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When a good concept does not survive implementation
Revamp the Undead Story is a story about Punn (Prem Warut), owner of an antique shop, who frees Ramil (Boun Noppanut), a powerful thousand-year-old vampire, from an ancient painting. Punn finds himself in a complicated situation when he starts helping Ramil regain his powers while being part of a team of vampire hunters.
Honestly, it's a good premise, the idea behind the story is great...
But damn it, what New did here makes no sense at all. Like all of director New Siwaj's series, it starts off well, it starts off interesting and captivating. But from the middle to the end, it seems like everyone gets lost, and you kind of just finish it because “Oh, I'm already here.”
The choreography is well rehearsed (despite the slightly weak special effects), but it lacks camera work to make it more realistic, and the use of different sound effects—it's not possible for every punch to have the same sound. The dynamics of the vampires are very interesting. Methas (Mark Jiruntanin), Ciar (Barcode Tinnasit), and Mekhin (Aun Napat) have very good interactions. The way they all met and actually respect Ramil is a cool thing to see. The sets and costumes are also good choices.
So you ask me, but what's the problem?
The main couple's dynamics are sabotaged.
It's no secret that Siwaj doesn't know how to direct couples to the point where they look GOOD together, which makes me very sad, particularly because he used to be very good at it. This isn't the first time New has worked with BounPrem; he already directed Between Us, so what has been lost since then?
The interactions are superficial, the main couple seems to have a friends with benefits relationship, and the situations to deepen the dynamics between the two are... forced, so to speak.
But then we come to another point: the writers.
The choice to have Ice Chalermpong and Seh Thanaporn write a script together. He did series like Never Let Me Go and she did The Trainee. Without getting into the topic of these scripts individually, but both do series with different styles, he uses drama as an outlet and she uses comedy. And they didn't find a middle ground.
So the dramatic scenes are crude and the comedy scenes are heavy, and the whole series is stuck in this rut.
Revamp had interesting potential, I expected something better after Golden Blood, but it seems we haven't gotten very far. The series could have been the best in the supernatural genre, but the potential was wasted and the obligation to deliver quickly overshadowed the act.
Honestly, it's a good premise, the idea behind the story is great...
But damn it, what New did here makes no sense at all. Like all of director New Siwaj's series, it starts off well, it starts off interesting and captivating. But from the middle to the end, it seems like everyone gets lost, and you kind of just finish it because “Oh, I'm already here.”
The choreography is well rehearsed (despite the slightly weak special effects), but it lacks camera work to make it more realistic, and the use of different sound effects—it's not possible for every punch to have the same sound. The dynamics of the vampires are very interesting. Methas (Mark Jiruntanin), Ciar (Barcode Tinnasit), and Mekhin (Aun Napat) have very good interactions. The way they all met and actually respect Ramil is a cool thing to see. The sets and costumes are also good choices.
So you ask me, but what's the problem?
The main couple's dynamics are sabotaged.
It's no secret that Siwaj doesn't know how to direct couples to the point where they look GOOD together, which makes me very sad, particularly because he used to be very good at it. This isn't the first time New has worked with BounPrem; he already directed Between Us, so what has been lost since then?
The interactions are superficial, the main couple seems to have a friends with benefits relationship, and the situations to deepen the dynamics between the two are... forced, so to speak.
But then we come to another point: the writers.
The choice to have Ice Chalermpong and Seh Thanaporn write a script together. He did series like Never Let Me Go and she did The Trainee. Without getting into the topic of these scripts individually, but both do series with different styles, he uses drama as an outlet and she uses comedy. And they didn't find a middle ground.
So the dramatic scenes are crude and the comedy scenes are heavy, and the whole series is stuck in this rut.
Revamp had interesting potential, I expected something better after Golden Blood, but it seems we haven't gotten very far. The series could have been the best in the supernatural genre, but the potential was wasted and the obligation to deliver quickly overshadowed the act.
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