Where amazing happens.
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BATTLE 1: The Declaration Of War!
The low-down: The Weed Grass Heroine has been quiet for too long now, she can no longer tolerate the outlandishly egotistical mannerisms of the Arrogant Leader With The Bad Perm. She winds up & takes a swing at him, in front of the other F4 members & knocks him down to the ground. She knocks him down good. GAME ON, she declares. She will not be backing down now.
GOLD: Hana Yori Dango
When I first saw this I: totally did a Z-snap. You go, girl.
What made it: Everything. They filmed it all too well. The build up of Makino‘s anger, Domyouji‘s sweltering arrogance, the bounce in Makino‘s step, the wind up, the peak in the BGM… & finally, the KaPOW! Man down! Domyouji‘s facial expression as he looks up while it clicks inside him what just happened is Mastercard priceless. Boy, you are so in luuurrve xDD
SILVER: Boys Over Flowers
When I first saw this I: LOLed
What made it: Jan Di‘s grit. It was a little overacted but I guess that was part of the charm. Her powerkick = Tae Kwon Do EPIC (I would not mess w/ the early Jan Di if you gave me a million dollars >O) It was hilarious & a true joy seeing a 6ft+ giant who completely believed he was tops swatted flat to the ground. F4‘s reaction here is also gold-gold-golden.
BRONZE: Meteor Garden
When I first saw this I: had to rewind it.
What made it: This was the most realistically played. It didn’t have the same theatrics as it successors & it was kinda an “over before you know it” situation but it got me cheer-leading for Shan Cai nonetheless. Xi Men & Mei Zuo‘s “Err… what the heck just happened??” reaction here was thoroughly awesome xDD
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BATTLE 2: The First Date
The low-down: The Arrogant Leader With The Bad Perm has plucked up the courage to ask the Weed Grass Heroine on a date. He makes it clear that he will not leave until she meets him. Not fully believing his commitment (after all, this is the grand old selfish one) she goes shopping with her Vanilla Best Friend all day long. It starts to rain (or snow if you are in Seoul) & she begins to wonder what if, just what if he is actually still waiting for her? No way. But no, wait… what if ? She finally decides to go & ZOMG ! He is there! Waiting for her in the stark nakedness of Mother Nature’s elements. She can not believe it. They go to get coffee to warm him up but end up getting trapped in a stairwell/elevator/cable car all night long. He fevers up (because he’s been waiting in the rain/snow, remember?) She tends to him until the wee hours of the morning & they fall asleep together. The only thing hotter than his fever now is their feelings for each other.
GOLD: Hana Yori Dango
When I first saw this I: wanted to buy a red umbrella. And a red+white stripe scarf w/ miniature pom-poms on it.
What made it: Shall we take a moment of silence to appreciate how good Jun looked in purple here??
Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock.
Okay, moment served. Ahem >_> So, what made it, you ask? Everything (again.) The random fist he serves into that guy’s face who was badgering Makino about movie tickets ^O^ The bright red umbrella amidst the moodiness of the weather. The perfect millimetre amount of rain. The stance of the Star Couple. Seeing Domyouji still trying to act all kakkoi even though he was shivering his butt off (or lack thereof <3) in the icy rain. His bear hug thrown at Makino when she finally arrives & her genuinely stunned expression… you could feel her heart being moved. Who knew that beneath the cold, arrogant exterior was a man who stayed so honourably true to his words?? And of course, the magic that happened in the elevator. And the kiss the morning after.
Oh I want that scaaaaarrf!!!!!!
SILVER: Meteor Garden
When I first saw this I: couldn’t stop fantasising (about being in Shan Cai‘s position, that is.)
What made it: Ah Si‘s child-like face (or was it merely mediocre acting? xPP) His innocence really shows through here & you realise that all along, even though he was acting a little like a jerk, he was just a little boy lost. Shan Cai‘s strength, her inborn caring, protecting-those-who-are-weaker nature also shines through here. The part where he is coming at her & she threatens to bite her own tongue off is amusing, too :D
BRONZE: Boys Over Flowers
When I first saw this I: kinda wanted to grab the nearest (good-looking) man & go for a ride in a cable car.
What made it: I liked the cable car thing, I liked that it was night time, I liked the graffiti (a teeny tiny bit childish but sweet nonetheless I suppose) I LOVED Jan Di‘s outift but… I did not like the snow. Yes, snow is romantic & all blah blah blah but come on. Waiting in the SNOW??????Just doesn’t have the same ring. And the snow wasn’t even heavy. AND!! Goo Joon Pyo, you were wearing how many layers there??? That coat & that scarf looked mighty cozy to me!! Am I really supposed to buy that the (light) snow is going to hurt you as much as a downpour of rain??? Yet somehow you were perfectly fine wearing half as many layers rushing out into the blizzard of the century to search for Geum Jan Di. Funny isn’t it.
Sheesh, I need to stop bagging the Joon Pyo man.
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BATTLE 3: The Chair Smashing Scene
The low-down: In Japan there is an evil girl, who thought cosmetic surgery could change her life for good- but it didn’t & she is pissed. In Taiwan & South Korea, a guy w/ cruel intentions returns to seek some good old-fashion revenge for himself & his twin brother, respectively. They kidnap the Weed Grass Heroine to lure the Arrogant Leader With The Bad Perm. “Do not retaliate or I will hurt her,” they say. So even though he could probably take the entire crew on who is beating his ass up, he keeps his hands by his side. The Weed Grass Heroine can not do anything as she is tied up. She can barely watch. The evil one finally lifts a chair up to smash the living daylights out of the guy to finish him off for good but the Weed Grass Heroine instinctively dashes over, taking the hit for him. The evil one can not believe their own eyes. The human race wasn’t meant to have such selflessness & compassion but the Weed Grass Heroine was proving them wrong. F4 arrive & take care of the rest. She asks him why he didn’t fight back. The Arrogant Leader simply responds, “If I did, I wouldn’t be able to protect you” (or something to that silly effect.) Gaaaaaahhh.
GOLD: Meteor Garden
When I first saw this I: cried (yes, I can be sappy. But you gotta earn it baby.)
What made it: When I think of Meteor Garden, this is one of the first scenes that come to my crazy, deluded mind. I actually believed that Dao Ming Si could take every single one of those mummy’s boys all at once by himself but he didn’t for the sake of Shan Cai. Shan Cai‘s tears of helplessness, & the heartfelt emotions boiling over helped made it, too. This moment convinced me they had fallen in love, whether she knew it or not. Shan Cai‘s instinct to dive in & take the blow of the chair & the glare she gave to the delinquents afterwards was by far the best & the most intense.
SILVER: Boys Over Flowers
When I first saw this I: thought, “Damn, girl, you should’ve just let it hit him” ^^;;
What made it: All jokes aside, I was genuinely mortified by the violence in Boys Over Flowers (say, also during the scene when she is circled & gets gang-attacked at school.) Here, I was scared. Yes, we’ve established that I’m not crazy about you, Goo Joon Pyo, but I certainly don’t want you to die!! I think the fact that this incident resulted in Jan Di having to give up her swimming really impacts to the scale of the scene. Perhaps she may have loved him after all.
BRONZE: Hana Yori Dango
When I first saw this I: wanted to get in there & shave off Sakurako‘s mane ><”
What made it: Sakurako‘s evil face twitches! It was like she was on crack. She really freaked me out. I like this scene because of it’s manga-esque-ness, but in comparison to the rest of the series, there were more memorable, heart-wrenching moments.
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BATTLE 4: The Makeover From The First Love
The low-down: Well, isn’t the Weed Grass Heroine a trusting person (or is it naive or gullible?) Credit to some zealously jealous ugly-step-sister-like school mates, she ends up at the poshest of all parties dressed… well, not very posh at all. But kudos to her for not running away! She is our legitimate Weed Grass heroine after all ^U^ If I were her, I would’ve shot outta there like a rocket. Or I would’ve buried my face in the closest dessert. But she hangs in there, gets played by the haters & it all pays off. The First Love comes to her aid. The First Love calls for the Autistic One to come to her aid. She gets the makeover of her lifetime & gets to slow-dance w/ all but one of the F4 hotties. Cinderella, eat your freaking heart out.
GOLD: Hana Yori Dango
When I first saw this I: wanted to slap Hanazawa Rui (the “You are kawaii” comment just made me puke.)
What made it: Makino‘s transformation was my favourite. I wasn’t crazy about the dress (something about the boa feathery trim *shuts eyes*) but she still looked so pretty! All the white, the camera slowly panning up from her shiny silver shoes, everyone standing around in a semi-circle & their gasping expressions, the BGM working it (again)… it is a true “Ugly Duckling to Swan” moment, daaahhling.
SILVER: Meteor Garden
When I first saw this I: could not stop looking at the midriff area of Shan Cai‘s dress… WHY ze hole???
What made it: I don’t think black was the right colour for the circumstances but I do think Ah Jing genuinely (man, I am liking that word lol) put her heart into the makeover (you could tell by the way she was combing Shan Cai‘s virgin hair~~) & I also think the effect of the Plain Jane to special-looking thing worked. BTW, the bling on Shan Cai‘s left middle finger… *DROOLS*
BRONZE: Boys Over Flowers
When I first saw this I: did the one eyebrow-up, one eyebrow-down look- Min Seo Hyun, you clearly do not excel in styling other people’s hair… or was this sub-consciously intentional??
What made it: I had a problem w/ Jan Di‘s facial expressions as she was getting her make-up done *rolls eyes* I surely felt a “Yeah baby, this is my moment!” attitude from the girl & that irked me worse than what I thought of her actual makeover. Speaking of… To Min Seo Hyun shii: it’s slightly obvious you didn’t want to be upstaged. Your choice to cover up the poor girl up in shaggy white teddy bear fur over a sickly marshmellow pink sequin dress certainly makes people wonder. She was meant to show a teensy bit more flesh! I mean, how else are you meant to trigger certain peeps’ hormones?? And to top it off, you gave her a curly hairdo to rival Mr Ultimate Bad Perm himself, Goo Joon Pyo. But I will say… I did like his reaction here. The “Aoish !” sound he made after failing to win a first dance w/ his destined lover was rather endearingly cute (Wow, I can say something nice about him ><;;)
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BATTLE 5: The Piano Scene
The low-down: Pretenders alert, attend your piano lessons now!
Somehow, the Weed Grass Heroine has found herself at yet another upper-society gathering. Surely you can only humiliate yourself so many times in a lifetime, girl. This is starting to get ridiiiculous.
Major thanks to the brains of the F4 boys, The Weed Grass Heroine is having to fake her family background. But you know the Evil Mother is there & she can see through it all. She requests vocally in front of all the guests for the Weed Grass Heroine to kindly play a piano piece for them all. After all, if you are the daughter from an affluent family, your parents surely would’ve used all (torturous medieval) means to get you to take music lessons from an early age, right? But oh yeah, that’s right! The Weed Grass Heroine is faking it! But she still steps up to the plate. Another wonderous display of courage *salutes*
GOLD: Meteor Garden
When I first saw this I: totally gave out one big giant standing O.
What made it: The speech!
Firstly, F4‘s reaction afterwards = another pure gold moment xDD Back to the actual scene- when Shan Cai was clanking the crap out of the piano keys, I was cringing so badly for her… but then slowly, a soft, delicate musical tune starts to seduce everybody’s ears & Shan Cai, telling some story of a famous philosopher’s view on women who trip on personal power, delivers the speech of a lifetime. She indirectly but quite in-your-face-ally downs the face of Dao Ming Feng.
That is what I am talkin’ ’bout, girlfriend.
SILVER: Boys Over Flowers
When I first saw this I: got a little weepy (wait, do we sense a compliment coming on??)
What made it: Now that we mention it, there is actually one Joon Pyo & Jan Di moment that I didn’t mind (!!!!!!) *impish laugh* Sorry. Yes. I did like how they used Jan Di‘s piano-playing & singing to express her feelings here. Not that I think Joon Pyo deserved it, nor did I rate the emotional mess that Jan Di had turned into, but looking at the scene individually, I can’t deny it was touching. Maybe Ji Hoo‘s expression helped persuade me but nevertheless, this was a pretty devoutly delicate moment.
BRONZE: Hana Yori Dango
When I first saw this I: was waiting for a turning point… but it didn’t come!
What made it: Well, all I felt was the humiliation for Makino. Seriously, girl, why did you even get yourself up there? If it were me, I would’ve darted over to Rui & let him deal w/ it. Let him save my day! Is that not what he was born for??
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BATTLE 6: The Autistic One Saves The Day
The low-down: The Arrogant Leader With The Bad Perm has issued an order to some (what I can only label as) losers to make life hell for the Weed Grass Heroine but they misconstrue his intent. That, or their hormones are overriding their limbs. Oh the powers of puberty. These losers corner the Weed Grass Heroine, she puts up a fair fight but she is simply being physically overpowered & outnumbered. But… the Autistic One just happens to be in the vicinity. He speaks up, steps in, tells the losers where to go. And voila, they’re gone. The Weed Grass Heroine is in tears but it’s all good. Lifeline number one given by the Autistic One but so many more to come.
GOLD: Meteor Garden
When I first saw this I: fully fell for it.
What made it: Hua Ze Lei‘s personal tip to Shan Cai– “Whenever you feel the urge to cry, just do a handstand & your tears will go away.” So what do we all go & do??? Stand upside down. Damn it, you lie to me, pretty boy.
I always felt like this was the first moment where Ah Lei begins to open up. In a way though it was kinda like, “Whaaat??? You can speak??” lol Shan Cai‘s crying here was super believable, too.
SILVER: Hana Yori Dango
When I first saw this I: wanted to raid every science lab / home-ec. looking classroom in this world.
What made it: Rui. Rui. Rui. Seeing him suddenly emerge from lying so mysteriously across the chairs w/ an open book over his sleeping face (seriously, how do you look so good??) & stand oh-so-tall… I am quite sure my eyes did that glistening thing like you see on anime girls xDD Quick character check: Doesn’t like trouble. Man of few words. Likes to sleep. Hot. I think Oguri Shun pretty much encapsulated the character right here. Hanazawa Rui, daisukidesu ^U^
BRONZE: Boys Over Flowers
When I first saw this I: had to look away (before being reeled back in by Ji Hoo‘s voice xD)
What made it: I was yet again a bit distressed by the graphic violence showcased in this scene (someone pls dial 911!!!) I could not believe how seriously these loser guys were taking their special assignment. Then, when Yoon Ji Hoo entered the scene, I was even more confused. Hotcakes? Honestly? Could you be any more random? (although, feel free to make me some, ah, one morning perhaps *evil thoughts* xDD)
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BATTLE 7: The Airport Scene
The low-down: The First Love is jetting off to the City of Lovers! But there is so much love in the airport already… do you really need to go? F3 & The Weed Grass Heroine are there to see her off, meanwhile craving for the Autistic One to show up & chase after his First Love. But his face is nowhere to be seen! The First Love vanishes past the gates & they’re convinced it’s all over. But da-da-daaaan !! He is here! With a ticket in his hand! Congratulations. He goes over to thank the Weed Grass Heroine, before taking off, by kissing her on the forehead. She has given him so much already apparently but little does the Autistic One know how much he is going to sacrifice to her down the road. Bon voyage !
GOLD: Hana Yori Dango
When I first saw this I: barely even saw Makino.
What made it: The apple. The big glossy apple! This was a fundamental missing element in the Taiwanese & Korean versions of the scene. The apple isn’t simply a snack for the road here, it represents so much more.
Yeah Rui‘s kiss on Makino‘s forehead made me go a little giddy but the sheer display of friendship btwn F4, more specifically Domyouji & Hanazawa Rui, was really what made me drop to my damn knees & count every one of my fangirl blessings. Akira & Jiro, knowing that Domyouji can not express his feelings, go to give him an apple (how so quickly & where from I don’t understand, but whatever.) The misty-eyed (but still trying to act tough) Domyouji hurls the apple to a doe-eyed Rui (who, in all honesty to me, looked like he was scared of breaking a nail as he caught it but… still kinda cute though xDD) who catches it & knows. He knows what the apple means. And then as they watch Rui‘s plane take off, Domyouji screams “Rui! Ganbatte !” at maximum volume whilst waving beserkly like an Arashi fangirl *gush* Bro-mance is my new favourite word xDD
SILVER: Meteor Garden
When I first saw this I: prayed for Winnie Qian to just shed her darn wig.
What made it: Ah Si‘s sudden words of wisdom, causing Shan Cai to look at him in a new light for the first time. I have to say though, her crying didn’t completely work for me here but the F4 friendship thing again was the real shining splendour. Mei Zuo‘s cool American-accented English & Xi Men‘s “Even I salute you” comment make for some great Hua Ze Lei lovin’. And then Ah Si doesn’t even say a word to him… but you can still totally feel the connection. The bond between the four of them is beyond words.
BRONZE: Boys Over Flowers
When I first saw this I: thought to myself, “Is that it?”
What made it: Apart from the impeccable exhibition of winter fashion here, I didn’t really get much out of this scene. There was barely any attempt at showing the closeness between the Korean F4, much less between F2. For the love of mankind, you guys have grown up w/ ea other since you were fashion model midgets & now, hello, one of your members is flying away to Paris, returning indefinitely! At least mimic like you may miss him. Min Seo Hyun‘s expression as she departed was the best thing about the scene (Ji Hoo, where are you??) but the friendship factor I felt from those boys was a big fat zilch.
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BATTLE 8: The Double Date Punch-On
The low-down: “A commoner’s date??? No way he will agree to go on one!!!” the Weed Grass Heroine tells her Vanilla Best Friend. “But, a double date will be so much fun!!” the Best Friend replies. So the Weed Grass Heroine pleads w/ her new boyfriend. At first he looks down on the idea but eventually agrees because, well, he is willing to try anything for her. So they rock up but the Vanilla Best Friend’s boyfriend is like the epitome of a tool!! The Arrogant Leader puts up w/ all his tactless blabbing all day long. He sucks up all the ridiculing comments, well, again, because of HER. However, he soon finds out that this tool is two-timing the Vanilla Best Friend. And this tool thinks it’s perfectly fine. What a tool. The Arrogant Leader can’t take it anymore so he missiles a fireball of a punch at the “guy.” I say, beat him up some more, darn it.
GOLD: Meteor Garden
When I first saw this I: wanted to be there, hanging off Jerry‘s arm.
What made it: The amusement park setting! Aaaaahh, I don’t know why but I am embarrassed to say, dates at amusement parks make me grin. And it was nice seeing Shan Cai naturally acting more like a girlfriend around Ah Si. The accumulation of Ah Si‘s aggravation was built up logically & the punch he finally struck was undoubtedly the most righteous feeling one of them all. Team DMS FTW!
SILVER: Hana Yori Dango
When I first saw this I: gasped in horror at the dead animal dangling around the collar of Domyouji. Eek.
What made it: I would’ve thumped try-hard gangsta boy Nakatsuka in the face as soon as I saw him so for His Royal Highness Domyouji to resist for that long… I truly applaud him d(^_^)b
BRONZE: Boys Over Flowers
When I first saw this I: thought to myself, why are all these bystanders just standing there, pointing & staring but doing anything at all??
What made it: Again, I hearted Jan Di‘s outfit. This girl sure rakes it in in the fashion stakes (although how she affords to produce a different but equally trendy ensemble every single day remains something for a tandem like Mulder & Scully to decipher.) And I didn’t mind the whole ice-skating theme. The lights diffused against the night backdrop was romantic. But I didn’t like how much of a scene Goo Joon Pyo created as he was continually hammering down the poor boy. Come on, one punch should’ve been sufficient. And it’s not even a fair battle anyways! Anyone w/ eyes can see you are easily able to own that skinny-ass.
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BATTLE 9: The Comeback At The Ex-Boyfriend
The low-down: The Vanilla Best Friend has been two-timed & reduced to next-to-nothing levels of self-esteem by some random toyboy who thinks he is actually God’s gift to women (which he most definitely is not.) The Playboy sees her lowly state & swears to help her seek revenge. He vamps her up (but still maintaining her class) & takes her out to a hot spot, knowing that the ex-boyfriend would be there. The ex-boyfriend sees just how hot the Vanilla Best Friend has become & of course can not control his manhood & tries to get close to her again. The Playboy intercedes, he asks the Vanilla Best Friend if she knows him & secretly prompts her to say no. This was her chance to get back at him in front of everyone. She takes the deepest breath of her life & squeaks out a resounding “No.” The Unlikely Couple walk out together leaving the ex-boyfriend humiliated in front of about a million onlookers.
GOLD: Meteor Garden
When I first saw this I: wanted Ken & Rainie to be together forever.
What made it: Xi Men‘s perfectly executed, step-by-step revenge plot. And all the skanky ladies’ in-awe reaction to our most treasured playboy made me chuckle exhaustively. Oh yeah, give me five honey!
To add to the effect, the ex-boyfriend here actually looks like a qualified playboy himself, esp in comparison to the other versions. He was a jerk but he was still a man. You could understand why the women did flock to him (not that I was personally attracted.) The Japanese dude was a little too Yo! Wassup my homey-G kinda looking & the Korean boy was… well, that’s all. A boy.
SILVER: Hana Yori Dango
When I first saw this I: contemplated, maybe I could fancy Matsuda Shota xDD
What made it: Jiro‘s pow! “If you make my girl cry again I will rip out your guts through your ass.” I didn’t know Shota-kun had that side to him. But I kinda dig it. Oh would you please invite me to one of your tea parties, baby xD
BRONZE: Boys Over Flowers
When I first saw this I: shook my head @ the Kenny G-ness.
What made it: I liked this scene until Yi Jung started playing the saxophone. How lame & how wrong was the look. It’s a real shame really because everything else was planned out so prettily (pretty is the word to use whenever I am talking about the… SoEulmates…urgh, I said it. I don’t like that term but I said it ><“) Her make-over was cute, he looked pretty cute, & he actually looked like the manlier being for once (although it’s kinda automatic standing next to the toss-pot wannabe playboy of an ex-boyfriend. And this dude actually looked like the biggest toss-pot out of all 3 versions -_-; ) And when they continued on to play boyfriend/girlfriend after leaving the club, that was such a pretty sight to behold, too.
But seriously, shame on the sax.
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BATTLE 10: The Scene Where His Memory Returns
The low-down: Of course no fairytale would be complete w/o a case of amnesia of some description! Who is the (un)lucky nominee? The Arrogant Leader With The Bad Perm (duh)!! In Taiwan, his memory has been CTRL+ALT+DELed for good but in Japan & South Korea, he has just had the one file erased- the love of his life aka the Weed Grass Heroine, that’s all. But the Weed Grass Heroine has full belief that even though she is not in his memory at the moment, she is still in his heart. She openly fights for his love for the first time w/ some dippy, nit-witted girl who is just plain-ass relentlessly in the frckn way. It was quite a battle but of course, in the end, true love prevails & his memory is restored!!!!! Never can the Star Couple’s love for each other be driven out of their body & soul.
GOLD: Hana Yori Dango
When I first saw this I: dreamt about elevators, snow blizzards & cookies.
What made it: “For me, love tastes like that lousy cookie you made me.”
Everything that happened up until now, everything that Domyouji & Makino experienced together over the last how-ever many years, every gift, every word & every feeling exchanged… it all came to full circle in the last couple of episodes.
I loved the addition of Toda Erika here & the despise Rui showed towards her character, Nakashima Umi– but his attitude was all w/ good reason. The girl was a shameless biaatch. But she totally came into good use lol Thankyou Umi-chan for your jumbo flop in the cookie making department ^O^!!
If it wasn’t for her, our beloved F4 leader would not have recalled the taste of love. He would not have dashed out into the blizzard w/o thinking to be the hero for our dear heroine (Hanazawa Rui, step the heck aside.) We would not have been able to re-live the glorious elevator scene again.
This is THE way it was meant to be <3
SILVER: Meteor Garden
When I first saw this I: let out the biggest for-eff’s-sake of a SIGH ever: “FINALLY.”
What made it: Well, the sequel was no where near the same level of brilliance as the first but at least they tried to make the memory loss situation somewhat more life-like. Whether or not this was a good thing, I will never know but I was just friggin glad that Ye Sha was about to be scooted out of the picture *claps hands HARD* I liked how they played the moment, how he reaches for the coin underwater & all the images of him reaching for the (gorgeous but obviously cursed) meteor ring in the car in Barcelona rushes through his head. Then he wakes up in the hospital bed & the sunshine is peeping through the curtains onto his face. All his memories of him & Shan Cai flash like a movie reel before his eyes. He reaches out to the girl lying asleep beside his bed thinking, hoping, imagining it was Shan Cai. Of course it wasn’t but it’s okay, because yippee!! Dao Ming Si is baaack.
Hmm, & Jerry in a swimsuit works miracles, too.
BRONZE: Boys Over Flowers
When I first saw this I: flinched, “You can not be serious, girl.”
What made it: Visually, I think it was a beautiful scene. Everything else, I explicitly would not recommend ^^;;
You could argue that Jan Di had so much love & trust in Goo Joon Pyo that she was confident enough to lay her life on the line. And actually, sometimes I almost coax myself into believing her decision here was a courageous thing but… no. I mean, come the heck on, I hope nobody thinks this is the role model of what love should be. For me, in essence it conveys the message, “I can not or will not live w/o you” & I just don’t agree that it’s within the Weed Grass spirit to do something like this. She should be someone who can live on by herself irrespective of everyone & everything around her. Instead, Jan Di elects to inhale copious amounts of chlorine to the degree that I actually started to worry that she may end up w/ brain damage (although, there seemed to be something wrong w/ her head already anyways >_>;)
And Earth to Ji Hoo sunbae! You damn well should’ve dipped into the water & changed up the ending for me! You had so much time to do it, too!! But like your other fellow Autistic Ones, you sacrificed yourself for good. Fine. I’ll take you.
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Far out. This was by far the one of the most strenuous things I have ever done. Has anyone who can’t read Chinese ever tried to look for quality pictures & screencaps of Meteor Garden over the web?? Well, don’t. Because they do not exist.
But I did enjoy re-watching all these scenes v. v. muchly xDDDDDD And there were many more scenes that I could’ve stalked, rated & compared but ten is a perfect number. So I chose the ten that I felt had the most meaning (to me at least.) Alright, alright, that was a semi-excuse. It was actually really tiring trying to work out which episodes every scene came from ^^;; Dùi bù qĭ/gomen ne/mianhaeyo. Forgive me.
I did want to talk about the moment when the Autistic One earns his own money for the first time though as it is one of my favourite moments ever but… I couldn’t recollect if & when they played that scene in Hana Yori Dango *hangs head in shame* T_T
*looks up again* A full re-watch is definitely in need! And I would love to hear what everyone’s favourite scenes are btw :)) Please share!
Okay, to the current GOLD tally >>>
Taiwan: 13 Japan: 8 Korea: 4
What is going on here..???
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Next installment: The Other Bits & Pieces.
(^This one shouldn’t take up nearly as many brain cells. Which is good, because I don’t have many left.)
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