Originally Posted by
vivy17
1. You can name the entire cast, right down to the maid and taxi driver, since TVB uses the SAME people over, and over, and over.
2. When the main character and his/her family lives together in one big house filled with fake dramas and loves to gather around the couch from time to time to criticize each other.
3. No matter how wealthy the characters are, they ALL live with their parents, uncles, cousins, grandparents, nieces, nephews, the ugly cousin twice removed... etc etc...
4. The police always preach about how it is their duty to protect the people, uphold justice yada yada yada as if it is a lame propaganda.
5. ALL of the characters have ENGLISH NAMES. ALL of them. The housekeeper, the gardener, the guy down the street, the old hag in the alley, they all do. It's weird and ridiculous.
6. The family is always wealthy, business owners, tycoons, etc... and the storyline are always the same. Weathy owner is ill, the bad guys take over, the family tries to fight for it, they get it back and all is right with the world. Always revenge, revenge, revenge.
7. There are always useless, incompetent and downright annoying characters tossed into the serie just to give the main actors a break from filming. I mean, must we learn about Aunt Josephine and her daily routine at the nearest majong playhouse with Uncle Fester and Cousin Ernie? Even in the ancient series, there are always dumb characters who stand in as the brother-in-law, cousin with a gambling problem and uncle with a drinking problem attached to the main characters.
8. If the main character is the "good guy," EVERYBODY and THEIR MOMS know that he is the good guy. I mean, his actions are sooooooo overly exaggerated that it takes a moron not to see that he is the protagonist of the serie. And sometimes, TVB likes to "surprise" the audience by making the protagonist turn into the antagonist, but lo and behold, no one knows the reason why until some sob story is brought up at the end.
9. The costumes are the same throughout the decades. The women are always in costumes with the same type of floral fabric. The colors are almost always dark and old looking.
10. Almost EVERY TVB modern serie starts out with the view of the city, some sort of narration regarding the city, and if it doesnt start out with the city, somewhere in the serie the city will be a character of its own.
11. And finally, you know you are watching a TVB serie when....you see Charmaine Sheh on the screen... since she's in practically EVERY serie since the dawn of mankind.