In Ep 10, stuff went haywire in writing/pacing. (But since I love Toptap, I won't complain. And the amount of time they get, is so odd in proportion that the side couples feel unnecessary. The jumps between the couples, are really haphazard. The editing is really weird and at times-so abrupt that it feels like one went to the bathroom during commercials and missed out on a couple of minutes. He CAN act, but he always goes over-the-top in comedic roles. Something like that.) Most of the cast is made up of familiar faces from earlier BL. (Also, the MC actors are just about the prettiest BL leads ever. It's sufficient for a fix of cute boys love. There isn't much to the story-it's standard and more than a little bit stupid (aren't most.), but it's generic BL. Anything that has guys with guitars and puts this much focus on music-is bound to get me hooked. Then I started to fall for the guys and now I kind of like it. People, there are a whole lot of numbers between 1 and 10. A stupid romcom can be a 10 just as well as a Kurosawa flick, can.ītw A "5" means "mediocre". My ratings are pretty harsh at times, but I judge by quality, not by how much I like/dislike it.
My other lists already contain all these titles, but a quick-list might come in handy anyway-for an overview. ***Titles included are ones where BL/Gay themes or (male) Gay characters characters, play a fairly significant role*** (Or, well China-(mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan), Japan, South Korea and Thailand.) *** *** Be sure to check out my lists for respective country, as well as my huge collected list (793 titles and counting) for all Asian BL. I'll have to think about this a bit more and I might split it at the end of 2021.
UPDATE: List was created early 2020, so I was pondering on whether to split this list in two, but decided not to, since quite a few series have a split air time 2020/2021. (China-Mainland China + Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Thailand.)
True, the presence of The Epoch Times is an incidental detail that you wouldn’t see unless you were really looking for it and that has nothing to do with the scene - it’s a fight sequence on the streets of New York City - but the Chinese propaganda state is very sensitive and they’re already mad at Disney, so they don’t need much reason to crack down.ĭoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness comes out in theaters this Friday, May 6…in most places.Currently airing, upcoming and finished BL/Gay themed dramas and movies of 20. The Epoch Times is an international, multi-language newspaper and media company that opposes the Chinese Communist Party. In any case, the chances for Doctor Strange 2 aren’t good, especially after fans on social media pointed out that, in the background of an early scene, you can see a copy of The Epoch Times on a newsstand. Or maybe the CCP just didn’t like that Iron Man died it’s hard to tell with authoritarians. Comments made by Shang-Chi star Simu Liu and Eternals director Chloé Zhao may be behind the ban. Per Deadline, it could have started when Black Widow portrayed Communism in a less-than-flattering light. Why are Marvel movies being shut out? People aren’t really sure.
So there’s clearly an appetite for Marvel stuff among the Chinese public, but the Chinese Communist Party has been unhappy with the company for years Black Widow, Eternals, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home were all shut out of the territory.
The last Marvel movie in Chinese theaters was Avengers: Endgame, which made $629 million there. That said, at this point there’s probably nothing Disney can do to get Marvel movies released in China. China hasn’t allowed a Marvel movie into theaters since 2019 edited out dialogue about the title character’s homosexuality in The Secrets of Dumbledore to appease Chinese censors. Not every studio is so willing for instance, Warner Bros. To its credit, Disney has stuck to its guns and included some (very light) LGBT+ elements in its movies despite the knowledge that they will get the movie banned in parts of the world.