Quaranthings Season 2 (2021)

It was rocky

Overall/FYI: I was hoping for a bit of fluff (at least in the beginning) but it starts off angsty and we have poor communication and lack of character growth with the cliche ex girlfriend causing problems. I'm torn between 6.5 & 7. I paid $7 USD to watch on Upstream.

Content Warnings: side character death off screen

What I Liked:
- nice to see Beshie again and the BL references (pillow, his shirt at the end, posters on his wall)
- it was good that Beshie had some public service announcements/education things but it felt preachy at times
- good throwback to the massage scene in season 1 and they had a cute moment
- I was glad they communicated in episode 1 but how long did they go before having that conversation? Too long I bet.
- there were some good scenes such as when they have honest conversations and the winter scene

Room For Improvement:
- this was basically a re-do of season 1 but much less enjoyable and a worse ending
- they should have put a condensed version of season 1's ending at the very beginning to remind the viewer how things ended. Then at a minimum shown some fluffy montage moments at Lolly's house so we get a sense that time has passed (ideally I would have liked 1 or 2 mostly fluffy episodes at Lolly's house. I could also see some friction/drama happen at Lolly's house too). The way they started this season was so confusing, there's an angsty scene and then who knows how much time has passed until the next scene. The conversation with Beshie was just telling the plot instead of showing what all happened.
- that odd love triangle, they could have made it a poly relationship but didn't
- many non logical/odd things, I don't have the energy to list them all
- I really disliked some of the camerawork, especially the 360 shot towards the beginning
- they did not act like two people who love one another. What an odd greeting (covid is not an excuse). Who doesn't look at the other person at all when having a serious conversation?
- did not appreciate the two minute horror movie trailer at the start and how the episodes don't start until around 6 minutes
- the episode 1 ending was probably supposed to be a cliffhanger but I had no idea what was happening so it had zero effect on me
- I had to contact Upstream because it said the last 2 episodes were expired even though I never watched either of them, luckily Upstream fixed it in a couple of days

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Unnecessary addition

As other reviewers have mentioned, this was a S2 that did not need to be made. Its not as bad as that it shouldnt have been made at all, and I liked the acting, the realness and parts of the story. However, it did not add anything to the og story. They could have just let that ending stand w/o this whole 8 ep. S2. Such a waste. There is hardly any character development, the side couples are weird, there's hardly any skinship, let alone fluff. No chemistry like in S1 (what happened?) It's almost like there was a contract that had to be fulfilled, but nobodies heart was really in it.

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Shaking my head confused

I really enjoyed watching the first season. I related to the characters and all. When they announced that they were having a season 2 I was mad excited, really happy until it was just straight disappointment. I don’t even remember what happened with Judah and rocky storyline on s2 if I’m being honest so I have no comment on them atm. I was just confused on kulas this season. At first I was like okay he’s feeling Che but no he was feeling on beshie too which made me really confused more. He led them on and didn’t even tell them both at the last minute if I’m not mistaken and they all stayed together at the end?????? That relationship wasn’t working from the jump what kulas needed to do was stop all together to figure out himself more before anything else.

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Good actors but bad story

Quarathings 2 really don't catch me, AT ALL. i feel like this Judah drama and the way they treat the things is so childish I can point a lot of things that make this season worst that the first season (the first seasons was not that good) but c'mon, the guys are not that little, they live a adult life, and then act like that? The comic reliefs are bad, all of them, I think they are cute together and they can make things work. The soundtrack doesn't catch me but is a little good. The actors are good actors like a man that can make the Judah role is such a good actor because mannnn what a pain in the *ss, the problem is only the story.

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A maldição da segunda temporada filipina

Eu realmente não sei qual o problemas das Filipinas com segundas temporadas, mas o fato e que algumas delas conseguem estragar até a primeira, de tão ruins que são.
Vimos na primeira temporada, a evolução de Rocky até aceitar seus sentimentos, sofremos com Judah e sua avó e torcemos muito pelo casal. Vem o anúncio de uma segunda temporada e eu surto de felicidade, apenas para passar essa raiva.
A primeira temporada se passou no ápice da quarentena, e a segunda se passa após a flexibilização da mesma. Achei interessante a avó adoecer por não tomar a vacina, é preciso mostrar que a vacina é o único remédio. Mas em relação ao casal, meu Deus! Que desgosto! Se Rocky já se assumiu para a própria família e a de Judah, qual o problema de se assumir pra sua ex? e simplesmente deixar o namorado sozinho pra dormir com a ex e o amigo? Eu não consigo encontrar a lógica desse roteiro.
Outro pecado foi ter deixado Kulas ficando com Che e o Beshie ao mesmo tempo, e depois não ter a finalização da história, e que bom que eles não brigaram entre si, dos males o menor. Me incomodou muito o fato de que Rocky exigia ser apenas ativo na relação, enquanto Judah queria ser versátil, na verdade nem é esse o problema, até porque as pessoas devem fazer apenas o que se sentirem confortáveis para fazer. O problema é a justificativa dele, que alega que não será mais homem se for o passivo, ora bolas, sendo assim Judah não é homem? Pq diabos o roteiro não consertou isso, mostrando uma mudança de pensamento em Rocky?
Enfim, para mim foi lastimável, a atuação mediana, aparentemente baixo orçamento, pois só existia uma locação e os únicos atores eram o núcleo principal, formado por apenas cinco pessoas e raros figurantes. A única coisa que se salvou, na minha opinião foi a ost. De resto, vou fingir que essa temporada nunca existiu.

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