8 posts tagged “hana yori dango”

I didn't actually watch the drama, but I read summaries of each episode due to the wonderful people over at the HYD LJ community and I don't know, I mean.. obviously I didn't like it enough to actually watch but from the bits I read from the last episode I felt sort of.. uncomfortable.

well no. I have to admit the ending is pretty sweet.

but, there is one part I don't really like and that's how um.. Jun Pyo gains his memory back. JanDi like.. sort of tries to drown herself and I don't know, I think that's just sort of like.. no. I don't like it honestly ^^'' I mean, I'm not asking for the cabin scene but I don't know. I can't explain, there's something about Jun Pyo re-gaining his memories that way that makes me dislike it. Almost like something is missing.

I can't explain. To all those that enjoyed the drama. Well, good for you. I'm sorry I can't really share that joy with you. I might end up watching it if my mom buys the DVD's =P  (keywords is might)

aside from that, I just sort of skimmed through (the synopsis, not the actual episode) and DAMN Jun Pyo looks FRICKEN HOT 4 years later. xD (screencaps are always <3)

From far away, but up close his KimuTaku face sort of creeps me out so I get turned away again. ^^. Sort of sad that Woo Bin never got an actual storyline about anything... I mean, I really like Woo Bin (I mean I remember his name for god sakes o_O That's saying something).

well, that's all my random BoF thoughts. ^^

I was at Asianfanatics reading a topic about Meteor Garden vs Hana Yori Dango vs Boys over Flowers and.. I don't actually have an AF account but I thought I would post my thoughts here. Earlier I made a post about "Boys over Flowers" and what I liked and I disliked but.. I think my opinions have changed a bit and I'll go more into detail now. I'd like to clarify that I never got past episode 1 of "Meteor Garden" because eh... I just... didn't like it. (-_-;;) And.. um.. after seeing episode 6 and a bit more deeper thinking, my views in this write-up will be different from what I have said previously because now, I am actually thinking deeply about this. Oh and I will say this straight up right now so you're not pissed at me - I am very biased with the Japanese drama xD

To clarify:
I don't like korean dramas (but I do sort of watch BoF)
I like taiwanese dramas even less (haven't watchd MG)
Japanese drama's are okay
I'm not really a shoujo manga fan.. (but I did read HYD)
yet for some reason I LOVE HYD (drama)

So. Let me begin.

Makino/Shan Cai/JanDi
I have only watched episode one of Meteor Garden so I can't really say much on the character of Barbie Hsu, as I don't really know her but a lot of people said she was too old or something along the lines of that.. but.. truthfully I don't really remember what she looks like. I just remember.. um... her riding a bike. Makino - Mao, I love her. (I'm a bit biased... *cough*) I mean, she didn't look overly pretty, but she had her own special sort of "innocent" charm. She played tough yet cute really well, and I think she played manga Makino to the dot. JanDi isn't bad but she could use some working on. I'm not a KoreanDrama fan in general so I don't know if Koreans like this but i find her facial expressions sometimes too exaggerated. I know they're for comedy purposes but I just find them annoying and unneeded. I have to admit, she has lots of spunk and she can play the serious scenes quite well though.

Overal Winner - Inoue Mao

Domyouji/Dao Ming Zi/Jun Pyo
Eh.. the only memory I have of Dao Ming Zi was.. really whacky hair do. I find a lot of fans saying how great "Jerry Yan" was because he was so "tall and hot" and blah blah blah, and I get really mad when people say things like this because how superficial when you get? Oh who cares if he was taller than MatsuJun, overall Jun was still the greater actor. I mean, you might think Jun was ugly and you might have hated him with a passion at the beginning of HYD but I'm sure all HYD fangirls, at the end, fell in love with Jun as Domyouji correct? Jun acted very well, he did the arrogant, the angry, the cute, the kind and the lonely to near perfection. I think the only problem really was just his appearance, but acting wise MatsuJun was great. Lee Min Ho I believe is the actor for Jun Pyo correct? (correct me if I'm wrong ^^;;) and at first I said he was a great Domyouji. And he is. He is good looking, and he acts very well but when I thought about I realized there wasn't something missing. I don't know if it's just me but.. I thought... overall he was a bit too kind. Because truthfully I hated Jun so much at the beginning of HYD (just like in the manga but in BoF I don't really hate JunPyo, ever, I just find him endearingly cute, sometimes a bit irrational but I never out-right dislike him. Although Lee Min Ho plays a good Domyouji he seems a bit too soft and in the beginning... Domyouji wasn't soft. And I can't feel the "lonly" vibe I felt from Jun. Also.. I really liked the scenes where Jun would go out at night and punch people.. I miss them. (T_T)

Overall Winner - MatsuJun

Hanazawa Rui/Hua Ze Lei/Yoon Ji
Yoon Ji is knocked straight out of the arena, this will sound harsh but.. he fails as Hanazawa Rui. (-_-;;) He's like a ghost, he's not there. He's too emo, he's not... Rui, I don't what character Yoon Ji is supposed to be but it is definitly not Hanazawa Rui. I've heard quite good things about Hua Ze Lei, and he ties a lot with Oguri Shun and often people have good arguments about him. I can't really say much (again because i have not really watched MG...) and with the Korean Rui out of the way.. Shun was the best for me. He played mysterious prince so well, although.. I don't know, I never really got an "autistic" vibe from him and at the beginning Shun might've been a bit too nice.

Overall Winner - Oguri Shun (becuase I don't know Hua Ze Lei very well)

(fromn here on out it will just be HYD vs BoF cause... yeah)

Soujiro/So Yi Jung
I think the Korean F4 is good (minus Rui). I really like them. I think they're funny and interesting and they get a long pretty well (or seem to at least). Overall So Yi Jung, I like him. Soujiro in the manga was a crazy flirt, charming ladies and what not and I think both version, K and J play Soujiro really well. I really can't decide whom I like better. As you don't really see Soujiro or So Yi Jung much.. I can't really say much about either but .. really. I can't decide.

Overall Winner - ????

Akira/Song Woo Bin
The only thing that gets me about Song Woo Bin is his freaking "gangster talk". Seriously, in episode one I felt like bashing his head. At first I laughed but after a while it's just sort of like "eh... no....." and I don't think he plays "group mother" well enough. I remember Akira as sort of being like... a "mother" if you shall with the F4. (sort of like Sakurai Sho and Arashi) and Akira in the Japanese version did that really well. You could really feel a sort of "mother" vibe coming off from Abe Tsuyoshi, but I don't get that from Song Woo Bin. It's something I think is vital, but yet again, you don't really see these two guys much either so I really hope Song Woo Bin will. you know. Change as the series goes by.

Overall Winner - ??? (slightly leaning towards TonTon)

Makino Family:
Okay.. I know this isn't a big deal, but the Korean Family really just annoys me to no end. I have to talk about them. A lot of people seem to love the Korean Makino's a lot and I don't see why. Maybe it's because I'm a firm J-drama fan but.. I really dislike the Korean version of the Makino Family. They just annoy me. I don't get the "warm, kind-loving family" vibe from them. All I see are two really annoying parents and a cute little brother. The parents annoy me, in the J-HYD the parents really cared for Tsukushi. Even if they did beg her to marry Domyouji and all that they still cared for her and their "Tama no Koshi etc.etc." things were amusing but in the K-Version it's too much. The way they constantly badger JanDi just.. annoys me. They don't seem like a loving, caring family at all. I think they come off as a bit too forceful for my taste.

Plot:
Okay. The story. I won't say much here because of course, BoF is not done yet, but I will talk about MG and HYD. Meteor Garden... too slow. I know, I never watched it but I have skimmed through episodes here and there .. and.. too  slow. This is often my issue with watching Kdramas. The reason I like JDramas is because they're so short, my attention and interest won't die. Even for BoF, when I realized it was 24 episodes I shrank away. MG I've read dragged, lots ... and... yeah. I've said before, I skip lots of scenes in the Kversion because I think the Korean story drags to much. (-_-;;) that's how fast I need to plot to move. The Jdrama speed is like, perfect speed in my opinion. Very fast, straight to the point. I can't stand drag. That's also why I stopped reading the manga, there were just... to many problems (^^;;)
There is one thing I would like to address about BoF, directly, about the plot and that is the plot twist at the beginning about how JanDi got into "Shinwa Academy" or whatever the school is called. I don't like it. I don't like the fact that Kaede offered her a place in the school. I like the idea of Makino getting into the school herself. I'm not saying it's because it makes JanDi look stupid but it.. somehow I think it makes things.. different. It gives Makino a different feel, because... JanDi stood up to the F4 because she was ignorant, but all the other Makino's stood up to F4 knowing she'd probably have hell to pay later. It's different correct?

Oh and I know I said I wanted to keep Korean Kaede but... now I can't decide who I want to keep xD I mean both Kaede's (J and K) look pretty mean and evil and what-not. Oh but keep Debi Ito-san as Nishida because... really the other K-Drama version, he's so not noticable and I like Nishida so much in HYD. *nod* He becomes an amusing character in HYD Returns.

Do I have anything else to address? The richness of the K/J Version is pretty good, you're really feeling the power. Although in the HYD you really feel the power from all the F4 where as in BoF ... I only feel the power from JunPyo. I don't think it's something I really approve of, but I think it might change later. (hopefully).

Oh. and Shizuka. Eh.. I don't like the korean version much. I don't know what to say about Tsubaki but I don't think anyone will ever beat the Japanese version.

...so yeah. I said at the beginning I was biased against the Japanese version - but I really was trying to be as unbiased as possible but considering I didn't even watch MG and BoF isn't over... what can I say? (^^;;)

Why did I write this? I was frustrated because so many people were saying how MG was better only because "Jerry Yan was so hot" and "It was first so it's the best" and the point where I finally snapped was when someone said Jun's acting was hollow. No offense, fine, you like MG more, understandable but.. you cannot, cannot, CANNOT compare Jun's acting the Jerry Yan's and do you know why? It's because they are a mile apart and guess who's ahead? It's not fricken Jerry Yan, it's Jun. Stop being superficial, H-O-T does NOT equal G-O-O-D >_>'

You may like BoF more (because hey, it's not bad), you may like MG more (because yes it was first) but... never, every give the reason of "looks" as a factor. *grumbles*

and I'm done.

I don't like Korean dramas.
I don't like dramas in general.
I don't really like HYD (the manga)
but I LOVED the drama.

the korean one? I.. like it.. but I skip a lot of scenes. And I mean.. A LOT. I think in total I only watch about 30-40mins of each episode meaning I skip about 20-30. Again, like I said, I don't actually like HYD itself, but I liked the drama. So..  yeah. I skip out LOTS. Especially if the scene only has Rui, or only has Makino.

It's not bad. Like, there are a lot of things that I think are better than HYD. But.. I'm a biased MatsuJun fangirl so I still think that Japanese on is better. But.. in general, I will just talk about BoF (which is what I will not call the Kver.)

The Good:
- It's got it's funny bits and it's own special charm. 
- I like the actors for Domyouji, Akira and Soujiro (I'm not bothering w/ their Korean names)
- Makino isn't... bad
- Domyouji's character is better than MatsuJun's (will elaborate)

The Bad:
- I hate Rui in this (SHUN!!)
- I hate Makino's family.. (they piss the hell outta me)
- I miss Okami-san T_T

The KDomyouji is more... I guess, well for one, he looks more like a man. He looks more hot and he looks more like the leader. Honestly Jun just seemed like a spoiled-immature brat (whom I love to death =D), I mean.. he was the shortest, had an ugly-ass hair-do and was really scrawny. KDomyouji though is the tallest and he plays the cute and the cool really well. I don't blame MatsuJun for his acting though because.. he sort of did what he had to do, he was just acting but he didn't create the character. I have no problem in believing that Jun could act exactly as the KDomyouji is doing and pull a marvelous job.

KRui. I hate KRui in this version. He... I find his scenes very boring and skip a lot of the time when he's around. Which was totally different for Rui (Shun). Shun, whenever he was around I would watch, I love Shun's version of Rui's angelic looking smile. KRui just... doesn't do it for me. He does the "spacey-out" good but.. aside from that his character seems very .. flat, like he doesn't really belong there. He doesn't seem to be part of the F4 at all, it's almost like F3, Makino and Rui. (-_-;;)

I think.. what I really want is a mixture of the Kver. and the Jver. and you would have a perfect HYD.

- Keep Jun + Shun
- Keep KSoujiro/KAkira
- Keep Mao
- Keep Okami-san/Yuuki/JMakino family
- Keep KDomyouji mama (because she looks like so badass)

storyline... uh... yeah. I don't really care honestly. Overall... (because, again, I'm biased) keep the Jmusic and the flow of the Jdrama. it's much faster, but keep KMakino's spinning kick cause that was AWESOME. And what else...?
Yeah.

that's it. I think I just missed half of ep.3 writing this thing.. not that I care xD Off to episode 4

edit--every time I watch the BoF... I wanna watch HYD and see Mao and Jun (-_-;;) especially when they re-do the exact same scene and say *almost* the exact same lines... *sigh* I just love HYD too much. 

I managed to watch Hana Yori Dango - Final the movie. It was a good movie.. if you are a Hanadan fan, and maybe if you are not. If I really wanted to grade it as an actual movie - 2/5 (no, don't hate me, let me explain). As a MOVIE it wasn't the greatest, I mean.. the plot is ... pretty bleh, it really was just a bit show-offy "let's spend some money" movie with... as much special effects as the Japanese movie industry can give.

But.. you can't really compare Hanadan to a Hollywood movie now can you? As a closure to the HYD series 5/5 =D I was very content with it, and loved it a lot.

The movie had EVERYTHING. Domyouji being stupid/jealous, the lovely couple bickering as well as other things. I'm sure most people know the overall story so I'm not going to explain (that and I am to lazy to - gomen). They really stressed the whole "Love" thing this entire movie, which was.. sort of annoying. I mean they were literally hitting you in the face with it. I mean, yes, I know - it's HANADAN - but.. please, come on. >_> (whoops I'm starting to critisize)

Um... the whole thing with the island was awesome. lots of... wet.. and half naked... *brain fizzles*... haha xD I'm sorry there was just to much shirtless MatsuJun in that part of the movie, it sort of killed me. I really wonder how dear Mao-chan did it. Hugging Jun shirtless... I would've died and melted on the spot. Then again there is the kiss at the end. That.. was.. one AWESOME kiss (asian entertainent-wise) but me, being an avid MaoTsuJun shipper see it as more. My god, I swear Jun was taking advantage of our dear Mao-chan. ^_^ It's for a movie boy, keep your pants on xD

haha, which leads me into my other funny thing. Hello, did Hanadan really go up a notch in the viewership ratings? In the Hotel in Las Vegas (I couldn't watch this part without laughing my ass off) - MatsuJun is like lying on the bed when Fujiki Naohito walks in and he like.. bunches up the blankets to hid.. guess what? Domyouji's fricken erection. Yep you read that write. Now.. imagine all the dirty thoughts I had of MatsuJun when that happend. =P Forgive me.

Oh and I LOVED MatsuJun's english, I swear the guy practiced for like... a week straight to say all that. Seriously, I couldn't get the "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING" out of my system. My mom thought my video plays was having problems when she saw the same scene over and over again running on my computer. But seriously, it was hilarious. Hello, MatsuJun saying "what the fuck" is like... ultra funny. But it was surprisingly understandable, I got it loud and clear, even the "5 million dollars in cash, change it all" thing - I could understand it very well in english. Then again I'm very used to listening to people speak "engrish" so maybe it's just me.

And my arm is hurting cause I just got a shot so I'm going to end this post but... last thing

It's a very sweet movie, the ending is so touching and I teared up cause it was just that sweet. At the end, it was sort of like "so that's the end huh..." and it felt so complete. Of course the ending does leave it open for fangirls to think ahead, after all little Domyouji's running around is a thing to imagine, but it really is the ending. Sweet, loved it.

And... this movie just screams out "MAOTSUJUN" - no kidding. Forgive me =P Hehe, well cheers.

and yeah, I know my "review" wasn't really much of a review, and more of just me ranting about the movie but =D Hey, sorry. 

So... I just finished watching the 7th episode of Maou which.. I am sort of getting tired of this drama (sadly), this episode was just a bit to dramatic for a drama I expected to not be dramatic at all. Oh well, Oh-chan's done a good job and I'm going to keep supporting him.

Anyways, main topic of my post ... while watching the 7th episode of Maou I noticed something VERY interesting (in my opinion) and that is the hospital they used to film this particular drama.

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Now... look at this picture from Hana Yori Dango...

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I don't live in Japan so I can't watch it, but I read a complete re-telling of the movie... I laughed so hard but at the end I felt so much like crying.

There are some parts of the movie that seem a bit retarded but... it turns out to sweet in the end.

I'm going to have to wait so long in order to watch it. *sigh*

And no more MaoTsuJun... that's even more depressing.

I hope Mao and Jun do another movie or drama together, they have such great chemistry and many people would watch it.... =D