And I thought J-police dramas were bad about that (despite all the talking lol). There are bad J-police drama, but at least the ones that I watch has deductions and not ruled by emotions (some emotion is OK, but not over the top, it's police, not mobs) LOL.
So do you think Jdramas have gotten more interesting and/or more variety over the years since the 80s? Yes and no, Yes in more variety of genre because now they have something else other than romance aka romance is not the priority selling point, doesn't mean it's good quality though, it just means there're more options (different product lines). Bad in a sense that those with romance as selling point goes down the drain, no creativity. They used to be so good in spinning good romance drama. I think few reason why it becomes like this. Change in demographic. The younger generation has less appetite on this kind of drama, hence the horrific kissing scenes, no rabu2 scene, and more fan service (BL borderline) scenes. Too much reliant on shojo manga live action is another culprit. Somehow TV station got lazy or not willing to pay the good script writer or just want a quick bucks, and later blame the franchise if rating got screwed.
Sometimes I just wish there were more "normal" people in Jdramas (for the most part I don' think there's any hope for Kdramas). I do feel the same on this, every now and then would like to see a more normal person (w/ no emotional baggage, etc) in a drama. But I think it's very difficult to spin this into an interesting drama. Let's say we have a financial analyst or system engineer who work 9 to 5, plus OT (Japan style) or the super normal workers on contract term. I think it'll be hard to swallow for public to watch a very real life fact of their lives and it sucks big time.
They seriously need to stop marketing those munekyun stuffs, not healthy at all, not even at manga level.
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. Ah, I never watch the K version (not good for my emotional health), but I can imagine how much more intense the scheming and screwing over plus the mind game (I'm using Two Weeks as the gauge here). It'll always got lighter when it's translated to J-drama due to the format. :)
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There are bad J-police drama, but at least the ones that I watch has deductions and not ruled by emotions (some emotion is OK, but not over the top, it's police, not mobs) LOL.
So do you think Jdramas have gotten more interesting and/or more variety over the years since the 80s?
Yes and no, Yes in more variety of genre because now they have something else other than romance aka romance is not the priority selling point, doesn't mean it's good quality though, it just means there're more options (different product lines). Bad in a sense that those with romance as selling point goes down the drain, no creativity. They used to be so good in spinning good romance drama. I think few reason why it becomes like this. Change in demographic. The younger generation has less appetite on this kind of drama, hence the horrific kissing scenes, no rabu2 scene, and more fan service (BL borderline) scenes. Too much reliant on shojo manga live action is another culprit. Somehow TV station got lazy or not willing to pay the good script writer or just want a quick bucks, and later blame the franchise if rating got screwed.
Sometimes I just wish there were more "normal" people in Jdramas (for the most part I don' think there's any hope for Kdramas).
I do feel the same on this, every now and then would like to see a more normal person (w/ no emotional baggage, etc) in a drama. But I think it's very difficult to spin this into an interesting drama. Let's say we have a financial analyst or system engineer who work 9 to 5, plus OT (Japan style) or the super normal workers on contract term. I think it'll be hard to swallow for public to watch a very real life fact of their lives and it sucks big time.
They seriously need to stop marketing those munekyun stuffs, not healthy at all, not even at manga level.
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.
Ah, I never watch the K version (not good for my emotional health), but I can imagine how much more intense the scheming and screwing over plus the mind game (I'm using Two Weeks as the gauge here). It'll always got lighter when it's translated to J-drama due to the format. :)