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Stop! That! Train!

By Golu
Coming out of the same studio that gave us RuPaul's Drag Race, and stacked with a whole crew of former contestants, Stop! That! Train! plays like RuPaul basically taking a bow for the entire franchise she's built. It's not really a gay film in the traditional sense, but with so many drag stars from Ru's shows popping up alongside a few cameos from well known out gay actors, I figured it earns a spot on this blog anyway. The whole thing is completely over the top, packed with GenZ slang, loud flashy visuals, and humor that's constantly winking at you knowing how ridiculous it is. Going in you'd assume it's meant to be a laugh riot, and a lot of critics online seem to be eating it up, but I just couldn't get into it at all. I've never really been someone who vibes with campy silly stuff like this, so honestly my reaction doesn't surprise me one bit. The setup follows Tess and DeeDee, two low level stewardesses who sneak onto the fancy Glamazonian E...
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99 Days (Hong Kong)

By Golu
This is actually an 8 part gay drama series that was telecast in Hong Kong produced by GayRadioHK in partnership with HongKong Aids Foundation. The serial revolves around the lives of 8 gay guys and cover topics like coming out, safe sex and the important of regular HIV testing. The drama is amateurish but maybe reminiscent to some of the people in the country.

The story revolves around the gay community in Hong Kong. It depicts the dilemma and problem faced by most queer during their adolescent or when they started to enter the gay circle before settled down. There are stories involving gay being bullied, isolated by family, unable to find stable relationship, too attach to previous relationships, and many more. Ben is a matured guy who is still in grief on the death of his boyfriend, Zac. After Zac's death, he opened a blog entitled 99 Days. Mike has failed in his previous relationships, he ought to fun instead of love. Jerry is deeply in love with Mike, despite being very famous among the gay community in HK. Don, friend of Tom, victim of bully in his school after he came out of closet. He is very comfortable with his sexuality and don't mind showing his queer's side around Tom. Tom has been hiding his sexuality from his family and friends. Tom and Don love each other but since they are best friends, are afraid to talk about their feelings. There are few other characters. There are couple of stories where Do becomes a big fan of Ben's blog and almost falls in love with him. But Ben is an older guy and he explains that he probably loves him more like a brother. Meanwhile Tom is trying to come out to Ben and uses radio to come out to him and also to tell him how much he loves him. And then there are a couple of random side stories that play which make no sense.

Like I said, this was so amateurish that sometimes I couldn't believe I was watching the crap. Maybe it did make a statement in HK. I mean, I would like to applaud the efforts of the people involved to bring the issues of gay and their problems out in open but please give it some credibility as well. Otherwise the best of intentions can get lost. This is what seems to have happened in this case. And my ratings are hence gonna be based on comparison with other gay cinema that I see.

Completely avoidable. (1/10)
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