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Journey With You (Chinese Series)

By Golu
I've always had kind of a love hate relationship with Chinese historical BLs. Some are genuinely excellent, but then there are others that cram in so much plot that keeping track of all the layers of betrayal and scheming gets exhausting, and I end up checking out mentally. Part of the issue is also just how much content is out there in this space, so something really has to stand out to keep me hooked. In this case, the production value is genuinely impressive, top tier stuff, but story wise, I just couldn't bring myself to actually care about these characters. There's a ton of political scheming and backstage manipulation running throughout. Somewhere in the middle of all that chaos, a hostage ends up falling for his own Prince Charming. The show runs eight episodes, each around 50 to 60 minutes long. After spending three years guarding the border, Fifth Prince Yin Qi gets called back to the capital because of a secret letter, only to end up walking straight into a deadly...
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Queer Duck: The Movie

By Golu
I recently saw the Queer Duck series, with its zany short episodic format was a decent time pass watch. The film follow the same adult animated format using the same cast members Queer Duck, Openly Gator, Bipolar bear, Oscar Wildcat and a whole lot of new members. This 72 minute non stop gagfest is full of gags, puns, caricatured celebrities and just overall time pass pop humor.

After a night of full on parting , Queer Duck sees a show with a reverend turning gay to straight. And when the gay day at amusement park gets cancelled, he begins wondering the point of being gay when everyone is against it. Around same time he meets once popular Broadway actor Lola and they become great friends. Queer Duck convinces her to go back on stage for a one woman show. She does and wins Tony and proposes marriage to Queer Duck stating most of her ex-husbands were gay. He asks his friends who reluctantly agree including the heartbroken Openly Gator who is in love with Queer Duck. When Lola does she leaves all her money to Queer Duck who buys the theme park to celebrate being gay. During a confrontation there, Openly Gator saves Queer Duck's life and then they both kiss and make up.

Several past characters such as Queer Duck's family return for the film and just like the original series, several celebrities were parodied and voiced by imitators. The plot is kept simple which allows room for gags, pop culture bashing and allusions and some dry humour. The Broadway star love interest and the whole situation there added an interesting twist to the whole plot but never once does the film leave or forget to entertain. Of course, the film is full of song/dance numbers on show tunes, including when Lola takes Queer Duck home and her silverware and plates come to life singing and dancing. Of course, none of the thing in the film is to be taken seriously. This has been made for pure entertainment with loads of campy humor. If thats not your thing, you should stay away. I liked it in bits and parts because of the pop references were not known to me. Overall, if you liked the series, you would enjoy this one too. For me, this was strictly average but an interesting addition to the list of LGBT friendly films, which can provide a good entertainment if gay friends were hanging out and wanted something light to watch. (5/10)
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