Till the World Ends

How beautiful the moon is! This is the second time this year that a BL series revolves around the reactions of people facing the end of the world. The first one, ”Love at the End of the World”, directed by the late Shandii Bacolod, was reviewed extremely controversially – some commentators called it a masterpiece while others criticised the non-linear storytelling and allegedly unnecessary NC-scenes, to name just a few complaints. ”Till The World Ends” has been discussed controversially, too, and this time the main point of criticism was the false scientific aspects. If the moon were approaching the Earth as closely as shown in the series, commentators claimed, there would be natural disasters, e.g. flooding Bangkok etc. This criticism doesn't take into account that this isn't a scientific documentary, but a work of fiction, and the threat of the moon crashing into Earth is a metaphor for people, or rather a complete civilisation, facing a life-threatening situation. The series follows two groups of young people. Golf (Best Anavil), his brother Gus (Michael Kiettisak) and Art (Art Pakpoom) are the good ones (with some flaws, though), whereas a gang including Long (Knight Pichayut), Joke (Songklod Kunlachat) and a very evil girl, who resembles the young Britney Spears, aim at killing as many people as possible before the world ends. Gus, who has been in jail as a leader of…

Spoilers ahead, seriously, I'm going to give away the whole ending, so you might not want to read. This is a story set against the backdrop of a world about to end in natural disaster. This is a suspense/thriller and falls just short of horror. Yes, there are gay characters, but if you are looking for a good series, a feel-good rom-com or meaningful romance, this is not it! Two of the gay couples are already together and they are part of a cannibal gang terrorizing the area. The other two do get together during the series, but it was only after one tried to kill the other, then had second thoughts and held him captive and tried to convince the victim that he was actually his savior. This series is all very dark, sad and gives you the feeling that everything is hopeless. Also, not one single character survives to the end of the series. Some go in very gory ways, it is very disgusting and disturbing to watch. The series ends when the lives end of the last two characters left. Then to add insult to injury, if you stay watching there is a post-credit scene on the last episode that reveals that one character dreamt the entire thing. None of it was real, it was all a dream, in fact we don't even know if the other characters even exist. So basically, this is 10 45-minutes parts and none of it happened! Not one I would watch again, that's for sure; but maybe that's just me - I don't li…

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