There didn't seem to be much progress in the episodes released today. Actually for the first time, I fast forwarded…
Typical, really! These longer C-dramas are usually full of filler and repetition, causing frustration. At least the shorter ones don't take as longš The scenes with Yuan Yuan and Mr Liu are a highlight, but I do wish she had later actually tried to read his beloved Murakami novels at the very least to see for herself why he's such an ardent fan of them. There's a reoccurring theme with some female characters being portrayed as not wanting to read and just focusing on money (through snagging rich men) which irks me. It's very shallow and limiting. Her character arch could've been richer than what it is.
The main couple doesn't do it for me either and looks fundamentally mismatched, but HH's family (besides her precocious, spoilt and classist son) is likeable, she just needs to stop lying to them and tell the truth more ...
Here's to hoping that these short length web dramas stop recycling the same plots over and over! Revenge, face swapping and tokens on the body are exhausted now! It was mediocre overall, with writing on the level of a teen fanfic. At least the ending wasn't ambiguous unlike some dramas that I've seen ...
Exactly, same outcome when one side wants children and the other doesn't. Both dramas do seem to share the same views on marriage. Yep, definitely pretend the last episode doesn't exist š
Entertainment writers aren't writing in a cultural vacuum, devoid of any awareness of the zeitgeist of their time.If…
As you're free to.
As I am to prefer things that reflect my value system (but that's a common thing with most, I would've thought? Everyone has their limits). I personally cannot support something sending such a warped, doormat message. The FL being single would've been better. Not the first J-drama with those issues, unfortunately ( I can think of two more that did this).
And writers produce stories that reflect their values so if I see something that has values that are like this, I would be dismayed by their ideologies and see it as 'not right' because that's the message the drama is pushing. I take the idiom: if you don't stand for something, you fall for anything to heart.
Maybe the issue is more with the manga, but they're free to change things when transposed to the screen? I'm yet to finish it and I found it frustrating so there it is.
To each their own and agreed to disagree as this discussion will go in circles longer than this disappointing drama! š
š¤£Even if you're single, some can still see that their relationship was unbalanced, unhealthy and passionless. Haven't hated an ending this much since Soredemo Ai wo Chikaimasu ka? (2021)!
Entertainment writers aren't writing in a cultural vacuum, devoid of any awareness of the zeitgeist of their time.If…
"a Japanese writer is going to reflect Japanese culture, and not, say, the culture of Pakistan." Obviously! That goes without saying. My point is: you're saying this is a reflection of their culture (again, yes of course), but I'm also adding that: what is this drama saying about the writer's morality? The message of this drama is a sad one, IMO.
*Edit I don't have an issue with unhappy endings, but the FL's decisions just seem to add up to nothing by the ending. Why go through the divorce just to return to a man who doesn't want to give her children. don't trust (both cheated) and who relies on her, then the drama even glorifies this. That stuns me. That's tragic! Even her being a single working woman is preferable.
'Fan of this' because you come across to be defending it.
Entertainment writers aren't writing in a cultural vacuum, devoid of any awareness of the zeitgeist of their time.If…
Understood. But my question to that answer you gave would be: what are you saying about is being reflected in the 'zeitgeist of their time' then? Expound, if you please.
And why did they translate it incorrectly?
The scenes with Yuan Yuan and Mr Liu are a highlight, but I do wish she had later actually tried to read his beloved Murakami novels at the very least to see for herself why he's such an ardent fan of them.
There's a reoccurring theme with some female characters being portrayed as not wanting to read and just focusing on money (through snagging rich men) which irks me. It's very shallow and limiting. Her character arch could've been richer than what it is.
The main couple doesn't do it for me either and looks fundamentally mismatched, but HH's family (besides her precocious, spoilt and classist son) is likeable, she just needs to stop lying to them and tell the truth more ...
They're similar (some actresses in it have since gone on to bigger dramas) and both series share the same main actress.
Interesting that a man witnesses this sexism as well! š
It was mediocre overall, with writing on the level of a teen fanfic.
At least the ending wasn't ambiguous unlike some dramas that I've seen ...
Wonder why they resorted to this when they could've had him move on from his unreciprocated infatuation gradually,? š© will hit the fan when Yuan Yuan finds out he was responsible for spreading the video.
Telling how it's juxtaposed with the phone girl who's crushing on him but is being chased by a man she rebuffed. Sounds familiar?
Both dramas do seem to share the same views on marriage.
Yep, definitely pretend the last episode doesn't exist š
As I am to prefer things that reflect my value system (but that's a common thing with most, I would've thought? Everyone has their limits). I personally cannot support something sending such a warped, doormat message. The FL being single would've been better. Not the first J-drama with those issues, unfortunately ( I can think of two more that did this).
And writers produce stories that reflect their values so if I see something that has values that are like this, I would be dismayed by their ideologies and see it as 'not right' because that's the message the drama is pushing. I take the idiom: if you don't stand for something, you fall for anything to heart.
Maybe the issue is more with the manga, but they're free to change things when transposed to the screen? I'm yet to finish it and I found it frustrating so there it is.
To each their own and agreed to disagree as this discussion will go in circles longer than this disappointing drama! š
Haven't hated an ending this much since Soredemo Ai wo Chikaimasu ka? (2021)!
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Obviously! That goes without saying.
My point is: you're saying this is a reflection of their culture (again, yes of course), but I'm also adding that: what is this drama saying about the writer's morality? The message of this drama is a sad one, IMO.
*Edit
I don't have an issue with unhappy endings, but the FL's decisions just seem to add up to nothing by the ending. Why go through the divorce just to return to a man who doesn't want to give her children. don't trust (both cheated) and who relies on her, then the drama even glorifies this. That stuns me. That's tragic! Even her being a single working woman is preferable.
'Fan of this' because you come across to be defending it.
Hang on, are you are fan of this, btw?