#watchlist 2023

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WATCHLIST 2023: The Resort

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2023 Watch List pt2

Other list was getting annoyingly long for my liking so part two it is.

Not Me - I am not the biggest lover of Off's acting. A darling but, to me, not anywhere near as good as others at GMMTV. So I went into this with a lower expectation than some. I was incredibly pleasantly surprised. Essentially a story about a rough around the edges little anti-establishment found family, this drama had a lot to say and really managed to execute those messages without feeling preachy about it. Fantastic cast all round and I fell head first for DanYok. 4/5

Never Let Me Go (series and Our Skyy) - Umm. I feel like I felt like I knew what this was trying to do but that it got a bit lost at times. The script is kind of muddled. As ever JoJo pulls amazing performances out of a very young pup cast and its really those performances that make a confused script work. The cinematography is also stunning. Pond, for me, again suffers a little from a general stiffness, he gives some great emotion in this but, for me, has a lot of growing to do as an actor. It says something when I felt more strongly for Perth and Chimon who're barely in this. 3/5

The Warp Effect - Literally never seen anything as wholly sex positive and fun as this. The whole cast works amazingly and seeing kinks represented in a way where they weren't jokes was beautiful. Also, accurate female orgasm faces. Deserves a five for that alone. But seriously, don't skip this one. Queer, feminist and sex positive this deserves all the flowers. 5/5

The Jungle - This is stupid. I know it, you know it. Everyone who watched it knows it. But damn it was fun. Essentially a group of fuckboys, that routinely fight other fuckboys for treating girls badly, accidentally catch feelings for some cool women. Everything is nice too look at and the acting is great (especially Nanon, ohmygod) so honestly, strong rec. 3.5/5

Vice Versa (series and Our Skyy) - I get why people didn't warm too this, the ppl is honestly the worst I've ever seen and the concept is a little bizarre, but it just had something I really liked. JimmySea are an incredibly comfy feeling pairing, it's soothing to watch them together even when the script is a little daft and the ppl ridiculous. I'm rarely strongly moved by dramas but the scene where Puen is saying his goodbyes too Tun's parents just had me gone. Also just Jimmy in general does some beautiful, emotional work throughout. (Which makes the ppl issue even more annoying for me. They're too good to have to do stupid scenes about choco pie and lays potato chips.) 4/5

Cupids last wish - Ummm. This isn’t terrible but it’s also not that great. It just is. The script is so muddled that sometimes I thought I’d missed an episode, I hadn’t it’s just a confused script, and if the leads weren’t talented it wouldn’t really work at all. The period part is art but overall the representation of women in this is questionable at best and downright bad and cringe at worst. Watch for EarthMix and go watch Jan in Warp Effect where she’s allowed to be great and all the women are fully realised characters. 3.5/5

History 3: Trapped - This isn’t perfect, there’s some weird continuity stuff and things that didn’t feel fleshed out, but it’s A LOT of fun and the cast is fun. I really enjoyed the main pair and their back and forth was a lot of fun to watch. 3/5

Hidden Agenda - This wanted to be so many things that it just wasn’t. Joke was barely given a personality beyond ‘I love Zo’ and Zo was at times annoying but mostly just boring. Aou&Boom’s side characters were compelling and their relationship felt healthy and fully realised. I really can’t say the same for Joke & Zo. You’re scarcely shown any reason that they like one another and Joke just floats around looking mournful like he’s got trapped wind. Not one I’ll revisit. 2/5

My tooth your love - Ehhhh. First few episodes are nice. Dentist is a walking red flag who deserves to be told to fuck off and,as cute as the the wee baby gay side character is, I didn’t really appreciate the side romance between the 18 year old and the grown man that takes on a pseudo care giver role for him. (I know that’s a me dislike and he’s of age so it’s legal but, for me, it’s ick.) 2/5

Laws of Attraction - Every now and then a show comes along that shouldn't really work but 100% does and this is that show. Most everyone in this is a soap actor, you can tell, but that only adds to the beautiful camp absurdity of the thing. Charn is a deliciously villainous 'life is for profit' lawyer and Tinn is a soft, cosy, Labrador of a human. The untimely, heart breaking death of Tinn's niece brings the pair together to solve the mystery of how she died. There are lots of things you have to overlook with this but the central puzzles are good and intriguing and everyone's acting is good. (Watch this on dramacool if you're not in the states. The YouTube subs are absolute balls.) 4/5

My School President (series and Our Skyy) - I am older but I fall into the category of adult who was terrible at being a teen and, therefore, solidly enjoys good teen content and this is definitely that. Fourth & Gem do an excellent job as our leads and this show just serves you a consistent slice of fluffy delight. Their respective friend groups are also excellent and the Our Skyy concept gave me solidly genuine amusement. 4/5

Cutie Pie - Call me a hater but I'm just not a fan of Nu's 'brat' and Zee's 'brat tamer' dynamic. I think they're both probably better than this is but their fans LOVE that dynamic so I don't think they'll be escaping it anytime soon. This was just a bloated mess. 2/5

Love in the air - I am not a mame fan. I think she's a shit tier fanfic writer who needs some serious therapy. But when that women achieves casting excellence her shtick becomes pulpy and addictive. Everything about the plot is red flag central but you cant keep your eyes off. Personally I rated the FortPeat pairing higher than the BossNouel one but both had their charms. (I fast forward the gang rape scene because jesus fuck mame why.) 3/5

Wedding Plan - This was a thing that I watched. Boring, badly paced and didn't even get good spicy scenes because it was a partnership with GMMTV. Snooze fest. Unless you're a person who thinks Mame is actually a good writer, you won't get much from this. 1/5

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Let’s go for another year, shall we? Herein begins: Watchlist 2023!

Anything new to me will be marked with an asterisk (*).

Television series will only be listed by series completed.

New this year: films viewed in theaters will be marked with a plus (+)

Psych S2-4

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THE PALE BLUE EYE  |  New character poster with GILLIAN ANDERSON as Julia Marquis Coming to Netflix in January 2023

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WOMEN TALKING | Official Trailer (2022, dir. Sarah Polley) starring ROONEY MARA, CLAIRE FOY, JESSIE BUCKLEY, JUDITH IVEY and FRANCES MCDORMAND Only in theaters this December.

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2023: A Year in Review

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Rules: Link your favorite and most popular post(s) of each month of the year and tag some CCs friends

january & february

nothing for these months _(:3 」∠)_

march

most popular: jaewon looking longing lust at jihyun (the eighth sense) incredibly wild of jaewon lol favorite: this hotae & donghee moment (unintentional love story) they had me in a choke hold from ep 1 honorable mention 1: ai looking respectfully at songkram (destiny seeker) ai was incredibly dehyrated sdjfksf honorable mention 2: thor thinnaphan as porsche (boss and a babe) just... a man so beautiful i cried honorable mention 3: ken & lue + reverence (chains of heart) what a moment

april

most popular: jaewon & jihyun + dating (the eighth sense) and we cheered for their happy ending favorite: hotae and donghee talk (unintentional love story) this was a really good scene ;; the dialogue, donghee's expressions... honorable mention 1: songkram and ai attacking the single community (destiny seeker) people in love are yucky disgusting honorable mention 2: saint paramee as jaab (step by step) he's just some guy with beautiful hair

may

most popular: the eighth sense + each ep it was my first time doing these movie-poster type edits so that was fun favorite: unintentional love story + ships/characters stepped out of my comfort zone a bit and tried to make these bright and colorful honorable mention 1: before & after coloring challenge it's neat to look back on these :3 honorable mention 2: souta &mahiro + height difference (naked dining) we love height differences /well i do lol

june

most popular: get fluttered idiot (love tractor) our favorite farm boy falling in love favorite: thian borrowing lomfon's lap (la pluie) thian went full cat mode and we love it honorable mention: you're the worst (naked dining) this was so important and i'm glad mahiro stood up for himself and his feelings

july

most popular: unintentional love story just me messing around with fill layers really i wasn't very active in july _(:3 」∠)_

august

most popular: sing my crush miss them (ಥ﹏ಥ) again not very active here either lol

september

most popular: yang & phoomjai + wrecking the shop (love in translation) daou and offroad really ate this scene sdkjsfdsf favorite: yang & phoomjai's date (love in translation) the single community was slaughtered honorable mention: yang's feelings (love in translation) this was so good (ಡ‸ಡ)

october

most popular: yang certified freak (love in translation) the scream i scrumpt during this favorite: kiss montage (love in translation) still salty tumblr ate two gifs from this set honorable mention 1: affection (love in translation) the softness of it all honorable mention 2: 晚安 (wan an) (love in translation) they are just so !!!

november

nothing for this months _(:3 」∠)_

december

most popular: favorite kisses of 2023 (multi-drama) i thought adding the hearts was really funny favorite: characters that made me feral in 2023 (multi-drama) can't wait to do this for 2024 honorable mention 1: favorite couples of 2023 (multi-drama) i've already started my 2024 list honorable mention 2: favorite dramas of 2023 (multi-drama) not super pleased with the end result but oh well

Tagging: @kinnporsche @taikanyohou @pharawee @spicyvampire @zhaozi @ueasking @dengswei @guzhu-furen feel free to ignore (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡