Comments on: Delays push back Korean “Hana Yori Dango”

By: vieny

vieny — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:48:00 +0000

i love HYD (japanesse version) a lot! i can’t wait for another korean version for my fav drama like HYD.

By: madyjune

madyjune — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:59:07 +0000

On the other hand, if you choose to look at this optimistically, you can find reassurance in knowing that they’re taking their time trying to get everything right —

I have to agree with this one as I am reminded of Goong in which the episodes were pushed from 20 to 24 due to popular rating. Those episodes from half of 18 to 22 is really dreadful. So I’m hoping HYD drama will be released after they have done the production.

By: HANA

HANA — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:27:06 +0000

Maybe the postpone-ment means that they’re still saving up money to top the JDorama in sets and costumes. (HAHAHAHA) Besides casting, they have a lot of work and money cut out for them. They need to completely get the glamorized feel for this drama, which I think needs a large budget.

By: K-lover

K-lover — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:46:07 +0000

I love Yoon Eun Hye but I say no! for main female lead. why? because like Javabeans we need a new fresh face not someone well known. And although I love those actors : Gong Yoo, Hyun Bin, Jo In Sung, Song Seung Hun; they’re a bit too old to play F4

By: wondersunmi

wondersunmi — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:45:47 +0000

i heard Yoon Eun Hye was going to be the main lead actress.
is this true?
There are too many rumors about YEH’s upcoming dramas, i dont know what to believe.
Media said she would be in Full House 2 and also for HYD Korean version.
Now theres news she is going to collaborate with the guy from Goong.

Who would be you dream cast?
For me, Main female – Yoon Eun Hye
F4 – Gong Yoo, Hyun Bin, Jo In Sung, Song Seung Hun!

By: Miki

Miki — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:43:14 +0000

My perspective is a bit more strange. I adore shojo manga However, strange as this sound, I did not read HYD before I watched the Jdrama. Before then, I had never even gone to Jdramas. That is probably why I loved HYD so much. My short attention span meant 9 eps and 11 (Along the lines of that) eps of the 2nd season was perfect for me. I did not mind MatsuJun’s thinness or Rui’s apparent talkativeness, or the fact that he had dyed hair or was uber-trender. From my perspective, everything was unexpected, fastpaced, and cohesive. And anything that was weird… I’m a shojo fan. I’m used to it (sort of how a trendy drama fan gets used to the “coincidences”) Maybe they were so tight in HYD1 that HYD2 was so meandering. Belleza is correct on all comments on it.

Afterwards, I read the manga (which was good, but not polished like the drama). I saw the anime. Then I tried on Meteor Garden (which I did not know until I did research!), but lost it when the thing I loved most about HYD (the characters) failed utterly. They recreated more of the manga and had a more authentic feel, but still looked like idols playing around, and the drama suffered from the problems of the manga because they followed it so closely.

But, you see… this all proved that the characters are what REALLY rocked (even more so then the plot), and that the Jdrama just rocked because it had awesome adaptation, actors, and editing (also that the Jdrama spawned the whole craze for me and is totally worth it, so all that is hesitating… join me in my love!) Hopefully, the news that the Kdrama is cautious (YAY!) is good news. More time to get it right. If they do all that the Jdrama did but spin it into more of a Korean trendy drama, they will please but still be unique. (Honestly, HYD the Jdrama is very Japanese, and so unique) I am merely worried about the characters getting adapted like they should. The j-actors were genius about it, but the 4 love square characters really are the life of the story.

By: Toya

Toya — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:02:58 +0000

Agrees with Sonam. That’s why I can wait.

By: Sonam

Sonam — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:45:41 +0000

Oh no, I was really looking forward to this. I have a soft corner for Meteor Garden (I liked the guys) , Hana Yori Dango ( I liked the ladies this time) but I was telling my friends the Korean version was going to be the best because let’s face it…No one can do drama like the Koreans….

By: belleza

belleza — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:56:12 +0000

“@belleza-people seriously voted in that horrible amnesia plot? ”

YUP. Basically, before the Season 2 ran, there was a list posted on the HanaDan site about all the storylines that were going to go into season 2, including the godawful amnesia plot. So by process of elimination, everybody pretty much figured that the series would end with the amnesia plot. That created a lot of buzz about whether HanaDan Season 2 would just end with a cliffhanger.

They actually executed it nicely. What in the manga (and Meteor Garden 2) seemed like endless torture, turned into an inspired fusion of the amnesia plot and the cabin plot. They got all the laughs you needed; they featured Toda Erika; and it sets up the cabin storyline with a lot more emotional resonance than the cabin storyline was in the original manga. Or put another way, Season 2 kinda botched the famous Rain scene (though that in turn gave the 2-hour first episode the emotional punch it otherwise didn’t have), but they made it up by improving the Cabin scene.

I know a lot of people don’t like Season 2, and the storyline meandered a lot, but I’ve always felt it was written more for hardcore HanaDan manga fans than J-drama or even Arashi fans. If you already knew the different storylines, then watching how they changed it helped explore different facets of the D&M relationship. . Also, I liked how they worked in the Yuki/Sojiro storyline, though Sojiro’s first love was kinda miscast IMO .

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:57:22 +0000

@belleza-people seriously voted in that horrible amnesia plot?

Having just finished watching Fated to Love You were the episode count was upped mid season I’m glad they are finishing the drama before airing it. It’s how tv companies do it over here anyway. I think the delay could be a good thing.