Originally Posted by
Ren Ying Ying
I dunno. I think you give the "general" audience too much credit.
I actually think there are just certain plotlines, however cliche, that tends to grab audiences (espeically asian audience). Melodrama, cinderella setups, long lost parent-child relationships and AMNESIA just tends to be a few of those things. I mean, there have been shows that skyrocket in popularity even with cliche plots and average executions...
I'm not trying to discredit the cast, director, scriptwriter, etc since I haven't actually gotten around to fully watching the series, but I don't know if the popularity would really dwindle even with a less capable crew...