Most anticipated kdrama for 2011 and its runner-up

[dangermousie]

Aaaand - we have a winner! Goodbye Miss Ripley starring Lee Da Hae (a.k.a. Mousie's favorite kdrama actress) and Micky Yoochun (a.k.a. Mousie's true love from SKKS) which airs after The Duo is over. Apparently this is going to be based on a true-crime scandal about a woman who got hired by a prestigious college institution after showing these

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Re: ETA

[your_insomnia]

Yes, I understand your point completely. If I don't get hooked on the OTP in the first 5 episodes I won't watch the drama but in that case I would just say "well it's just not my taste" or "the story and characters don't appeal to me" but maybe I won't say "This drama is stale and the characters are so weak". Idk, maybe I'm just getting emotional because it's one of my favorite dramas of all time, but I just feel its unfair to label a drama in a way that it definitely is not. Usually if I drop a drama it's because I'm bored or it doesn't appeal to me, but I can't make a final judgement about why it is so bad because well I haven't seen it fully. Sometimes, I understand that you can make a judgement like "well this character is a loser in the first five episodes and I don't like it" but to say he is simply a loser and weak and that it was the problem with the drama? I think it's a bit offensive to the fans of the drama, and it also might give a bad impression to someone who potentionally wants to see it. Because that drama is not about a loser hero, it's actually about an amazing heroine with whom he falls in love to become one of the bravest and most caring heroes of all time. That's why I feel it's important to write reviews and make sweeping generalizations only after you have fully seen the drama.

Again, I do agree with your point that there wasn't much to love about Won Ah's character in the beginning. To be honest I hated him until episode 8 and then magically, just like in Brilliant Legacy, I started falling madly in love with him. His transformation was as incredible and slow and believeable as it was in Brilliant Legacy. Btw, you mentioned there were other things in Brilliant Legacy that kept you going even while you utterly despised the hero - it was exactly the same for me with MGIAG. I knew he would change and I loved Miho's character and that kept me going towards one of the most satisfactory transformations I've seen in a drama. So, I guess my point is technically MGIAG is not a worse drama than Brilliant Legacy, just maybe you perhaps didn't like the main character as much that's why it didn't appeal to you.

Which is totally not your fault, I understand it. But I think from a fan's point of view you would also understand why I want to defend my favorite character, right? :)

Re: ETA

[dangermousie]

Usually if I drop a drama it's because I'm bored or it doesn't appeal to me, but I can't make a final judgement about why it is so bad because well I haven't seen it fully.

Really? I guess it's a different approach. I have no problem making snap judgments. As long as I don't hide the fact that I haven't seen all of it (which I never have) I say fair enough to put it out there.

So, I guess my point is technically MGIAG is not a worse drama than Brilliant Legacy, just maybe you perhaps didn't like the main character as much that's why it didn't appeal to you.

Well, to go all meta, since it's art, there is by no definition objectively good or bad just whatever works for each person and a collective opinion on quality is as close as it comes to determining 'objectivity' but it's still not objective in any way :) One man's best drama ever is another man's horrible nightmare :)

Re: BL v. MGIAG. I still think MGIAG has pacing problems, especially since you tell me LSG was the way he was for the first 8 eps - that's half the drama running time! BL was what - 28 eps? But mmv.