Gaiji Keisatsu + Mister X on Johnny's and the state of Jdrama
I need a good Jdrama to watch, to balance my Kdrama viewing. Gaiji Keisatsu attracted my attention.
Anyone has seen it? Is it any good? I am in a mood for something dark, but I am not in a mood for something extremely naive under a surface of dark, as the majority of police-related Jdramas are (SP, I am looking at you).
Whilst downloading subtitles from With S2, I noticed the following rant by With S2 subber MisterX . You have to read it in full if you haven't read it yet because it is priceless, here ( http://withs2.com/view/gaiji-keisatsu ), but I included the beginning below. MisterX has a curious way of writing - the main theme can be summarized in four words: hordes of Johnny’s vermin.
The excerpt:
Can “detoxification” work for dramas?
The impact the “idol invasion” has had on the J-dorama landscape over the last decade (not to mention the impact it’s currently having on the Korean TV industry, with people like Lee Soo-Man, Park Jin-Young and Kim Gwang-Soo commanding as much influence and power as top industry executives) is as obvious as it is painful to witness. Shows which in the mid to late 90s would have been perfectly acceptable are now contaminated by hordes of Johnny’s vermin, just as spurious and damaging to the overall quality of the product as a locust swarm would be to luxuriant crops. For an industry with so much behind the scenes potential, so much history and opportunities to take advantage of Asia’s richest narrative background, what we’re being offered today is little more than slim pickings, 2009 having been one of the worst years for J-dorama in recent memory.
PS : Mr.X is the subber who subbed "Chuno" and CitC. My huge thanks for his hard work on these. He is also known to complain about Tae Ha's soft voice . I don't agree with this. Tae Ha's voice is lovely. It does many things for me on many different levels.
I also don't agree with his views on Jdrama, and even if I agree with some of the views I feel I disagree of principle with his way of voicing them.
Anyone has seen it? Is it any good? I am in a mood for something dark, but I am not in a mood for something extremely naive under a surface of dark, as the majority of police-related Jdramas are (SP, I am looking at you).
Whilst downloading subtitles from With S2, I noticed the following rant by With S2 subber MisterX . You have to read it in full if you haven't read it yet because it is priceless, here ( http://withs2.com/view/gaiji-keisatsu ), but I included the beginning below. MisterX has a curious way of writing - the main theme can be summarized in four words: hordes of Johnny’s vermin.
The excerpt:
Can “detoxification” work for dramas?
The impact the “idol invasion” has had on the J-dorama landscape over the last decade (not to mention the impact it’s currently having on the Korean TV industry, with people like Lee Soo-Man, Park Jin-Young and Kim Gwang-Soo commanding as much influence and power as top industry executives) is as obvious as it is painful to witness. Shows which in the mid to late 90s would have been perfectly acceptable are now contaminated by hordes of Johnny’s vermin, just as spurious and damaging to the overall quality of the product as a locust swarm would be to luxuriant crops. For an industry with so much behind the scenes potential, so much history and opportunities to take advantage of Asia’s richest narrative background, what we’re being offered today is little more than slim pickings, 2009 having been one of the worst years for J-dorama in recent memory.
PS : Mr.X is the subber who subbed "Chuno" and CitC. My huge thanks for his hard work on these. He is also known to complain about Tae Ha's soft voice . I don't agree with this. Tae Ha's voice is lovely. It does many things for me on many different levels.
I also don't agree with his views on Jdrama, and even if I agree with some of the views I feel I disagree of principle with his way of voicing them.