DramaHeroine

It looks like On Demand Korea will be picking up this drama but not sure when.

Hey, it could be you. I mean, someone had to start This website, didn't they? I didn't mean to discredit your passion for dramas, because I think that is valid and important, and I hope you don't feel stupid for offering up the suggestion/idea. You're not stupid for wanting to do something, and I totally understand how you feel. I wish I had all of those skills and things so that I could do something about it too. I just think it's important to understand that starting a business takes a lot of work and know-how and money, and you have to be prepared for that.

Ugh. That makes me even more mad.

They didn't know. It came out of nowhere for them just like it did for us.

The problem with that breakdown is that Dramafever is owned by AT&T/Time Warner, so Dramafever itself doesn't really pay for the licensing. It's ultimately AT&T/Time Warner's money.

So I'm assuming this is a serious proposition, and I have a few questions: What is your degree in? Have you taken any business classes? Do you know how to build a website? Do you have the financial backing to acquire licenses for dramas? Have you come up with a step-by-step plan on how to make this a reality? Do you know anyone who is willing to work on this with you? Do you have any bargaining skills? I'm not saying this to discourage you, because I want someone to do this. But these are important things that need to be thought through when working on a venture like this, and you're not going to be able to expect people to give you their money without answering these questions first. If you're Go Fund Me is simply 'I want to make a new Asian drama site,' but you don't demonstrate that you have the skills to create it or a plan of making it happen, people are not going to give it a second glance. And even if you do have a plan and people are willing to donate, you are not going to bring in enough donations to actually license any dramas. It will probably take a long time before you are financially able to actually purchase anything. Are you willing to spend potentially years getting such a venture off the ground? Again, this isn't meant to discourage. I want someone to take this challenge on. But it can't be out of an emotional 'We have to do something about this!' battle cry. There needs to be intensive thought and planning put into it if you want it to succeed. So here's the Big question: Are you prepared for that?

Caught offguard. I was a volunteer for the site, and we worked closely with a couple of the employees. Talked to one of them earlier this week, and she said she'd actually had her hours bumped up just last week, then she came in Monday, started her day, and Boom. They were all let go. And yeah, ATT knew. They were apparently already taking articles down from the site over a week ago.

I'm looking for a replacement for TvN and jTBC stuff too. And I'm sorry, but I don't consider Netflix a good replacement. They aren't posting currently airing dramas as they air. They're waiting literal months before putting them on the site. I hoped to watch Age of Youth 2 on their site, but they never uploaded it, so I watched it on one of the illegal sites instead, because I wanted to watch along with Korean viewers. Then months later I check back, and there it is. I would have understood if they needed to wait a few days (even a week) after the original airing to upload so they can get subtitles done, but months later? Not a fan. I appreciate Netflix adding lots of Asian dramas, but they don't understand the Asian drama viewer.

There are some different websites that apparently take (or did) articles and things from Dramafever and repost them to their site, so we're trying to go through and find everything. I looked at Wayback, but everything pulled up wonky looking, not really good for copy pastaing things. Can DF block access to old bits of their site though? I was under the impression that once you put something on the internet, even if you're a major company, you can't just take it down or block it and no one ever be able to find it again. It's there forever in some form or another.

As far as who will get the licenses for all the dramas that were on Dramafever, Kocowa will most likely upload all of the big 3's dramas, but I think it's unlikely that they are going to be releasing any Jtbc or TvN dramas seeing as their site was made specifically for dramas by the big three. I wouldn't be angry about it if it Did happen, but I don't think it will. Which sucks, because I really love TvN's content.

Ugh. I'm so.....words can't express right now. I have been a volunteer for Dramafever for 4-5 years. I took part in dramaclubs for their youtube channel and later for the website. Until today when Warner/AT&T decided to take down the site and fire a bunch of the staff and SHUT DOWN THE COMPANY ENTIRELY with no warning to anyone.

Think about that. 4-5 years, YEARS, of unpaid work. Multiple dramaclubs.

All gone.

If I had known ahead of time they were shutting the whole company down, I would have gone through the site and saved all the dramaclubs I'd taken part in first. That's writing portfolio material, for goodness sake.

All of the dramaclub volunteers are totally stunned, and now we're scrambling to find copies of our work other places online.

And the staff that was let go? Had no idea it was coming. One of the people us volunteers worked closely with had actually just had her hours bumped up last week. Then she went into work yesterday, went about her day, and Boom.

You no longer work here.

And from what some of the other dramaclubbers are saying, it looks like Warner/AT&T started taking articles down from the site A WEEK AGO. THEY KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO SHUT DOWN A WEEK AGO AND DIDN'T TELL NOBODY!!

The speculation now is that AT&T shut down dramafever (and multiple other (non-Asian drama related) sites they own), because they are planning on building a competitor to Netflix, and these sites would mess that plan up. What's Worse, it seems likely that they bought Time Warner/Dramafever with the Express Purpose of shutting it down.

All I can say is I will not be paying for this new streaming service. I would rather get a computer virus.

Ten month late reply is ten months late, but I half-agree with you. I don't think they planned for everything to become so intensely heavy all at once but rather to lead up to the more dramatic stuff. Then they realized the audience kind of hated the female lead, and they felt forced to give her a more fleshed out story so people would understand her motivation.

Which, of course, was Not the problem most people had with her character. She was just Too Much.

So is there officially going to be a season 3? I keep seeing people saying things about a season 3, but I haven't read any articles yet saying there is going to be one.

Truthfully, she's still way skinnier than seems healthy. I think they might be dressing her in this drama in a way that camouflages it, because it's more obvious in other dramas and some pictures. Hopefully, it's not because of anything serious.

Having lived in South Korea for a time myself and knowing a bit about the job culture, I can promise you that if she went to her boss and said 'This horrendous thing happened, and I have to be assessed by doctor's before I can come back to work, so I probably will need to take a week off (or however long you might need in order to process this type of event),' would be met with resistance if not flat-out unaccepted at most places. They might let her stay home a day or two but then they would expect her back at work immediately and to take care of any testing outside her time spent in the office. In that way, the show is very realistic. I concede that I don't actually know how quickly after such an event that you can be diagnosed with a panic disorder, but I would say that if you experience something like she had and then immediately begin experiencing symptoms of a panic disorder, things you'd never experienced before, then it doesn't seem outside the realm of possibility to be diagnosed with a panic disorder that quickly. Obviously, the show is not going for 100% medical accuracy, but I don't think the diagnosis was all that poorly done. Possibly sped up a bit, but I don't consider that really an issue, story-wise. This is what drama's like to do, create reasons for the leads to spend as much time together as possible. It's not intended to be incredibly realistic. It's intended to force the leads together, and in this case, maybe be somewhat relatable (having a panic disorder, not being stalked by a crazy man who murders someone in your home). I also think that a Korean drama being willing to talk about such issues in such a light is a win, because the culture as a whole is very closed off to anything that has to do with mental health. As for it being treated like it's a permanent thing, I never got that impression. I just thought the doctor was like 'You've experienced trauma, and this is how you're body is responding. Here is some medication to help.' And again, I find that very realistic in comparison with Korean culture, because anything that keeps you functioning in your role in Korean society, even if doesn't necessarily solve the underlying problem, is something Koreans are going to utilize. Example: Many Koreans go to the hospital for B12 IV drips once a week on a weekly basis (and I mean MANY) because working in Korea, even in an office, can be mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausting, so they have to replenish their energy in order to do it all again another week. I realize the speed with which everything happened the first two eps can seem a bit much, but at least for me, it really did feel authentic and accurate to Korean culture.

Hm, I don't watch any of the long weekend dramas, so I don't know how it compares to them, but it felt right in line to me with what you would see in a weekday drama, so it's interesting to hear someone say the opposite.

There have been a handful of second seasons in recent years. Age of Youth received a second season, and it's honestly popular enough (and there's enough demand) for a third season. (Fighting!) Vampire Prosecutor and Let's Eat both received second seasons (although Vampire Prosecutor's sequel was not very well received.) Voice from last year is also apparently going to be getting a second season. And I think Misaeng/Incomplete Life has a very strong shot at a second season as well, seeing as it's one of the most watched dramas TvN has ever aired, and it's based on a manwha that still has plenty of material left to work with, and the entire cast and development team seems willing and eager and possibly even seeking out the opportunity for a second season.

I'm pretty sure the writer actually said before season 1 started that there would be no romance, but then the characters had really good chemistry and were really popular with the audience, so the writer decided to add it in and just started too late to really go anywhere with it. There will definitely be a developed romance this season as the audience has been pretty clear that they want that, and the writer even started the new season off point blank addressing the leads feelings for each other. If there weren't going to be any romance, then addressing it so up-front and obvious would be pointless, and I don't see the writer pulling our legs like that. It's just going to take some back-and-forth bickering for awhile between the two characters before they're willing to admit their feelings.

I don't find her being diagnosed with a panic disorder that quickly unrealistic considering what we know about trauma and how it affects you. That's often how the human body responds to those types of incidences, so it seems entirely within the realm of possibility to me that she has developed such a condition. As for medical confidentiality, I'm pretty sure there are laws around it in Korea. The writers are just expecting you to go with it, lol.

I'm very confused by the episode format as well. I can't think of another drama that has had two episodes a week and clocks in at 24 or less episodes total but then both episodes each week come out on Saturday's. I'm not complaining or saying they shouldn't do it, but I am kind of scratching my head.