Boring waste of time
I liked the premise and idea for the plot, the relatively high production value and an array of veterans who supplemented the generally young cast (was nice to see Jakkrit Ammarat again, he played Tian’s father in “A Tale of 1000 Stars”, here he portrays King’s father; other familiar faces include Passin Reungwoot - Pran’s father from “Bad Buddy”, here as Uea’s stepfather - and Tawatson Plengsiriwat, who played Chai in “Love in the Air” and here stars as Krit).
However, none of the above can change my perception of this show: "Bed Friend" is a poorly written and abysmally acted, actually bad BL. Shame, as the plot could have been developed into a much, much better script, which - with proper cast - could turn into a great BL. A bulletlist of the shows flaws includes:
- unlikeable and annoying protagonist (Uea),
- stiff/wooden acting (James has only two facial expressions: annoyed and amused; most of the young cast has no acting abilities whatsoever - and it shows),
- lack of chemistry between James and Net (chemistry between the main/only couple in a BL is mandatory - here we have a travesty of that),
- King’s actions in earlier episodes raise a lot of red flags and this isn't addressed in any way then nor later,
- the basic plot makes sense, but the script does not,
- every episode contained several filler scenes or shots, as well as scenes which were stretched beyond belief (by unnaturally long pauses, prolonged stares etc.) - all in an effort to make each episode at least 45 minutes long; this shows how little actual content there was in the script,
- annoying and/or dumb side characters, too many side characters with little or nothing to do,
- clickbait “sex” and “sensual” scenes (added nothing to the development of the plot, were included only to generate buzz and create a false impression that the show is about something; if you want to see two attractive males do sensual or sexual stuff - there's plenty of that elsewhere),
- serious issues (sexual assault, discrimination, abuse, trauma) were treated in a superficial way and either remained unresolved or were resolved in unrealistic ways (e.g. without any effort/time or offscreen).
tl;dr: this is a bad, boring BL which can be watched on fast forward with sound off.
However, none of the above can change my perception of this show: "Bed Friend" is a poorly written and abysmally acted, actually bad BL. Shame, as the plot could have been developed into a much, much better script, which - with proper cast - could turn into a great BL. A bulletlist of the shows flaws includes:
- unlikeable and annoying protagonist (Uea),
- stiff/wooden acting (James has only two facial expressions: annoyed and amused; most of the young cast has no acting abilities whatsoever - and it shows),
- lack of chemistry between James and Net (chemistry between the main/only couple in a BL is mandatory - here we have a travesty of that),
- King’s actions in earlier episodes raise a lot of red flags and this isn't addressed in any way then nor later,
- the basic plot makes sense, but the script does not,
- every episode contained several filler scenes or shots, as well as scenes which were stretched beyond belief (by unnaturally long pauses, prolonged stares etc.) - all in an effort to make each episode at least 45 minutes long; this shows how little actual content there was in the script,
- annoying and/or dumb side characters, too many side characters with little or nothing to do,
- clickbait “sex” and “sensual” scenes (added nothing to the development of the plot, were included only to generate buzz and create a false impression that the show is about something; if you want to see two attractive males do sensual or sexual stuff - there's plenty of that elsewhere),
- serious issues (sexual assault, discrimination, abuse, trauma) were treated in a superficial way and either remained unresolved or were resolved in unrealistic ways (e.g. without any effort/time or offscreen).
tl;dr: this is a bad, boring BL which can be watched on fast forward with sound off.
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