too many gaps not explained and ignored and more importantly deductions and procedures (which is part and parcel in police drama) are almost illogical here Really? And I thought J-police dramas were bad about that (despite all the talking lol).
So do you think Jdramas have gotten more interesting and/or more variety over the years since the 80s? I agree there is a lot less romance now (and what there is is less "romantic:--all these dramas about not wanting to get married too), but I found there to be more variety in the romance of the past and a lot of stuff in the non-romance dramas that you would never get now. My personal opinion is that over the past several years jdramas have been very uninteresting compared to most points in the past.
Stirring all these into 1 drama is enough for your female audiences to be dreamy over drama. ROFL (Then why do I just get irritated?! XD)
Sometimes I just wish there were more "normal" people in Jdramas (for the most part I don' think there's any hope for Kdramas). So many characters either seem to have had an awful life or have tons of emotional baggage or a bad personality. Or all of the above. I feel like it has gotten worse over the years too, like dramas are relying on those things to make the characters "interesting" or develop some kind of a "plot."
not really a munekyun if every romantic themed drama have these scenes I never found it munekyun to begin with but now it's gotten to the point where I can't even laugh at it!
I agree with what you said about the Jdrama remake of You're Beautiful, but I also think the way they condensed the story to fit less episodes contributed to making it even worse. It was like the digest version of the original with no room for personality, emotion, humor, etc.
I thought Maou stood well on it's own too, though all my Japanese friends who had seen the original Kdrama totally looked down on it.
I haven't actually seen most of the dramas you've mentioned in your examples, but this was an interesting read. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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Date: 2016-05-01 12:41 pm (UTC)Really? And I thought J-police dramas were bad about that (despite all the talking lol).
So do you think Jdramas have gotten more interesting and/or more variety over the years since the 80s? I agree there is a lot less romance now (and what there is is less "romantic:--all these dramas about not wanting to get married too), but I found there to be more variety in the romance of the past and a lot of stuff in the non-romance dramas that you would never get now. My personal opinion is that over the past several years jdramas have been very uninteresting compared to most points in the past.
Stirring all these into 1 drama is enough for your female audiences to be dreamy over drama.
ROFL (Then why do I just get irritated?! XD)
Sometimes I just wish there were more "normal" people in Jdramas (for the most part I don' think there's any hope for Kdramas). So many characters either seem to have had an awful life or have tons of emotional baggage or a bad personality. Or all of the above. I feel like it has gotten worse over the years too, like dramas are relying on those things to make the characters "interesting" or develop some kind of a "plot."
not really a munekyun if every romantic themed drama have these scenes
I never found it munekyun to begin with but now it's gotten to the point where I can't even laugh at it!
I agree with what you said about the Jdrama remake of You're Beautiful, but I also think the way they condensed the story to fit less episodes contributed to making it even worse. It was like the digest version of the original with no room for personality, emotion, humor, etc.
I thought Maou stood well on it's own too, though all my Japanese friends who had seen the original Kdrama totally looked down on it.
I haven't actually seen most of the dramas you've mentioned in your examples, but this was an interesting read. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!