blank_stare 2,217 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 This year I see influxes of people switching to Chinese dramas from Korean dramas. Do you think this is true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zediby 355 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 i do see chinese drama doing well but I don't think they've surpassed kdrama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosieღ 1,371 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 For me, I started watching more Chinese dramas after Nirvana in Fire happened. That drama is a masterpiece. I find that China produces better historical drama, while Korean contemporary drama are better. Also, imo on average Korean drama are better, but the top tier Chinese drama are superior to their Korean counterparts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseLikeACrowTit 862 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Taiwanesse dramas >>>>>> chinese dramas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basicbitch47 305 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Nah most k dramas are still of superior quality. However this year no k drama really sparked my interest so i also started watching chinese ones. In my opinion they recently just have more interesting plots and settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Q98 1,510 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 nah, most chinese dramas are still shit and choose a cast of young handsome men to cater the social media youth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kami 9,209 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Ditch the horrible dubs, shorten the eps to 25 - 30 eps and there's potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singnotes 1,628 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 For me, I started watching more Chinese dramas after Nirvana in Fire happened. That drama is a masterpiece. I find that China produces better historical drama, while Korean contemporary drama are better. Also, imo on average Korean drama are better, but the top tier Chinese drama are superior to their Korean counterparts. I agree with the first part. Chinese historical dramas seem to be better while they still have a long way to go to catch up with Korean dramas for contemporary plots. Recently, I've been watching the Chinese web dramas though, and those seem to be getting a bit better for contemporary ones. For romance dramas, I'm a bit more partial towards Taiwanese dramas though. And I think Japanese dramas have the best mystery/thriller/slice of life ones. @Kami I dislike the dubs too, but I understand why they're there for the big tv dramas. Unfortunately, dialects/accents vary too widely and there's like no point if the audience can't understand what the actors/actresses are saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelanatedBeauty 13,664 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Historical genre? Yes...other genres no... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamaswag 8,571 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Both of them are unwatchable this year so far, so IDK. I only finished Nirvana in Fire 2 from C-drama this year, the rest I skipped after watching 10ep or so. I only have been watching K-drama and C-drama for years but from late last year, there isn't much to watch that I ended up checking out Taiwanese dramas after 7years and BAMN. Taiwanese dramas are really good and diverse nowadays. Totally recommend!! Hopefully, it will pick it up soon cuz I watch more k-variety nowadays. Dramaland has been very very slow (fortunately I really enjoy Taiwanese dramas this year which I haven't really interested for 7 years. Unfortunately, Taiwan doesn't produced many dramas compare to China or Korea so the waiting for new dramas is slowww). Overall, very slow time for me to the point I started to check some Hong Kong TVB series too. Conclusion: Taiwanese dramas beat them this year. There are more diversity than usual, and its very addictive. I enjoy all the dramas that I watch so far: Attention!Love, Lion Pride, Iron Ladies, Meet me @1006, and currently The Ex Man (with Rainie Yang). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felidae 2,742 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Not really into drama, but I prefer k-drama. Last c-drama (and currently) I watch is "Moonshine and Valentine/Love Knot/Whatever the title". I enjoy it so far, and I hope I'd enjoy it till the end (ep 20 ish). Minimum dubs, me likey. I'm still sticking to my faves drama though. In this case there's Song Qian, and last kdrama I watch is "Live" ft. LKS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotoroSmile 1,600 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Taiwanesse dramas >>>>>> chinese dramas Agree. On the topic, I find that the past KDramas was better, nowadays the dramas are too much fantasy involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehhh 276 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Chinese historical dramas >>>>>>>> all kdramas combined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
respectmyauthori-tah 1,450 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I watch Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese and Japanese dramas whenever I find a drama from anywhere that hooks me in Chinese dramas for tv have disappointed me while some of their web dramas are really very good I go after dramas with highly addictive content and dramas with good ratings on Douban's site It's not possible to say Korean dramas are losing quality, every year there are good and bad dramas but at the end of the year it's all based on personal likes and dislikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miaou00 31 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 For me, I started watching more Chinese dramas after Nirvana in Fire happened. That drama is a masterpiece. I find that China produces better historical drama, while Korean contemporary drama are better. Also, imo on average Korean drama are better, but the top tier Chinese drama are superior to their Korean counterparts. True, chinese historical drama are on another level (it's mostly because they have the Big Budget $$$$ to support it with a huge population who will watch it.) I remember DESCENDANT OF THE SUN was one of the most expensive Kdrama. And it was only possible because it was funded by Chinese investor. And it was about 10million $. Watching DOTS was like watching Movie. The visual were amazing. Money can get you high productivity and quality. Chinese drama can get any budget and can even surpass 50 million $ with no problem. I agree with the first part. Chinese historical dramas seem to be better while they still have a long way to go to catch up with Korean dramas for contemporary plots. Recently, I've been watching the Chinese web dramas though, and those seem to be getting a bit better for contemporary ones. For romance dramas, I'm a bit more partial towards Taiwanese dramas though. And I think Japanese dramas have the best mystery/thriller/slice of life ones. @Kami I dislike the dubs too, but I understand why they're there for the big tv dramas. Unfortunately, dialects/accents vary too widely and there's like no point if the audience can't understand what the actors/actresses are saying. Korean drama are good as well thanks to their actor/actress doing a great job. They give stronger vibe. It's the reason why westerners will prefer Korean drama/music over japanese, taiwanese, chinese.... Japan have the best plot/storyline, they have a lot of creativity but lack of exposure. Korea follow the popular script and stick with it (too afraid to waste too much money or experimenting something new) China seems not really care, they have the money, they spend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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