I'm fine with the politics, but I don't get the demand for "exposition" when the acting clearly tells you what…
"Well you can't expect that everything has to be shown, they need a tent so you need to see them pack a tent? What proof do you have that they barely touch? Maybe after a more than 300km trip they were exhausted..."
See how conditioned you are to imagine things in your head that would be shown in almost any other, well-directed films/series?
It's bad direction.People are leaving for a beach trip and as they get in the car we see their backpacks, towels, tent, whatever. But not here, oh no. Here we are to IMAGINE this. They sleep without touching though allegedly in love. We are to IMAGINE it's because they're so tired. lol
No. No, their "eyes" explained only that they were too cowardly to move from a longing stare to a tender kiss. Like I suggested, consider the possibility that gay love scares you. When was the las time you saw a straight romance where all the emotion has to be imagined in the eyes of the viewer, rather than onscreen where it should be.
btw, lol, I said a LOT more than I "don't like this series because it has very few hugs and kisses." Two cheek pecks between the MC and one for the dad which was supposedly meant for Su Yu but which the dad didn't seem to find odd.
Broomstick/Vampire brother pretending to be running some huge conglomerate from his laptop in his apartment: Unrealistic…
Thank you for your review of my comment. 😁😁😁Here's what I will never get: How does a viewer enjoy watching a show in which every homophobic exclusion of an act or dialogue is excused with "but they're censored?"
Actually, I was hoping the version of this show released inside China would be censored, but that the rest of us beyond the reach of dictatorial Chinese rule would see a real BL, no censoring.
I'm fine with the politics, but I don't get the demand for "exposition" when the acting clearly tells you what…
ugh. I feel the story here is terrible. It's veered away from the MC into corporate intrigue, family drama, mystery theatre stuff. Also, part of the story is a trip to the beach (that 300 miles sure went fast!) where they camped in a tent they hadn't packed, took no clothes other than what was on their backs, yet woke up in fresh clothing to face the sunrise where Su Yu works up great courage to scream "I LOVE YOU...ocean," after which he smiles as though he said the real thing.
Boys we're supposed to imagine as being lovers spend an entire night together but barely touch, and immediately one of them yells a potentially very moving and romantic declaration of love...to the ocean...which clearly hurt his alleged BF's feelings. And viewers are expected to "ooh" and "ahh" at this great portrayal of gay love.
Chinese Bromance is just such a strange universe of homophobic weirdness. Except this one has detoured into kind of a parody of BL. Lots of hints at BL tropes, but none of the real thing.
"hate," lol The usual accusation that comes from people who have had a nerve touched. Thai BLs are mostly garbage. Which is part of why I had high hopes for this one. What is it about sex, that people have every minute of every day all over the world, that scares you? Or is it only GAY sex that scares you?
I'm fine with the politics, but I don't get the demand for "exposition" when the acting clearly tells you what…
But your first paragraph is exactly what puts me off "bromances." They are inherently homophobic. The message is "we want to profit off your desire to see BL but real, actual gay love in the form of words, deeds and touches is too disgusting to be shown onscreen so you'll have to make do with the little tidbits we throw your way as we go."
And so a certain segment of the viewership, many of whom also find open gay love to be shameful, search each episode for hints and clues and meaningful glances, which are to be put together in the viewer's mind to form something they're not comfortable with onscreen.
This thing we call "Bromance," or "censored BL" is a really weird concept, and one which would never be tolerated in the telling of straight love stories. We forget how strange the Bromance concept is because we've been conditioned to accept it in place of unabashed gay love storytelling.
It's not even close to being a BL. So far it's a Bromance with cheek kisses, fake jealousy and airport hugs, and weird, repetitive scenes of WB and SY's family eating dinner over and over.
the minuted u called the untamed ridiculous.. you lost me entirely.. bye
Figures. Pretty boys in waist-long hair and lovely silk robes flying around in the air with swords and exchanging longing glances. The Untamed is the perfect show for people who think they're BL fans but are uncomfortable with actual, real gay love. Plus all the fox-tail and spirit-world stuff is mind-numbing.
I'm fine with the politics, but I don't get the demand for "exposition" when the acting clearly tells you what…
The acting clearly tells me nothing because the actors are restricted from doing or saying anything meaningful. WHY were the leads having that odd fight on the floor, over the headphones? What was said that led to the fight? You're cool with just being expected to make that up in your head?
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See how conditioned you are to imagine things in your head that would be shown in almost any other, well-directed films/series?
It's bad direction.People are leaving for a beach trip and as they get in the car we see their backpacks, towels, tent, whatever. But not here, oh no. Here we are to IMAGINE this. They sleep without touching though allegedly in love. We are to IMAGINE it's because they're so tired. lol
Come on...
btw, lol, I said a LOT more than I "don't like this series because it has very few hugs and kisses." Two cheek pecks between the MC and one for the dad which was supposedly meant for Su Yu but which the dad didn't seem to find odd.
Actually, I was hoping the version of this show released inside China would be censored, but that the rest of us beyond the reach of dictatorial Chinese rule would see a real BL, no censoring.
oops, I was wrong.
Boys we're supposed to imagine as being lovers spend an entire night together but barely touch, and immediately one of them yells a potentially very moving and romantic declaration of love...to the ocean...which clearly hurt his alleged BF's feelings. And viewers are expected to "ooh" and "ahh" at this great portrayal of gay love.
Chinese Bromance is just such a strange universe of homophobic weirdness. Except this one has detoured into kind of a parody of BL. Lots of hints at BL tropes, but none of the real thing.
Thai BLs are mostly garbage. Which is part of why I had high hopes for this one.
What is it about sex, that people have every minute of every day all over the world, that scares you? Or is it only GAY sex that scares you?
And so a certain segment of the viewership, many of whom also find open gay love to be shameful, search each episode for hints and clues and meaningful glances, which are to be put together in the viewer's mind to form something they're not comfortable with onscreen.
This thing we call "Bromance," or "censored BL" is a really weird concept, and one which would never be tolerated in the telling of straight love stories. We forget how strange the Bromance concept is because we've been conditioned to accept it in place of unabashed gay love storytelling.
Nice kissing.