SMILEY, One of Netflix's lgbtq+ Better Episodic Stories

[+ Axiom2001]

Last evening I viewed the last five episodes of eight of Smiley, a very entertaining and "interesting" story.  I'd invite all of you who have Netflix to tune in.  I know I enjoyed it from many angles.

[BSR]

I posted about Smiley in the "Anything good on Netflix?" thread.  I liked it so much I watched it a second time just a week later.

I asked the moderators to move this thread into TV and Streaming, hope you don't mind.
 
 

[handiacefailure]

Watched the last episode tonight.  Great series.   Wonder if they will do a season two, the way they ended it, they don't need to.

I downloaded the entire season on my IPAD last week for a long flight Sunday and watched the first six episodes and just got around to the last two tonight.

Easy to binge watch on a weekend.

What was the DVD that Bruno gave Alex on New Years Eve?

 

 

[BSR]

6 hours ago, handiacefailure said:

What was the DVD that Bruno gave Alex on New Years Eve?

 

 

Bruno gave Alex Bringing Up Baby, a favorite movie for both of them.

Edited December 17, 2022 by BSR
Clarity

[BSR]

7 hours ago, handiacefailure said:

Watched the last episode tonight.  Great series.   Wonder if they will do a season two, the way they ended it, they don't need to.

Smiley the Netflix series is based on a play that was a smash hit in Barcelona 10 years ago.  When playwright Guillem Clua was asked to adapt it into a series, he had to make some big changes:  expanding the main storyline, developing secondary storylines, and translating it into Spanish from Catalan.

Yes, Smiley (the play) has a sequel, and Clua very much wants to adapt the sequel into a series as well, but that depends on Netflix.  Early signs are promising:  Smiley is the 3rd most-streamed series in Spain and in the top 10 in a number of Latin American countries, especially Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.  Carlos Curvas already had a big fan base in Argentina (Chile & Peru as well) because the original Merlí was a huge Netflix success in those countries.

Trivia tidbit:  Ramón Pujols, who plays nerdy fellow architect Ramón in the series, actually played 2-gym-going Alex in the play.  Pujols was less muscle-bound than Carlos Cuevas but just as hunky, imho.

Edited December 17, 2022 by BSR
Wording

[pleasureseeker]

Is it just me or did the movie, Bros "borrow" a lot of the story lines and character dynamics from Smiley?