Twins (2023)

Story

After watching the series I really enjoyed it. It's certainly not one of the worst BLS.The actors did a pretty good job..My favourite pairing was Sam and
Tan and I was hoping to see more of them being loved up.Sam was sweet and would have been a great match for Sprite.The pairing of First and Sprite although they played the parts well I didn't think they were
ideally suited.Ihink the height of First put me off. The
storyline was decent enough.Had a few flaws but all in
all it was good. There was plenty of male testerone
flying about and really good-looking males to keep you riveted.
Well-done to everybody involved.

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Go watch Not Me it is much better

This story is similar to the Not Me serie by OffGun.The concept is almost the same the only thing that is different is this serie includes sports.while I would have liked it if the writing is not poor.There was no need to extend the truth to the last episode.There are many things that are missing.I am saying this with my experience that gagaoolala is not providing good content.If this channel is giving you 30 series in a year.Only 3 would be great.I am not saying it without any reason.Me as a bl watcher thinks that why everything in these series have to good in the last episode.I mean this is the purpose of last episode but if they have revealed the truth earlier and then Pfirst should be upset.Then sprite should reconcile with him that would have been a very good plot.And PZee should consult with his mother that she only cared about her wish and that ruined the relationship between the twins.Like guys I am really disappointed in this series' poor writing.

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Loved it, but the writing was so bad!

So, the premise in interesting, but the writing is so bad. This is kinda the criticism I have with most thai shows. IDK if its because of bad subtitles or if the story is actually that bad, but this show had so much wasted potential.

I actually quite liked First. I know a lot of people did not like Ryan's acting, but I thought he came across a lot more natural than many newbies - and he *IS* a newbie! While I really could not empathize with Zee and how he treated people, I did think that Frame did a much better job playing Zee than playing Sprite. Also, if Sprite was pretending to be Zee shouldn't he also act like Zee so that he passes for Zee? First has known Zee since they were kids, how does he not know about Sprite. I get that the parents were divorced and the families were not in contact, but the coach seemed like he was close friends with their mom. Sprite was so exaggerated and comical I could not with him. I did love the way Sprite fell for First and tried to make the team a team despite his brother, but it just seemed to strange to me that the team just accepted that this person who is acting nothing like Zee is Zee.

I also didn't understand why Sprite did not confide in First like a bajillion episodes ago. Your lover keeps calling you by your siblings name. Isn't that an ick? Shouldn't he deserve to know who he's sleeping with if you reach that point? I think that was messed up! Especially when Zee and the Girl were involved and Sprite kept insisting he wasn't involved with her. Like what did you think was going to happen. Zee seems to despise First, what did Sprite think was going to happen?

TL;DR: I thought the cast did a fairly good job given how bad the writing was. It is worth a watch if you're interested in movies like parent trap / she's the man and etc that involve twins switching places with each other. Its one of the few BLs focused on Sports so that was also interesting.

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Hot actors, good moments, but mid overall

I was quite surprised by how much I liked this drama. While most of the actors are attractive, I feel the main couple doesn't quite look like they should be together. Either way, this BL is has many steamy moments, but I feel like they could have added a lot more. There were too many episodes that felt like they had little focus on the chemistry and were about the twin confusion and the big game. The excitement to watch each episode died for me and so I cannot rate this very high. The amount of funny moments weren't enough for a Thai drama, but the whole thing did feel quite bright and energetic.

Overall I would say this is an okay Thai BL. The intimate scenes are good, I just wish there was more tension between the couples and it wouldve been a highlight. Watch this if you like a sports theme and like attractive bodies and faces. Still I can't help but feel there has been some missed opportunities here. If you go for hot, go for really hot. This is an instance of a BL where I would have actually liked every member to be romantically/sexually involved with another, even though its unrealistic for a whole team of volleyball players to be gay or bi.

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Worthwhile Watch

I had mixed feelings about the show, I love it but at some point, it gets mind-numbing. The last four episodes take a turn for the worst as they start dragging the storyline and eventually culminate in a disappointing ending. The concept of twins as introduced by GMMTV's Not Me, seems to have worked well for this drama/comedy, and this was what made me fall for the show.

The actors were the best part of this show with both Frame and Ryan just winning my heart. Frame did a really nice job playing both the good and evil twin while conveying both their emotions. But it was the cute moments between the two that had me squealing.

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a float serve at best

you start this series and think it’s going to go a certain way and try to track it, but it ends up just dropping in front of you without making it to a real significant point.

I am still giving this a high rating because frame and ryan genuinely carried the entire series, both in acting and promotions. more so that frame being able to pull off two roles, and make me feel very different things for each character, deserves to be praised. they both poured so much into this and don’t deserve to be overshadowed by some of the worst writing to exist. it rivals mame in the sense that there is minimal critical thinking from characters, no world building, dialogue is not a thing, and production that just accepts bare minimum in editing, filming, and sound.

which leads into my second point: there’s too many couples. I would let sam and that other guy get a pass if they actually had chemistry, but team always looks so tense it was actually uncomfortable watching him. I had hoped he would loosen up a bit or even give some unscripted type of improv but it didn’t happen. I hope he gets more comfortable if he continues in this industry, but that couple should’ve been written out of the series or changed how their scenes went. generally, I find second lead couples to take my interest, but this one was a hard pass.

overall, it’s fun but suffered a lot from keeping zee as a relevant part of the plot. this needed more thought put into it from an outside party or something. disappointing, but I still think it was a good watch just to see rising actors like frame and ryan.

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Acting was not strong enough

story line is kind of good, but acting is not strong enough.. even through story line is good there is somthing missing i mean its same like acting only story line is good scens line up also not strong for me.. some of parts are not giving sense at all like when zz and sprite changing times to time and them srite ask first what happend.. that wasactually idiotic question.. and actors can not give us feelings.. i am thinking what if there was a good actors this drama will be more famous..

And i must say zee's girlfriend is cute when she smile it makes my heart warm.. and for surporting characters i dont like them too lot of themcan not act and others who can act did not ricived supportive strong characters.. and i thing some stories of supportive characters is dont want for drama.. itz good for that actors but not for drama..

Overall can watch

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Ótimo Plot péssima execução

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Recentemente muitas séries BL tem saído da caixinha de faculdade e escola e explorado diferentes temáticas. Séries com gêmeos não são mais uma novidade, mas com vôlei sim (pelo menos para mim) e foi justamente isso que me chamou atenção, fiquei curiosa e decidi assistir sem saber o que esperar.

Somos apresentados a Sprite e Zee, gêmeos que aparentemente foram criados separados e por causa de um conflito Sprite precisa assumir a vida de Zee para que ele não perca sua posição no time de vôlei (Mesmo que isso signifique comprometer a sua própria vida).

O que mais me irritou na serie foi o favoritismo e enaltecimento do Zee a todo momento, mesmo que ele seja um personagem desprezível e que a todo momento só se importa com si mesmo, e com um caráter totalmente questionável do inicio ao fim. Eu diria que ele facilmente poderia ser colocado como vilão na história. Enquanto isso, o Sprite sempre esta em uma posição de culpado, quando na verdade a maioria dos conflitos da série acontecem por culpa do Zee, mas quem tem que lidar com elas é o Sprite.

Já Sprite é totalmente o oposto de seu irmão, um personagem extremamente carismático e que me tirou risadas sinceras. Apesar de não ser tratado na história o Sprite sempre tentar lidar com tudo sozinho e as vezes até colocar as necessidades dos outros acima das suas. E como nesse caso o enredo perde várias oportunidades em desenvolver o arco dos seus personagens.

A história seria muito mais interessante se eles tivessem trabalhado mais nos personagens e suas relações, já que temos muitos, mas muitos personagens, relações e até conflitos que não são desenvolvidas e acabam por não ter importância nenhuma no enredo mas tomam muito tempo de tela, como por exemplo a mãe dos gêmeos que claramente se importa mais com a reputação de Zee do que com ele mesmo, a série simplesmente joga essa bomba e nunca mais você vai ouvir falar sobre esse conflito, que seria muito importante para o desenvolvimento do personagem.
(NOTA: Legal que ela não se importou em Sprite se sentir sobrecarregado em viver as duas vidas, mas a série ignora isso. Favoritismo? Nunca!)

Sem contar os casais secundários que são um VERGONHA. Os atores são perfeitos com uma química excepcional, mas sem importância NENHUMA! Jack e Mike foi um casal jogado somente para proporcionar cenas quentes, Sam e Than só existem. Ambos casais são totalmente desconexos do roteiro, se pular todas as cenas deles a série continua a mesma, isso é muito triste.

(NOTA: Agora vamos falar do casal principal, já digo que eu me apeguei pelos dois e principalmente pelo First.)

O relacionamento de Sprite e Frist é um "enemies to lovers" em um "slow burn" e eu particularmente amo esses tipos de romance que se desenvolvem devagarinho. Esse carinho que tive pelo casal fez eu ficar com muito ódio do Sprite e mais ainda do Zee, vou explicar o porquê... First é um personagem muito sincero e ele tem muita fé e confiança nas pessoas, principalmente em Sprite ( que ele pensa ser Zee). Quando o Zee volta para assumir seu lugar, ele sabe que Sprite se apaixonou por First e que eles tem um caso, E MESMO ASSIM ele ignora e diz coisas cruéis para First. Ele é um desgraçado total! A cada episódio que passa First fica cada vez mais abalado com essas oscilações de Zee/Sprite. O PIOR é que Sprite vê como First está com tudo isso e SIMPLESMENTE IGNORA e tenta compensar nos dias em que ele finge ser Zee. Resumindo, eles dois acabam com o psicológico de First.
Quando Sprite finalmente contou que ele e Zee eram pessoas diferentes (F: Poxa todo esse dano psicológico que vocês me causaram foi a toa? Que engraçado!) eu quis muito que First desse um soco na cara dele, mas infelizmente não foi o que aconteceu, de qualquer forma ele deu uma resposta satisfatória (Mas essa cena não importa porque a história segue como se essa cena não tivesse acontecido, maravilha!)

Perto do fim é perceptível que a história tinha que ser finalizada logo, mas se tirassem as mil cenas TOTALMENTE DESNECESSÁRIAS de personagens TOTALMENTE DESNECESSÁRIOS dava tempo de fazer um bom final. O que nos restou para a conclusão foram acidentes inofensivos, reviravoltas que ninguém se importa e reconciliações insatisfatórias.

Por fim, a série é cheia de furos, tramas não finalizadas e cenas desnecessárias, mas em contrapartida é uma série muito engraçada, com personagens carismáticos e bem interpretados, casais fofos e quebra de estereótipos no mundo dos BLs. É uma série para desligar a mente e ativar seu modo bobo, passar raiva e aproveitar.

Eu gostei e me diverti, assistiria de novo.

Mas eu sempre vou odiar o Zee <3

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Nothing like the trailer but not in a bad way~

I absolutely love this and not just cuz First looks like if Hendery and Xiao Jun(WayV) had a child. In a way, I'm totally ok that they didn't stick to the trailer. Like Sure it kinda just makes it another collage BL BUT It's super cute and so funny and I'm having the time of my life. I am absolutely feral for the reveal and I want it now but I under stand the wait for plot reasons and it just makes me anticipate it more. On one hand Sprite could very easily and SHOULD tell First like right now and I'm sure it would be fine but on the other hand I want a big and dramatic reveal xD

Very Fun Very Cute Worth watching 100%

finished update: It was perfect and i loved it~ still 100%

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The Cast Really Saved this Series

I placed spoilers at the end of this review.

Overall, I enjoyed this series. This is a good example of why picking the right actors makes a big difference. I usually don’t start my reviews about this, but the entire cast are the VIP’s that really saved this series. No, I’m not just saying this because we get to see most of them shirtless and occasionally in their underwear. A big shout out for Frame. Considering this is his first series, he did a great job creating unique personalities for Sprite and Zee. The rest of the actors also did an outstanding job with the script. You would not know that many of them are relatively new actors. At first, I was really worried about the amount of side characters they introduced. However, I was pleasantly surprised that they did a very good job making all of them interesting. I actually remember who they were and cared about their side stories. Why were the actors the VIP of this series. It’s because there were two main culprits that prevented this series from receiving a 10 rating, from me at least.

The first culprit was the script. For the positive aspect of the script, most of the storylines are actually interesting and did a decent job laying out the major plot points. As for the negative aspects, it failed on giving us a proper follow through. Best way to describe the script is it’s like a bleary picture. You can almost see everything but just can’t make out the finer details. For me, the main storyline of the twins trading places became very frustrating towards the end. What is weird is they introduce some very interesting side storylines, but once again we don’t get the full picture about most of them. Instead of introducing even more story plots towards the end, they should have just focused more on the side storylines they already established in the beginning of the series. I appreciate a good plot twist, but they could have incorporated some with the other storylines. It does have a happy ending, but everything felt very rushed.

The editing was the second culprit. It didn’t do a really good job at indicating the passing of time throughout the series. For example, the first episode came across like it all is happening in one day. If it was not for some of the lines, I would have not known this was happening in a few days (weeks?). They also have scenes that seemed out of placed which caused information inconsistency.

Random Notes:

As always, I’m fascinated by seeing familiar location used in different series. The location for Sprite and Zee’s childhood/father’s house is the same one used in the series “Something in My Room”. What is really bothering me is I know I’ve seen the café used in another series, but I can’t figure it out. Yes, this is annoying me.

Maybe this was intentional, but the actors were actually wearing the “Twins” logo promotional uniforms in the practice scenes in the first episode.

******Spoiler Alert******

Despite my long rant in this section, I did enjoy watching this series and would rewatch it.

They did a decent job explaining some of the past events, but it could have been better. There is no explanation why Sprite and Zee’s parents separated or why the twins were split up. We also don’t get a real explanation as to why Sprite and Zee’s relationship is tense or what happen to make Zee become such an arrogant A-hole. What is really weird is we get a better explanation of why First and Zee hate each other.

The twins trading places made sense in the beginning, but gets really annoying towards the end. Once again, the editing did not do a good job indicating when Sprite and Zee were switching places. There is also no explanation why they are switch off different days. Why not just let Sprite continue in Zee’s spot and vice versa full time? Another thing that became frustrating was there were so many opportunities where Sprite could have explained everting to First about what was going on.

Instead of introducing more unnecessary storylines towards the last few episodes, they should have focused on the ones they started off with. For example, the storyline between Jack and Mike. They should have also focused more on showing Zee trying to expose his attackers instead of completely forgetting this storyline and then rushing it in the last episode. They should have also kept it a secret from the audience and let us see the mystery unfold as Zee looked for clues/evidence.

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it's not done yet!

only 10/12 episodes is released yet but i really need to say that i don't like how Zee treat First, i mean come on! you know that your brother likes him, you don't have to but atleast give him a smile or something!!!! and why Sprite isn't telling First about the situation! i don't get it!!!! The next episode is gonna be 11 and all bl fans knows or atleast should know what that means!! I do hope that this serie breaks that and they get a happy 11 episode but im not that sure about that. I do actually plan to maybe skip next week and kind of wait until the last episode is done but i don't know, i was planning to skip this week too but i still ended up watching it at the time it was out

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