Comments on: U.S. remaking My Name Is Kim Sam-soon

By: Shari

Shari — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:25:03 +0000

This is a big NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! That is why I watch Korean Cinema/drama/media… I don’t like American concept of romance…

By: ฉันชื่อคิมซัมซุน… ฉันก็โดนรีเมคด้วย | นิตยสารแหนม

ฉันชื่อคิมซัมซุน… ฉันก็โดนรีเมคด้วย | นิตยสารแหนม — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:00:54 +0000

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By: Eliza

Eliza — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:08:01 +0000

AZN TV was a digital cable network in the USA that was taken off the air about a year and a half ago, because of low viewership (Well of course! One had to pay an additional fee to the basic cable fee in order to have access to this and other digital TV channels). It was through this network that I started to watch Asian shows (some with English subtitles, others without them) and became a fan of them.

There is a big need (and a growing public) that would watch a channel that would carry Asian programs. Unfortunately, too many people are lazy and don’t want to read subtitles (they don’t know that this makes them smarter).

Networks want to milk the cow till they make it dry, that why many show that were good at first, soon became stale.

A lot of Asian hits do not translate well to American because they loose their charm and originality in the translation in order to make it more appealing to the US audience. Il Mare was a little film that got a makeover and became Lake House. (Sandra Bullock has become the new producer of much wanted romantic comedies). It may not have been a blockbuster, but it was decent and most people who have seen it have liked it. The rest have not been so lucky.

There is a big market for romance (ask the publishing companies that make a lot of money with romance novels in the US and their authors). But movies need to appeal also to guys, so they sacrifice the romance or make silly superficial, predictable romantic chick flicks, that guys runs from them like the devil.

It’s a known fact the directors, producers in the US watch a lot of Asian films and have been inspired by them and are starting to bring some of the talent to the US. Let’s wish LBJ. Rain, and others a lot of luck so that more talent and films, and TV series become mainstream in the US.

By: TABI

TABI — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:25:10 +0000

why can’t they just show the original on an American network instead of wasting money on this. That’s a good idea, air it on a popular network, that anyone can watch, and call it Asian Drama Nite?

By: maadddd!

maadddd! — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:32:13 +0000

nooo whyy!!!!
its going to ruin my liking of the
korean one!!
they are going to change it all up
and stuff
waaaa!!

By: AMY.

AMY. — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:36:33 +0000

oh my my.
MNIKSS was a really good drama, one of the best ones i’ve seen
if hollywood remakes it, im gonna kill them cause:

1. they never make good remakes meaning..
2. the remake of MNIKSS will FAIL and
3. the drama is excellent EXACTLY as it is.

american shows are just plain stupid, and they really don’t interest me that much, but that doesnt mean that hollywood should try copying a masterpiece, right?

By: missyfoo

missyfoo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:24:44 +0000

Why do they have to mess with something that is already good! I live in America and I hate AmericanTV. Americanizing a Korean drama will take away the interesting aspect of culture and replace it with dumb American comedy (which is usually very unintelligent). I wont be holding my breathe for this release to come out.