u/Bobbet2

Not sure how many people from this sub knew or were aware there was going to be a Pigpen Webtoon live action adaptation and what's going on with it, so I thought I'd let everyone in on it!

As someone who's been waiting for a very very long time on any news about what happened and where the show disappeared to after supposedly being finished and filmed in it's entirety years ago, most speculations I've run into were true.

Let's hope somebody will pick it up soon, this is one project that could be exceptional if done correctly and I'd love to finally be able to see what they did with it.

I don't know where it started, but most Kdramas having 16 (They're getting shorter as well, but end up rushed. Don't know how that's possible lol) episodes as the standard has ruined many great shows that just don't have enough story for 16 episodes. On the other side of the coin, most Webtoon dramas end up around 8-10 episodes and don't have enough time to fully flesh out a story. Case and point - Sweet Home could've been summed up with 2 more episodes at the end of season 1 and been done with the whole webtoon story, but they didn't do that, they stretched it out into something it was never meant to be. Also could've been Netflix's fault, so I acknowledge it with that situation haha

Honestly I really hate how a very specific episode count has become popularized and stereotypical for Kdramas, almost as if the episode count is a cliché in and of itself. If something requires 16, then by all means, make it. However, there are many that could be summed up in 14, taking off a couple unnecessary episodes without all the added drama or plot points that they throw onto the end portion 9 times out of 10 to meet the 16 episode quota time slot.

I really do love watching Kdramas, there's something for everyone, but I could count on one hand how many shows I haven't felt the need to skip multiple worthless subplots or have gotten bored 3 quarters of the way through due to poor pacing issues since the story didn't need so much time to tell. It's not like anything important would be missing if you cut down 20% of the shows.

Another case and point:

I just recently finished "Chicago Typewriter" not too long ago. Besides myself not finding the show to be my thing and the cast having no chemistry, it was a story that could've been told in 10-11 episodes. It was really draggy having 16 and it felt like the writer didn't have enough story for their intended target so it felt torturous to finish. I didn't want to drop it because the backstory was somewhere in there and that's what I wanted to see (which was the best part admittedly), it just took forever to get to, which should've happened much sooner. It would've held my attention a lot more and overall had a better structure instead of going in circles. There's dozens of other shows I could say the same thing about.

It's getting a bit tiring turning on something I think I would like - and end up liking, but becoming bored at times or skipping scenes because they clearly just needed to fill the time slot instead of putting their all into a shorter story and used substance and purposeful scenes instead of filler scenes.

What do you guys think? How are we feeling about this issue and your enjoyment of kdramas? Love to hear your thoughts! :)