Korean Boys Over Flowers + the Poll!!!

[alexandral]

I think I am in complete minority with Korean BoF.

- I still like it very much; this drama is not in my top 5 but definitely is in my top 10-15 Korean dramas.

- I am still shipping JanDi/JunPyo. Gosh, Lee Min Ho is so gorgeous I will ship him with anyone until the ends of time.

- I don't ship Jan Di / Ji Hoo at all. This is a surprise for me because I had a soft spot for Lei/Shankai when he made the Meteor Garden for her, I shipped Rui/Makino with quite an obsession (I confess I even cried a bit at the end :D) and I really like Ji Hoo himself. But there is something in him that makes me think I would prefer to ship him with a boy and that moment he had with Jun Pyo sleeping in his bed sealed it.

- I am quite glad that we got a different version of the story and it is a Korean drama through and through, with over-the-top angst, mopping and all such things .

+ The only thing that is bad for me in Korean Boys Over Flowers is the herouine. I don't know if the problem for me is in her constant mopping because Makino did a fair bit of mopping in Japanese version too. I think I just don't like Jan Di, I don't see why Ji Hoo and Jun Pyo should like her, etc. etc. Koo Hye Sun looks older than the rest of the cast, I am not fond of her acting and she has a haircut that should be strictly banned from hairdressing.

Below is my attemp at a purely scientific poll I tried to make to find out your preferences:

[Poll #1363046]

Comments

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I just posted a rambly comment on uisceros' lj about why BOF bothers me so much. Heeee - we seem to be polar opposites on this drama, as with Hong Gil Dong :)

I won't repeat what I ranted about so I'll just say that their scriptwriter drives me nuts with character inconsistency but he is a genius compared to their sucky editor :)

Also, it's the first drama where I don't ship the canon couple which means the scriptwriter is doing something very very odd indeed!

Oh, and MG is my favorite for all the categories except for Ji Hoo and Ga Eul. Oh Barbie, I love her so much!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Also, it's the first drama where I don't ship the canon couple which means the scriptwriter is doing something very very odd indeed!

hee! I am usually the same with canon-shipping, I only had a couple of exceptions and the first one came as a complete surprise/shock . "Hong Gil Dong" and "HYD" are the only dramas/mangas where I don't ship the canon couple, both cases have a specific reason - in HGD it was the fact that Hong Gil Dong was looking down on her most of the time and in HYD I just was crazy about Oguri Shun. "Powerful Opponents" doesn't really count because it isn't clear who the canon couple is.

I'll just say that their scriptwriter drives me nuts with character inconsistency but he is a genius compared to their sucky editor :)

I haven't seen anything out of usual Korean scripwriting and editing yet..

[bae-mac.livejournal.com]

"Hong Gil Dong" and "HYD" are the only dramas/mangas where I don't ship the canon couple,</>

Oh...we have this as something in common dear!

:)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Jang Geun Seok love!!! He could have made a nice Rui/Lei/Ji Hoo IMHO. :D

[bae-mac.livejournal.com]

Agree. But then, he's gonna end up empty handed again. Seriously, I want him to star in a drama where he gets to keep the female lead. I think it's about time.

:)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I am almost 100% sure that judging from his popularity we will get a drama like that soon. I hope for a period drama (with long hair, please! :D)

[ambergold.livejournal.com]

Shunnn! *points to icon*

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

He is just has that x-factor. LOVE LOVE LOVE your icon

[your-insomnia.livejournal.com]

OMG I agree with you so much I want to kiss you! I loved Hong Gil Dong at first but somewhere in the middle it went downhill and each episode just got worse and worse. And even though I kind of liked Gil Dong and Yi Nok together, I could never forgive him for what he did to her (make her believe he is dead and not have any regrets about it whatsoever) and I shipped Yi Nok and the Emo Prince (forgot his name) and it was really painful.
I also love Jun Pyo to bits even though he is a confused jerk. Lee Min Ho's charm and acting skills are beyond amazing and if anything I would watch the show solely for his sake (although I do enjoy some other aspects of the drama). It's not going to be my favorite kdrama, but it's highly entertaining and I'm still liking it.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I kind of liked Gil Dong and Yi Nok together, I could never forgive him for what he did to her (make her believe he is dead and not have any regrets about it whatsoever) and I shipped Yi Nok and the Emo Prince (forgot his name) and it was really painful.

You absolutely listed all my thoughts about Hong Gil Dong. Plus I hated the nickname "stupid girl" and I also thought that it was a very poor scriptwriting to have such huge misdirection - the drama started happily at first and Emo Prince started as a good guy and even shielded Hong Gil Dong from an arrow but he ended as a terrible person and everyone ended dead. I don't really like bad endings and it was definitely not a drama that promised a bad ending from the very beginning. :P

I also love Jun Pyo to bits even though he is a confused jerk. Lee Min Ho's charm and acting skills are beyond amazing and if anything I would watch the show solely for his sake (although I do enjoy some other aspects of the drama). It's not going to be my favorite kdrama, but it's highly entertaining and I'm still liking it.

Again - I absolutely agree. Seeing that BoF is so popular and that the cast is so young I anticipate MANY MANY good dramas with Lee Min Hoo.