What dramas are you currently watching?

Geezer wrote:One of the things that bugs me is, considering how much I love the older shows... you just know there are dollar bins at Japanese versions of Walmart filled with perfect DVD copies of all of Yamaguchi Tomoko's old shows... all of Asano Atsuko's old shows... and all of Shomuni.

Worth a trip to Japan, ne?

BMW

We're getting off topic here but... I don't have a big problem with the way some of the older shows have degraded.

Yeah, it's nice to have new shows in wide screen high def.

But the pretty pictures aren't why I watch drama.

When I see a faded copy of an old series, what I'm thinking about is -- this show was so good, someone bothered to not only tape all of it... they kept it on tape for 10 or 15 years.

Now that's saying something when you consider the fact that people weren't doing much trading of dramas 15 years ago, and no one was using bittorrant.

The video for "Taiyou no Uta" is beautiful. But the actors couldn't act, the singer couldn't carry a tune, and the writer of the show should go back to his or her night job at the mini-mart.

I had a lot more fun watching my old copy of "Tokyo Elevator Girl".

Of course, some are just too far gone. But if I can watch an episode without getting a headache...it's all good by me.

Worth a trip to Japan, ne?

Tough to justify. Knowing me and the way I travel... it would be a one day trip. I'd find out what stores have remainder bins, then I'd land in Tokyo, buy the DVDs, and then get back on a plane to come home.

How many hours is that, round trip, without smoking? I don't think I could handle that.

Geezer wrote:BMW

We're getting off topic here but... I don't have a big problem with the way some of the older shows have degraded.

Yeah, it's nice to have new shows in wide screen high def.

But the pretty pictures aren't why I watch drama.

When I see a faded copy of an old series, what I'm thinking about is -- this show was so good, someone bothered to not only tape all of it... they kept it on tape for 10 or 15 years.

Now that's saying something when you consider the fact that people weren't doing much trading of dramas 15 years ago, and no one was using bittorrant.

The video for "Taiyou no Uta" is beautiful. But the actors couldn't act, the singer couldn't carry a tune, and the writer of the show should go back to his or her night job at the mini-mart.

I had a lot more fun watching my old copy of "Tokyo Elevator Girl".

Of course, some are just too far gone. But if I can watch an episode without getting a headache...it's all good by me.

Now here's another market that the Japanese studios are overlooking: the older dramas, typically pre-2000... You'd think they'd transfer these to DVD and sell 'em, but no....

There's such a vast untapped market (older dramas, international sales, etc.) that they seem totally oblivious to... Someone with some business savvy should head over to Japan and shake some sense into these guys...

I'd empty the bank account.

But remember... the Japanese TV studios don't liscense their shows here for a reason. That being... they don't pay for the stuff they... use. (I'm avoiding saying rip off)

Consider how much foreign music they use in their shows... without paying the original artists. How many of their shows are just Japanese versions of Foreign shows.

The Japanese studios would end up liable for a great big bucket of money if they started selling their stuff here.

Geezer wrote:The Japanese studios would end up liable for a great big bucket of money if they started selling their stuff here.

Point taken.

But that shouldn't stop them from making the oldies available on DVD, so that at least we could buy the suckers from Yesasia or Amazon Japan... Cost notwithstanding. :puppydog: :sweat:

Geezer wrote:And yes, Wynter, you told me so. But I really wanted to watch Matsushita Nao in another series. I think she's a pip.

At least you tried it out and made your own judgement, instead of relying on others. :thumbsup:

bmwracer wrote:
Being a video recording, it probably was only average to begin with, so it was downhill from the get-go. :sweat:

yeah my copy was even on standard grade vhs tape...it wasn't even high grade.

Wynter wrote:

At least you tried it out and made your own judgement, instead of relying on others. :thumbsup:

that can safely but done but often not...

Kekkon dekinai otoko Ep.3.

Anime Dad wrote:Kekkon dekinai otoko Ep.3.

this was the best drama that came out that year....

Tu_triky wrote:

this was the best drama that came out that year....

I'm really enjoying it sofar :)

Anime Dad wrote:

I'm really enjoying it sofar :)

it's great, man.

Anime Dad wrote:

I'm really enjoying it sofar :)

YAY! :woot:

I'm off to finish HtP. :good:

Wynter wrote:I'm off to finish HtP. :good:

What the heck is that? :confused: Harry the Potter? :hehe:

And will watch episode 7 of Last Christmas.

cori wrote:

What the heck is that? :confused: Harry the Potter? :hehe:
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Jeez, I got a horrible thought of a Japanese Harry Potter with MatsuJun as Harry and Yamapi as Hermione... you can fill in the gaps... :bleh:

Anime Dad wrote:

Jeez, I got a horrible thought of a Japanese Harry Potter with MatsuJun as Harry and Yamapi as Hermione... you can fill in the gaps... :bleh:

the only gaps gettin' filled is one guy screwin' the other guy in the bum....

Tu_triky wrote:

the only gaps gettin' filled is one guy screwin' the other guy in the bum....

Sounds like a fangirl's dream!! (or a fanboy, depending how you look at it :bonk: )

cori wrote:

Sounds like a fangirl's dream!! (or a fanboy, depending how you look at it :bonk: )

only a fan fool would drool over matsujun's tool.

Anime Dad wrote:

Jeez, I got a horrible thought of a Japanese Harry Potter with MatsuJun as Harry and Yamapi as Hermione... you can fill in the gaps... :bleh:

Ugh stop. That's just terrible. :bleh:

Sumimasen. HtP = Hanyome to Papa. I've just finished it. :)