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Chained To My Bully Stepbrother (AI Vertical BL Drama)

By Golu
This is the second vertical AI BL drama I've sat through, and honestly I went in knowing better. I had it on while I was doing cardio at the gym, and what struck me was just how much the plot echoed the last one I watched. Same step brother romance angle, same mystery girlfriend showing up near the end, same extra guy pining after one of the leads. Genuinely the only thing going for it was the runtime, the whole thing wrapped up in forty five minutes flat.  The setup kicks off with Finn moving schools because his mom just married into money. He finds out his new step brother Aiden goes to the same place, and he's warned to keep his distance from him. Their first run in at school is rocky, just like you'd expect, but there's this odd pull between them neither can shake off. Finn keeps telling himself not to read into it because Aiden's straight and openly homophobic. Things shift when some kids start bullying Finn and the student council president, Ryan, steps in to ...
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Beautiful Scars (Filipino Mini-Series)

By Golu
Surely, we all wanna encourage people to Gove it all to their creativity, but please please, at least have a tight script ready. If you have a proper story, then even with a tight and low budget, you can make something meaningful. This 4 episode of 15 minute each seemed just like a paper thin idea, was shot and presented without having a clear idea of what is it really that the maker is trying to say.

Kyle's boyfriend Liam disappeared from his life suddenly 2 years back and he misses him. Out of blue, one day Liam calls him and asks him to meet. Surprised Kyle agrees to meet and Liam tells him that he is getting married soon, and would like to spend one full week with Kyle to relive all their loving memories together. Kyle, who is already furious about his disappearing and not knowing the reason, reluctantly agrees. We are told that it was Kyle's father who made Liam leave town and his son otherwise he would kill him since he doesn't approve of their relationship. When Kyle finds this out, he is sad that Liam didn't even try to fight for their love. Eventually on the day of the wedding Liam finally gets courage and promises to be with Kyle and love him forever.

This story has way too many loopholes. Understood that a father didn't approve of his son being gay and asks Liam to disappear; but in this day and age, one can surely touch base with your love and explain the situation on what happened. An then why after two years Liam appears again, again to just spend time with Kyle. This just didn't make sense. Also in their supposed one week together, they fool around like high school kids and not like passionate ex lovers who should be all over each other in their limited time. The father re-appear again, talks some gibberish to both his son and Liam. Liam chickens out again only to find strength at the end. I mean, things were just happening in this show of uno rhyme or reason. Sure, let's support new talent, new production, new stories; but please at least have a story and get some good talent. Here, at least the two lead actors did a decent job. Sadly, same can't be said of the other 3 character actors. They were terrible. The only good thing about the show is that it ends pretty quick. Overall, this show is easily skippable. (2.5/10)
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