Half Man on HBO

[d.anders]

I caught the first episode last night. Not sure what is going on. The relationship with the two step brothers seems oddly hyper-sexual. I don't ever recall a story where anticipation of a boy-on-boy kiss is so strong. Difficult to tell where this is going. As a gay man, I can't help but feel like I'm being strongly manipulated.

[+ SirBillybob]

One Rotten Tomatoes review sums it up as a “punishing watch”, but it’s Richard Gadd of Baby Reindeer, buffed up. I think I’ll wait to binge the first half of the 6 episodes. I read an interview but it’s a bit of a plot spoiler, which I don’t mind in some cases. 

Edited yesterday at 01:34 PM by SirBillybob

[d.anders]

Yes, Gadd is buff, and shirtless in the very first scene. There is so much tension, I kept waiting for Gadd to grab Jamie Bell by the head and shove his mouth into Gadd's pits. Maybe I'm just a horny old gay man hoping for a cheap thrill, but the homoerotic sexual tension in this one seems deliberate.

[+ ApexNomad]

Reviews have been mostly excellent. I watched the first episode and was intrigued; you can tell it’s going to be a heavy, difficult watch. Part of me wonders if it’s better to binge it so you can stay immersed and not sit with that tension week to week. But at the same time, with material this intense, a break between episodes might actually be the better way to process it.

[d.anders]

The violence scares me. In my world, blood has no place in intimacy. However, I am aware that many men like violence with their sexual tension. All throughout history, especially during war. But it's not my fantasy. Given the reviews, I'm going to take this one in small doses and see where it goes.

SPLOILER ALERT! I just want to be clear, or was it my imagination, did Niall wake up with a wet dream in his shorts after he slept the night in Ruben's arms?

[+ ApexNomad]

16 minutes ago, d.anders said:

The violence scares me. In my world, blood has no place in intimacy. However, I am aware that many men like violence with their sexual tension. All throughout history, especially during war. But it's not my fantasy. Given the reviews, I'm going to take this one in small doses and see where it goes.

SPLOILER ALERT! I just want to be clear, or was it my imagination, did Niall wake up with a wet dream in his shorts after he slept the night in Ruben's arms?

Wet dream. 

[TonyDown]

I haven't read reviews, to avoid spoilers.

I thought his Baby Reindeer was great, the kind of series I was drawn to see the next episode.  

 

Epi 1 of Half Man was a bit of a chore.  Maybe it's me, in the wrong frame of mind.

I will tune into Epi 2. 

We have to, right?

I like Jamie Bell, I must say.

 

 

Edited 14 hours ago by TonyDown

[d.anders]

6 hours ago, TonyDown said:

We have to, right?

I tend to give deference to members of my tribe. Jamie is a cutie, even with his weathered face. The two actors playing the younger boys are particularly well cast. I don't think this is an accident.

[+ SirBillybob]

13 hours ago, ApexNomad said:

Reviews have been mostly excellent. I watched the first episode and was intrigued; you can tell it’s going to be a heavy, difficult watch. Part of me wonders if it’s better to binge it so you can stay immersed and not sit with that tension week to week. But at the same time, with material this intense, a break between episodes might actually be the better way to process it.

Why I have this …

[+ ApexNomad]

3 hours ago, d.anders said:

I tend to give deference to members of my tribe. Jamie is a cutie, even with his weathered face. The two actors playing the younger boys are particularly well cast. I don't think this is an accident.

I think the actors playing Niall and Ruben look so much older than the 15 and 17 year olds, respectively, they are supposed to be playing.  Given the material I completely understand. But they don’t look their age. 

[+ ApexNomad]

55 minutes ago, SirBillybob said:

Why I have this …

I want one of these. 😂

[d.anders]

1 hour ago, ApexNomad said:

I think the actors playing Niall and Ruben look so much older than the 15 and 17 year olds, respectively, they are supposed to be playing.

I wasn't clear on their ages at all. I knew I wasn't yet 18 in high school, so I assumed both were under 18, which made all the "sex" scenes more intriguing.