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

[dianora77.livejournal.com]

I'm meming this and will come back to it after I've seen both the Japanese and the Korean versions. With all good will, I don't think I could sit through the Taiwanese one as well. LOL

[dianora77.livejournal.com]

Drat! I also forgot to ask what you meant by "mopping"?

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I meant crying all the time, as in "mopping the tears". :D I must have spelled this wrong. :D But I think Makino is crying more in the second part of Hanadan.

I really quite liked Taiwanese version. It is a bit dated in the way everyone is dressed but I really like Shankai (Taiwanese Makino).

In Korean version I really like Jun Pyo (their Domyoji). The rest of the cast is not very good at acting but he is excellent IMHO.

[dianora77.livejournal.com]

Is it just me or does the actress playing Jan Di look a lot like the girl who played Sujini in The Legend? I had to check that they weren't the same person, I was so convinced... Something about their facial expressions was so similar. :P

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

It must be the haircut. :D And that "comic" Korean acting that I really don't like that much.

But (sorry to repeat myself) - Jun Pyo - yum yum yum.