rebuffed. His popular older brother Rain, captain of the rugby team, is the object of attention from Payoo, the son of their butler. He drives both brothers around as required and is there to help them in any way. Shun, who is a friend of Sun and also in the rugby team, definitely has a crush on Rain, but he is completely unaware of it as some of his moments with Payoo show that if either of them lets their guard down they'd be all over each other. They may be a side couple, but gosh, their chemistry is much better. Sadly, I don't think their ship is going to set sail, as much as I'd like it to. (If memory serves me correct, in the Thai series 'Love Stage!' there was a similar side couple, Tee and Jet, Tee being the older brother of Anda. He had a secret relationship with Jet, the family manager, so there is a precedent for Rain and Payoo to express their love for each other.)
Concerning the production, I find it distracting and a bit annoying that tiny moments are repeated in quick succession sometimes. My other criticism is the music score, which is performed by a synthesiser except for the guitar. I feel that when the orchestra is playing, even though it looks realistic and Kim looks like he is actually playing the cello, the music for these scenes is just weak and soppy and certainly not suitable to be performed at a major rugby match. The piece they're supposed to be playing (I hate the professor calling it a song; it's not) is a concertante work for cello, guitar and orchestra, which is unusual in itself (there's nothing in the classical repertoire for that combination) and it's just a shame AIS didn't spend a bit more money on getting someone to compose something more appropriate and have it played by a real cellist with a real orchestra. Those gripes aside, I'm finding this BL series most engrossing if a little slow but hopefully it will soon move on to some of these relationships becoming established, though of course, that of Kim and Sun will, but how it gets there will be very interesting.
As I watch this show, I keep downgrading my score. The episodes are too long and often tedious, Daoneua is a whining, childish, petulant pain in the neck most of the time who has been leading Tee on and who hopes they'll become boyfriends when in fact Daoneua still harbours feelings for Nine, who in turn has had strong feelings for him ever since that time at the resort but won't break it off with Praew for whom he has no feelings which were evident from near the beginning of the show and only now confesses it. By the end of Ep. 7, Nine is an emotional wreck which he brought on himself because he took so long to shake Praew off and can't get Daoneua to leave Tee for him. As for Praew, she is simply awful, an unsympathetic character with a nasty temper who treats her friend Candy disgracefully, but when she finds out from her that Nine has feelings for Daoneua, she becomes her ex-friend. She clings on to Nine as if her life depends on it, but when she forces herself onto him, he remains as emotional as a statue and invariably pushes her away. It's almost repulsive to watch, then she usually starts crying, making her look uglier than usual. That leaves Boat as the only really likeable one of the whole bunch of them and he's only a side character. In all, the show leaves a lot to be desired, but I think it's reached a tipping point in the story where it might actually improve.
Just watched Love Love You for the second time, mainly because I wanted to see him again. I find it hard to believe that he starred in this and hasn't had a role in a BL series or movie since. He is so handsome and has such a great body.
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Quite the dramatic episode, this one, but what to make of it.
Let's start with the meal on the balcony of Sun's condo. Kim is about to eat a prawn, Sun looks at it and Kim pops it in his mouth then Sun tells him he's allergic to them. Kim had barely chewed on it when he jumped up and rushed to the bathroom and out came white-coloured spew, no food. Not possible, yet he somehow has a reaction and lies down on the couch where Sun gives him the inevitable half-hearted wet cloth treatment on his left side, entirely missing the right side. Apparently, Sun gave him an antihistamine, which would take a little while to work. Nevertheless, Kim appears to be asleep. Sun, sitting next to him, attempts to rise, but is pulled back and held in a vice-like grip by Kim, then it happens again, but he finally manages to free himself. I thought that scene was hilarious, but it could only happen in a BL drama, not in real life.
The other major development was when Rain, his parents and the doctor left the property the latter purchased, but she doesn't go with them in the helicopter. Cut to the pilots. I knew something was up when they conversed. Up they go. Rain notices the doctor's car going in the wrong direction. He has remarkable eyesight. Then the helicopter develops a problem, apparently explodes midair and crashes in a rainforest. At the same time, Kim is on his motorbike going home when a massive truck turns in front of him and he collides with it. That was meant to happen but how on earth could it have been planned and executed? Who knew Kim was leaving Sun's place and how did this truck appear out of nowhere to cause the collision? Lastly, we see the doctor in her car, shedding petals of the rose she is holding, meant to symbolise the demise of the family she had been dealing with. The question is, how could such a sweet, rich lady like her be so nefarious and why? She sees the report of both incidents on TV and decides to go to the hospital where Kim is, obviously to try and finish him off, but in next week's episode, while she's in his room, Sun enters and is shocked by her presence. What does he know about her? Will he save Kim from an untimely death? Somehow, I'm sure he will. But before this happens, the bodies of Kim's parents miraculously get wheeled past him in the very hospital he's in, despite the fact they died a considerable distance away in a tropical forest. That scenario is just ridiculous.
We're left with Kim possibly about to suffer from amnesia and Rain is missing. We presume he will be found alive, but that would only be possible if he jumped out of the helicopter before it exploded and had a parachute, so his instincts and reflexes would have been much quicker than that of his parents who plunged to their fiery doom. Phayu, of course, still hopes that Rain is alive, but once they are reunited, will Rain allow himself to be with Phayu and vice versa?
Such unexpected developments and unanswered questions from this evolving drama, however improbable, do at least keep it interesting. With another four episodes to go, there's a lot more in store for our boys.
Concerning the production, I find it distracting and a bit annoying that tiny moments are repeated in quick succession sometimes. My other criticism is the music score, which is performed by a synthesiser except for the guitar. I feel that when the orchestra is playing, even though it looks realistic and Kim looks like he is actually playing the cello, the music for these scenes is just weak and soppy and certainly not suitable to be performed at a major rugby match. The piece they're supposed to be playing (I hate the professor calling it a song; it's not) is a concertante work for cello, guitar and orchestra, which is unusual in itself (there's nothing in the classical repertoire for that combination) and it's just a shame AIS didn't spend a bit more money on getting someone to compose something more appropriate and have it played by a real cellist with a real orchestra. Those gripes aside, I'm finding this BL series most engrossing if a little slow but hopefully it will soon move on to some of these relationships becoming established, though of course, that of Kim and Sun will, but how it gets there will be very interesting.