Yaaay! I can finally watch this with subs! Thank you very much to @Sweet_JJ (May I call you Jana too?) and Sherri James! YAY!
I watched the first episode today, finally, without subs. (I only saw the link to the subs minutes ago). It was really really really GOOD! The intro with the scenic view of Thailand was really breathtaking. And James Ma looks so damn good. Now that he's not wearing tucked in shirts, he looks more buff and more gangstah with a swaggah! hahaha Sorry, I have no (english) words to describe it, but as Chai Pee, he was badass too, but he was more jolly and playboy like (James Dean like) but now it's more uhhh tribal manly badass, I don't know (intelligible speech down the drain :scratchhead2: ) All I want to say is that he fit into the background and the period. I guess it's because I couldn't understand a thing, so I wasn't really paying attention to the dialogue but I was focused more on the actions, and I just realized how important the body language is in Lakorns, like their bearing and the way the characters carry themselves - I realized that it does make a difference! The sidekick of James Ma's character had an almost clumsy way about him, different from how, say a sidekick in the 1950's lakorns would act, etc. And of course James ma walked, ran and even fought in a more aggressive, almost feral manner. It was very nice to look at.
His english accent was really cute. and he was so sweet to his teacher. He was also sweet to the young girl.
The false love interest looked fake-sweet - I don't know if she intentionally acted the character that way (She IS fake-sweet right?) but yeah, she was just too coy and there was something in her eyes that makes her look like she was not trustworthy. kudos to the actress for managing to convey that image.
Many of you were mentioning that there are lots of A-list actors in the cast, unfortunately I haven't watched enough Lakorns to know who is who, but I was surprised to see a lot of familiar faces, and these familiar faces who played minor characters all acted differently the way they did before.
I am looking forward to Matt's great debut. the buildup in the ending credits already look epic!