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petterbrorson

The last eight, watercolours 12x9 cm

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De senaste åtta, akvareller, 12x9 cm

zaranuriya

sudden flashback to 25, 21

I think I've seen this film before and I don't like it

honestly as the first child, I can really relate to them both lol. is this a first child syndrome?

darth-noona

I love kdramas based on webtoons or web novels. Because what do you mean she fell down that mountain and didn’t die? and what do you mean I don’t even care cuz it gave me Sa-eon running sweaty through the woods? truly peak kdrama.

fake-married-my-dead-fiance

Family by Choice Text Posts

kdramaxoxo

K-drama Drought...Or IS it?

Is there a k-drama drought, or are there less dramas to pick from in 2024?

Lately I've been feeling like there are no k-dramas to watch. I normally watch 4-6 AIRING k-dramas at a time (yes, I have a problem) and right now I am watching none. So I did a little search to see if there really ARE less k-dramas to choose from and from what I can gather, it's FACTS.

There are less k-dramas being made in 2024.

According to this article, last year there were 250 k-dramas produced but the shows were having trouble getting picked up by networks, so only about 150 made it onto the screen. This year? Only 40 k-dramas are slated to air for 2024 so far. That is a HUGE drop. And actors are having trouble getting work because there are less projects.

Time to hate on Netflix (my hobby)

You know I LOVE blaming the new streaming business model. You know, the one that churns through content, dropping whole shows just to get subscribers so they can tell their investors about "growth"? I'm guessing all of these larger companies (disney+, netflix, amazon prime) are creating a vaccuum because people are watching those over regular networks. The funding is probably just not there since there is so much competition.

Obviously I'm guessing and I'm not a data analyst, just a k-drama girlie missing all of her shows. But I always felt like netflix changing the landscape of television has it's cons and I think this is a major one.

I couldn't find any other articles to verify these numbers, but a few other ones talking about how netflix k-dramas aren't doing well (and by well they just mean they aren't "squid game" and in the top 10, and that's all these large companies care about. Because of that they are also putting out less k-dramas. It sucks because I miss all of my tiny low budget k-dramas and those will never make it in the netflix world, but they can't get picked up by networks now either.

I could keep going but I'm having FEELINGS. I just hope networks decide to make decisions apart from netflix and that netflix stops caring about k-dramas as much to make room for that.

ivy-echoed

I decided to play around with MDLs search feature to see if I could add any more numbers to this. I've filtered by dramas only, South Korea, and I've set the max number of episodes to 16 (to filter out the longer family dramas that I don't think many of us watch) and checked "complete"

2020 - 193

2021 - 247

2022 - 235

2023 - 165

2024 - 70 (unchecking complete gets 117, this number likely includes proposed dramas that may never air).

idleminds

forepop

At A Distance Spring Is Green (2021) // Weak Hero (2022)

I actually hate to put Spring is Green next to Weak Hero bc Weak Hero makes everything look like trash in comparison but I love these clips together bc I think they show 1.) Park Ji Hoon's growth as an actor and 2.) how they accomplish similar goals in directly opposite ways. They both flip the switch on their characters, revealing new sides to them with just a change of expression.

Yeo Joon, who wears his smile and geniality like a shield, and let's it drop in a moment of frustration with Soohyun, who refuses to be moved by it. Yoon Sieun, who is experiencing love and friendship for the first time -- both giving it and receiving it. And who is caught off guard by the way Suho sees right through him, maybe even through to something Sieun hadn't been able to fully recognize in himself. In both moments, they are revealing a truer side of themselves to people who see right through the shields and perceptions they give off.

And in both, the audience sees a new side of the characters for the first time. One of which is chilling, and a little alienating -- maybe we don't know Yeo Joon at all. Maybe he's not quite as innocent or pathetic as we thought. Suddenly, we're seeing there's a real tangible darkness under the skin of him. The other, is equal parts heart-breaking and heart-warming. Under Sieun's aloofness and cold demeanor there's a sweet boy who loves his friends deeply and sincerely. He is also learning, for the first time, that he's a good person.

They're like equal and opposite reactions, and that makes them fun for me to pair together. Dropping a fake smile and gaining a real one.