I hadn't even realized who Dao was until very late into S1, I just know that he looked very familiar. Come to find out he's Mawin from OG Lovesick series, which also starred with Ngern . I never once thought these two would have been paired together as couple. I guess because he was always a support character he slipped under the radar for ten years.
It is nice to finally see him in a main role but I'm not that into this pairing, I don't really see all the chemistry everyone else is talking about. But I also think that term gets tossed around way too much anyway. I will say the story concept was fine, it's nice to see "new" couples now and then without some long drawn out history that needs pieced together randomly, and often conflicting with previously established events. That said, I think Oat needs a little more practice/experience if he's to be a MC lead going forward as he doesn't really emote enough, his character's behavior in this doesn't seem all that different from Mawin's. He doesn't seem to have been given a lot to do/say and maybe that's because producers know his limitations. Or maybe it's due direction or script and not much was invested into a side character from the beginning by the writer as everything seemed focused on Hill and Johan's stories since S1 got 24 eps about only two couples versus three for S2.
IMO, for a couple that has to start out from scratch just meeting it needs more time/episodes to build a relationship. Especailly with two people who clearly have no interest in pursuing love at this time. Their story feels the most rushed so far. And particularly since it wasn't love at first sight for either of them. The ghost aspect was an intriguing background to have but also felt that the time dedicated to heling Donut took away from precious time that Doa and Arthit could have used to bond further rather than sped up via montages.
I'm not trying to dog on this but I just feel it was a missed opportunity and that they could have better because it simply felt like this couple was an afterthought. I would like to see Oat in a lead role again because I think he has promise, but as a more dynamic and charismatic character. You can only get so far with character who don't show emotion or speak many lines, it always feels one sided in those cases. And possibly paired with someone who suits him better, or perhaps have Gnern play a totally different character type. I just wasn't into Arthit's personality, I think he can be charming, he was in Lovesick.
Speaking of episode count, Fah/Phoon seemed to have a decent running time to flush out their story in only eight. Even felt like a couple had some filler parts, but still remained very cohesive. Probably my second favorite couple next to Johan/North, Hill/Ter was okay but I've never been a big fan of Earth.
I just learned of this show by accident and found out that Turbo from Nitiman is in it so I'll mainly watch it for him. Haven't seen him in anyhting since, nor the guy who played bomb. As for the two ML's I've about reached my limit with them. Always playing the same type of characters.
So my takeaway is, if I don't want to wait long between eps, I need to wait another five months until the third part is finished before starting. Though not really sure I'm interested in Tiger/Dueannao story anyway, they didn't interest me in part own. Besides, it feels like they might pull the start fresh and not retain the throughline from part one, like what happened in LBC2 with Tin/Can.
This was just straight up smut, every episode was 9/10 getting it on with barely any real substance between the characters. I don't even know what the "plot" even was. it felt lie they just threw a bunch of people in front of a camera and were told to say random things because we've got steamy scenes to get to pronto!
I'll give the actor who played Jun a lot of credit for actually giving his character life and feeling like a real character with emotions as opposed to everyone else just standing there saying words on que with almost no emotions. He carried this show! I'll also give props to Win and Phut for also having actual emotions and being lively. Some of the cast just felt like they weren't thrilled to be there at all and just phoned it in. Some character who were simply tossed in there for background also felt wasted and took up screen time that could have been spent on the actual mains and exploring their issues and working on them. But no, 90% of their scenes were just bed scenes. So much so that is was borderline adult movie, and if you're going that far but refuse to actual show any full nudity you're failing that premise. Basically given audiences blueballs. It's too bad because I think the premise was fine and could have been a contender with some of the best shows had they toned down the gratuitousness a tad and concentrated on adults having adult relationships instead of adults acting like teenage sluts. I mean if that's some people's thing, fine, but there's more to relationships and romance than that. It also doesn't have any rewatch appeal being that it's mostly smut scenes and any actual story or characters progress only takes up two hours of the whole series. Also wasn't a fan of the overbearing aggressive Sorn, it often felt like an abusive relationship which to me means the relationship will never last thus doesn't allow you to form a vested interest in them.
A very good romance comedy, from beginning to end! Was surprise with the young male lead's acting, considering he's jut another Kpop star. Though I haven't seen him in anything else to compare. His costar was also very endearing, and played the part well. All around decent supporting cast as too.
It is nice to finally see him in a main role but I'm not that into this pairing, I don't really see all the chemistry everyone else is talking about. But I also think that term gets tossed around way too much anyway. I will say the story concept was fine, it's nice to see "new" couples now and then without some long drawn out history that needs pieced together randomly, and often conflicting with previously established events. That said, I think Oat needs a little more practice/experience if he's to be a MC lead going forward as he doesn't really emote enough, his character's behavior in this doesn't seem all that different from Mawin's. He doesn't seem to have been given a lot to do/say and maybe that's because producers know his limitations. Or maybe it's due direction or script and not much was invested into a side character from the beginning by the writer as everything seemed focused on Hill and Johan's stories since S1 got 24 eps about only two couples versus three for S2.
IMO, for a couple that has to start out from scratch just meeting it needs more time/episodes to build a relationship. Especailly with two people who clearly have no interest in pursuing love at this time. Their story feels the most rushed so far. And particularly since it wasn't love at first sight for either of them. The ghost aspect was an intriguing background to have but also felt that the time dedicated to heling Donut took away from precious time that Doa and Arthit could have used to bond further rather than sped up via montages.
I'm not trying to dog on this but I just feel it was a missed opportunity and that they could have better because it simply felt like this couple was an afterthought. I would like to see Oat in a lead role again because I think he has promise, but as a more dynamic and charismatic character. You can only get so far with character who don't show emotion or speak many lines, it always feels one sided in those cases. And possibly paired with someone who suits him better, or perhaps have Gnern play a totally different character type. I just wasn't into Arthit's personality, I think he can be charming, he was in Lovesick.
Speaking of episode count, Fah/Phoon seemed to have a decent running time to flush out their story in only eight. Even felt like a couple had some filler parts, but still remained very cohesive. Probably my second favorite couple next to Johan/North, Hill/Ter was okay but I've never been a big fan of Earth.
I'll give the actor who played Jun a lot of credit for actually giving his character life and feeling like a real character with emotions as opposed to everyone else just standing there saying words on que with almost no emotions. He carried this show! I'll also give props to Win and Phut for also having actual emotions and being lively. Some of the cast just felt like they weren't thrilled to be there at all and just phoned it in. Some character who were simply tossed in there for background also felt wasted and took up screen time that could have been spent on the actual mains and exploring their issues and working on them. But no, 90% of their scenes were just bed scenes. So much so that is was borderline adult movie, and if you're going that far but refuse to actual show any full nudity you're failing that premise. Basically given audiences blueballs.
It's too bad because I think the premise was fine and could have been a contender with some of the best shows had they toned down the gratuitousness a tad and concentrated on adults having adult relationships instead of adults acting like teenage sluts. I mean if that's some people's thing, fine, but there's more to relationships and romance than that. It also doesn't have any rewatch appeal being that it's mostly smut scenes and any actual story or characters progress only takes up two hours of the whole series. Also wasn't a fan of the overbearing aggressive Sorn, it often felt like an abusive relationship which to me means the relationship will never last thus doesn't allow you to form a vested interest in them.