DryedMangoez recaps, reviews and commentary about international (non-American) television programs.
Lack of ideas. Wanting to Filipino-ize a good story. Just part of buying the rights to air the original. Whatever the reason, both ABS-CBN and GMA have increasingly adapted foreign dramas for Filipino audiences to very mixed results. While some have been successful in one way or another, most either fell short or just plain embarrassed itself, especially when compared to the original series.
I am amazed. And I love being amazed by television. Amazed in a good way, of course. I hate being amazed by idiots and stupidity on TV.
But with the SBS drama Five Fingers, it was one of those rare times I was amazed and surprised in the best way possible. I started watching the series for one reason, then another came along. I stuck with the series for a different reason then solidified my interest with another. But after the final episodes, I look back at the series and place it on my all-time Korean drama list for a new, completely different reason.
SBS’ Five Fingers started out as a good, if not by-the-numbers, soap opera. A true Korean Makjang drama if there ever was one.
TYPE OF REVIEW : FIRST IMPRESSION REVIEW Basic spoilers. It was a slow first week for ABS-CBN’s newest teleserye, the awkwardly titled Ina, Kapatid, Anak. The first week can be…
TYPE OF REVIEW : FIRST IMPRESSION REVIEW Basic spoilers. The last couple of years have seen Philippine networks, always bastions of originality, increasingly adapt Korean and Mexican soap operas for…
TYPE OF REVIEW : HINDSIGHT REVIEW No spoilers. Click here for the First Impression Review. It is rare when Korean dramas successfully balance lighthearted comedy and real drama. But KBS’s…
Makjang. The term used for Korean melodramas.
SBS’ newest weekend drama Five Fingers starts out being the best example of makjang you could ever see. And that’s definitely not a bad thing.
TYPE OF REVIEW : HINDSIGHT REVIEW Major finale spoilers! Click here for the less-spoilery First Impression Review. So I wonder if Korea ever got independence from Japan? Now, everyone knows…
TYPE OF REVIEW : HINDSIGHT REVIEW Some finale spoilers. Yup, it did fill the huge gaping hole that is the void Power Rangers has left in my life. But more…
TYPE OF REVIEW : FIRST IMPRESSION Mild spoilers up to Episode 6, but with advance warning for any big spoilers. One of the biggest problems a 16 episode or more…