personally, i'm kind of happy that gmmtv is creating a series that is more in line with what an actual thai drama…
At some point, those who are into BL/Wattpad-ish dramas that GMMTV offered in the past have to grow up. Furthermore, GMMTV is now considered a production unit of GMM25 channel (as GMMTV head Tha Sataporn also heads GMM25), so they really need to do dramas that are outside their usual repertoire.
I just hope GMMTV will get more senior actors in their dramas (say from GMM25 or One31) so that their roster of talents would get more challenged in their acting. Not to say that GMMTV artists are bad in acting. (I think they're pretty much talented, but only a few of them so far have really shine when doing dramas outside GMMTV. So far we have Dan Worrawech, Sean Jindachot, Push, Mook. Gun Atthaphan has already won acting awards in films, but he's a child actor even before he joined GMMTV.)
OK, I'm seeing a bunch of updates in the cast list. Like Mook Worranit is here? And so are Mam Kat, Kob? These are One31 regulars and in the past updates I've made, I haven't seen them in any of the IG promo/production photos.
I hope someone's not making a cast wishlist here. I also saw Mark Prin for instance in Nuer Nai's cast list, but I haven't seen a single Tweet/IG post supporting that.
As expected, this and The Gifted were nominated in some awards show in Thailand.https://www.instagram.com/p/ByLHuCrAiKO/
Neither this nor The Gifted won in their respective categories in the recent Nataraja Awards (said to be the most prestigious entertainment awards in Thailand). But it's the first time for GMMTV to have their dramas nominated. (Pompam has been nominated several times for his talk show, and I believe "Lipsync Battle Season 1" was nominated as well.)
Too bad though, Pluem didn't manage to snag a nomination for Best Actor, or even the likes of Noom (an award-winning actor in his own right, and played Chet, Tonmai and Thannam's father) or Namfon (Orn, Tonmai's mother) got a nomination for supporting roles. I hope GMMTV dramas will get recognition like this in the future. (It's one thing to have the fans, it's another thing to win the critics over.)
They dragged the mother-son plot until the penultimate episode. I expect the resolution to be crammed next week, unless they do a la "Happy Birthday" wherein the finale ran for 3 hours.
No "Boy for Rent" today, as One31 will do a marathon of Baifern-Push's drama instead.https://www.instagram.com/p/B0WxuFOnc3C/?igshid=fpz2alo4p7zsThe…
It turns out it was the King of Thailand's birthday weekend, that's why the regular programming for One31 was pre-empted. They opted to do marathon of their station-produced dramas instead.
I remember the supposed premiere of BFR got delayed by a week last May because of the King's coronation.
Too bad, BL/teen or young adult-oriented series tend to get snubbed in prestigious Thai awards. Last weekend,…
I know. So far, the closest thing to a teen/YA-oriented show that won in Nataraja Awards was "Project S: Side by Side" back in 2017. It won Best Drama (the highest award) and Best Actor for Tor.
I was actually hoping Pluem or Gun would get nominated for "Happy Birthday" and "The Gifted", respectively, coz they're really good in their roles. But at least their shows got nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Visuals, respectively. Who knows, 2019 might finally be the year for GMMTV to be noticed for acting.
I just hope GMMTV will get more senior actors in their dramas (say from GMM25 or One31) so that their roster of talents would get more challenged in their acting. Not to say that GMMTV artists are bad in acting. (I think they're pretty much talented, but only a few of them so far have really shine when doing dramas outside GMMTV. So far we have Dan Worrawech, Sean Jindachot, Push, Mook. Gun Atthaphan has already won acting awards in films, but he's a child actor even before he joined GMMTV.)
https://twitter.com/noomayadrama/status/1156457779571253248/photo/1
7/13 - 0.7
7/14 - 0.8
7/20 - 0.7
7/21 - 0.8
7/27 - 0.9
7/28 - 0.7
8/3 - 1.0
8/4 - 0.9
I hope someone's not making a cast wishlist here. I also saw Mark Prin for instance in Nuer Nai's cast list, but I haven't seen a single Tweet/IG post supporting that.
OK, I saw GMM25 Thailand following him in IG.
But Mark Prin playing supporting role here?!?!?!
Too bad though, Pluem didn't manage to snag a nomination for Best Actor, or even the likes of Noom (an award-winning actor in his own right, and played Chet, Tonmai and Thannam's father) or Namfon (Orn, Tonmai's mother) got a nomination for supporting roles. I hope GMMTV dramas will get recognition like this in the future. (It's one thing to have the fans, it's another thing to win the critics over.)
I remember the supposed premiere of BFR got delayed by a week last May because of the King's coronation.
I was actually hoping Pluem or Gun would get nominated for "Happy Birthday" and "The Gifted", respectively, coz they're really good in their roles. But at least their shows got nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Visuals, respectively. Who knows, 2019 might finally be the year for GMMTV to be noticed for acting.