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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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Night Dream (Thai Series)

By Golu
A cliched teenage love triangle of sorts drama that really offers nothing new. The characters are a bit unidimensional and you feel like you wanna shake up them and say like "wakeup!! It's real world".  Or again, maybe I am not in a very good mood, because sometimes I do enjoy these kind of shows and at other times I totally abhor them. This one, for me, sadly falls in the latter category. Thankfully the show is 6 episodes each of about 30 minutes only, so it's an easy watch.

Night, a senior literature student, was still unable to complete his final novel project because he didn't understand the concept of love. One day when he visits a cafe, he is surprised to find it being run by his school friend Dream. The two were very close as kids and a girl Namwan was also part of their trio, but after Dreams' parents unexpected death, he left town without telling anyone. The three have an interesting reunion and since it has been sometime when they last met, there is an awkwardness too. Night keeps returning to the cafe to be with Dream because they both like each other's company. Dream assumes that Night and Namwan are a couple but Night clears thats not the case and instead kisses Dream. Turns out that the two had kissed back in school as well. Night sincerely hopes that Dream will never disappear from his life again. Afterwards, they meet regularly and rebuild their bond. Somehow Dream is unable to accept the fact that Night is his love. Cowardice kept Night from stepping forward, making him build up an iron wall and deny his feelings. Still, no matter how hard he tried, his feelings for Dream grew stronger by the day. Meanwhile Dream is also struggling to keep his cafe afloat. Enter Day, Nights brother, who also has had some crush on Dream; and for some reason Dream never met this brother when he was young. Some more messiness and confusion occurs and then finally the duo are able to confess their love for one another.

You know, I was even starting to buy into some of this love story between Dream and Night. I was like, let's give them a break, these are young people, still trying to figure out what they want from life etc etc. Also what's up with Night. First he has been playing with Namwan's emotions; then he does something similar to Dream. One minute he is confessing and next minute somehow these two are avoiding each other. At one instance, I was so confused on why are these characters behaving the way they are. Night kisses Dream and next day he straight up goes to girl and confess he likes her because He does not want to disappoint his father. And then the curve of his brother also liking Dream was all but too weird. I am not really sure where this pair was headed, so even though I enjoyed first few episodes, eventually it was just a humdrum of sorts. The only saving grace were the two leads.  I enjoy them as a couple whenever the series focuses on their positive interactions. The high school flashbacks and heartfelt chats bring out this pair's gentle charm. However, the love story suffers from too much unpleasant melodrama. The series is overeager to separate the leads with aggravating rivals or needless conflicts. And this just takes away all the fun and niceness of watching this show. This series could have been so much more but leaves the audience and itself short of achieving its potential. (5/10)
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