Tuesday, December 04, 2018

Tabloid Episodes 1+2

With so many jdoramas to watch after being freed from JLPT, I was drawn to Tabloid for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it had been sitting unwatched in my HD for a very long time and secondly, PannenkoekenNL was very kind to upload a good copy of the show at Avistaz because the previous copy I had was of very bad quality.


Tabloid is a star studded jdorama about the world of investigative reporting and trying to keep a tabloid magazine afloat with the most salacious news. On paper, Tabloid has everything; Tokiwa Takako as this idealistic journalist who was demoted from the main paper for asking the right questions, Tomosaka Rie as the pragmatic opposite, Sato Koichi as the enigmatic boss and Hiroyuki Sanada as this murderer who might be innocent.


However, Tokiwa Takako is just annoying. The chemistry between the characters just doesn't work, the dialogue feels stiff and the stories too ham fisted. Worst, there's nothing intriguing about Sanada Hiroyuki's character after two episodes.


The best thing Tabloid has going for it is watching all the actors looking so young including Mizukawa Asami aka Nurse Miki from Iryu!

While the 90s was known as the golden era of jdoramas, not everything during that era was gold and I'd even wager most of it was meh stuff like it is now. Tabloid is a show with right intentions that doesn't flow together really well. Meh.
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4 comments:

  1. dgundam4:47 am

    Hi mike, just like you i had this drama in my HD for a while now...only ever skimmed it since i did not have time to try it. i guess it will still be in the backlog thnx to your review.
    avistaz....ive been trying to join that site for plenty of years now, but cant seem to be able to register and havent rly asked anyone for an invite.
    QQ....do you happen to know how to get someone to invite me to join?

    On another note, got back from my honeymoon in japan and taiwan. i was sad that i had to leave japan lol. the weather and food was great, my wife loved japan....now to try to get her hooked on jdramas....unfortunately that hasnt been going well.

    i saw a Guts statue as well as skull knight statue in taiwan airport duty free...but they were $400 usd each, kinda expensive.

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  2. Anonymous1:57 am

    Could you please review saki ni umareta dake no boku? Please don't let Sakurai sho impede you from watching. It's an interesting drama that's more of a debate how to teach high schoolers without shoving anything down your throat but rather raises questions about methods and possible solutions and their consequences. It does take until ep 3/4 to get really interesting.

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  3. Jung12:34 pm

    Damn, I don't even remember this one!

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  4. Sonna~1:39 am

    Haven't watched it and I don't remember this one either. Asami looks like she's had work done since then. There's also the most beautiful and excellent Tomosaka Rie.

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