Saw the first episode of Shinsengumi tonight and wasn't impressed at all... It didn't help that 24 minutes of the entire hour was dedicated to commercials, leaving 36 minutes of actual programming... Bleah! :shakehead:
UWFShooter wrote:I watched today the first episode of "Suna no utsuwa". Having already read the English translation of the source by Seicho Matsumoto (Inspector Imanishi Investigates, for those who can read it; one of my favorite translations from Japanese) I wanted to make a few comparisons. (BEWARE: some spoilers contained.)
I've been watching this series since it came out. I think about 6 episodes so far... First, while it seems the original was more from the point of view of the detective, this drama is clearly a story about Waga Eiryo. Also I have never read the book or seen the movie so I have nothing to compare it against but in my opinion the drama is top notch. Also the story seems quite natural even the in 21st century. I haven't thought to myself once "That type of stuff doesn't happen anymore." //SPOILER// At this point, they are on to Waga finally and have talked to him. There are still about 4 episodes to go though so I'll be interested to see what happens.
Currently on episode 98 of Watashi no Aozora. Tabata Tomoko and the rest of the cast make this dorama rock :chatter: It was brought back for a short mini series in 2002....so after I finish the original series, I must obtain the 2002 series somehow :{
drama ah? i watch recently is PRIDE,just finish ep4..and water boys on channel 8...good new... channel will broadcast "pride" in july or aug...so ppl gotta wait ya.. coming up after water boys is matsu takako no "itsumofutaride" its a nice and romanctic show ...me i am a guy..watch this to learn some skill to takel gf...so guy follow me to watch this....
dun forget to catch water boy and itsumofutaride ya~~~ :applaud: [/img]
I've watched up to episode 7 of Pride now, and despite what some people are saying, I really do like it. A lot, in fact. The quality of the production job alone gets kudos, and Kimura and Takeuchi work very well together on screen (off screen is another issue, I guess).
Kimura's character (Halu) is a bit of a jerk, and the premise behind his relationship with Takeuchi's character (Aki) is...kind of unrealistic...but there are actual explanations/motivations given. They just come later in the story. Otherwise, the side stories and supporting cast are also pretty good (with the exception of one player who just gets on my nerves because he is so useless--very transparent plot device character).
Anyways, there really isn't a message behind the story but it is a nice character development piece. And like I said before, the production job is *great*. Excellently choreographed scenes and such, so I think there is good entertainment value.
The biggest complaint I have is in how they depict hockey. A *lot* of high sticking and excessive checking to make it seem more exciting, I guess... ^_^;
I just thought I'd plug it since FOB is supposed to be releasing a subbed version of episode 1 today, I think....
I just finished Investigator Mariko seasons1-4 all within a month. That's the most j-drama I've watched within a month. Since I'm also currently watching Waterboys which is getting better and better with every episode...I didn't like the 1st ep all that much but after ep2 I'm hooked. It's a great drama so far.
Anyways, I just started watching Akimahende (just ep1) and it's pretty funny...
Saw episode two (actually part 2 of Episode one) of Shinsengumi: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ......
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