Am in an Afraid to Be Disappointed By the Show and Feel Like I Wasted My Time kind of mood. This makes me extremely reluctant to start on a drama unless reviews are largely unanimous.
I dont start AYHT, so it’s not exactly about unanimous reviews.
I think after spending 500+ hours watching drama, we understand our taste and preference in drama. I stay away from acclaimed dramas like Misaeng, Mother, Reply series. They’re just not my cup of tea. I did watch Signal and Forest of Secret because crime/mystery/time travel/time slip are my favorite genres/tropes.
500 hours is a huge chunk of our lives! It’s scary, haha. I haven’t kept count but I do think I should be pretty close. I do know my preference for some types of shows… I haven’t watched DoTS or Goblin and I have no inclination to start… I don’t like sci-fi or robot shows. No melo for me either. But otherwise I am generally open to the rest of the genres! So that still makes it hard to sift out what I might like and what I might not. I guess sometimes we just have to take the plunge or go with our gut feel. I am just being a fusspot!
I get where you’re coming from. But to judge a show for yourself, you’ll have to spend the time actually watching them and putting yourself up for potential disappointment. Other people’s opinions help you to hedge your bets. Or so I feel…
I’m not watching anything in particular right now! And therein lies the problem. I don’t know which new show to take a chance on! I devoured Prison Playbook, Misty, My Ahjussi and then Live all in a row. Each of them just felt so… satisfactory. Every time I finished one show I had another show on my slate. But not anymore! I’m waiting for Life on Mars to end its run so I can start on that. But it’s taking so long! I tried watching Secretary Kim and 30 but 17 but nothing about them spurred me to continue watching the next episodes. So I’m just entertaining myself with variety shows until Life on Mars is over, which is really soon! At last!
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razzledazzle
August 1, 2018 at 7:37 AM
Am in an Afraid to Be Disappointed By the Show and Feel Like I Wasted My Time kind of mood. This makes me extremely reluctant to start on a drama unless reviews are largely unanimous.
mano
August 1, 2018 at 8:39 AM
That’s why I only watch two kdramas this time, life on Mars and Mr. Sunshine.
Midnight
August 1, 2018 at 9:07 AM
Well I watched Signal for exactly this reason and was sorely disappointed. Now I prefer not to know any opinions and judge for myself.
mano
August 1, 2018 at 9:42 AM
I dont start AYHT, so it’s not exactly about unanimous reviews.
I think after spending 500+ hours watching drama, we understand our taste and preference in drama. I stay away from acclaimed dramas like Misaeng, Mother, Reply series. They’re just not my cup of tea. I did watch Signal and Forest of Secret because crime/mystery/time travel/time slip are my favorite genres/tropes.
Midnight
August 1, 2018 at 10:53 AM
I know I won’t watch Misaeng and Mother either. Forest of Secrets was very good.
razzledazzle
August 4, 2018 at 9:13 AM
500 hours is a huge chunk of our lives! It’s scary, haha. I haven’t kept count but I do think I should be pretty close. I do know my preference for some types of shows… I haven’t watched DoTS or Goblin and I have no inclination to start… I don’t like sci-fi or robot shows. No melo for me either. But otherwise I am generally open to the rest of the genres! So that still makes it hard to sift out what I might like and what I might not. I guess sometimes we just have to take the plunge or go with our gut feel. I am just being a fusspot!
razzledazzle
August 4, 2018 at 9:07 AM
I get where you’re coming from. But to judge a show for yourself, you’ll have to spend the time actually watching them and putting yourself up for potential disappointment. Other people’s opinions help you to hedge your bets. Or so I feel…
Peridot
August 1, 2018 at 9:26 AM
May I ask which show you are watching?
razzledazzle
August 4, 2018 at 9:03 AM
I’m not watching anything in particular right now! And therein lies the problem. I don’t know which new show to take a chance on! I devoured Prison Playbook, Misty, My Ahjussi and then Live all in a row. Each of them just felt so… satisfactory. Every time I finished one show I had another show on my slate. But not anymore! I’m waiting for Life on Mars to end its run so I can start on that. But it’s taking so long! I tried watching Secretary Kim and 30 but 17 but nothing about them spurred me to continue watching the next episodes. So I’m just entertaining myself with variety shows until Life on Mars is over, which is really soon! At last!