J-Dramas on TV (S'pore)

[arashinokoto]

Dot wrote:

Wow.... quite some time since I've posted... I'm also very that less and less J-dramas are available on TV.... Anyway, I've just finished watching Love Quotient... Although it's targetted for a fermale audience, I actually have to admit that it's quite nice! Story 1 is a bit mysterious and touching at the end... Story 2 is... well... so, so. (Very typical plot) Story 3 is more funny. Kou Shibasaki is quite cute playing this character... But overall, I prefer story 1. Miki's last statements kinda reminds me of who I am.... ha~ For those who have finished the show, you can try going to its official website. There's games and even a survey result of which character that the Japanese would identify with, prefer to be their bf, etc...

i'm glad you love it.. will go and visit their web now..!!

[arashinokoto]

my renai hensachi = 50 .. low ne.. though couldn't understand some questions..

[Hee Hee Hee]

after golden bowl, wat drama ah?
can someone update the jdrama in tv8? hw come channel u nv show jdrama 1 ahh even though it shows korean dramas..

[kook05]

Joyce wrote:

WHERE IS MY JAPANESE DRAMA???????

YAR!!!!!

Hee Hee Hee wrote:

after golden bowl, wat drama ah? can someone update the jdrama in tv8? hw come channel u nv show jdrama 1 ahh even though it shows korean dramas..

stoopid Channel U don't show doramas anymore... only HK, Taiwanese and Korean shows... bloody crap...
if it's not for those entertainment and variety progs, i won't even tune in to that stoopid channel at all!!!!

[Dot]

The list that I know of know is:

Every Thur, 10.45-11.45pm, channel 8, Beauty & Beast
Every Sat, 2.30-3.30pm, channel 8, New Heaven's Coin

Very miserable list....

[Dot]

Quote:

my renai hensachi = 50 .. low ne.. though couldn't understand some questions..

Mine's 47.... and I also dun understand quite a number of ques...

[arashinokoto]

sou dot.. channel 8 now only has these two miserable dramas for all i know..

[Hee Hee Hee]

huh...y lidat 1....i tout mediacorp will show more new dramas after homeaway & goldenbowl.....maybe someone shld write to mediacorp......i dn watch chn 8 at all...tink is getting worst nwadays...the actress & actors seem to be the same for every show...its been long since they filmed ghost film...i wonder y....

just hope tat sg gt sell jdrama at some places lor..

[vienna_sg]

Out of the Topic:

Did you guys buy this week 'i-weekly'. Takuya, nanako and some other artists are on the front page and also artictles about jdorama, japan stuffs are mentioned.

[arashinokoto]

vienna_sg wrote:

Out of the Topic: Did you guys buy this week 'i-weekly'. Takuya, nanako and some other artists are on the front page and also artictles about jdorama, japan stuffs are mentioned.

thanks for telling me.. will go buy and look thru..

[velvet_ice]

yo there.
was channel surfing until i stumbled onto a yousuke eguchi show... on e city ch 56? yeahh... the english title is 'As Tears Go By' i think, but i forgot the timeslot... can someone tell me the time it is being broadcasted?

does it replace the 'trick' timeslot?

v_ice

[arashinokoto]

nope, it replaces the [jinbe] timeslot.. [renai hensachi] replaced the trick2 timeslot..

it's called namida o fuite in japanese.. and of course besides eguchi yosuke, it has NINO.. ueto aya, totasu matsumoto and uchida yuki..

[Akazukin]

arashinokoto wrote:

nope, it replaces the [jinbe] timeslot.. [renai hensachi] replaced the trick2 timeslot.. it's called namida o fuite in japanese.. and of course besides eguchi yosuke, it has NINO.. ueto aya, totasu matsumoto and uchida yuki..

so which channel was that again??

btw people couldn't agree moer TCS 8 japanese drama is getting more and more worst as time pass.. Hiaz... me miss golden bowl..
And I definately thinks that heaven Coin's is a must to watch... Taht show is damn touching and the actor and actress are COOL...

[richemon25]

basically mediacorp 8 and channel u shows CRAP shows!!!!!!!!!

other than the japdramas,holland village (ch8) ,
guess guess guess (ch u)

other than that i dun even watch their progs....(all crap)
eg...
1) the jack neo's variety show (gao siao xing dong)
basically all the cast all dressed up to become a girl/lady!!!!!!!!
can't they be themselves?????

2) old repeated taiwan shows....

ok,no problem...(ch u) all clowns are inside that show...dammit!!!
and their homemade varieties are basically asking their actors to be clowns and jokers.
eg...
quan yifeng , ann kok , that big boobs mother , huang su fang , byran wong , michelle , kym.....all are once good actors but look at them now!!!

they are all very ....... i really dunno how to say them

singapore tv station quality is a disgrace.
i wonder if i am a tourist,i would think that s'pore is such a low class and
no quality place where it shows such tv progs!!!!!

[velvet_ice]

richemon25 wrote:

basically mediacorp 8 and channel u shows CRAP shows!!!!!!!!! other than the japdramas,holland village (ch8) , guess guess guess (ch u) other than that i dun even watch their progs....(all crap) eg... 1) the jack neo's variety show (gao siao xing dong) basically all the cast all dressed up to become a girl/lady!!!!!!!! can't they be themselves????? 2) old repeated taiwan shows.... ok,no problem...(ch u) all clowns are inside that show...dammit!!! and their homemade varieties are basically asking their actors to be clowns and jokers. eg... quan yifeng , ann kok , that big boobs mother , huang su fang , byran wong , michelle , kym.....all are once good actors but look at them now!!! they are all very ....... i really dunno how to say them singapore tv station quality is a disgrace. i wonder if i am a tourist,i would think that s'pore is such a low class and no quality place where it shows such tv progs!!!!!

It's a matter of personal preference, perhaps. We must understand that they are serving the entire nation and not just us J-drama lovers. They require some $$$ to buy over the rights to air foreign shows, that's why local shows are prefered. Having limited resources also restricts them to air dramas selectively, that's why they tend to follow the 'trend'. Back when J dramas were more popular, weren't there many J-dramas? Now that it's the K-craze, it's natural that they would want to air Korean stuff more to follow the 'trend'.

Some of the local shows are also okay, I wouldn't say they're terrible, they're considered not bad according to local standards, but if you measure it against asian standards, comparing it to HK, Taiwan, Japanese and Korean Dramas it definitely does not shine among them.

For example, my non-J Dorama lover friends and/or non-cable using friends have no choice but to watch only local channels. As such, they're sort of forced to limit their choices of favourite dramas and actors to a local scale. So we can't really blame Mediacorp. After all, its a channel for the masses. They want to be an all-rounded station that caters to all kinds of viewers.

Perhaps we shouldn't judge Singapore's quality based on the entertainment industry itself. True, I agree that the entertainment industry here pales in comparison to others, but nevertheless, it shouldn't be too major an issue that it will cause pple to think Singapore is 'low quality'.

It's definitely not good news that less J-dramas are being shown, but it's too bad for us. If we want to see a certain drama, i believe we'd go all out to get it. No problemo for us. We'll just have to compromise. Take heart, at least there STILL are some J-dramas and programmes being shown, it's better than NONE at all.

v_ice

[arashinokoto]

i agree with v_ice.. it's like if i'm a housewife and love channel 8 dramas.. i would love mediacorp to bits..but it's just too bad i like jdoramas so i'll just have to deal with it.. though there are times when i really want to kick channel 8 off my list of browsing channels..

[robot]

For people who want to buy Jdrama in singapore

Think

TS tampines have

1)hotman
2)beauty and beast
3)good luck
4)son-in-law 2003

[Akazukin]

robot wrote:

For people who want to buy Jdrama in singapore Think TS tampines have 1)hotman 2)beauty and beast 3)good luck 4)son-in-law 2003

hotman?... who acted?... and good luck??... Is it the twins?

[orenji]

Pls refer to these two urls for info...

Hotman - http://jdorama.com/drama_666.htm
Good Luck - http://jdorama.com/drama_601.htm

3Peace...
Orenji

[gale]

richemon25 wrote:

basically mediacorp 8 and channel u shows CRAP shows!!!!!!!!! other than the japdramas,holland village (ch8) , guess guess guess (ch u)

i agree with v_ice. To each its own, the channels are just trying to appeal to the masses.

Just to illustrate..... i for one think that Holland Village and Guess 3x has my vote for being the most awful shows on TV(IMO vuglar humor aka in your language "low class" which irriates the hell out of me).... manage to catch 5/10 minutes when i'm channel surfing at times. If i had my way, these shows would be scraped within 1 week.

Channel 8/media crop could show more of Holland Village or Guess 3x like shows to suit you or show more jpnese dramas, latest TVB dramas or acclaimed documentaries (Ch 8 used to make some thought provoding ones... those extraordinary pp docus) to suit me. Usually stations would try to maintain middle ground to appeal to the masses.

I might not like 80% of the channel's programming but hey.... most of us recognise that some might appreciate them.