You can clearly see that the production team is encountering issues and its evident while watching it.
Storyline is a blur, even the actors are in a blur. It lacked appeal along the way. It hurts that I didn't like it when I really want to like the show. I just can't.
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First, I marked this as "Contains Spoilers" but I'll mark the spoiler before it appears, and be as vague as possible to avoid spoiling major plot points outright. It is simply too hard to explain the big issue with pretty much the biggest plot point of the show without spoiling part of it. You might be confused about the overall rating compared to the others, but honestly, there's more to the show than the things they let you rate. This is the first time I've felt the need to review a show. It might be a bit longer/in depth than most, as that's the type of person I am. I only recently got into BL shows (started with SOTUS/S, then that spiraled into Make it Right/2, then He's Coming to Me, and now this. The others all were amazing, and I went into this apprehensive due to other reviews. However, I'm glad I gave it a chance.
Sound wise, I actually found the intro theme (and the intermission music) to be very catchy and made me smile. That was about all the music I really noticed in the show. However, there were quite a few scenes in the show where the sound guys were TERRIBLE. When the actors were on a bridge, for instance, their voices were muffled by the traffic or waves of the river. If I didn't have subtitles, I wouldn't have known they were talking. Whoever was in charge of the sound on this show did a terrible job at some points. This only occurred 3 or 4 times, but when it did, it was horrendous. The rest of the time, it was fine.
Acting Wise, I'm not sure why people think the acting was bad. I thought it was rather good. Definitely some of the better acting I've seen in Thai dramas. The chemistry between the leads didn't feel forced, and even in the sub-plots, the chemistry between actors felt natural. In the more serious scenes, like with Tee's mom, I felt the emotion, I didn't feel like I was watching a show. And with Tee's grandma, I smiled because it felt like a sincere grandma. That's hard to pull off in a TV show.
Plot Wise, this is where the show suffers. The premise itself is the first weak point. It makes zero sense to begin with. Why would Tee want Mork to be his pretend boyfriend to make Bambi jealous? To fix that mistake, you'd want to make Bambi NOT think you're gay, not make her think you ARE gay. So that made no sense to me.
One other thing is the fact that a LOT of things happen off camera in this show. It got very annoying. Tee's mom was notoriously bad at doing things off camera, as were Gord and Morn. They were pretty good at not having Tee and Mork do things off camera though. The worst part was when characters did do things off camera, the next time they popped up, the writers acted like we had witnessed everything they had done off camera. It was almost as if they filmed everything that had been done off camera, but then cut it from the final product, but then forgot to re-film it with the knowledge we didn't see it.
***SPOILERS START HERE***
I can't really explain this WITHOUT spoiling part of it, but I'll keep it as vague as I can. The BIG plot problem a lot of people (myself included) had with this show is the fact Mork got in a LOT of trouble for the kiss in Snowland. This turned into the main plot of at least half the series. It turns out though, that this is because of poor writing and adapting of the novel. In the novel, the scene they adapted is actually Tee performing a sexual act on Mork in that scene, but they adapted it as a kiss, but kept all of the repercussions. As such, as you can imagine, the repercussions of a sexual act in public make zero sense when applied to a kiss. I won't go into details of what happened, to avoid spoilers, but it is handled very oddly and nothing really makes sense.
Finally, the ending. I've noticed a trend on this site that most people want to know if there's a happy ending when they go into the reviews. Honestly, I don't even know. This was probably the biggest letdown of an ending I've seen in any show, BL or not. It just... ends. There's no closure, nothing. The show just ends. We're left in the dark. I won't explain, as again, I am trying to stay vague. That said, their story does continue in Our Skyy, Episode 3, and they do get a proper ending. However, if you want to know how it ends, you are welcome to read the reviews over there, as I don't wish to spoil that on a review here.
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I regret not seeing this show the soonest
I regret not seeing this show sooner, since I was seeing mostly negative reviews about this show and that made me disinterested.One lesson learned - reviews are HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE and I should always give a show a chance instead of basing my opinion from other people's comments.
Anyway, the only thing I don't like about this show is its technical aspect - to be particular about the editing and sound engineering. The loopholes and skips mentioned by others are caused by these careless editing and tying of stories. Many times also I had difficulty deciphering what they are trying to say (though I am not Thai but only watching subs) as the background noise is more prominent than the dialogues.
AND NOW THE PARTS I LOVE THE MOST:
Tee - I find this guy really cute and adorable. I saw him first in Twogether and I got hooked. :) His charisma is magnetic and his smile is disarming. Ok fine. Enough drooling.
Mork - I don't like him when I first saw him at Twogether, especially his haircut there (lol). But here he is so charming and so attuned with his emotions. I love that he is very vulnerable here and very affectionate towards Tee.
NOW - It goes without saying that I LOVE the chemistry between the two - it seems so natural and I feel the chills and shivers every time they look at each other.
The side couple, Gord and Morn, are as equally charming. I can't wait for them to grow up (predator alert!).
The story was a bit shaky at first, but it unfolded just fine towards the end. I like how it centered towards family rather than a third party. It was real and the script was good.
Overall, I rank Tee and Mork as one of my Top 3 BL Love teams, and this show one of my Top 5.
SO FOR YOU reading the comments before watching the show - give it a try. You won't regret it. :)
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I'm giving My Tee an over all score of 7. But let me start by saying that I personally think Drake and Frank has this really sweet charismatic chemistry going on. It translate on screen and off screen. I don't know what it is, but they just look really compatible, and this is the strength of the series. The main leads are cast perfectly. I personally find Neo to be really cute but I think, he needs more acting training and classes to really bring out the essence of his character. But as a young Thai actor, this series is a great start for him. As he gain experience from other drama projects, his acting skills will also grow in time. There is nothing wrong with Neo, he's very handsome its just that I would like to see more emotions out of him. Acting work shops will bring these emotions out. As for Phuwin, there's something about his eyes that truly speaks to me, I think its called kindness. The reason why I gave My Tee a score of 7 is because I think there's a lot of confusing scenes and unnecessary plots that are highlighted all through out the series. I do love the scenes at the barber shop, and how the relationship between Drake and his dad are explored. I do love the fact that Drake in the series is technically comfortable with his feelings and how his brother understood this. As opposed to the situation between Tee and his mom. I do think that the writers was not able to give Tee more room to justify why the whole series is about his story. By throwing in a lot of confusing situations and scenes, the story line of Tee, which is suppose to be the main theme of the series was lost somewhere in those confusing and unnecesarry scenes. But don't get me wrong, My Tee is a beautiful BL story. It touches on the young leads perspective of love and where this love will take them. Was this review helpful to you?
Mork family is the best
Its a shame how much wrong it is edited. How poor written it is. There is so much things untolded that should be said.Why I pointed it with a 7 then?
I would like the flashbacks more clear, the lineing of the story less messing but the sweet i feel in my heart with the bond between the most of the characters is incomensurable. They had me smiling the most of the time. Its just an emotional estament.
Lets go.
Positive things
Its a BL. You know what is about. What makes Cause you are my boy special?
How the parents react over tee and mork as a couple. Two point of view, two type of parents and two typed of fratern love. Mork's father is a full love and support kind of parent, while Tee's mother is a i want which i believe is the best for you no matter what you think kind of parent.
The natural awkward scenes are a YES for me. Being a teen in love is awkward. You will see. Is not cringe. Is intentional awkward. Absolutely relatable.
The cotidianity: the relationship between morn mork and their father is so real. Their situation, their conflicts in the barbershop: yes, thats real life. Believe me, i have a family business and i have never see any representation more accurate. They are always there. Their father ask them for help. Both sons care about the business a lot. You'll normally see the family business like one-time-thing, but here is fundamental part of the story.
Tee and Mork fight over silly things, CAUSE THEY ARE TEENS. As soon as they fight they make up cause they are just impulsive. So real
The chemistry between Frank and Drake... I think I dont have to say anything more. INSANE. I cant believe they met each other for this series and HAVE THIS CHEMISTRY INSTANTLY.
Is the first work for Frank and Khaotung: for the poor writing the seried has, they made an AMAZING job
Negative things
-Sexual jokes. Especially in the first episodes. Theres two in the first episode that are absolutely cringe.
-the "couple" between Morn and Gord. First of all: they are supposed to be 13-14 years old an the actors obviously have more (Neo is 17 and Phuwin 15 and it shows). They are cute but their storyline is boring. Hyper boring. I dont understand the whole point about them.
-timeline is messed up. You'll find yourself lost in the flashbacks and some points in the storyline. Especially when they go to the cinema.
Rewatch potencial:
For me, to rewatch a serie it has to have 3 things: emotional moments (if i feel butteflies in my stomach, there it is) 1/1, characters well constructed 0.5/1 , and funny moments 1/1
My Tee has 2.5/3 to rewatch. Honestly I could rewatch it, but without Morn and Gord. They apported ZERO to the story.
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Cuz your are my boy is great series and I would recommend it to everybody because talk about gay life and what they have to go through and Drake and Frank at first they did pretend relationship because drake told Frank girlfriend he gay so Frank told drake to do pretended relationship but when you get to episode 6 Frank ask drake to do real gay relationship and they did it but his mother were against it and trying to broke their relationship and at the end Frank is getting ready go to America drake follow them to the car and drake got dizzy and lightheaded and he was about to get hit by car Frank run and push him and they both got hit by car and when drake woke up and he saw Frank mother and she said I'm sorry I had to force you both to broke up and from now on i will accept you and Frank relationship this series it's really nice if you like romance and drama series I really would recommend this series❤️SPOILER:
+ A happy ending.
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It is an ok series, but loss focus very fact.
I was super excited to watch this series as it had a few of my favorite actors. Sadly I found myself disappointed with the storyline, which lacked everything. Most of all it made no sense and was completely unrealistic. The only good part was that the actors all had good chemistry and were cute at times. However, the storyline that is described is not what you see in the movie. I was bored after the 3rd episode. I found myself fast-forwarding up to see if there were more interesting parts. I have to say that a lot of it made no sense and the storline did not flow at all there were way too many missing gaps from beginning to end. I don't understand how many one can give this series anything beyond a 5 and it's only a 5 because of the actors. This story kept turning around at every moment making no sense with who liked who and magically people turning gay and all that bull. I thought it had really good potential in the first 2 episodes and then went downhill completely. The only good that came from it was the 2nd part series in our Skyy which was a 1 episode storyline that was way better about them. This series sadly was horrible.Was this review helpful to you?
It’s sweet and original with strong chemistry mitigate the poor execution of the production
It is a simple story of a barber’s son and a rich son. Strong chemistry of Mork and Tee; acting is raw but that makes the innocence of growing up. Story is sugary sweet in a down to earth setting without too much frills. Production execution is poor considering this is a GMMTV production, but mitigated by the very strong chemistry of Drakefrake and further salvaged by My Skyy episode 3. For fans of 2gether, you will appreciate Tee-Mork as a precedent of Mil-Phukong.Con: Commercials at the end of each episode adds confusion to the story, so it is recommended to skip these advertisements.
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The storyline is dull, with significant plot holes. I don't mind a show that leaves things open to the imagination, but this show felt like the writer simply gave up halfway through.
The casting/acting of this show wasn't the worst I've ever seen, but it wasn't the best. You could tell that both the actors did not have much experience, and unlike other BL couples, I didn't feel that spark between them.
The music of the show wasn't bad but also not that good. This is not a show where I will be rushing to listen to the OST anytime soon.
This is a decent show if you are trying to kill a Saturday with nothing to do. But I wouldn't recommend it to any new BL drama viewers.
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The Most Underrated BL Lakorn of 2018
Words cannot describe the love I have for this drama series, which is a hidden gem amongst the recent plethora of BL Lakorns that have been produced in the past seven years. I decided to review this because of the negative review that I saw about this (and which I will address) and the low rating that it has on this site.This drama deserves at least an 8.3/10 as an average rating!
On first blush, the story seems typical: Boy has a rivalry/hatred with another boy. Boy loses his girl, gets other boy to be his fake boyfriend. They fall in love, and get together for real. Sounds familiar?
The story starts off with Mork- the typical badboy whose father owns a local barbershop. He's a delinquent, sells porn and is a general menace to the class. A prank by his classmates leads to the beginning of his rivalry with his polar opposite, Tee. Tee is popular, rich, a top student, member of the Cheer team, a local idol at the school and in a relationship with a beautiful girl who is also wealthy.
A school requirement forces Tee to get his hair cut at the barbershop owned by Mork's father, Muad. His dad starts the cut but rushes out due to unexpected news, leaving Mork to mind the store. He decides to get revenge by deliberately cutting Tee's hair badly, and later on fractures Tee's relationship by his lie that Tee requested illegal gay porn DVDs.
This leads to them clashing multiple times and eventually punished by their school. They're given the task of cleaning all of the toilets in the school for a period of time. Later on, Tee returns to the barbershop and Mork's dad fixes the mess his son made of Tee's hair. Then once again, he leaves for a reason.
Up to this point, you kind of have a general idea of where the story is going. Enemies slowly become friends, becomes lovers. Again, a story we've seen multiple times right?
Wrong.
It's at this point that the story pulls an amazing plot twist that based off of the first episode and most of the second, no one would have seen coming at all. They also created the greatest Thai BL scene that has ever been produced (the only possible rival being the harrowing scene in TharnType when Type opens up to Tharn and reveals how he was sexually assaulted by one of his father's workers when he was only a small boy).
Mork is tasked with washing Tee's hair while his dad runs off to do what he needs to do. Reluctantly, Mork obeys his dad and he begins the process of washing Tee's hair. That's when the plot twist comes to light:
Tee: Why did you pretend that we didn't know each other?
Mork: It's better this way.
Tee: It's been three years...how have you been?
Mork: Shut up.
While the budding sexual attraction was a given, it turns out that the story is not of enemies becoming friends becoming lovers, but friends who were already falling in love with each other are thrown together after years apart and complete the transition from friendship to love.
I suspect that this is one of the 'plot holes' that another review on this site is referencing. If you pay attention however, the rest of the season unfolds the story of how the two leads became friends 3 years before and developed a strong friendship that was torn apart by an incident that challenged both leads' perception of their orientation and a series of misunderstandings that led to them treating each other as strangers.
Then the story really takes off as Tee, already half in love with Mork suggests that he become his fake bf in a bid to re-establish his relationship with his now ex-gf. Mork decides to do so, but their pretend relationship quickly morphs into a genuine relationship as lovers as their feelings (as well as the schemes of his brother and friend) take off.
What follows is an amazing rollercoaster of emotional highs and lows as they become lovers and deal with their parents' reactions to their relationship, their challenges as a budding couple, friends and the threat of being forced apart by circumstances beyond their control. They laugh, they cry, they face scandal and sickness and through it all, keep a hold of their love for the other.
One plot point that to some might seem contrived is the illness of Mork that seemingly manifests out of nowhere near the penultimate episode and in the finale. He faints and is hit by a car and is later informed that he has a congenital illness that might take his life in a matter of years. This seems forced and out of the blue, but actually it's been set up since the first two episodes. Mork has a habit of getting nosebleeds in high stress or high emotional situations (like getting horny), that at first seems like a nod to the anime trope of horny people getting a nosebleed when they see a sexy person or situation, but is later revealed to have much more serious connotations. Again however, if you're paying attention to the episodes, it is easy to understand once the big reveal of his illness is revealed in the last episode.
The two actors who headline this drama are so amazing. They also seem to have a good working relationship since this is the first of several projects in which they are paired together over the past two or three years. You'll find them in 2gether the Series, it's sequel, Blacklisted, and the followup to 'Cause You're My Boy', 'Our Skyy'. This is I believe their first series together as a pairing, but the chemistry that they have is so amazing and it shines the brightest in this story. Some claim that the acting wasn't that good, but I respectfully have to scoff at such a statement in utter disbelief. The sheer depth of the emotions that are shared between these two actors in every scene, the dialogue, their facial expressions, the tone of their voices is hard to comprehend and is magical to watch on screen. There's a reason why nearly every single followup project that they star in together has them paired as a couple. They are glorious to behold.
The production level is not the greatest admittedly, but I still rate it near a 10 because it carries a lot of the nostalgic vibes of Love Sick season 1. Unpolished a bit, rustic maybe, but super affecting and genuine. The sets don't look fake or deliberately staged, and the story truly seems like it could have actually taken place in a high school in Thailand. And the editing is much better than several other dramas that have been given higher ratings on this website which tend to have terrible transitions music wise from one scene to another, or have issues with the sound quality when transitioning from music to spoken dialogue.
Altogether, this gem of a series has cemented it's place in my mind as one of the Top 5 BL lakorns that have been produced in the last seven years. I've seen dozens of BL dramas over the last few years, but this one has a special place that few currently in existence can rise above.
It isn't as overtly melodramatic as some other lakorns out there, but it has plenty of drama, and an overload of intimacy and romance, not just for the main pairing of Mork and Tee, but also the supporting characters of Mork's baby brother and his best friend, Mork's friends from his school. I can so easily re-watch this over and over and over again and never get tired of seeing their love story come to life.
I so wish that this drama could get a second season, but I'm satisfied that at least more is explored about their relationship in the anthology series, 'Our Skyy' along with some other popular BL pairings that we know and adore. Watch this drama! You won't regret it! Never mind the naysayers, they have no clue about what they're talking about. This is a real good drama. Only the series TharnType (and it's new sequel) could rival this series in my mind.
My Rating: 10/10.
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I can see where people might want the amped up drama, but some of these series are way over the top. This was more of a sweet story of boys falling in love without too much frivolous melodrama or crazy sound effects. I like how this was different than many of the Thai BL series which are centered around school. In this series there are a lot of real life, day-to-day type settings and situations . The story didn't seem all that out of the ordinary for teenage boys and how they talk and interact in real life.
The actors are cute, and Mork/Tee and Morn/Gord have good chemistry. Acting was pretty good for young inexperienced actors. I hope to see more of all these actors in the future. There were a few racy/sexy scenes, but no actual sex which I think is nice compared to American TV where they seem to jump into bed within 10 minutes of the opening. I seem to see that trend in many of the Thai BL series which is refreshing.
There are some production quality issues, and oddly they often seem to be worse in the later episodes. Sound quality is poor at times, but luckily I am watching English subtitled so that doesn't affect things too much. I feel sorry for the translators though, it couldn't have been easy deciphering the dialog. The story could have cut a few scenes and expanded a few others, but overall I get where they were going with the plot.
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