This season on Taiwanese TV...

[uisceros]

Summary of ratings for Taiwan's Idol Dramas: Performance of 'ToGetHer' is mediocreFirst off, they changed the name of Superstar Express to "ToGetHer"?! No wonder the ratings suck... I hate it when there are those last minute changes to drama names (in english)... while the original titles aren't always great, the alternative titles are always 50%

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[your_insomnia]

Hi, just wanted to drop by and say that the first two episodes of Superstar have aired and have been subbed (mysoju has it I think) and it's great! I really like it and don't understand how it can have bad ratings while mindless mess of a drama that was Miss No Good (lol the title sucks so much) showered in good ratings.

[uisceros]

Oh thanks! I know that the first two have aired, but wasn't aware they had been subbed yet. Unfortunately I HATE to watch dramas streaming, so I'll just wait until they have them for download. It's not like I don't have anything else to watch... *eyes super long list of dramas I'm in the progress of watching* It's good to know that it doesn't suck though, as inevitably I WILL watch it because OMG JIRO!

I haven't seen Miss No Good yet either, but I will watch it solely for Michelle Chen because she is awesome. (Hah, even the translation of the Chinese title is horrid! Oh twdramas and their english titles...)

[your_insomnia]

actually I believe that it's in really good quality on mysoju since it's somehow a dvd burn (I also hate streaming twdramas. why are they always in such low quality?)
Those dramas lists are so useless, for me at least because I watch dramas so randomly all the time. XD
Jiro is so freaking hot in Superstar I have NO WORDS. I've never seen him so sexy and charming. I liked him in ISWAK but his haircut and his clothing are to die for in Superstar.

I don't know who comes up with the title translations for those dramas but they should be fired. Miss No Good? Really? WHY?? What was wrong with Bad Campus Belle (original title)? Okay it doesn't make any sense but at least it sounded somewhat nice...

[ambergold]

Mm, the quality on mysoju is actually pretty bad imo - not the worst I've seen, but very far from DVD quality. I'm sad :(

[uisceros]

It might be TAIWANESE DVD quality. I have the original DVDs of Why Why Love and ISWAK, and I was surprised at how sucky the picture was... The quality of Taiwanese dramas continues to baffle me.

[your_insomnia]

I'm not saying it is DVD quality it's just a rip from dvd as opposed to TV. Mysoju doesn't really put on good quaility videos (well of course cuz it's a site for streaming videos) but compared to some other examples (like iswak, is so bad you can't distinguish faces), the quality is not the worse. ^^

[uisceros]

You're right, it's actually not bad at all. (I've resigned myself to the suckiness of twdrama production quality. Even the non streaming stuff sucks in comparison to jdramas or kdramas)

I need lists in order to remember what I want to watch, and how many episodes of each I've watched. But I usually don't plan what to watch next... they're just a reference.

I'm REALLY loving his new look for the new Fahrenheit album (and it looks like it's translating into the drama as well).

Hehehe! I know! Usually the Mandarin translations are a ton better (Bad Campus Belle is the closest thing to a translation of the Chinese... it does sound better than Miss No Good though!)

[ambergold]

yes!! you are my soulmate(practically) I was gonna watch Miss No Good for Michelle Chen(high five uisceros) but that idea faded after one episode of it. Absolute crap. I never understood how it could possibly be getting such good ratings. Superstar on the other hand is adorable..I watched the first two episodes last night

[your_insomnia]

lol I was just about to comment on your journal about how I also thought that To Get Her is somewhat similar to Mars. And I think that Jiro Wang is so hot in it. His haircaut, his glasses, his PINK jacket. I'm dying. XD

[ambergold]

I KNOW, right?? they're really playing up his sexuality, too...all those ridiculously open-necked shirts and random shots of his...I won't say anymore so we don't spoil uisceros ;)

[uisceros]

RANDOM SHOTS OF WHHHAATT?! Gah! I need to watch this NOW! Tsk tsk! Tempting me with awesome Jiro action. Mmmmm Jiro.

[uisceros]

Yay Michelle Chen! I loved her SO MUCH in WtSYA, and WWL.