nycfoodie

Buh-bye!!

Ok, hypothetically speaking, let's say I were being "passive aggressive" in every other comment, prove that I was being "passive aggressive" in my response to you.

For the record, I'm not sensitive about this show, tho I'm kinda annoyed (and getting more so) by the the same & unnecessarily repetitive (spam-like) questions about this show. See the difference??

And when you say that you will ignore me, do you mean this as a promise or a threat?

You said verbatim: "But he didn't ask only if the the drama is worth his time," right?

Insofar as the OP asked "would we enjoy this drama if we..." AND "WE" by definition includes "HE," the OP is implying (or at least, strongly suggesting) that "HE" is indeed asking whether or not "HE" would enjoy this drama by referring
to "HIMSELF" as "WE," provided that "WE" by definition includes "HE."

Not really, at least I don't think so. I didn't (explicitly) tell the OP how & what to post. I merely gave an opinion about how what the OP posted "can quite plausibly" come across to readers.

If I were being "contradictory" here & elsewhere (or, for that matter, anywhere that you could've been subjected to my possibly contradictory opinions), I humbly beg for your forgiveness and will try to learn from my possibly contradictory mistakes.

Oh, by the way, why do you think it's safe to ASSUME that the original poster is a "HE," especially when a highly-disproportionate percentage of the C-drama (both domestic & international audience
Is female (or non-
male)?

Doesn't "we" (by definition) include him/her they?

And unless you're a MDL moderator, kindly refrain from telling how & what to post. Even on the off-chance that you are a moderator, it's still "sh1tty" to call other people names (such as "pieces
of sh1t")! Or, maybe you see something "of value" in calling people "pieces of sh1t"!?!?

It has nothing to do with "romance," which I could take or leave.

It has to do with MDLers who feel the need to ask others for their opinions, when they can easily make their own.

These multiple (daily, if not hourly) "is this worth my while" type of inquiries can quite plausibly come across as somewhat annoying & attention-seeking (if not downright trolling & spamming).

Since you apparently appreciate assuming, feel free to keep assuming my (so-called "passive aggressive") intentions. You're only proving my point for me!

Assuming ("biggest") fans of romance don't all think alike & in addition, I cannot read people's minds, I'm afraid I also cannot adequately answer your question.

Either you could wait for a mind-reading MDLer for the answer (which could take a while). Or, you could (immediately) see for yourself.

I know what I would do, but I cannot say for you; mostly because I try not to make general & unwarranted assumptions about people whose minds I cannot read.

If you feel that Viki K-dramas are "losing their soul" by trying too much to appeal to Western audiences, then the fact that you have neither Netflix nor Disney+ is a blessing in disguise because Netflix & Disney+'s audience is much more Western (& Westernized) than Viki's, which is primarily Asian.

"What could possibly happen to have such high ratings," huh?

Ok, I'll take a wild guess. Possibly some MDLers gave it such high ratings.

Both (good/ bad/everything in between) quality and ratings are subjective, so how exactly do you determine whether or not a drama is as good (or not as good) as the ratings show without interjecting your own subjective opinions based upon your own personal, inherent biases?

Basically, you cannot say that a rating is unreliable due to the favoritisms of others when you have your very own favoritisms. In other words, your judgment of the unreliability of the MDL rating system is itself just as unreliable.

The timing of the rating is mostly a "red herring." If "favoritism" is going to be your bone to pick, then you cannot pick on "prerating" too. Because fans are going to play favoritism no matter when they vote. You cannot go double-dipping, in food or...logic.

Of course, you can argue that your opinion carries more weight than the collective opinions of hundreds, if not thousands of other MDLers. Or, you could say that your standard for rating dramas is the gold standard by which others measure theirs. Good luck with that!

Oh, I see!

Actually, I find your comment more interesting!

But why the "spoiler" tag?

So? C-dramas have very low budgets compared to Hollywood blockbusters. Still, a decent number of people (including Americans) prefer the former over the latter.

Add excuses to your repertoire!

Physics isn't science? Ever hear of MEDICAL physics??

You were responding to @wintersolstice who was indeed talking about pregnancy & I was reponding to your response.

Again, with the "presentism." I clearly stated in my reply that by present standards, it wouldn't be considered "scientific," but it was sufficiently accurate & effective for ancient eras.

And for the record, because scientific theories are founded upon inductive (as opposed to deductive) reasoning, they can never be proven, but only DIS-proven or falsified.

(Oh, by the way, I studied theoretical physics in school, so I have a pretty good idea how science works.)

Unless you're a German TV, how exactly are you being "personally" attacked?

Sigh...I was explaining my original response to @miss.

So what? Plenty of Chinese men have (sometimes much) higher voices than the average Western man. Zhou Shen would be a prototypical example.

Thank you for again sharing with us your very ethnocentric & provincial
points of view!

Coming from you, that's quite the honor! Thank you very much!

Ok, if you don't like Hollywood, then watch German TV instead. But German TV must suck if you prefer to subject yourself to "annoying" C-drama FL's & MDLers!

Should the poster be more suspicious of "pre-ratings" when fewer than 5 episiodes have been broadcast or after 10+ episodes have been aired?

If "preratings" were an issue now, it was a much greater issue 10 or so episiodes ago, so why complain about it now?

That's MY point!