If you've watched a thousand shows and read a thousand books, there's nothing new under the sun. You don't have to watch every scene or read every paragraph, you can easily fill in the blanks or figure out the plot.
If you're a writer too, even more so, you don't miss much often because you're familiar with the tropes, flow, and so on.
Creative writing is basically a mash-up of everything that was already tried. People complain about clichés but there is literally nothing new anymore. It's all a rehash. The challenge for writers is how to tell a story and which tropes and clichés to combine.
So, most of it are easy to figure out once you get familiar with it.
Some people even watch in 2x speed because they already figured out how the story will flow.
LOL. Both the ML and FL are probably in their early to mid 20s only.
I mean, if you're in your late 20s or higher, you already know: 1. Read the entire contact before you sign it 2. You can't sell it immediately 3. They obviously will do regular checks
You won a premium town house in ae SS-class subdivision! There are rules to follow. You can't even just sell it to anybody, there are checks too on who you can sell it to. You can forget the plot about the company. It is SOP when giving selling and/or raffling a town house in a higly exclusive subdivision.
But the ML and FL didn't know any of it so they're too young to know.
What's odd though: 1. The FL is a CEO but was signing contracts without reading. 2. The ML was cautious about the scamming and came from the US but had no idea how town house raffles work?
If I were in his shoes, the moment he learned it was about a town house raffle, I would've firmly said "no". A lot of things can go wrong with that. And it did. 🤪
But hey, at least we're done with the annoying episodes. From hereon, it's the comedy part. 🤪🤪😆😆😆
The actual plot: It's the ML's revenge against his father.
Status of FL: Just a plot device, a side-story to move forward the main plot: ML vs his father
I think we can guess how it will play out next week:
Option A: FL gets angry at him for using her for his father-som issue. ML argues, "might as well since you're targetting the group I know that will hurt my father".
Option B: She forgives ML for using her and they joined forces again. After that they lived happily ever after.
BONUS: In both Options, they brought down everyone. The father, the mastermind, and the gang.
Mamay looks like Sandara Park, even with the way she looks, the way she acts, the way she expresses herself. I keep getting confused if I was watching Sandy. 🤣
Ooh. Since they mentioned it, I want them to play Monopoly next.
The game concept itself is not Copyrightable, so they can do it as long as they don't call it Monopoly® (which is a Trademark of Hasbro®). The original was called The Landlord's Game which was patented in 1904 and has expired decades ago, they can use that name instead.
Just like Snakes & Ladders, the game concept isn't Copyrightable and it originated in India in the 1800s.
Can they please stop putting dramas on Kocowa in Europe? Such a useless platform with a minimal reach. Who even…
It's all about who pays the highest for the license fee and royalties for XX years.
If Kocowa is offers the sweetest deal, it doesn't matter. The number of people who watch on their platform is their problem. You got far more from the deal than if you choose another.
Also, another reason, especially for Netflix, you actually also apply. Maybe they did but Netflix rejected them. Or, maybe Netflix gave a counter-offer but they didn't like it. So, in the end, they just applied to Kocowa and worked out the best deal they can get from it.
Or, it could be both. Kocowa offered a sweet deal. But they still applied to Netflix and Viki aed Disney and whoever, but got rejected or were offered a deal lower than what Kocowa offers. From a business standpoint, Kocowa wins.
What's important is you get a very good licensing fee. If you cae squeeze in a good royalty from them,the better. If not, it's okay. The licensing fee is the most important., that's where you earn the most money.
If the deal is Kocowa will keep it for 10 years, and they'll pay every 12 months far higher than what Netflix and others offered, take it. The royalties are just a bonus.
Lastly, their target market is only Korea. Any global earnings are just a footnote in reports. They always take a separate category. So, in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't really matter who wants to pay for licensing fees to air the show. Even if the licensing fee is low, it doesn't matter. (But of course, they'll work it out to get as much as possible.) Only Korea matters in financial reports.
You'll more likely hear, "ABC show earned 123M on the domestic market. Globally, all our shows this year earned 456M combined in licensing fees and royalties." Key takeaway there, "combined".
What a rookie mistake: getting cocky by not finishing it properly and revealing your game. 🤣
You never ever do that. You need to play the game you started to the very end of your target. That way, when things go sideways—and it always will—you are still in the game.
But hey, the writer said so because they need 8 episodes. LMAO.
This is a town of 15,000 people right? So why is there one kindergarten with only 9 students?? And not another…
The way I understood it, the 15k is the entire region or town with the same name as the town proper. The town proper itself is smaller.
Here in the Philippines we still have that kind of set up in the provinces.
The entire region or town big. But the town proper, or "bayan" in our language, is small and usually is the center of things. It's like a town within a town.
For example, the National Capital Region is often called "Metro Manila". But the Capital City is also called "Manila" (or City of Manila to be exact). Foreigners are 99% confused by that.
In Korea, it's probably like Seoul or in Japan like Tokyo. Seoul and Tokyo are still called "cities" but on reality it stopped being a city, it is already a region. It is beyond being a Metro/Metropolitan. Seoul and Tokyo both absorbed its neighboring towns and cities over decades.
Maybe, that place where the FL is hidings the town proper. But the town/region itself is larger than that town proper. The town proper is not independent but they're allowed to have their own local management.
Another way of looking at it is the town proper is like a subdivision or village. But instead of being closed-gate, they don't bother with putting up boundaries. Again, from a prespective here in the Philippines, cities and towns here often have subdivisions/villages. They always have their own management. Some can apply for legal/political recognition, some don't.
She's probably a secret agent for the government or some other group interested with the wealth.
So far, she can't be bought. It means she's loyal to something else and usually that is an Oath or a company.
Another possibility, maybe the Chairman hired her agency. She was blindsided when she disappeared but the moment she figured it out, she came rushing to her. For what? The only reason is to protect her.
If she's working for someone else, then it's to spy on her.
Also, she was far too curious to find the secret door. It was as if she has a mission to fulfill. Her dedication in finding the secret door is not an average "assistant" would do.
All I can say is, if it's Pacific-Asian, people anways whine. But if it is EU/NA, no one cries. Take for example, American Gods, both the original novel and the TV adaptation.
The only religions American Gods did not touch/twist were Christianity and Judaism. Everything else were "fictionalised". There were no whiners, instead people praised both the novel and the TV adaptation.
But if it's a Pacific-Asian work, get ready for the "I was offended" camp. No one will take your whining seriously if you have double-standards and/or biased.
Without knowing the novel I think movie is fun and good Not THAT bad for me. I guess people who know the novel…
Nah. It was only the people who don't understand what an adaptation is who are complaining.
No adaptation is perfect. So, people complaining about shallow things like "she didn't usea sniper gun" or "that didn't happen that way" or "he doesn't look like the character" are just complaining because they can complain. The movie captured the essence of the original material given the many constraints of a live-action adaptation. And no, making it a TV adaptation doesn't guarantee that it will be better. All things Korean industry considered , a TV adaptation might actually turn out worse.
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There are many shows that I knew the dialogues before the characters said it. 😆 It gets boring after that. 🤪
If you're a writer too, even more so, you don't miss much often because you're familiar with the tropes, flow, and so on.
Creative writing is basically a mash-up of everything that was already tried. People complain about clichés but there is literally nothing new anymore. It's all a rehash. The challenge for writers is how to tell a story and which tropes and clichés to combine.
So, most of it are easy to figure out once you get familiar with it.
Some people even watch in 2x speed because they already figured out how the story will flow.
1. Read the entire contact before you sign it
2. You can't sell it immediately
3. They obviously will do regular checks
You won a premium town house in ae SS-class subdivision! There are rules to follow. You can't even just sell it to anybody, there are checks too on who you can sell it to. You can forget the plot about the company. It is SOP when giving selling and/or raffling a town house in a higly exclusive subdivision.
But the ML and FL didn't know any of it so they're too young to know.
What's odd though:
1. The FL is a CEO but was signing contracts without reading.
2. The ML was cautious about the scamming and came from the US but had no idea how town house raffles work?
If I were in his shoes, the moment he learned it was about a town house raffle, I would've firmly said "no". A lot of things can go wrong with that. And it did. 🤪
But hey, at least we're done with the annoying episodes. From hereon, it's the comedy part. 🤪🤪😆😆😆
Where are the people asking, "Is there romance"?
Where's everyone who loves to say, "The writer should quit their job" and "The writer should be banned from writing anything"?
Or those who enjoy trashing actors because of the way they interpreted their characters (or the director and/or writer said so)?
The silence in this place is defeaning. Is this even MDL?
Status of FL: Just a plot device, a side-story to move forward the main plot: ML vs his father
I think we can guess how it will play out next week:
Option A: FL gets angry at him for using her for his father-som issue. ML argues, "might as well since you're targetting the group I know that will hurt my father".
Option B: She forgives ML for using her and they joined forces again. After that they lived happily ever after.
BONUS: In both Options, they brought down everyone. The father, the mastermind, and the gang.
The game concept itself is not Copyrightable, so they can do it as long as they don't call it Monopoly® (which is a Trademark of Hasbro®). The original was called The Landlord's Game which was patented in 1904 and has expired decades ago, they can use that name instead.
Just like Snakes & Ladders, the game concept isn't Copyrightable and it originated in India in the 1800s.
If Kocowa is offers the sweetest deal, it doesn't matter. The number of people who watch on their platform is their problem. You got far more from the deal than if you choose another.
Also, another reason, especially for Netflix, you actually also apply. Maybe they did but Netflix rejected them. Or, maybe Netflix gave a counter-offer but they didn't like it. So, in the end, they just applied to Kocowa and worked out the best deal they can get from it.
Or, it could be both. Kocowa offered a sweet deal. But they still applied to Netflix and Viki aed Disney and whoever, but got rejected or were offered a deal lower than what Kocowa offers. From a business standpoint, Kocowa wins.
What's important is you get a very good licensing fee. If you cae squeeze in a good royalty from them,the better. If not, it's okay. The licensing fee is the most important., that's where you earn the most money.
If the deal is Kocowa will keep it for 10 years, and they'll pay every 12 months far higher than what Netflix and others offered, take it. The royalties are just a bonus.
Lastly, their target market is only Korea. Any global earnings are just a footnote in reports. They always take a separate category. So, in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't really matter who wants to pay for licensing fees to air the show. Even if the licensing fee is low, it doesn't matter. (But of course, they'll work it out to get as much as possible.) Only Korea matters in financial reports.
You'll more likely hear, "ABC show earned 123M on the domestic market. Globally, all our shows this year earned 456M combined in licensing fees and royalties." Key takeaway there, "combined".
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You never ever do that. You need to play the game you started to the very end of your target. That way, when things go sideways—and it always will—you are still in the game.
But hey, the writer said so because they need 8 episodes. LMAO.
Here in the Philippines we still have that kind of set up in the provinces.
The entire region or town big. But the town proper, or "bayan" in our language, is small and usually is the center of things. It's like a town within a town.
For example, the National Capital Region is often called "Metro Manila". But the Capital City is also called "Manila" (or City of Manila to be exact). Foreigners are 99% confused by that.
In Korea, it's probably like Seoul or in Japan like Tokyo. Seoul and Tokyo are still called "cities" but on reality it stopped being a city, it is already a region. It is beyond being a Metro/Metropolitan. Seoul and Tokyo both absorbed its neighboring towns and cities over decades.
Maybe, that place where the FL is hidings the town proper. But the town/region itself is larger than that town proper. The town proper is not independent but they're allowed to have their own local management.
Another way of looking at it is the town proper is like a subdivision or village. But instead of being closed-gate, they don't bother with putting up boundaries. Again, from a prespective here in the Philippines, cities and towns here often have subdivisions/villages. They always have their own management. Some can apply for legal/political recognition, some don't.
So far, she can't be bought. It means she's loyal to something else and usually that is an Oath or a company.
Another possibility, maybe the Chairman hired her agency. She was blindsided when she disappeared but the moment she figured it out, she came rushing to her. For what? The only reason is to protect her.
If she's working for someone else, then it's to spy on her.
Also, she was far too curious to find the secret door. It was as if she has a mission to fulfill. Her dedication in finding the secret door is not an average "assistant" would do.
All I can say is, if it's Pacific-Asian, people anways whine. But if it is EU/NA, no one cries. Take for example, American Gods, both the original novel and the TV adaptation.
The only religions American Gods did not touch/twist were Christianity and Judaism. Everything else were "fictionalised". There were no whiners, instead people praised both the novel and the TV adaptation.
But if it's a Pacific-Asian work, get ready for the "I was offended" camp. No one will take your whining seriously if you have double-standards and/or biased.
No adaptation is perfect. So, people complaining about shallow things like "she didn't usea sniper gun" or "that didn't happen that way" or "he doesn't look like the character" are just complaining because they can complain. The movie captured the essence of the original material given the many constraints of a live-action adaptation. And no, making it a TV adaptation doesn't guarantee that it will be better. All things Korean industry considered , a TV adaptation might actually turn out worse.