K-Drama 
That's the one I was eyeing as well -- I don't think I can finish both dramas, and Rikuoh looks a bit lighter.i watch too many dramas:
I had thought I'd try both and was thinking to save the likely better one (Rikuoh) for second but given my frustations with the business setting films I think I'll just see how I get on with Rikuoh. I should probably post a new thread to get attention for the dramas.
I notice that I'm losing steam
Films are harder for me that way than series. So many more characters to care about and beginnings and endings.
P.S: I noticed that there are now 9 people who have voted in the JFF voting list. It's really interesting to watch films go up and down, and how some have more watchers and others only one.
Oh wow, there had been six for a long while. I'm glad there's been so much involvement even if most have left the thread. Thanks for keeping me company :)
the comment section of the drama itself would be the more natural place, since there will only be two dramas to choose from?
I was talking about a post to draw attention to their availability in the first place as there will likely be some who weren't interested in films but will watch a drama.
Don't look to me to figure out where's the best place to talk about an on-going series. I see things so differently from most MDLers I've never tried in-depth conversations on a series here (except for one very misguided attempt in the BL Lovers Club thread). There are pros and cons to the comments sections though, like posts getting pushed into oblivion by later traffic. It would be great if threads were collapsible there. If we have enough to talk about, we could try the Discussion section on the drama page even though a lot of users seem to ignore it.
Is it me? Is it something in the film? Is it me in connection with the film? I don't know.
Don't know. I resonated with both Yuki (who I'd like to be if I were healthy enough to have that much spark and energy) and Urara (especially in her fears) so it worked well for me. It also appealed to the former community ed and youth worker in me. And I really liked how they let it be so much about women at different stages of their lives.
I wish the characters were not too stereotyped and not so cliche-ed backstories.TimiZero:
The sort of bothered me too, until I thought about the way Sumi-e painting is built on traditional forms and the film was about finding your own lines to express them. Maybe I'm giving the film-makers too much credit but it felt to me like they did the same thing - they made their own story with traditional characters.
finding your own linesElisheva:
This is actually applicable to almost every form of art. Similarly for writing characters, it would be amazing if you can create something original but of course it's a hard thing to achieve. Maybe some unpredictability element on a typical one could make a difference? I only speak from viewers point-of-view though and I know nothing about writing.
title it something like
The title doesn't need to be that long or specific. If someone shows up in a year with something worthwhile to read, they'd be welcome. Even if I'm scratching my head trying to remember :)
Maybe we should see if we have anything to say about it first and that will inspire a thread title.
My brain had decided it had enough of watching anything from Sunday evening onwards until tonight,
Mine was similar. It was a bit of a struggle to convince myself to go back to try Wedding High again but it was worth it.
I dropped three for different reasons but saw at least 35-50 minutes of everything. Finished 20 of the 23. There were only four of those, including one of the horror shorts, that I'm meh about giving the time to so it was a very good festival for me. Thanks to everyone in the thread for your company :)
My top three: We Made a Beautiful Bouquet/My Broken Mariko (tied); The Lone Ume Tree
