Exactly they could have have kept do ra mi as her persona like she changed and started voicing her opinions ,…
Huh, how odd. So would she have had a different alternative person before her hit movie, I wonder? That seems like such an odd direction for the Hong sisters to go...
Who says china is not a democracy? Maybe not in Westerns paradigm, but for popular interests to be practiced by…
I have come to appreciate Cdramas a lot more than I expected to (the narrative around China in the U.S. is, admittedly, very negative on the right AND left, but particularly on the right), but the red flag for me that persists with Cdramas is that I've noticed the government, civil service employees or police can never look bad in modern Cdramas. Sure, they can make mistakes here and there, but that's it (this is, of course, just an observation from my own anecdotal experience from dramas I've watched).
In contrast, Korea and the U.S. can't stop talking about how bad the police and government are in their media... 🤔 There's always a corrupt baddie getting taken down who's at the top and leading the prosecutors or politicians or police. Fraud getting exposed here, there, and everywhere (with the rich and powerful). But, so Korea and the U.S. really have more corruption than China?
Odds are, governments everywhere are pretty janky (I struggle to believe any of them are institutions of selfless goodness and justice; there is no such thing), so in my estimation the countries that can critique their institutions without getting backlash or that don't get censored before doing so have more freedom creatively to say what they want (even if what they're saying makes the country look bad), and to me, that's a good sign that a country is tapping into some semblance of democracy and freedom of speech. On the flip side, if this isn't happening, that tells me the narrative the masses get to hear/see is being controlled/closely regulated.
1. White truck of doom.2. Orphan.3. Dramatic arm grab.4. Walking around in the rain without an umbrella.5. Doesn't…
This list is hilarious! You're so right. Seeing the tropes and cliches lined up does reveal how often they're used. 😅
How about going to the beach as a couple? 😅 Did they miss that one? That's staple romance Kdrama stuff right there. 😏 It's been too long since I saw this so I can't remember.
YESS!!! i miss 2016 kdrama!10 years later and 2016 returns!
Yes, seems fitting. I was actually really impressed with the way they managed to write the one night stand in Fated To Love You in such a way that both the ML and FL felt like innocent parties. I was intrigued to know if they could do it without making it seem like the leads had had a "moment of weakness" because I couldn't see a drama from that era allowing main leads (second leads, for sure, but main leads?) to actually go there with a complete stranger. It delivered! 😅 Wild getting there, but they managed it. 😉
why is the rating so high if the reviews are so bad ?
This page is one of the mysteries of MDL. 😅
Heard all the theories. No one seems to be able to make heads or tails of the vitriol some feel for this drama and how to reconcile it with the way others are beyond smitten with it.
It's apparently because (these are the reasons I've heard over the years on both sides): the site (and therefore the rating) is rigged, there are just an obscene number of trolls, bots have been unleashed by the thousands, many snobby reviewers have irrational jealousy and hate seeing fluffy rom-coms get 9/10 on MDL, droves of the MDL "taste police" couldn't let people watch "bad dramas," the site was overtaken by teenage fangirls who have no concept of good writing and who have highly superficial taste and whose rating is dependent on the extent to which they are thirsting over Byeon Woo Seok, the site is filled with crazies who can't hear a negative word spoken about BWS or the drama as a whole, etc.
I guess it's not possible that some people just really hated it, and more people enjoyed it and some even loved it? 🤷♀️
8.3 is solid with almost 200,000 watchers listed, and ranked #27 in popularity. It means it's beloved by many.…
Over the years MDL has had more traffic and so there are more people rating dramas as they air than in the past which I think contributes to the overly inflated ratings out of the gate (or super low ratings very quickly), but high ratings inevitably fall over time if the drama is poorly executed or weak (or maintained if they're solid).
I find dramas below an 8 tend to have some serious flaws/frustrations or bad writing, though there are a few I like and sometimes there are genres that just run a bit low on MDL (certain types of slice of life, for instance) due to the type of people frequenting the site.
If many, many people like it or something is rated very high I don't jump to assume the majority is "wrong" or that the rating is not deserved; instead I assume my own taste does not suit the majority's, which is why I don't like it as much as others do. That assumption usually reveals itself to be a good metric.
I usually take several things into account when curating choices on here that really help me consistently nail a drama I am confident I'll like (if I'm not just watching an airing drama which of course is a complete wild card 😅):
1. What is the rating? (Then, how many people rated it this way, and is it a recent drama, or an old one? If it's old, and it has a decent to high rating (an 8 to an 8.5 or above) and a decent number of watchers, my interest is piqued; I proceed with caution and check out the comment section. Honestly, I always read the comment section when in doubt 😅) 2. How popular is it? (The two things I consider for this is the popularity rating as well as the number of watchers. If both are high (popularity is in the double or single digits, and number of watchers is above 100,000), I almost always like the drama; this is easiest to calculate for older dramas, as new dramas don't have as many people rating it yet, so the rating tends to be less accurate) 3. Does the drama have popular actors? (If so, then I take into account that it might affect the score to some extent). 4. Who's the screenwriter/director? (I have screenwriters (and to some extent directors) I like, and the screenwriters I pay attention to are those who more consistently deliver other decent to high scoring dramas; if they have very obscure screenwriters or writers with a poor track record, I usually don't pursue it unless it scores high in rating and watchers and popularity) 5. Is it a genre I have liked historically? (Some genres I don't care for as much as others, which means some people might go bonkers over a drama I won't probably love as much due to tropes or cliches or types of things I dislike that will inevitably be in it (e.g. I don't tend to enjoy sad endings, dramas with ghosts/an afterlife or reincarnation theme, office dramas, really intense revenge dramas, protagonists I can't root for, etc. I calibrate accordingly knowing these things about my taste.)) 6. Does a user whose reviews I tend to align with give the drama a decent to high rating? (If so, I'll most likely enjoy it, too).
My own ratings are built primarily on the "how much did I enjoy this?" end of things. If I thoroughly enjoyed it without thinking it was terribly written or had major flaws or things that REALLY frustrated me, it will get at least an 8. If I enjoyed it AND it was well-executed, it will get a 9 or above. If I thought it was mindblowing and/or incredibly fun and memorable and/or perfect and/or I could watch it over and over, a 10. If it was well-executed but it wasn't really enjoyable or fun, then I usually avoid those dramas entirely or hold them in the 8s. Enjoyment is my biggest metric, but as someone who appreciates good scripts as well, I can't usually assign good concepts/stories/scripts irrationally low scores.
Watch it in this order :1_Rurouni Kenshin (2012)2_Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)3_Rurouni Kenshin: The…
I would suggest mostly the same, except I watched The Beginning before the The Final and loved that order because it ends on a happier note and builds on what we learn in The Beginning. It also makes the emotional impact of his fight with the villain in The Final more meaningful (and it technically comes after The Beginning in chronology anyway). Just my two cents!
In contrast, Korea and the U.S. can't stop talking about how bad the police and government are in their media... 🤔 There's always a corrupt baddie getting taken down who's at the top and leading the prosecutors or politicians or police. Fraud getting exposed here, there, and everywhere (with the rich and powerful). But, so Korea and the U.S. really have more corruption than China?
Odds are, governments everywhere are pretty janky (I struggle to believe any of them are institutions of selfless goodness and justice; there is no such thing), so in my estimation the countries that can critique their institutions without getting backlash or that don't get censored before doing so have more freedom creatively to say what they want (even if what they're saying makes the country look bad), and to me, that's a good sign that a country is tapping into some semblance of democracy and freedom of speech. On the flip side, if this isn't happening, that tells me the narrative the masses get to hear/see is being controlled/closely regulated.
How about going to the beach as a couple? 😅 Did they miss that one? That's staple romance Kdrama stuff right there. 😏 It's been too long since I saw this so I can't remember.
Heard all the theories. No one seems to be able to make heads or tails of the vitriol some feel for this drama and how to reconcile it with the way others are beyond smitten with it.
It's apparently because (these are the reasons I've heard over the years on both sides): the site (and therefore the rating) is rigged, there are just an obscene number of trolls, bots have been unleashed by the thousands, many snobby reviewers have irrational jealousy and hate seeing fluffy rom-coms get 9/10 on MDL, droves of the MDL "taste police" couldn't let people watch "bad dramas," the site was overtaken by teenage fangirls who have no concept of good writing and who have highly superficial taste and whose rating is dependent on the extent to which they are thirsting over Byeon Woo Seok, the site is filled with crazies who can't hear a negative word spoken about BWS or the drama as a whole, etc.
I guess it's not possible that some people just really hated it, and more people enjoyed it and some even loved it? 🤷♀️
I find dramas below an 8 tend to have some serious flaws/frustrations or bad writing, though there are a few I like and sometimes there are genres that just run a bit low on MDL (certain types of slice of life, for instance) due to the type of people frequenting the site.
If many, many people like it or something is rated very high I don't jump to assume the majority is "wrong" or that the rating is not deserved; instead I assume my own taste does not suit the majority's, which is why I don't like it as much as others do. That assumption usually reveals itself to be a good metric.
I usually take several things into account when curating choices on here that really help me consistently nail a drama I am confident I'll like (if I'm not just watching an airing drama which of course is a complete wild card 😅):
1. What is the rating? (Then, how many people rated it this way, and is it a recent drama, or an old one? If it's old, and it has a decent to high rating (an 8 to an 8.5 or above) and a decent number of watchers, my interest is piqued; I proceed with caution and check out the comment section. Honestly, I always read the comment section when in doubt 😅)
2. How popular is it? (The two things I consider for this is the popularity rating as well as the number of watchers. If both are high (popularity is in the double or single digits, and number of watchers is above 100,000), I almost always like the drama; this is easiest to calculate for older dramas, as new dramas don't have as many people rating it yet, so the rating tends to be less accurate)
3. Does the drama have popular actors? (If so, then I take into account that it might affect the score to some extent).
4. Who's the screenwriter/director? (I have screenwriters (and to some extent directors) I like, and the screenwriters I pay attention to are those who more consistently deliver other decent to high scoring dramas; if they have very obscure screenwriters or writers with a poor track record, I usually don't pursue it unless it scores high in rating and watchers and popularity)
5. Is it a genre I have liked historically? (Some genres I don't care for as much as others, which means some people might go bonkers over a drama I won't probably love as much due to tropes or cliches or types of things I dislike that will inevitably be in it (e.g. I don't tend to enjoy sad endings, dramas with ghosts/an afterlife or reincarnation theme, office dramas, really intense revenge dramas, protagonists I can't root for, etc. I calibrate accordingly knowing these things about my taste.))
6. Does a user whose reviews I tend to align with give the drama a decent to high rating? (If so, I'll most likely enjoy it, too).
My own ratings are built primarily on the "how much did I enjoy this?" end of things. If I thoroughly enjoyed it without thinking it was terribly written or had major flaws or things that REALLY frustrated me, it will get at least an 8. If I enjoyed it AND it was well-executed, it will get a 9 or above. If I thought it was mindblowing and/or incredibly fun and memorable and/or perfect and/or I could watch it over and over, a 10. If it was well-executed but it wasn't really enjoyable or fun, then I usually avoid those dramas entirely or hold them in the 8s. Enjoyment is my biggest metric, but as someone who appreciates good scripts as well, I can't usually assign good concepts/stories/scripts irrationally low scores.