I love their perspective about love, grief and guilt
It's an emotional story about love for cats, love, grief, guilt and family. In all his failures and imperfect ways. It's relatively calm and composed when compared with FirstKhao's other series (and it was literally their wish). It's still emotionally developed and very on brand for them, but a lot less rollercoaster of emotions.I loved it in general, it's about grief and it's well done, I just have some points: I wish that the mom and son thing were more developed, bcs we don't really understand what exactly made mother and son fall a little apart, where exactly was the moment or thing that this happened. Also, the whole show has those little plot holes here and there, but overall it's not that unpleasant.
It's beautiful, and the acting, I don't even need to talk about it right? Fresh Arisara is one of the most brilliant actors of her generation. I wish that she would just do every show in Thailand bcs she's brilliant. FirstKhao alwayyyyys delivers and Satang is also amazing.
A good watch! Also I love the cats, I just really wish that they would play a bigger role in the whole thing. WE LOVE YOU BABY JUMBO. I also love my diva Jennie.
Oh and AJ who is there playing the same character for the 1939 time. And I eat it everytime.
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What a waste of time!
To be honest, I hate almost everything about this series. The acting is mid, the screenwriting is horrible, and there is zero character growth. Please don't tell me that Teerak learning to say 'no' or Muengfah controlling his anger counts as growth. bcs it DOESN'T.Teerak is insufferable, Muengfah is boring, and the plot is 90% filler. Like how a whole series is a filler? Idk, they invented a new genre at this point.
The only saving grace for me was RealHia. AuauSave served a full meal while I was suffering! I only endured this show because of them. I’ll be sticking to TikTok for their scenes in the special episodes because nothing could make me sit through three more hours of the lead couple. I also love TeeteePor, but even their storyline was dull.
I love ThomasKong as personalities, but their acting here was rough. I really hope they’ve improved since this filmed, because this was hard to watch.
Don't waste your time.
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Lazy screenwriting and stupid plots
I just really feel sad for the actors who are AMAZING, cute patooties, and deserved better characters. Well, let's go. My reviews are always structured by: screenwriting, directing, and acting (while touching on other points in the middle).It's one of the worst screenplays ever, and it's disappointing because their screenwriting team (they are from a crew) is one of the best, and the people involved were some of my favorite artists in this field. That’s probably why it's so unsettling to me that they were so lazy with this script.
"Boys in Love" doesn’t really have conflicts. Which is not necessarily the problem, it’s weird for a Y-series, but it’s NOT the problem. The problem is that you don’t see development or growth in any of the characters. They start the series and end the series THE SAME, which is a big problem for a series that was supposed to talk about growth, falling in love as a teenager, and the conflicts that come with it (like choosing your career path, dealing with frustrations, etc.).
The main couple, KitShane, was so badly handled. Like… everything was rushed, they get together so early, and then NOTHING relevant happens. KimMon was INSUFFERABLE, and I feel bad for Aston (Mon) to have to play such an idiot. ALL OF THEIR fights were stupid, and not silly like teens fighting, it was plain stupid, and I don’t think they grew out of it during the series. The only fun thing for me in the teens was the couple that wasn’t even a real couple in the series, PerTar (they are hinted but they don't really happen). They were pretty funny, and Tar was my favorite character. He was so funnyyyy. AND PODDPAPANG, I LOVED IT. OLD MAN YAOI. I just feel sad that they weren’t better developed.
Their acting was amazing… especially Luke (Kit). He was a good surprise to me since I didn’t know what to expect. Chokun (Kim) is also amazing, but I already knew my boy. Aston (Mon) was such a good surprise to me. KenPaul were adorable in their little screentime. Podd and Papang, amazing as ALWAYS. Such a good crew for such a BORING series, it makes me a little sad.
At least the series was BEAUTIFULLY filmed. The scenes, scenarios, AMAZING, as always. Parbdee Studios are THE BEST. Everything was cute and beautiful. The directing was okay, but with that script, not even a miracle would save it.
Boring. It would be a 4 if I didn’t like the boys so much.
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We Are dolphins singing Symphony
It's plain happiness. It feels like we're dolphins and we're all singing Symphony by Zara Larsson together bcs it's really plain happiness. They don't have actual problems, maybe a little miscommunication but it's like, 20 minutes long, everything is simple and funny. If you want something to LOVE LAUGH LIVE, that's the series. It's just... how can you have 4 main couples, 1 hinted couple, and still, be so... empty? Also, it's unfair that ChainPun doesn't have development bcs in SIXTEEN episodes (really, for WHAT?) they have 2 proper scenes of them. TanFang and QToey being funny and cute saves the show bcs the main couple was so fucking boring... enemies to lovers? Like in the first opportunity, they're already sucking each other faces.Well, about the couples:
- PhumPeem (PondPhuwin): Boring... cute, but still boring. Points for Phuwin meowing. Points for them being the first BL couple that I watched who really have a flirting stage. They have a normal couple development but considering all the time that it took... it was a little too much?
- TanFang (AouBoom): SO FUCKING FUNNY they carried the show along with QToey, but they were very underdeveloped. Like you blink and they're together out of nothing.
- QToey (WinnySatang): Surprisingly, the best development between all the couples. They're the only of all of them who really have a history and reasons.
- ChainPun (MarcPoon): They didn't have screentime at all but when they appeared, it was fun. JUSTICE FOR THEM!
In resume: Sixteen episodes with basically every couple with bad development and hours of filler episodes where PhumPeem was just flirting when you could take that time to make proper character constructions. It's not a bad series, fr, it's funny and it's enjoyable. But it does have BIG screenplay holes, and it's such basic things that it just feels that they did a very lazy job. They really don't have proper problems and things like that, so, if you just want happiness, you will like it. But on a technical point: it's a LAZY screenwriting job. Like so fucking lazy.
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The plot is simple but beautiful. I love when BL series have protagonists older, since the majority of them are with people in their twenties, queer people exist in all ages and we don't have so much representation of older queer people.
Since it's a Japanese work, they tend to follow 2 paths: Very camp or more melancholy. This is a little melancholy, but just a little, and in some points about age, life, and work. In general, it's refreshing.
Both actors are extremely good, their performance was amazing and intense. It looks so real.
The photography it's beautiful, it's probably one of the most beautiful confession scenes that I have ever seen, both aesthetically and in the dialogue.
That's such an work of art.
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it's simple and lovely
IT'S SO FUCKING CUTE AND SILLY AND LOVELY AND EVERYTHING TO MEEEE.I love it when a series it's silly. They know they are silly. And they do a great job of being silly and proud to be silly. And they are very proud.
It's not a deep plot, it's actually a cliché. Enemies to friends to lovers, and it's cute and funny! I liked how even with just 8 episodes with 30 minutes each, they are actually developed. Not only as a couple but as individuals too.
And, the acting was so on point. Seobin (Jaeyoon) and Jiwoong (Hojoon) are really good actors, and their chemistry is amazing.
And ofc, I have to say: THE KISS???????? OMG that was a kiss. A very kissy kiss. Hojoon was hungry. Damn...
Sometimes, less is more. And it's exactly why Roommates of Poongduck 304 is so good: It's simple, but they work with what they have. They didn't try to make it look like something grand, it's just simple. And way too good.
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Waste of a great art team
Uhmmm, so much to say...About the plot and story: LORD HAVE MERCY what a lousy plot, the idea of a sex tape and revenge porn and everything it's horrible, but it's fun how after all THAT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER. It's strange, rushed, and you don't even understand how the fuck they started to be friends and eventually fuck. It's very very very weak as a series.
But, if something it's on point, it's their chemistry. Mos (Mangkorn) and Bank (Yai) have insane chemistry. The fact that they knew each other before the series probably helped a lot. But their acting... ermmm. They are both mid, especially Mos, they really have to improve a lot. But I think that they are going in the right way.
I have things that I liked a lot in these series, but in the end of the day, it doesn't help very much in my opinion about the series:
- OST: Very good, I loved Bank voice in the main soundtrack. Added to my playlist.
- Photography, filmography, and colorimetry: INSANE. IT'S FUCKING BEAUTIFUL the color scheme for the characters and their relationships and feelings are FUCKING BEAUTIFUL. Yai has a warm color scheme, normally with red and orange, and that says a lot about his personality too. While Mangkorn has a cold color scheme. When they are together, the colors merge in beautiful scenes. It has beautiful shots too, and the way that they play with the symbolisms of YinYang and the four sacred animals of Chinese mythology it's great. The YinYang scene on the floor that appears in the opening is one of the most beautiful shots that I have ever seen in a Thai production.
Unfortunately, that beautiful photography is wasted with VERY POOR screenwriting. Very. Poor.
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As I said, it's a silly plot, but it works because they didn't try to make it look like it wasn't. It's silly, and that's it! I love Nuea a lot, he was so cute and had such a good heart. And he was so funny. About Lom, he was a little... I understand his reasons but I think that he chose the worst way to do things. But it's a series so makes sense...
About the acting, Pak (Nuea) was good. He is exactly what Nuea has to be: cute and funny. Sunny (Lom) it's charming like a drama protagonist and it's exactly what his characters need. Aya (Yiwa) also did a good job. My problem is with Kate (Marine). She's so fucking bad. Every single scene with her was emotionless. Seriously. I know that it's her first acting gig, but still... Damn. It was annoying.
The ending was cute too, overall, it's a good series to watch :)
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Puen and Talay remain as Puen and Talay, and that's really good.
The plot it's amazing. When you think about their personality, the fact that work is taking so much of them makes sense. They are who they are. And that's exactly why it's good and well constructed, Puen and Talay remain as Puen and Talay. It's an special, but the characters didn't do something that doesn't look like them! The child is very, very, VERY CUTE too. Everything makes sense in their relationship.The acting remains good and their chemistry it's still on point! But what I loved, it's the OST. It's a very good song, I like it very much (in the main series I didn't care for the soundtrack, expect for City, but it was forgettable).
Compared with the others Our Skyy, it's great! One of the bests, because it's exactly what the fans wanted to see after the end, them as a couple. I would hate if, Idk, they make them go back to another universe, I would be mad as hell. Thank god that was not this type of chaos.
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Better than the series, but still not good.
It's not the first Our Skyy that I have watched bcs I didn't follow the episodes airing, I'm just following the series as I watch them.I already did a review of NLMG and my note was 3. I'm not reviewing it as a new part of NLMG but as a special. For a special, this was kinda... funny? I laughed a bit and the story was so... camp. That's why looks better compared to NLMG. But I not really liked the plot, tho. It was... well FOR WHAT?
With the amount of drama in the main series, the special could be more bright, I guess. But it's cool for people who liked the series since here they were so more lovey-dovey. And that's another problem for me, LOL. It doesn't look real, yk? They were being sweet and it was kinda... embarrassing? To watch. It looked really fake. I didn't buy it.
Pond and Phuwin have chemistry, although they are not good actors, they have. But here, I was ? well, WHERE THE CHEMISTRY GO?
Well, it's not good at all, but anything it's better than NLMG. And for a special, is what the fans wanted I guess.
Overall, compared with the other episodes of Our Skyy, it's decent.
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Actually, the Gun behavior here makes more sense than his behavior on AB&AB, now I'm really seeing a strict CEO, in the series he was described like that but he wasn't at all.
I love the plot, and the storyline, it was well done! They only have 2 episodes to make it work and they did it! I watched these Our Skyy 2: Star in My Mind, The Eclipse, My School President and this one, and AB&AB was the best of them (IDK about the others that I didn't watch until now). It was really, yk, makes sense with their story and dynamics. Shout out to the produce team and cast!
It's a cute, funny, and adorable sequence to AB&AB, I didn't like the series soo much but I loved the characters, and I will miss my Nong Cher so much :( He is really such a fluffy ball. I'm in love with him.
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CAMP IN A VERY GOOD WAY
It's so camp, like really camp. The scenes are just so funny and omg I cried a lot from laughing like crazy.The thing is: PondPhuwin are REALLY bad actors, Pond it's the worst of them, but Phuwin it's not very good either. Anyways, it works because as I said: IT'S CAMP!
It's funny and they are cute, but I have to say: NeoLouis as DueanMeen totally stole the scene, first OMG DUEAN WAS SO FUNNY SO SO FUNNY and Meen it's just SO CUTE, I wanted to hug him like a baby the whole time.
In resume: It's good because it's camp and they made very good use of being silly and ridiculous, I watched really fast because it's so easy to watch, it's really good for when you're not in mind to watch something more dark or with more issues, when you just want laugh and being silly a little hihi.
PS.: Louis OST it's so good..
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Boring..
It was so... I wish I liked more this special, but to be honest, it's just so boring. So fucking boring.It's not even cute to watch, It's just plain boring and unnecessary.
Star & Sky series in general were... well. I can't say that looking at all, I liked it. It was mid.
It doesn't have a plot or anything. It's just some filler scenes in a compilation...
The only thing that I liked was the propose. It was cute and I love seeing gay people marrying, and being happy together. But is literally the only thing that I liked. Sad.
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Not the best, BUT REALLY GOOOODDD!!!
I love the title in Thai (Not the best, but still good) bcs it's so... funny. And for me, it quite defines this series.It's mundane. If you're searching for a love story that will change your perceptions of life, this is not for you. But it's incredibly well made in its casuality. I know that for some people it feels like i'm criticizing, but it's quite the opposite. I'm praising it. Duang with You focuses much more on the day by day, the texture of loving someone, falling in love. The characters are funny but they're just... they are just like real people. It could be someone from your own uni. They're not extraordinary.
And for me, that's the beauty of Duang with You, bcs along with all of that, they show true intimacy. Not with crazy NC scenes (that are very typical of Domundi — I was a little bit worried) but with their daily life, kisses, hugs. And ofc that includes sex. What I don't like in many NC scenes in BLs is that they put some crazy things and positions and are scandalous (fine for me tbh, that's not the problem, let the queer be scandalous) but the couple don't seem truly engaged. Not only in the feelings talk (when the NC happens when both of them are already in love, for me it's a requirement), but also in attraction. If they're fucking, it should have some feelings, not exclusively romantic, bcs in many shows they aren't in love yet, but the attraction, want, desire.
And DWY has both. They look incredibly in love, incredibly attracted to each other. Not only in sex scenes but also in their daily life. It's so obvious how much they love each other, how much they desire each other.
Teetee and Por are both incredible actors and, for their first series as the mains, it was incredible! Makes me sad that we will have to wait at least another 2 years to see them again in a series.
For the secondary couple, I liked NorthOtto! But for me, it was a little bit... their history is too much cropped, and it makes sense since they have their own novel and maybe DMD will pull the second series in the same universe card, but honestly, I didn't like Marvis' character... IDK. It wasn't something that impacted my liking of the series bcs I didn't have the urge to skip their scenes (as happened before to me with other couples), but it wasn't the best either.
The series is also fun in selling itself: Not the best, but still good. It's a 10/10 for me in the sense of fulfilling all of its premise perfectly.
Also the filming was really good! The scenes were so pretty, a little too much white sometimes but that's okay. It was really a good work!
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Lighthearted and still so beautiful!
It's just so cute… and simple. And probably what makes this so amazing.The simplicity of human relationships and our need to connect is actually so beautiful. At the end of the day, the whole functioning of the world is about having a friend, having someone to share things with.
I was watching, and I didn't even need to see the Parbdee logo to know that it was filmed by them, the excellent filming could only be a work of theirs. Beautiful lighting and photography, which I think were the cherry on top to give the scenes such delicacy. As they should! Because in this age, on the verge of going through college applications, being a teenager... everything is so intense and emotional.
And this show... displayed this beautifully, with such care!
4 episodes that feel a lot better than a longer series bcs it was so beautifully made. SeaKeen delivered, as always! Especially Keen, he's so talented. This boy is sooo brilliant!
It's really so delightful to watch! Also it's an easy-watch, it's very light and still so touching!
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