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I also rarely watch Kissasian because of those ads WTH

Ohhh why did you even bring up Tribes and Empires! I have barely finished my mourning over the fact that there will never be a second season. And then YOU just HAD to bring it up. I am working hard to forget...damn it!

1. Yes it is the money. Understanding is important to the Chinese culture. So their are always numerous flash backs to remind you WHY what is happening is happening. They spend a lot of time explaining motives of everyone and often explain why people are the way they are. The villains are often complex and not just simple evil folks (yes, I am talking about you Thailand). There is also the fact that China is immense, and has various vastly different cultures. So they use more time to make sure everybody is on the same page.
And lastly it is best to think about them like an intricate American soap opera.
A friend from Taiwan explained to me about the history of China and the need to explain/ gain understanding.
6. Just be patient. It a different language. It is the same if you watch Scandinavian dramas or any language different than your own.
7. What makes Cdramas great for me is often the cinematography. I love it when you get to see all over the country ( the best example is Tribes and Empires). I have also found that sometimes they mix the two. Whenever they show the gods living in that place where the cites are on top of these tall pillars, that is a real place, LOVE IT.
THE WIGS, WTH. I find it funny that in the US you can find beautiful wigs made of Chinese hair, but so often the wigs in Chinese dramas are real bad. They should their wigs here. Maybe they just export all the good wig hair.
8. These dramas are all about power and control of power. Especially if they are based on historical characters. It is the same for any dramas about the British royalty or history; royalist vs the roundheads, Yorks vs Lancasters, Catholics vs Protestants, Scottish royalty vs English royalty, Normans vs Saxons, etc...
9. I use to tutor Chinese student in English. One day my student comes to me because she does not understand what is happening in the reading. She says to me: the two people are sitting down across a table and one character keeps telling the other character to "get off his back." They are sitting far apart, what is going on.
I had another student tell me about when she came to America and went shopping at Safeway when she got to the checkout stand they asked her" Paper or plastic." She did not want either.

I like to know what is going on when I watch Cdramas so I always read the Wikipedia page if it is an historical drama. If they say it is based on a myth, I look up the myth. I also look up the dynasty/time period. I usually look up the names of any historical figures or what I think might be based on an historical figure. For instance the other day I has lunch with a Chinese-American professor (I took a pro-sem class from him not a Chinese one that he teaches) and two of his international students. Because I had watched, Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon and had looked her up I was able to correct the Chinese students on who gained power after she died. I am an anthropologist and I am naturally nosy so any time I watch any historical Asian drama I do a ridiculous amount of research. When I run into poems or saying I don't understand I google the words to see if I can find their meaning.
Oh and if you watch Ashes of Love be sure and watch it on 4udrama because towards the end of the drama there is an almost war happening in the comment section. The commentators really fight. It was so funny.
And lastly I love how the demon realm in these dramas always looks better that heaven and how the Demon people are often better people than the heaven people.
ENJOY

Me too. I always ask on Jdramas ...because you never know????‍♀️

A review is a look back...done after you see the whole thing????

I really enjoyed the editing on this drama.

I am trying to get my fantasy on up in here. Life always has up in the air endings (cuz a people be people) I watch dramas to escape!...I have cat toys that I can throw at the screen.

Your post really made me laugh cuz I am the same. Soooo did you like the ending??

Plz happy ending:)

Exactly! I like an ending and I really hate to see Korea change to US format.

That's the weasel grave dang. Did you find Ghost blows out the light?

its subbed at F...D

Lakorn is the term for Thai dramas. If you have not watched a Thai dramas and you like DRAMA!!! Well if you like MAKJANG then Thai dramas are a treat. They are very like Temptation of an Angel except they almost always have a happy ending, and even sometime the villain is forgiven. If you haven't watch a lakorn try the blockbuster (Kleun Cheewit). Serious passion and Yaya!
The closest to Temptation of an Angel for me the best revenge would be Roy Ruk Raeng Kaen This guy is so so handsome and he seriously wants revenge…you will watch it waiting for the dad to punch him. Like TOAA the plots keeps twisting and you don’t know what is truth. I loved it.
Or course I mostly watch the romance comedy ones

There is so often so much screaming that I have decided to embrace it. Now I look for the screamers and rate them. I try to see if they can beat the crazy screaming strippers in Roy Leh Sanae Rai. Those strippers screamed every time they saw each other...every time. It must be part of the culture as it is sooooo prevalent in their dramas. I have a theory that perhaps Thai women are less stressed than US women because they just let it out.
Do you have a favorite lakorn???

I love remakes...I want to see how everybody does it.

ok I think I will watch

No banshee! Heck you must not like lakorns, they are defined by basheeism. That's how you know that you are watching a lakorn:)

He is really very handsome...I first saw him in a revenge lakorn where he was so fine and so awful. Loved him ever since.

Well the issues seem very back and forth, in the sense that it is hard to tell which of them was the real Bad Guy. It just seems sad to me that even when you are cleared by the courts and you pay your fine for doing wrong some people will never let you move on. As for remorse that is a personal thing between him and her. Some people have remorse but have trouble expressing it. When you say he has no remorse, are you saying that because he has not admitted the wrong he was cleared of? Do you do public apologies in your country over personal fights with lovers? And lastly why were you shocked to see his drama on Viki, did you think his career was over? I know people were surprised that Park ShiHoo returned to the screen. Were you surprised by that? Are these actors returns a changing Korea?

You actually came out here just to say that?