Honorable mention the "They were childhood friends all along ?" plot twist? Or the "I/member of my family were part of your life changing accident?"? I feel like if you can see the plot twist come from a mile away or it just derails the story, maybe just leave it out?
I only watched The Eternal Love 1 & 2 and they were my first ever dramas. Absolutely adore it still, even though the magic has worn off a bit with watching more dramas. Thank you for translating the original titles, somehow I am not sure which ones are more fitting. Chinese titles are really long too and so descriptive, but in this case I think Eternal Love fits all of them too... Did you see AvenueX's song about all the Love in the title?
Haha, I love the "Rated Horribly", though in my case it would be "Dramas that I kind of love, but never recommend to anyone". I also tried to watch "Boys over Flowers" because Viki was advertising it and it's some sort of classic, but I really just couldn't, so no defense from me.
I just realised that my choosing to watch a drama is a three step process: Watch Trailer and one fanmade MV. It gives me an overview about chemistry of the leads and a bit of the feel. Read Synopsis. Read a rave review and a "bad" review. Usually this gives me a pretty good idea, if it has things in it that bug me. But most importantly, I have learned that it's okay to stop watching something after two episodes if I don't like it, even if it is hyped to the sky.
Hi, I have a question. Did you write this article only based on what you learned from dramas? Because as someone…
Hi! I appreciate the input a lot. As I wrote in my disclaimer, I indeed don't speak Korean. I did ask a Korean friend, who agreed that calling someone Oppa would mean you feel close to them, but not as if he was a brother. This one sentence may be misleading, but I stated above it that it can be used for any older boy/man. The dramas inspired me to do research on this, because I thought I am missing some subtext here. Though I have barely ever seen Oppa used as anything other than as a pet name in dramas. Real life may be different. I posted the links to my sources below the article, they are both Korean women living in Korea. So I assumed they know what they are talking about. I am sorry if I upset you, I am glad you corrected any misconceptions that might arise.
I love this article, previously I also had a bit of confusion abt this but I just took this for granted. "Or you…
Way back when I did the same thing in my Indian school, it was advise I got from a "Didi", because one boy was very persistent and constantly tried to flirt with me in class.
This helped me a lot. I couldn't understand at first why they kept calling their crush "Brother", when I first…
Thankyou for the in depth explanation, I love learning social customs from other countries. Does Catty come from cat? In Italy boys often make "miaow" noises when they find a girl attractive. "Catcalling" came from this. In China they also call the owner of an establishment, like a restaurant, "Laobei", which means Boss. This in itself is funny to me, because in most of Europe it is considered impolite to call over the waiter or owner at all. You wait for them to make eye-contact with you. It's not used a lot but in German-speaking countries people also use "Daddy" without translating it, I don't know how people who call their actual fathers Daddy can bear it. Don't know if "Oppa", if you call your actual brother that, is any better though. I mean, in India calling someone "Brother" can also be used to make them protect you, so in a way it's better?
Lol Bhaiya, yes the fact that they easily call anyone brother and develop romantic relationship afterwards seemed…
Thankyou. I thought because I know how Bhaiya is used, I would know how all the other "Brothers" are used, but I guess not. After I posted the article I was a bit worried that the use of Bhaiya might also have changed into something flirtatious, but I guess not?
All the different forms of addressing someone are so confusing at first lol. I probably haven’t used Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms.…
Yeah, I think it is hard for translators too. In many European languages Mr./Mrs. and formal language is still used quite a bit, especially if there is a age difference, so that would not have confused me as much. I thought I was fairly familiar with Asian use of formal language, but I guess not. lol.
"You complete me" was such a ride and I really loved "Be with you". I also love the clips from "Forever Love" on Youtube, I was wary at first because I don't like School/College Dramas that much, but now that they are also shown as adults I put it on my watch-list.
Thankyou for writing this! I feel I am a bit lost in a sea of Dramas and between the fairytale-ish ones I do like to watch other stories. I really like a slice-of-life story, as long as it is not too depressing and have actually been looking for Dramas about older people, so I am going to give this a try and Be Melodramatic as well, since I have seen many people rave about it.
AvenueX just reviewed this. Usually I don't watch Dramas that are still airing, but the trailers make it look so good. Are the businessy parts interesting at all?
It's usually people who are employed by a company to find the best people for a position in the company. And not just people who are looking for a new job, as a recruiter would, but also people who have one. They find those people and then try to convince them to take the new position, usually by finding out what they might want in addition to a good/better salary, like benefits, vacation days, help with finding a new place to stay etc., though I have also heard of rare specialists getting expensive gifts or places for their kids in elite schools nearby.
I agree. The acting was incredible in this Drama. It is so rare to see true introverts on screen, and then there was two of them, falling in love and some of the side characters too. The scenery and houses was so tactile and realistic. This is a real gem.
Fisrt 6 or 7 ep were so funny and good, but then the whole drama suffers from basically having no plot or main…
I agree. I even liked their acting, the MLs more than the FLs, but it went downhill after they got together... I feel like I am just going to watch the rest in clips or maybe while doing other things.
Ah, this drama. I related to Pyo Na Ri so much. Doggedly working towards a goal sometimes gives you such a tunnel vision, that you feel like, if I do this one more unpleasant task, then I will get the huge prize. I think the Fine-Dust-Gig and the Weather-Gig kind of tickled her creative bone more than just reading out the news from a teleprompter. I also think some of the humiliating things came more naturally to her because she came up from a low-status and she was born into a natural hierarchy, whereas many of her colleagues are shown to be upper-middle-class girls that just want their face on TV and naturally have more Ego, because they have their parents to fall back on if they get fired.
were part of your life changing accident?"?
I feel like if you can see the plot twist come from a mile away or it just derails the story, maybe just leave it out?
Thank you for translating the original titles, somehow I am not sure which ones are more fitting. Chinese titles are really long too and so descriptive, but in this case I think Eternal Love fits all of them too...
Did you see AvenueX's song about all the Love in the title?
Watch Trailer and one fanmade MV. It gives me an overview about chemistry of the leads and a bit of the feel.
Read Synopsis.
Read a rave review and a "bad" review.
Usually this gives me a pretty good idea, if it has things in it that bug me.
But most importantly, I have learned that it's okay to stop watching something after two episodes if I don't like it, even if it is hyped to the sky.
I appreciate the input a lot.
As I wrote in my disclaimer, I indeed don't speak Korean. I did ask a Korean friend, who agreed that calling someone Oppa would mean you feel close to them, but not as if he was a brother. This one sentence may be misleading, but I stated above it that it can be used for any older boy/man.
The dramas inspired me to do research on this, because I thought I am missing some subtext here. Though I have barely ever seen Oppa used as anything other than as a pet name in dramas. Real life may be different.
I posted the links to my sources below the article, they are both Korean women living in Korea. So I assumed they know what they are talking about.
I am sorry if I upset you, I am glad you corrected any misconceptions that might arise.
In China they also call the owner of an establishment, like a restaurant, "Laobei", which means Boss. This in itself is funny to me, because in most of Europe it is considered impolite to call over the waiter or owner at all. You wait for them to make eye-contact with you.
It's not used a lot but in German-speaking countries people also use "Daddy" without translating it, I don't know how people who call their actual fathers Daddy can bear it. Don't know if "Oppa", if you call your actual brother that, is any better though. I mean, in India calling someone "Brother" can also be used to make them protect you, so in a way it's better?
Doggedly working towards a goal sometimes gives you such a tunnel vision, that you feel like, if I do this one more unpleasant task, then I will get the huge prize. I think the Fine-Dust-Gig and the Weather-Gig kind of tickled her creative bone more than just reading out the news from a teleprompter.
I also think some of the humiliating things came more naturally to her because she came up from a low-status and she was born into a natural hierarchy, whereas many of her colleagues are shown to be upper-middle-class girls that just want their face on TV and naturally have more Ego, because they have their parents to fall back on if they get fired.