Dramaland

I try so hard to be committed to my dramas, but there comes a time when

1. Nothing makes sense anymore or the same plot points are being used again and again. It feels like the drama is making me cry/sad/angst just for the sake of it.
2. Drama extensions that aren't needed. If you don't have enough material for a 16 episode drama, what makes you think adding 2 or 4 more episodes will help?
3. I can't relate to any of the characters. If I can't root for you, then there's seriously something wrong because that means I don't even care what happens to you. I probably won't be interested or emotionally invested in any of your conflicts. You could die for some unexplainable reason and I wouldn't shed a single tear.
4. I don't understand the characters presented to me. I don't necessarily have to sympathise with you (hello anti-hero!) but I need to be able to understand the choices that you make. Your choices should be explained through the circumstances of  your life, and when it doesn't, I'm out.
5. I end up hating the heroines/hero with a passion. Heroine, STOP BEING A FREAKING DOORMAT. Hero, STOP BEING A COMPLETE JERK IN THE ARSE.
6. Everyone is crazy. 
7. A character changes completely for no apparent reason. I understand that a character can change due to whatever circumstances they're put it. But when your change is not mediated because of anything, apart from suddenly wanting to be a jerk or crazy, then you're dead to me.
8. The change in directors/producers/writers messes with everything. The vibe, the pacing, the editing, the everything.
9. A drama is a remake of a manga or anime that I love and messes with it until it's unrecognisable. Case in point, Boys Over Flowers. Whatever it was, it was NOT my awesome Hana Yori Dango. Boys Over Flowers just happened to share shallow similarities such as having four handsome rich guys being childhood friends that bully kids in their school cause they can.  

I generally try to watch a drama till the end when I start it, especially if I'm more than half way through, but life is too short. Why bother with something that I don't even care about? Dramas are supposed to be for my entertainment or for deep thinking so when it becomes a chore, I'm definitely re-thinking its priority in my life.

Anywho, the point of this post was to really start many (hopefully) drama posts to come in the near future on anything I'm watching. I'm hoping I can think and explore a drama more thoroughly if I write about it. Since I'm not obligued to write essays on themes, characters, significant symbols etc anymore, I think my analysis of such have become quite basic and it's something I want to change.

Hopefully I'll actually be able to go through with this.