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*MIISS TRUTH

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That is nice, but to request dramas you need to use this form

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I tried, to no avail :pensive:

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@helenama73_911

[Youtube] has become a money grabbing site, too. Years back, they used to offer many movies/dramas that viki didn’t have for viewers (example: Cinderella and 4 knights/Oh my Ghost), and I watched them on YT, all 16 episodes, fully subbed, long before viki site had them available (many months later). But now…NO such luck. If you don’t pay, you don’t play. They kind of tease you bc they’ll have the first episode (sometimes) and when you try to watch the second episode is time to take out the credit card.

I used to look for the dramas in Spanish bc they had so many available and fully subbed in Spanish but they block and delete their uploaded videos, so even that won’t work for me anymore. Everything is about getting viewers to pay if they want to see any videos which is so messed up. I did noticed they have a lot of Chinese and Tagalog language videos fully available but they’re not ‘‘my cup of tea,’’ either.

[The Circle] I only found a trailer video on YT, and of course the links to pay to be able to watch it. I have no interest to pay YT since I already have so many other options (all legal). The illegal sites are so dangerous someone gave me the info to one site and although I got to see the ending episode of the drama I also was harassed by porno ads connected to that illegal site; Never Again! I learned my lesson.

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Indeed! YouTube is more and more going after our money (not getting mine though :stuck_out_tongue: ). And not just movies, even some songs that have been available for years, are now only to be listened to by paying members.
Oh, and then that irritating “Are you still watching?” message, that can be controlled on your phone, but not on your laptop or desktop … Grrr! Okay, there is software out there to go around it, but that means whoever created that software has access to some of your information, so, no thanks. Though I must say I haven’t seen that message in a while … would they have abolished it? Let’s hope so.

Indeed, most (though not all) illegal sites get your screen full of pop-ups with pics of women with large breasts or “warnings” that there’s something wrong with your computer … I avoid those sites like the plague. Even if the pop-ups would be pictures of handsome Koreans, I would still avoid them, cause they mess up my computer or at the very least my ability to even enjoy the movie/series.

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If you use an android phone it’s Google/Youtube anyway and when you watch it with app you’re probably logged in so they can track you (or if not it may work with some kind of cookies).

I rarely watch Youtube on phone and if I do watch it I use the Firefox app instead of the Youtube app. I think I didn’t get such messages then and could also skip the ads (I cannot watch stuff with ads all the time it is too annoying; I even stopped watching the TV stations for many years now bc of that and only watch TV stations that do not have any ads (or just 30 seconds before and after something starts), an ad-free mediathek or via streaming pages like VIKI, Netflix, … (although I pay for amazon prime they put ads between each episode too, that is so annoying so I almost stooped watching prime shows too - unless something is really good but that is quite rare).

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right here, I just didn’t ever watch it but the the rebel that stole the people. a fantastric cast, and just started watching it today, story of hong gil dong. didn’t know that so this is what I will be watching for awhile

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It’s a great drama! Glad you got around to watching it :smiley: The OST is pretty cool imo, and the acting is fantastic

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and another I have forgotten feel good to die, I have seen that quite some time ago, I also love classical dramas, perfect partners, again the classical stories has some history, but y’know they have to add fiction to get us to like it and of course some fantastic actors in all of them

and Helenama73-911 on 3rd episode, awesome is all I can say!

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I have requested a lot lately even some of the older ones

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That twist is incredible!!! Omgsh!!!

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glad you liked it!

thanks! I hate bad endings too. so glad I stopped watching it! wonder why they do that wasn’t it Faith they did practically the same thing?

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Started watching - I’ll Go to You When the Weather is Nice
This drama caught my attention effortlessly while it seems to belong to the catagory - Still waters run deep.
It reminds me a bit of - Will it Snow for Christmas? - which wasn’t well- received by many, but I still liked it. It’s slow but not prolonging the storyline. It’s like watching falling slow when it is at a pace when you can follow one snowflake fall to the ground - gracefully. You see, I am caught. I’ll keep watching might take a bit, so many things to do …

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I don’t know if that belongs here :thinking:
But I’ve already got excited,
I struggle through 70 episodes, Some episodes can be very long :face_with_monocle:Until something happens again… And then, such a stupid ending :face_with_raised_eyebrow::frowning::confounded:
Really does not work :expressionless:

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What are/were you watching?
Was hast du, oder was schaust du gerade?

@frustratedwriter

I never saw FAITH bc the actress acting doesn’t/never appealed my interest in watching any dramas she’s in (no matter who the main guy is). But I read many comments that the ending ‘‘sucked big time’’ in the drama: Faith.

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The rices of Phönixes hieß es, glaube ich, so ein blödes Ende, unmöglich, aber es liegt wohl an diesem extrem hörig sein in den Familien… The Country aber auch, richtig gut gewesen eigentlich Vorsicht spoiler :grin: und dann sterben sie einen sooo blöden Tod unglaublich, beide Hauptdarsteller, sie hätten beide überleben müssen, meiner Meinung nach

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Chinesisches Drama? Schaue ich sehr, sehr selten. Ich mag Geschichten, die mehr im Realen spielen. In China sind die Hürden für die Drehbuchautoren von der Regierung vorgegeben, sie sollen möglichst Idealen folgen, Familienbande pflegen, Loyalität zu Oberhäuptern, sei es Familie/Arbeit/Staat, Fleiß, Selbstlosigkeit, …
Das kann sich für uns schon manchmal wie eine Überdosis anfühlen und wenn dann der selbstlose Held auch noch stirbt wird er zum Märtyrer und ewig bewunderten Helden, der unter Einsatz seines Lebens alles gewagt hat und es für die Allgemeinheit errungen hat. Fühlt sich aus dem Blickwinkel des Westens betrachtet vielleicht in etwa so an, als sei er um den verdienten Lohn betrogen worden, die Chinesen sehen das oft anders, oder vielleicht mögen sie diese Art dramatische Enden einfach lieber.

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Ja, daß ist bei einigen echt extrem, aber in vielen habe ich das Gefühl, das sie sich davon befreien, sich lösen von diesen kniend gebückten Haltungen, bzw langsam ein Rückgrat entwickeln, und später richtig auch Stärke zeigen, aus so einem Grund gucke ich eigentlich gern chinesisch historisch, aber sowas…ist echt schade dann…