This is a joke, right? These are not underrated gems: this is just the list of the most popular, the users' favourite dramas which you can also find under "EXPLORE" tag above. What is the point of this voting list? What is missing on the top of this list are dramas which a really underrated as in rated below 7.5 not those rated just below 10!
this website is a bubble. don't take it as representation of all global asian dramas audience. also don't think…
Let's agree to disagree. You are an optimist, I am the opposite. We'll see who is right in the long run. I sincerely hope it is you because China is heavily relying on soft power these days (tiktok : anyone heard of it?) and micro dramas are the next logical step. I do not trust China or the young users of tiktok enough to give them the benefit of doubt.
this website is a bubble. don't take it as representation of all global asian dramas audience. also don't think…
It is not the number of watcher that is important but the influence these dramas exert on viewers. Recent K dramas have been mediocre at best and many seasoned watchers have been dropping them as if they were hot potatoes, if their comments/feeds are to be believed. The last K drama which was actively discussed on feeds for the entire duration of its broadcast was My Dearest. On the other hand, these c dramas are all the rage, the numbers of feeds posts is insane, the comments sections are extremely active on these dramas' pages and they are unusually tame and that is how you recruit new watchers. I am convinced that, in a year, c drama will have definitely surpassed k dramas in number of watchers as well. Most of the people here do not care about heavy censorship, they are young, teens and students and even in the west, that's all they have ever known (policing language in order not to offend). It may bother you as it bothers me but we are a minority and that is not going to change soon! Panem et circenses! I sincerely hope that I am wrong!
I'm confused whether this is a compliment or satire (probably satire). Propaganda is a weird word, everything…
Neither satire nor a compliment but a fact which scares the hell out of ME. If you do not mind the chinese communist party propaganda and enjoy their dramas, I am happy for you! But you cannot put the equation mark between democracy and dictatorship. That's all!
Soft power, baby steps! They have found a way to make their presence and their propaganda felt all over the world, but gently! And I guess it works better and faster than they expected. Just look at this site: the News articles about chinese dramas are slowly overtaking korean ones while the Feeds have been completely taken over by posts about c dramas for over a year now. China keeps churning them out and we keep lapping them up and begging for more!
Lol. It is watchable when you're doing the dishes, which is what I've been doing. However, it has kept faith with…
Want to See You is one of Ba Vinh's first dramas. He's been with O2 Productions ever since he started and they have been going through chronic (not acute) existential crisis. They need money to produce their dramas so Ba Vinh keeps making videos asking for donations in his broken English. I've been watching VBLs for the past two years and there have always been such demands on viewers. I do not think they are ready to go down and out yet: they are producing longer and longer webdramas (Ba Vinh's last completed drama had 20x40min episodes!) I guess their appeals for donations are working! Good for them! As for the quality: I feel that they have lost their edge. They used to be different, gutsy and original but nowdays they seem so tame and going the mainstream route. I haven't seen his latest drama Teenager Judge but the trailer announces a stepbrothers' romance so....
Lol. It is watchable when you're doing the dishes, which is what I've been doing. However, it has kept faith with…
I don't know if the Thai drama is a remake (they claim it is based on a book!) but both dramas have practically identical plotlines and the Vietnamese one was realeased years before the Thai one....so if the shoe fits.... Ba Vinh was so good in it. So much better than in his recent dramas: frankly he is getting worse and worse with every new project.
Lol. It is watchable when you're doing the dishes, which is what I've been doing. However, it has kept faith with…
To be fair, Koreans used it only once, 15 years ago and never again, according to the MDL search engine (gay romance + deafness).
Have you seen the Vietnamese version (probably the original) of Thai Last Twilight called Want To See You? I haven't seen the Thai version because you could not pay me to watch those two on screen (Thai BL ships are beyond my comprehension!) but I liked the Vietnames one a lot, low budget and all...
See Your Love, mentioned below, actually follows all these commandments except for the first one where you might want to add a handicap (in this case deafness of the main character!). What I most vividly remember is the number of times one ML found a way to trip and always fall in the vicinity of the other ML's lips: at least once per episode during the courtship period (i.e. the first half!). I have to congratulate the director for the diversity of these falls: it must not have been easy coming up with different ways to fall! And of course, there is the music: all the time, without a break.....I wanted to chuck my laptop out the window!
On the other hand, any of these commandments are difficult to apply to Bad To Bed!
By the way, is this one any good? Three episodes in, and you already got practically all of them! lol
Isn't this just a long ad for Line messaging service?
The video is of the very low quality, many subs are missing and more often than not either the sound or the subs or both are not in sync with the picture....should I just be grateful I can watch this cute little web drama ad?
I am watching this now (on fsharetv.co) and there are some parts that are not subbed (voice over). So I looked it up on a different site and there is no voice over in that version (Criterion Video). So, are there two versions of this film?
So am I. Even though I find the distinction important, I also know that they both can ce violently homophobic in general (see recent demonstrations in Korea led by Evangelicals) while being kind in particular. Maybe the director here decided to merge two churches? Catholics are high on pomp and circumstances with very rigid services while protestants tend to be more laid back. Speaking of church, have you seen Sonnet 18, a Koren short film? I am very impressed by your reviews, in depth and very detailed!
Thank you for the review: I found the film's ending rather open to interpretation, though mostly just unclear. Did they eventually decide to continue flying towards the sun together and brave the heat and the society's prejudices, or did they choose safety?
One thing though confuses me in your review: as far as I know pastors officiate in Protestant churches not Catholic (who have priests). Though they are both Christian churches, they often do not react in the same way.. The religious scenes in this film look more like protestant temple services and not Catholic ones. "Pastor" is used in Catholic churches ONLY in the USA and Canada, says Google. I don't know anything about church in Taiwan and maybe the translation is not accurate?
Why is the background score so similar to, practically a rip off of Ravel's Bolero? Very distracting! I keep listening to music instead of focusing on the plot....
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What is missing on the top of this list are dramas which a really underrated as in rated below 7.5 not those rated just below 10!
I sincerely hope it is you because China is heavily relying on soft power these days (tiktok : anyone heard of it?) and micro dramas are the next logical step. I do not trust China or the young users of tiktok enough to give them the benefit of doubt.
Recent K dramas have been mediocre at best and many seasoned watchers have been dropping them as if they were hot potatoes, if their comments/feeds are to be believed. The last K drama which was actively discussed on feeds for the entire duration of its broadcast was My Dearest.
On the other hand, these c dramas are all the rage, the numbers of feeds posts is insane, the comments sections are extremely active on these dramas' pages and they are unusually tame and that is how you recruit new watchers. I am convinced that, in a year, c drama will have definitely surpassed k dramas in number of watchers as well. Most of the people here do not care about heavy censorship, they are young, teens and students and even in the west, that's all they have ever known (policing language in order not to offend). It may bother you as it bothers me but we are a minority and that is not going to change soon! Panem et circenses!
I sincerely hope that I am wrong!
As for the quality: I feel that they have lost their edge. They used to be different, gutsy and original but nowdays they seem so tame and going the mainstream route. I haven't seen his latest drama Teenager Judge but the trailer announces a stepbrothers' romance so....
Have you seen the Vietnamese version (probably the original) of Thai Last Twilight called Want To See You? I haven't seen the Thai version because you could not pay me to watch those two on screen (Thai BL ships are beyond my comprehension!) but I liked the Vietnames one a lot, low budget and all...
See Your Love, mentioned below, actually follows all these commandments except for the first one where you might want to add a handicap (in this case deafness of the main character!). What I most vividly remember is the number of times one ML found a way to trip and always fall in the vicinity of the other ML's lips: at least once per episode during the courtship period (i.e. the first half!). I have to congratulate the director for the diversity of these falls: it must not have been easy coming up with different ways to fall! And of course, there is the music: all the time, without a break.....I wanted to chuck my laptop out the window!
On the other hand, any of these commandments are difficult to apply to Bad To Bed!
By the way, is this one any good? Three episodes in, and you already got practically all of them! lol
The video is of the very low quality, many subs are missing and more often than not either the sound or the subs or both are not in sync with the picture....should I just be grateful I can watch this cute little web drama ad?
Maybe the director here decided to merge two churches? Catholics are high on pomp and circumstances with very rigid services while protestants tend to be more laid back.
Speaking of church, have you seen Sonnet 18, a Koren short film?
I am very impressed by your reviews, in depth and very detailed!
One thing though confuses me in your review: as far as I know pastors officiate in Protestant churches not Catholic (who have priests). Though they are both Christian churches, they often do not react in the same way.. The religious scenes in this film look more like protestant temple services and not Catholic ones. "Pastor" is used in Catholic churches ONLY in the USA and Canada, says Google. I don't know anything about church in Taiwan and maybe the translation is not accurate?