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Surprisingly OK
This is a follow-up to The Moment, which was released earlier in 2020 (though it somehow feels like more than a year has passed). It's not really a second season or sequel because it feels more like the second half of The Moment that finally has a chance to be made.
The quality of The Moment Since is consistent with The Moment, and it shares the same strengths and weaknesses though the plot in The Moment Since seems to have gone even thinner. There could have been more attention paid to the characters who are not the main couple (Bay and Mok)--we already know they are in love and there isn't really anything getting in their way.
Perhaps to add some excitement, a new character, Jimmy, is added. However, the introduction of Jimmy as yet another guy who is interested in Bay seems as unnecessary as Jimmy's shirtless scene. No one is really complaining about the somewhat gratuitous scene, but why not a love interest for Boston who is a genuinely sweet guy who is secretly in love with Bay? We get to see more of Boston's inner world here, and it's a pity that the character isn't given more attention.
If the cast and production team had a higher budget, perhaps a more interesting story would have been possible. There have some surprisingly good BLs in 2020. The Moment and The Moment Since may not be amongst them, but it is actually surprisingly "ok".
The quality of The Moment Since is consistent with The Moment, and it shares the same strengths and weaknesses though the plot in The Moment Since seems to have gone even thinner. There could have been more attention paid to the characters who are not the main couple (Bay and Mok)--we already know they are in love and there isn't really anything getting in their way.
Perhaps to add some excitement, a new character, Jimmy, is added. However, the introduction of Jimmy as yet another guy who is interested in Bay seems as unnecessary as Jimmy's shirtless scene. No one is really complaining about the somewhat gratuitous scene, but why not a love interest for Boston who is a genuinely sweet guy who is secretly in love with Bay? We get to see more of Boston's inner world here, and it's a pity that the character isn't given more attention.
If the cast and production team had a higher budget, perhaps a more interesting story would have been possible. There have some surprisingly good BLs in 2020. The Moment and The Moment Since may not be amongst them, but it is actually surprisingly "ok".
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