I agree!fifimimi wrote:The best opening i have seen is Pride...the song was "Born to love you" by Queen and the actions of the ice hockey players were so cool...it gets your heart and adrenaline pumping!! I love it!!
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- Feb 22nd, '14, 13:07
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Best opening for a J-Drama
- Replies: 51
- Views: 20509
- Oct 13th, '13, 16:44
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Anyone who really'd watched a whole lot drama please help
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1717
Then, there is My Fair Lady. Isn't that a Korean version of Yamato Nadeshiko?tifosi84 wrote:I'm going to go out on a limb and guess : Is it Yamato Nadeshiko ?
- Sep 21st, '13, 06:37
- Forum: Other Asian Culture
- Topic: Who's watching Filipino dramas?
- Replies: 129
- Views: 136339
- Sep 17th, '13, 06:45
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Master's Sun (SBS 2013)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 16673
- Jan 8th, '12, 16:57
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: D-Addicts who are also Car-Addicts
- Replies: 66
- Views: 29957
- Dec 19th, '11, 06:48
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird of Kdrama
- Replies: 387
- Views: 76238
I hope I am not scaring anyone, but there are known cases of doctors actually killing people. I mean, doctors and surgeons are human beings who can love and hate like the rest of us. A close relation or tie between a surgeon and a patient does not necessarily mean they love or even like each other. ...
- Dec 17th, '11, 20:31
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird of Kdrama
- Replies: 387
- Views: 76238
Something I find decidedly weird is a surgeon operating on a girlfriend. This happened, early on, in Thank You (Jang Hyuk was the surgeon), which unfortunately meant I never could really enjoy that drama, as I thought the supposed hero, the genius doctor, was a stupid klutz. Lee Beom-soo's character...
- Dec 12th, '11, 16:22
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird of Kdrama
- Replies: 387
- Views: 76238
The connections is, that at first i wondered why in kdramas and other asian dramas the people believe man+woman+room=sex . then we discussed tradition and Confucius, well and now we are at the point of nuptials. But is there a Korean TV drama that has 'nuptials' in the sense explained above? That i...
- Dec 12th, '11, 09:02
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird of Kdrama
- Replies: 387
- Views: 76238
Long time ago nuptials and engagement were not separated properly. And their main part was spending the first night together. And voila. After some time those two events were separated. Even sometimes today engagement is sealed with spending the night. Thank you for the explanation. But... What is ...
- Dec 12th, '11, 07:19
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird of Kdrama
- Replies: 387
- Views: 76238
- Dec 7th, '11, 19:30
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird of Kdrama
- Replies: 387
- Views: 76238
- Dec 7th, '11, 13:34
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird of Kdrama
- Replies: 387
- Views: 76238
- Dec 7th, '11, 08:11
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird of Kdrama
- Replies: 387
- Views: 76238
So, I am fine with honorifics up to a point, or maybe in older couples and let's not forget many married out of convenience or others' decisions back then, so intimacy is not a given in such couples which are more like a business relationship than a proper one with love and all. ......................
- Dec 6th, '11, 20:44
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: Worst K-Drama Couple
- Replies: 67
- Views: 23080
For me, the worst KDrama couple would be Yoona (Girls Generation) and Park Jae-jeong in You Are My Destiny (KBS 2008). From what I have seen of Yoona, she is a pretty and charming and nice girl. But in the drama, she was supposed to be in love with someone (PJJ), and I just saw no sign of it. I mean...
- Dec 6th, '11, 15:38
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird of Kdrama
- Replies: 387
- Views: 76238
But what I am really not satisfied with is the fact that like 90% of Koreans drive cars with automatic gearbox(and 99,99% of kdrama(seen only 1 drama with manual car and the car was shown briefly). Well, if we go into cars (a vast subject), then I have never noticed a KDrama character flicking the ...
- Dec 6th, '11, 12:48
- Forum: Chinese Drama Discussions
- Topic: Recommended C-Dramas (Ask for suggestions here)
- Replies: 703
- Views: 566034
I keep count of Asian dramas I watch. Chinese, I have started 25 and finished 5. The latest of those five is Material Queen , and that's what I want to recommend The story is nothing revolutionary, but the lead couple is adorable and the look of the drama, the colours, the camerawork, the clothes, t...
- Dec 5th, '11, 19:56
- Forum: Chinese Drama Discussions
- Topic: [TwDrama] Material Queen
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9341
I keep count of Asian dramas I watch. Chinese, I have started 25 and finished 5. The last of those five is Material Queen - it's also my favourite. The story is nothing revolutionary, but the lead couple is adorable and the look of the drama, the colours, the camera work, the clothes, the accessorie...
- Dec 5th, '11, 19:35
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird of Kdrama
- Replies: 387
- Views: 76238
Well, US rules in both occasions. In the former, it's the land of best schooling which creates geniuses (sucking up to them). In the latter, it's a promise land that cures all (sucking up to them). But why should KDramas suck up to the US? I understand anti-US sentiments are, and have been, rather ...
- Dec 4th, '11, 13:52
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird of Kdrama
- Replies: 387
- Views: 76238
Another medical queerness in KDramas... If it's a hospital drama where the characters are doctors and such, usually they are extremely gifted. The lead character has been schooled in the US, and is so talented that world-class American hospitals would be happy to secure her or his services. If it's ...
- Dec 4th, '11, 12:45
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird of Kdrama
- Replies: 387
- Views: 76238
They have medical insurance. But, at least in dramas, not everybody has one. Even if they have one, then these insurances just pay a certain amount of money. So if a cancer treatment costs 100k(yea i know in reality probably more), then the insurance pays 20k and the rest has the patient to pay. Th...
- Dec 4th, '11, 09:25
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird of Kdrama
- Replies: 387
- Views: 76238
One thing that always puzzles me in KDramas is medical insurance, or, rather, the lack of it. South Korea clearly belongs to the world's developed countries, and I think one of the hallmarks, so to say, of a developed country is a medical insurance system. Yet, one of the KDrama staples is a charact...
- Nov 21st, '11, 14:26
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird of Kdrama
- Replies: 387
- Views: 76238
Earlier, posters were wondering about KDrama characters sitting, eating and sleeping on the floor. I would think it has to do with the floors being warm - the traditional Korean heating system, ondol , is an underfloor one. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondol Obeying your parents, worshipping you...
- Nov 21st, '11, 08:36
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: Vampire Prosecutor 1 & 2 (OCN, 2011/2012)
- Replies: 101
- Views: 36285
I watched the first five minutes of E01 and got dizzy from the camera shaking all the time. Then I jumped here and there in the episode, and it looked like the camera kept shaking all the time. I mean, the shake was not used for effect in some scenes, which I have seen before (and not minded.) It sh...
- Apr 12th, '11, 13:04
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Why are really good dramas so underrated?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 16004
- Apr 11th, '11, 06:11
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Why are really good dramas so underrated?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 16004
Now regarding how this thread is pointless. The purpose of this thread was for me to discover dramas that perhaps other people came across and really liked. But said dramas don't have much of a fan base. If that was your purpose, then perhaps you should have thought of another title. If you ask &qu...
- Apr 10th, '11, 11:05
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Why are really good dramas so underrated?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 16004
- Apr 9th, '11, 07:02
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Why are really good dramas so underrated?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 16004
Re: Why are really good dramas so underrated?
Some of my favorite dramas are so tragically underrated, that it is appalling. While other fluffier dramas are popular, these dramas with great storylines and amazing cast are unheard of. Makes me wonder what dramas I am missing. But how do you define "underrated"? That is, what makes you...
- Mar 28th, '11, 06:15
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discuss.] Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta
- Replies: 163
- Views: 62830
- Jan 29th, '11, 08:11
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: Sageuk and Taeha dramas
- Replies: 102
- Views: 107405
- Jan 29th, '11, 08:01
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: Sign (SBS, 2011)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9574
- Jan 13th, '11, 09:27
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: KDrama Set in North Korea?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2810
KDrama Set in North Korea?
Has there been a KDrama set in (post-Korean War) North Korea, the DPRK? At least partly? Dramas with a few DPRK scenes, like IRIS, do not qualify.
- Jan 11th, '11, 13:51
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: Sageuk and Taeha dramas
- Replies: 102
- Views: 107405
Re: no cgi!
I agree with you. CGI has no place in historical drama's. I'm not so sure about that. Part of the attraction of Dong Yi , for me at least, is the sets and decors and costumes, as well as the sheer number of extras. The whole thing seems so real , like they were serious about things. I remember givi...
- Jan 11th, '11, 12:47
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: Sageuk and Taeha dramas
- Replies: 102
- Views: 107405
- Jan 11th, '11, 11:47
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: So, What Kdrama are you currently watching?
- Replies: 1115
- Views: 225568
- Jan 22nd, '10, 06:03
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Fumou Chitai
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15866
I just finished reading The Barren Zone , the English translation of Toyoko Yamasaki's novel. Curiously, there is a foreword stating that this is the first of four linked novels. Indeed, it only covers the period from 1945 to 1959 and ends where Iki is returning from his first visit to the US. Howev...
- Jan 20th, '10, 08:42
- Forum: Korean Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: K-movies discussion
- Replies: 503
- Views: 161752
- Jan 20th, '10, 08:35
- Forum: Korean Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: What Do North/South Koreans Call Each Other?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3742
What Do North/South Koreans Call Each Other?
IRIS made me think of this. How do North/South Koreans refer to each other? That is, what words does a North Korean use to describe someone as South Korean? Correspondingly, what words does a South Korean use to describe someone as North Korean?
- Jan 18th, '10, 05:24
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [DISCUSSION] Real Clothes
- Replies: 55
- Views: 24611
- Jan 8th, '10, 06:11
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [DISCUSSION] Real Clothes
- Replies: 55
- Views: 24611
I started watching this because Hitomi Kuroki was in it. I suppose I'll stick it out to the end, but, well, compared to her billing, she gets very little screen time, doesn't she? I thought there would be two main characters, played by her and Karina, respectively, but that's not true at all. A big ...
- Dec 26th, '09, 07:48
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] JIN (Osawa Takao, Ayase Haruka, Uchino Masaaki)
- Replies: 512
- Views: 205559
- Dec 24th, '09, 13:33
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] JIN (Osawa Takao, Ayase Haruka, Uchino Masaaki)
- Replies: 512
- Views: 205559
Ryoma Sakamoto seems to be a popular character in Japanese movies and TV. Theater, too. I was surprised to find he has even been played by Miki Maya. If the name does not ring a bell, here she is seen as the school principal in this year's Ohitorisama : http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/245/ohitorisa...
- Dec 11th, '09, 18:10
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] JIN (Osawa Takao, Ayase Haruka, Uchino Masaaki)
- Replies: 512
- Views: 205559
- Dec 10th, '09, 07:23
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] JIN (Osawa Takao, Ayase Haruka, Uchino Masaaki)
- Replies: 512
- Views: 205559
- Dec 6th, '09, 17:37
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] JIN (Osawa Takao, Ayase Haruka, Uchino Masaaki)
- Replies: 512
- Views: 205559
... the patient had had to know what he needed to find and took the the basic medical stuff like a doctor Rewatching the staircase scene in episode 1: the patient was carrying the medical bag, yes. But I thought his voice was Sakamoto's. The voice is heard because the patient says he has to go back...
- Dec 6th, '09, 12:17
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] JIN (Osawa Takao, Ayase Haruka, Uchino Masaaki)
- Replies: 512
- Views: 205559
Maybe who time traveled was the JIN himself???? But wouldn't that mean that Jin operated on himself in episode 1? Sounds weird. Of course, time travel is weird... On the other hand, the bandaged patient of episode 1 had wounds that might have resulted from an assassination attempt. Sakamoto? But wh...
- Dec 3rd, '09, 16:48
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] JIN (Osawa Takao, Ayase Haruka, Uchino Masaaki)
- Replies: 512
- Views: 205559
- Dec 2nd, '09, 17:36
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] JIN (Osawa Takao, Ayase Haruka, Uchino Masaaki)
- Replies: 512
- Views: 205559
- Nov 30th, '09, 15:12
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] JIN (Osawa Takao, Ayase Haruka, Uchino Masaaki)
- Replies: 512
- Views: 205559
- Nov 29th, '09, 19:19
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] JIN (Osawa Takao, Ayase Haruka, Uchino Masaaki)
- Replies: 512
- Views: 205559
I somehow still find Sakamoto's character in JIN rather bizarre but nevertheless Uchino's charisma and screen presence is undeniable. I agree about the character's bizarreness. I find it very odd how Sakamoto appears at random moments and random places. I also find the lines he speaks hard to make ...
- Nov 25th, '09, 08:20
- Forum: International Community
- Topic: Finnish D-Addicts
- Replies: 508
- Views: 170112
Mutta elän toivossa :D olisiko kellään mielessä jotain sellaista korealaista sarjaa, jossa EI ole sitä bitchiä johon päähenkilömies on ihastunut, tai muutakaan kolmiodraamaa... Oma tämänhetkinen suosikkini on 보석 비빔밥/Boseog bibimbab/Assorted Gems . Yritin tässä miettiä, ja on siinä ehkä pari kolmio ...
- Nov 12th, '08, 06:02
- Forum: Korean Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: Buying manhwa's
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3151
http://www.hanbooks.com/comics.html Thank you, but... I checked out HanBooks a while ago, and while they accept European customers, it seems unnecessarily complicated to order Korean stuff from the US. I mean - why not direct from Korea? Also, HanBook prices are pretty high. A 22-volume set of Tazz...
- Oct 26th, '08, 15:40
- Forum: Korean Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: Buying manhwa's
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3151
Buying manhwa's
I had the idea of trying to learn (at least) some Korean by reading manhwa's. However, Korean online bookshops always seem to require a Korean residence registration number when ordering, and I, living in Europe, of course do not have one. Would anyone know of a shop that does send stuff to customer...
- Oct 26th, '08, 15:39
- Forum: Korean Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: Buying manhwa's
- Replies: 0
- Views: 666
Buying manhwa's
I had the idea of trying to learn (at least) some Korean by reading manhwa's. However, Korean online bookshops always seem to require a Korean residence registration number when ordering, and I, living in Europe, of course do not have one. Would anyone know of a shop that does send stuff to customer...
- Oct 26th, '08, 15:38
- Forum: Korean Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: Buying manhwa's
- Replies: 0
- Views: 867
Buying manhwa's
I had the idea of trying to learn (at least) some Korean by reading manhwa's. However, Korean online bookshops always seem to require a Korean residence registration number when ordering, and I, living in Europe, of course do not have one. Would anyone know of a shop that does send stuff to customer...
- Apr 23rd, '08, 07:17
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: RECOMMENDED/FAVORITE KDRAMAS (ask for suggestions here)
- Replies: 3581
- Views: 1476348
By the way, if anyone has not noticed... 대망/Daemang is becoming available:
http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=211298
But no, there are no subtitles...
http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=211298
But no, there are no subtitles...
- Apr 18th, '08, 16:06
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: RECOMMENDED/FAVORITE KDRAMAS (ask for suggestions here)
- Replies: 3581
- Views: 1476348
- Apr 16th, '08, 14:44
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: RECOMMENDED/FAVORITE KDRAMAS (ask for suggestions here)
- Replies: 3581
- Views: 1476348
is anyone watching Yi San at the time being? i wanna try a new saguek, but not sure if i wanna invest my time in a long drama unless its worth it. I stopped watching Yi San at E10. I felt there was altogether too much resemblance with Seo Dong Yo (which I stopped watching at about E28). That is, th...
- Jan 30th, '08, 20:24
- Forum: Other Asian Culture
- Topic: [ThDrama] Jam Loey Rak (Defendant of Love)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 50280
Can you tell us more? Is this a remake of an earlier ThDrama? I'm asking because a user called tuktukland very recently uploaded episodes from a 1989 ThDrama, Jum Lei Ruk , to YouTube. The name seems identical, while the storyline is, at least, similar. Unfortunately, the 1989 version doesn't have s...
- Jan 27th, '08, 08:47
- Forum: Other Asian Culture
- Topic: [ThDrama] Leh Ratee (A Woman's Trickery)
- Replies: 63
- Views: 40986
One thing that surprises me in Thai dramas, including Leh Ratree , is the servants (of which the rich people usually have several). They are--invariably, I would say--portrayed as STUPID and UGLY. And usually they are treated as, well, SLAVES. Is this the reality in Thailand? Or does it only happen ...
- Jan 26th, '08, 18:18
- Forum: Other Asian Culture
- Topic: [ThDrama] Leh Ratee (A Woman's Trickery)
- Replies: 63
- Views: 40986
Re: [ThDrama] Leh Ratee (A Woman's Trickery)
I know that Thai drama is not that popular here but I wanted to share this one with everyone. It's one of my favorite drama and it's a little different from the uploaded one here. ........................................... Also if there not that many people who want this, I might stop uploading be...
- Jan 14th, '08, 19:12
- Forum: Other Asian Culture
- Topic: Does Anyone Watch Thai Drama
- Replies: 51
- Views: 75570
I need subtitles for Thai lakorns, so I have only watched a few. Here's my list so far: Hua Jai Chocolate Kaew Tah Pee Khun Por Rub Jang Duang Jai Patiharn Oum Rak Rak Nee Hua Jai Rao Jong An addition: Leh Ratree To be precise, I have only completed HJC, KTP, DJP, and LR. I finished Duang Jai Patih...
- Nov 25th, '07, 17:12
- Forum: Other Asian Culture
- Topic: Disturbed by frequent rapes in THAI dramas.
- Replies: 47
- Views: 130158
I haven't seen that show at all but what you're describing sounds like the particular rape scenes cited earlier that I saw on YouTube. The problem isn't showing the actual rape, cuz obviously doing that would cross it over to pornography. The problem is that the idea of rape is portrayed um, too ca...
- Nov 25th, '07, 10:58
- Forum: Other Asian Culture
- Topic: Does Anyone Watch Thai Drama
- Replies: 51
- Views: 75570
- Nov 25th, '07, 09:52
- Forum: Other Asian Culture
- Topic: Disturbed by frequent rapes in THAI dramas.
- Replies: 47
- Views: 130158
i only saw kaew ta pee, and there were at least three rape scenes in there. i thought it was just for this series only, but now you mention it, i do think it's quite scary. i hope it's not true that raping is normal and ok for thai audiences. it's not ok at all. I just finished watching Kaew Tah Pe...
- Nov 6th, '07, 08:25
- Forum: Japanese Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: Clubboxes with Jdramas (Info, links in 1st post- Pls read!!)
- Replies: 507
- Views: 204700
Re: Clubboxes with Jdramas (Info, links in 1st post- Pls rea
From the first post in this thread: 1) Information/Links for various clubbox w/ JDrama: Links & Info: http://asianwaves.net/index.php HowTo: [let me know if there's a good How To out there and I will link it here] [ FAQ: http://free.hostultra.com/~clubbox/faq.html Neither of the links seems to w...
- Nov 1st, '07, 06:35
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: The best KDrama of 2006?
- Replies: 100
- Views: 47285
Three favorites from 2006, in no particular order:
Hello, God (drama)
Fantasy Couple (comedy)
Jumong (sageuk)
I liked My Girl, too, but it's 2005 according to DramaWiki (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Category:KDrama2005).
Hello, God (drama)
Fantasy Couple (comedy)
Jumong (sageuk)
I liked My Girl, too, but it's 2005 according to DramaWiki (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Category:KDrama2005).
- Oct 17th, '07, 05:14
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: Things I've Noticed from KDramas
- Replies: 349
- Views: 111649
Re: Things I've Noticed from KDramas
Most recently seen in E31 of Golden Bride.Sakari wrote:
31, or, Curse of the Unattended Cellphone. If you leave your cellphone unattended, it will ring, and somebody else will answer. This will be the one person who should not answer the call.
39. One character buys another a cellphone.
- Jul 31st, '07, 09:56
- Forum: Korean Actors & Actresses
- Topic: Is it Lee Jun ki or Lee Joon ki?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16145
LJK's family name, Lee, is tricky, too. It is, in fact, a single vowel (as well as a single Korean character). KDrama viewers will remember the main girl from Goong S , actress Heo I-jae. That I in her given name is the same vowel. Want to be consistent? Just write LJK's name as I Joon-ki. Well, som...
- Jul 30th, '07, 08:16
- Forum: Korean Actors & Actresses
- Topic: Is it Lee Jun ki or Lee Joon ki?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16145
- Jul 25th, '07, 18:02
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: Things I've Noticed from KDramas
- Replies: 349
- Views: 111649
Re: Things I've Noticed from KDramas
Most recently seen - Chae Rim in Dal Ja's Spring.Sakari wrote: 16. Good girls don't drive (cars). Bad girls do. Well, a good girl just *might* drive, but she will do it so badly it's a wonder she was ever given a license.
- Jul 12th, '07, 14:22
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: Things I've Noticed from KDramas
- Replies: 349
- Views: 111649
- Jul 11th, '07, 07:13
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: Things I've Noticed from KDramas
- Replies: 349
- Views: 111649
Re: Things I've Noticed from KDramas
16. Good girls don't drive (cars). Bad girls do. Well, a good girl just *might* drive, but she will do it so badly it's a wonder she was ever given a license. In fact, it seems that scriptwriters are not as fond of this plot device as they used to be. The last example of this that comes to (my) min...
- Jul 10th, '07, 05:00
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: Things I've Noticed from KDramas
- Replies: 349
- Views: 111649
Re: Things I've Noticed from KDramas
But this is becoming obsolete, as more and more KDrama households are installing CCTV cameras on their doors.Sakari wrote: 42. If there is a knock at the door or the doorbell rings, the character inside will ask, "Who is it?", but will open the door without waiting for an answer.
- Jun 4th, '07, 07:42
- Forum: Japanese Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: Why are DVD's for Japan so expensive?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 16089
Why are DVD's for Japan so expensive?
Yes, why? On YesAsia's website, say, Jumong and Cloud Stairway KDrama boxsets are priced about USD180 if there are Japanese subtitles. That's about twice what I would expect to pay for corresponding boxsets with English subtitles or none. A couple of JDrama examples - Orange Days , no subtitles, USD...
- May 30th, '07, 05:12
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Maison Ikkoku Special Drama
- Replies: 67
- Views: 30567
why is the ending like tht??? is that how it ends??? wtf :( I have a 10-volume set of the manga, and this TV special does not even cover the first of those volumes. So no, Maison Ikkoku the manga does not end like that. I didn't think Misaki Itoh was bad. It's just that... Wouldn't Kyoko Hasegawa h...