I find the premise of Blinn's works on male sexuality range from intriguing to laughable (you can sample any 3 of his previous efforts and you'll know exactly what I mean). This particular series revolves around some sort of flop-house/communal residence in Hawaii, where some guys are Firefighters, and others are just flotsam I guess. Then there's some Hawaiian houseboy who everyone treats like a frat brother they love, but no one seems to relate to or have any dialogue with. In fact, beyond the very high-level and insignificant one sentence background stories on each character, none of them seem to be fleshed out enough to understand WHY they share such a bond (with the exception of the firefighters who work together...I guess that's a given). This goes even double for the main character, Swell, which was apparently written for a much younger, hotter and more Alpha-male actor than Eric Colton from the descriptions about him in the dialogue. Not sure how this project came about, but it really seemed VERY low-budget (sound quality is bad, there are several over-saturated shots and the entire thing looks like it was recorded on a celphone camera) compared to some of Blinn's more polished and edited work. It's almost as if Blinn for whatever reason found himself living in Hawaii and thought, "why don't I just use this as the back-drop for my next project?" and hastily put something together. Because to be frank, the dialogue between the Hawaiians themselves and the "acting" (yeah, quotes are very necessary here) really doesn't work, and borders on racist cliche'...I felt very uncomfortable watching a couple of segments. All in all, interesting premise not very well thought out. But there's just not a lot to choose from as far as gay/bi series these day, so whatever.
