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Post by Hawthorne on Jun 6, 2020 16:19:00 GMT -5
The gay story line was the only thing I could stomach in the whole season.
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Post by Hawthorne on Nov 22, 2019 2:19:52 GMT -5
That guy was just a friend at the end of Merli. Pol appeared to be in a three-way relationship with Tania and Bruno at the point where Merli died.
The new show looks great! I'm very excited about it. Obviously, Pol continues to explore his bisexuality, which should be fun. My guess is Pol and Bruno have some sort of open relationship arrangement. Bruno seems very secure in the preview despite Pol's adventurous sex life. Perhaps he knows he is Pol's endgame.
Do we know if this show is a one-off season or will have multiple seasons?
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Post by Hawthorne on Sept 19, 2019 23:07:30 GMT -5
For those not familiar with this show (if that's possible), it does have some gay characters. I'm surprised it doesn't get more attention here. In season 3, one of the main villains, Monty, turned out to be gay. It was pretty clear he was a closet case in season 2, so this wasn't a surprise really. Tony, one of the main heroes, has had a couple of boyfriends and seems to be getting serious now with Caleb. I like them as a couple and they have some nice scenes in seasons 2 & 3. Tony is a great character.
At the end of season 2, it looked as if two other main characters, Zack and Alex, were headed for a romance. This didn't happen in season 3, BUT... I think it remains a possibility for season 4. Zack is curiously unsuccessful with women despite being a tall, handsome football star and Alex has never made a convincing heterosexual. At the end of season 3, they made a promise to each other to become much closer friends. Hmmm... they are already very special persons to each other. There's also a new gay character, Winston, who was Monty's lover and may have a bigger role in season 4 since he knows a secret that could be the cause of a lot of drama in season 4. Somehow I think he's going to get involved with Alex and this will make Zack jealous.
But perhaps the most satisfying same-sex love story in the show is between two straight characters, Clay and Justin. Enemies in season 1, over the course of season 2 & 3 they gradually develop a deep brotherly love for each other. Justin is my favorite character in the show and his scenes with Clay are really great.
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Merlí
Jul 25, 2019 11:49:39 GMT -5
Post by Hawthorne on Jul 25, 2019 11:49:39 GMT -5
There's a potential for a really beautiful love story. I hope the show does a good job with it.
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Post by Hawthorne on May 8, 2019 19:40:21 GMT -5
Most likely, Bruno's limited appearances is just how the writers are handling the story. What I don't know is if this is a one season show or if multiple seasons are planned. If multiple seasons are planned, we'll probably see more and more of Bruno as the story progresses. If they squeeze the whole thing into one season, I guess Bruno's episodes will be the last few.
I don't mind that we know what is going to happen between them. We don't know how any of it comes about and that will be interesting to see.
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Merlí
Dec 18, 2018 18:19:49 GMT -5
Post by Hawthorne on Dec 18, 2018 18:19:49 GMT -5
This sounds awesome. We were all wondering how Pol and Bruno ended up together. Now we get to see. I bet it is quite a tumultuous road to becoming a couple. Should make for good drama.
I don't see how they can avoid at least cameos from some other Merli alumni, especially Tania. Maybe we will also get to see Merli in flashbacks or if his ghost visits Pol.
It's possible that Pol and Bruno didn't become a couple until late in the 7 year period, so maybe we won't actually see much of Bruno during the series. I hope, though, that they are a couple off and on again during the period as Pol struggles with being seen as a gay man.
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Post by Hawthorne on Oct 25, 2018 18:56:10 GMT -5
Overall, I didn't like this show. It struck me as a highly derivative pastiche of other better shows. The main gay story line is OK, I suppose. I don't find Ander all that likeable or interesting, but Omar's predicament with his father is pretty interesting, IMO.
The threesome story intrigued me at first. I had hopes that the show was going to explore sexual fluidity and that some affection would develop between Polo and Christian, but it all devolved into an all too typical battle over the girl and homophobic confrontations. I thought Polo was potentially the most interesting character, but now he is hopelessly ruined as a sympathetic character.
Why do so many shows these days need to be so dark? I think it's becoming tired.
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Post by Hawthorne on Oct 8, 2018 10:57:36 GMT -5
Typical crime drama ending. This video didn't show the boys being together again, but apparently there is a brief scene in the episode where they are together again and happy.
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Post by Hawthorne on Aug 24, 2018 19:28:13 GMT -5
The show does seem like a spent force to me. Still kind of fun, though.
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Post by Hawthorne on Aug 24, 2018 19:26:18 GMT -5
This will probably be the season Lucas and Noud hook up.
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Post by Hawthorne on Aug 23, 2018 8:10:59 GMT -5
I did some digging and discovered that the production schedule for both season 4 of HTF and Adam Senn's movie, Soul Sessions, conflicted. Both filmed in the final months of 2017. So Adam had to choose between the movie and HTF. He has the lead role in Soul Sessions and it's possible he'd already committed to it when HTF finally got renewed. Should he have chosen HTF? I enjoy HTF, but let's be honest - it's a rather silly, lightweight show with ever declining ratings. I think choosing a lead role in a movie was the smart decision. And he may not have had a choice if he'd already signed onto the movie when HTF was still in limbo.
I don't get why some people think Brent should have been fired so that they could imagine that Zude is off somewhere living happily ever after. That's silly.
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Post by Hawthorne on Jul 24, 2018 18:05:01 GMT -5
It's ratings dropped dramatically for the second episode. Not a good sign.
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Post by Hawthorne on Jul 21, 2018 13:34:09 GMT -5
That rumor probably came from the fact that Adam Senn recently completed filming a movie called "Soul Sessions". He plays a character who develops a deeper spirituality. Some people can't distinguish fact from fiction. If Adam does make a guest appearance, I can see an incentive to keep it a surprise. Whether or not there is going to be a fifth season might be a factor as well. If it is already known that this fourth season is all there will be, Senn might agree to shoot a brief scene for the final episode so that Zero and Jude can live happily ever after and Zude fans can have happy closure. If there might be fifth season that Adam doesn't want to participate in, then a Zero appearance is unlikely, IMO.
I don't know why Adam is getting so much grief for moving on from a project that was on life support. He seems to be working steadily since then, so it looks like he made a smart move.
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Post by Hawthorne on Jul 18, 2018 18:59:16 GMT -5
Yikes! What a dark ending. I wonder if they will continue this storyline.
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Post by Hawthorne on Jul 18, 2018 18:34:39 GMT -5
So Logan Browning (Jelena) was just guesting as well. I'm sorry to see her go. I enjoyed Jelena. I did find it dubious that one of the team's cheerleaders became the owner, though. Jude isn't much more realistic. Where did he get the money to buy a billion dollar sports franchise? (Did he inherit money from his father? We haven't been given the impression that he's now super rich.)
I also have a hard time seeing Noah as a long term thing for Jude. Interesting that Jude is now in a position to trade for Zero. He could bring him back to L.A. against his will. I'm becoming more suspicious that Adam Senn might make a guest appearance this season.
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Post by Hawthorne on Jul 14, 2018 19:08:58 GMT -5
Disagree on Zero though - considering how the relationship had been built up and the fact that Zero was willing to risk his career to be with Jude openly, kiss him on national TV, build a house together, all of the talk about being each other's family, etc, I have trouble believing that he'd walk away from the relationship because Jude suggested marriage. Lionel's line that "Zero couldn't accept a lot of things about the relationship" just doesn't really jive with what we saw of him/them by the end of Season 3. I'm kind of hoping that there's a longer explanation at some point because that just doesn't really make sense to me. That's true, but they had to come up with some explanation for why Jude and Zero were no longer together. At least the explanation they chose leaves open the possibility of a future reunion. Who knows, maybe the show will surprise us with a cliffhanger appearance by Zero in the final episode of the season. Dean Cain made a guest appearance, so maybe Adam Senn will as well. I actually think that Zero being uncomfortable with the relationship is a lot more realistic than what they showed in season 3. Zero kissing Jude on national TV made for a great moment, but they leapfrogged over several stages of self-acceptance to have Zero do that. And afterwards, Zude was shuffled off into their own isolated bubble within the show's story. All we got from them for the rest of the season was a series of "aren't they cute!" scenes. It would have been a better story and more realistic if Zero had been struggling with his new gay identity. After all, it can't be easy being the first out NBA star. The show didn't explore that angle at all. And it still annoys me that we never got a single scene of Zero's teammates accepting him. So I guess I feel that Zero being uncomfortable with being married to a man is consistent with the way Zero should have been portrayed in season 3.
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SpangaS
Jul 12, 2018 21:21:28 GMT -5
Post by Hawthorne on Jul 12, 2018 21:21:28 GMT -5
I haven't been very active on this message board and it's been a long time since I posted translated GTST or SpangaS... But I thought it could be fun to go back to translating now that SpangaS is introducing a new story. It's about the character of Otis that was introduced last season. A spin-off series of SpangaS is airing during the summer right now. Every episode follows one of the characters during their summer holiday. In the Otis episode that aired about two weeks ago he goes on holiday with his dad and meets the charming Philip. And as mentioned before... The show also has Caro, a transgender character (played by a transgender actress). FYI: I had to replace two songs with rights free music. FYI2: Not 100% sure if I'll keep translating when the new season starts in September. Not sure people are still interested in this show, but this was fun to do. I really enjoyed that. Thanks, Mark! And great to see you on the board again. You've been missed.
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Post by Hawthorne on Jul 11, 2018 23:28:26 GMT -5
Season premiere had bad ratings this is probably the last season. Last night had 483,000 viewers compared to season 3 debut had 1.35 million. I guess when you have a show off the air for almost 2 years people will forget. That's actually higher than BET's average number of viewers and if most of those viewers are in the coveted 18-49 demographic, which seems likely for a show like HTF, then it is a pretty good performer for BET. The premiere episode was forced to do a lot of explaining why certain characters where missing and some still there. Didn't make for the best drama. Hopefully it gets better as the season progresses. It's still wonderfully trashy. Seems a little more racey than before. The explanation for Zero's absence made sense and leaves the door open for a potential return of Zero if Adam wants to and they get another season. I don't like the new pairing as much as Zude, but if they are going to make out a lot, I might get over it.
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Post by Hawthorne on Jun 11, 2018 3:53:31 GMT -5
According to IMDb, Jude will appear in only 1 of the 13 episodes of the Fosters spin-off, Good Trouble.
In the new show, Callie and Mariana end up not being able to afford their apartment and so bring in 3 roommates to share it with them. One of the new roommates looks a lot like Carter (either that or an actor who looks a lot like him.) If it is Carter, then that explains the story with Jude in the finale episodes - to setup the Carter character. If it's Carter, then I guess he will be the show's gay character.
Here's a trailer for the spin-off. See if you can tell if that is Carter.
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Post by Hawthorne on May 17, 2018 17:16:17 GMT -5
I'm annoyed that they waited until the season finale to bring them together. I'm also annoyed that it's the death of Moose's girlfriend that made it happen. I wanted Moose to CHOOSE Kevin.
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Post by Hawthorne on May 16, 2018 20:17:16 GMT -5
Maybe Ringo and Valentin are end game. Perhaps Ringo will end up in a relationship with Larissa. Valentin returns and is furious about it. He pretends he's jealous and now interested in Ringo in order to expose Ringo and break him and Larissa up. But along the way - partly because he's outraged at his father's over-the-top homophobia and partly because he realizes Ringo really does understand him and care about him - he actually sleeps with Ringo and kind of likes it. I like how optimistic you are. But sadly I don't think we will see Valentin again, other than as a guest star - and certainly not as Ringo's love interest. That ship, sadly, has sailed, and it's a massive shame. I thought they had great chemistry and I really miss seeing Aaron Koszuta's handsome mug. He looked even better on his return visit. If they had worked a little on the timing, Easy coming out first (before Valentin came on the scene) and then being a sounding-board for Valentin during his own struggles with his sexuality, before putting him at the center of a love triangle with Ringo and Easy. They could have kept up the old rivalry and had Valentin having sexy times with both. It was cruel what they did with the Valentin-Ringo story. I'm a little encouraged that Valentin still makes appearances and that they made a point of having him comment on Ringo and Easy. The elements of a great storyline are there with Ringo and Valentin. Maybe the writers will never want to go there, but having established how homophobic Valentin's father is and how terribly Ringo's heart was broken, there might come a time when they can't resist using those story elements. I want a Ringo-Valentin romance, dammit! And I'm not going to stop until I get it!!!!
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Post by Hawthorne on May 14, 2018 17:29:00 GMT -5
Valentin visited his family, yes. Today he leaves again. The short visit mostly served as an introduction for his sister Larissa, who is a new main cast member. Both she and Valentin visited their parents and Larissa will return next week for good. Valentin found out about Ringo and Easy offscreen. Maybe Ringo and Valentin are end game. Perhaps Ringo will end up in a relationship with Larissa. Valentin returns and is furious about it. He pretends he's jealous and now interested in Ringo in order to expose Ringo and break him and Larissa up. But along the way - partly because he's outraged at his father's over-the-top homophobia and partly because he realizes Ringo really does understand him and care about him - he actually sleeps with Ringo and kind of likes it.
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Post by Hawthorne on May 2, 2018 22:33:55 GMT -5
Yeah, the show was in limbo for a very long time and Adam is just one of several actors who moved on.
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Post by Hawthorne on Apr 30, 2018 22:28:04 GMT -5
It's getting easier to transition hitherto straight male characters into same-sex relationships. It used to be that the straight guy had to undergo a prolonged, painful transition that often included violence, name-calling, and betrayal. He literally had to "change teams." Now, thanks to new, improved sexual fluidity, it's more like everyone is on the same team. Hawk didn't have to change anything to get involved with Caleb beyond just realizing that he liked him. I like where things are going in our culture.
Having said that, I think the writers' main purpose for getting Hawk involved with a man was to make commentary on religion and sexuality. And since they made their points in this season, I'm not sure they would have done much with the pairing in season 4, if there was one. I think they likely would have written Caleb out early on - possibly in a tragic way.
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Post by Hawthorne on Apr 20, 2018 20:26:40 GMT -5
Apparently, the love interest's name is Noah and he is a reporter, not a player. I want to officially propose the couple name of Nude. According to IMDB, Noah appears in all eight episodes. Perhaps it will be a mystery why Jude and Zero broke up and Noah will be trying to get the story. Through Noah's efforts, we'll gradually find out what happened. And perhaps it won't be clear if Noah is just pretending interest in Jude to get the story or is actually falling for him.
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