Everyone across the Asia knows the F4 and Shan Cai. Because of the great and massive fan base last 2001, idol dramas spread like ants during summer. Many producers based their dramas through mangas (Japanese comics). After the sucess of the falling star idea of a drama, the original homeland of Meteor Garden, Japan made their own version called Hana Yori Dango. The two versions are already enough but "so-called great" Koreans think the third one is the charm out of previous versions. Well let's see what will happen next. According to an Asian news website, Korea will going to do another remake of Yoko Kamio's "Hana Yori Dango". Same storyline, same old F4, same old Tsukushi Makino/ Shan Cai. Group Eight Peaks (they are the one who are behind the sucessful drama Goong or popularly known as Princess Hours and sadly, the bad rated Prince Hours) will be the one who will produced this same old "Boys Over Flowers".
When the news was released in Asian websites, many reacted like "why are they going to make another ver.?". Some says, "good luck ". I made some reviews on my mind about the two previous versions Taiwan's Meteor Garden and Japan's Hana Yori Dango just for fun? maybe? the truth is Iam already tired of this over-rated drama .
Seriously and sadly to say I am a former hard core Meteor Garden addict before, but everything changed not because of HYD. I don't know it just happened that, maybe I'm sick about it, and for me and my own opinion I prefer Meteor Garden's cast (it's really perfect). Like putting Barbie Xu as Shan Cai and Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou, Ken Zhu and Vanness Wu as F4. The perfect Makino Tsukushi/Shan Cai is Barbie Xu because she owns the normal and haggard face. In my opinion, she is the real "Shan Cai/ Makino Tsukushi". She has the angst face and simple charm that made her really popular.
Inoue Mao is a good actress. I judged her before but when I've seen her performance, it's great. Inoue got the acting. Barbie Xu is typical looking, while Inoue Mao is too cuuute! Will you believe that this girl (Inoue Mao) being bullied everyday? I mean girls who are also in high school like her, will not bully her because she's "cute" right? I will surely believe that Barbie Xu was really being bullied because she has the angst poise...frankly, she's just very normal. (get my point?)
For Jerry Yan he is simply hunky, funny. He is very tall, perfect fit for a leader of quartet rich kids like F4. His aura is very authoritative. His body built can surely punch any freaking guy blocking his way. I admired him, although his acting here is still raw. On the other side, Matsumoto Jun acts funny, but never an authoritative guy. He is too petite for the "Doumyuji Tsukasa/Dao Ming Si" role. With Matsumoto's 173cm height I don't think so. His acting skills, however proves that he is worthy for the role. Still in my opinion, especially about the physical thingy, the role will eventually goes to Jerry Yan.
Vic Zhou popularly is known for his pretty-prince-face Hua Ze Lei in Meteor Garden. I admired him as one of the most good looking guys in Asia. In this case for the physical thingy again, it goes to Meteor Garden. ZaiZai (Vic Zhou) owns the facial matter for Hua Ze Lei. During that time Zaizai is "just popular guy due to his charming looks", but he is improving his poor acting from Meteor Garden. Land of the Rising Sun's Hua Ze Lei/ Hanazawa Rui, Shun Oguri showed to MG fanatics that he can be lined up to their "pretty idol" Zaizai. Because of his great acting, from foolish student of Yankumi in Gokusen 1, he landed the role of cold Hanazawa Rui.
Ken Zhu is really fat for a playboy , remember playboys should have the Adonis body not a cow body from the farm. However his "serious" and "intense" acting made me forgot about his cow body for the role of Xi Men/Nishikado Soujiro. For Japan's Xi Men, Matsuda Shota he got the looks for a playboy but his acting here is so poor like a wailing cat at night. He really acts so "awkward" but luckily for Matsuda he improved in the Hana Yori Dango 2.
Vanness Wu is the "worst actor" in F4 because of his few flopped dramas. However, his role of Mei Zhou/ Mimasaka Akira made him popular. So I think he should thank to his dollar-faced manager Cai Zhi Ping. Luckily he owned a cocky face and especially the physical structure, that is perfect for his role. But his poor acting in Meteor Garden can be compared to his flopped dramas. Meanwhile Tsuyoshi Abe who owned the "mature face" made me realize "don't judge the actor by his looks" because he proved to me that he is better than Vanness in acting.
Overall?!? who wins? dunno and I don't care, I wished that a meteor will flash on Korean skies so that they will realize how people are tired of the same old Meteor Garden. *sighs*
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