Dead Friend Forever - DFF (2023)

SEASON 2 WHEN??

I have so many thoughts and feelings about this show, it was so entertaining and I would get so excited every time a new episode aired. Anyone who likes plot twists, thrillers, or revenge plots need to watch this immediately. Also some of the best acting I've seen in a while from multiple people in the cast! I felt so bad for Non, so many people treated him horribly. Even though I like Ta and Copper together and their chemistry is good, I wasn't a PheeJin fan because I gradually started disliking Jin as the episodes went on. The character who interested me the most was surprisingly Tee, even though he definitely had the most to do with what happened to Non, you can tell that he is a victim of his surroundings. He was such a well-written character where you strongly dislike (for obvious reasons) but can still understand (most of) his actions. Based off the finale, there has to be a second season coming and I'm also very excited for that and hope it keeps the magic that the first season had. And I hope that New/Tan is actually alive...

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Great acting and well written BL series, unique and one of a kind.

I'd highly recommend the series because all the actors have put in tremendous hard work and it was really well done even though some aspects didnt sit right with me, I genuinely enjoyed most of it especially episodes 1-7 where phenomenal a 10/10 for real. The storyline towards this end did get a bit questionable but the beginning episodes were enough for us to be hooked on to it. The cinematography was one of kind with amazing editing, the bl series wasnt cheaply done and when you watch it you will definitely know.
The actors really put out amazing performances even though most of them were rookies.
This show is definitely award winning in my opinion as it ticked all the criterias for me.
Please do watch this series because it's not like other bl series that we normally get this is different and spectacular.

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Great series with some flaws

Before this review begins...
I LOVE Dff the series. Amazing.
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I, a fan of horror, mystery, BL, GL, comedy, and romance, finds this series exciting and believe itwill appeal to different tastes....

The series started well. The actors did a good job playing the characters. And, let's give hats off to P'Barcode because I don't think anyone else could have matched the pain, agony, or sadness that Non felt throughout the series with no one to support him by his side. He killed his role.
I loved every character, and It was impossible to hate any....except Uncle Joe(you will know if you watch).
Even the ending was great. I loved it, but I would have loved it even more if Non was alive(Yes....He ded 0_0) What really shook me was that they never stopped hallucinating.
Now, let me get to the reasons why this series did not get a 10.
There were flaws despite the things I liked in this series.
1) It absolutely got me embarrassed that no on found out about the camera. Like, how did no one know about it till the end? My guy, Por didn't even get to know the truth before he perished into hell.
2) Fluke was blamed for nothing. Yeah, say I'm nagging, I don't care. Fluke did nothing too horrendous, from the beginning. All he did was call Non 'Greasy'(like everyone else did) and he was extremely selfish. He didn't do anything that physically harmed Non, he was just...there. He's a coward. A selfish damn COWARD. That's it.
3) Tee doesn't trust his friends with his baby boy. Like.....how da..? Why? To be honest, it's not like they were gonna make a move on him. Also, I'm sure White could defend himself. Besides, what could they have done? Nothing.
4) Still thinking Non should have been alive.
5) Dat ending was disappointing as fook. I need a season 2 or an explanation for it. A special episode at best.

Despite all of that, I loved the series. Tore through it in two days, and trust me, that's not normal for me. Loved it<3 and hope for a season 2, because, boi dat ending was not satisfying. (I swore to sleep myself across the face if I didn't like the ending, and I had to slap dem face of mine?)

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Where to start?

This show has taken me on a roller coaster for really wow just finished it and I have so many questions.

The series was really good different from any BL series which is good horror/mystery and BL a prefect combination. If you looking for something different then this is the show for you.

Starting off with Non! Absolutely loved him from the beginning he was just a typical kid trying to fit in and make friends and with that I sympathize with him cause everyone wants to fit and belong. Now he was too trusting and that was his downfall and I understand that as well he was just innocent and a pure soul. I didn’t like how they used him and later died got something he didn’t do. #justiceforNon

Phee makes me so at the end I loved him in the beginning with his relationship with Non and then there was doubt and trust issues within the relationship and that is also unhealthy. When New and Phee come up with their plan and it works and things unfold in the end it seemed that Phee is willing to betray P’New but forgive Tee nah that was not cool at all.

New, the brother that looked for justice got his was my favorite I loved him until the end of the show wow wow he is your ride or die kind of person all he did was try to find answers on what happened. Now he was left all alone no brother, mother or father it was so sad and I cried the most for him like it was just so so sad ?. Loved him till the end.

All of Non’s friends were not friends they were terrible until the end all looking out for themselves and they died in the end. Jin, Tee, Top, Fluke and Por just terrible friends.

In the end it was all a hallucination and they didn’t make it out of there so it makes you wonder what happened? But White didn’t deserve to die at all he was an innocent baby.

Overall it was a good series and I recommend it! It gives you a taste of something different if you like mystery stores plus BL!

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Should have kept it simple

I wasn't quite sure what to expect going in to DFF, but it really got me hooked in the first episode. Though there were some frankly unnecessarily explicit sex scenes for a thriller, the setup to the plot was done really well.

Eight college friends take a trip to one friend's house in the woods, where there's no internet or cell service, to get away from the stress of school and have a big party before one of them goes off to study abroad. Our main(ish) character Phee (Ta) finds an old recording of a short film that 5 of the friends had made back in high school - but there's a 6th friend in the video that Phee doesn't recognize. That 6th person is Non (Barcode), who went missing after filming. The vibe turns eerie as they attempt to remake this short film, only to feel as though they're being watching. Suddenly, bad things start happening, and with no way to contact others, the 8 friends are left stranded, scared for their lives.

I assumed this show would take the typical cabin-in-the-woods horror movie idea and turn it into a TV show. However, the plotline started to become overly complex as it delved into the backstory of the original short film. Breaking up the tension at the cabin really did a disservice to this show, as it felt like it had to do a lot of explaining over the course of multiple episodes just to get the audience to understand what was happening. I felt like I was waiting to get out of the flashbacks and back to the cabin to figure out what was happening. I think they attempted to make this show overly complex, which ended up not working in their favor. There were too many characters and too much messy backstory for what could have been a really great thriller. Not to mention, the show gets really gore-heavy towards the end. However, as I expected from beoncloud, the budget was clearly pretty high for this one and the effects and production were great, as was the acting. I think they lost themselves in the story a little, but it was still very enjoyable to watch.

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Good but could have been better

Although Be On Cloud come in for a fair amount of criticism they do need credit for doing some different things.
On the whole I did enjoy this series though the execution was a bit messy and with a slpit personality having a completely different feel to the countryside and school based sections
It didn't get off to a great start with the audience being thrown into the deep end with scenes involvong 8 of the main characters -and it took a while to actually get to know each of them, and they did overdo the hand held camera style in trying to give it a dramatic style.
I don;t think I would really class this a s a BL more as a drama with some gay characters as that aspect doesn't really play a major part much of the time, however when there were kissing/NC scenes at least they were more realistic as per KinnPorsche and not like on GMMTV.
The bullying was almost uncorfortable to watch at times but Barcode really stood out frrom the rest with his acting peformance particularly in episode 11.
So obviously a 2nd series is planned though possibly a big loss with Copper moving abroad so I guess he might not be in it.

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exciting yet disappointing but somehow good idk

This was something very new. I love some thriller and dark stuff but they rarely make scary or dark themed BLs so I was really happy when this came out. The mask that haunted them was ACTUALLY scary. The whole plot of seeking revenge was so exciting. My problem with the show was the fact that they made me hate Tee, Jin, Top, Fluke and Por [since they were pieces of shit and were responsible for Non's miserable life and death] so all I wanted was revenge, just like Non and Phee and Tan did. And I was loving everything, because I thought the show was going in that direction until the end, but then they started throwing some flashback so we would feel sorry for Tee and started putting Phee and Jin together, like... No. Jin was actually one of the worst among all of them, but I guess the public will forgive him since "he did it because he loved non" haha lol gross. At the end I hated everyone but White and he was hurt so I got mad. I wish Non was still alive, but that won't be possible. The ending was interesting because they probably never left the house, but I'm too mad to think of a new season that could probably not even have Barcode.

About the acting, Barcode did everything. Honestly he deserves an award, he was absolutely spectacular. I have no words to describe how good he was, cause he just delivered the most crazy character of BeOnCloud.

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An Unexpected Delight

I went into this expecting a slasher TV show with a BL element. DFF is precisely that in the first four episodes. However, the show is weakest when it sticks to that expected premise. I usually binge BL shows, but this one took me until the 5th episode to get into. This show has a BL element but is not the central focus. It is similar to the popular BL show Not Me in that way. If you are looking for a romance like many other BLs, this is not the show for you. You also must endure through the first four episodes to get to the really good stuff in the middle of the series.

Once you hit episode 5, it becomes a high school bullying story. It then evolves into a high school queer love story, a crime drama, a problematic relationship with an older man, and the various ways people are culpable in driving someone to the edge. The character who suffers from all this is Non.

This is not a happy series. There is no happy ending, no redemption, only pain, sadness, death, and tragedy.

I enjoyed this show because it did something VERY different within the BL context. Barcode did an incredible job as Non.

A major drawback to the series, aside from waiting until almost halfway to build up the story, is the way it tells its story. It feels like it borrows from the Rashomon formulation of going over events from different points of view. Still, it fills in the gaps of missing information with each character we focus on rather than seeing the same scene from another perspective.

The ending scene is ambiguous, a mixed bag. I am just glad this series broke out of the box of BL tropes and formulas. However, it did fall into a lot of slasher tropes and formulations. You can see influences of Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and even your standard Friday the 13th or Halloween movie. I would be surprised if none of those movies influenced the people behind this show.

Definitely worth a see. I would have rated this higher if not for the first 4 episodes being rather subpar.

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Le pongo un 9, como el año que viene no haya segunda temporada voy a volver y le voy a poner un 1.

Le pongo un 9, como el año que viene no haya segunda temporada voy a volver y le voy a poner un 1.
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Okeeiiii..it really hurts

Okeii .....I was really hesitant about this series but after reading the review I decided to watch it and literally completed under two days.but I wish shouldn't have watched it ..... Actually before watching the series I had got many and many spoilers ....but after watching it .....it feel like spoilers are not that bad because I was really for all the emotional scene or any other scene ...They all are the as*****s and even don't want to talk or write about them.i think white and new/tan deserved more .sorry to say but I really hated phee.he should continue to help tan instead of falling in love with jin.and the most I hate is jin....he said he loved non and what the hell did he done ...ok last not the least non is also not that good ...but I can understand him when h got to the darkest part or time of his life and that teacher helped him...but I m not saying that everyone should cheat only. And the others(tee,por ,fluke,) they are just as*****s......I really felt bad for me/tan,white and the family of non.....
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I only want to say that ....if someone is hesitant to watch this series it is best not to watch it....i kinda feel that I shouldn't have watched this series......because everyone is?

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Non/New were done dirty and the ending is dumb

While the series did start off a little silly and campy, I actually enjoyed it at face value for what it was. However, when the story starts to backtrack to the past explaining what happened with their old "missing" friend Non. It started to become much more different and interesting from your typical slasher-horror genre. The drama between the group of friends and how the story progresses with Non falling into a deeper and deeper pit of unjust situations helps you as the viewer to empathize with Non and despise the group of friends who all had a hand in his downfall. Mio Athens' character Tan, later known as New, was what I was hoping to be the corrector of said injustice brought upon his brother. With the revenge plot twist investing me further into the plot than I already was. So imagine how disappointing it was to watch the final couple of episodes where it feels like it's all thrown out the window. Like many others, the final episode especially felt extremely rushed to me. The hallucination sequences all felt goofy and ridiculous within the final episode as well. And what really dealt the final blow was the "2 years later" bit of the episode where it ends with the most cliche, uninteresting, and basic "Did they really leave, or was it all just another hallucination?" trick. Super boring and unimaginative. Not only that but the death of Non and New had me more mad than anything else in this show. Tee's uncle just gets away with everything and the family is never avenged, which even if it may be realistic, still leaves a sour taste in my mouth that makes me never want to rewatch this series. Overall I appreciated it most for the middle episodes where I felt the story and writing was strongest, it's certainly given me a lot of Mio edits to watch in repeat. 8/10.

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