Colum H

Agreed there are some excellent old dramas out there, though the misogyny does tend to be at a whole different level when present. That Fool (2009) and O My Lady (2010) are a couple of sweet dramas.

As beautiful as You for me just stalled almost immediately

YT FMVs - all the good bits of a 16 hour drama fitted into a 4 minute video causing you to wade through 956 minutes of blandness...

I have a similar prejudice against short dramas - I'll try and take your advice on that.
Loads of people write 10 star reviews over all sorts of terrible (to me) dramas there are only a couple I would ever argue with anyone over. The strangest things can make or break a drama for me.

Maybe not on Pinterest but I've certainly been dragged into dramas by posters and screenshots before. Mostly leading to disappointment I may add but hey ho! Fated to Love you being one that I also didn't enjoy - gaslighting and lying just ain't romantic.
Thanks for the article I'll try a couple of those.

I often stop before the end of C-Dramas and of quite a few K-dramas too.

Contrived Drama, Makjang and effects laden shows that are character driven = good, as opposed to 'exciting events' loosely strung together on cardboard cut out characters = bad.
Like the Western movies where you get half an hour of character and plot before an hour of seen it all before set pieces and interminable battles with little to no jeopardy involved.
Not saying all dramas used to be great at all but they seemed to spend less time trying to appeal to as many people and cultures as possible than they do now..

Good points well made.
I feel like there are so many bland dramas at the moment getting high scores for fan service over plot. Healing drama = nothing much happened but it was 'nice' and inoffensive. I got into K-Dramas for the lack of jump into bed Romance ( 5 hours just to hold hands - sweet) and the lack of reliance on 'excitement' for plot. Perhaps I'm just old and grumpy and tomorrow I'll wake up all enthusiastic again (and not bald please!)

Thank you for writing your review

I might go back to RRLITP after I've let Yanxi fade a bit

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh must tear ears off head to stop the voice of Muxu melting my brain

Tried watching it but can't get past the first few episode. Just not grabbing me.

Found this terribly bland, dropped @ 4 and I skipped a lot to there.
Didn't care about the leads getting together in the slightest.

Spoiler!

I'm just blasting through the Day of Becoming You at the moment which I'm really enjoying. I'll try RRLITP next and let you know how I go.

nice thanks - I should really gen up on some Chinese history, I've picked up a bit of Korean history from Dramas and Japanese from books.

Thanks for the very informative reply - my knowledge of Chinese history is poor so I knew little about the characters and even the era before watching the show. I wasn't expecting historical accuracy and enjoyed the show for the leads acting and relationship. What's RRLITP to save me hunting through the Rs?

I've watched the beginning credits of this drama more than any other I can think of - so many of the scenes are etched into my memory that I would have them as desktop backgrounds. The rest of the show is carried by the actors with a manufactured crisis every episode and a Deus ex machina style escape for the heroine only. The first 40 episodes were the best for me, I've put it on hold at 62. Worth a watch but repetitive when you binge watch.

Well a review that was apt and funny cheers!

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