This is a good article! After I read your article, I look at my Dropped List and just realize I have 37 dropped dramas on that list. I agree with your statement about the #1 reason to dropped drama, "It is so sad that so many dramas lose their chance to get appreciated because the story develops too slowly". I don't really mind slow developed drama, especially if they got long episodes like Chinese Drama, because I believe the story is there for a reason. Chinese dramas got more episodes than Korean drama but their duration is shorter (usually 40 to 45 min), as a fan of tv series, I'm used to this kind of set up. Because as a child I already used to watch American series like Friends and they got even much more episodes than Chinese with their seasons. I'm Indonesian, and our tv series is even more crazier than American. We have seasons, but usually the episodes in one seasons are hundreds and there were a lot of series on going. That's one of the reason I didn't watch our own channel anymore (except for news). So when I found out about Korean/Chinese/Taiwan/Japanese series I feel like showered by rain in the middle of summer. And then come along Thai Dramas. At first I can't adopted to their duration, they got short episodes like Korean but the duration for their each episodes is one and a half hour (some even more)! But eventually I can, now my currently watching got a lot more Thai dramas than Korean/Chinese/Taiwan/Japanese like it used to. Mostly the reason I dropped dramas is #3, the acting/directing is just too bad. Sometimes even with my favorites actors/actresses on it I still couldn't bear the 'bad directing/story line'. At first I got hooked from the first 2-4 episodes but then suddenly the story turn into something I couldn't cope with (yes, I'm talking to you Yongpal). And then there were stories that I love, but the 'bad cast' ruin it all. I couldn't focus on the story anymore if the main lead acting like a robot. Like Cubic (Thai drama), I really love action, especially with a little spice of comedy. But then come Bomb as the main lead with acting as stiff as a board(pardon my word). The only one bearable to watch is Mint, honestly for Thai dramas there were a lot of boring or unnecessary scenes that I skipped but how could I skip some part if the one I want to skip is the main lead? Might as well not watch it. So for the meantime I think my dropped list not gonna be empty or decreasing. Because there is always drama that didn't up to your expectation. Just like one of the participant said, “My personal view is that dramas exist for our enjoyment. If you're not enjoying it, you shouldn't feel obligated to finish it.”
Ps: this is my own opinion, sorry if I pissed some fans but I have my own taste :)
Honestly I've put this in not interested list the first time I saw the page on MDL, and I never like the original one (I still finish it for the sake of curiosity, though I still didn't like it in the end) but I'm going to try this for Nadech's acting.
I'm really really trying to watch this drama. I put it on hold after 2 episode and I kinda forget about it for a long time. But when I check my watching list here, I'm trying to continue where I left of but I really can't handle it. Weir acting is great (hell, I'm a fan) and I watched almost all of his drama (that I can find) but seriously, this one is just unbearable to watch. I just like to think this time he choose a bad script and I'm sorry but I would like to erase this drama from my memory. Rest in Peace.
I used to subbing before my subbing team disbanded. The thing that I love so much about it when people say thank you after we release it. Seriously it was not like materials, etc, but a single thank you already make us proud. As I'm watching drama/movie in a language I don't understand, I know how it feels like when I saw subbers put a note saying sorry for the late release because he/she/they got a little problem but there're still ungrateful people(pardon my word) who whining why they subbing so slow. Thanks for the article, I hope after people read this they would understand that subbing take a lot of work and time, so they would stop demanding faster subtitles because we as subber also wanted to sub it faster but we got our own pace and problems sometimes.
alwaysmeena is subbing this ep1 is already online :)
I know. But I don't really feel Mark&Kim chems though, weirdly, just like Push&Jui. So I'm not really looking forward to Kom Faek but just curious about Got Jirayu, but then I still lost interest :))) Nhing! When I first saw him, I thought I've seen him before, now after I watch Bpoophae Sanniwat, I remember him in The Hangover as Stu's father-in-law. Lol. He is also adorable as the cupid matchmaker in The Cupids Series.
so B & J gonna be siblings, so shipper's paradise will turn into a disaster..
Even before it airs everyone says that this drama going to be a disaster. I think the production team need to be ready for all the disappointing (and probably some harsh words) parade that will happen when the drama airs. Lol As for me, I already put this drama in not interested section, because I'm not interested with J as B's brother. I mean, seriously?
alwaysmeena is subbing this ep1 is already online :)
I have. They got good chemistry too. But people said that Crown Princess is not "exactly" the remake of Manee Yard Fah, because the storyline will be different but just the big picture or the background story will be the same.
alwaysmeena is subbing this ep1 is already online :)
I'm looking for Crown Princess too, but not for my love from stars I don't even like the original one, so not really looking forward for the remake. Lol. Another me too! Lol. At first I was curious about Got Jirayu, but then lost interest when I watch the trailer. For Korean oppa, well he is an ajuhssi, but I'm looking forward to Suits! For me Jang Dong Gun is still as hot as those currently-enlisted oppas :))
alwaysmeena is subbing this ep1 is already online :)
I know, I've watched it! Now Por Yung Lung Mai Wahng is left, I wish Falada would subbed it soon. She already got the timers, so I think she will start subbing it after she finish Sot Stories.
No offense, but I have a high doubt with the cast. Rich Man Poor Woman is like Oguri Shun's top 5 drama. And its not just about Oguri Shun or the lead character, this drama story is great and one of a kind that I don't want it to be spoiled by wrong cast. You need at least So Jisub to handle this (and he was great as hacker). OMG please just be good *frustated*
After I read your article, I look at my Dropped List and just realize I have 37 dropped dramas on that list. I agree with your statement about the #1 reason to dropped drama, "It is so sad that so many dramas lose their chance to get appreciated because the story develops too slowly".
I don't really mind slow developed drama, especially if they got long episodes like Chinese Drama, because I believe the story is there for a reason.
Chinese dramas got more episodes than Korean drama but their duration is shorter (usually 40 to 45 min), as a fan of tv series, I'm used to this kind of set up. Because as a child I already used to watch American series like Friends and they got even much more episodes than Chinese with their seasons.
I'm Indonesian, and our tv series is even more crazier than American. We have seasons, but usually the episodes in one seasons are hundreds and there were a lot of series on going. That's one of the reason I didn't watch our own channel anymore (except for news). So when I found out about Korean/Chinese/Taiwan/Japanese series I feel like showered by rain in the middle of summer.
And then come along Thai Dramas. At first I can't adopted to their duration, they got short episodes like Korean but the duration for their each episodes is one and a half hour (some even more)! But eventually I can, now my currently watching got a lot more Thai dramas than Korean/Chinese/Taiwan/Japanese like it used to.
Mostly the reason I dropped dramas is #3, the acting/directing is just too bad. Sometimes even with my favorites actors/actresses on it I still couldn't bear the 'bad directing/story line'. At first I got hooked from the first 2-4 episodes but then suddenly the story turn into something I couldn't cope with (yes, I'm talking to you Yongpal).
And then there were stories that I love, but the 'bad cast' ruin it all. I couldn't focus on the story anymore if the main lead acting like a robot. Like Cubic (Thai drama), I really love action, especially with a little spice of comedy. But then come Bomb as the main lead with acting as stiff as a board(pardon my word). The only one bearable to watch is Mint, honestly for Thai dramas there were a lot of boring or unnecessary scenes that I skipped but how could I skip some part if the one I want to skip is the main lead? Might as well not watch it.
So for the meantime I think my dropped list not gonna be empty or decreasing. Because there is always drama that didn't up to your expectation. Just like one of the participant said, “My personal view is that dramas exist for our enjoyment. If you're not enjoying it, you shouldn't feel obligated to finish it.”
Ps: this is my own opinion, sorry if I pissed some fans but I have my own taste :)
Weir acting is great (hell, I'm a fan) and I watched almost all of his drama (that I can find) but seriously, this one is just unbearable to watch. I just like to think this time he choose a bad script and I'm sorry but I would like to erase this drama from my memory.
Rest in Peace.
Seriously it was not like materials, etc, but a single thank you already make us proud.
As I'm watching drama/movie in a language I don't understand, I know how it feels like when I saw subbers put a note saying sorry for the late release because he/she/they got a little problem but there're still ungrateful people(pardon my word) who whining why they subbing so slow.
Thanks for the article, I hope after people read this they would understand that subbing take a lot of work and time, so they would stop demanding faster subtitles because we as subber also wanted to sub it faster but we got our own pace and problems sometimes.
Nhing! When I first saw him, I thought I've seen him before, now after I watch Bpoophae Sanniwat, I remember him in The Hangover as Stu's father-in-law. Lol. He is also adorable as the cupid matchmaker in The Cupids Series.
I think the production team need to be ready for all the disappointing (and probably some harsh words) parade that will happen when the drama airs. Lol
As for me, I already put this drama in not interested section, because I'm not interested with J as B's brother. I mean, seriously?
Another me too! Lol. At first I was curious about Got Jirayu, but then lost interest when I watch the trailer.
For Korean oppa, well he is an ajuhssi, but I'm looking forward to Suits! For me Jang Dong Gun is still as hot as those currently-enlisted oppas :))
You need at least So Jisub to handle this (and he was great as hacker).
OMG please just be good *frustated*