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Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject:
ralphm1999 wrote:
Interesting. I think you zeroed in why Trick came out so negative for me at least. It had the feel of an amateur production. For me there was no connection between the leading characters... just kind of a romp in the park with a stranger.
@ "...romp in the park with a stranger." Hahahaha
Heh heh. I don't think I stuck around long enough to see if there was any connection between Nakama Yukie and Abe Hiroshi, lol. Too bad, because I'm incredibly fond of Abe Hiroshi and the characters he played in HERO and CHANGE. I think my cyber-friend Peggy (J-D username: brad2) described him best: "That man is funny in a sharp way."
Eve wrote:
@ Ender's Girl- FElt much the same about Trick. Couldnt get past ep 1.
Oh-ho! Ohohoho! So now the TRICK non-fans come out of the woodwork, lol. Still, I DO feel better knowing I'm not the only one who deep-sixed this drama after the first episode.
bmwracer wrote:
I noticed that as well... But I got over it: I had the feeling it was intentional... Tongue-in-cheek.
Really? There's "intentionally tongue-in-cheek," and then there's "unintentionally unaesthetic, with rock-bottom production values." I'm sure the drama has its redeeming qualities somewhere (buried underneath all that technical grottiness, lol), but for now I'm putting it on hold... indefinitely.
sadacori wrote:
OMG, you NEEED to check out the jdrama "Itsuka Mata Aeru"! I was never into Fukuyama Masaharu even though I knew of him since the mid-to-late 90s and I wondered why he was so damn popular. After I watched that drama, I was all Also, do check out some of his music (he writes the lyrics/music for all of his songs, INCLUDING the Galileo theme song, which he does his own version of) too! ....
I DARE you NOT to fall in love with him after watching that drama & hearing his music. (Just ignore some of his outfits and you'll be good, I think.)
Egads! The man... sings!?!?!??!! (Then I realize this is J-Ent, so it makes perrrrfect sense. ) *trudges off to Youtube to listen to those blasted music vids*
*scampers back* Egads!!! The man really CAN sing!!! (Y'know, the first time I said this I was just being sarcastic... ) Okay, okay, I see it now, I see the mid-'90s cuteness, I see the talent. And when I first saw him smile ("Hello" video, 0:17), I was like, "it's alive!!! it's alive!!!" The fact that he plays guitar is actually a huuuge plus, so that most of the time he felt less like a J-Pop Idol and more like a... REAL MUSICIAN, lol. (I liked "Heart" most of all, listened to it thrice. "Hello" and "Message" were nice li'l ditties, and I like how their music vids were so... laid-back and stripped down. Didn't care much for the other three songs, though.)
So. Yes. Okay. I shall give that 1995 renzoku you mentioned a try. Mebbe the Blue Fairy remembered to bring Fukuyama Masaharu to life for that particular drama, ne? No such luck for him in GALILEO, I'm afraid. This was in 2007, so the Blue Fairy prolly had her hands full zipping from one Idol drama to another, trying to animate all these little wooden J-Pop puppets (J-Puppets? J-Poppets? hahaha), so she may have overlooked poor ol' Professor Galileo...
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OT: ANEGO. The first half of the drama was funny and entertaining, but all that Domestic Disturbance (lol) in the later episodes was a one-way ticket to dullsville. Not very good writing, overall. But Shinohara Ryoko--wow, whatta knockout. Beautiful, winsome AND hilarious. Now the problem will be choosing which among her scad of dramas to watch next... Any recs? And Akanishi Jin... A bit wooden at times, but I found his character awfully cute, heh heh heh. The way he was written, Kurosawa Akihiko was little more than... ornamental, but he and Anego looked great together, heh heh heh.
SLOW DANCE Episode 1. Wow. This drama is really slooooow, lol. Tsumabuki Satoshi is maddeningly attractive as ever (and a talented actor to boot!), but I dunno, there doesn't seem to be much chemistry between him and Fukatsu Eri. The writing and direction are all over the place, so unless there's any significant improvement later on, I guess I'll be watching this drama for the sheer Eye Candy. (Oh! And you too, Fujiki Naohito!!! ) Which ain't exactly the worst thing, ne?
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Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject:
Ender's Girl wrote:
But Shinohara Ryoko--wow, whatta knockout. Beautiful, winsome AND hilarious. Now the problem will be choosing which among her scad of dramas to watch next... Any recs?
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Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:25 pm Post subject:
So I watched the first episode of Oyaji. Nice, it's definitely funny. But after watching Mr. Brain and BOSS, this one has a very old school video feel to me...not much glitz, if you know what I mean.
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:23 am Post subject:
Ender's Girl wrote:
But Shinohara Ryoko--wow, whatta knockout. Beautiful, winsome AND hilarious. Now the problem will be choosing which among her scad of dramas to watch next... Any recs?
Not very good writing, overall. But Shinohara Ryoko--wow, whatta knockout. Beautiful, winsome AND hilarious. Now the problem will be choosing which among her scad of dramas to watch next... Any recs?
No matter how bad, she makes it worth watching just for her incredible charisma. Have you seen Fake Bride?
http://jdorama.com/drama.1029.htm
I think you're listening to fanboys and fangirls on this one, beemer.
Hirosue plays one of the most insipid characters you'll ever find in a dorama series (and that's saying something). As for the rest of the cast--a lot of big names but they come off as pretty banal. Only Sonny Chiba offers any spark. Dull writing, dull acting.
Lead me to the fanboy/fangirl balcony for the Shotgun Marriage section.
I'm a sucker for a romantic comedy with two of the A list actors.... I thought this drama was an enjoyable, no tension, no one dying no depressing endings, great watch. Give me more like this as often as possible.
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:55 am Post subject:
ralphm1999 wrote:
Lead me to the fanboy/fangirl balcony for the Shotgun Marriage section.
I'm a sucker for a romantic comedy with two of the A list actors.... I thought this drama was an enjoyable, no tension, no one dying no depressing endings, great watch. Give me more like this as often as possible.
HAHA. I'm not a fangirl of Shotgun Marriage. Not really a fan of romantic comedies. Sorry can't recommend you any jdramas like this.
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Was very sceptical of this when i watched this on tv years ago. Perhaps due to the subject matter and also the revealing clothes that the other lady, which was the friend of the sisters, wears plus her seductive behaviour. I really enjoyed the three guys in this VERY MUCH!!! Love those meetings that they have to discuss issues as if its SO SERIOUS!!! Really want to watch this again but no time. Real life
Now that i think of it, there are two Kdramas that are this kind in the sense that there's "no tension, no one dying no depressing endings, great watch". But i can't recall the titles at the moment. Sorry. Will write on your fb wall when the titles come to mind.
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:55 am Post subject:
^ I'm with you ralph. I really liked Dekichatta Kekkon, of course Sonny Chiba was the icing on the cake.
An odd thing about Ryoko Hirosue. I find her to be one of the most irritating dorama actresses around, but I've seen her in two movies (Bubble Fiction and Departures) and she was very good in both. I wonder why she comes across so bad on the small screen?
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:51 am Post subject:
shin2 wrote:
I think you're listening to fanboys and fangirls on this one, beemer.
I thought I was the only one who thought that!
desert-raven wrote:
So I watched the first episode of Oyaji. Nice, it's definitely funny. But after watching Mr. Brain and BOSS, this one has a very old school video feel to me...not much glitz, if you know what I mean.
-Dave
No, but the acting was good. It was a fun family drama, I thought.
ralphm1999 wrote:
I can sympathize with you. I felt the same way in my first asadora. It's an acquired taste I think. Now I'm an asadora fanatic. By the time I saw Asuka I was well on my way to fanaticism so I enjoyed it thouroughly. Especially with Takeuchi Yuko in her first major appearance what's not to like. Because asadoras are so long, the writers use a lot of fill material. The secret is to fast forward through the fillers until you are an asadora aficionado. If you make it through Asuka, maybe one day you'll return to Churasan too.....
I know I'll check back into Churasan again.
That was fun.
And now I just got Oshin. _________________
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:24 am Post subject:
Ooo cool! I never thought of myself as a fan boy before.
I liked Dekichatta Kekkon. Not so much for the leads though. I thought Abe Hiroshi flat out stole the show from about episode 4 onward. Once his character decided to buckle down and study. It was hilarious.
And getting to see Chiba as a silly sit-com dad was worth the price of admission for me. _________________
Ooo cool! I never thought of myself as a fan boy before.
I liked Dekichatta Kekkon. Not so much for the leads though. I thought Abe Hiroshi flat out stole the show from about episode 4 onward. Once his character decided to buckle down and study. It was hilarious.
And getting to see Chiba as a silly sit-com dad was worth the price of admission for me.
Agreed. Abe Hiroshi most definitely had his A game working in Shotgun Marriage. Totally enjoyable.
No matter how bad, she makes it worth watching just for her incredible charisma. Have you seen Fake Bride?
http://jdorama.com/drama.1029.htm
Sankyouuu for the recs! I haven't seen any of the titles you mentioned, as ANEGO was my first Shinohara Ryoko drama. I think I'll start with UNFAIR because Eita's in it.
nadrika wrote:
Now that i think of it, there are two Kdramas that are this kind in the sense that there's "no tension, no one dying no depressing endings, great watch". But i can't recall the titles at the moment. Sorry. Will write on your fb wall when the titles come to mind.
A K-drama with a similar premise to that of DEKICHATTA KEKKON...? Did you mean WONDERFUL LIFE (2005) starring Kim Jae-won and Eugene? But if you meant any non-weepy, non-cliched K-drama, oh, there's LOTS of those around. K-Ent has come a long way since those "I am blind! And I have amnesia! And I have leukemia! AND I'm in love with my brother! Which means one of us will have to die before the drama ends!" story lines.
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:06 am Post subject:
desert-raven wrote:
So I watched the first episode of Oyaji. Nice, it's definitely funny. But after watching Mr. Brain and BOSS, this one has a very old school video feel to me...not much glitz, if you know what I mean.
-Dave
It�Ls next on my watching list and have high hopes - currently downloading but I am with Gaijinmark when it comes to:
gaijinmark wrote:
Ryoko Hirosue. I find her to be one of the most irritating dorama actresses around, but I've seen her in two movies (Bubble Fiction and Departures) and she was very good in both. I wonder why she comes across so bad on the small screen?
I felt she was bland in Summer Snow, hated her in Moto Kare and thought she was funny in Yasuko to Kenji, but that was a so-so show based on a manga and probably targeted towards teens.
Loved all her movies including the ones where she had little parts, such as in Little DJ.
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@ "...romp in the park with a stranger." Hahahaha
Still, I DO feel better knowing I'm not the only one who deep-sixed this drama after the first episode. 
There's "intentionally tongue-in-cheek," and then there's "unintentionally unaesthetic, with rock-bottom production values." 
I'm sure the drama has its redeeming qualities somewhere (buried underneath all that technical grottiness, lol), but for now I'm putting it on hold... indefinitely. 
Also, do check out some of his music (he writes the lyrics/music for all of his songs, INCLUDING the Galileo theme song, which he does his own version of) too! ....
(Just ignore some of his outfits and you'll be good, I think.) 
(Then I realize this is J-Ent, so it makes perrrrfect sense. 
) *trudges off to Youtube to listen to those blasted music vids*
(Y'know, the first time I said this I was just being sarcastic... 
And when I first saw him smile ("Hello" video, 0:17), I was like, "it's alive!!! it's alive!!!" 
"Hello" and "Message" were nice li'l ditties, and I like how their music vids were so... laid-back and stripped down. 
Didn't care much for the other three songs, though.)
Not very good writing, overall. But Shinohara Ryoko--wow, whatta knockout. Beautiful, winsome AND hilarious. 
Now the problem will be choosing which among her scad of dramas to watch next... 
Any recs? 
A bit wooden at times, but I found his character awfully cute, heh heh heh. The way he was written, Kurosawa Akihiko was little more than... ornamental, but he and Anego looked great together, heh heh heh. 
) Which ain't exactly the worst thing, ne? 
I haven't seen any of the titles you mentioned, as 
K-Ent has come a long way since those 
