Grrrrr: remakes are the child of satan. Red-headed stepchild of satan, in fact...

[dangermousie]

The mere thought of Maou's existence gives me rage.

I keep hoping it will have dismal ratings and die.

RAGE.

Who knew I'd go purist over dramas.

Comments

[ginzarhapsody.livejournal.com]

um, wow.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Well, I am sure it will do well :)

[ginzarhapsody.livejournal.com]

i just think it's kind of unfair to hate a drama you haven't even seen.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Not really. I have seen the drama it's based on and thought it was a rare, count-on-fingers-of-one-hand drama (Korean, Taiwanese or Japanese) that I've seen that was absolutely pitch-perfect, where I would not change a single thing, and which was seamlessly written and acted. So the thought of a remake is not making me happy. I know the plot (and them having to chop it up to fit into jdrama running time), I am familiar with the actors, I have seen the original, I think it's pretty OK for me to think I would hate it.

I dislike the thought of remakes on principle, and certainly when it's a remake of something I adore to bits and think was done as well as it could possibly be.

My irrational dislike of Ikuta Toma does not help. Eat a sandwich, please, Toma.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Hmm...why do you hate Toma, out of curiosity? (My sole exposure to him is the bit of Hana Kimi I watched, where I was very unimpressed by him, but...)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I don't want to come across as an anti-fan but:

He is physically unappealing to me(scrawny and weird-faced)
I find his acting unimpressive
I don't find him charismatic on screen (as to sex appeal? Negative ten).

Now, for all I know he might be a great singer, or kind to starving children, but I am only evaluating him as an actor and as an actor, I really do not care for him.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

More eloquent than me. My main thought in the ep of Hana Kimi I watched was "You made Nakatsu a bully. Next!"

[salimbol.livejournal.com]

Well, I actually quite like Ikuta Toma - but the thought of this remake truly does fill me with horror as well *grin*.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

So glad am not alone!

[darkeyedwolf.livejournal.com]

You didn't like it?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I just love Mawang and don't want a remake. Mawang, Legend and a couple more kdramas are the only kdramas I don't want remade and they remade it. I mean, if they remake Kim Sam Soon or something, I am all for it. Or even a drama I like, like Coffee Prince.

Just leave four measly dramas I don't want remade (Legend, Mawang, Capital Scandal (which couldn't be for obvious reasons) and Goong (ditto)) alone.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

The promo pic for that cracks me up ilke you wouldn't believe. HIS FACE!

Though, it isn't as amazing as that Twilight cover everyone was posting yesterday...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

That Twilight cover made me roll in the isles.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

My first exposure to it was a friend's manip of it, where she gave him Fabio hair. Later, she made another where she added sparklies. (I think it was her...there were 2 others in chat and they were laughing at it while I was sobbing over SGA)

BUT WHAT WERE THEY THINKING WITH THAT COVER????

(Or with Maoh guy's bugeyed magician stance...)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I have managed to avoid most Maou's pics but yes.

The cover for Twilight...pure genius.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

The cover for Twilight...pure genius.

Link me to this? Please?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

http://crumpeteer.livejournal.com/474251.html

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

OH MY POOR HEART! I guess I am not going to watch this. Thank you!

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

IT GETS BETTER!!!

http://oxymoronassoc.livejournal.com/449598.html

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

HA_HA_HA_HA_HA!!! I am in debt to you forever.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

If I had access to the one with sparkles, you would love me even more. (If you look in the coments, there's an icon with sparkles on the Cullens. Now just imagine that on the full cover.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I WANT SPARKLES.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I see! I am not sure if I like the cast in the Japanese re-make. No one can be as good as Joo Ji Hoon. But may be it will bring more interest to the original, which had unfairest ratings.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I suppose so :)

[fenrir-khan.livejournal.com]

Now you feel my pain everytime there's a new version of HYD that pop out somewhere. Even if the end result is good, I always feel a pang because hellooo Hana Yori Dango, the manga, was my personal equivalent of the Sentimental Education. Somehow, I know I'll keep experiencing these pangs since everyone and their mother's dog seems bent on remaking HYD.

Also, what Twilight cover????!!!!

Oh, hey, by the way: hi there! ;)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hey! Long time no talk!

[fenrir-khan.livejournal.com]

Yup. I see you've been very busy on the drama front.

[rubypurple.livejournal.com]

I've finished Mawang and watched Ep 1 of Maou... My only thought while watching is Maou is the dorama is ok IF you haven't watched Mawang... :(

I'm not really against remakes but it's hard not to compare them to the original. :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Seriously, if the original is good, leave it alone.

[boycottbananas.livejournal.com]

This is kinda how I felt towards the Hana-Kimi remake after I watched the first episode, and the Korean Hana Yori Dango.

But idk, give the first few minutes a chance before you go all crazy on it? :/

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Nah, don't even want to see any stills from it... :)

Re: Hana Kimi. Yes.

[calixa.livejournal.com]

Maou looks... kinda lame. I hate to say it but that's the truth. IMO, anyway. So it's pass for me too.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yay, I am not the only one.

[sodahands.livejournal.com]

That Maou poster is painful. I don't understand why they even need to remake it...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[shinystory.livejournal.com]

Remakes are always tricky. And remaking something I really like will 99.99% of the time tip me over to the negative of the remake.

I agree with your four "don't remake."

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Seriously, unless the original was very flawed, leave it alone.

[zsuness.livejournal.com]

I love both Toma and Ohno to bits but I'm still all O__O about Maou. idk it's like Ohno is the minime version of Joo Ji Hoon. It just looks ridiculous. I can't take them serious. Toma is way too young for a role like that, anyway.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Toma is much too young. He wouldn't have any time to acquire experience ot remorse. Oh well...