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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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Captain Faggotron Saves the Universe

By Golu
Scruffy and very messy, this resolutely ridiculous English-language comedy from Germany, is so incredibly random that trying to find a coherent story amidst the chaos is actually impossible. I guess the makers were trying to make a satire with a very awkward approach. I will admit that satire is not my favorite genre, but if done right, it can be very entertaining. This film sadly falls flat at many places and jokes don't land. It's like as if the writers were high or something while "writing" this mess of a script.

Father Andy Gaylord invites his friend Captain Faggotron because he knows someone called Queen Bitch, an alien from another planet, is hellbent on making Earth homosexual. Through flashback, we are told that Andy and Queen Bitch are ex-lovers but Andy never wanted to accept his homosexuality and they break up. And now Queen is teaming up with his outer-space cohort to turn Earth into a homosexual planet, by staging a staggeringly profane ceremony at the moment the stars align ominously. In next there days, three planets will align and Black Queen needs to masturbate and cum on an alien ring. And that's why Andy asks his friend Captain Faggotron for help, although he is struggling with his own personal issues.  And then in flashback again, we are told how Faggotron used to be the straight man, but a chance meet with the client cohort and Queen Bitch made him homosexual. At the cosmic event, the anus of hell opens up and the earth starts to become gay. 

Frankly, much of this film makes no sense at all, as one random scene piles onto another one, played to the hilt by hammy actors in outrageously lurid costumes. Dialog is written to include as much vulgar innuendo as humanly possible. And it's difficult to imagine that Queen and Carol's plan could make Berlin any gayer than it's depicted here. The paper-thin premise seems to be an excuse for the director to get his actors to partake in increasingly lewd scenes, an example being Captain Faggotron and Queen Bitch deep-throating hot dogs while the vendor looks on (and gets turned on). Yuck! Things are broad and stroke. The connections between priest and Queen Black or between Captain and Queen Bitch are both oddly timid. Along the way, the film flashes back to reveal origin stories for the central characters, but they are all goofy, as expected. There is a lot of animation thrown in between to connect dots and show us some sort of aliens gay invasion. Overall, a royal mess and completely avoidable. (2/10)
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