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idiosyncreant) wrote2012-01-01 06:06 pm
idiosyncreant) wrote2012-01-01 06:06 pm
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cliche combat
I watched the opening episode of "Extravagant Challenge", the Skip-Beat! drama being broadcast in Taiwan. Despite my many reservations. And while a lot of those reservations are spot on, I think it's going to be a decent rendition. That...I will skim liberally if I watch any more of it at all.
It made me think, though, about why the opening of Skip-Beat the comic didn't really speak to me at first, and yet as it's continued, the follow-up has made this series my favorite.
Because the screenplay is written backward toward the cliche. I can see what Yoshiki Nakamura was doing, in context of knowing more about that cliche now...
In the drama opening Our Heroine, betrayed, cries before she breaks into maniacal laughter. This is NOT what happens in the manga. Though it may seem a small difference, it was very deliberate that she goes straight to that crazed laughter.
Having Kyoko refuse to react as expected isn't just a wink and then proceeding as usual---the whole story revolves around this different reaction she has to a very common shojo element. It's what sets her apart as she pursues acting, and what makes following her and seeing her deal with problems exhilarating.
I spend a lot of time being disappointed in manga and anime and dramas, because I have a knack for picking out the trope-busters to start with. I then end up filling in my knowledge of the original cliches while looking for other things to read...
It made me think, though, about why the opening of Skip-Beat the comic didn't really speak to me at first, and yet as it's continued, the follow-up has made this series my favorite.
Because the screenplay is written backward toward the cliche. I can see what Yoshiki Nakamura was doing, in context of knowing more about that cliche now...
In the drama opening Our Heroine, betrayed, cries before she breaks into maniacal laughter. This is NOT what happens in the manga. Though it may seem a small difference, it was very deliberate that she goes straight to that crazed laughter.
Having Kyoko refuse to react as expected isn't just a wink and then proceeding as usual---the whole story revolves around this different reaction she has to a very common shojo element. It's what sets her apart as she pursues acting, and what makes following her and seeing her deal with problems exhilarating.
I spend a lot of time being disappointed in manga and anime and dramas, because I have a knack for picking out the trope-busters to start with. I then end up filling in my knowledge of the original cliches while looking for other things to read...
no subject
Less tears! More crazed laughter, please.
showing interest is opening such a can of worms for yourself XD
In the first episode it seems like a perfectly good T-drama, better in effective opening than most, even. But that's mainly the strength of the original material. And I feel more strongly about this so where I'd be more easy-going about almost any other adaptation...
My BIGGEST issue from the outset has been the K-Pop leading men. Siwon is kind of cute, but his acting isn't to a level to get the subtlety Ren needs to not be your ideal leading man. I kind of like their making him a bit self-righteous, tho'...
And I wouldn't be tempted to watch it all if it wasn't for the fact that the other Super Junior member is my guilty-secret pleasure. Not because I have a crush on him, but because he's so child-cute I want to adopt him.
And the dubbing didn't seem so bad for him. Though knowing some of the Korean words he's actually saying under the voice is distracting to say the least. But then Siwon's doesn't sound like his voice, which I KNOW.
Anyway.
These are my conflicts of interest. So I plan to watch the Sho scenes for sheer visuals and feel free to fast-forward. I'm glad I have a comrade in this, though.