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Spoiler Alert! Love, Victor on Hulu

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Is anyone watching Love, Victor on Hulu? It's a follow up series to Love, Simon. I binged it and enjoyed it. I thought it might be fun to chat about. Overall I think they spent a little too much time with Victor's parents and his straight friends, and not enough focus on Victor and Benji but I've learned the series was originally conceived for Disney+ so hopefully we'll get more of Victor and Benji in season 2 now that the show is on Hulu. I suspect the scene with two boys alone in a hotel room together might have been the step too far for Disney+. But Disney owns Hulu so it's really just a matter of deciding which streaming platform is right for the show and I think Hulu is likely the better choice.

I particularly enjoyed episode 3 with the bonding moment between Victor and Benji over "Call Me Maybe" and Benji's acoustic cover of "Call Me Maybe" later in the episode. I never liked the song, but that acoustic cover was a highlight. I didn't even recognize the song when Benji first started singing it and then when I did realize what was happening, I confess, I was a bit emotional. It may be a little contrived, but who cares. It was cute. The other characters were engaging too. Felix is probably the best character and the subplot with Felix and Lake was fun to follow too. I didn't care too much for Mia. I felt like she was kind of a brat from the beginning and didn't even give her new stepmom a chance before acting out and deciding she didn't like her.

I think the time spent on the parents might have been an effort to show a different kind of family dynamic. Love, Simon is a near perfect film but it's a total fantasy. Simon's parents were extremely progressive and accepting and everyone in the school cheered for Simon on the ferris wheel. That's not reality for every kid who comes out and I thought the first episode did a really good job of setting up Love, Victor as showcasing the other side of that coin. Having said that Love, Simon is a complete joy and a refreshing change from the majority of LGBT+ films I've seen that never seem to allow their main characters a happy ending. I kept thinking while watching how much I wished there was a show like Love, Victor when I was in high school. Anyone else have any thoughts?
 
I think the show is sweet and it portrays a beautiful and important message, but at the same time it's very awkward.

It lacks something the movie brought together. The characters are cliche, the story is very messy as a whole it feels a bit bland. It took so long for Victor to realise his true feelings for Benji. He could just tell Benji how he felt since the beginning and the whole Victor figuring things out and his relationship with Mia is a little too much. I understand the whole experience of trying to figure out your sexuality but it takes away other storylines. The New York episode is too far-fetched from reality.

I honestly wanted to like it. Content like this would be so beneficial to young kids and people who are dealing with coming out and being acepted for who they truly are. I didn't mean to be a buzzkill or anything. I hope they can do better in the next season. I'm still looking forward to season 2 and see how things turn out for Victor.
 
I agree to an extent. I do think it's important to show a character still trying to figure out his sexuality vs. Simon in the movie who already knew he was gay. I agree they didn't need to spend the entire season with Victor dating Mia trying to figure out if he liked girls or not. Once they gave Benji a boyfriend in episode 3 it became clear it was going to take longer before we saw Victor and Benji together. Episode 3 was probably my favorite, and as nice as it was to see Nick Robinson as Simon again, I also agree episode 8 in New York was probably my least favorite. The message was sweet, but it was a tangent that took us away from Creekwood and away from Benji and the other characters we just spent the last 7 episodes getting to know.
 
Too "gooey" for my taste.
 
Charon said:
Too "gooey" for my taste.
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I can understand that. Part of the appeal for me is how much I wish there had been a movie like Love, Simon when I was in high school. The only LGBT+ movies I remember seeing when I was younger had sad endings. Someone usually died.
 
nyrival said:
I can understand that. Part of the appeal for me is how much I wish there had been a movie like Love, Simon when I was in high school. The only LGBT+ movies I remember seeing when I was younger had sad endings. Someone usually died.
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I totally agreed. When I was 15-16, I watched Queer As Folk both UK and US versions which on air during that time. The shows really have a negative impact on me and how I see life and people in general. I remembered trying to memorize what Brian says to Michael and told my other gay friends that " There are only two kinds of people in this world. The one who hates you to your face and the one who hates you behind your back" I was very bitter and pessimistic and still in the closet lol.

I did see Beautiful Thing but couldn't absorb the positivity. Like you mentioned most gay movies that came out during that time are mostly have sad endings.
 
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