#the ideafirst company

[blmpff]

IdeaFirst Company reveals Gameboys NYC, the upcoming sequel to GAMEBOYS, during its reunion.

Elijah Canlas and Kokoy de Santos are reportedly to reprise their roles. Cairo and Gavreel’s love story will take place in New York City.

15.04.24

[bengiyo]

Hi Ben!

I've been listening to the conversation pod and in one of the eps you mentioned that if any country was to adapt ITSAY you would like to give it to a well-funded Pinoy crew and it got me intrigued. I have only ever watched Gaya Sa Pelikula but I was quite impressed with that one. Could you recommend a couple of shows from the Philippines that you enjoyed and that you think are a good representative of this country's "flavour" of BL?

Thank you!

I absolutely will recommend Pinoy BL! The caveat I will give about my desire to see a Pinoy take on ITSAY is because of some of their films I enjoyed, particularly Isa Pa With Feelings (2019) and Whether the Weather is Fine (2021). I have been extremely impressed with Filipino cinema and know they have it in them.

Onto the recommendations!

Gameboys 1 & 2

The studio that I would love to see take on ITSAY is The IdeaFirst Company. They made this production in quarantine to keep the lights on and keep people paid. This is probably the best quarantine show of all of them that released in 2020 and 2021. Elijah Canlas is a monster talent, and it was so impressive to see Kokoy de Santos and Adrianna So keep up with him in a show that manages to be funny and dramatic about the experience of finding love in quarantine while your loved ones are dying around you. Elijah gives a gripping performance in Kalel, 15 (2019). It's currently available on Netflix with English subs. Season 2 is available on GagaOOlala in specific regions.

Boys Lockdown

I remain forever sad that we won't finish this, but this is another one that tackled the quarantine experience well and captured the kind of chemistry that I find really compelling with Pinoy teams. I think at their best they compete or beat Taiwan. This one is available on YouTube.

Rainbow Prince

Filipino teams are ambitious, and that is always clear with Oxin Films. Is this show good? Not exactly. But it's exactly what it's trying to be and is so funny. It is the first BL musical and it delivers as such. It's this kind of gumption that makes me want to see a well-funded team tackle ITSAY, because this show is so much fun and I listen to the soundtrack regularly. This is available on YouTube.

Those are my best recommendations to get a sense of it, but I'll also shout out the Ride or Die team that did Quaranthings and Stuck On You, which both had compelling characerizations in lockdown.

[youdontloveme-yet]

"Is this what you want?"

[save-the-data]

[harryfado]

I am absolutely, completely, irrevocably, obsessed with Gameboys the series (the unaired movie and also the unaired 2o season)... If you have the time, watch it! It's all on YouTube and Netflix. It's so good and heartwarming and will absolutely make you cry and laugh and love.

Kokoy de Santos and Elijah Canlas are both incredible actors and make quite the couple on screen.

Give it a chance, you won't regret it.

[funny-aneurysm]

But the hardest part is I like you. I really like you. I want to hold your hand. I want to kiss you to keep you from being talkative. I want to wrap myself around you. I always do.

[kamwashere]

THE FACT THAT THE ARGUMENT HAD NO CUTS??? IT’S LITERALLY ONE TAKE??? LIKE DAMN IMAGINE DOING THAT IN ONE LONG TAKE??? IT MUST HAVE BEEN EMOTIONALLY DRAINING SFGHJBVE GAMEBOYS IS REALLY THAT BITCH

[paint-music-with-me]

Why is no one talking about Gameboys!?!?

It's the first time I've ever seen a BL PH series !!! And omgg the first ep came out two days ago and it's so good so far!! It has such great potential and I cannot wait to see what else happens in the show!! I'm so excited!!

Please show support for this show!! :)

[bengiyo]

Who do I have to fight maim kill fuck talk to about seeing The IdeaFirst Company projects that have aired in the last year???

I still haven't seen Pa Thirsty, Two and One, and now About Us But Not About Us is coming soon.

[cairos-angel]

BREAKING NEWS-

The ideafidst company released a statement that due to technical difficulties the new episode of gameboys will be released on...

🥺!SUNDAY!🥺

[prncsspatty]

Watch "Alt GAMEBOYS EP 13.5 {Reaction}~ Saes Story 🍑" on YouTube

This was giving me Peach girl saes story vibes

[mehestmoi]

Not @ me packing my bags to move to the phillipines just so i can get cignal play and watch all of these movies and shows

[batboyblog]

Lets Make a Gay New World in 2022!

Genera+ion (HBO Max)

Love Victor (Hulu)

The Other Two (HBO Max)

Young Royals (Netflix)

Diary of a Future President (Disney+)

Gameboys: The Movie (The IdeaFirst Company)

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+)

Sex Education (Netflix)

Chucky (SyFy/USA Network)

Everything's Gonna Be Okay (Freeform)

[kamwashere]

so adrianna so (aka pearl) has a movie on netflix where she has a female love interest... a true wlw icon/ally

[harryfado]

From the IdeaFirst Company twitter account.

[pr0ud0fmyroots]

How I’m learning Tagalog. Resources and more

if a link doesn’t work or if you’d like to suggest resources, message me. 

Tagalog.com dictionary - HIGHLY RECOMMEND! includes: flashcards, song lyrics, and detailed explanations. Basically everything

textbooks for grammar

HiNative - ask native speakers questions

PODCASTS

“Go Filipino: Let’s Learn Tagalog” by Kris Andres 

Campfire stories | Earl Jerico (ito yung fav ko. Maganda yung boses niya)

Balitang Pilipinas available on other major apps

YouTube

talk to me in tagalog 

The Pinoy Grammar

The IdeaFirst company -  includes lgbt shows such as Gameboys and Pearl Next Door

PaoLUL gaming

Hello stranger - BL show, sfw

ABS-CBN entertainment shows, movies etc

Re.Create - similar to Jubilee, taglish, personal favourite 

Pinoy animation youtubers are especially useful because they provide a visual demonstration, they’re entertaining, and you learn useful words for casual conversations. Here are my favs:

Arkin 

Hunyo 

Yogiart 

ReeOkun

Reading

Beginner / intermediate

Fanfiction on ao3

filo social media (specifically Twitter) accounts are helpful for learning slang

Change the language of your phone/apps to Filo

Advanced

Katitikan: Literary Journal of the Philippine South

Music

IV of spades

Zack Tabudlo

Apo hiking society

General tips since this has gotten really popular:

Make mistakes. Make a lot of mistakes and have native speakers correct you.

Aim to speak taglish first (a mix of Tagalog and English) as it’s easier and most Filipinos will still understand you

The grammar is hard if English is your mother tongue. Review the basic principles then focus on constant input i.e. reading and listening. You’ll pick up the grammar intuitively

Many Tagalog words don’t have a direct translation. So long as you get the gist of those words and you know when they’re used, don’t worry about finding an exact English equivalent.

To improve your speaking, know when to make a glottal stop. Tagalog words can have entirely different meanings depending on which syllable you emphasise e.g. mabāsa (to read) vs mabasâ (to get wet)

HAVE PATIENCE! It took me 2 years of (inconsistent) practice to even be able to have a basic conversation with relative ease. Tagalog is hard and the beginner stage is hell, but if you keep picking at it you’ll improve.