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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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Rien de 9 - Season 3 (French Series) [Nothing New]

By Golu
Sometimes some shows are so bad, that you cant stop watching them. The third and hopefully final season of this French amateurish show falls in that category. Things continue to happen haphazardly but it's ok since you probably already saw the first two seasons and your expectations are set accordingly. This season has 10 episodes averaging to about 7-8 minutes and a longer season finale.

Season 2 had ended with Maykel proposing to Johaness, and this season is all about their wedding preparation. While they are busy with planning for wedding, they have another idea, what if they had a baby. Characters from previous two seasons keep re-entering the show. They ask one of their friends to be a surrogate and she agrees. Meanwhile another friend of theirs decides to become there wedding planner and helps them with all the arrangements and planning. The couple is excited and everyone is doing their thing, until in a shocking event the girl ends up losing the baby in the third month. Time is not so good for everyone but eventually someone gives a pep talk and things are back to square one. A new character, Johannes' brother enters to support his brother, despite him being known to be homophobic. And as much would have been, he ends up being the man who eventually gets the couple married. The show ends with them getting married in front of their friends.

Season 3 continues to be bad in both acting and direction and could be used as a study on how not to do basics of filmmaking like directing or editing.  In this season, the director has also tried breaking the fourth wall and the characters speak to audiences at different points, but the way it is done so is so amateurish, it is almost laughable. Also things happens way too quick. The hush-hush wedding prep, a girl agreeing to be surrogate and getting pregnant and equally sudden losing the baby. Some of her dialogues were funny though. But besides that, a lot of characters like Maykel's old girlfriend and a man he once loved come backing picture but thankfully there is no drama. Personally, I saw the show because I know it is so bad that I won't be able to stop watching and thats exactly happened. I finished the entire thing in one sitting, although the overall duration is not that much anyway. Thankfully this was the final season when it was aired and we will finally be spared. (1/10)
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