What dramas are you currently watching?

Eve wrote:I think that is part of forgetting... ;)

Not entirely.

Watched a few eps of Ultraseven X and Pokkapoka. Pretty good stuff.

sadacori wrote:Ultraseven X

Sounds like a porn flick. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Sounds like a porn flick. :beaten:

So does Pokkapoka :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Sounds like a porn flick. :beaten:

Haha, no it's a tokusatsu type of show. More on the modern side though.

Anime Dad wrote:

So does Pokkapoka :hehe:

LMAO! Actually, It's one of the best family dramas I've ever seen.

sadacori wrote:

LMAO! Actually, It's one of the best family dramas I've ever seen.

I've never heard of it :headscratch:

Ruri no shima special :) Nice to see almost all the characters from the series make a return. The series itself was great, it just flew by. 9/10

I've been taking a break from dramas because I was getting a bit burnt out. And it didn't help that the summer season was chock full of horrible shows.

marspeach wrote:And it didn't help that the summer season was chock full of horrible shows.

That helps discourage people from staying indoors and forces them to get out and about during summer... :mrgreen:

Well, I finished the entire series of BOSS, overall, though it looked really flashy, it was only that. The stories were ok, I didn't really get into the characters, but, getting that out of the way, it's onward and upward.

-Dave

desert-raven wrote:Well, I finished the entire series of BOSS, overall, though it looked really flashy, it was only that.

That seemed to be the consensus opinion (see the BOSS thread): All sizzle, no steak.

marspeach wrote:I've been taking a break from dramas because I was getting a bit burnt out. And it didn't help that the summer season was chock full of horrible shows.

Summer was dark indeed - I checked out and dropped immediately:
- Saru Lock - too crude
- Karei no Spy - too unfunny
- Orthrus no inu (which I dled accidentally - I didn't know who was starring otherwise I wouldn't have bothered) - too Takky

Re-watching Nobuta wo produce for the first time in 3 years :victory: Sweet as ever!

Geezer wrote:Ender's Girl
Thanks for the link. It's nice to know that other nimrods struggle with comparing one version of a show with anothers. My longest running argument with my best friend is who's Henry V was the definative version. Laurence Olivier's or Kenneth Branagh.

My pleasure, Geez. :victory:

Haven't seen either Henry V rendition... Branagh was pure gold in MUCH ADO..., but his HAMLET was such a snooze, lol. I remember thinking, dude, why do a role Mel Gibson's already done--AND owned? :naughty:

Geezer wrote:Ender's Girl
Re: Dragon Zakura". Now there's a show I didn't think much of. No way it compares to "Trick".

bmwracer wrote:^ Trick is better than Dragon Zakura (which is yet another high school drama :bleh:).

Eve wrote:
Trick is a much more complex drama.
Dragon Zak has Yampi in it and it silly High School fare.
But fun nevertheless.
:victory:

:sweat: :sweat: :sweat:

Hehehe... Thanks for all those earnest efforts to dissuade me from said drama, appreciate your commentary. :hehe: But, well, I just HAD to go see for myself, ne? :beaten:

OT: DRAGON ZAKURA, Episode One, and I doubt I'll ever slog through the rest of it. It ain't GOKUSEN 2-bad, but still subpar. :bleh: More cardboard characters! More cock and bull story lines! More woefully underutilized character actors (well, hello, Abe Hiroshi, whaddahell are you doing there?)! Blerg. (Sorry, Eve, maybe if I stuck around long enough I'd find this drama fun, but after the first 20 minutes my mind began to stray to other things. Danged show just couldn't sustain my interest.) You'd think Abe Hiroshi's compelling screen presence and acting chops would make up for the drama's defects, but not so, apparently. :shakehead:

(So far the only dramas of the High School sub-genre that I really, really loved, are NwP and STAND UP!--which technically isn't even set in school, lol.)

So in the interest of, ehem, fairness, will get started on TRICK tonight. :victory:

Ender's Girl wrote:So in the interest of, ehem, fairness, will get started on TRICK tonight. :victory:

You definitely made the right decision. I agree with many of the others that Dragon Zakura sucked. Typical school drama, imo, and not worth watching. Trick, on the other hand, was a great series.

OT: Watched the first episode of Love Shuffle after reading a lot of positive reviews and getting a recommendation from someone. Seems ok so far.

Ender's Girl wrote:You'd think Abe Hiroshi's compelling screen presence and acting chops would make up for the drama's defects, but not so, apparently. :shakehead:

Sometimes even the greats can't save a train wreck.

So in the interest of, ehem, fairness, will get started on TRICK tonight. :victory:

'Bout time.... Great chemistry between Abe and Nakama... And some pretty interesting stories/mysteries, to boot. :victory:

Second episode of Love Shuffle. Wish I could have a love shuffle of my own, but I don't know that many single people. :( I also might get jealous if someone I like joins in though...

marspeach wrote:I've been taking a break from dramas because I was getting a bit burnt out. And it didn't help that the summer season was chock full of horrible shows.

I just recently finished Mr Brain and Rinjo which were decent but I think the quality of jdramas nowadays is just continually spiralling downwards :sweat:

finished binbou danshi :victory:
i love this dorama,,,it's so funny..another side of shun kun :rofl: :rofl:

Watched Buzzer Beat episode 9 - the story has been going exactely as I suspected from the beginning. It's getting boring.

watching Psychometer Eiji II. It might be a decade old but it is quite interesting guessing the murderers.