Anyway if anyone is downloading Tiger & Dragon, might I suggest you hold out watching it until the 2nd revision of the subs are out. Episodes 9-11 still need QC'ed although still watchable abeit with a few mistakes here and there in the initial version.
What dramas are you currently watching?
Started by Pemu · 2 Aug 2003 · 27,479 replies
Drama Discussion
where to download Tiger & Dragon?
I watched "Last Christmas" and "Kou Kou Kyoushi 2003" while the site was down, and am now dying to say a few words about them.
Half way into the first episode of "Last Christmas" I'm already drawing parallels between this drama and "Summer Snow". In a way you can even call "Last Christmas" a modernized version of "Summer Snow", albeit with a different ending. Suffice to say I put both dramas in high regards.
After watching "Strawberry on the Shortcake" I thought no one could come up with a less likeable set of characters - I was wrong. "Kou Kou Kyoushi 2003" has such a fxxked-up set of characters that I was tempted to drop it after episode 4 - this coming from a guy who has watched about 70 jdoramas and never one left anyone unfinished. At the risk of offending some forum members I venture to say this - only paedophiles with a highly perverted sense of drama are likely to enjoy this drama. :twisted:
Half way into the first episode of "Last Christmas" I'm already drawing parallels between this drama and "Summer Snow". In a way you can even call "Last Christmas" a modernized version of "Summer Snow", albeit with a different ending. Suffice to say I put both dramas in high regards.
After watching "Strawberry on the Shortcake" I thought no one could come up with a less likeable set of characters - I was wrong. "Kou Kou Kyoushi 2003" has such a fxxked-up set of characters that I was tempted to drop it after episode 4 - this coming from a guy who has watched about 70 jdoramas and never one left anyone unfinished. At the risk of offending some forum members I venture to say this - only paedophiles with a highly perverted sense of drama are likely to enjoy this drama. :twisted:
thtl wrote:I watched "Last Christmas" and "Kou Kou Kyoushi 2003" while the site was down, and am now dying to say a few words about them.
Half way into the first episode of "Last Christmas" I'm already drawing parallels between this drama and "Summer Snow". In a way you can even call "Last Christmas" a modernized version of "Summer Snow", albeit with a different ending. Suffice to say I put both dramas in high regards.
After watching "Strawberry on the Shortcake" I thought no one could come up with a less likeable set of characters - I was wrong. "Kou Kou Kyoushi 2003" has such a fxxked-up set of characters that I was tempted to drop it after episode 4 - this coming from a guy who has watched about 70 jdoramas and never one left anyone unfinished. At the risk of offending some forum members I venture to say this - only paedophiles with a highly perverted sense of drama are likely to enjoy this drama. :twisted:
it seems pedophilia is a sacred tradition in the japanese education...every teacher's birthright
Teru2 Ashita ep.9, Medaka ep.4 & Overtime
thtl wrote:I watched "Last Christmas" and "Kou Kou Kyoushi 2003" while the site was down, and am now dying to say a few words about them.
Half way into the first episode of "Last Christmas" I'm already drawing parallels between this drama and "Summer Snow". In a way you can even call "Last Christmas" a modernized version of "Summer Snow", albeit with a different ending. Suffice to say I put both dramas in high regards.
After watching "Strawberry on the Shortcake" I thought no one could come up with a less likeable set of characters - I was wrong. "Kou Kou Kyoushi 2003" has such a fxxked-up set of characters that I was tempted to drop it after episode 4 - this coming from a guy who has watched about 70 jdoramas and never one left anyone unfinished. At the risk of offending some forum members I venture to say this - only paedophiles with a highly perverted sense of drama are likely to enjoy this drama. :twisted:
haha, my sentiments exactly regarding KKK2003 - that set of characters and everything that happens within the first 5 eps is quite a lot to take in - its really messed up.
as for Last Christmas, that's an interesting parallel to draw - i never thought about it in that way but now that you mention it, i see the connection. i'm not a fan of really happy endings or really sad endings just to leave the viewer happily satisfied or deliberately forcing the tears - and despite the ending, i think Last Christmas doesn't do this (at least not so much) which is why i rather like that series as well
Shindou wrote:
haha, my sentiments exactly regarding KKK2003 - that set of characters and everything that happens within the first 5 eps is quite a lot to take in - its really messed up.
what? after watching the superb performances in SOS you should have a deep abiding love for all incestuous and illicit teacher student relationships... who doesn't love the ridiculous stereotypes perpetuated by some doramas....that is to say....a loser high school student sleeping with his hopeless female teacher....or male teachers stealing the innonence of virginal types under their care and guidance....
...who said the japanese were sexist? impossible.
Tu_triky wrote:
what? after watching the superb performances in SOS you should have a deep abiding love for all incestuous and illicit teacher student relationships... who doesn't love the ridiculous stereotypes perpetuated by some doramas....that is to say....a loser high school student sleeping with his hopeless female teacher....or male teachers stealing the innonence of virginal types under their care and guidance....
...who said the japanese were sexist? impossible.
Not sexist, more like sexual... :shocked:
thtl wrote:
Not sexist, more like sexual... :shocked:
it's definitely sexual but i meant it to be sexist in the sense that the women are always portrayed as the gullible, helpless gender. i mean com'on what kind of wack teacher would go out with a 20 year old loser who seems apathetic about graduating from high school yet hangs out there only to amuse himself with the surrounding drama?
or aya's character who falls for the teacher and essentially gets fooled....
i totally respect your comparison to SOS and you and Shindou's distaste for the dorama...nonetheless i felt the acting was was better that SOS...by a wide margin.
in any event i thought Sonim (aya's friend) stole some of the scenes in ths dorama as i began to get more interested in the sidestory rather than the main plot.
Tu_triky wrote:
it's definitely sexual but i meant it to be sexist in the sense that the women are always portrayed as the gullible, helpless gender. i mean com'on what kind of wack teacher would go out with a 20 year old loser who seems apathetic about graduating from high school yet hangs out there only to amuse himself with the surrounding drama?
or aya's character who falls for the teacher and essentially gets fooled....
i totally respect your comparison to SOS and you and Shindou's distaste for the dorama...nonetheless i felt the acting was was better that SOS...by a wide margin.
in any event i thought Sonim (aya's friend) stole some of the scenes in ths dorama as i began to get more interested in the sidestory rather than the main plot.
Got your point and, when you put it that way, it's quite true. In SOS Saeki (Kubozuka) was supposed to be very proficient in English, having stayed in the US. However everytime he speaks English I feel like strangling him.
I also agree with you on the acting part - SOS is a collection of teen idols trying to play out a plot; whereas in KKK2003 even the teen idols had decent acting - Narimiya in particular comes to mind. Beniko (Sonim) certainly has a much more interesting story to tell than Hina (Ueto). Even Mami (Aoi) was more interesting than Hina. I must emphasize that while KKK2003's plot and character stinks, the acting was way above that of SOS.
thtl wrote:
Got your point and, when you put it that way, it's quite true. In SOS Saeki (Kubozuka) was supposed to be very proficient in English, having stayed in the US. However everytime he speaks English I feel like strangling him.
:lol: oh my gosh...that was too funny, nonetheless very true!
I also agree with you on the acting part - SOS is a collection of teen idols trying to play out a plot; whereas in KKK2003 even the teen idols had decent acting - Narimiya in particular comes to mind.
yes! his villianous performance brought some dramatic tension to the dorama
Beniko (Sonim) certainly has a much more interesting story to tell than Hina (Ueto).
amen, brother....she captured much of my attention!
Even Mami (Aoi) was more interesting than Hina. I must emphasize that while KKK2003's plot and character stinks, the acting was way above that of SOS.
:bow: i am flattered by your cultured analysis...apparently, we agree with one another with respect to both doramas....
thtl wrote:
I also agree with you on the acting part - SOS is a collection of teen idols trying to play out a plot; whereas in KKK2003 even the teen idols had decent acting - Narimiya in particular comes to mind. Beniko (Sonim) certainly has a much more interesting story to tell than Hina (Ueto). Even Mami (Aoi) was more interesting than Hina. I must emphasize that while KKK2003's plot and character stinks, the acting was way above that of SOS.
I totally agree with you. At least the characters had a lot more depth to them in KKK2003. Although they were weird, pedophilish, and often times messed up, they were interesting none the less.
I have finally d'led all episodes and subs of "Teru Teru Ashita". Will start on this drama soon.
thtl wrote:I have finally d'led all episodes and subs of "Teru Teru Ashita". Will start on this drama soon.
i suggest you rewatch SOS first to appreciate all other doramas made by man or woman...
:beaten:
Tu_triky wrote:
i suggest you rewatch SOS first to appreciate all other doramas made by man or woman...
:beaten:
I'm NOT suicidal!! :crazy:
thtl wrote:
I'm NOT suicidal!! :crazy:
:lol: not suicidal or incestuous i take it....
who doesn't wanna have sex with their siblings...speak up ppl i know you're out there...
come forward and be proud...that you emulate the thick-legged kyoko fukada......what girl doesn't secretly desire to have daikon ashi.
Just finished Tiger and Dragon. It was a pretty clever original series, a description I suspect would not apply to most of the dorama produced in recent years. I enjoyed Toshiyuki Nishida's performance as the rakugo master; he is one of my favorite actors and has had a long and successful career, both in movies and on TV (I think he's appeared in more NHK Taiga dramas than any other actor).
Tu_triky wrote:
:lol: not suicidal or incestuous i take it....
who doesn't wanna have sex with their siblings...speak up ppl i know you're out there...
come forward and be proud...that you emulate the thick-legged kyoko fukada......what girl doesn't secretly desire to have daikon ashi.
Oh god, what an image that makes. I think I'll go throw up my dinner now. :bleh:
MissMonika wrote:
Oh god, what an image that makes. I think I'll go throw up my dinner now. :bleh:
every girl desires thick-legged daikon ashi so that she can dice them for dinner as necessary.....
thick and pale legs are the way to an ugly man's heart...and stomach.
bwhahaha.. and so it begins, the Legend of Daikon Ashi... :hehe: :hehe:
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