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My Dream thai drama review
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My Dream
2 people found this review helpful
by j729
Mar 25, 2021
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 5.5

I don't get all the hate and low ratings for this series..

It was fairly similar in quality to many other series made in a similar time (Examples: What the Duck, My Bromance series, Sotus S). I would go so far as to say it is better than some other popular series like Gen Y, Love by Chance2, and 2gether. Sure these weren't the most experienced or the best actors, but they tried, and did a decent job. I always cut new or inexperienced actors some slack, especially if it isn't a full-on Hollywood type production. It IS just a silly series after all.

I liked the mystery and sci-fi aspects of this series. There was some mystery as to who Dream and Kafe/Elle are, and how they are related. I changed my mind multiple times whether these were good or evil characters. I still don't get whether they are real or imagined beings, or maybe even aliens. Or are they something else entirely? And what do the rings and dreamcatcher have to do with all this? And why does Dream show up with Elle in the last episode, and are they really even there?

Some complain about lack of chemistry in this series, but Runway and Tanai have a one-way relationship from what I see. Runway just isn't completely into Tanai, or it is more platonic than romantic for him than Tanai. And Runway isn't into Dream either, for lots of good reasons. I don't blame him, some weird dream happens, and you are just supposed to fall in love with this "ghost" that has known you since you were a baby? It might be a comforting presence, but probably not romantic.

And with Guide and Yim (unexpectedly?) turning Gay I am not surprised about the lack of chemistry in those relationships either. And in the case of almost all the main characters, they were all High School guys, they probably were like many of us that were not sure of the difference between a crush, or love, and how to act upon it. So I don't fault any of them for their indecision when confronted with multiple and confusing situations.

There was a little bit of filler here and there, and they could have paced it a little faster for some parts, but I thought it worked fine. Maybe because I binge watched it over the course of a couple days it worked better than if I had to wait a week between episodes? If they would have trimmed a few things out it would have allowed more time for the ending. A lot happened in just that last 10 minutes or so. And it really needed more than the 10 minutes. I think that is a general criticism of many of the Thai BL series I watch, they seem to want to cram a lot into the last episode and it leaves things messed up a bit.

The only thing that I am downgrading in my rating is for is the ending. They left too many loose ends with no way to wrap everything up. They announced a sequel series that did not and probably will not happen at this point. At the very least, they could (still should) have made a last "special episode" to at least finish what they started, and maybe show "one year from now" sort of thing.

In summary I think it was an OK series, neither excellent nor poor. It was a good distraction in early 2021 while I was waiting for other series to air. It left me wanting more, which I cannot say about other series I have watched.
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