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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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Una Perra Andaluza: Season 1 (Spanish) (Web Series)

By Golu
Translated to English as "An Andalusian Bitch", this is a 7 part series each of about 25-30 minutes. Focusing on a lot of LGBTQ+ characters, this series focuses on certain individuals (some connected, some not). Like many kids their age, some of these Gen Z folks feel quite lost, and they try to find their way, a path greatly influenced by the relationship (repressed, released or overstimulated) they have with sex, and which can only be defined as "drama". They are racked by loneliness and desire in a society that intensifies their struggles.The show is supposed to be comedy as well, but we will leave our thoughts on that later.

We meet an interesting mix of people including Sofía, Samu, Marcos, Tamara, Sylvia and Judit. Samuel or Samu is a young gay man, who enjoys hooking up a lot but is almost at a point where he wants something serious. He eventually meets Gabi, a boy with whom he starts as friends, take it slow and eventually as they start to get serious, something happens at the end of series. Hopefully we will know next season. He is good friends with Marcos, just 18 year old virgin. He goes on a lot of dates with other boys but he is madly in love with his straight friend and just can't get over him. He bends over backwards to spend anytime he can with his friend and as you can imagine is always miserable. We then have Sofia, a medical student with a very nice boyfriend. But she is missing something. Sexually she is never satisfied by her boyfriend and is always looking to get naughty. She once does a bukkake with some guys of her little brother and is always looking for a release. She clearly has some deep rooted issues. I am not clear what the issues with Tamara were. She seemed to be always there helping others out and talking too fast about her insecurities especially after she loses her job. Sylvia is a trans person who moves out of her city to come in live in the big city hoping for things to get better for her. And Judit is a lesbian who is going through her own issues. In addition to all this, we have Samu's roommate, another bear gay dude who has finally found love in a. Guy who also happens to have a girlfriend. When he informs his girlfriend about his bisexuality, he almost feels a freedom and starts to cheat on the guy. Eventually the guy comes to terms with his body and owns it.

The show was all over the place to be honest. It felt that many reels were created and then edited joined together to make a cohesive story of it. At least Sofia, Marcos and Samu (and his roommate) ; they were connected and their stories made sense. But the other ones like Tamara, Sylvia , Judit; they cam out of nowhere and had no connection to the storyline and it was as if watching two different shows. As much as I was enjoying the stories of first three folks, I really couldn't care less about the other ones. They were a big yawn. As per the makers, the idea was to show how these lonely individuals discover their desires and intimacy, while also discovering friendship and mutual support. Its hard to put a genre to this show since it was neither drama or comedy. How I wish the makers treated it as a comedy. At least it would have been more fun to watch. Actors felt like mostly amateurs and so did the direction. Overall. I think the show can easily be avoided, unless you have really something more meaningful to watch. (4/10)
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