To watch or not to watch? I love thrillers and Gong Jun, but I’m not a fan of episodic dramas where there’s a new case every few episodes.
It also looks like it is a diary of police work / relationships without much of a thriller or mysterious factor. And since it’s a Chinese drama, you pretty much know the police will win every time.
On top of that, it has low overall ratings but very positive individual reviews. So…I’m in a dilemma.
I hate 70s, 80s and 90s Chinese dramas. I do not know why China produces so many shows set in that period. Maybe it has a nostalgic vibe for Chinese viewers, but as an international viewer I find that era quite boring and uninteresting.
Still, I hope this drama will be good and that the depth of the story and characters will make up for the setting.
I hate 80s/90s Chinese dramas. I don’t know why China produces so many shows set in that period. Maybe it has a nostalgic vibe to chinese people but as an international viewer, I find that period quite boring and uninteresting.
See the low ratings because it's not teenage romance, If it's romance now 1 EP boom 8.4 , MDL 🤮🤮🤮
Mystery/Thriller-drama watchers usually have high expectations. They expect great cinematography, an intricate plot, very deep characters with real development, suspense, etc.
Romance/Comedy watchers, on the other hand, tend to have much lower expectations, just having a cute couple kissing with a few slice-of-life moments is enough, even if the story is generic or almost nonexistent.
This is why objectively better thriller dramas often end up with lower ratings than generic rom-coms on MDL. Basically the rating scale if completely different between genres. Comparing ratings between genres is pointless.
The same can be said about country differences. Japanese dramas almost always get mediocre ratings, even the very good ones. Chinese dramas (especially romance), on the other hand, tend to be grossly overrated.
TL;DR: Only compare ratings between dramas of the same genre and the same country.
Mnet+ is such a pain. No way to watch on a big screen as it doesn't have a desktop version. It doesn't even support regular casting. You have to do whole screen casting.
If he evaded taxes, every last cent should be recovered from him, along with the appropriate penalties.
Tax evasion is essentially stealing from society, and it’s even more despicable when a rich celebrity does it.
Earning 50 million USD is an outrageous amount, especially for work that isn’t particularly productive or beneficial to society, like filming commercials. I didn’t even realize South Korean celebrities made that much, it’s indecent. I thought it was a few millions at best.
Well a lot of people are. Your comment is similar to those on TFF before it came out anyway, and look what happened?…
Because I only use custom lists, not the default ones and to keep track of what I want to watch, not what I already watched. I don't need a list to remember what I watched.
Of him, I watched Ski into Love, Angels Fall Sometimes, Derailment, and Put Your Head on My Shoulder, and I never had any “wow” moment at his acting, his perfomances were quite flat. Although I have to say Derailment was slightly better, Ski Into Love, on the other hand, was absolute trash.
You're free to disagree but I am entilted to my opinion. And looking at the comment sections of many of his drama, looks like I am not the only one thinking this way.
I love thrillers and Gong Jun, but I’m not a fan of episodic dramas where there’s a new case every
few episodes.
It also looks like it is a diary of police work / relationships without much of a thriller or mysterious factor.
And since it’s a Chinese drama, you pretty much know the police will win every time.
On top of that, it has low overall ratings but very positive individual reviews.
So…I’m in a dilemma.
Still, I hope this drama will be good and that the depth of the story and characters will make up for the setting.
Still, I hope this drama will be good.
Ryeoun should do more villain role.
Romance/Comedy watchers, on the other hand, tend to have much lower expectations, just having a cute couple kissing with a few slice-of-life moments is enough, even if the story is generic or almost nonexistent.
This is why objectively better thriller dramas often end up with lower ratings than generic rom-coms on MDL. Basically the rating scale if completely different between genres. Comparing ratings between genres is pointless.
The same can be said about country differences. Japanese dramas almost always get mediocre ratings, even the very good ones. Chinese dramas (especially romance), on the other hand, tend to be grossly overrated.
TL;DR: Only compare ratings between dramas of the same genre and the same country.
No way to watch on a big screen as it doesn't have a desktop version.
It doesn't even support regular casting. You have to do whole screen casting.
So no, not everyone would "do this".
Tax evasion is essentially stealing from society, and it’s even more despicable when a rich celebrity does it.
Earning 50 million USD is an outrageous amount, especially for work that isn’t particularly productive or beneficial to society, like filming commercials. I didn’t even realize South Korean celebrities made that much, it’s indecent. I thought it was a few millions at best.
They should have casted someone younger.
Was the ban lifted?
If it's not, I may watch it.
Of him, I watched Ski into Love, Angels Fall Sometimes, Derailment, and Put Your Head on My Shoulder, and I never had any “wow” moment at his acting, his perfomances were quite flat. Although I have to say Derailment was slightly better, Ski Into Love, on the other hand, was absolute trash.
You're free to disagree but I am entilted to my opinion. And looking at the comment sections of many of his drama, looks like I am not the only one thinking this way.
Lin Yi, not so much from what I have seen of him.