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I disagree. Fansubbing takes a LOT of time and effort. There are malicious people out there who take other people's hard work and claim it as their own. They are very good at cropping out watermarks and editing videos to make it seem like the subs were created by them. This is especially common for Thai dramas. Fansubbers should be able to get credit and recognition for their hard work, especially since most of them do it for free.

This seemed like a daily drama that was trying to pass itself off as a weekend family drama. :/ Pretty disappointed.

What a throwback!

This article is hilarious. xD It's hard to believe Queen of Mystery 2 was even a sequel. >_<

I think the story was interesting, but the drama was not well put together. I'm not sure if it was the editing (maybe scenes were deleted due to regulation?) or lack of transitions. It all just seemed very confusing. Things that needed to be clarified were not clarified until the second half, which by then it was too late. I think the synopsis of the plot is also somewhat different then what the drama portrayed so that threw me off a bit too. Maybe you have to read the manhwa and have a grasp of the background story to appreciate this more? I just felt very frustrated watching this.

First episode is more thriller. Second episode is more comedy. It's off to a good start so far. I'm loving it (but I'm only 2 episodes in).

My favorite sword fight is from Six Flying Dragons as well. That was one epic battle.

I've seen 5/10 so far and they were fantastic!... I think I may have dropped Rain's drama (Come Back Mister). The other dramas sound super interesting, but I usually have to be in a certain mood to watch medical and crime dramas. I need to check out A Poem a Day! I will check out the other dramas too .Thanks for the suggestions. :)

Looks like Shoplifters was raking it in. xD I've seen Shoplifters. I plan to watch One Cut of the Dead, The Blood of Wolves, Kids on the Slope, and Mirai. Cafe Funiculi Funicula looks interesting, but I don't think it has subs yet. :(

My bad. There are actually two Love Actually's on Viki. The one I thought this was the 2017 drama with Joe Chen. Anyways, thanks for pointing it out. :)

I found it fully subbed on Viki. --- EDIT: Nevermind, it's a different drama. The closest I could find was 4 episodes on youtube. Looks like the project has been dropped.

It's on Netflix (U.S.). Not sure about other regions, but I'm sure you can find it with subs somewhere now.

Story was okay, but I liked how this was filmed, particularly how it captured the grittiness of the slums of Manila, life of poverty, and overcrowded prisons. It kind of reminded me of On The Job, which is also a gritty film about crime and corruption.

I've been getting better at dropping dramas recently. The only thing that really keeps me going is....

1. I NEED to know how the drama ends. (curiosity killed the cat.)
2. I want to give the drama a fair rating by watching all of it. I feel guilty for rating a drama that I've dropped.

But overall, I've been getting better at the spring cleaning since one of my goals this year is to tackle my Plan to Watch and On Hold lists.

For the most part, Chinese dramas make Americans (and foreigners) seem terrible. There's blatantly obvious Chinese nationalism, which is okay to some degree, but not to the point where they put down other's values. It's unfortunately not going to go away until creative content stops being censored and regulated by the govt. to meet the Chinese govt.'s agenda.

I've only seen a little, but this seems heavy on the comedy side. It's very campy.

There's like an 80% chance it will have some romance. :) The synopsis says the ML is looking for love. I'm just really bad at dealing with romances with sad endings. T-T I hope things work out between the two.

Sounds super interesting. Hope it isn't a romance because it seems like it's going to end badly for the ML. Hope he makes it out alive and avoids jail for his past actions.

I think most of the questions have been answered already, but I'll take my crack at some of the questions.

3. Cdramas, particularly historical cdramas, will introduce tons of characters in families/clans in order to develop subplots. Keep in mind these dramas are a LOT longer ranging from 40-60 episodes. They need filler subplots to keep the drama going. Also, more characters = more drama. The main reason most people watch these shows is for the drama. Last but not least, many of these cdramas (especially wuxias and xianxias) are based off a novel, so the writers try to do their best of including all the characters, but sometimes the pacing of the character introductions can be a little overwhelming.

10. Coughing blood is a very obvious way of showing a character is unwell...especially for things like qi. Let's face it, many Chinese actors have an exaggerated form of acting, so things will be exaggerated for the audiences to understand better (maybe similar to that of stage acting?). I feel like they dumb things down for the audiences sometimes. From my experience, coughing blood = character is so unwell they are close to dying. Maybe a nosebleed for things that are less intense like insomnia? But yeah, things like a common fever aren't dramatic enough unless it's a "modern" cdrama. It really just depends on the genre. Historical/Wuxia/Xianxa dramas are more dramatic and exaggerated.

This cast :O