I don't really care about rating. But both Hellbound and Silent Sea just not worth my time.
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Tucker Carlson the Communist? Based.
I think one of China's worst enemy in its creative space is its own censorship/propaganda committee. Like for example, they can't make a "silent sea show" because some ancient cadre would say "we can't show a flaw in our space program." They can't make "hellbound" because of monster/ghost censor ship. They can't make Squid Game because of social commentary and crazy level of violence. The only censorship i agree on is squid game's violence (retarded level of violence definitely causes mental health issues, hence americans shrug at 3k+ covid deaths in 1 day), but some story showing the struggle of poor should be able to pass thru occasionally. It's one thing to dwell on social commentary to cause an unrest, its another thing to just tell a story.
Another huge problem is idol worshipping that ends up producing alot of quick money idol garbarge. However, there some gems that make it thru each year and I think they can surpass all of the other countries on their own if they really try...
This guy has zero consistent principles.
When it was Trump in power, he is completely silent about the debt/deficit.... Cheering for Trump's $1.9 Trillion tax cuts for the wealthy/rich.
When it's Biden in power, he goes apeshit about debt/deficit...saying Build Back Better (BBB) is wayy too expensive, blah blah blah.
Completely partisan hack and ideological cheer-leader.
So, Wong Kar Wai's Lust, Caution wouldn't pass Chinese censorship?
I have never seen it before but I understand the movie was heavily censor and the actress blacklisted the first time around... that was when china was more loose and had a smaller native entertainment industry. There may be different level of censorship requirements on movie vs drama series too. Maybe coproduce/foriegn shows/films get more leniency etc. I don't follow Chinese movie but I do hear they do sometime make changes so the ending it socially responsible (ie better days)
I follow some cdrama fandom, and i just know that what makes some of the plot elements in kdrama fun to watch, would not be allow in cdrama. There is a list of "no/controversial" and there is a backlog of shows waiting for approval/reshoot. IMO Hence, the large amt of easy to make, easy to pass , (hard to watch for a adult) idol rom-com
solarz
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You can complain about China's media review board, but the truth is, they are the reason Chinese entertainment hasn't descended into violence and/or porn fests like US, Japan, and SK.
Why? I think the plot/storyline good enough but the execution of the concept disappointing at times. Maybe it's the Korean culture thingy which is how they portray things which I find hard to understand, I dunno. "Squid Game I watched for about 30mins then watched the rest by fast forwarding. "Hellbound" I watched 20mins and flagged it away while "Silent Sea" I had it playing on a second monitor and managed the first episode. I might play another episode as background noise.