Shanghai Bund: feeding the obsession with the prettiest credits ever (and a bit on BOF)

[dangermousie]

You know how I was obsessed with Shanghai Bund, or more specifically, getting my hands on it.



Well, due to the amazingness of vierran45, I have gotten my hands on the subbed first ep.



And it's official: it just might be the prettiest drama I have ever seen.



I haven't gotten much past credits because I was too busy capping like mad: I love the sepia tones and filters and selective colors.



And of course, the gorgeousness of Huang Xiaoming and Sun Li and 1930s outfits.



How could you resist a story about doomed love and the Mob and revenge?




Seriously. If you could, just check out these caps from the credits - I dare you not to want to watch!





































(Yes, there is h/c in the credits itself. Thank you, China).













*grrr, fast motion is so hard to cap*



























































































I am also watching Boys Over Flowers ep 18 and so far my thoughts are as follows:

1. Why Jandi doesn't go for the utterly amazing, caring, gorgeous, and fun Ji Hoo is a mystery known only to God. Not to mention they are writing them as canon anyway.

2. Woo Bin and Yi Jung = most awesome slash otp ever.

3. At the rate Yi Jung is putting liquor away, he is going to become an alcoholic. An alcoholic who likes to imitate Ghost.

4. Heeee! They even gave Woo Bin random angst. That is how you know it's a kdrama.

5. I need to know who the writer for this is so I can avoid his/her dramas in the future. Anyone who managed to turn the canon nazi hardcore Makino/Dom shipper that I am into someone bored by D/M and shipping the uncanon Rui/Makino is doing it very very wrong.

6. My irritation with BOF is especially strong because filmi-girl and I have been watching Meteor Garden and there the whole OTP, Rui, fiancee etc stuff is handled so infinitely better.

Comments

[animeshon.livejournal.com]

lol - am I going to be scared to keep watching because I was a hardcome Domiyoji/Makino shipper before I knew they were cannon!
Also Shanghai Bund looks amazing. I must add it to my list!

[vierran45.livejournal.com]

I can do the rest of the 8 English subbed episodes as well, if you want. As long as I can get the torrents to start working (having trouble with ep.2, but eps.3-4 are okay). Just give me some time...

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

Pretty credits. I remember wanting to watch SB, but was sad to find that no one was subbing it. Now, it seems like only eight episode have been subbed since August. :(

[wingstodust.livejournal.com]

Shanghai Bund looks epic. *.* Is it possible for you to link me where to get it? xD

[kikintae.livejournal.com]

the bund, or shanghai bund. looks great, i want to watch it. i watched the 95 version a long time ago and that one is great. thank for the head up.

[sodahands.livejournal.com]

I think Yi Jung/Prince Song need to be made canon. They are the only ship in the show now that doesn't make me want to strangle anyone.
I really do not get what they are trying to do with this drama.

[kitkat-cat.livejournal.com]

Ai EEEEEEE! I have truly truly truly exploded due to a surge in female hormones induced by the prettiness and smokiness of HXM!

i love the fedora thingys they wear, the scarves, the sharp suits, and the sometimes weird but oddly sexy combination of western dress with the cheongsam both on the men and women! i love the women's hair, their clothes, their shoes ( they all hark back to a time when women were truly women and dressed like it!), the jewellery (i love the gold bangles that Sun Li wears throughout)! i love the music both the opening and ending themes, lol, am driving the BOYFRIEND mad with my off-key rendition of the opening song by francis yip, first the mandarin version, then the original cantonese version! i love the angst, the revenge, the guns, the constant struggle between revenge and love and friendship!

i love the multitude of MVs on youtube that i can watch to my hearts content. i even love the vids of the 'making off' of particular scenes! i love that HXM who doesnt drink or smoke in RL, apparently starts feeling faint after taking 3 puffs on the cigarettes for any particular scene!

EEEEEE! Lurve!!! And i would never have found it if it wasnt for you Mousie!!!

and if you need to watch it raw, i think you can find it on tudou.com

and i am OVER BBF! it's not that i hate Ji Hoo or anything, it's just that the prodn company or writer seems to forget that the story is about Jun Pyo and Jandi! bah!

[mishane.livejournal.com]

I've had no real desire to watch the Korean HYD, if only because I felt the j-drama did well enough on it's own, that I wasn't too interested in re-watching the same story.

However, I have been skimming through people's reviews on it and looking at your screen caps.

That said, if this k-drama actually goes the way of Rui/Makino, I will definitely watch it. In the j-drama, I did sometimes wonder how the two would work out and apparently in this k-drama, the two have a good relationship together. I mean, come on, from what I've seen/noticed so far, korean Rui is pretty much your perfect boyfriend. I doubt they'll ever go this route, but if they do, I'll be the first one on that train.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

OHHHHHH! "Shanghai Bund" looks lovely, somehow in "Capital Scandal" way (and this is such a big plus).

[boycottbananas.livejournal.com]

An alcoholic who likes to imitate Ghost.

I read that as Gackt. 8D;;