They sent out an email. They said nothing about the licensing rights they have. I'm guessing AT&T is going to hold on to them indefinitely as if they might have some value in the future and then never get around to subbing them. We don't have the inside scoop on their contracts for licensing rights. We do know some shows were exclusive to DramaFever (because they only appeared on there), others were not.
I'm not quite as worried about the Korean shows. There seems to be an army of subbers who gets through them at a reasonable pace. What this really hurts is Chinese dramas and Japanese dramas. China has so many dramas coming out and now only Viki will bid for them. DramaFever had literally just put up a Japanese drama which might have signaled more to come... well now that's not happening. The only real competition there is Netflix occasionally uploads Japanese dramas... any hope of a 'rebirth' in acquiring Japanese titles has been wiped out for now. I guess Korean movies to a lesser extent also get hurt. I think DramaFever was slightly better about getting movies than Viki which seems to skew much more strongly to TV shows.
Well I just got a Paypal notification saying they cancelled my subscription.
I feel bad for the DramaFever team. 20% cut in workforce is brutal and crazy. They were either gagged or caught offguard with the shutdown.
Such an AT&T move. These telecommunication companies need to be treated like utilities by the government. They've shown they don't play nice. They've shown they'll take government subsidies for infrastructure and then refuse to deliver the infrastructure.
This is just another example of their shady business practices. Taking money from people days before a shutdown which they had planned. They KNEW they were going to do this. They still took people's money.
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Are they active? I haven't heard noticed any updates after mentioning the admin(?) was going to be living in China?
I put in a bunch of money to get Oh My General and that got picked up by Viki. I didn't bother with refund and just picked a fantasy/historical and told them I wasn't in a rush.
I think I'm not about to trust the Communist Party's explanations of things. Tax evasion is the favorite charge of undemocratic regimes of the past few decades.
Well I submitted a request to Viki. I enjoyed Oh My General and kind of want to see all the side-stories to it. I kind of wish CDramaBase wasn't inactive and I could ask them how much it would cost to sub this. I don't mind spending a few hundred (100-200) to get it done but I don't know any reliable service.
I'm struggling with the poor pacing in a lot of these Chinese fantasy/period/historical dramas.
I guess it's because there's a second season but I lost a lot of interest around episode ~35 and then they rushed to a partial ending at 40. We'll see if Season 2 gets licensed and how it works out.
Two episodes in and.. alright writers I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt because of the location and the…
Yeah. It's brutally bad. I'm skipping huge parts. The less foreign places and foreigners in Chinese dramas the better. The writers don't know how to write. The actors they can get are probably off the street friend of a friend and not professional actors... it's just awful from top to bottom. This Age of Legends has one slight improvement - at least the Chinese bad guys are as bad as the non-Chinese ones... but that doesn't stop it being a cringe-fest.
Yeah Shin Hye Sun was the show in my eyes. Without her Jennifer, Yoo Chan and everyone would have gotten on my nerves and the male lead would have been plain old boring.
It's OK but it felt more contrived than a lot of other historical/fantasy stuff. I'm not a fan of these new endings for Chinese historical/fantasy. Can a happy ending just be a happy ending sometimes? Can a tragedy just be a tragedy sometimes?
The musical numbers were hilariously bad. Could it be any more obvious the actors aren't the ones singing it?
It's an alright show but there's nothing spectacular or even that good about it. It's just one among many of these types of dramas. If you like the genre you'll probably like it. If you like the leads, you'll enjoy the show too.
Was this billed as a 2 season show in China? The first half and second half were completely different shows. Both halves had problems.
It's alright but it's so messy and the plot crawls along without a strong direction, you go through several episodes where almost nothing changes and then you get 1-2 episodes where they try to force 10 episodes of plot to happen.
Yeah I'm with the "dropped" crowd. I try to power through most dramas but I couldn't get through this one. I didn't like any of the characters. They all sucked.
My expectations weren't high going in and it got to a point where I just wondered "what am I doing watching this when I could be doing something else or watching another show?"
I gave up on it. It's most things I disliked about KDramas. It felt like a soap opera with all the flip-flopping. I got tired and dropped it after completing 10 episodes.
I decided to start watching this and I think the one thing I've noticed is Park Min Young has really improved her acting over the years. The cast is really talented overall. The story is very weak though.
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I'm not quite as worried about the Korean shows. There seems to be an army of subbers who gets through them at a reasonable pace. What this really hurts is Chinese dramas and Japanese dramas. China has so many dramas coming out and now only Viki will bid for them. DramaFever had literally just put up a Japanese drama which might have signaled more to come... well now that's not happening. The only real competition there is Netflix occasionally uploads Japanese dramas... any hope of a 'rebirth' in acquiring Japanese titles has been wiped out for now. I guess Korean movies to a lesser extent also get hurt. I think DramaFever was slightly better about getting movies than Viki which seems to skew much more strongly to TV shows.
I feel bad for the DramaFever team. 20% cut in workforce is brutal and crazy. They were either gagged or caught offguard with the shutdown.
Such an AT&T move. These telecommunication companies need to be treated like utilities by the government. They've shown they don't play nice. They've shown they'll take government subsidies for infrastructure and then refuse to deliver the infrastructure.
This is just another example of their shady business practices. Taking money from people days before a shutdown which they had planned. They KNEW they were going to do this. They still took people's money.
I put in a bunch of money to get Oh My General and that got picked up by Viki. I didn't bother with refund and just picked a fantasy/historical and told them I wasn't in a rush.
Or is she valuable in her own right?
I guess it's because there's a second season but I lost a lot of interest around episode ~35 and then they rushed to a partial ending at 40. We'll see if Season 2 gets licensed and how it works out.
I'm sticking it out for Sandra Ma.
The musical numbers were hilariously bad. Could it be any more obvious the actors aren't the ones singing it?
It's an alright show but there's nothing spectacular or even that good about it. It's just one among many of these types of dramas. If you like the genre you'll probably like it. If you like the leads, you'll enjoy the show too.
It's alright but it's so messy and the plot crawls along without a strong direction, you go through several episodes where almost nothing changes and then you get 1-2 episodes where they try to force 10 episodes of plot to happen.
My expectations weren't high going in and it got to a point where I just wondered "what am I doing watching this when I could be doing something else or watching another show?"
Like the guy from Swordsman and all those remakes in a way but this guy is more of a hothead.
Crystal Zhang is amazing. I'm going to try to find out the name of that other girl I like (the woman travelling with the old man).