Definite Disappointments! (Korean + Chinese Dramas)
When expectations certainly didn't meet the hype created..
Vote for and add to list the most promising yet utterly disappointing Korean or Chinese dramas you've encountered to date.
Some dramas just can't be salvaged despite featuring A-list celebs.
Failures either be due to:
- Poor script
- Non-existent character development
- Predictable / Cliché storyline
- Missing climax
- Poor acting skills (Eg: Overly done annoying or dumb characters)
- Unsatisfactory ending
- Too many cheesy lines (roll my eyes & shake my head kinda dialogue)
- Too slow paced (kill me now kinda long drawn out melodramas)
- It started with so much potential but plot turned sour or became a letdown midway through.
Red Raven Aug 11, 2020
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![Melting Me Softly]()
In this drama, Ma Dong Chan, a renowned producer in the entertainment industry, and Go Mi Ran, a part-timer struggling with family debts, become participants in the "24-Hour Frozen Human Project." This ...more -
![The King: Eternal Monarch]()
Lee Gon is the third Korean emperor of his generation. His citizens regard him as the perfect leader. But behind this flawless appearance, hides a deep wound. When he was eight years ...more -
![Backstreet Rookie]()
Jung Saet Byul is a 22-year-old, beautiful four-dimensional girl with amazing fighting skills, loves her friends, family, and retro fashion. Although boys are lining up to date her, she only looks at ...more -
![Boys over Flowers]()
Geum Jan Di comes from a poor family who owns a dry-cleaning shop. One day, she visits Shinhwa High School, a prestigious school for the wealthy, and saves a student trying to ...more -
![Encounter]()
What happens when an encounter between a man and a woman who seem to have nothing in common develops into a complicated love story? Cha Soo Hyun is the daughter of a ...more -
![Cinderella and the Four Knights]()
Eun Ha Won, a high school senior with dreams of becoming a teacher, endures mistreatment from her father, stepmother, and stepsister while working part-time jobs to fund her university tuition. Meanwhile, three ...more -
![Was It Love?]()
Noh Ae Jung is a single mother and works as a producer for a movie company. She has not had a boyfriend in the past 14 years, but 4 men appear in ...more -
![When the Weather Is Fine]()
Tired of life in Seoul, Hae Won, a cellist who has closed her heart due to past emotional wounds, returns to her hometown, Bookhyun Village. There, she meets Eun Seob, the owner ...more -
![Kill Me, Heal Me]()
A traumatic childhood experience leaves Cha Do Hyeon, suffering from memory loss and dissociation. The latter has resulted in the creation of seven distinct personalities. Wanting to regain control over his life, ...more -
![Cheese in the Trap]()
Having returned to college after a year long break due to her family's poor background, Hong Seol, a hardworking over-achiever, inadvertently gets on the wrong side of her senior, Yoo Jung, who's ...more -
![Revolutionary Love]()
Byun Hyuk is a son from a wealthy family who runs a large company. He lives a happy life without any specific goals. He is confident around women and he is also ...more -
![Chicago Typewriter]()
In the 1930s Japanese occupation of Korea and the 21st century. Han Se Joo, a bestselling author in the present, struggles with writer’s block, while Yu Jin Oh, a talented ghostwriter in ...more -
![Mountains and Ocean]()
Confident and a bit headstrong, Xia Rui Ning has always known what she wanted out of life and has never been afraid to follow her heart or her dreams. Now a student ...more -
![The Producers]()
The drama is set in the backstage world of broadcasting industry. The story revolves around the dynamic work and life of people who work in the entertainment division of television network. Ra ...more -
![Rugal]()
Kang Ki Beom is an elite police officer whose attempt to bring down Argos, a nationwide criminal organization, results in a group of masked assailants from Argos killing his beloved wife and ...more -
![The Guardians]()
The plot centers on a group of people who find their ordinary lives thrown into chaos due to a family tragedy. They monitor criminals 24 hours a day and rescue potential victims ...more -
![Psychopath Diary]()
Yook Dong Shik is a 34-year-old office worker who is so weak and timid that he is used by everybody around him. After an incident, he becomes the scapegoat of his company, ...more -
![Playful Kiss]()
Oh Ha Ni is a clumsy high school student who falls for perfectionist Baek Seung Jo. However, Seung Jo is indifferent towards her and rejects her love. When Ha Ni's house collapses, ...more -
![My Girl]()
Meng Hui, scarred physically and mentally from a childhood accident, copes with dissociative identity disorder, alternating between two personalities. Her chance encounter with cosmetics CEO Shen Yi leads her to impulsively declare ...more -
![Two Cops]()
His strong sense of justice is all that he has. Detective Cha Dong Tak is feared among criminals for showing no mercy. One day, his body is taken over by Gong Soo ...more -
![When I Was the Most Beautiful]()
Oh Ye Ji is a ceramic artist. She has a pure heart and relentless optimism and refuses to give up no matter the situation. She dreams of finding ordinary happiness but in ...more
