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Meteor Garden, Hana Yori Dango & Boys Before Flowers.

mellomouse — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:06:03 +0000

Who did the better F4?
I’m obviously bias

Boys Before Flowers, Meteor Garden & Hana Yori Dango

My Verdicts

Meteor Garden:
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:
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:
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
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
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 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

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

Don’t you want to watch it too?

With English Subtitles, click >> here <<

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Boys Before Flowers – Finale.

mellomouse — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:15:56 +0000

I knew alas Goo JunPyo and Geum JanDi would be together, but how the ending would unfold I did not know.

So finally about 30 minutes ago, I watched it and I am contended. Although I would have preferred that Yoon JiHoo got his happily ever after, but we all know that being caught in a love triangle — the 3rd person evidently will get the red card.

But don’t they look cute together?

My Verdict:

I’ve enjoyed all 25 episodes! ♥

And it is true to the saying — 3rd time is the charm! KBS2′s version of Hana Yori Dango definitely has a better storyline and *ahem* better looking Flower Boys.

If you’ve watch Meteor Garden back in 2002, you will surely love Kkot Boda Namja aka Boys Before Flowers

Watch it yourself and be the judge!

With English Subtitles, click >> here <<

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the other boy in my life.

mellomouse — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:12:25 +0000

I am a little embarrassed, but is it ever too old to be star*struck?

A month ago when I started watching Boys Before Flowers, I took favour for the character Yoon JiHoo — played by Kim Hyun Joong of Korean boyband, SS501. If you watched Meteor Garden or Hana Yori Dango, you would be familiar with JiHoo as the character of Hua Ze Lei and Rui Hanazawa.

For all of the drama series that I faithfully follow, I like to dig a little about the actors and actresses that played their parts so well in the roles scripted for them. And so it was no difference when it came to the Flower boy that played YJH.

Months before the casting of BBF, Hyun Joong appeared alongside Hwangbo as a make believe newlywed in South Korea’s reality show called We Got Married. If you haven’t heard or watched it yet, I give it 3 thumbs up!

Why? Because if Hyun Joong haven’t charmed you yet with his character in BBF, he definitely will in this reality show. I must admit that if this was during my high school days, I would have his poster plastered on my wall *school girl giggles*

Here’s a part of episode 26 that literally warmed my heart

If you were to follow the episodes where Hyun Joong and Hwangbo — also known as Lettuce Couple in the show — are featured in the variety show, surely you will fall in love not only for this Kid Groom, but also for his older bride.

I have 3 more episodes of BBF left. On Monday, KBS2 will air the finale and by Tuesday, the English subbed version will be available online. As promised for my Lent offering, I will only watch the remaining 3 episodes after Easter.

Although I have yet to watch them, I am already sad because it will not the happy ending that I prefer. As scripted for Meteor Garden and Hana Yori Dango, the ending would be similar — Geum JanDi and Goo JunPyo would finally be together *sulk* Guess it’s time to find another Korean drama to obsess over…

Here’s episode 26 in full if you have the time to watch

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the 3rd time is always the charm.

mellomouse — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:17:00 +0000

I do think that I have gone out of my mind with too much spare time in my hands. I wonder if any good could come out of my recent curious obsession.

I’m currently watching the Japanese and Korean drama adaption of Japan’s shōjo manga by Yoko Kamio. The Taiwanese was the first to make this into a TV drama back in 2001, by the name Meteor Garden. After receiving a huge success, Japan followed suit in 2005 and now the Korean is also giving it a go.

Although I’m not done with either Hanayori Dango (6 more to go) or Kkot boda Namja (12 more to go), I think I like the Korean version better *2 thumbs up*

Which one would you like?

Watch
>> Kkot boda Namja <<
(Boys Before Flowers)
English Subtitles

Watch
>> Hana Yori Dango <<
English Subtitles

Watch
>> Meteor Garden <<
English Subtitles

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my behind will soon be flatter than it already is very soon.

mellomouse — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:05:00 +0000

I got hooked on Miss No Good when it was first aired on 8TV two weeks back. I didn’t get an immediate liking towards it. But last week, I sat down and watched the entire series within 3 days! The story is not bad, and finally a drama with an ending that I agreed with.

Watch
>> Miss No Good<<

I found this new series to obsess over yesterday evening. I was just giving it a shot since it was the Korean remake of Taiwan’s 2002 hit Meteor Garden. After watching the first episode, once again I got hooked. So since this morning, I’ve glued myself on the chair and watched SEVEN episodes back to back.

It has a total of 24 episodes, and only 12 have been aired. So that means, this obsession would last another month…

Watch
>> Boys Before Flowers <<
English Subtitles
Chinese Subtitles

ENJOY!!

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