Its true, I subscribed to cable TV 3 months back, and Channel
55(where they show all the HK drama serials) is the main channel my
family watched now during Prime Time.
Don't know why, but even though HK scripts are almost always
similar(guy/girl's other half cheat on him/her, guy/girl whine 1 or
2 episodes, then strive to be sucessful etc), it still beats
Channel 8 hands down. 1 reason I guess is due to the fact that TVB
always rotates among its vast array of artistes for leading
roles.
Channel 8 seems to like 2 force down the same few faces on us when
its obvious that some of them are not ready for the big time. To
know who I am referring to, just refer to the covers of I-Weekly or
8 Days, especially the last 2 months or so. Some of them like to
act cute, some tend to exaggerate their expressions and worst, some
can't even act, but yet continue 2 be in leading roles because of a
dearth of talents. IMO, up to today, only the established stars
like Zoe Tay, Lee Nanxing, Tay Ping Hui are rather convincing. For
the young stars, I only think Rui En can act well. That's different
from TVB where its newer crop of actors/actresses are rather
convincing in their protrayal of roles.
I doubt anything can make me turn back to Channel 8 nowadays, not
even their so-called mega productions. I would rather watch
rehashed scripts than to waste my time on watching Mediacorp
Channels.
