I couldnt resist the temptation to write this. Although discretion is advised lest I should be brutally
chastised by my poor grandmother whose only source of entertainment seems to be these atrocities.
There are several bones I have to pick with the people who produce these serials.
1.Firstly, the major lack of budget these people seem to have. Seriously, I ve seen amateur videos on
YouTube with better quality video and editing than the scenes you see here. Its like they have just discovered the software and some old man drunk on caffeine decided to take the reins and try every single feature possible, stuffing it into a single sequence.
2.Two, They couldnt afford boom mikes, hence they decide to dub the dialogues. Why does it not surprise me that they pick the most annoying, high pitched squealers whose voices go directly through your brain and crack your skull?
3.Three, the acting is terrible. barring like, 2 people in all the serials my folks watch (about 6 in one day :P ) they just refuse to show any reaction to anything. And is it a rule to never face the person when one speaks? Just try it, it is insanely uncomfortable, turning your back to a person while talking to them.
4.Then there is this , almost obligation to show everyone's reaction whenever something overly dramatic happens (which is pretty much always)
And the camera dosent even switch, they just pan over to each person's face, and make sure they get every single person's (about 10 people in the shot mind, you) reaction, which would range from absolutely scandalized to completely nonchalant (like seriously, there would be one guy who is just picking his nose in the scene ).
5.Then there is the terrible background music, long drawn out and extremely LOUD. Some random singing at a random scene accompanied by extremely overdone drums.
6.THE CRYING. It would pretty much sum up these serials. Slaps, tears , constipated faces and more tears.
7. No one really dies. People dying makes it interesting dont you think? ( *cough cough* Game of thrones *cough cough*) . If they do, its usually accompanied extremely loud and incredibly drawn out crying sequences which last atleast a week and feature extremely distraught random people who cant act for peanuts. Several suicide attempts occur though, all extremely uncreative, usually featuring a young woman whose marriage (arranged, in case you're wondering) got cancelled, downing a bottle of poison.
One particular scene springs to mind wherein a young lady, having just discovered the brutal truth about her fiance, decides to commit suicide.
So, she runs dramatically to her room and bolts the door, and starts searching frantically in her bedside drawers. Firstly, which house has completely empty night stand drawers?
After opening a few empty drawers, she opens a drawer containing only a bottle clearly labelled POISON which she downs in one go. The circumstances leading to that were as convenient as if one was to find a fully cooked four course dinner in a Masterchef Drawer. Honestly, do they even have script writers?
8. Next is the almost blatant use of stereotypes. The young, saree clad woman with hair neatly pinned and flowered who decides to stay home and look after family? yup she is definitely a good person.
The modern woman in jeans? stay away from her shes the serial's villain.
Also the fact that each serial involves an annoying police inspector and an arranged marriage gone wrong seems quite tiring to the watchers.
I have several more rants but that seems quite sufficient dont you think? It may seem quite hypocritical to be writing so much about a show I so obviously condemn, but it is pure entertainment to watch such bad television. I m sticking to Sherlock and Game of Thrones, people.
There are several bones I have to pick with the people who produce these serials.
1.Firstly, the major lack of budget these people seem to have. Seriously, I ve seen amateur videos on
YouTube with better quality video and editing than the scenes you see here. Its like they have just discovered the software and some old man drunk on caffeine decided to take the reins and try every single feature possible, stuffing it into a single sequence.
2.Two, They couldnt afford boom mikes, hence they decide to dub the dialogues. Why does it not surprise me that they pick the most annoying, high pitched squealers whose voices go directly through your brain and crack your skull?
3.Three, the acting is terrible. barring like, 2 people in all the serials my folks watch (about 6 in one day :P ) they just refuse to show any reaction to anything. And is it a rule to never face the person when one speaks? Just try it, it is insanely uncomfortable, turning your back to a person while talking to them.
4.Then there is this , almost obligation to show everyone's reaction whenever something overly dramatic happens (which is pretty much always)
And the camera dosent even switch, they just pan over to each person's face, and make sure they get every single person's (about 10 people in the shot mind, you) reaction, which would range from absolutely scandalized to completely nonchalant (like seriously, there would be one guy who is just picking his nose in the scene ).
5.Then there is the terrible background music, long drawn out and extremely LOUD. Some random singing at a random scene accompanied by extremely overdone drums.
6.THE CRYING. It would pretty much sum up these serials. Slaps, tears , constipated faces and more tears.
7. No one really dies. People dying makes it interesting dont you think? ( *cough cough* Game of thrones *cough cough*) . If they do, its usually accompanied extremely loud and incredibly drawn out crying sequences which last atleast a week and feature extremely distraught random people who cant act for peanuts. Several suicide attempts occur though, all extremely uncreative, usually featuring a young woman whose marriage (arranged, in case you're wondering) got cancelled, downing a bottle of poison.
One particular scene springs to mind wherein a young lady, having just discovered the brutal truth about her fiance, decides to commit suicide.
So, she runs dramatically to her room and bolts the door, and starts searching frantically in her bedside drawers. Firstly, which house has completely empty night stand drawers?
After opening a few empty drawers, she opens a drawer containing only a bottle clearly labelled POISON which she downs in one go. The circumstances leading to that were as convenient as if one was to find a fully cooked four course dinner in a Masterchef Drawer. Honestly, do they even have script writers?
8. Next is the almost blatant use of stereotypes. The young, saree clad woman with hair neatly pinned and flowered who decides to stay home and look after family? yup she is definitely a good person.
The modern woman in jeans? stay away from her shes the serial's villain.
Also the fact that each serial involves an annoying police inspector and an arranged marriage gone wrong seems quite tiring to the watchers.
I have several more rants but that seems quite sufficient dont you think? It may seem quite hypocritical to be writing so much about a show I so obviously condemn, but it is pure entertainment to watch such bad television. I m sticking to Sherlock and Game of Thrones, people.
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