You've hit the mark on every single one of these! I especially hate the actresses who look like they're 12 years old and sound like they're 5 years old with their whiny little baby voices.
The over used of first meeting spinning for hours in slow mo and staring into each other eyes...😂😂😅 also over used of peach blossom on every romantic moments 😫🤪
I agree about the sad endings. I always check comments or check the last episode. I am 76 and don't have time to waste time watching 40 episodes and end up with a scrappy ending. Otherwise I love Chinese dramas.
Yang zi in lost you forever was really smart... It seems aged women in China have no value... They are simply obsessed over play school kid like girls who are extremely thinny skinny with nasal baby tones.. China gets so many Olympic gold medals, why don't they portray such powerful women who are swimmers, gymnasts, archers, strong and bold... And male CEOs, at twenties, flat stomach and force distressed girls to kiss.. But bromances like the untamed and the word of honour were great... Watched them for many a times.. War of faith, level best series...
Untamed è ancora il mio favorito e ancora lo riguardo. Non mi stupisce che siano più interessanti i bromance, i personaggi femminili nei chinese drama sono patetici, fisicamente ed intellettualmente inadeguati.
I started to watch Cdramas because I got bored with western movies. All you said is true and sometimes it’s too much I fast forward but usually it’s a script badly written. The costumes they wear are beautiful and sometimes the baby girl thing makes me feel like vomiting but they are usually great actors eg The Untamed and the latest one I’ve watched is Blossum in Diversity which is excellent. It’s true maybe out of 20 only maybe 7 are worth watching but I guess depends what you like. 😊
@@ChinesestarletYah! And them coughing blood in literally every small thing is the most irritating and sometimes gets so unnecessary,,and this is the thing i most agreed with in your video🩷Keep it up! Was worth watching 🎉
And these obvious flaws also, in a weird way, make me enjoy Chinese drama's. They're kind of kitch and hilarious. Yet sometimes the thought they must be a representation of certain Chinese values is a bit disturbing (f.a. how women are perceived)
@@milamilla1977remember they play in what dynesty? Even on those days in Europe they used to mistreat women and prosecut them, burn them alive, specially if they suspected she was a witch. Not long ago women started to have rights in the west. I started to watch cdramas because for me it was like a breeze of fresh air. Got tired of all the nudity from western dramas
In as much as I have watched rather cringe Chinese dramas, there are some good ones out there; Nirvana in Fire for example. Of course I have had issues about them; ranging from chauvinistic male characters, clingy child like behavior of female characters, sleeping with make up on, full robes, head gears) so totally unrealistic! When I do watch these dramas, I do it for the plot, the thrill, the ost, the fantasy ( doesn't matter how crappy the CGI is) and of course, excellent acting( Untamed, Joy of Life, TMOPB), Blood of Youth, Ashes of Fire, Empress Ruyi). As long as the plot is intriguing and fast, I will binge watch happily. Every production has it's own shortcomings, every story has an AU ending😂(thanks to fanfiction). Nothing can satisfy you entirely, including the money you are earning. We always want more. We always qish things were better. But this is the society we are living in. Let us cut each other some slack. My advice to you, be diverse. Watch an Indonesian drama, pick an Indian movie with Hrithik Roshan, watch a new K-drama,pick that historical movie you saw its trailer (Seven Kings Will Die), or pick Dracula drama for a change. Have more options
This is why Liu Shishi character in a journey to love is so refreshing, a mature badass woman who know exactly what she wants, no baby voice, no dead fish kiss. Liu yu ning character is also great, perfect boyfriend/husband material. It's the ending that ruin everything 😢😢😢😢
I really agreed with your comment on Dylan Wang in Only for Love. I am a fan and was really looking forward to the drama, but couldn't they have made him look older? Dongfang Qingcang seemed older and had such a powerful presence. And Till the End of the Moon REALLY overdid the blood vomiting!!!! I was like "Come ON!"
I agree with the women as a man thing. I don't mind if they just do the costuming with no mustache,but that mustache always just looks creepy. I also agree with the second leads . I watched The Long Ballad and skipped episodes and fast forwarded through most of it to just see the second leads romance as I liked it more and was not a fan of the FL. I would love to see more of the second lead gets the girl endings like Love Better Than Immortality.
D'accordo su ogni punto ma secondo me ne manca un' altro. Non si spettinano mai. MAI. Possono entrare completamente in acqua ma escono asciutti, finiscono i prigione,affrontano furiosi combattimenti e non di muove neanche un capello.
I’m curious about the other tropes you omitted. I remember my bestie and I making a list of tropes you see in Asian dramas overall. Unreal how many we came up with. lol
The skin smoothing and white wash to make actors as pale as dead bodies.. is just tooooooo much. My eyes huts.. even the brightness is at min.. i still want to wear sunglasses 😂😂😂
I agree. I'm sort of well, i stepped watching dramas from china cause they were dull.. I'm watching a turkish dramas and they are sorta dumb but they are really exciting because of the bad guys. China's bad guys are very dull. The idea that the good guys are so passive with the good women is a turn off too. The ccp just doesn't make good movies.
Romantic entanglements. As soon as a couple gets too close, they must quickly be separated by a misunderstanding which makes one believe (more or less logically) that one of them is in love with someone else. One of my worst memories is And the Winner is Love when a stupid heroine abandoned a charming hero who did everything for her simply because she was made to believe in an OLD relationship between him and another ! She didn't even want to listen to his explanations for 10 episodes even though she was suffering from depression !
Sorry but I don’t think the picture of Amu and afu from Love Like the Galaxy should be included in controlling parents. She was a general who was actually clueless about how to care for a daughter she left since birth. I think she was actually lost and clueless about her own relationship with her daughter. Also, Nianiao wasn’t really controlled by her hence the conflict between the two characters. Yes, she was annoying but it was because her idea of a proper lady and the way she tried to raise her daughter didn’t really match again I think because she doesn’t really know how to approach having a daughter because she was so used to being a general with soldiers.
Here is a tip to select good c-dramas, 1. Avoid xianxia dramas, only watch xianxias with good reviews and ratings. (Xianxia dramas are usually about gods, demons, immortals etc and they unnecessarily drag the drama including multiple lives. 80% of these dramas are boring and very predictable. There are few good ones out there like ten miles of peach blossoms, Till the end of the moon & lost you forever. 2. Avoid high school dramas. These dramas are filled with rookie actors/actresses with bad acting skills or idols. Repetitive plot with babyish female leads embarrassing themselves infront of oh so popular ridiculously all rounder MLs. I've only seen very few decent high school dramas. 3. Avoid the CEO- poor FL dramas AT ANY COST!!! Hope this will helps!
The male leads being the perfect guy is starting to get on my nerves. Couldnt watch An Le because of this. And its one of the major reason Goodbye my princess did so well.
I agree with nearly everything you said,the interfering parents annoy the hell out of me,but Chinese Culture is very big on Filial Piety,so I do understand I to a certain extent,but I wouldn't put up with it
I’m from the USA and I think cdrama needs to see more FL that doesn’t always end with a marriage:-). I think Lusi is a great actress but I think most of her character ended in marriage by end of the series. Create more drama without being predictable. It can get boring and slowly looses audiences. IMHO.
If you want a amazing story which has a strong fm who fears one and isn't a damsel in distress and ml who is strong and doesn't care to get their hands dirty to achieve there goals And loves the fm unconditionally, Till the end of the moon is the drama for you! ❤ Except if you hate sad ending 😭 But even then it's worth watching and the ending is actually open so it's up to your choice!
The tropes. Spinning, sworn enemies, ML catching the FL or rescuing her very theatrically, Costumes that never get dirty. Hair that stays in place and clothes that are dry after coming out of the water, The cross dressing females with makeup, The cold CEO... can't there be any other kind. Most of the bad actors that look good don't know how to not look stiff when playing the cold character, The predictable dialogue. Why is everyone wearing white? and have so much light on their faces. It is so unnatural. Having 30+ year old actors playing teenagers. It is not the actor's fault, scripts that have demanding roles should age up their characters be more appropriate. Continuity issues, Falling off the cliff or underwater kisses. Can you come up with a fresher idea? I really liked The Romance With You. It was low budget and the acting and script were not that good. It had a lot of problems, but it was fresh to have the ML be totally disinterested in the female, and for the brother to cross dress and become the wife of his enemy. And the maid was totally different. The runaway bride rescuing the men, And having the ML deciding he was not going to let his "wife" go. Even the spinning and accidental kiss tropes had very different outcomes. Unrealistic endings and that make no sense. or have good closure. A sad ending can still have closure. And ending that is illogical just leads to confusion and disappointment. Not to mentions the serious injuries that get healed overnight. Time travel where it is just a dream or the heroine has to go back to the future.
I don't understand why after women cry like a baby, then turn around and bite the male lead like she's some kind of rabbied dog and the male lead pits up with the female lead dling that to him and they still get married in the end. If a gril bit a guy's arm in real life, the dude would punch her in the face, especially here in America.
😂😂😂lol..agreed with all the cliches you mentioned...i hate the most is the predictable drugging then sex plot... come on... they think all people are fools...😂😂
I really get turned off by all these husbands/boyfriends who can't seem the keep their zippers pulled up and the loose women who think they are so much better than. Wives/girlfriends.
I love Cdramas and kdramas. There are some amazing actresses and actors, Bai Lu is brilliant in all her roles, she had all her hair cut off for Arsenal Military Academy and looked like , an albeit delicate, young lad. I admit where the fl just sticks on a fake moustache it’s ridiculous. Also Yang Zi’s mannerisms playing a guy was spot on.
I’m going to blunt: change your title. This isn’t 15 Things Ruining C-dramas, but 15 things (pet peeves) that ruins drama for you specifically. I actually expected some very in depth points about behind the scenes stuff or the staff. The only real things that sounded reasonable were the ones that had to do w/ the writing.
well, if you buy into stuff that is visibly aimed at field laborers in the steppes of Northern China, who think plastic is fantastic, and women are stupid, helpless lambs, and silent-movie-acting is cutting edge, then, by all means! I do love that Cdrama is not as in your face as many western dramas, but, there is a middle way!
You've hit the mark on every single one of these! I especially hate the actresses who look like they're 12 years old and sound like they're 5 years old with their whiny little baby voices.
And dont forget when they become the empress😂😂😂😂😂
Especially Zhao lusi and Esther yu.... I don't like their annoying voice😡
The over used of first meeting spinning for hours in slow mo and staring into each other eyes...😂😂😅 also over used of peach blossom on every romantic moments 😫🤪
I agree about the sad endings. I always check comments or check the last episode. I am 76 and don't have time to waste time watching 40 episodes and end up with a scrappy ending. Otherwise I love Chinese dramas.
Yang zi in lost you forever was really smart... It seems aged women in China have no value... They are simply obsessed over play school kid like girls who are extremely thinny skinny with nasal baby tones.. China gets so many Olympic gold medals, why don't they portray such powerful women who are swimmers, gymnasts, archers, strong and bold... And male CEOs, at twenties, flat stomach and force distressed girls to kiss.. But bromances like the untamed and the word of honour were great... Watched them for many a times.. War of faith, level best series...
Yes ,,War of Faith n the Untamed always the best❤❤💚💚🩵🩵
Untamed è ancora il mio favorito e ancora lo riguardo. Non mi stupisce che siano più interessanti i bromance, i personaggi femminili nei chinese drama sono patetici, fisicamente ed intellettualmente inadeguati.
No sexual chemistry, adult characters acting like they are in high school in romantic situations, 40 episode shows with draggy plots.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Best line ever! "If you are that shocked at being kissed, maybe it is time to reevaluate your communication skills."
Why was the scene from Reset leading Bad Ending dramas?
I started to watch Cdramas because I got bored with western movies. All you said is true and sometimes it’s too much I fast forward but usually it’s a script badly written. The costumes they wear are beautiful and sometimes the baby girl thing makes me feel like vomiting but they are usually great actors eg The Untamed and the latest one I’ve watched is Blossum in Diversity which is excellent. It’s true maybe out of 20 only maybe 7 are worth watching but I guess depends what you like. 😊
Yes..Blossoms in Adversity is really great ❤️❤️
Lol.. I agree with the horrible awkward kissing..
Haha.. actually I agree with pretty much everything in this video 😂
Thank you! There is so much more I left out 🤣🤣
@@ChinesestarletYah! And them coughing blood in literally every small thing is the most irritating and sometimes gets so unnecessary,,and this is the thing i most agreed with in your video🩷Keep it up! Was worth watching 🎉
And these obvious flaws also, in a weird way, make me enjoy Chinese drama's. They're kind of kitch and hilarious. Yet sometimes the thought they must be a representation of certain Chinese values is a bit disturbing (f.a. how women are perceived)
And questionable ethics. And I will even not mention horrible suicide or execution scenes.
@@milamilla1977remember they play in what dynesty? Even on those days in Europe they used to mistreat women and prosecut them, burn them alive, specially if they suspected she was a witch. Not long ago women started to have rights in the west. I started to watch cdramas because for me it was like a breeze of fresh air. Got tired of all the nudity from western dramas
In as much as I have watched rather cringe Chinese dramas, there are some good ones out there; Nirvana in Fire for example. Of course I have had issues about them; ranging from chauvinistic male characters, clingy child like behavior of female characters, sleeping with make up on, full robes, head gears) so totally unrealistic!
When I do watch these dramas, I do it for the plot, the thrill, the ost, the fantasy ( doesn't matter how crappy the CGI is) and of course, excellent acting( Untamed, Joy of Life, TMOPB), Blood of Youth, Ashes of Fire, Empress Ruyi). As long as the plot is intriguing and fast, I will binge watch happily. Every production has it's own shortcomings, every story has an AU ending😂(thanks to fanfiction). Nothing can satisfy you entirely, including the money you are earning. We always want more. We always qish things were better. But this is the society we are living in. Let us cut each other some slack.
My advice to you, be diverse. Watch an Indonesian drama, pick an Indian movie with Hrithik Roshan, watch a new K-drama,pick that historical movie you saw its trailer (Seven Kings Will Die), or pick Dracula drama for a change. Have more options
Well said
This is why Liu Shishi character in a journey to love is so refreshing, a mature badass woman who know exactly what she wants, no baby voice, no dead fish kiss.
Liu yu ning character is also great, perfect boyfriend/husband material.
It's the ending that ruin everything 😢😢😢😢
Sleeping in costume... so unreal. Bedhead is cute!
It’s true that their sleeping attire isn’t very serious, but there are dramas that escape it.
You forgot to mention the bandaging of the wounds. She helps him! 😮. Wondered always why he does not die.
Agree with all apart from spitting blood which shows intense injury. Cheng Yi does it so well😂
I started to watch Cdrama because of Zhao liying❤❤... My one and only favorite Chinese drama❤...
I really agreed with your comment on Dylan Wang in Only for Love. I am a fan and was really looking forward to the drama, but couldn't they have made him look older? Dongfang Qingcang seemed older and had such a powerful presence.
And Till the End of the Moon REALLY overdid the blood vomiting!!!! I was like "Come ON!"
I agree with the women as a man thing. I don't mind if they just do the costuming with no mustache,but that mustache always just looks creepy. I also agree with the second leads . I watched The Long Ballad and skipped episodes and fast forwarded through most of it to just see the second leads romance as I liked it more and was not a fan of the FL. I would love to see more of the second lead gets the girl endings like Love Better Than Immortality.
D'accordo su ogni punto ma secondo me ne manca un' altro. Non si spettinano mai. MAI. Possono entrare completamente in acqua ma escono asciutti, finiscono i prigione,affrontano furiosi combattimenti e non di muove neanche un capello.
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I’m curious about the other tropes you omitted. I remember my bestie and I making a list of tropes you see in Asian dramas overall. Unreal how many we came up with. lol
How about females character passing out at the smallest thing?😅
I do agree with majority of these a lot. kinda ruins me watching a lot of Chinese dramas(still love Chinese dramas 💕
Is this person a westerner writing about Asian customs?
Idk if they are western or not but it doesn’t matter bc they are spitting facts.
She is not talking about Asian customs, she is talking about tv tropes.
As if all things mentioned ìn the video are only exclusive to "Asian customs" ✋.
Couging blood ...omg I m also thinking the same.. Why? 😅
It's def not a costume cdrama if there's no blood spitting.
Why did you show a scene from Reset at the start of terrible endings?
Most of these flaws are reasons why I love cdramas.
The skin smoothing and white wash to make actors as pale as dead bodies.. is just tooooooo much. My eyes huts.. even the brightness is at min.. i still want to wear sunglasses 😂😂😂
Particularly "till the end of the moon". I skipped it because of how white all the characters looked, felt like they were ghosts.
🎚♥️Thanks for bringing these obvious observations to light😇
I agree. I'm sort of well, i stepped watching dramas from china cause they were dull.. I'm watching a turkish dramas and they are sorta dumb but they are really exciting because of the bad guys. China's bad guys are very dull. The idea that the good guys are so passive with the good women is a turn off too. The ccp just doesn't make good movies.
Romantic entanglements.
As soon as a couple gets too close, they must quickly be separated by a misunderstanding which makes one believe (more or less logically) that one of them is in love with someone else. One of my worst memories is And the Winner is Love when a stupid heroine abandoned a charming hero who did everything for her simply because she was made to believe in an OLD relationship between him and another ! She didn't even want to listen to his explanations for 10 episodes even though she was suffering from depression !
Sorry but I don’t think the picture of Amu and afu from Love Like the Galaxy should be included in controlling parents. She was a general who was actually clueless about how to care for a daughter she left since birth. I think she was actually lost and clueless about her own relationship with her daughter. Also, Nianiao wasn’t really controlled by her hence the conflict between the two characters. Yes, she was annoying but it was because her idea of a proper lady and the way she tried to raise her daughter didn’t really match again I think because she doesn’t really know how to approach having a daughter because she was so used to being a general with soldiers.
Here is a tip to select good c-dramas,
1. Avoid xianxia dramas, only watch xianxias with good reviews and ratings. (Xianxia dramas are usually about gods, demons, immortals etc and they unnecessarily drag the drama including multiple lives. 80% of these dramas are boring and very predictable. There are few good ones out there like ten miles of peach blossoms, Till the end of the moon & lost you forever.
2. Avoid high school dramas. These dramas are filled with rookie actors/actresses with bad acting skills or idols. Repetitive plot with babyish female leads embarrassing themselves infront of oh so popular ridiculously all rounder MLs. I've only seen very few decent high school dramas.
3. Avoid the CEO- poor FL dramas AT ANY COST!!!
Hope this will helps!
Como quien dice evitar los dramas chinos porque en su mayoría son de los tres géneros que mencionas
That is the reason why, it is a movie,, all the facts u mentioned are the reason why I watch it
The male leads being the perfect guy is starting to get on my nerves. Couldnt watch An Le because of this. And its one of the major reason Goodbye my princess did so well.
I agree with nearly everything you said,the interfering parents annoy the hell out of me,but Chinese Culture is very big on Filial Piety,so I do understand I to a certain extent,but I wouldn't put up with it
RESET does not have a bad ending though 😊
When you love Yu ShuXin but cant watch her because of the baby voice
I’m from the USA and I think cdrama needs to see more FL that doesn’t always end with a marriage:-). I think Lusi is a great actress but I think most of her character ended in marriage by end of the series. Create more drama without being predictable. It can get boring and slowly looses audiences. IMHO.
If you want a amazing story which has a strong fm who fears one and isn't a damsel in distress and ml who is strong and doesn't care to get their hands dirty to achieve there goals And loves the fm unconditionally,
Till the end of the moon is the drama for you! ❤
Except if you hate sad ending 😭
But even then it's worth watching and the ending is actually open so it's up to your choice!
super agree!
The tropes. Spinning, sworn enemies, ML catching the FL or rescuing her very theatrically, Costumes that never get dirty. Hair that stays in place and clothes that are dry after coming out of the water, The cross dressing females with makeup, The cold CEO... can't there be any other kind. Most of the bad actors that look good don't know how to not look stiff when playing the cold character, The predictable dialogue. Why is everyone wearing white? and have so much light on their faces. It is so unnatural. Having 30+ year old actors playing teenagers. It is not the actor's fault, scripts that have demanding roles should age up their characters be more appropriate. Continuity issues, Falling off the cliff or underwater kisses. Can you come up with a fresher idea? I really liked The Romance With You. It was low budget and the acting and script were not that good. It had a lot of problems, but it was fresh to have the ML be totally disinterested in the female, and for the brother to cross dress and become the wife of his enemy. And the maid was totally different. The runaway bride rescuing the men, And having the ML deciding he was not going to let his "wife" go. Even the spinning and accidental kiss tropes had very different outcomes. Unrealistic endings and that make no sense. or have good closure. A sad ending can still have closure. And ending that is illogical just leads to confusion and disappointment. Not to mentions the serious injuries that get healed overnight. Time travel where it is just a dream or the heroine has to go back to the future.
I don't understand why after women cry like a baby, then turn around and bite the male lead like she's some kind of rabbied dog and the male lead pits up with the female lead dling that to him and they still get married in the end. If a gril bit a guy's arm in real life, the dude would punch her in the face, especially here in America.
😂😂😂lol..agreed with all the cliches you mentioned...i hate the most is the predictable drugging then sex plot... come on... they think all people are fools...😂😂
I really get turned off by all these husbands/boyfriends who can't seem the keep their zippers pulled up and the loose women who think they are so much better than. Wives/girlfriends.
I agree.
I agree: give us more Tantai Jin !!!
I love Cdramas and kdramas. There are some amazing actresses and actors, Bai Lu is brilliant in all her roles, she had all her hair cut off for Arsenal Military Academy and looked like , an albeit delicate, young lad. I admit where the fl just sticks on a fake moustache it’s ridiculous. Also Yang Zi’s mannerisms playing a guy was spot on.
the underwater open eye kissing scene.
I’m going to blunt: change your title.
This isn’t 15 Things Ruining C-dramas, but 15 things (pet peeves) that ruins drama for you specifically. I actually expected some very in depth points about behind the scenes stuff or the staff. The only real things that sounded reasonable were the ones that had to do w/ the writing.
I agree in every single one of them. Only a few are great but majority of them are just trash.
if you agree with this video, you deserve western television
A fact is a fact rather we like it or not 🤷♀️
well, if you buy into stuff that is visibly aimed at field laborers in the steppes of Northern China, who think plastic is fantastic, and women are stupid, helpless lambs, and silent-movie-acting is cutting edge, then, by all means! I do love that Cdrama is not as in your face as many western dramas, but, there is a middle way!
She is saying facts.
She is saying constructive criticism
@@preciouslyunhinged did u not read the video title? She’s pointing out what’s ruining Chinese dramas. Did u expect her to sugarcoat everything ?
Ah yes.... Ah yes...
if you think there is so much wrong in c dramas ...just don't watch them.....?!
It does no one any good if you don't give helpful criticism. It will just kill the show.
@@bartonbella3131 and are you giving helpful criticism now?
@@west.8105how old are you? 😂
What kind of braindead comment is this? So nobody should give any constructive criticism about any media now?
Cdramas are the best! No Soros money in China