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Post by IceCat on Sept 20, 2014 9:14:15 GMT
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Post by IceCat on Aug 20, 2015 9:58:08 GMT
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Post by mr3putt on Mar 15, 2016 18:54:00 GMT
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Post by IceCat on Aug 8, 2017 4:28:45 GMT
 Daniel Day Kim (co-star of Lost and the current incarnation of Hawai'i Five O) is currently developing an adaptation of the 2013 KBS drama Good Doctor for CBS. The title character in the original version, portrayed by Joo Won, is an autistic savant who becomes a pediatric surgeon. The US version is to be set in Boston and tentatively slated for August 2015. CBS lost interest in the project but it got greenlighted by ABC earlier this year and a pilot was filmed in Vancouver, BC this past spring. Production is currently underway there for the rest of the season, which is set to debut on my birthday, 25 September, on ABC and CTV. It is now set at a fictional hospital in San Jose, CA and will have English actor Freddie Highmore ("Finding Neverland", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and A&E's Bates Motel) in the lead role of Dr. Shaun Murphy.Kevin |
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Post by IceCat on Oct 11, 2017 20:03:06 GMT
  The Good Doctor isn't the first American series to be adapted from a K-drama. Rather quietly this past summer ABC aired a 10 episode adaptation of a 2014 SBS series God's Gift: 14 Days. Entitled Somewhere Between, it follows a mother's quest to prevent her daughter's murder after a botched suicide attempt causes her to awaken a week prior to the event.
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Post by IceCat on Dec 1, 2017 0:39:35 GMT
Is everyone prepared for a SECOND season of Better Late than Never? No? Well, it's coming anyway...english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2017/11/30/0200000000AEN20171130003200315.html?sns=fbThis time around the crew tours around Europe and Morocco. It debuts on NBC with a preview episode on 11 December and begins its weekly run on New Year's Day. CJ E&M has sold the format to what was originally known in Korea as Grandpas over Flowers to Ukraine, Italy, Turkey and China.Kevin
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Post by IceCat on Oct 17, 2018 9:25:34 GMT
K-drama addicts are scrambling for another source to keep up with their favorite series after Warner Media announced rather abruptly on Tuesday that they've shut down DramaFever, the 9 year old streaming service it acquired in 2016. Since Warner Media itself was acquired by AT&T earlier this year they may have been looking for cost savings as they look to launch a comprehensive streaming service of their own, and with Netflix and Amazon now on the K-drama bandwagon the licensing fees for series have been increasing, making stand alone services like DramaFever unsustainable in the long run.
Fortunately for me I wasn't in the middle of anything on that service but it still came as a shock that I had to find out about the shut down on my Twitter feed. I'm still subscribed to Viki and am contemplating signing up with Kocowa going forward.
Kevin
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Post by IceCat on Oct 17, 2018 10:57:43 GMT
As I was deep diving into the initial reactions to the DramaFever shutdown, it apparently was so sudden that many subscribers were IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EPISODE when it suddenly stopped and the site displayed the following message:
Subscribers (including myself) got an e-mail saying that their premium service was cancelled and that they "were sorry to see me go" (as if we had a say in the matter). Fortunately I was only on a month-to-month basis but for those who had recently taken out annual subscriptions they're no doubt pissed right now. Some of the shows that were on the platform aren't currently available anywhere else at the moment, so there will be fallout for weeks to come as fans scramble for other sources, legal or otherwise, to keep up with their favorite series.
Kevin
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Post by longballbogey on Oct 17, 2018 17:44:50 GMT
K-drama addicts are scrambling for another source to keep up with their favorite series after Warner Media announced rather abruptly on Tuesday that they've shut down DramaFever, the 9 year old streaming service it acquired in 2016. Since Warner Media itself was acquired by AT&T earlier this year they may have been looking for cost savings as they look to launch a comprehensive streaming service of their own, and with Netflix and Amazon now on the K-drama bandwagon the licensing fees for series have been increasing, making stand alone services like DramaFever unsustainable in the long run.
Fortunately for me I wasn't in the middle of anything on that service but it still came as a shock that I had to find out about the shut down on my Twitter feed. I'm still subscribed to Viki and am contemplating signing up with Kocowa going forward.Kevin Sorry to see them go, I was a member of Dramafever for about 5 years. |
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Post by legitimategolf on Oct 21, 2018 16:24:49 GMT
Another disappointed Dramafever user here. So far I am enjoying the Viki service. Currently watching Let's Eat 3. I noticed that the Viki subtitles are a little bit hipper than Dramafever's. They assume that the viewer knows common Korean expressions such as 'daebak' or 'aigoo', and common terms like hyung/oppa.
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Post by IceCat on Oct 21, 2018 17:36:55 GMT
Another disappointed Dramafever user here. So far I am enjoying the Viki service. Currently watching Let's Eat 3. I noticed that the Viki subtitles are a little bit hipper than Dramafever's. They assume that the viewer knows common Korean expressions such as 'daebak' or 'aigoo', and common terms like hyung/oppa.
I found out about another streaming site, OnDemandKorea, which to date airs programming largely without subtitles, but they have put out the word that they're going to begin ramping up their subtitled library soon.Kevin |
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Post by IceCat on Oct 22, 2018 9:12:48 GMT
DramaFever still exists in a sense, as their content is still part of Warner Media's aggregate streaming service VRV (dot co, NOT dot com), where it's resided since last December but it's only available in the US. VRV's other channels include anime, cartoons, horror films, documentaries, shows about online gaming and other niche programming. Much of VRV's content can be viewed for free if you don't mind ads. The whole bundle is $9.99/month while DramaFever alone with a VRV sign in is $4.99/month. How long this will last is anybody's guess given that AT&T plans to launch a comprehensive streaming service sometime next year. The consensus within the K-drama community regarding whether it is worth it to splash out on VRV seems to be: burn me once, shame on you; burn me twice, shame on me.
Kevin
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Post by IceCat on Oct 30, 2018 8:51:40 GMT
DramaFever still exists in a sense, as their content is still part of Warner Media's aggregate streaming service VRV (dot co, NOT dot com), where it's resided since last December but it's only available in the US. VRV's other channels include anime, cartoons, horror films, documentaries, shows about online gaming and other niche programming. Much of VRV's content can be viewed for free if you don't mind ads. The whole bundle is $9.99/month while DramaFever alone with a VRV sign in is $4.99/month. How long this will last is anybody's guess given that AT&T plans to launch a comprehensive streaming service sometime next year. The consensus within the K-drama community regarding whether it is worth it to splash out on VRV seems to be: burn me once, shame on you; burn me twice, shame on me.Kevin Kevin |
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Post by IceCat on Nov 17, 2018 9:12:33 GMT
I'm not sure how you would categorize the genre that is highlighted in this segment from Al Jazeera English's media review program The Listening Post, which in turn makes it difficult to figure out where to share this clip. It delves into a phenomenon dubbed "defector TV", which as the name implies features those who fled North Korea.
Kevin
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Post by IceCat on Nov 27, 2018 0:20:08 GMT
Drama fans, here's the Cyber Monday deal to beat all deals! Available now through 9 December at 40% off the regular price for Viki Pass Plus with Kocowa, essentially an all access pass to Viki's entire library.
Kevin
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