Usagi Yojimbo wrote:

there are always chasing scenes or running scenes....why can't they use their bikes or take a cab instead ne?

Take a cab?????


The person will have to stand there and wait for a cab, if not, wait for the cab to automatically open the door for them. It can be good for humor, but its not as exciting i think as when you see two people running after each other
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besides, if they take a cab, they'll immediately get suck in traffic. They'll have to get out and start running for a few kilometers, where it's obvious that there is no/little traffic.
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What I notice from Dorama:

1) to express her deep feeling, the lead actress will run to the lead actor with the wedding dress and propose him.
2) The lead acor & actress will meet in the same restaurant (usually ramen) and they will say oiishi (delicious) after try their meal (does it mean all of the japanese restaurants have a very good taste???)
3) The main actress is around early 30's, beautiful, and have difficulties to find a boyfriend.
4) The lead actor / actress live very close each other (Kurosagi, nodame cantabille, last christmas, etc)
5) The lead character will act extremely at the end of the movie to show their love.
6) Airport is very big and crowded but the lead actor will manage to find the lead actress before the plane take off.

susantotony wrote:

What I notice from Dorama: 1) to express her deep feeling, the lead actress will run to the lead actor with the wedding dress and propose him. 2) The lead acor & actress will meet in the same restaurant (usually ramen) and they will say oiishi (delicious) after try their meal (does it mean all of the japanese restaurants have a very good taste???) 3) The main actress is around early 30's, beautiful, and have difficulties to find a boyfriend. 4) The lead actor / actress live very close each other (Kurosagi, nodame cantabille, last christmas, etc) 5) The lead character will act extremely at the end of the movie to show their love. 6) Airport is very big and crowded but the lead actor will manage to find the lead actress before the plane take off.

WAHAHAH! funny ones! hahahaha!

here's one that's been getting out of control lately. the drama will have at least one johnny's in it no matter how bad his acting is
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Two other cliches in trendy dramas that no one seems to have mentioned yet (actually, I think they're more like product placements--someone pays the producer to include these in the storyline.)

1) The hero or one of the more admirable characters smokes a lot.

2) A Christian church is included in the plot whether it makes sense or not.

the church is probably for the girl to talk about her marriage dreams or something even though 9 out of 10 she's not christian
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susantotony wrote:

4) The lead actor / actress live very close each other (Kurosagi, nodame cantabille, last christmas, etc)

Funny how you used dramas where the characters live next door to each other.
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K.T.Tran wrote:

Funny how you used dramas where the characters live next door to each other.

I just watched Pride, and the lead actress also live next door with one of the supporting actor. It seems Tokyo is a very small city....

I'm getting sick of the "runs to the airport" and "runs to the bus station" to tell "don't go, I love you".

ladyusagi wrote:

here's one that's been getting out of control lately. the drama will have at least one johnny's in it no matter how bad his acting is

I think I've seen a few of those.
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susantotony wrote:

I just watched Pride, and the lead actress also live next door with one of the supporting actor. It seems Tokyo is a very small city....

only in the dramas.....

So small that it seems anytime the main character goes running to find the person they're looking for, its like they just ran a mile instead of a marathon w/o stopping and sweating
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Very different in real life. I saw that in a few documentary. When 2 people meet in Tokyo, they usually go some landmark and once there, they have to call each other on cellphone, because they are so many people, you can't find each other even if you are at the same place.
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When a character dies in the hospital, the machine has flat-lined, the doctor pronounces the person dead, and the dead persons, spouse, boy/girlfriend (whichever) grabs the dead person and yells their name as loud as possible. Like that's going to bring them back!

gaijinmark wrote:

When a character dies in the hospital, the machine has flat-lined, the doctor pronounces the person dead, and the dead persons, spouse, boy/girlfriend (whichever) grabs the dead person and yells their name as loud as possible. Like that's going to bring them back!

"Get a grip!!!!"

The "Late for work/school cliche" The character wakes up, holds the clock about 1/2 inch from their nose, realizes they're going to be late and then all hell breaks loose. They run around the room, knocking things over, running into furniture (make sure the character says, "Itai!") and then runs out the house, arriving at work/school totally out of breath.

I dunno, anytime I've overslept, my reaction has been, "Shit, I overslept" and then I hurry up, get dressed and get to work as fast as I can. But I've never had to tear the house down in the process. Obviously, I'm doing something wrong.

That one stubborn parent who poses as the antagonist to the loving couple.
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The entire HYD2 drama is one big cliche as well.
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Hahaha!
Laughed so much - this is fun, here are mine:

- Guy hugs girl at least once from behind
- A person that is either sick, drunk or otherwise weak is carried home on the back of the hero
- Nobody ever owns a car
- Product placement pushed to the maximum
- They often work through the night but look picture perfect in the morning
- Some gajins are usually seen in the background in expensive/Western style restaurants
- The heroine is always a good cook
- Beating up people has almost never any consequences, eg lawsuits or arrests
- They always go to a summer festival, always wearing yukatas - alternatively eating watermelons at the beach
- And lastly I think this hasn�Lt been mentionned before - the older woman/the younger guy (usually a Johnny) lovestory

EstherM wrote:

Hahaha! Laughed so much - this is fun, here are mine: - Guy hugs girl at least once from behind

LOL! Case in point, my signature.
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I think this has already been mentioned a million times but I find it very funny:

people running into each other randomly at a CRUCIAL moments (when that'd nearly be impossible)
ie. a girl and a mysterious guy talking together or when something embarassing happens.