Fish Upon the Sky (2021)

it feels mean

Listen I love pulp ridiculous shows with problematic characters, like I loved My Engineer, but FUTS is a failure at pulling that of.

I genuinely believe that if this story was done by a different director/screenwriter then I could have loved it. However, I feel like this director went into this show in bad faith.
In summary this show attempts to a lighthearted comedy filled with tropes and not meant to be taken seriously. I say attempts because it can't even manage that. Before I get into the negatives, I will say that I think the actors did as well as they could have, and I felt they were genuinely engaging and I would be glad to see them in other shows in the future. I also like the general premise of a shy, insecure person falling for someone the exact opposite and them both growing together, I also really like the rivals to lovers trope and how it could be used in this context.

Now to the negatives:
1. The comedy is about as subtle as a brick to the face, and there are many places that can work but this feels like what a 40 year old thinks people in their teens think is funny. It misses the charm and nuance that comes from comedy based around a group of peers or friends. In fact a lot of the humour feels mean, it feels like its reliance on making jabs at other characters, or worse in some cases. Which leads us to:

2. There is a part that is played for laughs that is racially insensitive towards Sikhs. This was called out when it aired and though I have criticisms of the response of those higher ups involved, I do have a hope that this leads to this not happening in future shows. The issue is that this once again shows a disconnect with the humour, it gives the show a low level feeling of being mean because of its reliance on punching down humour. It doesn't know how to be funny without being immature or trying to put someone else down.

3. I also feel like the pacing could use work, though I'm more forgiving of this knowing the set episode numbers. The middle episodes got realllll slow, which doesn't really fit the feel of the show.

4. The female representation. Not unique to FUTS, this is an issue in most BL series but there is a habit of BL series to either villainise, infatuated, or infantilise female characters. In FUTS, We see that with the 'twist' female character being the one behind things due to infatuation that they then got over in like 2 scenes. Of the very few other female characters they are toxic shippers which is reliant on the 'infatuated' element of villainising women.

5. Speaking of toxic shippers, They're generally bad and FUTS halfway tries to show that critically but does it with no pay off or development. They don't learn or get consequences. And here is another overarching element of FUTS: it is noticeable that the characters the show is trying to criticise with the shippers are either women or gay characters that are coded more feminine. Which brings me to one of my biggest critiques.

6.Mork. Just Mork. Mork is the prime example of my main critique of FUTS and its that I feel like the director went into the show in bad faith and was reliant on stereotypes. Mork's behaviour throughout the show is the light version of 'gay people are predators'. He is stalker-ish, dismissive to Pi's opinions and autonomy, manipulative and generally an uncomfortable character to watch. He spends the show pushing Pi's boundaries, talking down to him when he says he is uncomfortable and engaging in stalker behaviour but with the veneer of romanticising it. Pi isn't ready to tell people about their relationship, Mork says thats okay but acts otherwise. Pi is extremely uncomfortable with the shippers, so Mork goes to the shippers when Pi doesn't do what he want him to do.

I do not think it was the directors/screenwriters intent to be negative. I think they went in to this thinking they were making a show that was just a bit of fun. But the overarching feel of the show is that it was created by a middle age straight man whose view of gay people is unintentionally tainted by old stereotypes. Its not intentionally malicious, I think the director wanted to make a good show that did a gay romance well but didn't know how and so relied on water-downed versions of stereotypes without realising.
The result of this though is a show that feels like its mean to everyone and everything it could be with a beautiful assistant of over the top comedy distracting you from it. So if you want to watch it I say keep your eye on the beautiful assistant rather than what the magician is doing in the corner.

Lire davantage

it's cute & all but that's it..

While I've watched bls from gmmtv & really liked few of them , my overall opinion about the company & the type of bls it produces isn't that good. So I tend to avoid watching their contents. When I decided to watch this series I just wanted to see how it is & didn't have much expectations. Honestly I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the first few episodes but the series as a whole wasn't that fun for me.
The main lead Pi & his stupid antics during the first few episodes were so much fun to watch.
& then Pi's bro Duean.. he's such a crackhead always leading his bro to embarrassing situations with his dumb aadvices. also his love story was funny too. & the way the story switches between the main couple & the second couple was interesting & hilarious. But then as the story moved forward everything stopped being fun & I realised I wasn't enjoying it anymore. The couples are cute & all but I couldn't form any emotional connection with the characters & I realised there's nothing new in the plot that I haven't watched before.
Still I decided to complete it because I didn't have much episodes left to watch. At one point I just wanted to know how everything is going to end & I kept fast forwarding & skipping scenes.
Yeah it's cute & all but honestly the story don't have much depth. Watch it if you want something light & have lots of time to spare. You may or may not enjoy it. It depends on your mood & taste.

Lire davantage

Another Typical GMMTV series

This series was hard for me to get into only because it had aired right after one of GMMTVs greatest BL series ever, so going from a dramatic and serious tone to this comedic and crazy setting was a bit difficult for some reason. Sadly, this series didn't leave anything impressive for me to remember it months down the road, and it will surely be forgotten about after another handful of series are watched. It was another typical BL series with a boring plot, an even boring-ier setting, and one-dimensional characters plus a stalker.

Let's Dive In.

let's start with production and plot. As for settings and whatnot, nothing new, but, I really did like the OST. The plot was pretty simplistic and something we've seen played out many times before. There is nothing ugly about wearing glasses or braces, but I knew they needed something to drive the plot, so I was willing to look past that. One thing that I really enjoyed about this series was the way they changed the proportions of Duean and Meen's screens when they were on. It felt like I was watching another series but in a good way. I liked also how they had their own title to each episode, and really appreciated how much work was put into their screen time. A big pat on the back for that part. The craze-BL- fans' side plot ruined this series. I literally am begging GMMTV to stop these ridiculous crazy-BL-fans plots in literally every BL they make (TOTS is an exception cause it was a MASTERPIECE). The other side plots were not important and were just like any other series we've seen before. I was hoping there would be this big moral at the end of the series about loving oneself just the way they are, which we sort of got, but not in the way I was hoping for. It was more of, as long as you change the way you look than past you was okay.

Moving onto characters. this is unusual for me to start with the parents, but that's where I'm starting. I was absolutely in love with Pi's parents. They themselves had such a good relationship and I loved how flirty the dad was with the mom. I like how they were both super accepting of Pi's older brother's boyfriend, and the relationship with Pi and his mom. Moving onto Pi, I loved Phuwin's acting in this. He did a fantastic job at playing with the comedic side of this series. I think I liked him best when he did have braces and glasses more than when he was "fixed". Although Pi was a good character, he was still pretty typical and was far from my favorite. Moving of Duean, Neo's acting in this is 1000x times better than in Tonhon Chonlatee. Neo played this character almost perfectly. His actions, the tone of his voice, his emotions. I'm very proud of how much he has improved. Duean was one of my favorite characters. He was a little mean and hot-headed at times, but I just loved the choices that Neo made with this character, and how soft he was around Meen. Onto Meen, by far my favorite character. He was so pure and lighthearted that it was hard for me not to like him. This was my first time seeing Louis and I am a huge fan. The emotions of Meen, the actions of Meen, and literally anything else were so precious that I was just too excited for him and Duean. I loved his little water bottle around his neck and the way he held his bag when he walked, urgh, literally just everything. Moving on the Kitty gang I believe they're called, nothing spectacular or anything, but I got to see one of the twins, so I'm pleased with what we got there. Bam was an excellent friend in the beginning until she just wasn't by the end. I wish they wouldn't have had her sabotage Pi and Mork's relationship and just had her really be a supportive friend. Mueang Nan was amazing, but I might but a little bias just because I love Mix so much. We didn't get to see much of him after the first few episodes, but what we did get was really good. All in all, these characters didn't have much of a personality outside of being someone's love interest or a side plot. I would've loved to see them being anything else other than what they were.

Moving onto Mork who gets his own paragraph because he was the worst person ever. I see everyone praising Mork and thinking that he was the best boyfriend ever and how they wanted someone like him, but if this were real life, I promise you that Mork would've been sent a restraining order. There was nothing good about Mork at all. Sure he liked Pi and he was a decent boyfriend, but the excessive stalking made me completely lose any love that I had for this couple. For example, Pi minding his business in the cafe just casually drinking his coffee until he spills it and then leaves for two seconds just to go clean up, which was perfect enough time for Mr. creeper to swoop in and buy him another coffee. How did he know he was there? How come Mork would just randomly be wherever Pi was? This turned me off for real. And it didn't help at all that Pond's acting was stiff as a board. Being pretty can only get you so far. He had one factual expression and that was it. I would give him the benefit of the doubt because he's a rookie actor, but Mix is just as new as he is and Mix is fantastic. Besides Mork being a stalker, he was still not the overall perfect boyfriend that everyone was praising him for being.

Since the beginning, I wanted Nan and Pi together, and that just never changed. I really could care less for Pi and Mork. Their entire relationship was just boring and I felt no chemistry between them. The fact that their entire relationship was being broadcasted everywhere for these crazy obsessive fans was also a huge factor in my dislike for them. Nan just seemed like the better choice for Pi in my opinion, and I was kind of hoping those series would surprise us and have them end up together, but nope, no hope there. Meen and Duean were the cutest. They didn't end up together until the very end, but I still loved their dynamic. I loved Duean and how caring he was for Meen, and I liked how Meen cared for him too. I don't know why they made him out to be this super annoying person in episode one, cause after that, we don't see him act like that again.

Some other nit-picky stuff. All the kisses between the couples were super stiff and cringey. If there is to be a season two, then I hope these actors learn how to kiss or they'll be in trouble. The long stares hurt my soul so much, it added such awkwardness into the atmosphere that was super hard to get rid of.


Overall, this series will probably end up being forgotten about. I would recommend this to a person trying to get into BL, cause at the end of the day, it was still super lighthearted and an easy watch.

Lire davantage

the potential was there....

....but then they made mork basically not respect any of pi's boundaries. i just. why did pi fall for mork??? because in my opinion mork certainly did. a couple of things where i would be like "okay nope goodbye" even if he had nice moments in between

the lowkey stalkerish behaviour?? engaging with the shippers even though pi is clearly super uncomfy? him being kind pushy about pi liking him? like damn let the guy breathe... idk that kind of behaviour just doesnt sit well with me

it also felt rlly sudden that pi changed his mind and decided to date mork. did they realize that they ran out of episodes and needed to bring it to an end?
the writing in general isn’t great. the actors are doing a decent job but they can only do so much if the writing sucks

also wtf was that whole shipping thing, it was so creepy, pi you should have called the police

i did laugh at a few moments and i rlly liked the actors' performances but that only made the show bearable, not good

Lire davantage

Finally a well done BL comedy

For me this is the best BL drama of 2021 and i´ve watched a lot or at least the most popular ones (included Lovely Writer and ATOTS) , is a solid comedy bl, the script was okay, the acting is good so that means the directing is good too, there is no movie or series with a good acting and bad directing, both are conected, unless the cast included Meryl Streep.

Is a feel good comedy since the begining til the end, that consistence is rare to see in dramas these days even in korean ones.
The main characters have intersting personalites and they´re definitely not two dimensional, you can see their good and bad or flawed side, so when people said "GMMTV" ruined some character just sounds ridiculous to me because every character made mistakes and show humanity during the whole show, Pi being insecure, Mork being too insistent, Duean being inmature, Meen being naive. But it was cool to see that, there.

I feel taht this Show had a lot of references of popular culture, and even tought i couldn´t catch all, were used in a fun and interesting way.
About the editing for me it was okay, i mean, ther wasn´t unnecesary scenes, the pace wasn´t boring like in other dramas, and IDK so much in this field so for me the cut was fine.

The music is really good, fun and fresh here.

And finally i definetly could watch this any time, in a sad day ofor after being so busy just to feel good and change the mood.

Lire davantage

Started Out Promising, But Then…

Okay so this BL series started off really promising, but unfortunately I feel like as the episodes progressed further, I found myself becoming more annoyed. This review will be lengthy (Sorry)

What I liked:
DUEAN AND MEEN
- The highlight of the series was this pair. For most of the series their relationship was used as more of a comedic tool, not much drama. The two characters compliment each other’s personalities well. Unlike with the main pair, this relationship seemed to develop naturally on its own with unrecognized feelings beginning to grow between both characters. Duean’s comedic dialogue with the narrator was always hilarious. What I like the most about this pairing is that it didn’t turn into one of those typical ‘the manly, assertive type and the fragile, naive type’ while it’s intended that Meen’s character is naive and innocent-like, it is not cringey. And Meen often asserts himself with Duean. Would love for them to have their own series someday honestly. The portrayal of the characters by the actors was great. The actors themselves showed great chemistry with one another.

THE CHARACTER OF NAN
- Probably my favorite character of the series, despite having VERY limited screen time. Nan is understanding, open-minded, supportive, level-headed, and just overall so kind that I think everyone in the world would wish for him to be real and their friend. Nan plays a part in getting our two main protagonists together. However, I found myself sometimes not even minding if Pi had ended up with Nan. But would then quickly dismiss such thoughts because Pi is just... Unfortunately Nan is an under appreciated character that isn’t given enough screen time despite the writers of this series clearly implying that Nan has his own personal story that affects him, one which we never get a glimpse of details about until the VERY LAST EPISODE. Overall, just the best character of the series to me.

DUEAN’S FRIENDS
- These are a group of characters that, just like Nan, did not get much screen time. However, they definitely are like-able and memorable. Duean’s group of friends are loyal and supportive not just to Durean but also Pi. While they are often used for comedic relief, they also do well in giving Duean and Pi advice when needed.

What I didn’t like (Oh boy):

NORMALIZING TOXIC SHIPPING
- This is probably what I disliked the most about this series. The cringey shippers. At first I feel like the writers were doing well in addressing the harmful impact that the actions of these toxic shippers can have on the lives of the individuals they fetishize. Having Pi consistently express discomfort at their harassment was something I agreed with. However, that expression becomes redundant to his character arch and the story at the end of the series. Despite the harassment, stalking, invasion of privacy, all seems to be forgiven on behalf of Mork and Pi to the shippers because of a simple slideshow of pictures, TAKEN WITHOUT CONSENT, of Mork and Pi before they had come out as a couple to the world. Within the last minutes of the last episode the shippers are once again, for some reason that isn’t necessary at all, given screen time having them lurking behind a tree stalking another pair to fetishize about. This part of the plot definitely wasn’t necessary at all considering it doesn’t seem like there were consequences given nor had any character learned anything valuable from these experiences.

MORK’S SEEMINGLY OBSESSIVE AND MANIPULATIVE TENDENCIES
- Okay so overall, as a character, Mork was decent. I didn’t like the character nor did I dislike him. Beginning the series I found his pursuing of Pi respectful, not so pushy, sweet even. However as the series started reaching toward the later episodes I starting becoming more annoyed with his actions. He just became a lot more pushier, almost obsessive. It first started with the stalkerish behavior; consistently appearing in places that Pi is in. Then the whole ‘fake lover to make the person I’m pursuing jealous,’ is overused, and manipulative. I feel like it’s just counter productive in a way (at least in real life situations it probably would be). Yes, Mork is successful in making Pi jealous but that doesn’t mean Pi couldn’t have (and rightfully so) began even doubting Mork’s feelings for him after he’s consistently pestered him about said feelings. Maybe it’s just me but I think if someone is confused about their feelings for someone and looks unsure or uncomfortable with that someone’s advancements toward them, that confused person should be given space to relax and reflect. Not manipulated by a plot ‘oh look at me I’ve moved on so quickly from you despite earlier in the day reinstating my love to you.’ The whole thing of Mork’s engagement with the ‘fans’ that fetishize a relationship between them two is also I feel very manipulative.

THE EVIL FEMALE CHARACTER TROPE
- Speaking of the ‘fake lover to make the person I’m pursuing jealous’ plot… Okay so the writers had me fooled believing that they wouldn’t place the typical evil female character trying to come between our two main protagonists. But… that’s exactly what happened. When the female was introduced as Mork’s friend and ‘pretend lover’ I wasn’t particularly happy at all. As I mentioned before this whole plan seems counter productive and manipulative to me. However, then it seemed like the female was genuine with her motives, trying to get the two together. Until literally the last episode where she illogically admits to having feelings for Mork, therefore tries to sabotage the main protagonists’ relationship. 10minutes after said sabotage she’s helping Mork get back together with Pi… Honestly I felt she wasn’t needed in the series at all. The writers just used this evil female trope to create illogical and unnecessary drama. Also she was rather annoying as Mork’s pretend girlfriend. She also does not face any consequences for her actions, and half asses an apology…

UNNECESSARY EXCESSIVE FOCUS ON CERTAIN ISSUES OVER OTHER MORE VALID ISSUES
- This is probably what I found most irritating about this series. Issues that seemed the most interesting and would give more depth to the series, were either given a backseat or literally introduced in full display within the last episodes. For example, Pi’s insecurities. Beginning the series, Pi had relatable issues such as being timid and insecure. However these valid issues seemed to be overshadowed with the writers consistently displaying Pi’s feelings for Nan, then his doubt of his feelings for Nan, then his denial of his feelings for Mork as Mork becomes more pushy and obsessive. It would have made the series more relatable, easier to feel sympathy for Pi, had the writers focused the whole ‘denial of feelings for Mork’ montage more associated with Pi’s insecurities about himself and not clinging onto his feelings for Nan. Just having him consistently deny and reject Mork because.. He just wants to??? Felt really unnecessarily prolonged. The writers started doing what I just suggested within the last few episodes of the series. AND this only seemed to be triggered into action because of the evil female trope and the toxic shipping, not something he’s been dealing with consistently throughout the series. (Side note; instead of showing back and forth chasing and rejecting between Mork and Pi, the writers should have cut that short to give Nan and his story more screen time, but I digress.)

PI’S LACK OF LIKE-ABILITY AS THE SERIES PROGRESSED
- At first this character seemed relatable, like-able, quirky. I even found him to be really adorable in the beginning episodes. But then I just started becoming increasingly more annoyed with his actions and his character as the series progressed. Just like with the character of Mork, I didn’t like nor dislike this character. It was just more of a ‘Meh’ feeling.

Overall:
- This series I would classify as average/decent. It had a lot of potential to be better especially with the issues the writers were trying to introduce but then gave a backseat to. The side couple shined brighter than the main couple, for me. Unfortunately so much drama that could have been placed within the earlier episodes was subjected to the last two episodes and felt unnecessary or rushed. (Side note; the pacing of this series was kinda strange) The acting was decent as well, there were a lot of cringey moments that had me having to pause and reflect but there were cute cringey moments as well (Duean and Meen kings of cute cringey moments). I personally wouldn’t watch the series again, at least not all the way through. Maybe just Duean/Meen and Nan moments I’d rewatch only. I’m aware there will be people that do not agree with my points and feel otherwise. However, I ask that my opinions about this series be respected and I will also respect the opinions of others. The final thing I want to say is that NAN DESERVES HIS OWN SERIES PLEASE.

Lire davantage

Another 2gether thing

I wish I had known this is by the same writer as 2gether and TOL, so I didn't have to waste my time. Not bad, per se, just not my cup of tea.
This is comedic, a little exaggerated kind of comedy.
Both main characters are stalkers, basically, which is alright. Good acting, good-looking actors.
The story is kind of crappy though. Stalking your crush is one thing, but not protecting your crush from other stalkers and even encouraging this bad behavior is just awful.
Mork doesn't take no for an answer, he dared to call Pi's feelings towards Nan as obsession, while he himself has been stalking Pi from the get go. There's also the whole issue with the chatting with Pi anonymously while also talking him irl without telling him he's the same person, though that's resolved early-ish?

I understand Pi's aversion to 'friends' given his experience -betrayal, bullying, taken advantage of-, so I understand he wouldn't want to become friends with Mork either.
IDK, I'm too tired for this and I don't want to analyze this series further.

note: Deuan and Meen are not too bad though. Interesting characters.
note 2: Mix is so damn good-looking and soft and adorable here. I'm glad he didn't play main CP in this omg thank God. He's perfect as the perfect dream guy Nan.

Lire davantage

A really enjoyable show. Light and funny.

First and foremost, this series is nothing really as special because it's quite typical like other BL series, however it was really entertaining for sure. And that's why I later LOVE this series. I honestly watch this series because there wasn't much new interesting Thai BL shows out there during that time. I also knew a bit of Phuwin in some of his previous series, which was the only reason why I watched this show. To be honest, I don't even recall their pilot trailer from last year too lol.

I really had no expectations in the first place, but I gave it a try even though it's another university theme. At first, I thought Pi was annoying in some ways, or the way they portrayed Pi was kind of annoying, but because we see him being a loner and was bullied, you cut some slack for his character at the beginning. As the story progress with his transformation, I feel that's when Pi's character started to be less annoying and we start to see a side of him wanting to better himself. I personally do think that Phuwin played Pi's character really well. He's a guy who literally has social anxiety and have trust issues. His only support is just his own brother Duean mainly. You can see lots of emotions and facial expressions Phuwin has when he plays Pi. I think this is why I think he's actually the perfect fit for the role Pi.

As for Pond who plays Mork was also a good candidate for the role as well. Since Pond is still a new actor, you can see that he's still somewhat a newbie, lacking a bit of facial expressions at certain situations within the show. However, I think he fits the role of Mork really well too. For whatever reason, Pond's staring tend to give serious emotions. I feel that the series tend to focus on his eye contacts with Phuwin to build that love connection within the series. I'm not gonna lie, I always stare into Pond's eyes about half of the time in the show lol. His sexy jawline and sexy lips came afterward lol. Oh and his sexy voice too lol.

Aside the two main roles, Neo who played Duean was also perfect as well. When you look at Neo, he really has this comedian vibe with him and I think he would fit in lots of comedy roles too. He's actually perfect for his role. For Louis, I feel like he somehow fit the role Meen too. He has this child-like vibe when you look at him. Overall I think the director chose the perfect people for the roles.

What I do like about this show is that it shows the struggles of self confidences specifically in gay men, although it didn't dive deep into it at all. Gay men do have their own set of insecurities too. I like the fact that this series shows that just because you have changed or transform yourself, it's a lot harder than it seems. In reality, that's the truth for most people. It takes a long time to gain self confidence (including with therapy or not). For some, it's not a big deal, but for someone like Pi, it's an everyday struggle for them. I like how realistically the show portrays this well within the series.

Usually in other BL shows, there's complications about the main characters sorting how and why they are gay, but it's refreshing to see that the main characters Pi, Mork, and Muang Nan didn't go through those complications and struggles. Of course it's important as well, but it nice to see that they already accept themselves as gay and this doesn't take too much focus away from the show's plot. I like it how it just really focus on the story instead. And honestly, most gay guys in real life do not go for straight men because most of the time, it's nearly impossible to turn a straight guy to like men anyways. So another plus for me in this series is that Pi did not go for a "straight" guy... which is also quite refreshing to see something like this in a long time too. We also don't see anything like "I'm not gay, but I only like you" kind of senerio as well. For me, that's also another plus and truly refreshing to see because I've just seen so much of that situations in BL genre in general.

I also really love the originality aesthetics of the show. I like it how when Pi talks to Mork on Facebook, and everything turns dark with the blue light in the background and we see only Mork's bottom half of his face with Pi. With the fish tank noise in the background, it's like they were two fishes talking to each other lol. I'm gonna miss that a lot because it's was very unique within the show. Then they had the ending balloon scenes too. The balloon confession scene was also unique to the show too.

I think the plot is indeed typical in itself, but I think Fish Upon the Sky really set their version well. Most of the time in other romantic comedy BL shows, I feel like they tend to focus on the comedy at the beginning and focus on the romance later. As the show goes on, it tend to lose a bit of the comedy along the way while I think Fish Upon the Sky does pretty at maintaining the comedy and romance throughout the whole series. That's a thing I really like about the show. It really kept me wanting to come back for the comedy every Friday. And for those who truly like the show, episode 10 has got to be the best episode within the whole series packed with both comedy and romance lol.

There are some issues in the show that I thought it would have been better if they elaborate more and it would definitely make this show a lot better to understand. For example, especially when Pi found out that Mork was the secret friend talking to him all along, I feel like the show didn't elaborate that much on Pi's feeling towards Mork being the secret friend in order for Pi to actually accept Mork's feeling in episode 10. We see that he has conflicted thoughts and thinkings of Mork throughout the series, but I don't recall a scene where Pi says to himself "I do like Mork" or something like that. Maybe it's in the novel, but doesn't show as much within the show. We often see glimpses that Pi has heartbeats when he sees Mork, and swoon by Mork's touches, but we don't know if he actually really like Mork that much, or he's annoyed with Mork the whole time because we see him reacted negative when Mork tries to get at him. I did feel like they brushed it off a bit too easily, although it's actually a serious problem in real life. That's the only thing I wish the show elaborate more. Maybe if they added a scene where Pi talked it with Mork more about being the secret friend and forgives him about being the secret friend on Facebook, then maybe the relationship would turn out more realistic overall. I did like it how the show elaborate that the shippers and Mork going beyond Pi's privacy were too much. People found out about Pi's home and things about his family. I wish the director would have done a better scene turnout for the whole secret friend thing.

I don't need to talk about the whole fan girls thing and the shipping because I'm sure people talked about it enough lol. I know the shippers are annoying and creepy in real life, but they were kinda funny within the show. I actually enjoyed watching the shippers too (please don't hate at me lol).

One thing I am gonna be a bit disappointed about is that there wasn't enough sweet moments between Mork and Pi when they both became a couple publicly lol. I swear if this show had like 1 or 2 more episodes, the story and the couple screen time would feel more complete overall. I'm just not satisfied enough that we didn't get to see Mork and Pi sweet moments as an official couple publicly lol. I really hope that it's possible for a special episode, special movie, or a special short season 2 to complete it all.

Overall, I ended liking this show more than I expected. I had seriously no expectations of this series, but because of the right comedy and the cuteness of this show, I enjoyed it a lot. It was really a lay-back show where you didn't have to concentrate so much and the problems were resolved easily. The comedy was always there too. It just made laugh majority of the time watching it. I truly recommend this series if you just want to have a good laugh and don't expect anything too much. Plot-wise it's not the best, but aside that, it's really enjoyable. I've watched this show like 3 times and I can't stop re-watching. Maybe this how it must feel when other people were crazy about 2gether, Tharntype, Sotus, and so on, while I wasn't crazy about those other shows lol. This show just happened to be one of my favorites for this year.

Lire davantage

A True Fish In The Sky

My initial impression going into this drama was that it was going to be a fun, lighthearted romantic comedy. The characters seemed promising as did the story. But it very quickly imploded and what was left was a drama with a problematic romance, very little genuine comedy, disappointing characters and a story that was an utter disaster. Top that off with poor acting, a mediocre OST, terrible pacing, and unnecessary drama and as a whole it just was not worth my time to watch.

The story is a mess. It's not told well and the more you watch, the worse it gets. And it started off relatively promising. I liked the idea of Pi as something of an ugly duckling, unpopular, clearly deeply insecure, someone that was easy for others to take advantage of. And I liked the idea of Mork who loved him unconditionally, regardless of his looks. It seemed like a set up for a sweet story. Except that Pi likes Mork's best friend and thought Mork was his love rival and his animosity towards Mork because of this goes on for far too long. It's clear that he's fallen for Mork, but he keeps resisting and resisting, and eventually it just gets boring because nothing is happening or changing. It also didn't make sense that Pi can't believe that Mork would like him and he keeps pushing him away because he's afraid that he'll be affected by his lack of popularity, and yet, he confesses to Nan, so would none of that be an issue if Nan reciprocated his feelings?

As the drama progresses, it becomes more and more obvious that Pi is a selfish, bitter person. He becomes very difficult to like because he's generally just a jerk a lot of the time. And Mork, for all that he professes to love Pi, not only essentially stalks him and manipulates him, but also clearly doesn't respect him. Pi asks him to stop doing various things numerous times and Mork just keeps doing what he wants to do. Getting Pi is clearly more important to him than respecting his boundaries, thoughts, opinions and feelings. Furthermore, their relationship just felt uneven with Mork constantly giving and Pi constantly taking. Mork, despite his flaws, was always there for Pi and Pi would take advantage of that care and then push Mork away the second he didn't need him any longer.

The second couple is better. The progression of their relationship is smoother and more believable over all. They seem to be on more equal footing and have more of a mutual respect for each other. And when Duean does disregard Meen's boundaries, once he realizes it, he reflects on it and then he apologizes. Kind of ironic that the most immature guy in the show is the one who is the most self-aware, at least in that aspect. However, I did struggle with understanding why exactly Meen liked Duean. They were such polar opposites, and while we got to see Duean's feelings develop through his eyes, we didn't get that same benefit with Meen. Duean, with his juvenile antics, disinterest in school, and general attitude just did not seem like the type of person that would catch Meen's attention.

To top it all off, we had Prik and Kluea as the crazy fans. I know they were supposed to be there for more comedy, but I just found them creepy. How do you not realize that stalking people and secretly taking their pictures and posting them without their consent is a huge no-no? I wanted to like Prik initially because she did delete the fan page and seemed to realize that what they had done was wrong, but I was very disappointed when she gave in to Kluea so easily when he wanted to start it back up. Like seriously, girl, likes and views are more important than someone's privacy? I kept hoping that they would learn their lesson and realize that what they were doing was not okay, but then at the end we have them shipping a new couple so clearly they learned nothing. And then there was Bam. For all that these networks have to know that women are probably their primary audience when it comes to BLs, they love to vilify women in them. This drama had a grand total of two women with any kind of real roles, aside from Pi's mother, and I was really hoping that Bam would be a positive one. And at first it seemed like she was. She came across as the supportive friend, determined to help Mork and then, once he and Pi got together, helping to disguise their relationship. It was disappointing when that all turned out to be a lie and she actually wanted Mork to herself. I am glad that she apologized to Pi, but there were no consequences for her actions. Mork seems to have forgiven her, Pi immediately forgives her and acts like it wasn't a big deal and she gets a new guy right after. Basically, if there's a theme to this drama, its that your actions don't have consequences, everything will turn out sunshine and rainbows no matter what.

The pacing is horrifically slow in large part because everything is so incredibly repetitive. It just feels like there is no progression in the story really for the first nine or ten episodes and then suddenly we're blazing towards the finish because we have to try to wrap everything up. I hate that so many Thai dramas do that. I truly don't understand why it is so hard to write a script that has a measured pace.

The acting was underwhelming to say the least. I've seen both Pond and Phuwin in a few things now and I have officially come to the conclusion that they are pretty faces and that's about it, Pond in particular. The man is just so one note. There is no depth of emotion, no feeling to his expressions or his voice. I recently saw him and Phuwin in Never Let Me Go and frankly, there's not that much difference in their acting between this drama and that one despite the fact that they are totally different characters. Phuwin has the opposite problem from Pond and tends to overact more, but there's a repetitiveness to the way he overacts. In both cases, they just get boring to watch. Their chemistry is negligible and what there is comes across as more buddy than romantic. Normally I like Neo. He's a good actor and he has range, but he was so over the top here that I found him more annoying than endearing. The comedy felt forced a lot of the time. I blame the director for that though, not him. And despite everything, he did have some genuinely funny moments. Louis had the strongest performance. Like Neo, he's a good actor with range, and I felt he did a good job in his role. He and Neo have great chemistry and I would love to see them together as leads in their own drama.

The few positives I have are that I do like the title. I'd never heard that phrase used before and I found it unique, sad, and beautiful. I also liked the subtle touches that went along with the title. Things like the star pillow on Pi's bed, the way he kept Nan's picture in the slats above his bed like a star, the clips that Pi and Duean had, the fish keychains Duean has, and the conch shaped light fixture at Mork's house to name a few. I also liked that when Pi and Mork were having their conversations, the lighting turned blue and you could hear the sound of waves. To me it signified that they were supposed to be a match because ultimately, they were both fish in the sea and were within reach of each other.

This could have been a good drama. With a better script and better characters who were actually developed and grew with the story, it could have been. Instead, what we got was something mediocre and even that's being generous. It tried so hard to be funny and so many of the jokes just fell flat or were just unnecessary. And the main romance was just toxic and unnecessarily dragged out. All that being said, this isn't a drama I can recommend. There are others out there that are far superior and actually worth your time.

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YES....FOR ALL THE BAD REASONS

Well well well....lets just be frank...

In FUTS you wont find the sweet bitter depth of "I told the sunset about you"....you wont find the anticipation of "Light on me"...you wont find the realistic maturity of "Kinou Nani Tabeta? " or "Life: Senjou no Bokura".
You will find the core of the urban legend called "Ugly Betty". The basic information of inner and outer metamorphosis,
So why should you see it?????
Because, exactly as life would ask you... Why so serious?

So it's childish stupid, it's provocative annoying and, above all this... I wish you love...no wait that's some lyrics from Whitney Houston .....above all these...IT IS FUN.
WATCH IT FOR FUN, FOR NOT TROUBLING YOUR MIND AND FOR HAVING A GOOD TIME. IT WORKS.
Why it works despite the above? Because the actors are capable and committed to that cause, because nobody will try to pass you a deep meaning (most of the times), because you see happy young boys and girls being stupidly cheerful just for you.

Enjoy their good work.

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IT'S SO CUTE!! Not to mention so close to reality!

Istg- I don't know why some people are saying it's not worth it or whatever, but it's really sweet! Not to mention how good Phuwin(Pi) is at acting! The story is pretty relatable as well, one who loves himself, but at the same time is not confident in himself because of how the outworld treats him... And MorkXPi's story is so fun! Not to mention how it tackled all the 'toxic-shipping' culture in real life which leads to stalking and privacy invasion which is literally an offence! The side characters and ship are hilarious as well! I really am not a fan of a lovey-dovey couple and stories, so it was fun to see a story where the lead does not really care much about his image in front of another lead and initiates fun more than cheese stuff~

It may not be a deep plot story, but it is so pragmatic and relatable, especially Pi's character, most teens nowadays have the same issue of anxiety and paranoia as Pi's character in the series...

Overall, It's really a fit if you need something that's got comedy and romance balanced with actuality as plot~ and is not too heavy to comprehend and is all-around fun to watch~ Yes, it is indeed something that'll give you second-hand embarrassment but in a laughable manner, not cringe. The only flaw that I catch is Pond(Mork's) acting... He is a rookie and the feat is not to the point of bad but is just not good enough, there was a lack of sensation on his side...

To sum it up, FUTS is indeed one of the gold mine stories of GMMTV I'd say, truly a down-to-Earth and Rom-Com <3

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