there was a write in poll in december and from that write in the poll was made from the top 5 in each category.…
The setup might takes some time, but after that the result can be sort out much more easily. Right now setup easy, but sorting out...? Anyway my proposal is for preliminary stage only. The entertaining part should be when everyone "can vote" at the end of the year.
there was a write in poll in december and from that write in the poll was made from the top 5 in each category.…
Actually it can be done with survey form. But still need human intervention for some things that are limited by the app.
Here is my proposal of how the form could be done: https://goo.gl/forms/gb8DZRQfdwkMZQN82 It's far from perfect but this is just to illustrate how it would look like. The only problem is that admin/somebody need to sort the categories.
there was a write in poll in december and from that write in the poll was made from the top 5 in each category.…
I missed that one (and did not nominate in the previous years too), but still like you said it's meaningless if only few people nominating a least watched drama. It can't beat the popularity anyway.
I am expecting a small but a more credential nominations so it must be other than simply writing any titles in comment section. I know it would be tough job, but you can set up a form (like google doc's one) for preliminary nominations.
Then there could be 2 lists in each category; one watched list, the other nomination list. It must be category-based kind of participation. I mean people only nominate based on what they qualified for. So obviously some category will have lower numbers than the other.
The idea is to encourage nomination in the genre that they like the most not randomly nominate any titles to just fill in the empty box.
Anyway, it's nice to know that admin is looking for improvement! :)
This is just my suggestion, but hopefully for this year a new mechanism for nominating dramas should be enforced. People need to have certain number of watched drama before they can nominate in specific category. For example to nominate a thriller drama, a member must have watched 3 thrillers (random number just for the sake of this example) in that year. Or else the nominations wouldn't be counted.
The best drama of the year category shouldn't be nominated but must be picked (by admin/person incharge for polling) among those that made to final list in sub-categories.
However for voting in final poll, no restriction should be enforced. Anybody can vote!
The reason for my suggestion is because of the fact that the final poll listing does not give accurate depiction of how good/bad jdrama of a particular year. Obviously there are many more dramas this year, but people can't vote because it's not even in the poll! I don't give a damn about the results but we should have at least good voting options in the first place.
Never expected this was that good because it's listed as romance and supernatural, which I think a bit misleading. What I can say about this is that the directing and characterization was really good! After finished watching I even checked the manga, and it looks like the characters in drama are much more real. Surprisingly the protagonist from manga is 32, but for drama it's 38 (I read from somewhere). Obviously our actor, Arita Teppei is much older than that. But I think director purposely choose him to make it more real. This character don't even have a male friend in his life let alone girlfriend. So it must be tough to chose actor to fit in this image, therefore slightly older and physically non-attractive (obviously because of aging) Arita was the right choice!
Just for the info this isn't written by Ikeido Jun. But it shares same production team (as well as screenwriter) with Hanzawa Naoki, that's why it feels like it. Probably they used HN as inspiration to create new style of police drama. Anyway, this was an interesting watch with that "TBS Ikeido Jun dramatic style". It was a fresh idea for police drama in my opinion. It's just that the story telling was too complicated in the sense that it was told in a roundabout way. The cases weren't that difficult, but it was nice to see how MC fight for career survival.
Is this a review for Unnatural or review for how bad Jdrama compared to Kdrama? ROFL
Your generalization seems unfair because you only watched few jdrama i believe (judging from the sample you wrote above)... As the person who watch mostly jdrama, i do agree that unnatural wasn't the best mystery and while you say it's lighter in terms of the theme, i don't think this was intended for darker theme anyway.
About the production value, it's a subjective matter....people nowadays tend to believe "good production" must be something "shiny and brighty" like kpop music videos (exactly how Taiwan and Chinese productions have evolved these recent years)....but you should check out HK too...they don't bother and just stay loyal with their production style.
When everything looks the same, then every single thing will become "generic" as oppose to "unique". Then there's no reason to look for specific country other than to just hear a different language.
Same thing for acting. When you already get used to certain countries, you might try to impose your "idea of good acting" in another country. I also could say I don't like how Korean actors act, because i tend to feel annoyed with their sighing aigoo and the "sound of like want to spit" they make when they are cursing/angry on something, but then again that's just my preference and wouldn't be fair to be included if i were to write a review of kdrama.
As what we would expect from this kind genre....episodic investigation with couple of good cases....but still there were couple of lame cases too....overall it's entertaining and might be a good starter for new jdrama viewer or for those who would prefer newer drama...
It gets better after ep5 TBH....it's still a good drama, just that not the best of 2018
Usually i would rate this kind of drama an 8 (my rating on MDL quite high generally)...but because of the hype and the nomination i become more critical when watching it...haha. But it's still entertaining nonetheless!
I'm looking for more of his stuff because of JIN! I can't wait to watch this once my exams are over
Strangely, I never liked him before I watched Gonzo. I saw him in Ace wo Nerae, but always feel uncomfortable with his presence on screen....haha maybe something to do with his hairstyle... Anyway all the best for your exam!
Didn't realized this has been subbed, so just watched it few weeks ago. If you follow other TBS produced Ikeido series, this one has less over-the-top-acting. But somehow, that made it less intriguing IMO. Still many life and business lessons that can be learned from the drama though, and probably could give inspiration to some viewer too.
Yeah i'm one of the frustrated fans...haha. I realized i only watched 18 dramas this year, and just managed to…
Just watched Todome the other day, and all i can say it's just a standard jdrama. Still watchable, but personally i think it's still lacking in many aspects (which i won't explain here). To be fair Dele was much better in terms of dark-theme plus action-wise, and Confidence Man was much better for plot-wise and pace-wise.
For Unnatural, I'm currently at episode 2 so still can't say anything, but it looks like a standard episodic, investigation jdrama to me. My expectation, this is going to be at the same par with Dele at most, but with a much lighter theme.
I'm gonna pass Chugakusei, but don't mind if it wins anymore since it has many viewers who love it.
Wellll...isn't that every single actress in everything everywhere? lolz! Always distracting for women viewers…
haha...but for most yonekura's drama, the portrayal always the same. Feel like they're trying to push some sort of "branding" for her; Older but attractive, sexy but you can't see anything, has noble motives behind her wild/sadistic behaviour., don't care for men but all men will fall hard for her (despite there were other hot+younger females in the drama)...oh just remember one more --> onsen scene is a must
Yeah i'm one of the frustrated fans...haha. I realized i only watched 18 dramas this year, and just managed to…
To be fair, i could imagine the first 2 might be good, but just wonder if they're good enough for the best drama. I think i might as well watch these when i'm running out of drama. But, i always skeptical with drama that come with certain favorite actor, unless it has really out of the world plot or it's a comedy.
About chugakusei nikki, that's exactly why i said controversy got people interested in it. It's like the "gain loss theory", when people see it as not as controversial as it was rumored or there are something else in it. Then word of mouth bring more people in. Many business module using this technique these recent years especially with the help of social media. I have to admit that it's even made me consider to watch it (but not sure when), despite love theme is not my favorite....haha.
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Anyway my proposal is for preliminary stage only. The entertaining part should be when everyone "can vote" at the end of the year.
Here is my proposal of how the form could be done:
https://goo.gl/forms/gb8DZRQfdwkMZQN82
It's far from perfect but this is just to illustrate how it would look like. The only problem is that admin/somebody need to sort the categories.
Anyway, it's just my suggestion.
I am expecting a small but a more credential nominations so it must be other than simply writing any titles in comment section. I know it would be tough job, but you can set up a form (like google doc's one) for preliminary nominations.
Then there could be 2 lists in each category; one watched list, the other nomination list. It must be category-based kind of participation. I mean people only nominate based on what they qualified for. So obviously some category will have lower numbers than the other.
The idea is to encourage nomination in the genre that they like the most not randomly nominate any titles to just fill in the empty box.
Anyway, it's nice to know that admin is looking for improvement! :)
The best drama of the year category shouldn't be nominated but must be picked (by admin/person incharge for polling) among those that made to final list in sub-categories.
However for voting in final poll, no restriction should be enforced. Anybody can vote!
The reason for my suggestion is because of the fact that the final poll listing does not give accurate depiction of how good/bad jdrama of a particular year. Obviously there are many more dramas this year, but people can't vote because it's not even in the poll! I don't give a damn about the results but we should have at least good voting options in the first place.
What I can say about this is that the directing and characterization was really good! After finished watching I even checked the manga, and it looks like the characters in drama are much more real. Surprisingly the protagonist from manga is 32, but for drama it's 38 (I read from somewhere).
Obviously our actor, Arita Teppei is much older than that. But I think director purposely choose him to make it more real. This character don't even have a male friend in his life let alone girlfriend. So it must be tough to chose actor to fit in this image, therefore slightly older and physically non-attractive (obviously because of aging) Arita was the right choice!
Anyway, this was an interesting watch with that "TBS Ikeido Jun dramatic style". It was a fresh idea for police drama in my opinion. It's just that the story telling was too complicated in the sense that it was told in a roundabout way. The cases weren't that difficult, but it was nice to see how MC fight for career survival.
It's just that...
Your generalization seems unfair because you only watched few jdrama i believe (judging from the sample you wrote above)... As the person who watch mostly jdrama, i do agree that unnatural wasn't the best mystery and while you say it's lighter in terms of the theme, i don't think this was intended for darker theme anyway.
About the production value, it's a subjective matter....people nowadays tend to believe "good production" must be something "shiny and brighty" like kpop music videos (exactly how Taiwan and Chinese productions have evolved these recent years)....but you should check out HK too...they don't bother and just stay loyal with their production style.
When everything looks the same, then every single thing will become "generic" as oppose to "unique". Then there's no reason to look for specific country other than to just hear a different language.
Same thing for acting. When you already get used to certain countries, you might try to impose your "idea of good acting" in another country. I also could say I don't like how Korean actors act, because i tend to feel annoyed with their sighing aigoo and the "sound of like want to spit" they make when they are cursing/angry on something, but then again that's just my preference and wouldn't be fair to be included if i were to write a review of kdrama.
Anyway all the best for your exam!
For Unnatural, I'm currently at episode 2 so still can't say anything, but it looks like a standard episodic, investigation jdrama to me. My expectation, this is going to be at the same par with Dele at most, but with a much lighter theme.
I'm gonna pass Chugakusei, but don't mind if it wins anymore since it has many viewers who love it.
About chugakusei nikki, that's exactly why i said controversy got people interested in it. It's like the "gain loss theory", when people see it as not as controversial as it was rumored or there are something else in it. Then word of mouth bring more people in. Many business module using this technique these recent years especially with the help of social media. I have to admit that it's even made me consider to watch it (but not sure when), despite love theme is not my favorite....haha.