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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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Here Comes Your Man 2

By Golu
The season 2 or part 2 of this series/film (depending on how you saw it) continues the story pretty much from where it ended in season 1. Having said that, even if you have not watched the first film, you can easily follow what is going on here. For me, just like the first part, I watched this one as well like a film, even though it was released as an episodic series on Dekoo.

This season focuses more on the group of friends than just on either Aaron or Jordan, who wrestle the leads of the original film. The first part had ended on their breakup. Set few months after that, we see how Aaron now has a FWB in Julio. Aaron wants this to get into something serious by going on actual date, but something is holding back Julio. Over the course, we see how Julio's best friend manages to convince him that he needs to live his life and eventually Julio asks Aaron out on a date. It doesn't go as planned but it definitely brings the two men much closer. In parallel, we see that Jordan is now in Omaha, Nebraska to start producing and recording of his new album. He goes through some ups and downs during this process, while trying to find not just the singer inside him but what he really wants out of himself. We also have two more stories about Aaron's friend Cassie trying to rekindle her past relationship with her man and also one whole episode is dedicated to Dustin, who is madly in love with his online crush Sean. The dup decide to meet in Vegas over the long weekend but thats when Sean goes MIA, making Dustin second guess all his actions. The film/series ends with all these characters meeting to celebrate Aaron's art piece (portrait of Jordan) being selected for an art show. The old and new friends connect and just reflect on life.

Just like its predecessor, this show doesn't have any drama. It follows a pretty straight forward path, showing us how these individuals are growing up with time and how their life is progressing. Normally, that makes sense, but even this time, I wished we saw more of character growth. I would have liked to see a lot more of Aaron and Julio, how they met, why was Julio not sure about serious dating etc. All the other characters including Jordan are given a specific story arc, but somehow never fully flushed out for the audience to really connect or care about them. It likely works in episodic format, but was a bit tricky in the version I saw. Also , I can't find much about the release dates of the show. It says it came out in 2022, one year after the first one; but when you watch it, it almost feels like it's likely 10 years old (because the way technology has evolved over time0. It just feels a little dated to watch it now. Anyway, overall it is a decent time pass. The actors are all pretty good and do and act and not their part really well. Julio was a hot hot guy. Sadly, the film never goes deep into any character's actual relationship that would make me critic deeper, but as a brushstroke of their parts, it was ok. Besides the overly stretched section of Dustin being completely ghosted by Sean, everything else was strictly ok and a decent one time watch. Something you see, you find it ok and not boring, but also something that doesn't stay with you after it's finished. (5/10)
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