[Discussion] BOSS (All Seasons)
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I thought ep. 4 was just as disastrous. Note to director: if you decide to use a cliffhanger, don't ruin it in the preview for the next episode. Takenouchi has had an incredibly small amount of screen time thru 4 episodes; I wonder if he owed someone in Fuji TV a huge favour or is just looking forward to cash in a huge paycheck (relative to the number of hours he'll be putting in). I should have given up on the show after ep. 3, but strangely I'm still watching. It's like rubber necking at a huge train wreck; you know you should really move on but just can't keep your eyes away. I wonder if that's the reason it's still getting huge ratings in Japan (I seem to be doing a lot of wondering about this show; hmmm...).raven_frost wrote:Geez, I wonder if Yamada Takayuki regrets his cameo in Ep4 and the upcoming Ep5 granted that Ep4 hasn't been as disastrous as Ep2 but all the episodes so far clearly show that the writer and probably the producer are far off from their element.
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Enjoyed watching episode 1. While my rating is Mr. Brain > Boss for this season's dramas, I still love the cast. Hmm for some reason, it's like Kimura Takuya is always fighting out Takenouchi Yutaka for ratings. This sort of happened with Tomorrow vs. Change. They're both awesome actors, but after Beach Boys and Long Vacation, I haven't watched much of Yutaka's dramas. Didn't really like the premise of Tomorrow (not a fan of medical dramas) either. Do you guys have favorites from him?
This will be my 3rd drama from Amami Yuki (seen Queen's Classroom and Around 40) and she's so good in her role as the BOSS. Exudes confidence but with her own sense of humor that grabs the audience tightly. Mizobata Junpei is playing a quirky guy here ... so different from his role in Akai Ito.
Oh and true, Erika Toda in the poster is so misleading because her character is so unattached to people, couldn't care less about fashion and lazy.
Still can't wait for next episodes.
This will be my 3rd drama from Amami Yuki (seen Queen's Classroom and Around 40) and she's so good in her role as the BOSS. Exudes confidence but with her own sense of humor that grabs the audience tightly. Mizobata Junpei is playing a quirky guy here ... so different from his role in Akai Ito.
Oh and true, Erika Toda in the poster is so misleading because her character is so unattached to people, couldn't care less about fashion and lazy.
Still can't wait for next episodes.
just finished watching ep 1 too. as for me, i liked better than Mr Brain. i thought this one was more cleverly done without spending overtop budget. i am not keeping my hopes high for this drama to be great because saw an ep few weeks ago and i was kind of disappointed.
i am watching this drama because of yutaka, tamayama and amami because have been following most of their dramas. but it seems that Yutaka's appearance will get less and less in future eps (and in that particular eps that i saw, he was hardly there).
i always loved Yuki Amami's acting. it seems that she is one of few japanese actresses that really can portrait a strong woman and she really looks natural doing so.
i already have my favourite to follow in this drama and he is Tamayama's character, Katagiri. i thought i would be more into Yutaka's character (being a long time fan of him) but katagiri seems a bit of mysterious and quiet kind of guy. not to mention a very hondsome one too.
i am watching this drama because of yutaka, tamayama and amami because have been following most of their dramas. but it seems that Yutaka's appearance will get less and less in future eps (and in that particular eps that i saw, he was hardly there).
i always loved Yuki Amami's acting. it seems that she is one of few japanese actresses that really can portrait a strong woman and she really looks natural doing so.
i already have my favourite to follow in this drama and he is Tamayama's character, Katagiri. i thought i would be more into Yutaka's character (being a long time fan of him) but katagiri seems a bit of mysterious and quiet kind of guy. not to mention a very hondsome one too.
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I've watched only the first episode and I agree, Katagiri is the most interesting character (I guess we will discover something of his past and I love when personal details of cops are involved in police series).
Something I noticed... Some things in this dorama are totally copied from Criminal Minds. Probably they copied also other US shows, and the Boss has been in America so it's obvious she will use some of their methods (copied from tv shows) even though she said she hasn't learnt much there. In the press conference they mention "profiling" as one of the abilities of the new team, but it's not the only thing connected with Criminal Minds in the first episode.
I must say this show is interesting and it deserves the high ratings it has. It has some good points it can develop, I hope I won't be disappointed.
Something I noticed... Some things in this dorama are totally copied from Criminal Minds. Probably they copied also other US shows, and the Boss has been in America so it's obvious she will use some of their methods (copied from tv shows) even though she said she hasn't learnt much there. In the press conference they mention "profiling" as one of the abilities of the new team, but it's not the only thing connected with Criminal Minds in the first episode.
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I normally don't like pissing on a drama more than once especially in its own thread, and these days I'm only watching this show if there's an interesting guest appearance such as in ep. 08. I've already given up on the characters having any common sense or the ability to think logically (checking your brain at the door is a must before watching this drama), but if ep. 08 is any indication, then the Japanese are still far behind their western counterparts (or those in Hong Kong) in their ability to set up and shoot a good action set piece. With a big budget you'd think that they can at least afford to hire a firearms expert to teach the actors/actresses how to hold a gun properly under various conditions, and how to react properly to sniper fire, etc.. Even an 11 year old Hong Kong movie "Option Zero" has much more exciting (and accurately portrayed) gun fights (under similar circumstances towards the end). I guess when I complained about police procedures being thrown out the window in a previous post, I should include the proper use of firearms and staging of gun fights as well.
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I just watched the first episode, and it was rather hilarious how you can apparently stand right in front of a large explosion and not receive even a single scratch. The guy who blew up was remarkably intact too (completely intact, actually), whereas in reality he would have been in pieces all over the area. The detectives standing in front of him would have been killed or critically injured. The fact that the detectives found the guy by just happening to be there at the right time is a sign of lazy writing, and pretty improbable in a city as gigantic as Tokyo.zettaiKaren wrote:I normally don't like pissing on a drama more than once especially in its own thread, and these days I'm only watching this show if there's an interesting guest appearance such as in ep. 08. I've already given up on the characters having any common sense or the ability to think logically (checking your brain at the door is a must before watching this drama), but if ep. 08 is any indication, then the Japanese are still far behind their western counterparts (or those in Hong Kong) in their ability to set up and shoot a good action set piece. With a big budget you'd think that they can at least afford to hire a firearms expert to teach the actors/actresses how to hold a gun properly under various conditions, and how to react properly to sniper fire, etc.. Even an 11 year old Hong Kong movie "Option Zero" has much more exciting (and accurately portrayed) gun fights (under similar circumstances towards the end).I guess when I complained about police procedures being thrown out the window in a previous post, I should include the proper use of firearms and staging of gun fights as well.
Someone also needs to tell the writers that it's impossible to "enhance" a pixelated image.
The characters are all cliched stereotypes.
Agree with you that the scene is over reality, and the characters are almost the same... ^_^'' Anyway, It's fun and interesting. I really want to watch another episodelollercopter wrote:I just watched the first episode, and it was rather hilarious how you can apparently stand right in front of a large explosion and not receive even a single scratch. The guy who blew up was remarkably intact too (completely intact, actually), whereas in reality he would have been in pieces all over the area. The detectives standing in front of him would have been killed or critically injured. The fact that the detectives found the guy by just happening to be there at the right time is a sign of lazy writing, and pretty improbable in a city as gigantic as Tokyo.zettaiKaren wrote:I normally don't like pissing on a drama more than once especially in its own thread, and these days I'm only watching this show if there's an interesting guest appearance such as in ep. 08. I've already given up on the characters having any common sense or the ability to think logically (checking your brain at the door is a must before watching this drama), but if ep. 08 is any indication, then the Japanese are still far behind their western counterparts (or those in Hong Kong) in their ability to set up and shoot a good action set piece. With a big budget you'd think that they can at least afford to hire a firearms expert to teach the actors/actresses how to hold a gun properly under various conditions, and how to react properly to sniper fire, etc.. Even an 11 year old Hong Kong movie "Option Zero" has much more exciting (and accurately portrayed) gun fights (under similar circumstances towards the end).I guess when I complained about police procedures being thrown out the window in a previous post, I should include the proper use of firearms and staging of gun fights as well.
Someone also needs to tell the writers that it's impossible to "enhance" a pixelated image.
The characters are all cliched stereotypes.
It seems that in Japan they found a way to do this because this keep happeing in every detective/mystery/police dramas. Mr Brain is another example when i want to shout at them everytime they found out the identity of that person by zomming in a very pixelated image.Someone also needs to tell the writers that it's impossible to "enhance" a pixelated image.
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i was shocked to see the last few seconds of ep 10zettaiKaren wrote:ep 10.
IMO More plot twists and drama than almost all of the previous episodes combined. I just hope they don't screw up the finale, which will feature actors/actress who played 3 of the greatest teacher personalities in Japanese drama's history.
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Correction - I was referring to all the previous episodes written solely by the same writer, Hayashi Hiroshi. Ep. 6 (which he co-wrote), 7, & 9 (written by another writer) are actually quite decent and also relatively free of major plot holes. This is so far the best script he's ever written for this drama; but I think he might have gone too far and and painted himself into a corner. Let's see how well he can properly/logically wrap up all the threads in the finalezettaiKaren wrote:...IMO more plot twists and drama than almost all of the previous episodes combined...
BTW, I noticed that this is the first Japanese drama in quite a while that used a lot of music from some prominent western TV series/movies for major scenes w/o apparent reasons (like in ep. 08 where they used music from the TV series 'Prison Break', the movie 'Tranformers', and some others). Not that they're not good choices, but I was often briefly distracted by thinking about scenes in those TV series/movies instead of concentrating on what's happening. It's not like they don't have an original score to use
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yeah!!! finally my "infernal affair"/"the departed" scene came true.. haha.. i think japanese drama should just make one infernal-affair-the-drama version.. prolly featuring amami, takenouchi, takeshi, etc.. it would be so cool..
anw, i hope the drama ends on a nice note..
also, does anyone finds the first 20mins of episode 10 kinda.. lame? it was funny.. i did LOL.. but.. i was lame.. haha
anw, i hope the drama ends on a nice note..
also, does anyone finds the first 20mins of episode 10 kinda.. lame? it was funny.. i did LOL.. but.. i was lame.. haha
I don't understand Japanese -___-''totemokakkoii wrote:yeah!!! finally my "infernal affair"/"the departed" scene came true.. haha.. i think japanese drama should just make one infernal-affair-the-drama version.. prolly featuring amami, takenouchi, takeshi, etc.. it would be so cool..
anw, i hope the drama ends on a nice note..
also, does anyone finds the first 20mins of episode 10 kinda.. lame? it was funny.. i did LOL.. but.. i was lame.. haha
Can you tell me a story?
You need to do some searching yourself; don't always completely rely on others to find all the info for you. A simple Google search for "tracker" answers all your questions.wang_noi wrote:so sorry ... I'm a new user... What is tracker?wmcnair370 wrote:Do a search on the tracker, as the first two episodes are out in English sub.
Please give me links ...^__^''
Thanks a lot
1. Get a torrent program, such as Vuze or uTorrent (Google whichever one you want to get it)
2. Download the torrent file from the torrents page (There's tons here and I'm sure you can find what you want with the Search feature.)
3. Open the torrent with the program.
4. Start the download and wait until it finishes.
5. Watch the drama.
Anyway, back on track.
I hate how the cliffhanger at the end of Episode 4 is screwed up by the preview of the next episode And that cliffhanger had a lot of suspense as well, at least for me.
thanks for answering...kaheiyeh wrote:You need to do some searching yourself; don't always completely rely on others to find all the info for you. A simple Google search for "tracker" answers all your questions.wang_noi wrote:so sorry ... I'm a new user... What is tracker?wmcnair370 wrote:Do a search on the tracker, as the first two episodes are out in English sub.
Please give me links ...^__^''
Thanks a lot
1. Get a torrent program, such as Vuze or uTorrent (Google whichever one you want to get it)
2. Download the torrent file from the torrents page (There's tons here and I'm sure you can find what you want with the Search feature.)
3. Open the torrent with the program.
4. Start the download and wait until it finishes.
5. Watch the drama.
Anyway, back on track.
I hate how the cliffhanger at the end of Episode 4 is screwed up by the preview of the next episode And that cliffhanger had a lot of suspense as well, at least for me.
I already downloaded some of her stuffs which are still be seeding...
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haha.. yeah.. that's was quite funny...raven_frost wrote:Eriko references Mamiya Takako, her character from Rikon Bengoshi in the finale
i hope there is Boss2.. though i admit the show is kinda lame, but i love the chemistry between the cast, especially takenouchi and amami.
the rest of the cast were wonderful too.
I hope there is Boss season2 too ^__^totemokakkoii wrote:haha.. yeah.. that's was quite funny...raven_frost wrote:Eriko references Mamiya Takako, her character from Rikon Bengoshi in the finale
i hope there is Boss2.. though i admit the show is kinda lame, but i love the chemistry between the cast, especially takenouchi and amami.
the rest of the cast were wonderful too.
I still want to know what is the relationship between Eriko and Nodate.
Hope to continue watching
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wang_noi wrote:
I hope there is Boss season2 too ^__^
I still want to know what is the relationship between Eriko and Nodate.
Hope to continue watching
me too.. i remembered the beginning scene in episode 1...
and if there is season 2, i hope more attention will also be placed on the remaining characters... maybe they can give katagiri a elevator girl.. haha
55+totemokakkoii wrote:wang_noi wrote:
I hope there is Boss season2 too ^__^
I still want to know what is the relationship between Eriko and Nodate.
Hope to continue watching
me too.. i remembered the beginning scene in episode 1...i mean, what was their relationship? ha..
and if there is season 2, i hope more attention will also be placed on the remaining characters... maybe they can give katagiri a elevator girl.. haha
You make me feel better that it's not only me think about their relationship >__<
But if their relationship is "in the same bedroom", what'is about "Hiroshi"?
Anyway .... hope to see season 2 as soon as possible ^__^
PS... I saw in Wiki that Amami will have another series, Fumo Chitai. Is it true?
And how important is Amami acts in?
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Did someone else notice that in the "abandoned hospital scene" in Boss Ep 4, they used a piece of music from the recent "Star Trek" movie (namely: "Nero Sighted", track #6 on the CD) ? I wonder whether the composer was correctly credited ! And I also wonder why they didin't ask Sawano to compose something that fitted, it's his trend after all!
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I'm doing downloading >__< It's really worthBlah Blah san wrote:Hello, if you are intersted someone is seeding Rikon Bengoshi 2.I haven't watched Rikon Bengoshi and now there is no one seeding T__T
Torrents sometimes are slow if there aren't many seeders, so you need a little patience, but it's worth it
Anyway, I hope that there will be subbed T__T
I don't understand the exact story, I did guess, just guess T__T
Someone please sub it .....
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It's really pity... -__-''Blah Blah san wrote:I couldn't find any subtitle regarding Rikon Bengoshi 2, too bad.wang_noi wrote: I'm doing downloading >__< It's really worth
Anyway, I hope that there will be subbed T__T
I don't understand the exact story, I did guess, just guess T__T
Someone please sub it .....
Anyway, I will watch without sub and try to understand 55+
I didn't notice that, but I DID hear the theme song to the old (and great) sitcom "SOAP" at the beginning of the play that they performed for the children.kiddygrade wrote:Did someone else notice that in the "abandoned hospital scene" in Boss Ep 4, they used a piece of music from the recent "Star Trek" movie (namely: "Nero Sighted", track #6 on the CD) ? I wonder whether the composer was correctly credited ! And I also wonder why they didin't ask Sawano to compose something that fitted, it's his trend after all!
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Eh? Really? I'm dropping this project? Since when? Can you tell me when and where did I mention tht I'm going or had dropped this project? Please please please tell me. Coz I honestly DIDNT KNOW tht I actually dropped this project. If I really did drop it and I forget tht I actually did drop it, it must be my AMNESIA again. *Goes off to take her amnesia pill*echocustomz wrote:got words that timelessub will stop subbin the rest of this drama...probably jus concentratin on catchin up on other new dramas...
Oh my god... those rumors... Timelessub would never do such a thing. We know and appreciate your efforts.... Sorry you are troubled with hardware at the moment....TimeLesSub wrote:Eh? Really? I'm dropping this project? Since when? Can you tell me when and where did I mention tht I'm going or had dropped this project? Please please please tell me. Coz I honestly DIDNT KNOW tht I actually dropped this project. If I really did drop it and I forget tht I actually did drop it, it must be my AMNESIA again. *Goes off to take her amnesia pill*echocustomz wrote:got words that timelessub will stop subbin the rest of this drama...probably jus concentratin on catchin up on other new dramas...
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was it u who post a message on the timelessub forum that u were gona give up on this drama? BTW, u guyz also work on Mr. Brain...i wonder y when someone else has also work on itTimeLesSub wrote:Eh? Really? I'm dropping this project? Since when? Can you tell me when and where did I mention tht I'm going or had dropped this project? Please please please tell me. Coz I honestly DIDNT KNOW tht I actually dropped this project. If I really did drop it and I forget tht I actually did drop it, it must be my AMNESIA again. *Goes off to take her amnesia pill*echocustomz wrote:got words that timelessub will stop subbin the rest of this drama...probably jus concentratin on catchin up on other new dramas...
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Episode 6
Just finished watching the subbed version of Ep 6. Did anyone notice the music played during a couple of points that sure sounded like something from "Heroes" (U.S. series)? Another small detail. They don't use those kinds of polygraph machines anymore ... it's all recorded on a laptop computer and not on chart paper. That was just done for dramatic purposes.
Otherwise, a very entertaining series. I like it!! Thanks to TimeLesSubs for your great work!!
Otherwise, a very entertaining series. I like it!! Thanks to TimeLesSubs for your great work!!
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Re: Episode 6
Surely, they use a lot of music that is "taken" here and there, songs and BGM alike. And the "original" music (composed by the trio Hiroyuki Sawano-Yuki Hayashi-Akifumi Tada) is sometimes over-the-top and/or misused, which is a pity since it's quite good, on the whole. That's the first time I see a Japanese drama where music from "alien" sources is used. Normally, every bit of music is written by domestic composers, and if known songs are used (such as in Love Shuffle) it is often for dramatic purposes. So I feel quite astonished… But I like this series, the cast is tremendous and the plot interestinghiroshi wrote:Just finished watching the subbed version of Ep 6. Did anyone notice the music played during a couple of points that sure sounded like something from "Heroes" (U.S. series)?
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made me want to watch rikon bengoshi.Sakuya wrote:Just watched the last 2 episodes back-to-back. It was so entertaining and caught me off guard too! I'm hoping for a special! Was this series by the same staff as Rikon Bengoshi since they have the cameo at the end...? In that case, here's to hoping for a second season.
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I, too, enjoyed this show very much. However, as I said previously, I disapprove of the constant use of US-music such as Michael Giacchino's Star Trek. In the last episode of the series, I am quite convinced that the action music has been somehow "borrowed" to some recent Hollywood movie or TV show. (By the way, if someone recognised the source, please let me know, in this thread or by PM )
But still, I hope there will be a second season or at least a SP!
But still, I hope there will be a second season or at least a SP!
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Yeah!!! me too!!kiddygrade wrote: But still, I hope there will be a second season or at least a SP!
whatever copying of background music, whatever bad and lame plot.. I don't care!
i just love the entire cast. the chemistry and all. I WANT A SEASON 2!!!!!
SP is not enough for me.
fujitv, heard it??? i want season two, with all the cast back!
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I thought most of their cases were pretty intriguing, but I thought the biggest turn off was the special effects because they seemed too unrealistic or maybe that was the intention. Regardless, I really enjoyed the drama with its comedic dialogue and somewhat interesting cases and I really hope they come out with a 2nd season.
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I agree. Nonetheless, the CD is excellent and the three composers involved in the original score (namely : Sawano Hiroyuki, Wada Takeshi and Hayashi Yûki) have a real alchemy. It's a pity that their cues were not properly used in the series. But the series in itself was quite enjoyable, and I simply love Amami Yuki, so I don't complain too muchlunas wrote:The music in this series was just plain weird, and in some episodes it was very distracting.
Finally got around to watching the show.
Fun stuff... like NCIS-lite for Japan. I had fun, even though I had predicted the last 4 episodes exactly (except for Konishi Manami... Once Nukumizu woke up in the apartment, then it was obvious it was her).
I'll jump on the train hoping for another season. It'll definitely be something I'm looking forward to.
I also liked that they used foreign music in the show... I was full of lulz when they played the terminator theme during one of the scenes.
Fun stuff... like NCIS-lite for Japan. I had fun, even though I had predicted the last 4 episodes exactly (except for Konishi Manami... Once Nukumizu woke up in the apartment, then it was obvious it was her).
I'll jump on the train hoping for another season. It'll definitely be something I'm looking forward to.
I also liked that they used foreign music in the show... I was full of lulz when they played the terminator theme during one of the scenes.
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