Japanese drama have low production quality and are impossible to watch

Idg what does he mean with the age of the characters

Bc he will be old too, unless he dies before turning 30

Eh, Feels like way too much is lost in translation here, from japanese, to korean (probably with a certain agenda) and then translated again to english to top it of.

Also kinda ironic that most of the comments are about his looks

To be honest I didn't understand what he meant? What's wrong with 30-year-old actors acting in romantic dramas? The age of marriage is increasing all over the world, and naturally, romantic dramas between characters around 30 are also on the rise.

Korean media in general improved their quality alot over the past 2 decades. Their global popularity didn't came out of nowhere.

I personally agree with the seventh comment under the article a lot. They said almost exactly what I was thinking. Also, I understand why some people might take issue with what he said, that's reasonable, but I don't think the comments (on the article) insulting his looks were the right way to go. Call out what he said and why it's wrong (or not, depending on your perspective), not bring his looks into this out of nowhere. I don't think I look all that great, so if I said something and all people did was insult my appearance instead of reply to what I said, I'd be pretty rightfully annoyed, to say the least. Have a great day/night!

is he wrong though

the comments prove he is right

im not a fan of japanese dramas either so yeah maybe dude shouldnt be pointing fingers

but he very precisely explained the appeal of kdramas

the fancy over-the-top people in power doing stuff that everyday people much younger in age and less fortunate in life fantasize about.......that IS one of the things that many many kdrama fans like

they wouldnt say it outright but the kind of reasons they fanboy/fangirl over actors/actresses usually give it away pretty clearly

edit : to be clear, i wasnt referring to age as one of the factors here

age is not really what he should have targetted but the kinds of things that come with age do help kdramas a lot

which is also a reason high school is a popular theme in a lot of media

cause you can show the power dynamic while not having age be a factor

but for adults, age comes with huge power

One thing I hate about J-drama is the main character that always speaks whisperingly.

I liked K-drama "Mother" a lot so, I tried watching the original J version. The female lead in J version always spoke whisperingly that made me feel like she had psychological disorder. I could not bear to finish 2nd episode and dropped it there. Unfortunately, it was not the only J-drama of a main character speaking that way.

Also, these days, they are rarely any J drama on the love story of those in working age, late 20's to 30's, that does not focus on cheating/adultery.

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is he wrong though

the comments prove he is right

im not a fan of japanese dramas either so yeah maybe dude shouldnt be pointing fingers

but he very precisely explained the appeal of kdramas

the fancy over-the-top people in power doing stuff that everyday people much younger in age and less fortunate in life fantasize about.......that IS one of the things that many many kdrama fans like

they wouldnt say it outright but the kind of reasons they fanboy/fangirl over actors/actresses usually give it away pretty clearly

edit : to be clear, i wasnt referring to age as one of the factors here

age is not really what he should have targetted but the kinds of things that come with age do help kdramas a lot

which is also a reason high school is a popular theme in a lot of media

cause you can show the power dynamic while not having age be a factor

but for adults, age comes with huge power

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What's wrong with you?

He outright criticized the Korean for producing many romantic dramas about characters in their 30's Yet, you commented he was right talking about the Korean overproducing high school love stories.

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What's wrong with you?

He outright criticized the Korean for producing many romantic dramas about characters in their 30's Yet, you commented he was right talking about the Korean overproducing high school love stories.

if you can see my edit : I clearly didnt notice his comment targetted age specifically

i was talking more about the selling power/fantasy addiction to audiences part

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Eh, Feels like way too much is lost in translation here, from japanese, to korean (probably with a certain agenda) and then translated again to english to top it of.

Also kinda ironic that most of the comments are about his looks

Because of the way this was worded about how he seems to talk down to and demean the other actors especially those in they're 30s so they attacked his looks basically a people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones a how can u talk shit when you don't measure up to half of those people in the looks and acting department

I don't understand anything he said

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I don't understand anything he said

I think what he's saying is that korean dramas feed into the fantasies of people and not actually tell real stories. He's implying that that's something to be embarrassed about....where catering to your audience blindly produces low quality work.

that's what i understood.

But anyway i disagreed with his first point itself where he said Japanese drama staff and crew are not less than korean in quality. They are. That's why no one watches jdrama as much.

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I think what he's saying is that korean dramas feed into the fantasies of people and not actually tell real stories. He's implying that that's something to be embarrassed about....where catering to your audience blindly produces low quality work.

that's what i understood.

But anyway i disagreed with his first point itself where he said Japanese drama staff and crew are not less than korean in quality. They are. That's why no one watches jdrama as much.

He is really brave for saying stuff like this when you have a tons of fanservice dramas with poor actors and actresses in Japan. As someone who watched both Kdrama and JDrama, I can wholeheartedly say that Japanese Dramas are usually the ones trying to do excessive fans-service and have poor acting.

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I think what he's saying is that korean dramas feed into the fantasies of people and not actually tell real stories. He's implying that that's something to be embarrassed about....where catering to your audience blindly produces low quality work.

that's what i understood.

But anyway i disagreed with his first point itself where he said Japanese drama staff and crew are not less than korean in quality. They are. That's why no one watches jdrama as much.

Oh well, that's an opinion I guess.

But I agree with you, their dramas (and music videos) look.... washed out? I never felt the urge to watch a Japanese drama because of how outdated the image quality looks.