What dramas are you currently watching?

ralphm1999 wrote:

I'll send you a copy when I send the movies.

Nonono! I have it somewhere... it's just not in the binder it was supposed to be. Either it's in another binder, or one of my siblings is watching it. I'll check later today to see if I can find it.

K.T.Tran wrote:trying to finish up Fireboys

Didn't you start watching that several years ago? :beaten: :hehe:

Wynter wrote:

Nonono! I have it somewhere... it's just not in the binder it was supposed to be. Either it's in another binder, or one of my siblings is watching it. I'll check later today to see if I can find it.

okis. :fingerscrossed:

Just finished all gokusens.Guess I'll miss that crazy teacher. :shamefulcry:
But,just started "Bloody Monday","Nobuta wo Produce","Ryuusei No Kizuna".
I hope they turn out to be interesting ones.

Ender's Girl wrote:

Jiminy criminy! Fo' real? You actually read them!?!? :sweat: And... survived,

Are they meant to be lethal? :shocked: :hehe:

Ive been enjoying them too.

Geezer wrote: At any given point a group of six foot tall Samba Dancers will appear and cap the happy ending of a scene with a dance. Or the radio that narrates the show will come to life in the person of a middle aged actor, and he and Tsubasa will have a chat about life.

Now that sounds more interesting. Ive tried several Asadoras but so far about 32 episodes is the most Ive watched. That was Churasan recently.
The day time tv quality is just not prime time, for me at least. :beaten:

Ender's Girl wrote:

Lol @ all the timber-themed "honorifics" (or should I say, "horrorifics"?) for Nishikido Ryo... Mr. Plywood... Wood-Man... :rofl: But, c'mon... YamaPi = YamaPLANK???!??! Heyyy... is that really necessary? *winces* Ouch! Why'd you lump YamaPi together with that sadistic little golem, huh? Huh? :rant:

(Pull yourself together, Yamashita Tomohisa!!! Stop crying just because they're calling you a plank. What's the matter with you??? *gives YamaPi a savage shake* YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!!!!! *b*tch-slaps YamaPi, Don Corleone style*

I've been calling him YamaPlank since someone else came up with the name a while ago. Would you prefer beem's favorite name for him: YamaPuke ? ;)
As I noted above, i've only seen him in Lunch no Joou sofar (through good management rather than good luck) but i've found that his acting wasn't as bad as I expected, he's just .... ordinary.

Re. Eita: He keeps popping up in dramas i've watched. I don't think i've ever picked out a drama to watch just because he's in it, but he just shows up unexpectedly. And he rarely puts a foot wrong. (his hair is another matter altogether ;) ) He's probably my favorite J-actor.

OT: Lunch no Joou ep. 8 & 9. The sound on Ep. 9 was playing up - everyone sounded like chipmunks - but it's still enjoyable. The presence of Go Morita is putting a bit of a dampener on things, though.

Anime Dad wrote:I've been calling him YamaPlank since someone else came up with the name a while ago. Would you prefer beem's favorite name for him: YamaPuke ? ;)

Did I come up with that? :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:
Did I come up with that? :headscratch:

I dunno if you came up with it, but you've definitely used it ;)

Anime Dad wrote:I dunno if you came up with it, but you've definitely used it ;)

Hmm, I just did a search and nothing... I did come up with MatsuJerk, though. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Hmm, I just did a search and nothing... I did come up with MatsuJerk, though. :beaten:

You did come up with MatsuJerk :hehe:

Hmm, maybe it was someone else who came up with YamaPuke... maybe runpup?

Eve

I don't think the producers/directors/etc. expect anyone to watch every episode of an Asadora. That's why there's soooo much repetition in the darned things.

But Asadoras have done pretty well by J-Drama fans. They keep finding all these amazing unknowns, or Acting novices who go on to have terrific careers. A short, very incomplete list:

In 1989-Yamaguchi Tomoko stared in Jun-chan no Ouenka

& Shimizu Misa stared in Seishun Kazoku

In 1991-Suzuki Kyoka stared in Kimi No Na Wa

In 1993-Toda Naho stared om Eenyobo

In 1998-Sudo Risa stared in Ten Urara

In 1999 Takeuchi Yuko stared in Asuka

In 2002 – Ikewaki Chizuru stared in Honmamon

In 2006- Miyazaki Aoi stared in Junko Kirari

And those are just the names that I look at as a fan of very sort tenure and say... "Ooo! I know her! She's terrific!'

Not to mention Kuninaka Ryoko in Churasan... only her 2nd drama.

A shame that there's not many of these available.

Anime Dad wrote:Hmm, maybe it was someone else who came up with YamaPuke... maybe runpup?

He was the first one to use it here at J-D (2008) according to my search. :beaten:

Geezer wrote:
I don't think the producers/directors/etc. expect anyone to watch every episode of an Asadora. That's why there's soooo much repetition in the darned things.

I always tried to make sure I saw the episodes divisble by 6 (6,12, 18,24, etc.) that was usually a pretty good method to make sure I didn't miss anything major.

Because asadoras run Mon.-Sat. in Japan, they would usually have some kind of "cliff-hanger" or get some issue resolved on the Saturday episode.[/list:u]

Mark

That's as good a system as any I've ever come up with. My mistake with Churasan was that I tried to watch all of it (half an hour per week for over a year on ktsf). By the 3/4 mark I was praying for the lead (Ryoko) to die. People on the ktsf thread were competeing to see who could come up with the most grizzly death for her and her whole family.

A.D.

Not to mention Kuninaka Ryoko in Churasan... only her 2nd drama

That's normal for an Asadora. Most of the ladies who star in them have never been in front of a tv camera before.

Tabe Mikako, the star of Tsubasa has the thickest resume I've seen so far for an Asadora Heroine. She's been in 3 dramas before doing this show.[/quote]

gaijinmark wrote: I always tried to make sure I saw the episodes divisble by 6 (6,12, 18,24, etc.) that was usually a pretty good method to make sure I didn't miss anything major.

Because asadoras run Mon.-Sat. in Japan, they would usually have some kind of "cliff-hanger" or get some issue resolved on the Saturday episode.[/list:u]

Very clever. :victory: I'll use that method and try Ten Urara again sometime.

Tonight I finished Suika.
Charming is the first word that springs to mind.
It is well cast, written, acted and obviously well directed.
A lovely, small story of 4 women with their idiosyncrasies.
Quirky is the next word that springs to mind.
With the irrepressible and unpredictable Baba-chan.
Motoko's mother another marvel. I could say something about each of the characters.
Really, really special.
Thanx Geez, for the recommendation on this one. :hug:

As for the Asadoras, I think I will try again taking yours and GM's advice.

Currently though Im trying an older drama called Kin No Tamago/Golden Kids about stage mothers and their children.
http://jdorama.com/drama.201.htm
ASano Yuko stars and its amusing. I have hopes. :fingerscrossed:

Anime Dad wrote:I've been calling him YamaPlank

bmwracer wrote:I did come up with MatsuJerk

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It's kinda hard for me to type when I'm rolling on the floor. You guys really crack me up. I can picture you two, men in their middle age and upper weight who worship girls more than half their age and bash guys who have youth, fame, money, fans, and physical shape.

Let me see now... If I were YamaPlank or MatsuJerk, what adequate single-syllable word would I put after Anime and bmw... I need help, guys.

shari wrote:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
It's kinda hard for me to type when I'm rolling on the floor. You guys really crack me up. I can picture you two, men in their middle age and upper weight who worship girls more than half their age and bash guys who have youth, fame, money, fans, and physical shape.

Let me see now... If I were YamaPlank or MatsuJerk, what adequate single-syllable word would I put after Anime and bmw... I need help, guys.

:hehe:

Difference is, we don't set ourselves up as being the best thing since sliced bread. More power to them for getting where they are based on their looks only :P It's not their fault that the casting checklist for male drama stars is often like this:

1) Been manhandled by Johnny Kitagawa? Check
2) Is good-looking in the eyes of 12-year old girls? Check
3) Can sing and dance? Not really, but that hasn't stopped them sofar.
4) Can act? No, but that doesn't really matter.
5) Has more personality than a block of wood? Huh?

Same thing applies to female drama stars in a lot of cases, unfortunately :P

shari wrote: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
It's kinda hard for me to type when I'm rolling on the floor. You guys really crack me up. I can picture you two, men in their middle age and upper weight who worship girls more than half their age and bash guys who have youth, fame, money, fans, and physical shape.

But are they happy? :P

BTW, I only weigh 170lbs... Hardly upper weight. ;)

Let me see now... If I were YamaPlank or MatsuJerk, what adequate single-syllable word would I put after Anime and bmw... I need help, guys.

I ain't volunteering. :sweat:

shari wrote:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
It's kinda hard for me to type when I'm rolling on the floor. You guys really crack me up. I can picture you two, men in their middle age and upper weight who worship girls more than half their age and bash guys who have youth, fame, money, fans, and physical shape.

Let me see now... If I were YamaPlank or MatsuJerk, what adequate single-syllable word would I put after Anime and bmw... I need help, guys.

Omg, shari! You just say the darndest things! :rofl:

Uh, what was this thread about again? :confused: