spaceboydream wrote:

i haven't watched this yet but, looks like a Jp version of desperate housewives. is it?

If it is, no thanks.

Jav_sol wrote:

How much is your electric bill each month? My torrents are always slow, even when there are a much of seeders. I've followed online guides on how to set up BT programs and I still get slow downloads. I wonder if my ISP has something to do with it.

You could also try this one: http://community.livejournal.com/asian_doramas/ Scandal isn't there either yet, but it's always good to have more options

Anime Dad wrote:

You could also try this one: http://community.livejournal.com/asian_doramas/ Scandal isn't there either yet, but it's always good to have more options

Thanks, I had come across this community before, I noticed they upload a lot of raw material, so I thought scandal might have a better chanced of being uploaded there.

This is probley wanna of my favorites this season! xDD
SCANDAL is an amazing dorama! the actors are doing such a good job!
It does reminde me of a japanese desperate housewives!

i just wtched the 1st 3 episodes and i'm hooked!
i don't know why it's not getting the attention it deserves, we have really interesting female characters, a suspenseful plot, and nice outfits!
i thought the casting was well done and well-acted out too.

it does have elements of desperate housewives - all 4 women are housewives, they seem normal and typical but each episode reveals a detail about them that makes them complex and how everyone's hiding something, the cheating husband and weird children, and also howthe 4 of them come together to solve the mystery of the 5th woman. however, the japanese are known for being brilliant at taking foreign things and making them japanese. there is obviously a big difference in aesthetics and how the story is told with the 2 dramas. fortunately for the 10-11 episode limit for japanese dramas, it is probably helping it to become not too outrageous or trying-too-hard-to-create-plot-twists like how desperate housewives went down.

one of my fav this season so far too. i hope the suspense and successful pacing\build-up in the drama continues for the rest of the series.

If there is anyone out there like me waiting for DDLs, well our wished have been answered. Thanks to guess1tego whose uploading SCANDAL to http://community.livejournal.com/jdramas/2528880.html

For those that don't know, this a private comm, so you need to join the comm before being able to see the links.

^ yay! I only managed to get ep. 2, now I can get the rest

I love this dorama, can't wait for subtitle ep. 8

I just watched the first few minutes of the series
I like it, like the same I I liked desperate housewives
until it became boring because it didnt end

i am at ep 7 of this drama and it has proven to be really really good. i love all the plot twists and revelations. it makes the drama very exciting. 'is there hope in getting married?' is somehow what i feel while watching this.

going to watch ep 8 now.

spaceboydream wrote:

and nice outfits!

I noticed that too. It's one of the best dressed dramas I've seen. I did a little digging to see who was the costume designer and what other dramas she's worked on. It turned out to be one Fukuda Junko who also waved her magic wan in M no Higeki, Kirakira Kenshui, Bengoshi no Kuzu, Bewitched in Tokyo, Egao no Hosoku, and Beautiful Life to name a few. The official SCANDAL website actually lists what each of the four female characters wears inn each episode. Great reference if you've got an eye on fashion. Check it out: http://www.tbs.co.jp/scandal2008/fashion/#name1
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shari wrote:

I noticed that too. It's one of the best dressed dramas I've seen. I did a little digging to see who was the costume designer and what other dramas she's worked on. It turned out to be one Fukuda Junko who also waved her magic wan in M no Higeki, Kirakira Kenshui, Bengoshi no Kuzu, Bewitched in Tokyo, Egao no Hosoku, and Beautiful Life to name a few. The official SCANDAL website actually lists what each of the four female characters wears inn each episode. Great reference if you've got an eye on fashion. Check it out: http://www.tbs.co.jp/scandal2008/fashion/#name1

Thats really cool! I loved the outfits in Scandal every women had their own style and everyone worked it!
My favorite style was Takako!