*sigh*

Apr. 1st, 2009 02:28 pm
uisceros: (Ming Dao)
Well this just really sucks;

Breaking news (to me at least... I've kinda been off the ball, drama wise recently): CTS changed the format (and name) of one of the dramas I've been most looking forward to for about 6 months, Quietly Falling in Love With You.

This angers me greatly. GREATLY.


I very nearly pulled a Perez and crossed out Dylan. But that felt unfair to him, since I DO like him, and it's not his fault CTS hates me.

They changed the name to Knock Knock Loving You, which is seriously stupid! "Quietly Falling in Love With You" was a beautiful name, elegant, poetic. "Knock Knock Loving You" sounds like a stupid ass song from late 90's. I should know by now that Taiwan likes to change their titles RIGHT BEFORE the show airs (in this case, they even changed the Mandarin title. It used to be 悄悄爱上你, now it's 敲敲愛上你)

Also, I do like Dylan Kuo, but I like Ming Dao more. This was supposed to be a Ming Dao vehicle. He was the star, but somehow that changed.

I love Ming Dao. I have ever since I saw him in PTtF, which apparently not as many people have seen as I would have thought. I like him as an actor as well as a person. I like his story (his family was super poor when he was younger, and he used to work in his families food stall when he was a child), and how he's never ashamed of how he used to be poor. I generally just like him.

So basically this drama is partially ruined for me. I'm not really excited about it anymore (though it's not like Ming Dao is GONE, so I'll probably eventually watch it).

I've been highly dissapointed with twdramas recently (not the dramas themselves, really. More the television companies who keep screwing things up). They keep getting canceled, or delayed, or whatever. It's highly irritating.

I can honestly day, the only upcoming twdrama in the spring season I am really excited for anymore is B&W. And Qi Lin House of Love (if that EVER airs). Slow season.
uisceros: (Ariel)
When you search google for "upcoming taiwanese dramas 2009", my site is the first one listed. Weird.

I was trolling the interwebs looking for news about upcoming twdramas, I came across a bit of news that made me SO HAPPY... until it didn't.

Ariel Lin is supposedly involved in a drama called Paper Rose. It costars ZHANG RUI JIA! And not in a side role either, I think he's the male lead! I proceeded to get super excited for around 5 minutes, until I read that production has been delayed and it probably won't be seeing the light of day for awhile. Ariel might have even dropped it. (Not terribly exciting to me, but will be to others; Baron Chen, of Fated to Love You fame, is also slated to be in it)

This makes me super sad, because Ariel is my favorite serious tw-actress (Qiao En is my favorite tw-idol-actress. I love Qiao En to pieces, but she's really not as good an actress as Ariel is). She's got a great range, and I enjoy all of her work. Rui Jia is, of course, one of my favorite tw-actors. He's really really fabulous (seriously, WATCH ETERNAL SUMMER), and it saddens me that he's always delegated to "best friend" roles. If this drama happens I will watch it and love it solely because I love those two actors.

But anyway, this brings me back to the one thing I hate the most about the Taiwanese entertainment industry; they cannot freaking STICK TO PRODUCTION. Compare to Japan; everyone knows about upcoming jdramas. They have planned casts, they go into production as planned, and they're generally set. Twdramas are a mess. They announce dramas, but then don't do them. Casts change frequently. Production halts all the time. It's so chaotic!

As of right now, the ONLY twdramas I know will be airing soon are Black & White, and Calling Big Star (maybe Quietly Falling in love With You, as well). And of those, only Black & White has an actual air date scheduled. Good Health & Fortune is another one that looks like it could be definite (I hope! Squee! Qiao En!), but honestly, I can't tell. Even Momo Love, one I thought was happening for sure, has been postponed.

Seriously, what the hell are they going to be airing in Taiwan next season is all the damn dramas are postponed?! (Yes, I know they have other shows... Dramas aren't everything)

*sigh* This whole rollercoaster over Paper Rose has made me upset. Angry beyond reason. Way to ruin what could have been an AMAZING drama, CTV.
uisceros: (Ella! *loves!*)
Since my last post on current taiwanese tv got a good response, I figured I'd post a continuation. Out of all asian entertainment, I know the most about Taiwan. Taiwanese entertainment is my passion. Overall, people generally tend to prefer Korea or Japan, so I thought I'd give some love to my favoritest place in the whole world; Taiwan.

Upcoming Taiwanese Dramas )

I'm sure I missed a lot (including Momo love, Aaron Yan's upcoming drama), but whatever.

By the way, I totally did something similar to this in December. I've posted it below. (Notice the lack of fangirling on Boys Before Flowers? I thought it was going to suck)
Upcoming 2009 dramas! (Dated from 18Dec08 )

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