Absolute Zero (2023)

"Good movie eh?"

Take a break from the copy paste story of most Thai BLs and make a gift to yourself by watching this original story.
No evil ex, no boring unsolved misunderstandings, no cliché, pure story and character evolution.
Extremely underrated good drama with smart script and really good acting. Slow pace yes but not always unnecessary.
I am very impressed by the gradual character building, the completeness of the story and the keen attention to detail.
Nothing is missing, nothing is left to chance, everything is on point.
The actors are asked to play the same story from a different time point of view and from a different age maturity and they do it EXCELLENTLY.
They say it's not for everyone, I say it's for you who are reading this and appreciating the above qualities in a drama.
PS. Some writing choices seem vague, if you isolate them, but feats to the concept of the story and the characters.

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uma trama meio criminosa e meio confusa, porém vale a pena assistir

várias novelas que tem a temática de viajar no tempo sempre tem as mesmas regras. 1ª: sempre há um gatilho pra viagem, como por exemplo em animes como tokyo revengers no qual o protagonista viaja apertando a mão do irmão da ex namorada dele, 2ª: **geralmente** o protagonista acorda no corpo dele mesmo no passado e 3ª: o protagonista sempre tenta mudar oq vai acontecer no futuro.
eu sinceramente não gosto que sigam todas essas regras necessáriamente já que eu assisto tanto dramas com viajem no tempo que essas 3 regras chega até ficar chato porque você sabe oq vai acontecer, apesar disso absolute zero não segue essas regras.
sinceramente eu acho que não havia necessidade nenhuma de ter mais de 3 visões durante o seriado (a do suasoon do passado, a do ongsa e do suasoon do futuro sem o ongsa) pq acaba q fica confuso mesmo sabendo q o ongsa vai ficar com todas as memórias (tanto as do passado quanto as do futuro).


(a seguir vem a minha indiguinação que contém spoilers cruciais da série então você vai ler por sua conta em risco, não é minha culpa se você ler já que esse é o segundo aviso de spoiler)
também tem aquela questão do age gap... cara... a relação do casal principal da série se baseou em um adulto de quase 30 anos se aproximando do amor da vida dele de 10 anos atrás (a série se passa em 2008-2018 apesar de ter sido lançada em 2023), e o pior de tudo, é que o ongsa realmente se apaixona por alguém teóricamente 10 anos mais velho do que ele. sei que suasoon e ongsa teriam a mesma idade em 2008 PORÉM O SUASOON DE 2018 TEM QUASE 30 ANOS ENQUANTO O ONGSA NÃO ERA NEM MAIOR DE IDADE QUANDO A HISTÓRIA DE COMO ELES REALMENTE SE CONHECERAM PELA PRIMEIRA VEZ, sério, apesar disso, é uma trama bem reconfortante se você tiver tempo já que todos os episódios possuem mais de 40 minutos de duração além dos episódios mais pra perto do final que começam a ter 50.

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Mixed feelings

This is an absolutely brilliant 10/10 story! But the one thing that bothered me about the show, bothered me a lot. I'm glad I stuck with it though, because the story is profound. In addition to the right-person/wrong-time element, which was deep in and of itself, it got me thinking about the extra layers. Like: if you knew you could have something unbelievably wonderful for a while, but it would end in devastating heartbreak and terrible pain, would you still pursue it or give it up entirely? In reality, this question is often minimized, but the drama takes it seriously and explores how painful and terrifying such a choice would actually be. It also explores how your final decision might change as you get older.

As well as the profound story, there's plenty more to love. The music is great. The production is great. The setting is awesome. The entire cast is super talented. And the actual age and age-gap of the characters is reasonable.

So... why the mixed feelings?

Because Old-Soon looks way too old, and Young-Ongsa's age is not clarified early enough. Why is this a problem? Well, visually, we have a middle-aged man flirting with a high-schooler.

BUT WAIT!! Didn't I just say I had no problem with the characters' actual ages and age-gap? Yes, that's true. The characters are actually 18 and 28, so they are both adults and only ten years apart. I have no complaints about that. HOWEVER! No amount of telling myself Old-Soon is only 28 could make me believe him younger than 40. And Young-Ongsa looks 15, and we don't learn otherwise until ep10. As I've said, the actors are amazingly talented! I really can't stress that enough. But dramas are a visual media, and when pairing a high-schooler and older man, it's nice to be considerate of the audience and not make it look like a 40-year-old is sharing a bed with a 15-year-old. Personally, I think they needed to state Young-Ongsa age earlier, and recast Old-Soon to look the character's actual age.

Again, I stuck with the drama because there is so much to love, and I'm glad I did. And even the bits that bothered me may not both others, so I recommend anyone interested in the premise give it a go and decide for yourself.

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One of my favorite Time traveling BLs so far

Ok so...
I have pretty much spent this year watching BL's and at last count I have watched roughly 50/60 different series. I know we are only on Episode 10 and still have 2 to go but unless something drastically horrible happens in the last two episodes I don't think it will change my mind about this series.

When you compare this to the many other time travel/parallel universe BL's I think for me it is by far in my top 3. my all time favourite being "until we meet again". I think when watching these kinds of BL's you kind have have to ignore the plot holes otherwise you start to question the entire series. For me this has so far been very interesting to watch and the Acting and chemistry between the Characters is amazing. Especially the younger versions of the leads. Shout out to Tor-Supakorn who in my opinion is the stand out actor in this series.

I get what people are saying about the slow pacing to begin with, especially in the first 2/3 episodes, but for me that was part of the charm of this series. Honestly I am not afraid to say that in episodes 9/10 I was literally a full grown man balling his eyes out at the tv screen. Personally if a series can make you feel real emotions then the writers and actors have done their job to be honest. Anyway I am really looking forward to the final 2 episodes and I am hoping I wont have to come back and downgrade my original scores.

Happy Viewing Everyone

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Heart warming

Loved this series, but episode 12 kind of leaves you hanging for more. Will there be a season 2? I sure hope so. Talk about true love… WOW when you truly love someone there isn’t anything you wouldn’t do for that person. You will go the extra mile and do whatever it takes to be with the one you love the most……….

Loved this series, but episode 12 kind of leaves you hanging for more. Will there be a season 2? I sure hope so. Talk about true love… WOW when you truly love someone there isn’t anything you wouldn’t do for that person. You will go the extra mile and do whatever it takes to be with the one you love the most……….

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Great concept - Binged it - Rewatch? Yes.,..but,

Spoilers - but, maybe it will help you follow and figure it out.

Binged this because there was enough detail to make this an interesting and compelling series. But, with the choices made by the writers/director - it created issues that will have you reaching for the fast forward button - often.

With any time travel story - you will have issues. People still argue the existence of the pocket watch in Somewhere In Time (a movie you see on the shelf at the DVD store in this series). Where did the watch come from - originally - if the person from the past gets it from the person from the future but, the person from the future got it from the person from the past - in the present? See what I mean?

We see the DVD store owner becomes integral to the story. He initiates the contact and allows it to unfold - each time (three times). He is always there for guidance - a wonderful mentor/guide. He even makes a decision when the characters finally get it right.

Here's the issue...because we have been fed so much information, when the story moves through the second phase - we already know the outcome - there are almost entire episodes that are a waste of your time. Does it really matter that we get to see their relationship develop when we know the outcome? And, while I understand a time traveler choosing a moment - why wait until a week before the event to make an appearance? Love and sacrifice are already established and understood.

I would have preferred to see where Ongsa went before Suansoon rejoins the present than to see the relationship develop - in detail - the second time (a given that could have been handled with references and a few flashbacks). Create a story where we want to follow what everyone is doing. Not waiting while they have their five minute stares at each other while the soundtrack plays.

Spend less time in phase two and expand phase three/the end. I loved how every character realized that they went through this before but, couldn't quite put their finger on it. Let's see more of that.

I really liked this series for going so deeply into a thought/story that others have not gone before. Would love to see this done by the Koreans with their larger budgets and stronger writers.

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The content of the series is unique

When you watch the series just finished each episodes because you will find your selves crying because each episodes will make you cry.....??.If you want the to understand the story just watch the series without dubbing, find with subtitles. The actor portrait well each characters.
I love this series and highly recommended BL series. This is my first time to gave nice review for korean series, thai series and vietnam series . Watch the series from episode 1 to episode 12.

Abosolute Zero is the best Bl Series that makes me cry for every episodes.

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I am so enjoying this series - and have been able to keep up from the accidental time travel back for Soon (the meteor shower before the tunnel) to who is who thus far. I don't think that Soon intentionally traveled back but that it happened and that he found himself 10 years earlier in time. The acting is so amazing that you can see and FEEL the love between the 2 leads both younger and older. The age gap didn't bother me - I know so many couples gay and straight with large age gaps. But there feelings and emotions say it all. One can tell that they belong together. And that's all that matters.
I am looking forward to continuing watching this even though I am crying during every episode. I have been good thus far and not looked at any spoilers but if there is one thing we all know - it's that destiny (or fate) will not be denied. I am sure it will end as it is supposed to and with a lot more tears to come.
On an aside, think a minute about yourself accidentally going back in time - would you change anything???

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