i was wondering where can i watch or download full metal alchemist the 2nd episode 11 been searching for it…
no of the links are working….

I looked around, and hmm I guess we’re really getting a Mainlander F4.

http://seoulbeats.com/2009/02/korean-netizens-protest-against-the-chinese-f4/

I don’t think it’s called “Meteor Rain” (i.e. the article) though. Meteor Rain was already done . . .

And the Filipino F4 . . .

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Philippines-is-the-next-country-to-have-its-own-F4-talk624795.html

I can’t wait for the North Korean F4. Kim Jong Il would make an awesome Doumyouji. He already has the curls!!

FWIW, even though it seems HYD remake-nia is out of control, Betty La Fea has been remade zillions of times all around the world.

What?! Another Taiwanese HYD version w/ Rainie? I wouldn’t mind seeing HYD versions from different countries since that would be kind of interesting, but not another one from the same country. I also don’t think Rainie would make a good Tsukushi; her face is too cute and adorable to pull it off.

Zhang Ziyi would make a perfect Sakurako! I first saw her in Crouching Tiger and The House of Flying Daggers but didn’t think her acting was great until I saw her in The Road Home.

@ xiahkixiri

Yeah, STLDFM for sure had random and transition issues, esp. w/ Yoon Soo-jin’s suicide attempt. It totally disrupted the flow. But I loved the last scene b/c of the dialogue…well, at least I hope they translated it as close as possible b/c I was crying I’m sure it’s better in Korean. And YES!!! (Ji Sung is GORGEOUS, and the bit when he was mean to her and started to like her was AWESOME awesome awesomeness. Oh, and the soundtrack is gorrrgeous, too). I’ve actually been listening to the soundtrack this week

@ goldlilys

Ooh! Let me know what animes and mangas you’ve been watching!

Also, ZOMG, I never knew they wanted Rainie? She was Yuki/Ga Eul! Weird! And they planned a Filippino version too, right? Jeez… but the mangaka wants to stop any more adaptations for 2 years…

@new-s,

“Btw, what’s Mando-HYD?”

There was an announcement last year that they were going to make ANOTHER Chinese Hana Yori Dango, with Rainie Yang as the lead female. Presumably not Meteor Garden 3 or Meteor Garden: The Next Generation. I personally don’t see the point, unless they do a mainlander version of the story. But, then, Rainie shouldn’t be in it?

(Though I’d LOVE to see Zhang Ziyi play Sakurako. It uhh plays itself )

@xiahkixiri,

“, I don’t usually gel with medical dramas…”

This is the first time I’ve seen where the doctors are more terminally ill than the patients. This hospital is an epic fail

Characterization doesn’t really have to do w/ a high schooler trying to survive though – that’s more along the lines of direction, sceen play, overall tone and editing. Same goes for insecurity/indecisiveness. Both HYD and MG provided those for me (in their own way) but MG took me on the emotional journey w/ them, as in the manga, rather than HYD. Even though HYD developed the story very quickly, they did a mighty fine job w/ transition and editing! Even I was impressed.

I actually really liked all the Domyouji’s regardless of my Matsumoto Jun comment. They all had a lot of presence. GJP is definitely the least like Domyouji in obvious characters but he compensates that for expressing the most in depth of feelings and hidden emotions, which I would say is not b/c he shares both Doumyouji AND Rui personalities. Rather, those are ALL the qualities (intelligent, seductive, etc. as well as caddish and cruel) that Doumyouji has in the manga, which is what I loved! On the surface – cruel (and it’s not even that he’s cruel w/o reason; he had a crazy upbringing that affected his psyche), on the inside – intelligence and sensitivity

Btw, what’s Mando-HYD?

@ #44 Jo

Yeah, BOF is my least fav adaptation but I really like GJP and Woo bin

@ #47 xiahkixiri

Agreed!

@ #52 xiahkixiri

Ah! Loved Saved The Last Dance! That was the 2nd drama I ever watched and I loved the last scene

@ belleza: ZOMG, STONED!EMOFACE!!!! <3 Just… just… He’s so BIG, and Han Ji Min is sooo tiny, is it really like I’m thinking? God I did NOT want to get dragged into this. Also, haven’t even seen it yet but agree, that would have been one hell of an epic drama, I don’t usually gel with medical dramas… =/ DAMN THE TEMPTATION.