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This could be a movie, but as a series the plot was all over the place
I came here after watching The Gifted Season 2 and going through Nanon's filmography. What a mistake.I was so excited when I watched the first 4 mins of ep 1 and saw that Chimon and Ohm were also in this series. AND Fluke Natouch also had a small part.
In the end, even Nanon/Chimon/Ohm's presence didn't make me enjoy the series. After Fluke made his appearance (I loved his cocky persona in his cameo), I had no interest to continue watching it further.
I used the word "crazy" a lot with The Gifted Season 2, but in a good way. The craziness there generated plenty of plot twists and adrenaline filled moments. The craziness here messed up the plot and left me with plenty of questions.
By episode 5 (or so), after Title's sub-plot, it became clear that each episode was dealing with a different crime, but in a way which doesn't contribute to the over-arching plot in an organic way. Those crimes just sprouted out conveniently along the way.
I couldn't see proper character development in our Blacklist group either. After just one prep talk, Andrew was willing to call Traffic leader (just after he said he will never see him as leader, in the same episode). Also, the motives of each Blacklist member to take the risk being part of this group were unconvincing. It was also hard to root for them when one's reason to follow Traffic's decision was just because "the teacher said so", and when the said leader didn't challenge the teacher's decision to let a mere student take risk by sneaking into the lair alone. As the series progressed, it became clear that the students were dealing with something dangerous - disappearing students, underground casino, physical attacks, drugs! For a teacher who claimed he felt very guilty for causing a friend's brain injury and didn't want to see it happen to his students, does it make sense to let his students continue investigating further? The teacher contradicted himself and the motivations of the student were also too weak to make me care about their success.
The numerous love interests were also bordering on ridiculous. What are the chances of a group of guy friends also dating another group of girlfriends? I don't even know why they fell in love with each other apart from "the script said so". Take the romance out of it and the story can still remain intact.
I also have to complain about Nanon's perpetually furrowed eyebrows. What happened to the range of expression he showed in The Gift (even in Season 1)? We know he is capable of more.
What a disappointment.
I stopped at episode 7, so perhaps the show picked up after that (total of 12 episodes), but it couldn't retain my interest in it long enough to keep going.
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Good idea, poor execution (Some spoilers)
I wanted to watch this show because i was on a OhmFirst binge watch period wherein I was watching all the shows they were in, this included. The concept itself is great, however there were A LOT of flaws, but i'll talk about the good things about the show firstThe story itself is nice, missing sister, fcked up administration, shady students & school, all that jazz. Then we have six extraordinary students from the last section who steps up and tries to save their school. Now, that storyline would've been great, but imma say why it wasn't spectacular in a moment.
Their acting was great, i think they really captured what their character was supposed to be and I commend them for that.
Ok onto the kinda bad parts of the show
Each main character was given a female partner (The veggie gang + cupcake & lila). Now, I don't mind all the love shiz but what sucked was we did not really get much out of it. It's almost as if they added the parter scenes just to say that the series is not all action. Would the series still be okay without the female partners? Possibly. They could've been a part of blacklist, so the team could be more powerful and could have more dynamic. If they did that the "love" could develop much more naturally and we could actually see it develop, rather than adding scenes here and there wherein they look at each other, smile, and feel giddy. IF they plan on making a season 2, i really hope they find a way to incorporate the women more because i do believe that each parter's storyline could be interesting if they just spent more time developing each character's plot line. (Unpopular Opinioin: BantadxLila is the superior ship, the rest are a close second, however i did feel like Jim Bae and Carrot was a bit forced, they should've been given more screen time to develop their relationship)
Overall:
This show is okay, would i recommend it? Absolutely. Would i want a season 2? Hell yeah, they ended the show in a way wherein they could add another season, so i think they should take the opportunity to redeem themselves and fix what they lack. Also, wtf how come the teacher did not get arrested (Gmm if u r seeing this y'all could make that the plot line for season 2). And y'all are planning to go with the each main character has a gf storyline in season 2 (if there is) I hope that we can watch each couple develop their relationship without ruining the main story which is action and stuff.
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It's a game of mind
BLACKLIST.When I started watching it I thought it was just a normal story of high schoolers joining a group of students just for fun and just to make friends but as the story unfold each episodes tackle a certain issue and how each character will adopt to the situation using their special capability and how their groupmates will help them to resolve the problem that arise.
This series is a eyeopener for everyone that everyday we are going to face different dilema and we have to deal with it no matter what. This series also touch the problem of our society about drugs, gambling, greed and some personal issues like self worth, self confidence and self love that may help us especially with the youth so that they will be able to face it and not to be succumb by depression.
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I was very excited to watch this since people on Twitter were recommending this, so I figured out it was as great as The Gifted, so I gave it a shot. My hopes became higher when I saw my favorite actors starring in here, Nanon, Chimon, Prim, Toptap, Drake, Frank, and most importantly, Love. Since I am a fan of suspense genre, the plot appealed to me, thus giving me more reasons to continue watching the show. But as I was nearing to the end, all the plot twists shocked me to the point I almost gave up on it, not to mention the unnecessary romance they forced unto the Blacklist and the Veggie Gang. Yes, Chimon and Love were cute, also Nanon and Prim, but the other characters? I couldn't even see their chemistry. Not to mention the ending! It has disappointed me so much and it left us many unanswered questions. Why wasn't Jinmanee jailed after everything she'd done to Fah? Why wasn't her license revoked, at least? What happened to the God's Hands? It became a mess in the end. But this was somehow recommendable, but not worth rewatching. Was this review helpful to you?
Dropped after 3 Episodes
I wanted to enjoy this series, I really did. But I just couldn't go on after watching the first 3 episodes. The storyline is all over the place, the characters are barely believable and the one established couple that existed had so little chemistry that I didn't give a hoot when they broke up. It's also pretty obvious who they are trying to pair up with who and I am seriously unsure why a story like this even needs couples?!? I mean, the story itself is about the school, those students and hidden secrets - adding unnecessary love stories would just muddle the water.Glad when others enjoy the series, it's just not for me.
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He appears in episode 1, wearing the boys shorts but making a badass face (lol), of course being called some moron nickname, because they are all thai, so naturally it's not cool enough just having a thai name and so everyone has to have english name like a Bed or Candle or Table or Stool, lol. It's nothing new it's in every thai drama. He comes to this school with a big purpose, of course. Investigating some badass secret. All involving villain teachers, villain teacher's kids, villain school janitors and villain school cabinets. I almost started shivering. This WILL be dramatic (oh, the scary mask I've seen in the opening credits! LMAO).
I'm afraid I don't need to learn the great secret this show concentrates so heavily on. I kinda value my time more, I am weird like that:))
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La corruption est parfois bien plus profonde qu’il n’y parait…
Alors, pour commencer cet avis, je dirai que je me suis lancée dans cette histoire avant « The Gifted » car d’après les commentaires, ceux-ci sont de la même veine. De plus, les critiques de « Blacklist » étant moins bonnes, je me suis dit qu’il était normal de commencer par le moins apprécié des deux. (Cherchez pas, ma logique est parfois étrange :D)Speech du drama en quelques lignes : Blacklist est le nom d’un groupe d’étudiants qui tentent de résoudre les différents mystères qui touchent leur école… Entre drogue, violence, disparition & manipulation, on peut dire que cette bande de bras cassés a de quoi faire !
Sujets clés de ce drama :
• Corruption : Il est clair qu’il s’agit du sujet principal de ce drama. (Toutes les autres thématiques partant de celle-ci.)
o Agression : Viol, violence physique & morale (Je pense que ce point n’a pas besoin d’être développé & se suffit à lui-même ^^’)
o Manipulation de l’autorité : Le professeur central de l’histoire ne peut pas être considéré comme tout « blanc ». Son comportement est plus que discutable quand on sait qu’il mène ses étudiants vers des dangers dont il a bien conscience… (Puisqu’il tente de dévoiler l’organisme « les mains de Dieu » & le premier antagoniste depuis plusieurs années x])
o …
Ce que j’ai détesté dans ce drama :
• Ce besoin viscéral de mettre des histoires d’amour… En réalité, elles n’apportent absolument rien. Je n’ai, pour ma part, pas su m’attacher aux différentes héroïnes tellement je ne voyais pas leurs utilités… ☹
• Il n'y a pas de profondeur dans la psychologie des différents personnages… Bien qu’il y ait au moins un épisode « consacré » à chacun des 6 membres de Blacklist, il est difficile de se faire une opinion sur eux… (Tellement les informations sont vagues & parsemées de façon assez peu logique.)
Questions restées sans réponses :
• Qui a repris la direction ?
• Pourquoi garder le groupe si les deux « antagonistes » sont hors-jeux ?
• Comment la sœur de Traffic a-t-elle pu être désintoxiqué si rapidement ? (Elle était quand même bien LOIN !)
• …
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Main polisi maling disekolah?
Sorry to say, Blacklist sangat jauh kualitasnya dibanding series pendahulunya, The Gifted.Gue juga pernah mengagung-agungkan Blacklist saat tayang tapi tenyata jauh dari apa yang gua harapkan. Gua memang ga pernah bereskpetasi banyak. Tapi eksekusi, script, dan plot yang suprisingly meh ngebuat penilaian gue sangat turun drastis. Karakter yang ga 'klik', romance yang cringe, gue cuma bisa ngelus dada.
Ngomongin plot... apa itu plot? Traffic yang tujuannya mencari kakaknya kok tiba tiba berubah haluan dan apa? Dan tiba tiba kakaknya muncul entah dari mana? Wow, bagus sekali.
Menurut gue sih Blacklist akan jauh lebih bagus kalo si kepsek Karin sama anggota tangan dewa itu gaada. Justru konfliknya baru mulai dan seru pas episode 11 dimana itu 2 episode terakhir? Yang bener aja?
Jadi apakah Blacklist worth to watch? Gua bilang, engga. Selera orang emang beda-beda sih. Tapi gua lebih rekomen nonton Genius Game nya aja. Itu lebih seru.
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Сам сюжет, история, вложенная сюда, не выглядит странно, пока не понимаешь следующую вещь: это самая обычная тайская школа. Но эта самая школа ломает логику: учитель-раздолбай по имени Ванпадей поручает ШКОЛЬНИКАМ 10-11 класса, детям, которые даже не были друзьями, вдруг подружиться и взвалить такую ответственность на свои плечи, временами рискуя своей жизнью. Практически ничего не делая, он оставляет их самих решать проблемы, просто потому что ему захотелось преследовать мнимую благородную цель. Он мог бы сам сделать хоть что-нибудь, вместо того, чтобы вывалить всё на бедных ребят. С этой точки зрения сериал начинает выглядеть странно. Куда нереалистичнее это начинает выглядеть, когда вы узнаёте ближе героев вроде коллег Ванпадея: учителя Чинмани или директора школы.
К самой банде "Чёрного списка" у вас не должно возникнуть претензий, эти герои лично мне понравились. Каждый из ребят - герой со своими выделяющимися чертами, способный и запоминающийся. Думаю, дело в актёрах. Но всё же, помимо них было много лишних персонажей, которых можно было бы раскрыть подробнее, вроде девушек, которых впихнули туда "чтобы было". Хотя создатели об этом, наверное, и не задумались. Но эта проблема встречается много где, поэтому просто наслаждайтесь этими шестью ребятами, абсолютно нелогично сваливающими из дома посреди ночи. Я много раз задумывалась о том, где их родители, но Таиланд, видимо, такой беспощадный, что не только имеет такие странные школы, как та, что нам показывают в сериале, но и школьники здесь ведут насыщенную самостоятельную жизнь.
Если вы не ищете много логики в том, что смотрите, то эти 12 серий вам очень понравятся и вы посмотрите их на одном дыхании. Но если же вы начнёте задумываться над этим сериалом и осознавать всё то, о чём я сказала выше, то вряд ли вы захотите это пересмотреть.
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