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Yeah, I did (finished it last night) I’m not the target demographic, but there’s not exactly a surfeit of gay comedy dramas out there.. It’s not ground breaking or exceptional but it is entertaining, a ‘teen’ (supposedly ) comedy drama with some decent comedy lines and some ‘darker’ trope elements thrown in the mix Sure it was a tad flakey in parts (padding to deliver the required runtime?) but the whole series hung on the character of Victor - and Michael Cimino, with his dazzlingly cute looks flawless skin heart-melting smile and fine acting, pulled it off In fact he was pitch perfect.

Interesting also that the AI algorithm seems to ‘understand’ stereotypical gay male pairings in @Myr’s 4 images, providing a decent choice of pairings to match various story narratives Personally I find (clockwise from top left) #1 (top+bottom) and #3 (versatile)🔥, followed by #4. But it’s horses for courses Maybe in its spare time the AI’s busy reading up on blog posts like this… https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/top-scientists-get-to-the-bottom-of-gay-male-sex-role-preferences/

well that’s interesting I tried this using your search criteria “gay young adult men gothic horror“ and got prohibited So I tried again using the same words but swapping around the word order for “gay” and it worked! (but the images are much less hot🔥than yours ) Seems that the AI algorithm really does not like upfront “gay”

Another retread of the Brideshead Revisited trope but with more explicit gay sex +gore Interestingly, Fennell signed a contract with the family that’s owned Drayton House (since the 1300s) to make the whole movie there on condition that no one was allowed to reveal the location of the house or the identity of its owners - but then blurted it out (after Tatler had done some digging) https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/saltburn-shooting-location-drayton-house-estate-1234907538/

interesting discussion how ‘bout one of you open up a thread on this in the ‘other place’ then people can say what they like without fear of a spanking + the Admins are kept happy

from what I’ve read Smiley is a Spanish production bought by Netflix while Uncoupled is a Netflix factory product - chalk + cheese

Great job Geron!

Can’t Help Falling In Love With You Written in 1961, this song was an enduring hit for Elvis Presley. It has never got ‘old’, being covered countless times over the last 60 odd years. The original song lyrics were about falling in love with a guy (‘ Can’t Help Falling In Love With Him’) which might explain its use in the soundtrack of a recent gay movie, but doesn’t explain why the filmmakers didn’t re-record the song with the original lyrics, choosing instead to recycle on old cover by Perfume Genius (which is OK) with the Elvis lyrics (where the rhyming doesn’t really work). The song has been used in several movies over the years. That aside, there are some great versions out there but I really like this cover by Elliott James Reay He has a beautiful voice and the simple guitar accompaniment is perfect

Earth’s shadow Sometimes, if conditions are just right, it’s possible to see the Earth’s shadow cast by the planet onto the atmosphere by the rising (or setting) Sun - seen here in this photo as the curved band of cloud (bluish) between the horizon and the pink coloured band

So the BBC’s just bought Love Victor and put it all online, following the movie (which I saw a while back). Is it worth 14 hours of an adult life?

I’m guessing most people want to know more about the “troublesome cat”

good point - same at any live theatre or music gig (at the Black Sabbath Ballet recently, theatre staff walked down every isle carrying notices to switch off phones - I’d forgotten to turn mine off ) Older family members once told me that during WWII if they were watching a good film/movie at the cinema and the sirens went off many just stayed in their seats and continued watching the film

Until the 1990s in the UK they used to fire up the old WWII sirens every few months - about 7,000 of ‘em - to put the frighteners on the local populations Now they just send a text message Not quite the same… https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/14477826.last-cold-war-sirens/

she would often go walking alone, just with her protection officer. You can visit Balmoral in the summer when the RF isn’t staying there and see the house, but every day throughout the year anyone can walk the numerous trails on the estate in this remote +beautiful landscape On one occasion HMQE was walking with her protection officer in traditional Scottish walking clothes (thick + warm +midge proof!) and met a group of Americans coming towards them. They stopped for a chat and the group asked the Queen if she lived in the area. She replied saying she had a house nearby. “Have you ever met the Queen?” they asked. “No,” she replied, pointing at her companion, “But he has.”

is it a penguin? Is it a bird? Does it cause chaos?

Bothy Although small, the UK has many remote mountainous areas where the weather can suddenly get bad very quickly. A bothy is a basic shelter for anyone to use free of charge and they are found in various parts of the UK (especially Scotland). Commonly used by hikers… ...who might have a surprise encounter!

The “Mandela Effect” collective false memory ..or proof we are living in a parallel worlds computer simulation (Philip K Dick) So Rich Uncle Moneybags (Mr Monopoly) wears a monocle, right? Except of course he doesn’t …or did he?? Mr Peanut does! so maybe it’s just a stronger brand we “remember” And Queen didn’t end their famous song “We are the Champions” with “Of The World!” did they? sometimes they did!

”It had more than four legs…”  50 years ago BBC TV began a tradition of showing creepy ghost stories on Christmas Eve intended to scare the bejeebers out of young children and send them off to bed screaming and gibbering. Mostly these were short movies, shot on film (usually around 35 minutes) of ghost stories written by the Victorian antiquarian scholar, Montague Rhodes James. M R James was educated and lived his entire life in the academic world of Eton College and Kings College Cambridge. When he became Provost of Kings College he began writing ghost stories, using his extensive knowledge of ancient artefacts and manuscripts. James was very sociable towards his (all male) students and joined the Chit-Chat Club where, on a dark autumnal evening in 1893, he first treated a small gathering of eager boys to a reading of two ghost stories in his oak panelled college rooms. In the flickering candlelight, warmed by the open fire and generous measures of port wine, the students enjoyed the thrill of terror that became an eagerly anticipated annual event in the club’s calendar. In this film the late great Christopher Lee recreates MR James telling his story The Ash Tree. Watch it with the lights turned down, when it’s dark outside, and you’re alone…

Stevie Wonder”s Innervisions album is 50 years old (released 1973) and these songs are still being covered because they’re so damned good I was lucky to snag a very late return ticket for Prom48 in August where Cory Henry covered the entire album (plus many more of his songs). Songs like these are our “classic” music for the future.

interesting (encouraging?) comment by Altimexis has been posted in that thread: ”We should probably wait a few days before beginning a frank discussion of the future of the site, and under a different thread. I would like to see the site continue, but there is much to consider before that could happen. At the least, the stories must be preserved for all to enjoy.”

The “N” word would never be “commonly used” in UK MSM or by those of non African heritage but it may well be in African heritage British cultures who, as you say, have “reclaimed” the word. It’s a bit like Jewish jokes - only Jewish comedians now tell them because there’s an unwritten rule that they are “allowed” to and likewise with Irish jokes. My own experience is that “queer” is the prime word that has been reclaimed in the UK because that has been the default pejorative term eg “You f*cking queers!” or, a decade or so earlier, “poofters”. “Fag”, as an American import, has less resonance in British English and writers for a British audience need to understand this. Of course, both sides of the pond continue to adopt each others words +phrases but this can be transient and stories can quickly become very dated by the author’s choices in written dialogue

“SELF-STUDY” - maybe “meat” is the main course..

Satisfaction guaranteed…

he’s lucky they didn’t give him a red one…

the first Star Trek movie… Turkey style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ömer_the_Tourist_in_Star_Trek