What dramas are you currently watching?

Moto Kare.

I watched it once more because I was too bored. plus, I'd like to see Ryoko Hirosue.

k-role wrote:Moto Kare.

I watched it once more because I was too bored. plus, I'd like to see Ryoko Hirosue.

I didn't like this drama. Something about the characters really irked me. :sweat:

Wynter wrote:

I didn't like this drama. Something about the characters really irked me. :sweat:

yeah...it was ryoko hirosue's last leading role before she announced her pregnancy and went on hiatus...her career has never fully recovered...she's only had supporting roles since...no leading roles

Wynter wrote:

I didn't like this drama. Something about the characters really irked me. :sweat:

Indeed. like what I said before, all I wanted to see was only Ryoko-chan. :mrgreen:

* I hate Uchiyama Rina.. :sweat:

btw, I'm going to watch Papa to musume no nanokakan after this

Trick 3 epi 6!

Wynter wrote:Trick 3 epi 6!

Watching so much Trick takes a lot of stamina. I watched the 3 episode special they showed here on CH18 and that was enough to last a lifetime.
Both Abe and Yukie chan are wasted in this kind of drama IMO. They need a story with continuity to shine. :grumble:

I started Jotei (The Empress) last night.

http://jdorama.com/drama.1185.htm

How to describe this amateurish monstrosity?

It's probably not the worst piece of TV I've ever seen in my life.

I mean, I'm pretty old, and I've seen a lot of really bad TV over the years, so there must have been something that was worse somewhere along the line... but I just can't think of what it might have been.

For a while there, I guess for about the fist 10 minutes of the show, I thought it might be some kind of comic parody of those really low rent TV soap operas.

But no! No baggy pants comic wandered out to save the day.

By the 20 minute mark of the first episode I was a little worried that this might turn me off Japanese TV forever. I mean, this show alone explains why so many Japanese viewers are moving over to Korean TV shows.

But then it occured to me! Nothing could be this bad by accident.

This is the poisoned pill!

The ultimate virus.

The Japanese corporate revenge against international downloaders.

This is the land mine they planted to punish the bittorrent crowd.

Download our shows, will you? Well, download this bomb, foreign devils!

This'll teach you.

If your eyes ever stop bleeding, you'll think twice about downloading another one of our shows. Bwwwahhhahahahah!

Evil evil Japanese corporate TV guys.

ralphm1999 wrote:

Watching so much Trick takes a lot of stamina. I watched the 3 episode special they showed here on CH18 and that was enough to last a lifetime.
Both Abe and Yukie chan are wasted in this kind of drama IMO. They need a story with continuity to shine. :grumble:

I just finished, and it was very satisfying at the end. It DOES require a lot of stamina, which is why I can't watch too much of it at one time. But I don't think it was a waste of either actors. I mean, their roles fit them perfectly, and after three seasons, you really see growth in them both.

I have to watch the SP and the movie, but I'll do that tomorrow.

Geezer wrote:I started Jotei (The Empress) last night.

http://jdorama.com/drama.1185.htm

How to describe this amateurish monstrosity?

It's probably not the worst piece of TV I've ever seen in my life.

I mean, I'm pretty old, and I've seen a lot of really bad TV over the years, so there must have been something that was worse somewhere along the line... but I just can't think of what it might have been.

For a while there, I guess for about the fist 10 minutes of the show, I thought it might be some kind of comic parody of those really low rent TV soap operas.

But no! No baggy pants comic wandered out to save the day.

By the 20 minute mark of the first episode I was a little worried that this might turn me off Japanese TV forever. I mean, this show alone explains why so many Japanese viewers are moving over to Korean TV shows.

But then it occured to me! Nothing could be this bad by accident.

This is the poisoned pill!

The ultimate virus.

The Japanese corporate revenge against international downloaders.

This is the land mine they planted to punish the bittorrent crowd.

Download our shows, will you? Well, download this bomb, foreign devils!

This'll teach you.

If your eyes ever stop bleeding, you'll think twice about downloading another one of our shows. Bwwwahhhahahahah!

Evil evil Japanese corporate TV guys.

Ugh, I just downloaded this as well, which means eventually I'll force myself to watch it. Mind you, I didn't have my hopes up to begin with... considering the cast and title of the drama. :sweat:

Wynter wrote:

Ugh, I just downloaded this as well, which means eventually I'll force myself to watch it. Mind you, I didn't have my hopes up to begin with... considering the cast and title of the drama. :sweat:

Then you may want to avoid 'Yaoh' as well. Based on a manga by the same mangaka, it's basically the male equivalent of 'Jotei', and IMO just as bad (read a few volumes of both manga, which are not much better either).

Finally got around to watching Tokyo Friends. I'm currently watching episode 3. And even though I'm an Ai fan, I must admit there are scenes where she could improve on her acting. But I'm enjoying watching her act on a drama. Although she does well on her PVs too :D

concertmaster wrote:
Then you may want to avoid 'Yaoh' as well. Based on a manga by the same mangaka, it's basically the male equivalent of 'Jotei', and IMO just as bad (read a few volumes of both manga, which are not much better either).

Duly noted. I have Yaoh, just not all the subs. I guess I'll throw it onto the back burner.

@ob: I really enjoyed Tokyo Friends. Ai-chan's acting was really bad in the beginning, but she grows into her role and later I didn't mind her so much.

Man, the Trick SP is long! >>tries to finish it before bed<< :sweat:

Forced myself to finish the last episode of Sushi Ouji. It was bad enough when they were trying to be funny, but when it turned sappy in the last episode, it was the pits. Not even the food (sushi), which is surprisingly lacking considering the theme of this drama, did not alleviate the pain.

Rating: Run for your life!

thtl wrote:Forced myself to finish the last episode of Sushi Ouji. It was bad enough when they were trying to be funny, but when it turned sappy in the last episode, it was the pits. Not even the food (sushi), which is surprisingly lacking considering the theme of this drama, did not alleviate the pain.

Rating: Run for your life!

it seems the more and more of the new dramas being released are crap...no wonder i haven't downloaded anything from d-addicts in months

Tu_triky wrote:

it seems the more and more of the new dramas being released are crap...no wonder i haven't downloaded anything from d-addicts in months

It wasn't all bad - Yama Onna, Kabe Onna was quite good.

thtl wrote:
Forced myself to finish the last episode of Sushi Ouji. It was bad enough when they were trying to be funny, but when it turned sappy in the last episode, it was the pits. Not even the food (sushi), which is surprisingly lacking considering the theme of this drama, did not alleviate the pain.

Rating: Run for your life!
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It wasn't all bad - Yama Onna, Kabe Onna was quite good.

No offense, but this all gets to show different people have different tastes, and to each its own.

I agree that the finale of Sushi Oji is a big letdown, but I don't agree it's crap (see my comments in the Sushi Oji thread). BTW, there'll be a feature-length movie in 2008; filming was wrapped up in August/September.

IMO, if 'Yama Onna Kabe Onna' could be any more 'light and fluffy' it would be in the stratosphere or beyond. I think Itoh Misaki is the only actor/actress who came out of it with her reputation exhanced; I wasn't her fan before but if not for her I'd have stopped watching after the 3rd ep..

Also, 'Life' is pretty solid; and 'Juken no Kamisama' is also fairly watchable (pity English subs for both are way behind).

concertmaster wrote:
No offense, but this all gets to show different people have different tastes, and to each its own.

I agree that the finale of Sushi Oji is a big letdown, but I don't agree it's crap (see my comments in the Sushi Oji thread). BTW, there'll be a feature-length movie in 2008; filming was wrapped up in August/September.

IMO, if 'Yama Onna Kabe Onna' could be any more 'light and fluffy' it would be in the stratosphere or beyond. I think Itoh Misaki is the only actor/actress who came out of it with her reputation exhanced; I wasn't her fan before but if not for her I'd have stopped watching after the 3rd ep..

Also, 'Life' is pretty solid; and 'Juken no Kamisama' is also fairly watchable (pity English subs for both are way behind).

Yama Onna Kabe Onna has Kyoko Fukada so it has to be certifiable crap.

Tu_triky wrote:

Yama Onna Kabe Onna has Kyoko Fukada so it has to be certifiable crap.

Fukada is her usual 'dumb b*tch' self, albeit with a very noticeable cleavage.

I enjoyed the characters in this drama, not necessarily the performances of the artistes, especially the lead actresses.

I'm watching Hanayome to Papa.

finished ushi ni negai wo
aibu saki-chan :smitten: