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...
Babe also known as Pit Babe is a famous race car driver who can see, hear, smell, taste, and touch with remarkable intensity. This ability gives him a competitive advantage during races since he can react to the track and his opponents quickly. He has a winning streak with many championships. Him and his group of friends work together as the pit crew including Way, his best friend from childhood who has a secret crush on Babe. Babe is player and likes to sleep around. Enter Charlie, a fanboy who wants to borrow one of his car. Babe asks him to sleep with him and would agree only if he is satisfied. Before you know it, the two are having a steamy affair, because it turns out that Charlie has all qualities Babe needs in his sex mate to be successful. And then the crash comes. A villain comes into picture, an uncle of sorts who man who nurtures and eventually makes money of kids who have special powers like Babe. Turns out Charlie is also here on some weird mission to keep an eye on Babe but also protect him. He gets into illegal business of race cars with sheer intention of bringing Babe down. And from here the show gos completely downhill. There are all kinds of weird twists and turns, people changing side, almost everyone having some incredible super powers. I dont even know how to go one from here. The show becomes just too much to handle from here suddenly turning from a BL steamy love affair show between a racer and his fan to this weird family feud blah human trafficking slash over the top story genre. Not that it was great to begin with in the first place.
The show begins with a bang straight away. Within first 20-30 minutes we are introduced to Babe with fun story and also the fanboy Charlie. By the end of first episode the two are having a steamy passionate sex scene. Each episode brings new conflicts, compelling drama, and psychological warfare. But still somehow the show was just not engaging enough for me. Rather than being amused, thrilled and excited with every twist that was being thrown, I was getting more and more frustrated by the absurdity of the whole thing and situation. The actor playing Babe is hot, although same cannot be said about his acting which could use some work. But as a lead who is supposed to be vulnerable yet arrogant and hot, physically he does fit the part. Charlie is strictly ok. There are quite a few sexual scenes, but none of them really excited me. In fact they seemed forced. And as I mentioned before, the second half just take a nosedive. Ever since the villain joins the race car business and his motivation and everyone's back story and how it comes to a culmination is all so laughable. The narrative spirals into senseless chaos, and I just could not wait for the show to end. It is a shame when as audience you really dont care about what is happening in front of your eyes. This is clearly an indication of a bad show. Then we have all these side couples, who, by now we know that most BL series have this habit of keeping a main couple and three four side couples to keep teenage audience happy, but even in this, none of them was exciting enough.
The show has too much going on with almost nothing moving at the same time. Trying to deal with topics like mafia, human trafficking , trauma, racing, family issues, playboys; you name it and it is all there. This show is a mess, and I maybe one of the few ones to dislike it since I can easily guess people getting all swayed by the posh production and hot steamy sex. But at the core, it is a big mess and wasting almost 13 hours just seems unpardonable. In fact, even writing this review here feels such a sheer waste of time. (3/10)
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About the omegaverse thing, I always like finding out how people created a whole universe with special rules and features. Whether I end up liking it or not. It won't be my favourite here but I still wanted to know more (the concept of the omega men capable of being pregnant for example).
As for the steamy scenes, I so much liked how Charlie changed personality as a top. Like he has this nasty look, totally different from his puppy usual self. And the way he comes with sentences like "I'm surprised you can still walk" killed me everytime XD.
And a side hilarious note for me, they made the video clip of the intro song that they want like a hardcore Kpop video. It's like they have the moves, the attitude, the looks, they have the song, except they have like zero dancing skills or choregraphy (which is the main selling point in Kpop imo). I couldn't stop from laughing.
"I'm surprised you can still walk" - was definitely funny and the way it is said. :)