Archive for January, 2010

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“Roses Above the cloud” not good for kids

By
Lyn
– January 27, 2010Posted in: Lakorn, Thai stars

There has been two articles from Thairath newspaper describing Noon Woranuch and “Aum” Patcharapa Chaichuea’s lakorn “Kulap Neua Mek (Roses Above the cloud)” as a bad influence on kids and inappropriate for society. Advocate against the lakorn say it promotes sex, violence, and inappropriate behavior–they disapprove of Aum and Noon’s body hugging clothes and short skirts and the constant verbal and physical fighting from Aum and Noon over one guy.

It’s a big debate right now generating hundreds of comments from the public at Kapook.com where the article has been re-posted.

Both articles here and here in Thai. One article is about local market merchants discussing how the lakorn “Roses above the cloud” is bad for their children and how they are seeing big behavioral changes in their kids after watching the lakorn. Apparently some of the kids are imitating what they see. The other article is about how this lakorn is dangerous for kids.

It’s just a lakorn. However, I wouldn’t mind them cutting back on the bitch slapping between Aum and Noon, usually I don’t mind, but it’s just way too much. As one person mentioned in the comment section (comment #476), “in the lakorn, they have to slap each other every 5 minutes over a guy (the person used “husband”), it’s just sex and violence throughout the whole story. To watch it, it terrifies the mind.” As for the clothes, it is pretty skimpy. Again, normally I don’t mind, but as their characters in the lakorn are career women who own a magazine company, they could at least wear a business suit once in awhile or skirts that fall below the knee. I actually want to be more crude, but I’ll keep my opinions to myself. “Kulap Neua Mek (Roses Above the cloud)” is not bad or good, it’s just a lakorn. It just seems like Ch7 is always in trouble with the public. Kom Faek was too violent. Mia Luang is bad for society and promotes extramarital affairs. Shrugs. I don’t watch lakorns to gain any life lessons, I watch lakorns for pure enjoyment. I do see merits in their concerns; however, I do think they are overacting.

It was mentioned in the comment section that Thai lakorns is going down in the dumpster where as Korean dramas, which don’t have crazy bitch slaps are rising in popularity, and all of Thailand loves Korean dramas.  Oh great, the big debate wages on, is Korean dramas better than Thai lakorns?

I’ll translate the full article and comments when I get back. Or not.

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Tang Saksit wants to be single forever!

By
Lyn
– January 27, 2010Posted in: Lakorn

Forty-two year old Tang Saksit, our favorite pra’ek from back in the day and the star Bang Ruk Soi 9″, a sitcom with Aom Piyada, told reporters he wanted to be single forever but confessed he has thought about his wedding would be. That makes no sense. Of course he was joking. Considering his age and his frequent rumors with young girls, people want to know when he will stop fooling around and get marry. Also, a psychic has predicted his fated lover is a widower, so of course, reporters had to ask them about that.

“Right now, my heart is beating normally. I’m currently waiting because a psychic predicted that my soulmate is a widower. I started counting since January. Do I believe it? I don’t know. He probably has his own method. Every other psychic probably has data very similar to each other. I’m just waiting to see because predictions are all in the future. Being alone it’s normal and difficult. Now what would it be like to be with a widower?” Said Tang.

Are you concern about your single life? “I’m not quite concern but it’s not quite okay.”

Is it because you’re too picky? “It’s more about fear. I’m getting older and I become more worried because I feel pressured, I have a new responsibility, how am I going to deal with it? I’m a person who fears what I don’t know. I have this fear occasionally.”

Is your spec (specification) someone who is older? “Probably so, since she is my soulmate, I’ll probably like her and  there will be no restrictions to our feelings.”

What about the widower?”Sounds cute. It will be a person who has had experience in life. Whenever there is a problem, she can fix it on her own. And she can be flexible with issues.”

Has your friends been cheering for you to find a girl? “All of them, they have been trying to set me up.”

That girl at the soccer match, how was she? “Oh, they are still cheering.”

Have you meet up with that girl again? “I have, she is very cute. But we’re not talking to her, I’m just glancing.”

Will you go forward with this? “She’s cute, appears proper, very shy. When it comes to acting on it, I’m not good with that. I’m more of an expert when it comes to rubbish things.”

Have you ever thought about getting married? “No, I have not, I have thought about how my wedding will be. Like for example it will be on a boat.”

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The supposed mistress and the wife

By
Lyn
– January 27, 2010Posted in: Thai stars

There is just way too much smut in the news, I don’t know what is fact or fiction. The latest on Pinky Savika is quite disturbing–Pinky was seen boarding a plane to Japan with “Pek” Sanchai Engtrakul (Tanya Ramnarong’s husband). The media is gossiping that Pinky and Pek are having an affair. Pinky denies the claim that she is Pek’s mistress and no, she did not go with him to JAPAN. Her family was there also. Coincidentally, they met at the airport and she greeted him because they know each other.

At the launch of ‘Stefan’ Tasit Sinkanawiwat and ‘Namfon’ Kullanat Preeyawat’s health magazine “Good Health…Good Life 2010″, “Tanya” Tanyares Ramnarong came out to defend Pinky.

“That day, P’Pek went to Japan for work. He even called to tell me he was coming back the same time as Pinky. When I heard about the news, I felt indifferent because before, Pinky coincidentally met Aum (Atichart) at a shop there (in Japan) and they got close soon after. This time, people saw and they thought Pinky was having an affair. Likewise with P’Pek, he is like a ‘logo’, anyone who is near him, there is news,” Tanya explained to the reporters.

The reporters then asked Pinky how she felt to see Tanya there, Pinky said it felt fine.

“It feels fine, I have not seen her in a long time. It will give us an opportunity to clear everything. I want them to understand each other completely.”

Do you feel relieved?

Pinky:”I feel relaxed like always. I’m conducting myself normally. Before, I used to go to their shop often.”

How do you feel to have news like this?

Pinky:”I felt startled because it is a very serious news and people have been calling me to ask all sorts of questions. If it is not true, then it will end.”

Tanya felt a sense of pity for Pinky and said, “I feel for her. If anyone had a rumor with a person who had a family, it’s severe. I pity her. Whoever has a news like this, I feel sympathy for them.”

Tanya have you discuss this with Pek?

“I discuss them with him frequently that he has news. He said he is not a celebrity. Why are their so many news? (Do you think he is worried about Pinky?) He hasn’t said anything. He just said this kind of news is not good. Truthfully he is very concern about our daughter than I am. Right now, she doesn’t know anything, but what about when she gets older?”

Pinky have you talked to P’Pek? “I saw him at the airport. He’s my senior. When he sees me, he smacks my head because he sees me as a younger sibling. We saw each other and talked normally. Since I have returned, I have not talk to him because of the news.”

The interview concluded with Tanya explaining to the reporters that she is not concern because there is nothing to be concern about. If she was a person who thought too much, they would have ended their relationship a long time ago.

Tanya and Pinky at the “Good Health…Good Life 2010″ event posing together.

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“365 days of love” fitting pictures

By
Lyn
– January 26, 2010Posted in: Lakorn

Call me superficial and vain, I find myself looking forward to Ken Theeradeth and Anne Thongprasom’s upcoming lakorn “365 Wan Haeng Ruk (365 days of love)” because I love the outfits they are wearing. I love the clean, preppy look. And they match without being overly obnoxious, they wear colors that complement each other. It’s chic and modern. It’s NICE!

In this lakorn, Anne and Ken will be playing a married couple. According to the  director Ampaiporn Jitmaingong,  “365 Wan Haeng Ruk (365 days of love)” will be a drama about the struggles of a married couple than a romantic comedy. According to Ken at the  Top awards, filming will start sometime in March. As mentioned in the youtube clip below, it might air when Noi (Ken’s wife) is about to give birth to their second child, 6 months from now. So the lakorn could air around July or August, late summer.

Mini summary: Ken is Tula, he is married to Lanaree (Anne). Tula is a man who is confident in love, as for Lanaree, not so much. Lanaree is described as boisterous, self-centered, kinda like Alin from “Soot Sanaeha (A recipe for love)”. One day, Lanaree had her fortune read by a roadside psychic. The psychic tells her that she and Tula will break up. She doesn’t believe the psychic, so the psychic gives her an old notebook and instructs her to put it under her pillow when she sleeps. When she wakes, she will find out if the prediction that her marriage will end in divorce is true. For several days, Lanaree is very stressed out by the psychic’s prediction and she doesn’t want to believe it and rationalized that the psychic is old and is probably mentally distorted. Nonetheless, she decides to do what the psychic instructed and place the notebook under her pillow before she went to bed. The next day, she wakes up to find herself not at her house with Tula but at her mother’s house. She checks the calender, it’s the correct month and day. But wait, it’s a year ahead. Eventually, Lanaree learns that a year ago, Tula and herself fought severely about something to the point where she packed up her stuff and she moved back in with her mother.

Some are describing this lakorn as an extension of “Soot Sanaeha (A recipe for love)”, Lanaree is very much like Alin and Tula’s mannerism is like Kru Cook (Din). This is “Soot Sanaeha (A recipe for love) 2″ with a fantasy twist.

I’m liking the story.

Clip of the fitting:

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TV ratings for January 15-19

By
Lyn
– January 25, 2010Posted in: Lakorn

The above picture is of Aum kicking some ass a chest in his action lakorn “Su Yipta (Fight to the End)”.  These numbers are pretty horrible for everyone. Ratings are ratings, Ch7 will always do better than everyone else. Ch3 will be second best, followed by Ch5, and the neglected Modern 9 will be last. What’s new?

Jan 15:
Ch3-Plerng See Roong(Rainbow Flame): Rating of 8
Ch5-Zen Seua Ruk (Zen Medium of Love): Rating of 5
Ch7-Phaw Nu Bpen Superstar (My dad is a Superstar): Rating of 10

Jan 16:
Ch3-Plerng See Roong(Rainbow Flame): Rating of 9
Ch9-Autumn Destiny: Rating of 2 *first episode*
Ch7-Phaw Nu Bpen Superstar (My dad is a Superstar): Rating of 11

Jan 17:
Ch3-Plerng See Roong(Rainbow Flame): Rating of 10 *finale*
Ch9-Autumn Destiny: Rating of 2
Ch7-Phaw Nu Bpen Superstar (My dad is a Superstar): Rating of 9

Jan 18:
Ch3-Su Yipta (Fight to the End): Rating of 14 *finale*
Ch7- Kulap Neua Mek (Roses above the cloud): Rating of 6
Ch5-Yak Yoot Tawan Wai Tee Plai Fah (Yearning to stop the sunset at the horizon): Rating of 2

Jan 19:
Ch3-Chaloey Ruk (Honorable Captive): Rating of 7 *first episode*
Ch7- Kulap Neua Mek (Roses above the cloud): Rating of 9
Ch5-Yak Yoot Tawan Wai Tee Plai Fah (Yearning to stop the sunset at the horizon): Rating of 4

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Averages for current and previously aired lakorns:

Ch3
Lakorns that have ended:
Su Yipta (Fight to the End): average rating of 8.58
Plerng See Roong(Rainbow Flame): average rating of 7.79

Currently on air:
Chaloey Ruk (Honorable Captive): average rating of 7
Hua Jai Song Park (A Divided Heart): average rating of 4.33—this lakorn is doing so poorly.

Ch5
Currently on air:
Yak Yoot Tawan Wai Tee Plai Fah (Yearning to stop the sunset at the horizon): average rating of 3.28

Ch7
Currently on air:
Kulap Neua Mek (Roses above the cloud): average rating of 9.30
Liam Ruk (Angles of Love): average rating of 10
Phaw Nu Bpen Superstar (My dad is a Superstar): Rating of 10.25

Sources: Pantip (averages), Pantip (Jan.18-19), and Pantip (Jan. 15-17)

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Ananda and Jeed have broken up

By
Lyn
– January 23, 2010Posted in: Thai stars

Film actor Ananda Everingham and his model/actress girlfriend Saengthong ‘Jeed’ Ket-U-Tong of 4 years have broken up. Anyone surprise? You shouldn’t be, if you believe the gossip that he has been with other women, many known actresses. There have been many rumors.

Reporters caught up with Jeed a few days at the Grey Goose The World’s Best Lifestyle event and Jeed confessed Ananda and herself are just friends now.

“Right now, we are friends. We have agreed to be friends. The truth is we have not been separated for too long but have been separated by work. We had a reason for a discussion and after talking we agreed it would be best if we were just friends to maintain the good feelings we have for each other. We ended with complete understanding,” explained Jeed. What a script, they all say that, don’t they?

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