He She It (2019)

O primeiro terror que ganhou uma nota boa minha

Essa série definitivamente merecia ter mais episódios, pois muita coisa ficou subentendida, e no primeiro momento passa despercebida. O primeiro EP, "He", mostra o relacionamento entre Mike e Peem, num primeiro momento, mostra a cena da aula de teatro, onde Mike está aterrorizado com medo de Peem, e a cena se mistura aos flash backs do romance entre eles na piscina, é uma cena que só será entendida depois. Nesse cena da piscina, Peem se afoga e Mike o salva, mas o que é dito é que Peem estava fingindo um afogamento, o que mais tarde descobrimos que não é verdade.

Precisamos falar da atuação de Jeff e Game, que pra seu primeiro trabalho, simplesmente arrasaram, e isso com a narração da professora de teatro, o que deixa tudo mais sombrio.

No segundo EP, "She" entendemos que Mike tem uma namorada há 3 anos, mesmo mantendo seu relacionamento com Peem. Interessante o fato de que nesse EP Peem fala sobre espíritos que ficam na terra para se vingar de alguém... Um amigo fofoqueiro, as troco aparentemente de nada, grava várias cenas de Peem e Mike, e as entrega a sua namorada. Faço um aparte para dizer que a a direção da série está de parabéns, a personagem feminina, mesmo traída, manteve sua dignidade e optou por simplesmente sair de cena. Meus sentimentos sobre Mike daqui por diante são contraditórios...ele afirma amar a namorada, mas ao final me parece que ele apenas queria alguém para mostrar a sociedade sem constrangimento. Ah, mas ele deixou Peem morrer... Será? Pq no primeiro EP ele acreditou que Peem apenas fingiu não saber nadar, e Peem não negou. Eu vi ele sofrendo mais pela morte de Peem e pelo vídeo que viralizou, do que pelo fim do namoro. A revolta dele é por ter sido tirado do armário à força, e a saudade dele, é apenas do namorado. Achei justo que o fofoqueiro fosse punido, já que as séries raramente punem legalmente quem comete os crimes, que venha um espírito e resolva a parada.

Quando eu falei que algumas coisas ficaram mal explicadas, me refiro também ao primeiro EP, na cena do teatro, em que Mike está aterrorizado e Peem parece um espírito ruim, mas depois vemos que o espírito de Peem não faz nada de ruim para Mike e essa cena ficou sem sentido. Enfim, o maior presente dessa série, além desse Ship de quem fui e sou fã, é a voz de Jeff Satur na música "Comedy", que até hoje está na minha playlist.

A série não parece ter um orçamento gigante, mas os atores em sua maioria são bons, a ost é perfeita e tem de tudo, fogo, terror, suspense. A filmografia é boa, e eu realmente verei de novo várias vezes.

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NOT YOUR TYPICAL THAI BL

STORY
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When SUPERNATURAL meets BL this series is what you will have. Despite just having 3 episode. each one will definitely make you stay at the edge of your seat. May it be you're expecting for a jump-scare or anticipating what will happen next, for sure, you will be asking for more. Unfortunately, 3 episodes is just too short. However, that works in the favor of the story itself as it did not have any filler scenes or unnecessary characters and side story. But do I hope for a longer one? Definitely yes, because this is a unique story comparing to the 99% of Thai BL's. No school/uni scene(s) and the fact that is can be categorized as supernatural as well.

What I really like about the story that it does not follow a linear time line. It does not spoon feed you and will make you think despite that this is a love story. Yes, thinking is more for the mystery type of story; but somehow, the mystery side of the plot is what will make you hooked. True enough, what was shown in the Episode 1 will definitely leave you scratching your head until you watch Episode 2 and realize what Episode 1 is the effect of Episode 2.

Episode 3 is the most emotionally packed one. Grief, anger, sadness, pain and letting go. I am actually surprised that a 16 minute long episode would contain so much of emotion. A 16-minute emotion roller coaster ride indeed. The very last scene, the most ironic "lines"... Kinda reminds me of the song "Punchline" by Aidan Martin because the word 'punchline' was said on the stage.

And as the video darkens, is also the time my heart dropped.

Story-wise if you want to have a sense of the order of the episode based on their timeline, what happened first is Episode 2. It is your choice which will follow next if it is going to be Episode 1 or 3. But I prefer Ep 2 -> 1 -> 3 as it has a sense of acceptance.

ACTING/CAST
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Jeff and Gameplay are relatively newcomers in the Thai entertainment industry. BUT, they are already showing an awesome acting skill!

Jeff's characters as Mike (in this mini-series) and Marwin (Ingredients) have the same vibes; HOWEVER, in this mini-series, Jeff have already shown multiple of emotions. I must admit, I have watched the first 7 episodes of "Ingredients" before watching this one, after all, it was not complete until today. I like his character as Marwin and I have thought that it suits his looks, charming and cute and is working for him. Then I have watched this. Oh Boy! This guy have a lot of potential and can be on the level of the actors under GMMTV and Nadao Bangkok.

Gameplay, I really like his rugged looks here, and in the series Ingredients, is more neat and organized. Similarly with Jeff, he shows a number of emotions already as to his character "Tops" in "Ingredients". It really hard not to fall in low with Tops when he smiles, but in this, I really want to hug to comfort him as he has been through a lot. If you watch closely, you can see him shows hint of emotion in a number of scenes. It is actually hard for any actor to do that than to show the full emotion. Think about this, a smirk could mean a lot of things; but Gameplay show that facial expression and immediately, you know what he is trying to make you feel.

MUSIC
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Two iconic songs that definitely put the watching experience in a different level.
1st is MOMENT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT993S1FDNM
Jeff and Gameplay singing an excerpt of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJwJuBq5y6U

2nd is COMEDY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuKy6aQvcrs , from Jeff's YouTube channel
with hardcoded lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IFmh2nvo00

Both were sung by Mike (Jeff Satur). Coincidentally, Moment is also featured in another BL series which feature both Jeff and Gameplay.

Jeff is fast becoming my favorite Thai Actor-Singer-Intrumentalist.

REWATCH VALUE
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As almost all series I have watched I rarely rewatch a series or a movie and this is definitely not one of those that I will rewatch.

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