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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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Loveless Society (Thai Mini-Series)

By Golu
This was such a pointless series and a show that need not exist in the first place. With low production quality, the acting is non-existent, the plot is pedestrian, the whole thing is filmed on an iPhone, the editing is incompetent, the sound is poor, and there's no ending. It just... stops. The show thankfully is just 4 episodes of about 40 minutes each, so the torture doesn't stay long for you.

Nut works at a small advertising agency. His colleagues and grinds are a girl So, a guy named Mick, who he has been friends with for 6 years. Mick has a secret crush on Nut. Nut's feelings for Mick are unclear to us. For a new competition, the Boss hires his relative/consultant to work with this team so they can potentially win the award which will be bog for the company. Apparently Guy had seen one of Nut's previous work called "Loveless Society" and was quite inspired by the creator and that is why he also wanted to work with Nut on this collaboration. Guy does come out as an arrogant person for some reason. While he make Nut and his team work extra hard for this competition, him and Nut have this friend enemies turned sudden attraction. While this is happening there is some office politics around their designs being sold to a rival company. Mick is initially held responsible but soon he clears the air. He also confesses his love to Nut but he is, for some reason, infatuated with Guy. The two men have sex and to be honest, I dont even know what really happens in the end. It was all very boring , confusing and I didn't care at all.

The main couple here is supposed to be Guy and Nut, but sadly they have no chemistry at all. Guy is an unlikable love interest, appearing rude, arrogant, and sleazy in almost every scene. Besides an unattractive personality, there's no chemistry between the leads. Their relationship is not just loveless, but it's also joyless, passionless, and meaningless. Why are they together is very questionable. In fact, in first episode I thought Nut and Mick were together in a relationship, but I guess that was not the case! Besides the so-called romance, even the work-related subplots get executed clumsily and many scenes aren't written well. The narrative tends to be ridiculous and tacky instead of realistic and down-to-earth. I am not even sure if there was a story here, or maybe the makers had an idea but they really did not know what to do with it and where to take it. Amateur actors, bad direction, extremely poor sound and editing; there is just nothing redeemable about the show. Almost in ever seen, the background music was louder than the dialogues itself. And why this title? Uff!! I can't recommend this at all. (1/10)
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