Want a little eye candy?? (Plus recs)

[secretsolitaire]

Ugh, you guys, I've been trying to get stuff done, but my weekend has been totally eaten by a TV show. Has anyone else seen Noah's Arc? It was a series on Logo a few years back -- seventeen 22-minute episodes plus a follow-up movie. (If you have Netflix, you can stream all of it online; otherwise I think it's only on DVD.) It's about the friendship

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[kaalee]

Noah's Arc!

Yes! I've seen every single bit of it (including the movie) and loved it, even in spite of the writing and crackiness. It really is completely farfetched at times, and yet I couldn't stop watching. I loved it all.

So, yes. We should talk. :P

I know I wrote about it once on my lj, I'll go find it.

[kaalee]

found it!

[babble about season one here]

[secretsolitaire]

Thank you for digging up that link! Never wrote about S2 or the movie, I guess?

***SPOILERS BELOW***

I totally agree with you about how the episodes are too short to allow for proper character development (or porn!). There are some real leaps in logic, I think -- even though I adore Ricky/Junito, that sort of came out of nowhere. And I definitely agree with this:

Things happen too fast for my taste. Eddie cheats on Chance. And then within a couple of episodes, they're engaged!

There were several times where I felt like issues weren't actually resolved (such as the thug thing!). Also, there was a hell of a lot of infidelity (especially in the movie, oof, people switching partners everywhere), and it didn't seem to take much time for most characters to get over that kind of betrayal.

[kaalee]

hahahaha, no, apparently not.

You know, the Ricky/Junito was really one of my favorite storylines, because it was all so new to Ricky -- I loved it. And then there was so much wtf and I was soooooo disappointed with how they ended the Ricky/Junito relationship. :(

Yeah, a lot of it really just happened too fast, without any sort of reasoning as to why.

[merkuria]

I've heard about this show, but I'm just not sure I can handle another life-sucking gay show full of hot guys and ridiculousness. I'm thinking one per decade is enough :-D

But speaking of eye-candy, I assume you've seen Boyculture with Darryl Stephens (Noah)?

[secretsolitaire]

Ahahaha, fair enough! Especially as there seems to be no fandom for it, so I can't find any fic to fix the problems bothering me. :-(

Yes, I did see that movie a couple of years ago, and I remember finding Darryl Stephens ridiculously hot...but I don't remember anything else about it! Hmm. Maybe I should queue that one up again...

[magnetic_pole]

Aw, I loved Noah's Arc! Really uneven in terms of acting and production quality, but...joyful, I'd say. M.

[secretsolitaire]

"Joyful" is a great word for it, particularly in the friendship moments, I thought. There's that scene after Eddie and Chance's wedding gets ruined when the friends come back to an empty reception and start dancing with each other -- I loved that scene. ♥

[snegurochka_lee]

it's not really that great of a show. The acting ranges from adequate to awful, the writing is uneven, the storylines are often ridiculous, and yet...it's like crack.

YES! THIS! The S.O. and I mainlined it like crack a couple of years ago. I barely remember the actual storylines so probably couldn't even discuss them with you, whoops, but I do recall that one huge guy (firefighter? or maybe I made that up) being CRAZY HOT.

[secretsolitaire]

Ahaha, you're referring to Trey, Alex's husband, who did roleplay as a firefighter to put out a toaster fire. :-P He also did a calendar to raise money and I believe he may have brought out the firefighter gear then as well. Can't seem to find that outfit, but here's another to refresh your memory. ;-)

[snegurochka_lee]

TREY! YES! This picture is very relevant to my interests. *nod* :D

... I can't believe there was a role-play scene, which I then remembered as him being an actual firefighter. LOL.

[secretsolitaire]

Hee! I found some of the other characters a little more relevant to my interests physically speaking (*licks Ricky up and down*), but Trey was one of the sweetest characters. I really liked him. He put up with quite a lot being married to bossy Alex. :-)

[china_shop]

Aw, that looks like fun. *goes looking for some eps to give it a try*

[secretsolitaire]

It is fun! Kinda like the TV equivalent of bad fic that hits your emotional kinks to the point where you can't seem to stop reading. :-)