2gether: A Série (2020)

WHY is this so popular?

no, sorry i just dont get it.
The story was below average. Pretty boring and it also brought nothing new to the table. I skipped quite a lot of scenes (the guitar scenes were the worst!)
and sooo much unnecessary drama.... and the kisses were so awkward. help.
I only finished it because it is so popular, but after finishing it, I can only call it overrated and overhyped as fuck!
It really does not deserve the success and attention it got.


The cast:
They are handsome and they are not bad at acting.
However, they had no connection with the characters whatsoever. It was just so bland.

Till the end, they did NOT seem like they were in love with eachother or like they were enjoying playing their characters.
This is more like a bromance than a romance. No chemistry.
(And everyone in the drama was going crazy over Sarawatts visuals (he is good looking of course) but because he is not my type at all, thats why all the fangirling was really weird and cringe for me to watch)
None of the side characters were memorable either. Most of them were cringe and gave me severe secondhand embarassment.


The music:
probably the best thing in this drama.


Conclusion:
i will not waste my time and rewatch it. I really see no reason to torture me again.
I can't recommend it. (unless you are looking for a bromance like cliché loverstory)
and if you watch it and find yourself not really enjoying it, just dont finish it. Nothing cool or sexy happens anyway.

Leia Mais

How to make something good become no big deal.

2theger has a very promissing plot but it fails to serve its purpose.
The series starts very well, good acting, most of the cast is good looking, it presents the characters well and a very nice opening theme. But it stops there, the couple showed more chemistry when they were faking its relationship than we they were actualing dating, the plot itself started to not make sense from there. If the series had overed on the episode which Salawak asks Tine to be his boyfrind would've been better.

And Mil, omg he's bad and a freaking stalker, and in the end he just ended with his consolation prize, Phukong. Upsetting that's the word, Mil does a lot of bad thing and makes Phukong as a second option. By the way Phukong has absolutely no pride, THE FUCKING BOY YOU LIKE IF FUCKING TRYING TO STEAL YOUR BOTHER'S BOYFRIEND WTF GIRL YOU DESERVE BETTER... sorry this part really gets me.

Anyway I hope in the second season Sarawak and Tine show more afection towards each other and Mil get what he deserves which is eternal lonliness.

Really enjoyed the OST !!!

Leia Mais

Great cast. Badly written. Red Flag city.

What do you do when you get a bad script, a lazy director but, great actors? You do the best you can. Honestly, this is a red flag story that never should have made it to screen as written.

I stuck with this until the end for the main story. But, so much of this needed fine tuning or, a page or, two in the shredder.

Tine: He requested the help from Wat when Green was becoming more and more aggressive. Why then - for the next too many episodes to mention - does he fight and become so mean each time he is looked at as being gay? He asked for it - what does he think his request means? And, he never truly gets to use Wat to keep - many times, creepy - Green away.

Also - Tine and a few of his friends are pretty awful people. They say and do hurtful things and care nothing of consequences. I followed some live comments for a couple episodes and I was not alone in thinking their behavior was pretty bad. I kept expecting a few bonus episodes like we have seen from other BLs when the writers get wrong and have to fix it to keep their fans happy and the advertiser dollars rolling in.

Green: Why was he even there? His character was a mess from beginning to end. He searches out Tine - sexually harasses him - yet - he is secretly in a relationship with someone else - who he is supposedly - temporarily for plot convenience afraid of? Physical abuse on top of that. The timeline of Green's story is a mess and nobody bothered to fix it. Approximately, 12 weeks pass from beginning of the series 'til the end but, Green's partner only gets involved towards the end? References are made to fights and running away but, none of that makes sense if you actually watch the characters go through each episode.

Sarawat: The only sane and decent person in the bunch. What he had to go through to hook up with Tine...I fell for him. Wat's gaydar must work really well because, no matter how much you pine for someone - this story gives you the illusion you can turn anyone you want if you stick with them long enough. Thank god the writers showed that Tine was unable to hold any male-female relationship - even though he didn't know why.

Mil: Notice that he never had to answer for getting Wat and Tine physically beaten/assaulted? He got a free walk on that one and everyone involved didn't even get so much as a slap on the wrist. Let's hire a group of thugs to physically beat two people with sticks and fists and gloss over the physical and psychological pain they cause and brush it off as over zealous friends helping another.

Leia Mais

i kept on seeing 2gether on twitter since march and i really had no intention to watch it but out of boredom i just said fuck it and here we are. it was good from ep 1-11 and it went downhill fast during the the last 2 episodes. i'm just gonna pretend it ended at ep 11 and ep 12-13 was a fever dream.

brightwin's chemistry was BURNING when sarawatine were fake dating to the point i was literally giggling everytime they were together onscreen but the production team didn't take advantage of it till the end. when they became a real couple, they started to look like bros turned roommates who like to jokingly flirt with each other sometimes. we didn't even get to see them cuddle on their own bed at their own apartment when they've cuddled on a small ass couch twice. the writers really had a lot of missed chances for showing intimacy between the couple- the bus scene on ep 11 for example where sarawat confessed how much he liked tine for a year, searching for him at every scrubb concert and tine finally saying he truly likes him back and no affectionate touches happened when it was their chance bc they were finally all alone!!! i'm not even talking abt makeouts or bed scenes. i would've totally gushed at a forehead/cheek kiss or holding hands.

win really won me over all throughout the show tbh. he did quite well considering he had no prior acting experience and his bashful smiles are just too adorable lol. bright was good as sarawat bc he embodies the idgaf attitude of sarawat but i admit at some moments in the later episodes, he seemed awkward acting romantically with win. idk if this is bc of the poor script/direction or bright himself but i just felt it. i wouldn't mind seeing brightwin on another BL series but i really hope they build up their comfortability with e/o more and get a better written storyline next time.

what i liked abt 2gether: the series
- it was fun and lighthearted, something we all could enjoy in these stressful times
-win's acting
-type and man's relationship
-sarawat's cheesy one liners lmao
-tine getting all shy and blushy when sarawat flirts with him

what i disliked abt 2gether: the series
-lack of intimacy when sarawatine became a real couple
-poor writing and direction on the last 2 episodes
-portraying females as psychotic, crazy fans and objectification of female bodies
-making a female be the source of conflict for the main couple ONCE AGAIN. there is always a girl throwing herself at one party and the other party gets jealous and insecure causing the main couple to breakup. it's such an overused plot device in BLs and a lazy way to create conflict for the main couple.
-mil's entire character. he keeps on talking about tine as if he's an object, not a person. he sees tine as a trophy he could get to be better than sarawat and that's messed up. also, pursuing phukong in the end as a consolation prize bc tine chose to get back together w/ sarawat like what???
-the subplots felt extremely underdeveloped and hastily concluded
-lack of communication on tine's part in ep 12

all in all, 2gether was still pretty enjoyable and easy to watch if u want smth lighthearted and if u're not too particular abt plot direction. i rarely rewatch shows no matter how much i liked a series so i gave it a low rewatch rating but if i wanted to relive the series in my mind, i could easily just watch fanedits of sarawatine's romantic moments on youtube.

Leia Mais

Overhyped

This has been slandered enough so I'll summarise:
Was it cute? At times but those were few and far between.
The actors? Great eye candy but their acting left a lot to be desired.
Chemistry? Zero. They might as well be straight best friends.
Plot? Okay until the ex gf was introduced
The ending? Wasn't a fan. It angered me because up until then it wasn't great but afterwards it was almost intolerable.

It deserves all the slander it gets and honestly it is only as popular as it is because the leads are attractive.
It's an inoffensive mid at it's best series??‍♀️

Leia Mais

why they have more chemistry when they werent 2gether? (ba dum tsh)

i quite literally will never understand how they had much better chemistry in the beginning. the only explanation i can give is the popularity and uncomfortableness bringing an uptick bc of it. because otherwise the show was so cute in the beginning. the scene with the car and the bike iw as proud of—rom com-y and very 10 things (which they also reference again. hate that movie, but i loved the tropes from there here.)

and i guess yu get kind of blindsided. i didn't watch it because they were attractive—i hate that actors have to be when your charm and shine and attractiveness will shine absolutely through with your character and actors are hired not for looks but because of the way they move themselves and are able to act and that they have striking faces for the camera but we are not reliant on looks we fall in love with the people they play. but that takes too much time—but that certainly helped and their acting while not great was much better than what i had seen.

the couch scene was the last thing i remember that made me feel good about it. the pandemic was also starting up and i feel like so many of us got attached to it for that reason, truly, because my feelings about watching the show will always remember that and how difficult this time was. i can't rewatch ITSAY and i am not watching the sequel because it reminds me of that time so heavily and the show was already gut-wrenching for me. when i think back on this one i'm just like "....wow...so that was a thing in my eyeballs huh?" and i'm like damn at least it helped me a little. but what the fuck happened? i never watched all of the last episode and i saw the high 5 but from that to the special eps you start to truly realize the insane cracks in them and this relationship and the story. you look back with a different mindset and when you go to watch it's like glaringly obvious that they are embarrassed to be there and have no clue what they are doing.

on top of that: no, no one needs to fuck or kiss or whatever so we know the love but considering they make jokes and imply it and we get 0 z e r o indication of any deeper intimacy when they ARE in a relationship and /move in together/ and for the special supposedly being together for 2 years. i'm flabbergasted at that point it really was: WHY are you living together, do you people not touch each other??????? like what even was that?? when you see people you can get a feel of their interpersonal relationships so you can generally tell if someone is a sibling, friend, partner and for them it's like just two guys (5 feet apart in a hot tub....) just being there and everyone saying "see theyre in love" but bish wheryuuuurrrrrr and they "kiss" and "have sex" but they can't hold hands? that's an indication that they think intimacy = physicality; this is a pitfall for most media but especially when it is with men and geared towards women (as opposed to women focusing on women and a woman also directing these things) for BL. we saw them kiss in the special and that was appalling to me. truly one of the worst things ever because i felt nothing. but these shows think just cos just because they are physical FINALLY after work and no nbuild up with intimacy that we are now getting some sort of reward. this is all about expediency and getting otu as much money as they can but couldn't they have done a bit more to make it believable? (no so why bother when you can just have money)

i do not understand this show at all and i can't believe we watched something light fun and lovely and now all my memories are soooooooo embarrassed it's just fucking cringe man just cringe so awkward lol. god capitalism sucks smh

a lil extra aaside: for the love of god can men just stop calling each other feminine stuff or having chars play more feminine so we can tell which role they have in the rship. it is insulting, misogynist, transphobic, probably all the other -ists and it is especially annoying when something that is used between male couples as a joke (which i think is fine as long as women arent fucking implicated) and something for them and for their intimacy and rship you just have a bunch of beige walls being annoying about gender roles and penises WE GET IT we get it we get it women? NO. men? ok!

Leia Mais

I would've given the series 5.5/10 if it had much, much less hype. 2gether was my second BL drama I ever watched after Addicted in 2016. I had high expectations because fans often claim it to be the best BL series ever. I could still enjoy the series after watching the first five or so episode even though the story is very generic and childish.

But after episode 10, it became really hard for me to enjoy the series. I initially thought that, if this is the best BL dramas out there, then I feel really sorry for the gays. This series is very shallow and badly directed. It's like watching two good-looking guys being forced by their fangirl friends to date each other on camera despite them being.....straight.

Thank God I made the right decision to explore any other BL series instead of judging the whole genre from one bad apple. For those who come to watch 2gether because of the hype and end up getting disappointed, please explore other BL dramas. I almost gave up but thankfully I decided to look past 2gether and try to watch some other underrated ones.

Leia Mais

Overrated but still a enjoyable Show

This is my first review, on this Site. I’m not a native Speaker so please judge my Review not too hart.

So 2gether is a special show, is it overrated? Yes. Is the Plot ridiculous? Definitely...but in the end it works! And the huge success of this series makes the BL-Genre famous all over the place.
The reason, in my opinion, is the unbeliviable Chemistry of the both main actors, where you can see tenderness in every action of them both.

But yes when you see it critically, this series has nothing to do with reality and should be more seen as romantical Dream.
And the alleged Bi-Curiosity about the main actors in RL is just queerbaiting and Fanservice at its best
(I mean C‘,mon this puts Gay for Pay to another Level)
When you remind this all, it’s a enjoyable Show and at least all the gay guys get their unrealistic, overromantical Lovestory like the Straight People get it since beginning of time

Leia Mais

i like the series. the story was somehow good and the actors' performance was great. But when you start watching episodes 11 to 13, i felt bad for the story for it does feel like it's on the rush. Especially for me that I've read the novel and there are some parts that was kinda robbed from us. Again, the story was good but if you're going to ask me if this series was worth to watch again. Then, my answer is probably no. Because there are some series out there with a greater story than this. And probably deserves more recognition than this. I guess it became popular especially here in the Philippines because of the actors. And the upcoming tagalized version of this was bad. they kinda ruined the series, I hope if they're going to dub more series like this, I hope they use great voice actors like on the other t.v. network here. Still this series was still one of my faves. I hope the special 5 episodes would redeem themselves to me. I'm just kinda not satisfied about the ending.

Leia Mais

The series deviated a bit from the source material but that's the same in most cases with dramas. The story-line is a bit cliche and kind of predictable but nonetheless it is still enjoyable. It's a rather lighthearted series overall with the inclusion several problems.

The inclusion of the Scrubb songs as ost are absolutely amazing and well-done per the novel. Bright as well as has a great voice, and I'm glad they gave him 2 songs for the series.

It's obvious to me that most people watched the drama for the visuals of Bright and Win but their acting are decent as well. Especially Win for giving an outstanding crying performance in one scene towards the later episodes. It was emotional and I as well as others felt the connection with his character. He even received praise from experts within the field despite this series being his first work.

What I dislike about BL series, or those I've recently watched, is the inclusion of a side pairing like 2-3 episodes before the series end. I would like to see the side pairings development close to the beginning as well. In the case of 2gether, Type's and Man's coupling was hinted from the beginning but it took the final episode for them to officially be together. I'm happy for it but I would like the series to be invested in that coupling as much as any other "official" couple. It was the same situation in Theory of Love with Two and Un towards the ending of the series.

A lot of people are upset that the Sarawat and Tine had a bromantic story near the end rather than actually love. I'd like to refute that since when was an intimate scene necessary for them to show their love although I'd admit the high-five towards the end was a bit awkward. We've known for several episodes that they indeed love one another so what's more to prove it? A kiss? A hug? However, let's remind ourselves that the scenes are not shot in order so the ending scenes were probably shot before several other proceeding scenes (i.e. the camping scenes was apparently shot last) which gives the atmosphere of awkwardness.

Rather than a second season, I'd want a new series with the 2 main instead since I'm rather satisfied with the way the story ended. A second season would be an invitation to mess what has been established already meaning more unnecessary drama and conflicts, however, a spin-off with Type and Man wouldn't be bad since it gives way to explore their relationship.

Overall, the story was rather simple but executed fine. There weren't any loose ends which satisfies the story.

Leia Mais

I am a mixture of happiness and sadness. This drama had great potential to become my favorite, but the production of the latest episodes screw up the story for me. The first few episodes I was loving too much and I was full of hope... good times. Still, I liked the ending. It was certainly not what I was expecting, much more drama and conflict than necessary (in my opinion). The last part of the last episode was what saved the drama for me, I ended up surrendering to cuteness and remembering the good times where I used this drama as an escape. The cast was one of my favorite things, it was Win's first bl and he did a great job, and I also liked Bright's performance. I see myself re-watching all episodes soon hahaha

About a second season, I would prefer it not to happen. I think if they are going to create a new plot they could ruin the story for me. Even if I don't want to, if a second season happens, I'll probably watch it hahaha I know myself

Leia Mais