Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:43 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
What?! I thought Bambino was pretty good. Jun Matsumoto played the role extremely well and the cast was IMHO, very well selected and fleshed out their characters really good.
I agree with the rest that HanaKimi and Honey & Clover has gotta be one of the worst jdramas for me. Plot was pretty much non-existent, no clear sense of where the drama is going, VERY slow pace (OMG i hate this the most)
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:04 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Ditto to whoever listed Hana Kimi, ProDai, Kurosagi, Hana Yori Dango 2 and Gokusen 2. I'm not going to list the reasons since it's going to take forever and the reasons were probably listed before... but just one word to sum it all: overrated.
And they aren't exactly THE worst.
The drama I'll list as THE WORST out there, is Stand Up!!. To this day, I don't even know how I managed to get all the way up to episode 6. It fulfills every category of bad: plotless, shallow, lame, rigged with popular casts (and possibly the best reason why everyone went head first to watch it)... Most of all, I really failed to see what's really so funny about 4 idiots trying to loose their virginity. Seriously.
And for those who hated Honey & Clover the drama, may I recommend the anime to you? It's absolutely NOTHING like the drama, and if you can sit through it, it's really worth so much more of a watch than the drama (and the movie).
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Ok, I wrote a few days ago that I had a high tolerance .... well, I found my limit. Sumire 16. I have tried and tried and tried to watch this but I am officially quitting before I finish the series. Zettai Kareshi may have been just as unrealistic, but at least the robot was likable and there were times that he seemed human (not to mention that Hayami Mokomichi is absolutely delicious!) Sumire, on the other hand, is just plain bizarre and the guy operating her . . . . . C-R-E-E-P-Y! I never read the manga version, so maybe somehow in print the concept worked, but as a life-action drama ... it definitely did NOT, in my opinion.
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Heh heh... Out of the 25 or so dramas I've watched so far, I have to say the worst one is Blackjack Ni Yoroshiku. I love Tsumabuki, but this was just so boring! About 30 minutes into every episode I was just sitting there thinking "when is this going to end?" I gave up on it about 4 episodes before the end. Maybe one day I'll go back and finish it to see if I missed something amazing.
About the others... yeh, I have a really high tolerance. I think you also have to take the drama for what it is.
Hanakimi was very very clearly made expressly for the fangirls, and wasn't taking itself seriously at all. So I think if you come into it expecting the wrong kind of thing, you're going to be disappointed. I went in knowing that with a tagline of "Ikemen Paradise", it wasn't going to be a great work of art, and I was just watching it for the hotties. As such, I enjoyed it.
Honey and Clover... yeh... I really disliked Hagu. Her character was just so wishy-washy and had absolutely nothing grabbing you and making you cheer her on. I disliked Takemoto, but, somehow, I don't think he was meant to be liked. This is totally my opinion (and may be influenced by my fangirlism for Ikuta), but I think his character worked, because he was meant to be stupid and pathetic. Hagu was crap because she was supposed to have this spark of something amazing in her, but I just didn't see it. Maybe if we were to see her paintings in real life it would be different, but I didn't think they were anything to write home about either.
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The ending of that ticked me off too. I think Takemoto should have left alone, and become stronger for it. And why on earth would you put clovers in a sandwich??
Hiroki's character was great, though. I really liked him.
Um. Anyway. That was waaay too in-depth an analysis. Gomen ne!
I do disagree with Stand Up!! being in here though... I thought that was a great drama. I laughed my arse off.
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:44 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
proposal daisakusen...
i know pple wil hate me for saying this if not for the eye candy yamapi inside n all the raves tt the show is gd, i wont even watch to last episode.i haven even watch the special...not entice to..
i spent 2 whole months watching tt show! set a record as the most dont-wan-to-watch drama but must-watch-finish drama bec so manny pple keep recommending it.aiyo its like when i on my computer the thot is, i tink i better finish watching else i hanging in the air.then everytime i watch its seeing yamapi wan to say i love u but cannot say...
then i cannot ta han i watch zettai kareshi w PD then turn out i rather watch zettai kareshi though they keep making carrot cakes or mousse.
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:15 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
avontflex wrote:
proposal daisakusen...
.i haven even watch the special...not entice to..
.then everytime i watch its seeing yamapi wan to say i love u but cannot say...
then i cannot ta han i watch zettai kareshi w PD then turn out i rather watch zettai kareshi though they keep making carrot cakes or mousse.
U know concerning PD,yes i agree the drama's pace was somewhat slow, but i thought that the end of the drama payed up 4 that. And i really think u should give the special a try bec. it has everything that the drama was lacking and i personally really liked it.
As 4 Zettai Kareshi, i don't know abt everyone else,
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but though i thought the end was fine (that is being the only possible end), i was greatly pissed off watching the last ep. bec i thought they simply destroyed the whole thing. WHAT'S WITH THAT STUPID RIIKO GOING "I WANT 2 BE WITH NIGHT" ALL OF A SUDDEN and soo easily forgetting she was once in love with soshi. i don't know just didn't like it at all
I'd like 2 add another drama 2 my worst watched drama list that is Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi , i just watched the whole thing and felt soo happy deleting it off my hard, total waste. Though i really think KimuTaku did a great job with that awful character he was playing, the whole drama was simply..... i can't even stand 2 talk abt it again (i already said all i wanted on the drama's thread itself )
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
ya i do admit proposal daisakusen ending its stil ok...but pace is stil slow...hahaha...for zettai kareshi, i just think its not v well done but i dont like they made it a tradegy. but the eye candy hayami moko is more than enough to substain the dorama...
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
I haven't watched it yet , but I get the feeling that Code Blue is a rip on White Tower/House/ER .
I still stand by the fact that JP Hana Kimi pales in comparision to the TW version ( As good as Oguri is in Crows Zero and Rui in HYD , I despised him as Sano ) in just general watchability. I soooo disliked the entire cast from the jp one. Horikita Maki thats her name... I have yet to watch a show with her in it I like. ( Minus Densha and Densha Otoko )
Yukan club was on a level of awful that made me cry , so was Gokusen the III , as there doesn't need to be anymore , they are beating a dead horse.
1 pound no Fukuin...lol. I can't get past the first ep to save my life. I really don't like Kazuya all that much , so he might of silently killed it for me. He was tolerable in Nobuta because Yamapi offset him and Maki helped somewhat because she had very few words and didn't need much acting.
I liked Prodai...I just could not stand Nagasawa Masami's character. She didn't give Ken any chances , and left obscure clues that NO ONE would look for , and she was an all around emo b***h. Every episode I kept saying "Ken , why do you like such a cryptic emo? she's obviously insnae and has mental issues" . All of that was offset by Mikami Hiroshi though. I love him to bits. I alsoooo loved Hamada Gaku's character so much. He was my favorite character in the normal series , he kinda took a small step down in the SP though. Good thing they did a special though , because that ending for the normal series was all kinda of WTF.
Bambino was actually quite good , kinda like Utahime and pretty much any other Nagase drama is supremely undderated for whatever reason.
On a side note , I have yet to watch ROOKIES with Sato Ryuta . I hope for it to be good , because I have a thing for him. I only downloaded it because he was in it. I normally don't even touch sports dramas. ( Prince of Tennis backed me away from those permenantly ).
When it comes to JP dramas , I usually watch them for the actor. I rarely venture out of my range because I find that alot of JP dramas are hard to watch unless you like that specific genre. Like I'm hoping to bits Gon-zo gets subbed because the first ep was awesome. I think more people need to watch that one. Maou holds promise being based on one of my all time fav Korean dramas Mawang/The Devil.
Keep in mind , my opinion comes from being very biased twoards K and TW dramas , but I do try to enjoy JP ones as well. I usually stay within my Jimusho circle when it comes to JP dramas , or people who have been on older dramas I really enjoy. Sato Ryuta is a good example , seeing as how I can't find a JP drama betttter then Ikeburo West Gate Park , and he was in Utahime with Nagase again .
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:39 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
I'm surprised how many people dislike Sumire's character in Kimi wa Petto. I think she's immediately identifiable and sympathetic to unmarried women in professional fields. (Not that you're necessarily like her, but that you understand exactly where she's coming from and how hard it is for someone like her who has trouble being open with her feelings.) I really loved the drama because of that, anyway. It's one of my all-time favorites.
HanaKimi, however, was the worst series I've ever sat through. Unbelievably, indescribably bad. Writing was nonsensical and terrible, "romantic" pairing had NO chemistry, and it was intolerably stupid by any possible measure of silliness or comedy. Just... BAD. I can't believe I watched the whole series vainly hoping it would get decent; it makes the TW version look like high art, and that's saying something. I want those 10 hours of my life back.
Mirai Koshi Meguru is also unforgivably stupid; I made it two episodes into that one. Whiny Kyoko Fukada did not help.
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:47 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Archaenon wrote:
I haven't watched it yet , but I get the feeling that Code Blue is a rip on White Tower/House/ER .
*agree* ...i just finished watching the first episode and I find it hard to connect to it ...to me it looked like somekind of mash of several doctor-series (House/ER ...like you said). My first impression was: It's the japanese attempt of a second Grey's Anatomy. I guess give it a second try by watching the 2nd Episode, BUT I highly doubt it will become a personal favourite of mine
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:57 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Zettai Kareshi...why oh why??? It had possibilities and the fellow who plays Night is gorgeous but meh, it is so bloody boring (I like him better in Hataraki Man, anyway).
Stand up is the only one I haven't been able to get past the first episode, but I think Beach Boys is going to be added alongside it.
Yukan Club I managed to get through till the very last episode. When I saw pretty boy waving around a gun, I just had to throw my hands up in the air and stop watching. Ah well, more space on my hard drive, now that it's gone.
Same with Gokusen 2...why mess with something fun? Didn't even bother touching 3.
Hana Kimi was poo, but it was passable poo because everyone was so darn cute.
I have Honey and Clover, but haven't gotten around to it yet (I have been too enamored of Hataraki Man and some Kdramas (Last Scandal and Powerful Rivals...good stuff))and now I don't think I want to. Thanks for the heads up. Ah well, even more space free now on my hd.
But Galileo and Yahsa as some of the worst?!?! Galileo was just good fun and I liked the chemistry between the two, it was so sweet. Yasha - well come on now, two Ito Hideaki's, both superior humans, one a bit too in love with the other....right there you have all the elements of a great, racy drama, and I liked how they did the ending. Watch it again, because it deserves another chance.
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:15 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Itazura na kiss
i don't know what came on me and decided to watch this drama. not even that to finish. well, i try to give most of dramas its fair chance just in case it gets better.
but this drama was from start to finish a comeplete waste of time and total torture to watch. i think it was at the begining of making manga come to live action so it was totally crap.
i like takeshi in there, he was ok but the girl was just too much to handle. her annoying way of saying irie kun at end of her every sentense and shouting his name over and over and over, makes you
that was a complete waste of time for me.
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:25 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Archaenon wrote:
Yukan club was on a level of awful that made me cry , so was Gokusen the III , as there doesn't need to be anymore , they are beating a dead horse.
At first, I hated Yukan Club. But then I realized I was taking this drama way to seriously. I think, by the fifth episode, I realized that if I watched it not expecting anything but crack and a wonky episode scheme that would probably put Scooby Doo to shame -- Yukan Club would actually be enjoyable.
And it was. That's all Yukan Club is, just a feel good retarded Johnny's Jimusho infested drama of nothing. I mean, when a drama resorts to crossdressing, not once, but two times and potty humor I really doubt watching it seriously is worth the effort.
And that I can't hate anything with Yokoyama Yuu. I love him to bits.
As for Gokusen 3, I didn't even bother. You seen one you've seen them all.
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:11 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
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Zettai Kareshi...why oh why??? It had possibilities and the fellow who plays Night is gorgeous but meh, it is so bloody boring (I like him better in Hataraki Man, anyway).
But Galileo and Yahsa as some of the worst?!?! Galileo was just good fun and I liked the chemistry between the two, it was so sweet. Yasha - well come on now, two Ito Hideaki's, both superior humans, one a bit too in love with the other....right there you have all the elements of a great, racy drama, and I liked how they did the ending. Watch it again, because it deserves another chance.
Zettai Kareshi is the worst drama of all time for me. It could have been great (the manga was enjoyable, but had tons of room for improvement), but they really dumbed it down to the point of being unbearable. Riiko was horribly annoying, and the entire plot of her offering to spend a million dollars to buy a robot she didn't even like was excrement. The logical flaw was so bad that I couldn't maintain suspension of disbelief.
The story was overly formulaic without enough actual plot development. Every episode was overdone stupidity from Riiko while she pushed Night away until something made her act briefly nice at the end of the episode, and then it reset at the beginning of the next episode. The character turn arounds were pushed off to the very end of the series and weren't done well in the brief time alloted them. Riiko's choice at the end carried no emotional weight (yeah, I watched the finale just to see the rest of the cast's performances). The writing was hamhanded and juvenile. Night and Soshi both got treated like crap, and Riiko was such a selfish shrew that I wanted to hit her. It says something when you like the "bad" girl better than the lead... and that something isn't pleasant.
While I enjoyed Mokomichi's performance, I didn't have enough emotional investment in the character after all the bland and bad storytelling to get even remotely misty. Riiko didn't really have any emotional investment either. At least Namikiri's fatherly love for Night was good, but that and Soshi's nice guy finishing last bit weren't enough to carry it. It's a shame that the crap writing killed Mokomichi's solid performance.
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Poor Soshi is still just the effin consolation prize! So they went from his character getting screwed in the manga to both him and Night getting screwed in the drama... well, technically nobody gets screwed in the drama because Riiko has to set an unrealistic example of chastity to the viewers that goes to the point of even being wigged out by kissing. Hamhanded moralistic whitewashing once again dumbs down another story. What a load of crap!
I agree with you about Galileo and Yasha being worth a second chance. Galileo was really fun. It had a sweet chemistry, some good science bits, and lots of fun. The equations were kinda a silly gimmick, and nothing I took too seriously.
Yasha was a great action/thriller drama for me, and yeah it's got a racy element to it too. Probably Ito Hideaki's best performance, and he's done some really good ones, imo. I loved the ending!
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I thought the mechanism of the twins' built-in timelimit was a really cool with a recognizable basis in biology. That plausability is really good in sci-fi. On the emotional end of the spectrum, I liked the unspoken way that their mother knew that it was Rin instead of Sei, and the brief bittersweet happiness Rin was able to retain after his "redemption". They didn't have to beat you over the head to get the emotions across. They did it all right, and it really made the drama memorable for me.
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and soo easily forgetting she was once in love with soshi. i don't know just didn't like it at all
i can't even stand 2 talk abt it again (i already said all i wanted on the drama's thread itself 
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but the eye candy hayami moko is more than enough to substain the dorama... 
