Be Mine SuperStar (2023)

Without the top tier actors, this series would have flopped.

It always warms my heart when I can see Ja and First on screen. The juvenile, imbecilic role given to Ja is a testament of his professionalism. He played being servile very well — the rounded shoulders and ducked head were so unlike any of his other characters that I have seen. Also, I’ve never seen First in a role that’s so serious and reserved. Like the true professional, experienced actor he is, he seemed to work around the poor direction whenever he could.

The story idea was a good one, but the director’s execution not so much. Such a waste of top tier actors’ talent. I enjoyed following the secondary story of Muang and Ning. The supporting actors did a fantastic job of it. The bickering agency managers became annoying very quickly. I watched all the episodes, but I won’t re-watch it.

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Onsen (Japanese hot spring) is not a place to make love.

I'm a fan of JaFirst and I mostly enjoyed this drama.

However, I have to say as a Japanese, that the onsen (Japanese hot spring) is not a place to make love, especially from a hygienic standpoint. Sometimes the water is circulated.
And also, there was a scene Ashi and Title went together in a small onsen, but the situation never happens in reality. Small onsens are for families or lovers, not for friends.

Another point is, Mr. Tanada was really weird and looked like a swindler or something rather than a film director. I want to ask writers why they made him like that.

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Two catty managers bitching each other, ft. Fanboy cringefest

Okay, so usually I dont like to write reviews until the whole series is done, but I figured that as I am already dropping it, I might as well say I what I think.

First, the managers need to go. I am sure their rivalry/plot-arc is gonna be the reason the drama eventually happens in the series but for now they are just eating too much screentime. I also have a feeling that this big rivalry is just a pointless case of miscommunication and it will be resolved in like 5 mins at the end of ep 10.

Moving on, as a fangirl, I can understand Ja/Punn to an extent but that overly stupid puppy shtick doesn't make for a good show. The cringe factor and secondhand embarrassment is just too much, but I am not gonna say anything because I too was in his shoes (or maybe even worse, coz I have thrown a massive tantrums and gotten physically violent when my sister touched my stuff. Of course, we would work it out later, but that's a different story). Putting that aside, it's not funny either.

I am not a fan of DSN but I liked the chemistry between Ja and First. But in this show, I felt...nothing. In fact, for the whole 3 episodes, apart from that one night stand between Mung and the doctor, for the whole 3 episodes my expression was the exact same as the female lead (Vorra) when the managers started fighting in ep 1, which is basically "just finish already so I can go back to scrolling youtube shorts". Watching paint dry is more exciting.

I do hope the story picks up now that the leads have finally met. I might give it another try after a few more weeks, but for now this it.

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Opinions are like armpits...here's mine

So I've adored JaFirst since TharnType 2. Ja's stoic, serious, mature character silently loving the misguided and acting out First's character. Then in Don't Say No, more of that (still adoring them) but with First showing up in that amazing red suit in the last episode...whew! First killed that scene (and the twins rocked their characters in that scene too). I watched Don't Forget Me, or whatever it's called, as well and enjoyed their slightly different characters in it. So watching Be Mine Superstar was a no brainer for me. I've already watched through episode 7 and wanted to come leave a comment only to read the onslaught of negative reviews. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and a comment section gives freedom to express those opinions but my heart hurt for Bosston, Ja and First after just reading a few.
Bosston: I thought you did great in Between Us and was excited to see you again in this drama. IMO your character reminded me of the many secondary, advice and encouragement giving roles that Khaotung has played. You gave your character the same sincerity, generosity and friendship as he does but with a bit of comic relief thrown in on occasion. Well done, handsome!!! You and your doctor are adorable.
Ja: Can I just say that I'm happily surprised by the innocent, happy, cute character you portrayed?!? After all the seriousness of your other characters...to watch you smile, laugh, bounce happily, and be playful has been so much fun! As always, your chemistry with First is great.
First: Wow! Your character is graceful, charming, mature and beautiful. Per usual, your chemistry with Ja is amazing. There's not much that can top the red suit entrance at the end of Don't Say No but I sure am enjoying seeing you play a different type of character. Fighting!

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Péssima produção

Tinha tudo para ser um lakorn maravilhoso de bom, principalmente porque tem o Ja e o First que são bons demais em atuar, mas a produção é péssima. Uma coisa é não ter orçamento direito para fazer algo que incrivel qualidade e outra é entregar um trabalho pobre em edição, furo em roteiro que daria para arrumar se lessem novamente o trabalho e falta de cuidado atenção com cenário, pois tem furos no roteiro, no cenário e PASMEM até na novela que é filmada no meio da série é cheia de furo. O casal principal é fofo até, e eu gosto muito da química deles mesmo que o Punn seja um bobão, ele cobsegue ser fofo e ele consegue entender as coisas. Agora o casal secundário é problemático e pronto. O cara transa com o muang la uma vez e diz que não repete a dose, o muang vai la e fica atrás dele o tempo todo e sempre recebe um não e ai quando vê o cara bêbado vai e se aproveita dele, plot horrivel estilo BL de 2013. Espero que o First e o Ja consigam atuar em coisas melhores....

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Twisted logic in the story but fun!

If you spend more than a nanosecond of time analyzing this series, you will find it so logically implausible and with the story so full of holes that literally make no sense, it will make your head spin. But if you watch it merely for its pure entertainment and put yourself on the couch with ‘Grandma’ and watch it as a Soap Opera, you will love it. I loved it, so I guess I sat next to Grandma. (You will get the reference if you watch the series. I do wish she had a bigger role. She was so entertaining). In general, there are two main characters, two more or less minor characters, and a slew of supporting characters, one of whom really steals the series, while others should have been written out of the series or actually never written in.
You can read the rest of my review at BLBliss.com.

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I thought this was cute!

😭😭😭 I thought this was adorable. I didn't like them much in TharnType or Don't Say No, but I ended up loving this! I like that their dynamics switched in these roles compared to the roles they usually take on personality wise.

The cringe parts are phased out after a few episodes, they're also intentional and I found them funny, but that's just me.

It IS funny to me that out of everything that happened, the notes are what did them in. The episode 11 curse. 😂 but overall this was a pretty low angst show and I had no issues with the NC scenes, they were all well done!

I tend to like most BLs that get review bombed. 😂 I enjoyed it. Super cute and hilarious!

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I couldn’t even bring me to finish the second episode..

2 stars for the cast only, who couldn’t even bring a real acting in this series bc of the horrible plot and screenwriting of this whole mess!

The audio, the editing and the camera work were awful, and I’m not even adding the huge amount of unnecessary dialogues between side characters, drastically decreasing the whole show’s attractiveness…

I really felt like I was watching a BL series of 5 years ago, when they didn’t even have enough budget to make a movie and still make a whole series with so little.. I couldn’t even watch 5 minutes without skipping the 3 next minutes or I’d be dead bored..

After all very disappointing ! Don’t waste your time on this one yall !!!

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This is horrible

I love showbiz romance to death, so I decided to give it a try regardless of its rating, but... it's somehow even worse than expected...

The acting is bad, the plot is EXTREMELY bad and the main leads have poor chemistry as a result of the imbalance in their relationship. It's extremely cheesy in an unrealistic, appalling way that displays no knowledge of how anything works, despite being shot on set by a team in the film industry (huh?). First, the way that Punn immediately assumes he got the intern job on set is... extremely cringe. 2, he has no experience and the way he presents himself so cluelessly is giving me secondhand embarrassment, and how the hell did he land such an internship? Is that how things work in Thailand? lol. At least PAs where I were don't get work like that--and not as an intern, but a PA. His motives are so impure that where I am, he'd never have been hired.

(EDIT: IT TURNS OUT (((SPOILERS)))))) that Punn liked Ashi even before he became an actor lmao so... that's fair)
Secondly, that none of the actors avoid him (and even encourage him) because of his obvious starstruck behaviour (besides Title who is enamoured with Ashi himself) is extremely unrealistic and therefore offputting because I just can't suspend disbelief. Maybe Ashi isn't that big of a deal (which would make sense, 'cause Prince of Love is extremely bad and even the heroine... she must act that cringe on purpose right? right??)

Punn pines for an actor, Ashi, in a way that makes their relationship really unappealing. I think it would have been better if he had pretended not to care or something, but the low level PA-pining-after-actor thing is really (cringe). It's not a relationship of equals, at least to start, and by ep 4 he seems to realize that Ashi is a *person*, but... he still takes care of Ashi by waiting on him hand and foot like a pet and it's really not romantic. I think it would have been better if he were secretly a fan but genuinely interested in the filmmaking process and wanted to actually learn, and took the work more seriously than just caring about getting close to Ashi (euck).
I know this is based on a novel but christ, the novel must be bad too.

DUDE HAS NO IDEA HOW TO MASSAGE i'm so embarrassed

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