Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 9:02 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
@SmiLeeGirl --
See, after the first episode, I had hoped we could get into a Game-esque storyline. Instead, much of it has turned out to be Big Brother starring Mr. Mushroom Head and One Stupid Girl. Yet this show manages to be fun due to giving us purple skies for no apparent reason, banging electro, and The Coolest Character of 2007 J-drama.
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Painstaking? Oh please, this drama is going at a very fast rate compared to MOST if not all japanese dramas out there (except the ancient ones - i dont watch those). I can't possibly see how one could say this is so long and boring. Yes there's some explanation here and there. But oh for the sake of people who are not as "smart" as you, can you please just let them explain the tricks as how they are doing it now? Because I don't think it's too long or too repetitive. In fact, even though I could guess how the plan is going, I still enjoy very much all the explanation because the acting is pretty funny (mushroom guy).
Honestly, I think the first half of Episode 6 was the single worst segment of drama I've watched on any show this year. The explanation reminded me of the Itemized Deduction section of the 1040 form that I keep screwing up on year after year, with extra pretty graphics and such. It was numbingly bad, and at some point, my mind started drifting and started wondering whether the Mushroom Guy could be kinda cute if like the director used a yellow filter and made the sky go polka-dot.
First time, I started feeling bad for Toda Erika too. I still don't know if she can act, but for a starring role, there's just nothing here to work with. Maybe Nao gets edgier in the 2nd half of the show.
2nd half of Episode 6 picked up nicely . . . And it looks like Episode 7 is going to be 100% fun. It seems that every other episode I end up liking a lot.
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And the 3 minutes of Coolest Character of 2007 J-drama, really lifted up the spirit of the show. Then I realized why I liked Episode 5 so much; Nao-chan had almost no speaking part in that whole thing, whereas Akiyama was allowed to dominate.
I liked the setup for Episode 7. It looks like she had no chance of winning, but we know Akiyama will somehow -- SOMEHOW -- flip the odds.
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:18 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
The show is going so far so good. If there're some haters of some personnages that means the cast is doing a good job. I really enjoy every second of the movie since I didn't read the manga so I have to keep wondering what will happen up next.. you don't have to be sharp watching the drama, let it entertain you and don't polluate the air !
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:33 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Man ep 6 was so...disappointing >=( and atleast that Mushroon guy only laughed..I wouldve hated it more if he started screaming like in the 2nd game..>_<
The previews look good too..though how the hell will Akiyama turn it around @_@
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 1:49 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
belleza wrote:
Honestly, I think the first half of Episode 6 was the single worst segment of drama I've watched on any show this year. The explanation reminded me of the Itemized Deduction section of the 1040 form that I keep screwing up on year after year, with extra pretty graphics and such. It was numbingly bad, and at some point, my mind started drifting and started wondering whether the Mushroom Guy could be kinda cute if like the director used a yellow filter and made the sky go polka-dot.
LoL, that's a fantastic metaphor! A lot of the explanations really feel like tax form instructions!
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First time, I started feeling bad for Toda Erika too. I still don't know if she can act, but for a starring role, there's just nothing here to work with. Maybe Nao gets edgier in the 2nd half of the show.
She's still too much of an idol. Few can make the idol to actress transition. You can still see her in pretty poses, but when she moves and emotes, it's not convincing ...
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 4:52 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
a little relieve that I'm not the only one irritated by nao's honesty.. lol
I like this drama, the plot and akiyama's cuteness ^_^ except only how stupidity nao has, is really irritating me and now I kinda like how nao's been treated now so she would somehow get smarter (oh! I've become an S)
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
i don't get why people don't like nao i think that she very cute even if she is stupidly kind and liar game it's like the best drama this spring.and it very exciting to watch and i love the plot.
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 5:49 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Nao being cute has nothing to do with whether people like her or not. She is cute, I will agree but its her stupidity nonetheless that makes people notlike her. Can someone really be that dumb? So honest to the point evetyone can lie and trick her. And what makes it worst is that she doesn't learn from her mistakes. That's why she anoyes me but I like Erika Toda regardless. She does need to shed her idol image though.
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 6:21 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
I think Nao's stupidity/honesty is what makes the drama fun for me to watch. If she wasn't, she wouldn't need any help and the story wouldn't be interesting. Part of the show is Nao learning that in the real world isn't as pure as she thinks it is. If she learned this lesson after a week or two, there wouldn't be a show. The show is about her journy in becoming more aware of the real world. She will eventually learn in the show, but it should be a slow process. Even if you find her annoying, she is the main reason to watch the show, because without her, there would be no show.
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
fastat3m wrote:
I think Nao's stupidity/honesty is what makes the drama fun for me to watch. If she wasn't, she wouldn't need any help and the story wouldn't be interesting. Part of the show is Nao learning that in the real world isn't as pure as she thinks it is. If she learned this lesson after a week or two, there wouldn't be a show. The show is about her journy in becoming more aware of the real world. She will eventually learn in the show, but it should be a slow process. Even if you find her annoying, she is the main reason to watch the show, because without her, there would be no show.
She is the main reason I watc hthe show. I want to see whats going to happen to her next or if she will wise up. I look forward to seeing that. But I look more forward to Akiyama coming to the rescue.
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:45 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
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She's still too much of an idol. Few can make the idol to actress transition.
Sometimes I think the great tragedy of Toda Erika was that she was born a woman. In an alternate universe, her hair would be laquered into fantastical gravity-defying shapes, her mouth would be on pernament pout, and she would be neither weak nor the queen bee. She's be the perfect, perfectly hammy Johnny Boy.
But, seriously, I think she's ill-matched as an idol too. There's kind of an aggressive sincerity about her; she wants to be liked, but she doesn't trust her own charm. She makes it look hard, and sometimes in interviews she doesn't seem quite happy.
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The show is about her journy in becoming more aware of the real world.
I'd like to think so, but because the source material is a boy's manga, Nao probably won't amount to much more than a damsel/foil for Akiyama. Like Maki's rather useless character in Kurosagi, Nao just seems like an accessory to cover the emo contigency of His Coolness. And undoubtedly, in the Cool, Shota walks and talks like Pi pouts.
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Akiyama hands Nao the keys to victory next episode 7. But I just think she'll vote herself out anyways. I can't keep this is the same actress who killed a bunch of random people out of love, all in killer goth lolita! P
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 12:25 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
On the topic of Nao, what exactly does her character do? I mean, besides participating in the Liar Game, does she have a job/income? Is she a student? Sorry if this has been answered somewhere! I must not have been paying attention...
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 12:49 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
I just watched ep 6 and now I know what you guys are talking about! I felt like slapping Nao silly when she pulled her kind act AGAIN. Does she even have time to be worrying about other people when she pretty much had no chance? >_>;
She was still cute and nice, but it's going to start getting on my nerves if she doesn't grow a backbone 8D;
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