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absolutebl ¡ 21 days ago
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Lovesick 2014 versus Lovesick 2024
Rebooting the OG BL, Thailand? Are you sure that's wise?
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I don't think anyone is ready for the depths I'm about to go to. But the gauntlet was thrown and comparisons must be made.
Generally when an IP is being remade by a different country I try to cut it slack and evaluate based on fresh eyes and different standards. But this is an actual reboot, not a reinterpretation.
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Challenge accepted, Thailand.
A tiny bit of background......
I was one of those who watched Lovesick (LS14 aka the original) early on in my BL journey. No, not when it was airing, but the BL cut when it was first put up on YT (or maybe it was grey first?) hard subbed by fans way back before Netflix picked it up (and then dropped it). So yeah, it's been a while. and I LOVED it. I've rewatched it MULTIPLE times.
I like YA narratives and I enjoy high school BL and that is probably all Lovesick's fault. But nostalgia is a toxic emotion, so I'm trying to give the reboot (LS24 aka the new version) some credit.
But for those who don't know Love Sick is The Original Thai BL. Do not argue. It just is.
The plan is to do a general round up and comparison of broad aspects of script, filming, and acting at the very end, but as it airs I decided to do a "watch off." You ready?
And now......
Boys in Blue Shorts
LS24 Episode 1 versus LS14-s1 Episodes 1, 2, 3, 4 
They did a smart thing tailoring the whole thing down to just the BL thread from the original. And removing the opening party sequence is definitely a win.
However, with less time spent on all the ensemble characters in the opening three episodes, it’s a lot harder to keep such a large cast of characters straight (irony), especially the music club.
Also they materially damage the evolution of Noh & Phun's romance by losing the actual first sleepover and the "eating out with the girls" scenes, which really bonded the two boys in friendship prior to the "water fight crash into me" romantic beginning. By skipping to just the first flush of romance, PhunNoh feels rushed.
* UPDATE!! Spies report in that a lot of the stuff I complain about missing in the 2024 version is in the uncut version on iQIYI. (Which is longer by as much as 25%!) So I am rewatching it there and updating this post accordingly.
We got the entire arc of their first brush with love in just episode one of LS24. Which comes off as fast and cliffs-notes esk. However, it's more in line with modern Thai BL (which is rarely slow burn) and also more sexy and physical, less intimate and emotional. 
I've never liked the first two episodes of LS14, but episodes 3 & 4 are killer. Not to mention important to the plot and to the history of Thai BL.
In the end, because the cutting floor choices impacted the weight and emotional resonance of the main romance thread, I’m (still) going to give this one to the original. But you absolutely must watch the uncut version of the new version, it makes a massive difference.
2014 wins (but only just)
LS24 Episode 2 versus LS14-s1 Episodes 5, 6, 7 
The "Phun sick at Noh's house" is a lot more flirtatious in the new version but I missed the shoulder in the car and Noh snapping at Aim from the original. But I like Noh choosing to be a bolster pillow and offering himself (rather than being coerced), and the near kiss is better in the new version.
The new version also makes Phun more pitiable, like he sees Noh as a place/person of refuge. I like that a lot better for his character (and queerness).
Making Aim’s quandary (and personality flaws) nested in an actual queer crises (similar to Phun's) is a better tactic for sympathy, so this second ep really got me with some nice modernizations.
Phun freezing Noh out strikes hard in both versions but we lost Noh's identity crisis and Phun's crisis of conscience this time around.
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The "letting go of the hand" is more powerful in the original, but it was also pretty good in the new one.
I hate to do this but, I have to......
2024 wins 
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I say this knowing that the hand in the bookstore is and forever will be one of the most iconic moments in BL history.
If you disagree with me you can, literally, talk to the hand.
LS24 Episode 3 versus LS14-s1 Episodes 8, 9, 10 
The drunken confession, kiss, and the escape to the beach.
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No kiss in the new version (which is WILD), but the old version hardly counted either.
In 2024 they have to make Phun have a long term crush and Noh be softer over gay feels to compensate for a tighter timeframe. These changes I don’t mind, but it does modernize the BLness of it all.
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I really like that Phun was questioning his own sexuality when he initially asked Noh to fake date, and that the real reason was that he was testing himself. That is, frankly, more realistic to a queer coming of age, and makes the fake dating plot lest stupid. And it makes Phun a more likable character.
The shouting confessions in the new version were really cute too. As was the crying.
But I’m sad that we got no kiss and no back hug or chin down hug.
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The original is so much more poignant, and so much more messy and so much more teenage about everything.
I cried in the original and I didn’t in the reboot.
"If it takes no time at all to fall in love, why does it hurt so bad to say goodbye?" 
Whatever way that script is translated, it’s a great line. 
Ep 10 from 2014 is a real dud tho. 
Argh! What to do? This one is a draw. 
No winner. 
An interesting thing about this show i never thought about during my many watches of the original: Phun has a harder time, even though he brought it on himself, partly because Noh is accustomed to being like where Phun is not. Phun, as the rich kid, is used to being envied and admired even respected. But not genuinely liked. The fact that Noh genuinely liked him for him (and not what he has) is a huge reason he can't let go.
I think the newer version showcases Phun's character in general a lot better than the original, and yeah I do think that is partly a superior actor this time around. Sorry, White.
LS24 Episode 4 versus LS14-s1 EPisodes 11, 12 & LS14-s2 Episodes 1, 2 
Earn loans the money and sports day commences.
Necklace drama and Phun’s jealousy, especially in the council room, is better in the new version. It’s just more vicious and petty and appropriate to teenagers. Plus a proper kabedon.
I did miss the face touch, forehead kiss, and “we don’t actually belong to each another” line. 
Argh that was SUCH are great line.
Not to mention the iconic standing in the street:
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But, again, the opening eps of season 2 back in 2015 were very much not good, so condensing them down is an improvement.
Decisions, decisions.
No I can't, it's a draw again.
No winner.
LS24 Episode 5 versus LS14-s2 Episodes 2, 3, 4
Sports day continues, Phun thwarts Earn, the overalls scene du jour. 
Earn, the original, remains one of the greatest queer role models ever put into a BL. There is just no contest, sorry not sorry.
He is the King.
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The new version has a public shoulder lean plus and epic "MINE" glare. You know I love a claiming.
But the big after party is much better in the old version.
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But the switch of Golf’s character to Grace and the reason she left the school is absolutely genius and possibly my favorite change that has been made in the new series so far.
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Oh but I really LOVE the drunken bathtub scene in the original.
This is a hard call.
But I simply must give it to the original. (Super props on Gracie tho, nice call 2024.)  
2014 wins 
LS24 Episode 6 versus LS14-s2 Episodes 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 10
This new version speaks out loud more of the angst and messiness. The original let that simmer and be shown more than it was told. Interesting twist on the video evidence. 
(I love the tiny side couple of tough kid + the dork of the music club. Nice little ship, that.)
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And...... We’re done with the beach visit already? The original took 4 eps! Which definitely could’ve been condensed down. Still no sunrise after sleeping in lawn chairs, no confession no nothing. Also lost one of the most iconic lines in all BL by leaving that section out.
It’s a terrible feeling, not knowing where the line is between us.
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It’s so good. Hard to forgive the new version for losing it. Not to mention there's no Noh calling Earn to ask for his advice and Earn being torn over what to do with a bisexual crisis. Also "morning kiss krab."
But episode 9 of the original is entirely unnecessary and large chunks of 8 and 10 are as well. I can’t believe I entirely blocked out forgot about the singing competition. I mean, this is me, I always fast-forward through most of the singing stuff, but I forgot this whole part of season two.
Again, I lament the loss of iconic moments from the original script more than anything else, but because of the sheer quantity of superfluous flack in the original, and the fact that the new Phun is the prettiest pouty baby, this point has to go to the new version. 
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2024 wins
LS24 Episode 7 versus LS14-s2 Episodes 11, 12, 13, 14
New Phun’s bitch face really is exceptional. I kind of enjoy everybody ribbing the two of them because they have no idea what’s actually going on. 
End of the auditions and the “repairing the couch Earn flirts” scene. Phun v jelly. I do like the way Earn puts it in this one, basically “I can’t fight against you if you don’t even know what you’re fighting for.” AKA you aren’t a worthy opponent. 
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He’s nicer in this version. In the original, the confrontation between these two was much nastier. 
I love how Noh consciously winds Phun up in this version. It was really nice to see Noh get a bit of his own back. Of course Phun is sulky about it. He didn’t deserve to be rewarded with Noh’s confession but at least he didn’t let it just rest there, but gave his own back. We lost the problematic “not gay” line in the new version, which is very good. BUT we also lost the original shouting “I like you” across the court for all the nongs to overhear. Which is sad. Plus new version has much less Pete. Original ep 12 was epic.
We lost the phone flirting from the original, which was very cute. So I did very much miss that. 
The party at Noh’s. 
In the original, this has probably the best sequence of scripting in BL history. (Noh & Golf through the door) Where Noh talks about what it means to truly love somebody.
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Mostly because they cut that bit out in the new version, I’m afraid I have to give this one to the original.
2014 wins
(How crazy, by the way, that as I type this: Ngern is opposite Oat OF ALL PEOPLE in Fourever You, Pineare and Sammy are ALSO in that show, August is finally in a leading role in a different remake, Addicted Heroin, Gunsmile is BACK in a cameo and this is the show he returned too away from GMMTV. We live in wild times.)
The Leader Board
2014 = 4 points
2024 = 2 point
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theside-b ¡ 3 months ago
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Pon Thanapon and Sailub Hemmawich in
THIS LOVE DOESN'T HAVE LONG BEANS (2024) episode 07 - "I can teach you, but when I do, don't cry about it."
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laurenkmyers ¡ 4 months ago
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khaotunq ¡ 11 months ago
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is it a character primer or a "tag yourself" meme? Yes. Twins (2023)
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gunsatthaphan ¡ 11 months ago
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#wild imagination.
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forcebookish ¡ 6 months ago
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(almost) every forcebook kiss
✨mock trailers😘
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heretherebedork ¡ 2 months ago
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The pain of letting go isn't anywhere near the pain of being let go of sometimes.
Bonus: The original release and agony.
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pigglepiephi ¡ 2 months ago
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Never, ever would have thought that a penguin/ panther shapeshifter BL would have been high on my watch list…but here we are! Hats off to the person who crafted that excellent pilot trailer!
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Also welcome back JaonineNokia!
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legendaryrooftopscene ¡ 6 months ago
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Tbh it’s funny to me when @do-you-know-this-queer-character posts a Thai BL character and the info section says they use he/him pronouns. No he doesn’t! He uses gu/phi/pom/noo/[his own name] pronouns. WE use he/him pronouns for him.
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sherrymagic ¡ 4 months ago
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BEST OF: KONGTHAP KAWIWAT MY LOVE MIX-UP! | EP. 4
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pharawee ¡ 6 months ago
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—Winner Tanatat Kunaneksin in MY STAND-IN THE SERIES · Episode 05
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theside-b ¡ 2 months ago
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Pon Thanapon and Sailub Hemmawich in THIS LOVE DOESN'T HAVE LONG BEANS (2024)
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thebroccolination ¡ 7 months ago
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THE EX-MORNING
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[official teaser]
Starring: Krist Perawat and Singto Prachaya Featuring: Godji and Aou Directed by: Lit Samajarn
Synopsis: Award-winning reporter Pathapi (Krist) needs an image revamp after an outburst on air. Enter producer Tamtawan (Singto), who has returned to Thailand especially to help Pathapi. The twist: they're exes.
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The script is not only completely original, it was written especially for KristSingto by Aof Backaof.
If I'm not talking about BounPrem's vampire series, I'll be talking about this. \:D/
THE ROYAL COUPLE RETURNS.
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khaotunq ¡ 7 months ago
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Seduction 101, according to Ayan: Step 94/?: Ask him to get dirty with you.
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bl-bam-beyond ¡ 6 months ago
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Watch "[OFFICIAL TEASER] Addicted Heroin รักร้าย นายเสพติด (上瘾) #addictedheroinTeaser" on YouTube
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ADDICTED HEROIN TEASER.
Thailand Remake
@pose4photoml @absolutebl @kingofthereblog-boysloveed @wanderlust-in-my-soul
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hayyypng ¡ 7 days ago
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POCONG (2024) | Short Film Director/Writer: Joong Archen Cinematographer/Editor: Kanat Nimvijit Stars: Joong Archen & Dunk Natachai
Bonus:
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