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ThamePo Heart That Skips a Beat Episode 1
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With an interesting take on how to start a BL show, "ThamePo" draws curious parallels with real-life music industry. William's performance is simply delicious, nuanced and commanding at the same time. Est's more withdrawn performance leaves me with the impression that this particular ship should be called WilliamEst. Also, it's always good to see the LYKN boys in action.
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After a strong start - a solid continuation. The pace is on point, the lighthearted atmosphere is there, and we learn more about the main couple (first fight! relatable reactions! communication!) and the secondary couple. And the dance moves - watch it just for that.
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The Heart Killers Episode 3
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There's some progress since ep. 1 in terms of cringe, however delivery remains poor and - we're still at 0% love in this boys love series. The sex fantasy elements have switched from campy to schlocky, which is not an improvement. There's something charming about Dunk's failed attempts at acting and comedy, and - what became a tradition by now - I give him a pass.
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ThamePo Heart That Skips a Beat Episode 2
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That was a little gem of an episode, quiet and neatly crafted, with a great dreamy atmosphere, both mains sharing a touching connection and the plot taking an expected turn towards a journey of "Mr. A" and "Mr. B" to visit all MARS members. William and Est keep on going strong and storywise everything so far flows in a natural (non-forced) way. Also, a lot of the cinematography looks like taken from a movie - which is brilliant. I was impressed with last week's episode and I'm impressed even more with episode 2. Very good job.
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The Heart Killers Episode 5
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It's still a no for me, still the same artificial feeling - now getting stronger as I noticed how weirdly empty the show's world is (it's more a vibe, less the number of people - extras - appearing on screen). I also feel everyone's delivery got worse - to the point of becoming utterly unconvincing. I really like Khao, First, Joong and Dunk, I really liked FirstKhao in "Eclipse" (and far less in "Only Friends"), but here - they all fail miserably. I hope this will change - and, to my surprise, I think JoongDunk have a better chance to improve, show something interesting.
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The Heart Killers Episode 4
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There was something weird, something off about most of the delivery by First and Khao in this episode, and it went beyond what they were saying and how they were saying it. Since ep. 1 this series has a vibe of being artificial, plastic and fake in almost every aspect - the visuals, the setting, the dialogue... Joong switched from being constantly surprised to be in this show to being himself, at least mostly, while Dunk switched from trying to portray a funny character to being every character he tried to portray in previous shows. Still, Joong did utter the only good line of this entire show so far: "I don't like that I miss you". The whole scene before and after that wasn't good (it felt, like many scenes in this show, like taken from someone's weird fantasy) and Joong was making a funny face while saying it, but that one line was delivered properly.
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The Heart Killers Episode 2
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The cringe continues, with awful dialogue, poor delivery (mostly by Dunk and Ken), Joong looking like he can’t believe he’s in that show and First portraying a character he doesn’t fit. Also, there are some weird sound issues. On the other hand there’s that FirstKhao chemistry, while Dunk teasing and tempting Joong is kinda amusing.
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The Heart Killers Episode 1
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This is clearly another of Jojo's fantasies - visual style, sets, focus on sexual tension and sex itself all point to that. Since the emphasis is put on those things, story becomes unimportant and it's presentation makes it harder to take it seriously. On one hand - that's not really bad, as most BLs are desexualized and should focus more on relations between main characters and forming of their relationships. I stated this many times in comments and reviews: in a BL setting of the story is in service to the main plot - the guys becoming a couple and/or being in a relationship. That's what the story should be about. On the other hand - I'm not sure how future episodes will go about the story, will it be sidelined (will we get ep. 1 on repeat) for the sake of more visuals, or will there actually some development.Performances: Khaotung is good, First is alright, Joong felt off and weird (no idea why, normally he's okay), while Dunk (still) can't act and gave a weird, unconvincing performance. I'm used to that already, so it bothered me far less than it should.
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