Showing posts with label BL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BL. Show all posts

December 10, 2024

Under the Skin 2 | Open Thread

Under the Skin 2
[Coming soon]
Notable Actors/Actresses
Tan Jian CiShen Yi
Jin Shi JiaDu Cheng
Screenwriter
Chinese Title
獵罪圖鑑2
Genres: Contemporary, Slight BLMystery
Network: iQIYI / Tencent Video
Year: 2024
Episodes: 28

February 22, 2024

The Spirealm | Recap and Review

The Spirealm
A man enters a deadly game with a deadly flirt. 
Notable Actors/Actresses
Huang Jun JieLin Jiu Shi
Xia Zhi Guang: Ruan Lan Zhu
Chinese Title
致命遊戲
Deadly Game
GenresContemporaryBLSuspense
NetworkiQIYI
Year2024
Episodes: 78 (20 minute eps)
Recap Grade: A/B

January 30, 2023

A League of Nobleman | Open Thread

A nobleman with not so noblemen uncover the secrets of the past.
Notable Actors/Actresses
Jing Bo Ran: Lan Jue / Pei Zhi
Song Wei Long: Zhang Ping
Director
Screenwriter
Chinese Title
君子盟
NetworkTencent Video
Year2023
Episodes: 29

February 19, 2020

The Untamed | Recap and Review

The Untamed
Notable Actors/Actresses
Xiao Zhan: Wei Wu Xian / Wei Ying
Wang Yi Bo: Lan Wang Ji / Lan Zhang / Han Guang Jun
Director
Scriptwriter
(Author: Priest)
Chinese Title:
陈情令
GenresQihuanBL
NetworkTencent Video
Year: 2019
Episodes: 50

January 1, 2019

Costume Qihuan

Criteria
✓ Fantasy World-Building 
✓ Costumes
✓ Includes Xuanhuan
✓ NOT Xianxia or Wuxia

**Qihuan is a broad genre that means Fantasy and should include contemporary dramas, but I'm only using it for fantasy costume dramas that are not xianxia and wuxia

Genres (but not all-inclusive)
✓ Qihuan / Historical Era (e.g. Republican Fantasies)
✓ All variations of romances: RomcomRomanceSlight RomanceNo RomanceBL

Excluding overlapping dramas that are mainly:
𐄂 Wuxia 
𐄂 Xianxia

Action | Thriller | Sports

Criteria
✓ Action (+ Desert)
✓ Sports
✓ Thriller
✓ Sci-fi

Genres (but not all-inclusive)
✓ All variations of romances: RomcomRomanceSlight RomanceNo RomanceBL

Excluding overlapping dramas that are mainly:
𐄂 Police / Mafia
𐄂 Crime / Suspense

Investigative / Procedurals

Criteria
✓ MC is a professional who investigates crimes (constables, PSPs, forensic scientists)
✓ Police Procedurals and Police vs. Mafia 
✓ Two/Many-Men-on-Poster-Dramas
✓ Detective Fiction (Periods)
✓ Minimal Romance or BL

Genres (but not all-inclusive)
✓ Period and Contemporary 
✓ Mostly Slight Romance / No Romance / BL 

Excluding overlapping dramas that are mainly:
𐄂 Republican (Era Dramas)
𐄂 Contemporary ones with more romance is in Work/Life/Family ≥ Romance
𐄂 Period ones with more romances is in Period Mystery Romances

BL & Ambiguous Bromance

Criteria
✓ Romance between men 
✓ Ambiguous BL

Terms
Brotherhood: Pure friends. [Not included in this list]
Bromance: Boy friendship with chemistry. Still friends. 
Ambiguous Bromance: We can interpret them as in love. 
BL: They're in love. 

Genres (but not all-inclusive)
✓ All time periods: ContemporaryPeriodWuxiaXianxiaQihuanEra
✓ BL
✓ Bromance (but not all bromances are ambiguous BL)