Rant: Ratings

Ratings Don't Mean Everything.

However, with this being said, to an extent they do mean some things to different people. To the BTS crew of dramas, to be rewarded with great ratings means a drive to work harder. Perhaps, a certain pride that they can take part in something everyone is talking about. To the station, it means earning money. Then what does it mean to the actual actors taking part in the series? Well, I recently came across an article while roaming "The Great Seer" thread at soompi and Ji Sung puts it well in the following: "My goal is to be free from the viewer ratings...I will not worry about the viewer ratings but plunging into the drama is my goal".

So why this rant on ratings all of a sudden? Well honestly, I have to say they do affect my feelings some-what. Recently with all the saeguk's that have been coming out, I was excited, exhilarated  overwhelmed because I just LOVE them. However, I couldn't help feeling disappointed with all the articles coming about concerning ratings and how these dramas have 'disappointed.'  I can accept the fact that different viewers have different tastes (and perhaps with the influx of saeguks on to the screen, viewers might've gotten a bit tired and have switched over to the modern series), however I can't help but feel saddened by news articles constantly using 'ratings' to judge a drama as a 'disappointment' or what-not.

So I end this today with: Whether you're a lover of rom-com, melodrama, medical, idol, saeguks, don't let ratings affect your mood. You might like like the taste of caviar, but others might just like the taste of plain ol' peanut butter. 

Happy days~

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complicated feelings.

It has been a long time since I've had such complicated feelings after watching a drama.

The main reason that prompted me to watch "Fashion 70's (2005) was mainly Lee Yo Won. I was captivated by her eyes and acting when I first watched her in 49 days (albeit, the show was mediocre  but I thank it for introducing her to me). Lee Yo Won just had that look to her that made me want to see more of her. So I jumped to Queen Seon Deok, an epic drama that blew me away (but unfortunately have yet to finish). So recently, a week ago, I was in the Lee Yo Won thread in Soompi and came across her picture for her character in Fashion 70's. It was this sudden urge inside me that led me to bring up Fashion 70's. And after that, I was sucked in.

I'm down to the last episode today, but this week of watching (Yes, it took me less than a week to watch all 28 episodes), had my feelings twisted, turned, wrung, squeezed, yes everything! I've had mountains and mountains of thoughts piling up just watching this drama. I have never felt so attached to a drama for such a long time since... I don't know how long.

This post is just a way to say, I really love 'Fashion 70's and I really want to remember it. I feel oddly attached to it, the way I can say, I'm officially oddly attached to Lee Yo Won. I plan to write more of my feelings for each episode later on. Because honestly, it wouldn't do that drama justice by giving it one post.

Off to finish the last episode...

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What is with me?

No, serioulsy. What?

I say I'll focus on studying one minute, and the next minute I'm hovering over my computer screen watching drama? Drama, I have long acknowledged, is a DRUG. When I don't feel like doing something, there is always that itchy feeling to avert my eyes to a drama. A sort of escape in a way.

I've already been good by putting "Faith" and "Arang" on hold. I really haven't watched since I last left off. But then, why do more and more dramas that seem good keep popping up? And why do they have to be the genre I love the most: saeguks? Why? Why? Why?

Just to list off, I've put 2 saeguks on hold (faith, arang), but 2 are coming on (horse doctor , the great seer), and to top it off, I decided to watch an old drama "fashion 70's (lee yo won fever I must say) and I'm ADDICTED TO IT.

There's this itch to write about it, but I know I won't finish it. Fashion 70's is totally totally totally my show. Thank you Lee Yo Won, for making me want to watch it. And Thank you writers who scripted such a 'typical korean storyline' but SO compelling. Switch of fate, separation from parents in childhood, memory loss, typical love line (2nd lead-->main girl-->main guy<---2nd female lead) and much much much more.

Gosh, I'm a mess.

End.

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Out of Focus

I don't know what is with me and drama-watching these days. I haven't picked up or started watching the dramas I started watching ever since. There's no motivation in me to do it. There's this feeling of boredom that's tugging at me. If I start one, I may not finish it.

Then there's this impulse for me to get started on a totally new drama, but it fades away pretty quickly because I can't bring myself to do it.

I think I'm getting tired of my boring life.

How is that possible?




Well it seems to be so.

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Helpless

Takeshi Kako- Blue Horizon
(my feelings in music)

I'm not a person of words, and I don't know how to express myself well.
So it comes a time, where I will feel very passionate and expressive about a drama. However, when it comes to grouping my emotions and idea on screen, it becomes a hard and painful task. I mean, it's all in me already, why can't I find the right words or sentence to let it out?

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