Meteor Garden, Hana Yori Dango & Boys Before Flowers.

In: I'm a Fan|Just a Girl

14 Jun 2009

Who did the better F4?
I’m obviously bias :P

Meteor Garden, Hana Yori Dango, Boys Before Flowers
Boys Before Flowers, Meteor Garden & Hana Yori Dango

My Verdicts

Meteor Garden: 2.5 star
Part 1 = 19 episodes, Part 2 = 31 episodes.

I tried watching it again previously while waiting for BBF, but it was too Painful and I stopped at episode 1 *LOL*

Even back in 2001 and 2002, I felt the drama was too long and slow *yawns* The boys’ acting — being newbies — were stiff and awkward.

Hana Yori Dango: 4 star
Part 1 = 9 episodes, Part 2 (Hana Yori Dango Returns) = 11 episodes.

I’ve only watched Part 1. The drama moves very swiftly compared to MG 1, without compromising any details.

The series ends with Hana Yori Dango Final, and that was made into a film.

I’ve got to find both. ASAP! *heh*

Boys Before Flowers: 5 star
25 episodes in total. And I enjoyed every one of it! ♥

I’m currently re-watching — whenever possible — and stopped at episode 6 now.

The storyline sums up everything from MG 1 and 2. So I suspect I’ll find it the same for HYD Returns. But let’s watch that before deciding ;)

If you’ve not watched either of the 3 versions — Taiwan, Japan or South Korea’s — Boys Before Flowers is definitely the one to choose! *bias alert*

Shōjo Manga Writer and Owner, Yoko Kamio insisted a 2 year policy break for any remake of her manga. So it’ll be 2011, before we get to see Ji Hoo Sunbae again *sobs*

Btw, China is in production for their very own adaptation too! (-__-|||)

The Official Cast of all 3 versions

Meteor Garden

Meteor Garden
Jerry Yan as Dao Ming Si
Vanness Wu as Mei Zuo Ling
Barbie Hsu as Shan Cai
Ken Chu as Xi Men
Vic Zhou as Hua Ze Lei

Hana Yori Dango

Hana Yori Dango
Shota Matsuda as Sojirou Nishikado
Shun Oguri as Rui Hanazawa
Mao Inoue as Tsukushi Makino
Jun Matsumoto as Tsukasa Domyoji
Tsuyoshi Abe as Akira Mimasaka

Kkot Boda Namja or Boys Before Flowers

Kkot Boda Namja aka Boys Before Flowers
Kim Joon as Song Woo Bin
Kim Bum as So Yi Jung
Lee Min Ho as Goo Jun Pyo
Koo Hye Sun as Geum Jan Di
Kim Hyun Joong as Yoon Ji Hoo

And Everyone else :)

Meteor Garden, Hana Yori Dango, Boys Before Flowers

Child Actors for Boys Before Flowers
Do they match the pretty F4?

Boys Before Flowers Child Actors

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5 Responses to Meteor Garden, Hana Yori Dango & Boys Before Flowers.

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Nagashiko

June 25th, 2009 at 6:22 pm

Im becoming a fan girl of Boys over Flowers. Ive watched the series for only a few times, but I got hooked.

During the time of Meteor Garden, I loved Dao Ming Zi. And now, a younger Korean actor played as him, Goo Jun Pyo. THEY LOOK SO ALIKE! But Goo Jun Pyo is more handsome than Dao Ming Zi. IMHO.

Nice post btw. =)

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mellomouse

June 25th, 2009 at 6:59 pm

Yes yes, I do agree that Lee Min Ho and Jerry Yan sometimes looks really alike in the show. Previously I like Dao Ming Si in Meteor Garden, but in BBF, I prefer Yoon Ji Hoo’s character :)

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va

June 27th, 2009 at 11:33 am

lee min ho,kim hyun joong,kim bum,and kim joon litle cute!!!!!!!!

i love boys before flowers version korean!!!!!!!!!!!

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mao jun

November 21st, 2009 at 12:00 am

Domyoji!!! love him very much. lee min hoo and jerry yan acting just nice to see. but Matsu jun was the gread actor! I wach MG 1 and 2. MG 1 are good to compare MG 2. And then HYD come, the first i saw domyoji the just like other but it totally different. Jun totally suit with domyoji. OMG I fell in love with him. The I saw jun again in gokusen. He sooooooo hsome!!!!!! more than jerry yan and lee min hoo. Lee min hoo acting totally bad, he need to improve he acting skill if he want to stay long in this industry.

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mmv

August 7th, 2010 at 2:01 pm

of course the ones from boys before flowers korean version is much better than the others and the people also cuter

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