I subscribed to SCV this year, and one of the channel was VV
Drama, the channel that shows TVB dramas.
Since then, from prime time 7 pm onwards, I only watch that
channel.
Seriously, TVB always seemed to be able to produce better quality
drama than Channel 8. While one of the reason is that they have
more years of experience with dramas, the other is that they can
rotate the main leads from time to time. I am sick and tired of
Channel 8 showing the same few young nubile things paired with
either young guys who can't act, or men who are old enough to be
their father.
Another thing is, they can think up of many ideas for a drama
serial, and not just confined/constrict themselves to a few genres.
Take for instance the dramas they currently show now. They have war
dramas like War and Passion(starring Myolie Wu, Leila Tong), period
dramas such as "Bu Yi Shen Xiang" (starring Sunny Chan, Raymond
Lam, Anne Heung). Mediacorp nowadays seemingly only do family
dramas. Worst, they go on to cooperate with Malaysia, and
co-produce a few dramas which have been flops. Remember the one
starring Felicia Chin and Lin Yu Zhong? Remeber the drama serial
that Zhang Yaodong and Jesseca Liu starred in? And what about the
current one showing on Channel 8 starring Vincent Ng? Ratings speak
for themselves.
Metamorphsis was probably one of the slightly better show Channel 8
showed this year. At least it is a break from the normal "Family
show" they produce. As long as Channel 8 continues to produce shows
that is not appealing, I have no qualms about continuing to
subscribe to SCV even if they should increase price.
