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gaiaxygang · 7 months
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The Too-Long PerthChimon Review: Part 1
In this part, I will be covering the three (!) shows both Perth and Chimon were in. One is a non-BL where their characters do not interact, but the other two (which you've probably watched, if you're reading this) are BLs and feature them as a couple!
(I segmented them for readability. If there's a better way to do it please lmk oops)
Please… Siang Riak Winyan aka Please… Soul Call
I only watched 4 episodes, because that was all that was available with subtitles. The other two are online somewhere, but I wasn't very inclined to continue.
'Please' is a short horror series where Win (Chimon) and his classmates encounter… ghosts, or something. I don't remember much about this one, if I'm being honest. They accidentally contact some ghosts in a school bathroom and they suffer because of it for 6 episodes. It's not particularly memorable, and the horror elements weren't super good but I am willing to cut it some slack in that aspect.
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What I did find interesting is Perth's character, Breeze. Breeze is a transfer student who is later revealed to be the younger half-brother of another character, Be. The two aren't close, but their interactions in the show are quite heartfelt.
However, this whole half-siblings subplot kind of comes out of nowhere…? And neither does it really lead anywhere. Be and Breeze aren't part of the main friend group in Please, and don't have much importance outside of this.
The only purpose this storyline serves is to explain the origins of the main ghost that's been haunting Win and friends (this is an assumption. I did not watch episodes 5 and 6 but it's heavily implied in the earlier episodes so I will stick with it).
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Please is rather unremarkable as a series, but as an actor fan it really makes me want to claw at the walls.
First, this is where PerthChimon met. They've mentioned talking a little at the workshops in some of their interviews.
Second, this is Perth's first TV series as well as Chimon's first lead role in a series (he was the lead of a movie I'll discuss in another part).
Third, this series is likely where director New Siwaj started picking favourite actors. Alongside Perth, Mark Siwat and Sood Yacht (I am so sorry if I got his name wrong I'm not familiar with him) are also in this series. The three of them would get cast in Love By Chance not long after, with Perth and Yacht appearing in several of New's shows after that.
Lastly, Perth and Mark Siwat (who plays Be) became friends on this set! Mark was Perth's first friend in the industry, and they're still good friends now as far as I know. I enjoyed watching them work together, but I'll get into that more when I talk about The Stranded. This paragraph is already longer than it should be.
Never Let Me Go
This is a show I have opinions that I struggle to put into words about. Never Let Me Go is a series about the heir to a prestigious family, Nuengdiao, and the bodyguard assigned to him after his father is shot and killed, Palm. Perth plays Nuengdiao's cousin Chopper, while Chimon plays Ben, a classmate of theirs.
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I did not like this show. The storyline is messy at times, the characters (with the exception of Chopper) are often underwhelming and don't reach their full potential.
It has an interesting premise, but fails to deliver at almost every turn after the first few episodes. I will be focusing on Chopper and Ben but one thing I particularly disliked about Palm and Nueng is that Palm is a very bland character.
We never learn much about him beyond his protectiveness and his existence as The Love Interest, and he lacks a distinct personality. This is a problem with Mork in Fish Upon The Sky as well (sorry Pond) but it's more noticable in NLMG due to it's more serious tone, which requires better developed characters than a romcom like FUTS would.
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There were some things I enjoyed about the show! It's very nice to look at. The visuals are good! The cast being pretty also helps. I loved Perth's performance as Chopper, it is by far the strongest performance in the cast.
It's not that the rest of them are bad actors, rather strong actors like Chimon and Pawin were dragged down because they aren't given very much to work with. When good actors are given subpar scripts or underdeveloped characters, they'll try their best but their performance will Not be as good!!! Which is unfortunate.
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Chopper is the only well-rounded character in this series. I assume there were rewrites along the way, since Chopper is quite different from the novel that was written alongside the series and ChopperBen were likely added in only after Perth joined the cast, to promote PerthChimon before Dangerous Romance. I personally have a soft spot for Ben (I have a big gay crush on Chimon) but Chopper is my favourite character overall in NLMG.
NLMG feels very much like a PG-13 Kinnporsche that misses everything that made KP… well, KP. This is probably a coincidence but I watched them one after another so NLMG's flaws were more obvious to me. By episode 12 I was only watching for ChopperBen and I had no interest in PalmNueng, which rarely happens even if I favour the side pair. NLMG just feels lacking in many ways, to the point where I enjoyed FUTS more (despite being equally bad) just because it's funny.
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There are a few things I wished the series took from the novel. The ChopperBen epilogue set shortly after they move overseas together is something that I think the series desperately needed. It makes Ben's storyline (which the novel has a heavier emphasis on) more complete, and considering we didn't get ChopperBen in Our Skyy 2, it would have been a good conclusion to ChopperBen as a whole.
I also liked the PalmNueng rooftop scene but I understand why they left it out of the series. The novel also kills off Kit after the final confrontation in episode 12, but I assume the series didn't want to deal with the implications of Chopper patricide.
I didn't finish the NLMG Our Skyy 2 episodes but the slightly lighter tone definitely helped a lot. A bit of a weird choice to give bully kid whats-his-name a boyfriend out of nowhere but as a MarcPawin fan I respect it.
This series was… a mess. But I love ChopperBen dearly! They're something special and I spend a much longer time thinking about them than I show. They're what got me into PerthChimon and I'll never regret watching NLMG for that alone.
Dangerous Romance
Finally, their most recent work, Dangerous Romance. I was waiting for this one for months and definitely not disappointed, even if it wasn't what I expected! (Just a warning. I will be criticising DR a bit here.)
The character relationships are the strongest part of DR. KanghanSailom's development over the episodes, navigating how to love eachother and growing as people together, was incredible to watch over 12 weeks. The way it all comes together is amazing.
GuyNava and NameSaifah, although lacking screentime, were super interesting to me. They managed to sell us (even View and June, who referred to them as another couple in DR on Live House) on NameSaifah in around 3 episodes total somehow which I find hilarious. PimfahNabdao didn't get much screentime but they were cute and I hope we get a continuation of their story!
DR also looks VERY good. Some of the visuals are amazing. The windmill location is gorgeous and I assume it looks even better in person (I HAVE to visit someday… A few Japanese fans I know flew to Thailand and visited it. I wish I were them).
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However, DR often struggles to get from point A to point B. This isn't a huge problem because the A and B in question are well-written, but it really feels like they had a few scenes planned but couldn't figure out how to connect them. They knew the direction they wanted to take KanghanSailom and GuyNava, but had difficulty writing the 'to' in 'enemies to lovers'. This is evident with other scenes too but it's very obvious when it comes to the main couple and the primary side couple of a BL.
Some of the direction is also a bit questionable. I personally don't like the overuse of flashbacks and OST (it reminds me of Double Savage and that's not a good thing) but I've accepted that its just a DR thing.
I like what the costuming team has come up with, bless whoever managed to make Pawin look 10 years younger than he is and the same age as actors 4 to 6 years younger than him. The details in how the wardrobe of the friendgroup, down to the colour of their uniforms is a nice touch too. This crew definitely has a lot of love for the series and I like that!!!
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DR is hurt a lot by what it sets itself up to be. When viewed as a typical BL with interesting romantic storylines, it's very good.
However, the promotion tends to frame it as something darker than what we ended up with, a unique storyline that happens to be BL (similar to Only Friends in that sense). The pilot trailer also doesn't help, since it promised a darker overall feel with meaner characters. The themes of poverty and class differences aren't handled very well but people who think more about DR's themes than me have discussed this. I was here to watch KanghanSailom be cute after episode 3.
This difference between what was expected from the pilot and trailers and the final product is what I suspect causes people to view DR as worse than it is. Looking past that, DR is a flawed but great BL series, one of the better shows to come out of the GMMTV2023 lineup.
I'm also one of the people who were skeptical about the difference in the feel of the pilot and the official trailers. The pilot trailer occupies a good 15% of my brainspace and I will always miss all it gave us (the rain kiss!!!!! THE VIBE OF THE BACKING SONG!!!!!!) but DR is something that exists separate from that now and as it's own thing, I adore it.
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What I really love about DR is how PerthChimon it is. It's a very significant show for both of them in so many ways! It's their "official" return to BL (Perth hasn't done BL since 2020, Chimon not since 2018) and I don't think there would've been a better show for this.
Kanghan and Sailom have a lot of Perth and Chimon in them, and I don't even know if it was intentional. Perth and Chimon both relate a lot to their characters (for reasons they have mentioned in interviews) and when listening to what Perth said when he was asked what Kanghan wants to say to Sailom I wanted to run around in circles and scream because you could really tell it came from his heart.
It's also the first time Chimon has released a song, and the first time Perth has sung a duet.
You can see the PerthChimon in some scenes like when Kanghan is feeding Sailom in their studying montage, and one entire postcredits Oishi segment (I don't remember which episode, I think it's the open house one). As a PerthChimon fan Dangerous Romance is incredible because of all this!!!
There's also a line before they perform Sunset at the open house that stuck out to me. Kanghan's line about how Sailom is talented but rarely has the chance to showcase his talents is just a little awkward by itself but it gets me very emotional because Chimon has talked about how he turned down singing jobs in the past due to trauma and still gets nervous on stage, something which Perth supports him through whenever they sing together.
(Since I first typed this, a clip has been posted where the directors talk about how a lot of the sweet KanghanSailom scenes were improvised. Incredible work from PerthChimon, 10/10 no notes.)
DR is filmed in the same campus building as several other Chimon shows like Edge of 17 and The Gifted which is a whole other thing I think about sometimes. Especially Edge of 17, his first BL series with Pluem Purim. Comparing Sun and Sailom, you can really see how much Chimon has grown in those SIX?! years.
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I also love seeing PerthChimon work together. They're very comfortable with eachother, and Perth has said that Chimon is the partner he's felt the most comfortable with (knowing Perth's acting history, this is a very bold statement but I believe he means it). I hope DR is just the start for PerthChimon and they continue working together for a long time.
(Similarly to NLMG, I responded to an ask about DR's flaws recently. I talk about the pacing issues here as well!)
And that's the end of part one. Thank you for reading!!! You can always drop me an ask if you have anything to say, my inbox is open. The next parts will be uploaded slowly.
Intro / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 (I'll edit to link them when I get these up!!!)
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gunsatthaphan · 1 year
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Hello hello anon here.
I’m just dropping in to say that I know people are excited about Perth on GMMTV and perthchimon and seeing what becomes of this.
But I beg the question, possibility, fever dream…
MARK SIWAT TO GMMTV.
I want, NEED perthmark to be paired up again. That .2 seconds they were on the stranded? ELECTRIC. ON FIRE. PLEASE I BEG TO PAIR THEM UP AGAIN. 😭😭😭
oh I would be so down anon 🥺
they were insane in the stranded and mark definitely has what it takes, even though he lowkey blew his shot with the tragedy that was Bite Me lmao. But he would kill it in a gmm production I know it.
I wouldn't be opposed to seeing him and perth together again but for now I'm really excited for perthchimon lol.
but maybe next year? 🤷🏼‍♀️
xxx
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boysloves-stuff · 4 years
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zhaozi · 2 years
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Best of 2020 (6/7 Shows): The Stranded
I still have to work out the ending. Maybe it doesn’t need an ending. Every story needs one, right?
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sailorjisunq · 3 years
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mark siwat icons
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nanonkorapat · 4 years
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DAY IN THE ISLAND
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My religion is loving Mark Siwat but hating Kengla with every fiber of my being
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gaiaxygang · 8 months
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perth / chimon series recommendations
are you a newer perth or chimon fan (probably from dangerous romance)? do you want to watch more shows with them but don't know where to start? well i have watched majority of the shows perth or chimon are in and i have a few i can recommend (shortened because once i start i wont stop):
the gifted (2018) and the sequel, the gifted: graduation (2020)
i think this is one of the most well-known series chimon is in but i have to bring it up. set in a high school with a mysterious "gifted programme", it follows the newest batch of "gifted" students as they investigate what's going on behind the programme.
season 1 is one of my top gmmtv series of all time and i think its definitely worth a watch.
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the stranded (2019)
after a tsunami hits the island they're schooling on, a bunch of teenagers have to figure out how to survive on their own. not a bl, but perth's character (krit) is dating another man (jack, played by mark siwat). a very strong series overall, though not without its flaws.
i think perth is great here for what little screentime he gets (i also think he looks cute here with glasses). the production is also insanely high quality and the show looks gorgeous.
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school tales the series (2022): episode 8
a horror anthology series based in high school. chimon is in episode 8, a walk in school. two friends sneak into school late at night to investigate the school's ghost stories. it is horror, though not exactly the scariest (in my opinion). the other episodes are decent but this one has the strongest writing.
its a short watch, just under an hour but i think both actors (there are only two characters in this episode) are great. the storyline also makes me feel like im being turned into spaghetti
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double savage (2023)
two brothers who cared deeply about one another are slowly turned against eachother by circumstance. this one is full of writing issues despite the strong setup and premise HOWEVER!
i did enjoy it because of the strong acting, especially from perth. his character is so pathetic and i say this with love. he is worse than chopper on the Down Bad scale. perth himself seemed to enjoy filming this one quite a lot and he's said that it was one of his favourite roles because of the action scenes
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other recommendations
please... siang riak winyan (2017). only 4/6 episodes are subbed but the reason i bring this one up is because perth and chimon we're both in this together! in 2017!!! they didn't have any scenes together so they weren't close but perth knew of chimon from here (and it's what he brings up whenever he's asked about how he met chimon)
home school (2023). i'm more hesitant to recommend this one because i didn't like the ending and messaging but chimon's performance as pennhung was incredibly strong.
vice versa (2022). perth is only in 1 or 2 episodes but i think his character is very pathetic. gmmtv seems to like casting perth as the most pathetic man in the show. i wouldnt say to watch this for perth but as a big fan of vice versa before perthchimon took over my brain i cant not put it here
this isn't a comprehensive list and it's far from everything i enjoyed with them in it (and some of this is very, very subjective lol). i just wanted to put this out here because i love talking about perth and chimon <3_<3
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mark siwat + markgun packs!
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bl actors and kpop idols who remind me of each other pt.4: other parts
mark siwat and na jaemin
these two look similar and they also just give me a similar vibe. they are both tremendous musicians, both ‘00 liners and amazing actors as well.
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