Netizens Rally to Take ‘Devil’s Disciples’ off Air TVB’s new drama, ‘Devil’s Disciples’ averaged ratings of 31 points and peaked at 35 points during its debut week on the small screen. Such results are very satisfactory for television series that has aired for only week. But ‘DD’ has also attracted negative light as an online forum has begun an online email petition to make TVB discontinue airing it. Since its first day on air, ‘DD’ has been accused of having plagiarised, being outrageous, having crude dialogue and bad special effects. On top of this, an online forum has a started a ‘one person one email’ rally, calling for TVB to immediately stop airing the series. In a few hours, the page had 2000 hits and 80 replies. But most of the netizens believed that the call for ‘DD’ to be taken off air was too extreme and the whole cause was worthless. Those who started the stance believed that ‘DD’ should discontinue airing for 4 major reasons: 1. the numerous special effects were poor, 2. there was no evident line, the kung fu displayed varied from gold needles to drums, 3. worthless and poor jokes, 4. grammar of speech was poor thus being a bad influence to children. Many of netizens who replied admitted that the series featured many poor jokes but it is positive that people still find them funny and that this was not a reason for ‘DD’ to be taken off air. At there same time, there were many other threads in the forum that criticised ‘DD’, with ‘What is bad about DD?’ and ‘DD is rubbish?’ to name a few. On the other hand, the message board at the TVB ‘DD’ official website was filled with some complaints from viewers, including some that mainly focused on Shirley Yeung, by saying that Bernice Liu and Sharon Chan being prettier than her and even saying that the former MHK is ugly! It is believed the reason why Shirley has become the receiver of all this criticism is because it is known that she would end up with Bosco Wong in the end and have a child and so, kicking out Bernice. Such result has angered Bernice fans and is making Shirley look bad. Translated by dee-lush
i don't think the series is good either mainly because of the language and silly jokes.....look at their hairstyles...rubbish...but i wouldn't stop them from airing though...considering it can still attract quite a number of viewers...
2000 hits? a thread about masturbation on this forum gets about 1/4 of that... yes these netizens are really gonna get a show taken off the air
It's just a show, if you don't wanna watch it, then don't, no one forces you to watch it Kinda extreme to have TVB take it off the air
I've watched the series and I seriously think that it's not all that bad. These people should find something more useful to do.
as long as it entertains and people want to watch it, which the points show they do, the people on the net need to go find something else to do...
OMG. this is just ridiculous. why are people these days so selfish?? what i mean is the petition! there are some that like this drama and some that dont, ok? if you dont like the drama, then keep it to yourself. just cuz of the petition, many people that actually LIKE the drama would be really disappointed right now. i dont really know about the plagiarism issue, but i really think the people are going TOO far!
It takes lotsa time and effort to make a drama..not only the actors and actresses.. but behind-the-scene ppl as well.. ppl should think of that.. besides if they don't like it..don't watch it.. there must be ppl who like it too..
personally I haven't watched it..but i'll give it a chance.. not like ppl are paying to watch it neway >_<
