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It's a fun album, some great pop bangers, not all of them new, some have featured on previously released EPs, repackaged for a new audience after Tia's victory on that Drag Show. Tia's vocals are limited but distinctive. I would have advise her to use some powerful backing vocalists to ad some ad libs or vocal runs to lift the otherwise immaculate production value a bit. Madonna, who also hasn a limited vocal instrument, has used that trick for years. It's a shame though that gay men have to be in drag in order to get their music to be acknowledged by the LGBTQ audience. If Lawrence, the man behind Tia, would have released these bangers as himself, they would've disappeared into oblivion because gay men don't support the music by gay men, unless their in drag or have been caught doing something naughty in a toilet (George Michael) and before you say, what about Will Young, his audience is predominantly straight women. It's a queer world indeed.

It's not very good. They are trying to confuse the audience with physics in order to make them believe that they are watching something intellectual. The truth however is that it's simply ridiculous. To be fair it starts off well. The first 4 episode are somewhat imtruing. But we learn too soon about who is coming. (Spolier alert! But no it's not winter) A far superior alien race are on their way too Earth. It will take them 400 years to get here to squash us like bugs. Despite the long distance,they are able to watch everything we do. They can even influence the behaviour of humans. They are able to make deliveries too, white shiny boxes containing an ultra modern head piece which appears to be a new virtual video game made of very advanced technology. Amazon drivers could take some notes here. Around episode 5 the whole things becomes a major drag. Non of the characters are particularly endearing, which makes it hard to care. The ending is underwhelming, obviously created with a season 2 in mind. I wouldn't be upset if it got cancelled after one season.

Look, I'm not saying it's bad. I was entertained. But I would suggest to stick to the original. This remake is too aware of itself, is lacks atmosphere and tension. The new cast is not very believable, a bunch of performing arts graduates and a charmless Beymer lookalike. There's no grit, it's all very Glee meets High Street Musical. And of course, we live in a woke society, they just had to introduce a transgender character. And they dropped the line "I feel gay" from the song 'I feel pretty' which to me , as a gay man, is more offensive. The question begs, what is the point of this remake when the original still looks and sounds so good. Perhaps this is more about Spielberg's narcissism than compelling movie making?