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...
A young teen Thai lives with his mother. Her friend's son comes from village to live with them and study in school. Thai doesn't like him first, but slowly they become friends. Then out of blue, Thai starts having a crush on him and professes his love while he is drunk twice, but nothing comes out of his. Since Thai is a mediocre student, his mother hires a tutor. This tutor becomes friends with the country boy. After passing out from school, this country boy starts living on his own and meets a boy who gets beaten up on the street. He takes care of him a they become friends. Meanwhile Thai passes out of school and is looking for a modelling job. We are suddenly told that he has a boyfriend now. But the agent who he is talking to is a bit sleazy. Enter a famous photographer, an old friend of Thai with whom they both used to be very close. His arrival makes Thai's boyfriend very jealous. Enter another new character and the series suddenly just stops.
You can see how this series is not going anywhere. Every episode they would introduce a new character who ch may or may not have anything to do with the main storyline but they just keep going just for the sake of it. No explanation on why does Thai suddenly like the country boy, or how he got a boyfriend. The friendship between country boy and street kid is also not explored. They who tutor Thai suddenly turns out to be a hell of a rich guy, an information that has absolutely nothing to do with the whole plot of the show (if there ever was a plot). As of all of this was not problematic enough, the actors are so bad and clearly everything feels rehearsed and artificial. No one has any chemistry, the story is non-existent and the show feels like a miss mash of many scenes just sown together at editing table. I really really hope that the makers don't threaten us with the remaining 4 episodes or a follow up season, although they do promise to do exactly that at the end of episode 6. Stay away from this one, at all costs. (1.5/10)
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"I am your king", Thai series from 2019, S1 and S2. S1 makes microscopically little sense, S2 gives some eye candy for resting your eyes a bit, and the seasons are not connected at all imho. The plot of S2 however is a bit different since there's a lot of unrequited feelings. It would have been quite good if it had a different ending.
"Love Tractor" - Korean series about a country boy and a city boy meeting in the country. And a dog. And a red tractor also appears a few times. Overall a nice one, although a bit too much crying for my taste.
If you haven't seen Korean "Love Mate" yet, after this painful experience it would definitely feel like a plateful of soul food, with whipped cream and a cherry on top :)
"Naked dining"! The base concept is pure japanese crazyness, of course I love it haha. Or actually the 1st half. Same for "Star struck" that, for me, began really good. Then the ending may be disapointing for some.
Golu I thought about you as we watched the french movie "Miss" when you said there were no more mature gay movies, only teens or lesbian or transgender. Well it's a transgender one... Not especially good (a bit irritating for me to be honest), but at least the base plot was quite unique and new.
I got some new ideas now for series to watch and what o avoid, so thanks for this guys.
Summer is here and lots of travel coming up, so lets see when am able to catch up.
Just finished "Luminous Solution". Fun fact: I've never been this confused in my entire life. I loved the make-a-wish café in the storyline, I loved the trailer... and when the series itself started, I didn't know what to think any more, it was so messy. The editing was all over the place and although the last episode explained some things, so much was still left unsolved. And the main idea was so Estonian, dammit :D We have quite a few fairy tales about a person being stuck somewhere, and they must find someone else to take over their task, then they can be free again - but there are certain conditions involved. They could have shown the right way to make a wish, but that was too much to ask, I guess. Instead they showed a teenager basically making a love spell (cringe!) and you know what I think of those. It's different and the idea behind it is good, but the execution leaves A LOT to be desired, so I'm not sure if it's good for your mental health. Maybe with that peculiar blue alcohol and a Full Moon.