Be Mine SuperStar (2023)

I placed a spoiler alert at the end of this review.

Overall, this series was ok. I like the story concept, but it was not executed very well.

The positive: The series does have many cute/sweet moments. I enjoyed the show within the show aspect by seeing behind the scenes of the fake lakorn (Prince of Love). I also thought the opening scene in the first episode was very smart. It was nice how supportive Mueng and Mrs. Wan was with Ashi. I also like how Ashi and Punn’s relationship progressed. It also had a great theme song.

The negative: The main problem is the script was not the greatest. It is surprisingly bland considering the multiple conflict scenarios that it had. I also need more than a bunch of random soft porn scenes incorporated into a series to make it interesting. I was not a fan of how the character Punn was portrayed. This character appeared very childlike for someone that is about to graduate college. It was not too bad, but it did get annoying at times. I’m going out on a limb and say this is not the actor’s fault. I feel this was either how the character was written, how the actor was told to play him, or a combination of both. This may be an unpopular opinion, but I didn’t like the secondary couple storyline. It started off interesting, but took a wrong turn in episode 6 for me. After this, I was not fully invested in their storyline.

The in-between: It has a great cast. I give them credit for doing a great job considering the weak script that they were given. I originally did not like the fighting mangers aspect, but it started to make sense as the series continued. Although it became over the top at times, it at least created some interest. As for the main couple storyline, it was not fully developed in some areas. They also get a very weak story conflict in the last two episodes. There is a lot of misuse of screen time and filler scenes which I skipped. The ending of the whole series was ok, but at least it was a happy one.

Random Notes:

Overall, the series was not horrible and had enough stuff to maintain my attention. I just don’t see myself ever wanting to rewatching it.

Punn’s bedroom is the same one used for Jaya’s bedroom in the series 55:15 Never Too Late.



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

It would have been better if they just kept the scheming manager scenario up to the end instead of introducing the half-baked story conflict for the main leads in episode 11. It was ridiculously weak and made no sense. The resolution, although happy, was just as weak.

Punn and Ashi’s relationship progressed at a nice pace. Their dating relationship did not happen too quickly or too long. However, we don’t get a lot of detail with their backstory. We learn from a few random flashback that they knew each other in high school, but we received no real details about it.

My main criticism with the secondary couple is what happened in Episode 6. Muang slept with Naming knowing that Naming was very drunk. For me, this was not ok. Muang was sober and knew what he was doing. At least Naming was rightfully pissed off and told Muang that he took advantage of him. Another problem is this had a very weak resolution which leads to them dating out of nowhere.

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O CASAL SECUNDÁRIO É A MELHOR COISA DESSA SÉRIE MAS TEVE POUCO TEMPO DE TELA

Vamos por partes.
1° A premissa era boa mais foi mal desenvolvida;
2° O casal principal não tem química e muitas cenas dão muita vergonha alheia por conta do Punn que é um personagem tão chato que chega a ser irritante;
3° O casal secundário é muito superior ao principal mas tiveram pouco tempo de tela;
4° (ALERTA DE SPOILER) Ainda falando sobre o casal secundário, aquela cena de traição facilmente perdoada no final é intragável pois mostra justamente que por não ter tempo de tela tudo foi corrido, inclusive os conflitos e resoluções
5° As cenas sexuais são muito boas e salvam esse drama

No geral essa é uma série meia boca mas uma coisa ou outra se salva. É tolerável.

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only watch if you love JaFirst

For me this wasn't the best story to showcase JaFirst potential.They are such talented actors bit this story was just kinda flat.Given that this is probably their last casting together I really was expecting to get my mind blown but I got disappointed instead.I had to take a break in the middle just to come back and watch it with a new perspective to get the hang of it cause the story was kind of all over the place.Honestly the only reason I finished is because I love JaFirst and the OSTs were quite good.As for the rewatch value I don't see that happening, I'll just watch DSN whenever I miss JaFirst

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Great NC scenes

As most of u already states the series is BAD. It is the worst I watched? No. But it is along with the worst.
Disclaimer: I'll use the actors name instead of the characters.
Ja is infantilazed. Yes, He is younger than First. They never state how much bur lets say 2 or 3 Years. It is not that much for the way he acted. They want him cute... I understand but it was not necessary.
First it's a cold blooded guy who fall for the goof one. But he never had anything but smiles for Ja and suddenly he loves Ja. Weird.
We have math problems. They met l, according to Ja 9 years ago but he is 20, that means they met when he was 11. Ehm doesn't make sense.
The plot could be way way better. The writing is bad. The acting is OK.
The second couple is HOT AF. Their NC scenes are Fire. Their plot it is a little bit better but it is not as good as writing as it should be.
The chemistry between JaFirst it's barely there. U can see they have good chemistry cuz the NC scenes are amazing. Butnin the acting sometimes u think u will feel it but then u don't.
To shorten in Watch the NC scenes... ARE worth this nightmare? Maybe not but they are so good and SO SO SO SOOOOOO realistic. Like u can belive they are having sex. With all the perks and noises of people having sex. It is not worshiping the other and just taking off shirts.
It is overall a 4.5. And 3 points of that are the NC scenes.
It is like a teenager with no experience writing, wrote the plot for Wattpad and then a porn writer wrote the NC scenes.

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Not SuperStar :'(

Watched this drama only because it has JaFirst in the cast. But it was a big disappointment.
The plot may seem interesting, Punn likes a famous actor, Achi, and becomes an intern working in the same filming set...
At first it wasn't that bad, but as the story goes,
it started to get super cringey, and some characters were too melodramatic, exaggerated, even annoying.There are supporting characters that I couldn't bear with because of the cringe.
Not blaming the actors, cause I've seen them in other series, but the script wasn't good, it killed JaFirst chemistry with th

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Wish it could’ve been more…

For this to be Ja and First last bl, I was kinda disappointed. I love them in don’t say no so I was excited for this bl when it first came out. I watched the first episode when it aired and was immediately disappointed. The acting was obviously good since it is Ja and First. But Ja’s character gave me so much second hand embarrassment with the way he was acting. It just was cringy, even after they got together. I liked First’s character, because we get to see him as a more mature character which is suitable. The story was very boring at first which is why it took me so long to finish it. It was ok but definitely not the best bl I have ever seen.

Alsooooo Ben was in it so immediately when I saw him, I was happy. I love Ben and to see him in this Bl was interesting (even though he was barely on screen)

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A fun series to enjoy.

The series was over all was a fun series. I do love the two leading couples. The always have great chemistry. My favorite couple to see develop was Mingmueang and doctor, they were fun to watch. I wish they did a better job showing there storyline. The cast were cute and they had there lovey dovey moments, and it was a nice welcome to see the change and the comedy was good. The guest cast were nice to see and played there roles well. The bad guys were basically annoying to watch get away with stuff, but the the life of villains. They were mess ups to like when title kiss ashi when he was sick and the massage moment was not ok, and he should have done better job of stop both those moments from happening. I did like seeing the miss between pai and diao lol. Overall it was a fun series to watch. Loved the NC moments were sexy and hot to watch.

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terminada...

Vaya.... esta es la segunda vez que escribo esta reseña, puede que falte algo pero valor, se me borro la otra...

LO primero, no me gusto la serie, esta tenia la formula (couple) para ser una serie increíble y la verdad es que no lo dio, desde el guion y la dirección de esta historia fue todo en picada, la inicie pensando en que serie increíble, que seria una historia digna del JaFirts y la verdad es que no fue así, solo fue una historia plana con casi nada de desarrollo de personaje y dios el personaje de Ja era la verdad un dolor de ver, sentir que estaba viendo un desperdicio de actuación.

LA musica ni la recuerdo, quizás si la busco descubra que me gusta una canción, pero la verdad no fue memorable.

La actuación no fue mala, pero tampoco fue la mejor, esperaba mucho mas.

La premisa de la historia era interesante y me llamaba mucho la atención, pero la ejecución no lo fue, solo fue mas de lo mismo en casi todos los ep.

No la recomiendo, si eres fan del JaFirts seguro que la querías ver, que nadie te detenga, pero ten encuesta que no es la mejor historia, pudo haberlo sido. Si no eres fan y la quieres ver, no la tomes muy enserio, tiene escenas disfrutable, aunque no creo que sean memorables.

No creo volverla a ver, aunque no soy de volver a ver series, soy mas de buscas escenas o momentos y listo, Peri esta no he da la impresión de que hace eso, hasta le momento no lo he hecho, y la verdad no fue tan memorable (al menos no para mi) como para ver escenas.

Aun en mi corazón tengo la esperanza (que es lo ultimo que se pierde) de volver a ver al JaFirts actuando juntos una vez mas, y espero que con mejor guion, porque ellos son buenos y merecen mas trabajos.

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Embarassment With No Fulfillment

I've seen cringe before. I mean it's bl for fuck' sake. The cliches, the characters and even the plot don't always make sense; despite this, they always manage to evoke some feeling in you. This series did the opposite for me. I tried to get through the first few episodes with minimal skips... and I did succeed (for the most part) and I kept expecting it to get better eventually, until I realized, this is as good as it gets.

Honestly, I had hope when watching this. I mean I had watched "SCOY" - which had an almost equal amount of cringe - and rather enjoyed it. I was expecting something along those lines only to be met with disappointment. It's such a shame because this could have been one of the best bls of 2023 (I mean they had JaFirst for heavens sake). But they were all over the place with the writing and simply failed to deliver.

I am so disappointed! I almost cried at the hours I wasted on this series the moment I finished it. I think from now on, I'm going to be more selective with the series I choose to watch....

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Two catty managers bitching each other, ft. Fanboy cringefest

Okay, so usually I dont like to write reviews until the whole series is done, but I figured that as I am already dropping it, I might as well say I what I think.

First, the managers need to go. I am sure their rivalry/plot-arc is gonna be the reason the drama eventually happens in the series but for now they are just eating too much screentime. I also have a feeling that this big rivalry is just a pointless case of miscommunication and it will be resolved in like 5 mins at the end of ep 10.

Moving on, as a fangirl, I can understand Ja/Punn to an extent but that overly stupid puppy shtick doesn't make for a good show. The cringe factor and secondhand embarrassment is just too much, but I am not gonna say anything because I too was in his shoes (or maybe even worse, coz I have thrown a massive tantrums and gotten physically violent when my sister touched my stuff. Of course, we would work it out later, but that's a different story). Putting that aside, it's not funny either.

I am not a fan of DSN but I liked the chemistry between Ja and First. But in this show, I felt...nothing. In fact, for the whole 3 episodes, apart from that one night stand between Mung and the doctor, for the whole 3 episodes my expression was the exact same as the female lead (Vorra) when the managers started fighting in ep 1, which is basically "just finish already so I can go back to scrolling youtube shorts". Watching paint dry is more exciting.

I do hope the story picks up now that the leads have finally met. I might give it another try after a few more weeks, but for now this it.

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Péssima produção

Tinha tudo para ser um lakorn maravilhoso de bom, principalmente porque tem o Ja e o First que são bons demais em atuar, mas a produção é péssima. Uma coisa é não ter orçamento direito para fazer algo que incrivel qualidade e outra é entregar um trabalho pobre em edição, furo em roteiro que daria para arrumar se lessem novamente o trabalho e falta de cuidado atenção com cenário, pois tem furos no roteiro, no cenário e PASMEM até na novela que é filmada no meio da série é cheia de furo. O casal principal é fofo até, e eu gosto muito da química deles mesmo que o Punn seja um bobão, ele cobsegue ser fofo e ele consegue entender as coisas. Agora o casal secundário é problemático e pronto. O cara transa com o muang la uma vez e diz que não repete a dose, o muang vai la e fica atrás dele o tempo todo e sempre recebe um não e ai quando vê o cara bêbado vai e se aproveita dele, plot horrivel estilo BL de 2013. Espero que o First e o Ja consigam atuar em coisas melhores....

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Twisted logic in the story but fun!

If you spend more than a nanosecond of time analyzing this series, you will find it so logically implausible and with the story so full of holes that literally make no sense, it will make your head spin. But if you watch it merely for its pure entertainment and put yourself on the couch with ‘Grandma’ and watch it as a Soap Opera, you will love it. I loved it, so I guess I sat next to Grandma. (You will get the reference if you watch the series. I do wish she had a bigger role. She was so entertaining). In general, there are two main characters, two more or less minor characters, and a slew of supporting characters, one of whom really steals the series, while others should have been written out of the series or actually never written in.
You can read the rest of my review at BLBliss.com.

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