I agree with you, the fights feel like deja vu, and at no point do they seem to feel the need to discuss that they're not actually FWB, but have the expectation of exclusivity; instead they just get jealous and punch one another. The preview for the next episode was infuriating! I was really disappointed in this because the premise was so refreshing, but oof this did not deliver.
@@blcritic the dialogue was almost the exact same as the start of THIS episode! I was actually confused if they'd used the wrong preview for a moment 🙄
Worth waiting two weeks between videos if the time goes to researching editorial video clips like the ones dropped into this video's first minute. The microscope keyed to "try to be impartial and search for good points too" made my Monday morning ever so much brighter. No one does BL snark better than our BL Critic when some cheesy series grates his sensibility.
I am watching this mess and I do not recommend anyone to do so. Every single thing you said is accurate. The only reason I am still going on with this is because I want to see how Ping and Tap's storyline will end. I was interested in Gear's and Prince's also but, dear god, it has been having 3 minutes of screen time and, as it seems, won't be going anywhere soon. All things considered, it seems like everyone involved just filmed the same scenes with different clothes and put BL in the name for the sake of money. The hot scenes are freezing cold, the storyline is a cycle, the character development is yet to be born and everything else is clearly just not relevant enough to have anyone's attention. Yet, I will probably go until the end of it, if nothing else, just to be capable of saying how unpleasant it is...
😂😂 this is one hell of a savage comment.. " it seems like everyone involved just filmed the same scenes with different clothes and put BL in the name for the sake of money. The hot scenes are freezing cold, the storyline is a cycle, the character development is yet to be born and everything else is clearly just not relevant enough to have anyone's attention"
Word order! Word order! "Hence, it was a nice change to see the realities of the Thai college students, which I myself experienced on the screen, too!" So where can we tune in to see your college experience on the screen? It sounds quite interesting!
I did start watching but with work and vacation travel I am behind on the episodes. Sounds like I can save myself the trouble and get some time back! Thanks for the review and for saving my sanity.
David I am glad you are back, tanned and rested instead of detained and arrested? Forgive me, yes, I have been saving that one. Rest up. I would love to see you, John M. and Mr. Critic take on Young Royals 2.
@@blcritic HA! Sometimes you need a good hate watch show! Are you watching the Taiwanese BL My Tooth Your Love? It has a cute cast and typical Taiwanese BL elements and so far is an enjoyable watch.
Fahlanruk is just plain bad. I feel so sorry for people who waited for several years for this. I was glad they made the 2 leads look different by giving Sher longer hair and it sort of make sense with his more creative character. And I was glad the 2 leads were both gay from the start. I am tired of watching shows where one character discovers they are gay. And for the most part Sher and his twin are done well. But that is all I can say that is good about this series. The sex is bad, the acting is bad and the script is bad. Sher's slap/punches confuse me. I had hoped that as both leads were gay we would get to see different aspects of gay culture and relationships. But I was expecting too much of BL series and this production team. I gave up on this series.
I agree 100%. This series descended from its very promising start into a ridiculous joke, attempting to convince its audience that two promiscuous players who had started off with a sexual encounter in a public toilet would somehow transition into a monogamous, lovey-dovey couple living in domestic bliss. If I had been invited to Fah and Sher’s housewarming party, I would have presented each of them with a pair of boxing gloves. I’d give their relationship no more than six weeks before it collapsed in total ruins with both of them back cruising the toilets, where their “romance” began.
Honestly out of all the trainwrecks I watched this year (and are still watching🤗) I found unforgotten night the best. But in all fairness it has probably something to do with Yoon's voice.😉 But dear God check-out gave me trauma, to the point I can't look at the actors anymore. I become instant irritable.
I dropped Unforgotten Night after their first bdsm night. however I have gone through some snippets on insta.. one was a random 3some shower which was actually comedic.
I feel really bad for the actors in Check Out. Episode 0 convinces me that the crime against humanity of the subsequent eps wasn’t their fault. Whenever I see Chahub and Best, I just feel pity and concern.
"I would have her arrested!" That part made me laugh. I had discussed this series, with John Master a couple of weeks ago. I mentioned that I enjoyed that it showed how college life really was for young, horny, and attractive students like Fahlan and Sherbet. You do have random hookups, and you do make some mistakes regarding not being 100% clear in what you may or may not want to happen in those situations. But, this being a fictional tale, TPTB threw in so many unnecessary things to bring the drama, which makes everything fall flat. I feel for these performers, because for most of them, this is their very first series. Hopefully, they will get another project, with a better production company.
DMR2006, I laughed at the same thing. I feel, also, for these young performers trying to climb that ladder. I try to determine if the performer is just poor at it or the script is that weak. I would need to be psychic, though ,when it is not at least reasonably obvious. Ai Long Nhai (sp.?) is stocked with newbies that have me rolling my eyes occasionally but I try to be patient. I fail at that as I have recently scorched Fahlanruk's cast.
@@VixenByNight72 Geez, I should be all cool and act like I remember him but I don't. (Meaning what?) I read posts from people saying they hung in thru Unforgotten and Check Out, etc. I can hardly believe it. Then I remember I watched Tonhon with mouth open all the way to the end. I was in disbelief at what I was seeing it was so terrible.
Unforgotten Night - WAS AN EXPERIENCE!! 🤣 I am still wondering about those tigers. Were they drugged? Stuffed? I don't know😂 The random Bodyguard 3Some 🙃 The BAD BDSMMMM😆 WHAT ABOUT THAT LONG HAIR ON KAMOL'S JAW??🤣
Those poor tigers looked drugged out of their minds. I like the 3some, it should have started earlier...... Yeah the BDSM nearly turned it into a comedy.
Lol.... Those tigers do not look real, Looked like stuffed dolls... This is so funny cos it really put me off.... The tigers were really not necessary... You just made my night... I am still laughing 😂...
UN was so bad that it swung around to good! The UnBodyguards, the odd product placement, the shoes on the bed, the random faucets running in the background, poor Salmon getting sunburned, Cherry putting on a scarf and sunglasses and nobody recognizing her. UN was the gift that kept on giving.
You know ? Viewers need this type of forthright review like yours ! We should earn the right to discuss which BL is worth watching or otherwise ? Luckily, I’ve never forced myself to endure any series that would waste my time. This Fahlunruk one, I dropped after giving it 3 episodes. Although I’ve always prioritized BLs, I keep this phrase in mind “Better watch a mediocre heterosexual drama than a lousy BL.” 😄😅😛 Khun Chai has already passed its half, I did not see your review.😢 This series is about to end on the 28th of this month, hope you’ll let subscribers know your thought about it. I’ll tell you mine then.🤟🏻
"Worth waiting two weeks" to see Mr. Critic fire his double-barreled snark gun and to see John here with his comments. "Cheesy series grates". Pun intended I presume JM. Forgive me for quoting myself from another post elsewhere, and using a vernacular unlike me, but I said "y'all better get your asses back to acting class." Terrible and unnatural performances. If only this mess could have been 1/100th as entertaining as your critique. You hit so many bulls eyes. I've confessed before how much shyness is a turn-on for me in life and cinema. But when it is portrayed so badly as Sherbert does..! I'd like to call this "faux ingenue", pardon my French. Miss Sissy Speck! I almost choked with laughter. Looking at his "gay face" and being so repulsed I thought uh-oh, homophobia? Thanks BLC!
Embarrassed to admit I did not intend the pun and even failed to notice it til pointed out! But let's all agree my subconscious knew what it was about.
@@johnmaster3748 Please, sir, no red face! I am a long-time lover of a good (or sometimes even bad) pun. Accidental or intended. And yes, your subconscious was most likely at the wheel.
you had me 😂😂 with your comment... I actually felt sorry for him... he is good looking.. but they made him a caricature of a stereotypical fem gay and even we are repulsed by him and he says he can get any guy! lol
Check Out was just plain bad, which was disappointing considering episode 0 was actually pretty good. Unforgotten Night was so bad that it swung around to being good in an unintentionally hilarious way. The best part of that show were the bodyguards who never actually guarded anything and had time to hook up in the shower. I hate-watched UN with some fellow redditors and that was fun. The characters and actors in Falhanruk, like in Check Out, are just plain bad. Right now, the only thing I like about it is Ping. I'm rooting for him to confess and for Tam to get his act together. Gear is too good for Prince. Sher and Fah are both awful, so they deserve each other. None of the acting is good. Also like Check Out, this series managed to make sex boring. I didn't even like the first hookup scene. The actors' kisses looked more like random face smashes than passionate kisses. 3/10. I'll finish it. I think.
@@blcritic It came out of nowhere. I don't remember any hints that the UnBodyguards were in a throuple. Yeah, I expect more wild, random hookups coming for us in mediocre BL series. Yay.
I won´t lie, I watch this😂😂😂. They kissing scene are lifeless, they do not kiss in my opinion. It does not look like that.As I wrote earlier, just open mouth... And they do not know, that you will never punch your loved ones.The others couples looked more interesting. Gear and Prince and Ping and Tap.After recent episode, I feel sorry for Ping. And the Fujoshi is getting on my nerves to be honest. PS: Sherbet is a singer we have never heard sing😂😂😂
Hehe this must be a first BL where a singer doesn't sing... and I am surprised guys this age should know how to kiss... and have you seen them dancing? their dancing got me laugh out rolling.
@@blcritic The dancing slays me! Sher dances like one of those giant blow-up dolls that you see waving in the wind outside of gas stations. To quote John W - "spastic"
@@blcritic am here after episode 10 my god, this series is terribly got from worse to worst , Fah & sher , there acting is bad, kissing is bad, Sher is worse punching Fah two times in one scene , I wonder what the director was thinking with all of this terrible script . ,
I am watching said mess. I very rarely drop a series but I did put this one on hold for a few weeks and then picked it up back up again randomly. The two main leads do have great visuals but poor chemistry. I did read a Wattpad translation of the series and the fight/make up scenes repeat ad nauseam in the book too. Ping/Tap and Gear/Prince are minor characters in the novel and their romance happens in the background. I am staying for Ping and Tap honestly because it's different from the book and I am curious to see what they do with the characters. I also sat through Check Out and Unforgotten Night. Check Out was just a mess fest. Now with some of the behind the scenes issues coming to light, I can understand why and how. Unforgotten Night was a good kind of bad because it was amusing. It had a telenovela vibe that I appreciated.
Would u mind to fill me in with the bts issues coming to light or pointing me to an engl source where I can check myself, thank u 🙏I dropped it after the 1st ep, but I liked the cast just have no time to stay on top of things~
@@denisek7 The director is in a bit of trouble and cannot direct again until 2023. Conditions on set were very poor. Director said numerous times how he disliked Best. Those ads during the drama are for the director's businesses. If you hunt it down on Twitter and YT then the receipts are all there.
Tbh the only thing that made me interested about the next ep is the Tap and Ping story and Sher punching Falhan again, I find these slap/punch comedic in here.
I’m definitely watching this hot mess just for the sake of the train wreck. I’m convinced that the original novel must have been a self-insert fantasy. That’s the only way I can explain the existence of Pink and her pointless prominence in the “plot”. (I use parentheses because there really isn’t much plot at all beyond feeble conflicts presented as an excuse for repetitive makeup sex.) As for the NC scenes, they almost remind me of the Bad Engineer scenes in Lovely Writer. I can practically hear the director off screen yelling “more, more, more!!”. I’ll probably finish the series, but mostly only because I’m mildly interested in the friends side couple (Ping and the other guy).
I watched this until the first or second episode and decided to opt out, it just didn't interest me at all. The only thing that I like was the hair the one night stander had (yes, I know that's not a word but I can't be bothered to remember the character's name), but that's it.
Ahh don't put La Cuisine in the same batch, it's not that bad😔😔. I can say, i was one of the persons who watched every EP of Check out and Unforgotten night ✋🏼. I suffered enough this year so when Oh My sunshine night turned out a train wreck I abandoned it, not going through that misery again but with Fahlan I get in some kinda way entertained so I will watch trough it.
Larissa Leite, I also liked La Cuisine even if they did run out of steam and wander around. I liked Bit e Me (forgotten?) in spite of the snail pace. You saved yourself a brain aneurysm with Oh My Sunshine. The finale was wonderful visually but so bad you'd cry "shame shame!".
@@ronhilton9614 oh my shinshine was already flopping to me, i just continued watching because of rain and payoo but when rain disappeared all went down hill for me, so i stopped watching, even their ending wasn't satisfying, they're the only thing saving this show and they separted the couples... how stupied.
I stopped watching after first episode and still couldn't push myself to watch another one.🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ Also I'm one of them who saw the whole Unforgotten night - don't know what to say and think about it (silly, boring most of the time....). 😭😭😭 I would rather watch some other like 180 degrees.....🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Let me state that there are bad BLs that fall into 2 categories. The first is a train wreck. This is when a series you know is bad but you’ll still watch it because most likely you’re vested in the BL ship or there are hot actors in the series. Oh! My Sunshine Night is the perfect example of this. A dumpster fire is a series is so bad, you bail after 1-2 episodes because you don’t want to catch the stench from whatever is in that dumpster. More often than not it involves a lot of bad gratuitous sex scenes in series because the story/plot is just 💩💩💩. Perfect examples Check Out and this series. Fahlanruk is a dumpster fire. Bless anyone who watched the entire series of all 3 of them much less one. But if you claim any of them as your favorite. Douse yourself in holy water. If you claim watch all 3 and said they are all your favorites, there is not holy water to save you even if we threw you in the depths of the ocean. Lordy, lordy, lordy- I get now why their are so many bad BLs despite HIStory: Trapped, Love Is Science, To My Star 2, Semantic Error, KinnPorsche, 180 Degree Longitude Passes Through Us and Love In The Air. I mean you can watch Choco Milk Shake, Big Dragon and Between Us rather than rotting your brain. I want to clarify that there are bad BLs that are unintended comedies because the acting is so bad that it’s a joke since it’s weirdly cute somehow. Perfect example of this is Ai Long Nhai. Let me just say that the thread online about Nhai being transferred into ICU if he had the same “small cut” on his foot that Team did in between us. Meanwhile, Team took that 3” “small cut” that was drench in blood as nothing because he will be jumping 10 minutes later is the best running joke this week.
The side couple of OMSN had me glued to my seat watching the two of them together. So the long absence of Rain was a real torture & I almost dropped the show. I think they did underestimate the side couple, on the other hand, overestimated the main couple to attract viewers. My 2 cents.
Yes it's a mess I agree 😞 I started watching but the fighting made no sense and sherbert hitting fahlan every episode was way over board 🙁 I would NOT recommend this mess to a dead person 😕👎
have you watched the preview of the last episode.. looks like Fahlan will be punched again.. to be honest.. I will be disappointed if he won't.. i am rooting for Sherbert to punch him once for the last time before making up..
@@blcritic lol maybe if I have time 😕 I made it through this far 😕 I will try to finish the series. 😰 at first I liked this series, the first two episodes had promise, then it all went off the rails into messy crazy. 😞
Always love a good review rant. I am sorry too, sadly. I do not hate Fahlanruk (Falhanruk??), but I have certianly lost my original interest. Yes they cast a lot of cute guys for sure, but just because they are cute does not mean they are right for the part or can act. The actor who plays Fahlan is very handsome and his acting is passable, he is right for the part. James who plays Sher/Tam is one of those kinda ugly cute guys, love the Sher hair and the Tam look as well, as BLC pointed out the smiley girly acting is not attractive, better when he is acting nasty. Also he should keep his clothes on, the body for me is not attractive. The twin thing is so stupid and contrived, why??? Just so we can have the scene where Fahlan thinks Tam is Sher?? More and more we see these series with over the top fake created drama. One day they are pushing and punching each other and the next lovey dovey. Don't get me started on Pink the shipper girl, don't hate her but why do we need that character, so all the shipper girls who watch the series can relate. Then we have Ping and Tap, cute guys pretending to each other that the are straight but really love each other. Come on, they are both so ....., they live together, sleep together, do everything together, does anyone think they are straight best friends, why did they not just make them gay best friends who secretly love each other, why have them pretend to be straight or maybe cast a different kinda guy. Sorry people, so who is the wifey. Now we have Prince and Gear, love that couple, so do the fans. Wish we had more of them and less of the little high so boy after Fahlan, gage. The sex scenes as you pointed out are not that great, other than the early scene in the bathroom stall. Even the resent shower scene was so staged and over the top, another trope. Fahlan pushing Sher up againts the glass face forward holding his hands, come on where have we seen that before. BLC did you notice what he did then, interesting they are pushing the bondries more and more. The influence of KinnPorche. I don't know 4 is a little harsh maybe 5.5 I did not hate it. Wonder if I saw it 2 years ago how I would have rated it. Ai Long Nhai, I really love that couple but is there even a story there, it seems like it is just a series of fluffy moments or tropes put together, sad. Ever series now we have the wiping the feverish body scene, come on it is time to retire that woren out old trope please. Before it was a way of seeing a little skin but we see plenty now days with out that. I love Khun Chai To Sir With Love but a little disappointed they are using these bl tropes also, like washing the body. Why the story is good with out them. It is insulting that the producers do not trust the viewers to like a good story and acting on it's own and they are shipping these guys already, come on.
haha... that shower scene.. which was promoted by every actor of the series on their IG turned out to be nothing. They were not kissing.. they were just opening their mouths and just did what the director told them to.. i wonder guys that age must have some experience, esp in Thailand. At least Big Dragon vastly improved on their last s*x scene. Ai Long Nhai.. i don't even know why I am watching it.. there is no story whatsoever. Khun Chai.. I am still watching.. but like you said.. they have to pivot to those typical body wiping..
@@blcritic Big Dragon, as I said that couple just does not work for me and the writing is so contrived, perfect word, (created in a way that seems artificial and unrealistic). The s*x scene could not save it for me, but generally it is getting better. The cutie airhead body guards, come on. I was so disappointed with the second episode of Eternal Yesterday but have to put it out of my mind because the third was just so wonderful, wow. Friendship 2 the second part, have to give them some credit, the boys can act.
@@blcritic I just watched epidode 10 of Fahlanruk, more of the same, lovey dovey one minute, boxing each other the next. The thing that really put me off was, why do they have to have these guys doing rough stuff all the time, we have Fahlan with bite marks on his chest and back after he and Sher do their thing. When Fahlan and Sher fight we have Sher agressively punching Fahlan. In Big Dragon and Unforgotten Night we have the guys doing bondage. In Love in the Air we have one of the main characters being gang raped, another one being spanked. It kinda makes me feel like, is this the message they want to give to young people of how gay men interact. In Ai Long Nhai we have Ai saying to his friends, we are not boyfriends we are husband and wife. So in gay relationships there is always a top (husband) and bottom (wife) and when they do it they like it rough, yes lets normalize this for young people, come on people. Yes their are many shades of gray, what is normal for some is not for others. Let's give some context please so people can understand this behavior better. Maybe instead of Pai crying for Sky, maybe get him some therapy.
Tbh i am watching Fahlanruk as a cringefest now with 2x speed and their raw steamy scene was extremely boring and now if Sher doesn't punch Fah in any episode I feel dissatisfied... I have seen Fah getting punched so much by Sher.. I am kinda accustomed. I do not know what it teaches the 12-17 demographics who are the majority viewers. Similarly Mame.. so in the last ep we found what happened to Sky and it was also repeatedly.. and the guilty ones didn't face charges by the law. Same happened in Tharntype where the punishment for Lhong was being shunned by Tharn.. it might give the impression to these young girls and guys that, if they go through similar situation, they should just brush it under the carpet rather than seeking police help and it is frightening to eve think about that. And what is the anecdote? Well Mame took 's*x is the answer to everything' quite literally... whether it was Type in Tharntype or Sky in LITA. About spanking theres a comment which supported it.. and I gave my reply why I was against it.. but she though it was okay even after that so I am speechless.
@@blcritic Hit Bite Love, do I need to say anything other than this is the kinda thing that caused big problems the first time around (Make it Right), get a brain people. Khun Chai has gone into drama overload, confessions to the max, characters back from the dead (I guess happy Tien's man is back, but I think we know where this is going.) Big Dragon, a epidode of total fluff and bad acting, will you be my boyfriend, oh by the way I am going abroad, come on that stupid trope again. Ai Long Nhai, at least we got some back story, again come on, the mother from hell, I want you to stop seeing Ai, another stupid trope again. Japanese one Eternal Yesterday is really out there, s*x with your living dead boyfriend, please, it is sad because it could have been really good if they had done just a simple gay coming of age series. What happen to Moonlight Chicken????? Remember Me is so slow pace I can't stand it, it is clearly directed at the after school crowd. Till the World Ends, is just to stupid to watch, poor Art, bad luck. The new War of Y story boring. Between Us I can not even watch, I dislike all those couples. Self what was that????? Choco Milk Shake, kinda cute but but getting bored fast. I Will Knock You, I do not know yet, maybe. My Tooth Your Love, kinda like it, they are making it a little to complicated I think. WOW all those and nothing to rave about Fahlanruk basically everyone dislikes this series except for the Prince Gear couple. I think many people have these screwed up love hate relationships but why do these producers think we want to watch this sh*t for 12 weeks. The idea of two players hooking up could have been interesting if they had really explored some of the issues but it was the same thing week after week, hook up than fighting. Where are the good Thai writers, is it they will not do bl because they think it is a joke? I thought with more people doing bl it would raise the bar but sadly NO.
I need a therapy after these train wreckers, I had high expectations from this after all bad series I went through but Gush it's terrible too , Sher 's toxic behavior of slapping Fah makes it even worse , Pink's character is annoying as hell , it's 2022 we no longer need characters like her in BL series , I can't stand her . For me I give it 3\10 .
You said the supposed hot scenes are cold, I say they’re dead, the show is a total waste of time. I cringe whenever I watch these couples trying to be “coupley” - if that’s even a word. The plot is a total disaster 🤦🏾♀️
have you seen the last episode where they were trying to show this raw sensual scene and it looked like 2 disinterested people just going for the neck!
If I'm going to be honest.. in a series filled with visuals, the actor James that played as Sherbert is not that attractive tbh. Sure but I would not say he is u*ly in any way, I just don't get that appeal factor from him either.
I agree with you, the fights feel like deja vu, and at no point do they seem to feel the need to discuss that they're not actually FWB, but have the expectation of exclusivity; instead they just get jealous and punch one another. The preview for the next episode was infuriating! I was really disappointed in this because the premise was so refreshing, but oof this did not deliver.
tbh.. i laughed so hard when i saw Sherbert again punching Fahlan in the preview... god.. Sher needs therapy...
@@blcritic the dialogue was almost the exact same as the start of THIS episode! I was actually confused if they'd used the wrong preview for a moment 🙄
Finally someone said it...I dropped out just after 2 episodes.
Worth waiting two weeks between videos if the time goes to researching editorial video clips like the ones dropped into this video's first minute. The microscope keyed to "try to be impartial and search for good points too" made my Monday morning ever so much brighter.
No one does BL snark better than our BL Critic when some cheesy series grates his sensibility.
hehe... trust me.. when I thought I will make a video.. I was like 'what's good in it?' and there were none. lol
I am watching this mess and I do not recommend anyone to do so. Every single thing you said is accurate. The only reason I am still going on with this is because I want to see how Ping and Tap's storyline will end. I was interested in Gear's and Prince's also but, dear god, it has been having 3 minutes of screen time and, as it seems, won't be going anywhere soon. All things considered, it seems like everyone involved just filmed the same scenes with different clothes and put BL in the name for the sake of money. The hot scenes are freezing cold, the storyline is a cycle, the character development is yet to be born and everything else is clearly just not relevant enough to have anyone's attention. Yet, I will probably go until the end of it, if nothing else, just to be capable of saying how unpleasant it is...
😂😂 this is one hell of a savage comment.. " it seems like everyone involved just filmed the same scenes with different clothes and put BL in the name for the sake of money. The hot scenes are freezing cold, the storyline is a cycle, the character development is yet to be born and everything else is clearly just not relevant enough to have anyone's attention"
Word order! Word order!
"Hence, it was a nice change to see the realities of the Thai college students, which I myself experienced on the screen, too!"
So where can we tune in to see your college experience on the screen? It sounds quite interesting!
That's what we really want to see.
hehe can't tell...
@@blcritic read!
I did start watching but with work and vacation travel I am behind on the episodes. Sounds like I can save myself the trouble and get some time back! Thanks for the review and for saving my sanity.
David I am glad you are back, tanned and rested instead of detained and arrested? Forgive me, yes, I have been saving that one. Rest up. I would love to see you, John M. and Mr. Critic take on Young Royals 2.
@@ronhilton9614 I am still getting tanned and rested! I cant wait to watch Young Royals!!
@@ronhilton9614 sneak preview: better than S1.
hehe.. i think it is a perfect series to hate watch.. laugh at emotional moments and roll your eyes away from the screen on love making scenes.
@@blcritic HA! Sometimes you need a good hate watch show! Are you watching the Taiwanese BL My Tooth Your Love? It has a cute cast and typical Taiwanese BL elements and so far is an enjoyable watch.
Fahlanruk is just plain bad. I feel so sorry for people who waited for several years for this. I was glad they made the 2 leads look different by giving Sher longer hair and it sort of make sense with his more creative character. And I was glad the 2 leads were both gay from the start. I am tired of watching shows where one character discovers they are gay. And for the most part Sher and his twin are done well. But that is all I can say that is good about this series. The sex is bad, the acting is bad and the script is bad. Sher's slap/punches confuse me. I had hoped that as both leads were gay we would get to see different aspects of gay culture and relationships. But I was expecting too much of BL series and this production team. I gave up on this series.
Exactly, there acting is so bad , I had high expectations from it but all went down hills .
true... their looks were improved form the first teaser.
I agree 100%. This series descended from its very promising start into a ridiculous joke, attempting to convince its audience that two promiscuous players who had started off with a sexual encounter in a public toilet would somehow transition into a monogamous, lovey-dovey couple living in domestic bliss. If I had been invited to Fah and Sher’s housewarming party, I would have presented each of them with a pair of boxing gloves. I’d give their relationship no more than six weeks before it collapsed in total ruins with both of them back cruising the toilets, where their “romance” began.
Honestly out of all the trainwrecks I watched this year (and are still watching🤗) I found unforgotten night the best. But in all fairness it has probably something to do with Yoon's voice.😉 But dear God check-out gave me trauma, to the point I can't look at the actors anymore. I become instant irritable.
I dropped Unforgotten Night after their first bdsm night. however I have gone through some snippets on insta.. one was a random 3some shower which was actually comedic.
I feel really bad for the actors in Check Out. Episode 0 convinces me that the crime against humanity of the subsequent eps wasn’t their fault. Whenever I see Chahub and Best, I just feel pity and concern.
The intro 😂 so there with you!
😂 😂
"I would have her arrested!" That part made me laugh. I had discussed this series, with John Master a couple of weeks ago. I mentioned that I enjoyed that it showed how college life really was for young, horny, and attractive students like Fahlan and Sherbet. You do have random hookups, and you do make some mistakes regarding not being 100% clear in what you may or may not want to happen in those situations. But, this being a fictional tale, TPTB threw in so many unnecessary things to bring the drama, which makes everything fall flat. I feel for these performers, because for most of them, this is their very first series. Hopefully, they will get another project, with a better production company.
She indeed said that weeks ago! Confirmed!
DMR2006, I laughed at the same thing. I feel, also, for these young performers trying to climb that ladder. I try to determine if the performer is just poor at it or the script is that weak. I would need to be psychic, though ,when it is not at least reasonably obvious. Ai Long Nhai (sp.?) is stocked with newbies that have me rolling my eyes occasionally but I try to be patient. I fail at that as I have recently scorched Fahlanruk's cast.
@@ronhilton9614 Same thought process regarding those actors from Nhai Ahi. Also, was Ahi this clueless in the GMMTV series, "Tonhon Chonlatee"?
@@VixenByNight72 Geez, I should be all cool and act like I remember him but I don't. (Meaning what?) I read posts from people saying they hung in thru Unforgotten and Check Out, etc. I can hardly believe it. Then I remember I watched Tonhon with mouth open all the way to the end. I was in disbelief at what I was seeing it was so terrible.
@@ronhilton9614 Tonhon had issues. But it was not all bad. Not on the level of these 2022 series.
Unforgotten Night - WAS AN EXPERIENCE!! 🤣 I am still wondering about those tigers. Were they drugged? Stuffed? I don't know😂 The random Bodyguard 3Some 🙃 The BAD BDSMMMM😆 WHAT ABOUT THAT LONG HAIR ON KAMOL'S JAW??🤣
Those poor tigers looked drugged out of their minds. I like the 3some, it should have started earlier...... Yeah the BDSM nearly turned it into a comedy.
Lol....
Those tigers do not look real,
Looked like stuffed dolls...
This is so funny cos it really put me off....
The tigers were really not necessary...
You just made my night...
I am still laughing 😂...
UN was so bad that it swung around to good! The UnBodyguards, the odd product placement, the shoes on the bed, the random faucets running in the background, poor Salmon getting sunburned, Cherry putting on a scarf and sunglasses and nobody recognizing her. UN was the gift that kept on giving.
hehe... those running faucets and the shoes on bed made my OCD worse in the 1st ep itself.. may be that's one reason i dropped it on ep 1 itself.
Gave up on it after the very first episode xD loved your summary hahaha
😂😂
You know ? Viewers need this type of forthright review like yours ! We should earn the right to discuss which BL is worth watching or otherwise ? Luckily, I’ve never forced myself to endure any series that would waste my time. This Fahlunruk one, I dropped after giving it 3 episodes. Although I’ve always prioritized BLs, I keep this phrase in mind “Better watch a mediocre heterosexual drama than a lousy BL.” 😄😅😛
Khun Chai has already passed its half, I did not see your review.😢 This series is about to end on the 28th of this month, hope you’ll let subscribers know your thought about it. I’ll tell you mine then.🤟🏻
yeah.. Kun Chai is due.. I will make it this coming week, as I am busy with World Cup in the Weekends.
"Worth waiting two weeks" to see Mr. Critic fire his double-barreled snark gun and to see John here with his comments. "Cheesy series grates". Pun intended I presume JM. Forgive me for quoting myself from another post elsewhere, and using a vernacular unlike me, but I said "y'all better get your asses back to acting class." Terrible and unnatural performances. If only this mess could have been 1/100th as entertaining as your critique. You hit so many bulls eyes. I've confessed before how much shyness is a turn-on for me in life and cinema. But when it is portrayed so badly as Sherbert does..! I'd like to call this "faux ingenue", pardon my French. Miss Sissy Speck! I almost choked with laughter. Looking at his "gay face" and being so repulsed I thought uh-oh, homophobia? Thanks BLC!
Embarrassed to admit I did not intend the pun and even failed to notice it til pointed out! But let's all agree my subconscious knew what it was about.
@@johnmaster3748 Please, sir, no red face! I am a long-time lover of a good (or sometimes even bad) pun. Accidental or intended. And yes, your subconscious was most likely at the wheel.
you had me 😂😂 with your comment... I actually felt sorry for him... he is good looking.. but they made him a caricature of a stereotypical fem gay and even we are repulsed by him and he says he can get any guy! lol
Check Out was just plain bad, which was disappointing considering episode 0 was actually pretty good. Unforgotten Night was so bad that it swung around to being good in an unintentionally hilarious way. The best part of that show were the bodyguards who never actually guarded anything and had time to hook up in the shower. I hate-watched UN with some fellow redditors and that was fun.
The characters and actors in Falhanruk, like in Check Out, are just plain bad. Right now, the only thing I like about it is Ping. I'm rooting for him to confess and for Tam to get his act together. Gear is too good for Prince. Sher and Fah are both awful, so they deserve each other. None of the acting is good.
Also like Check Out, this series managed to make sex boring. I didn't even like the first hookup scene. The actors' kisses looked more like random face smashes than passionate kisses.
3/10. I'll finish it. I think.
I read your comment after posting my own and I should have just pointed to yours. Same line of thoughts. lol
hehe... the 3 person shower on UN was random at its best.. looks like we have to brace for more series like these in 2023.
@@blcritic It came out of nowhere. I don't remember any hints that the UnBodyguards were in a throuple. Yeah, I expect more wild, random hookups coming for us in mediocre BL series. Yay.
@@j_scott I don’t know why I laughed so hard at you comment about making sex boring. Probably because it was so on the nose. 😂
I won´t lie, I watch this😂😂😂. They kissing scene are lifeless, they do not kiss in my opinion. It does not look like that.As I wrote earlier, just open mouth... And they do not know, that you will never punch your loved ones.The others couples looked more interesting. Gear and Prince and Ping and Tap.After recent episode, I feel sorry for Ping. And the Fujoshi is getting on my nerves to be honest.
PS: Sherbet is a singer we have never heard sing😂😂😂
He's also never played the guitar that he's always holding. He dances, though, and dances very badly. LOL
Hehe this must be a first BL where a singer doesn't sing... and I am surprised guys this age should know how to kiss... and have you seen them dancing? their dancing got me laugh out rolling.
@@blcritic The dancing slays me! Sher dances like one of those giant blow-up dolls that you see waving in the wind outside of gas stations. To quote John W - "spastic"
@@blcritic am here after episode 10 my god, this series is terribly got from worse to worst , Fah & sher , there acting is bad, kissing is bad, Sher is worse punching Fah two times in one scene , I wonder what the director was thinking with all of this terrible script . ,
hehe.. last ep was fun.. I was predicting almost every scene... god I am good at these cringe BLs
Supremely entertaining-
This will make me endure 1 ep.
Still haven’t made it past ep 1 of UN
😂😂😂
I am watching said mess. I very rarely drop a series but I did put this one on hold for a few weeks and then picked it up back up again randomly. The two main leads do have great visuals but poor chemistry. I did read a Wattpad translation of the series and the fight/make up scenes repeat ad nauseam in the book too. Ping/Tap and Gear/Prince are minor characters in the novel and their romance happens in the background. I am staying for Ping and Tap honestly because it's different from the book and I am curious to see what they do with the characters.
I also sat through Check Out and Unforgotten Night. Check Out was just a mess fest. Now with some of the behind the scenes issues coming to light, I can understand why and how. Unforgotten Night was a good kind of bad because it was amusing. It had a telenovela vibe that I appreciated.
Would u mind to fill me in with the bts issues coming to light or pointing me to an engl source where I can check myself, thank u 🙏I dropped it after the 1st ep, but I liked the cast just have no time to stay on top of things~
Oh, me too re: bts issues, please.
@@denisek7 The director is in a bit of trouble and cannot direct again until 2023. Conditions on set were very poor. Director said numerous times how he disliked Best. Those ads during the drama are for the director's businesses. If you hunt it down on Twitter and YT then the receipts are all there.
@@Amy-0000 See response to Denise K that I just posted. I don't want to say too much as I don't want to harm the actors. It's quite sad actually.
Tbh the only thing that made me interested about the next ep is the Tap and Ping story and Sher punching Falhan again, I find these slap/punch comedic in here.
I’m definitely watching this hot mess just for the sake of the train wreck. I’m convinced that the original novel must have been a self-insert fantasy. That’s the only way I can explain the existence of Pink and her pointless prominence in the “plot”. (I use parentheses because there really isn’t much plot at all beyond feeble conflicts presented as an excuse for repetitive makeup sex.)
As for the NC scenes, they almost remind me of the Bad Engineer scenes in Lovely Writer. I can practically hear the director off screen yelling “more, more, more!!”.
I’ll probably finish the series, but mostly only because I’m mildly interested in the friends side couple (Ping and the other guy).
last episode was fun... I was laughing as the two Fboys were fighting about 'morals'..
I’m embarrassed to say I’ve watched most episodes. It’s god-awful.
hehe there's nothing to be embarrassed about.. they are not embarrassed to present this sort of series so why should we.. lol
Glad I dropped it after ep 2
😂😂😂 watch it like a cringe comedy.. you'll enjoy.
@@blcritic 🤣
I stopped at EP 1...
Also with check out...
Same ^^
I stopped Checkout and Unforgotten Night at ep 1.. but don't know why it kept me going.. may be i wanted to watch how much worse it'll gonna be.
I watched this until the first or second episode and decided to opt out, it just didn't interest me at all. The only thing that I like was the hair the one night stander had (yes, I know that's not a word but I can't be bothered to remember the character's name), but that's it.
his hairstyle is good.
@@blcritic And it feels like that is the only good thing about this series - hair goals.
Ahh don't put La Cuisine in the same batch, it's not that bad😔😔. I can say, i was one of the persons who watched every EP of Check out and Unforgotten night ✋🏼. I suffered enough this year so when Oh My sunshine night turned out a train wreck I abandoned it, not going through that misery again but with Fahlan I get in some kinda way entertained so I will watch trough it.
NGL I put Oh My Sunshine Night on 2x speed to get through it
I'm so glad I never started Oh My Sunshine Night.
Larissa Leite, I also liked La Cuisine even if they did run out of steam and wander around. I liked Bit e Me (forgotten?) in spite of the snail pace. You saved yourself a brain aneurysm with Oh My Sunshine. The finale was wonderful visually but so bad you'd cry "shame shame!".
@@ronhilton9614 oh my shinshine was already flopping to me, i just continued watching because of rain and payoo but when rain disappeared all went down hill for me, so i stopped watching, even their ending wasn't satisfying, they're the only thing saving this show and they separted the couples... how stupied.
hehe both Bite Me and La Cuisine could have been much better... pacing was the main issue with those.
I stopped watching after first episode and still couldn't push myself to watch another one.🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Also I'm one of them who saw the whole Unforgotten night - don't know what to say and think about it (silly, boring most of the time....). 😭😭😭
I would rather watch some other like 180 degrees.....🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
180 degrees is a masterpiece... and these ones.. aah... can't even...
Let me state that there are bad BLs that fall into 2 categories. The first is a train wreck. This is when a series you know is bad but you’ll still watch it because most likely you’re vested in the BL ship or there are hot actors in the series. Oh! My Sunshine Night is the perfect example of this. A dumpster fire is a series is so bad, you bail after 1-2 episodes because you don’t want to catch the stench from whatever is in that dumpster. More often than not it involves a lot of bad gratuitous sex scenes in series because the story/plot is just 💩💩💩. Perfect examples Check Out and this series.
Fahlanruk is a dumpster fire. Bless anyone who watched the entire series of all 3 of them much less one. But if you claim any of them as your favorite. Douse yourself in holy water. If you claim watch all 3 and said they are all your favorites, there is not holy water to save you even if we threw you in the depths of the ocean.
Lordy, lordy, lordy- I get now why their are so many bad BLs despite HIStory: Trapped, Love Is Science, To My Star 2, Semantic Error, KinnPorsche, 180 Degree Longitude Passes Through Us and Love In The Air. I mean you can watch Choco Milk Shake, Big Dragon and Between Us rather than rotting your brain.
I want to clarify that there are bad BLs that are unintended comedies because the acting is so bad that it’s a joke since it’s weirdly cute somehow. Perfect example of this is Ai Long Nhai. Let me just say that the thread online about Nhai being transferred into ICU if he had the same “small cut” on his foot that Team did in between us. Meanwhile, Team took that 3” “small cut” that was drench in blood as nothing because he will be jumping 10 minutes later is the best running joke this week.
The side couple of OMSN had me glued to my seat watching the two of them together. So the long absence of Rain was a real torture & I almost dropped the show. I think they did underestimate the side couple, on the other hand, overestimated the main couple to attract viewers. My 2 cents.
Yes it's a mess I agree 😞 I started watching but the fighting made no sense and sherbert hitting fahlan every episode was way over board 🙁 I would NOT recommend this mess to a dead person 😕👎
have you watched the preview of the last episode.. looks like Fahlan will be punched again.. to be honest.. I will be disappointed if he won't.. i am rooting for Sherbert to punch him once for the last time before making up..
@@blcritic no I did not see the preview and I am happy I did not see it 😞 I have given up on this series 🙁👎 I can't waste any more time on this. 🙁
come on.. just 1 episode.. you can watch in 2x speed..
@@blcritic lol maybe if I have time 😕 I made it through this far 😕 I will try to finish the series. 😰 at first I liked this series, the first two episodes had promise, then it all went off the rails into messy crazy. 😞
Always love a good review rant. I am sorry too, sadly. I do not hate Fahlanruk (Falhanruk??), but I have certianly lost my original interest. Yes they cast a lot of cute guys for sure, but just because they are cute does not mean they are right for the part or can act. The actor who plays Fahlan is very handsome and his acting is passable, he is right for the part. James who plays Sher/Tam is one of those kinda ugly cute guys, love the Sher hair and the Tam look as well, as BLC pointed out the smiley girly acting is not attractive, better when he is acting nasty. Also he should keep his clothes on, the body for me is not attractive. The twin thing is so stupid and contrived, why??? Just so we can have the scene where Fahlan thinks Tam is Sher?? More and more we see these series with over the top fake created drama. One day they are pushing and punching each other and the next lovey dovey. Don't get me started on Pink the shipper girl, don't hate her but why do we need that character, so all the shipper girls who watch the series can relate. Then we have Ping and Tap, cute guys pretending to each other that the are straight but really love each other. Come on, they are both so ....., they live together, sleep together, do everything together, does anyone think they are straight best friends, why did they not just make them gay best friends who secretly love each other, why have them pretend to be straight or maybe cast a different kinda guy. Sorry people, so who is the wifey. Now we have Prince and Gear, love that couple, so do the fans. Wish we had more of them and less of the little high so boy after Fahlan, gage. The sex scenes as you pointed out are not that great, other than the early scene in the bathroom stall. Even the resent shower scene was so staged and over the top, another trope. Fahlan pushing Sher up againts the glass face forward holding his hands, come on where have we seen that before. BLC did you notice what he did then, interesting they are pushing the bondries more and more. The influence of KinnPorche. I don't know 4 is a little harsh maybe 5.5 I did not hate it. Wonder if I saw it 2 years ago how I would have rated it.
Ai Long Nhai, I really love that couple but is there even a story there, it seems like it is just a series of fluffy moments or tropes put together, sad. Ever series now we have the wiping the feverish body scene, come on it is time to retire that woren out old trope please. Before it was a way of seeing a little skin but we see plenty now days with out that.
I love Khun Chai To Sir With Love but a little disappointed they are using these bl tropes also, like washing the body. Why the story is good with out them. It is insulting that the producers do not trust the viewers to like a good story and acting on it's own and they are shipping these guys already, come on.
haha... that shower scene.. which was promoted by every actor of the series on their IG turned out to be nothing. They were not kissing.. they were just opening their mouths and just did what the director told them to.. i wonder guys that age must have some experience, esp in Thailand. At least Big Dragon vastly improved on their last s*x scene.
Ai Long Nhai.. i don't even know why I am watching it.. there is no story whatsoever.
Khun Chai.. I am still watching.. but like you said.. they have to pivot to those typical body wiping..
@@blcritic Big Dragon, as I said that couple just does not work for me and the writing is so contrived, perfect word, (created in a way that seems artificial and unrealistic). The s*x scene could not save it for me, but generally it is getting better. The cutie airhead body guards, come on.
I was so disappointed with the second episode of Eternal Yesterday but have to put it out of my mind because the third was just so wonderful, wow.
Friendship 2 the second part, have to give them some credit, the boys can act.
@@blcritic I just watched epidode 10 of Fahlanruk, more of the same, lovey dovey one minute, boxing each other the next. The thing that really put me off was, why do they have to have these guys doing rough stuff all the time, we have Fahlan with bite marks on his chest and back after he and Sher do their thing. When Fahlan and Sher fight we have Sher agressively punching Fahlan. In Big Dragon and Unforgotten Night we have the guys doing bondage. In Love in the Air we have one of the main characters being gang raped, another one being spanked. It kinda makes me feel like, is this the message they want to give to young people of how gay men interact. In Ai Long Nhai we have Ai saying to his friends, we are not boyfriends we are husband and wife. So in gay relationships there is always a top (husband) and bottom (wife) and when they do it they like it rough, yes lets normalize this for young people, come on people. Yes their are many shades of gray, what is normal for some is not for others. Let's give some context please so people can understand this behavior better. Maybe instead of Pai crying for Sky, maybe get him some therapy.
Tbh i am watching Fahlanruk as a cringefest now with 2x speed and their raw steamy scene was extremely boring and now if Sher doesn't punch Fah in any episode I feel dissatisfied... I have seen Fah getting punched so much by Sher.. I am kinda accustomed. I do not know what it teaches the 12-17 demographics who are the majority viewers. Similarly Mame.. so in the last ep we found what happened to Sky and it was also repeatedly.. and the guilty ones didn't face charges by the law. Same happened in Tharntype where the punishment for Lhong was being shunned by Tharn.. it might give the impression to these young girls and guys that, if they go through similar situation, they should just brush it under the carpet rather than seeking police help and it is frightening to eve think about that. And what is the anecdote? Well Mame took 's*x is the answer to everything' quite literally... whether it was Type in Tharntype or Sky in LITA. About spanking theres a comment which supported it.. and I gave my reply why I was against it.. but she though it was okay even after that so I am speechless.
@@blcritic Hit Bite Love, do I need to say anything other than this is the kinda thing that caused big problems the first time around (Make it Right), get a brain people.
Khun Chai has gone into drama overload, confessions to the max, characters back from the dead (I guess happy Tien's man is back, but I think we know where this is going.)
Big Dragon, a epidode of total fluff and bad acting, will you be my boyfriend, oh by the way I am going abroad, come on that stupid trope again.
Ai Long Nhai, at least we got some back story, again come on, the mother from hell, I want you to stop seeing Ai, another stupid trope again.
Japanese one Eternal Yesterday is really out there, s*x with your living dead boyfriend, please, it is sad because it could have been really good if they had done just a simple gay coming of age series.
What happen to Moonlight Chicken?????
Remember Me is so slow pace I can't stand it, it is clearly directed at the after school crowd.
Till the World Ends, is just to stupid to watch, poor Art, bad luck.
The new War of Y story boring.
Between Us I can not even watch, I dislike all those couples.
Self what was that?????
Choco Milk Shake, kinda cute but but getting bored fast.
I Will Knock You, I do not know yet, maybe.
My Tooth Your Love, kinda like it, they are making it a little to complicated I think.
WOW all those and nothing to rave about
Fahlanruk basically everyone dislikes this series except for the Prince Gear couple. I think many people have these screwed up love hate relationships but why do these producers think we want to watch this sh*t for 12 weeks. The idea of two players hooking up could have been interesting if they had really explored some of the issues but it was the same thing week after week, hook up than fighting. Where are the good Thai writers, is it they will not do bl because they think it is a joke? I thought with more people doing bl it would raise the bar but sadly NO.
I need a therapy after these train wreckers, I had high expectations from this after all bad series I went through but Gush it's terrible too , Sher 's toxic behavior of slapping Fah makes it even worse ,
Pink's character is annoying as hell , it's 2022 we no longer need characters like her in BL series , I can't stand her .
For me I give it 3\10 .
I agree... now we should retire those toxic fujoshis.
You said the supposed hot scenes are cold, I say they’re dead, the show is a total waste of time. I cringe whenever I watch these couples trying to be “coupley” - if that’s even a word.
The plot is a total disaster 🤦🏾♀️
have you seen the last episode where they were trying to show this raw sensual scene and it looked like 2 disinterested people just going for the neck!
@@blcritic 😂
I am seeing this mess, God knows why! 🤨 But i fast forward so many bits. It's boring actually.
😂😂😂 add Big Dragon and Ai Long Nhai.. all 3 on the same league and I am still watching. lol
@@blcritic I dropped both red dragon and Ai long bhai after 2 eps. I can only watch one mess at a time!
If I'm going to be honest.. in a series filled with visuals, the actor James that played as Sherbert is not that attractive tbh. Sure but I would not say he is u*ly in any way, I just don't get that appeal factor from him either.