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dangermousieHere this is as a separate entry (it is also in the comments to the watchalong post) because I am still having issues figuring out the stickying part with the watchalong post.
Yes, instead of catching up on my backlog of dramas I have started watching BOF instead. I got about halfway into first ep before I had to run but I've been in a good mood for hours - it kicked in as soon as I heard the first strains of that silly Almost Paradiiiiiise :)
Random caps/thoughts follow.
1. Unlike the rather plain card in other versions, I am pleased to see that in-between their violent outbursts and nervous breakdowns, F4 members are so dedicated to the artistic. I keep wondering who drew it. I doubt Jun Pyo can draw anything other than a stick-figure, Ji Hoo would just wander off in the middle, oooh, Yi Jung? He's the artist in the group. I have a hilarious image of Woo Bin letting one of his girlfriends of the moment do it. Also, logistical questions - did they take it to a printer's shop to have mass-printed? What?
2. Jandi of the beginning is not only a total commonsense awesome win, she has the exact haircut from the manga post Junpei. I never understood the complaints about Gu Hye Sun not being pretty enough. One of the main points of Jandi's character is that she isn't beautiful - that's not what attracts admirers/friends/enemies to her but her character does.
3. You know, before the idiot censors made them tone it down, BOF was pretty hardcore about its violence. Also, I always hated the students in that school so much. Fine, Jun Pyo is acting out and reacting way disproportionately because he is reacting to an upbringing from hell and has the maturity/empathy of a 3-yr-old and for his friends their friend's amusement trumps everything. It's not good in any way, but it's still better than the rest of the school which gleefully participates in torture of someone who they have nothing against - they may want to drive the kid out of school to earn favor (and ugh on that notion) but that horrible cruelty is all theirs (side note - I find it interesting that in this version we never see Jun Pyo himself beat one of the victims or whatever). Plus, they jump at the chance even when there isn't a red card to spur them on - the way they turn on Jandi in ep 5, OMG. And at least Jun Pyo gets karmic punishment for being such a bastard, none of the school kids ever do.
4. Ga Eul yang! I missed you! SQUEE.
5. Kang Mama. I think she is without doubt the evilest version of that character ever. By the time we learned the extent of her evilness, I was surprised that Jun Pyo only had the issues he had and wasn't just locked up stuttering and medicated in the corner. I bet she bathes in the blood of virgins and kicks puppies for fun. I am really disappointed she never got her comeuppance but oh well... (LOL, guys, remember all the crazy speculation that she had an incestuous thing for her son????)
6. Man, I love Jandi's adorable goofy family. How weird is it to see the sweet adorable Dad though - seeing that he's playing such a bastard in Personal Taste right now.
7. Ummmm, this time I just may be shipping Ji Hoo/Jandi from the start. He is so purty and I still have memories of later eps' rain clinging. Honestly, why can't they all just have a threesome? I don't think Jun Pyo and Ji Hoo would mind (they sleep in each other's beds!) and Jandi could have a really good time :P
8. I love how the first entrance of F4 is so very manga, with the rays of light and everything :P
9. They picked freakishly well for manga look - I finally got what on earth Makino meant in the manga when she kept referring to Rui as a marble-eyed prince :P
10. Woo Bin. Just for you ladies who requested him. You know, when the mob heir is the only sane one among his basketcase friends, it's pretty amusing.
11. The three musketeers. But I feel horrible seeing 'Sunny' - after it came out what happened to her - R.I.P., JJY.
12. I have a ridiculous amount of fondness both for Yi Jung (here he is, pre-emo) and his actor, Kim Bum. I remember I wanted him to play Jun Pyo before the cast was announced.
13. This will never be not funny.
14. Every time I see this I wonder who thought it was a good idea to give the violent, messed-up, impulse-control-phobic Jun Pyo a gun.
15. That drama knew its fanservice :) Also, KHJ is ridiculously pretty. Ridiculously. (Also, now that I know more about KHJ himself, I am extra amused at his playing dreamy dreamy Ji Hoo).
16. I love that all the other F4 have normal enough shoes but Jun Pyo's are hideous and shiny. And also that the rest of them dress themselves but he just sits there being dressed by servants. You know one thing I noticed this time? Even this early, he looks not just bored but really really sad - kinda quietly depressed. (And just you wait till later!) I mean, I don't blame him, if I had Mama Kang for a parent, I'd commit suicide myself, but it's interesting - no wonder he latches onto Jandi like a limpet - he has no emotional outlets at all, plus she makes him laugh (mainly because he's a 5-yr-old idiot but that's a separate matter).
17. Indeed.
Side note: whatever issues I may have with this as an adaptation of Hanadan, I will always love it for giving Lee Min Ho his big break.
Yes, instead of catching up on my backlog of dramas I have started watching BOF instead. I got about halfway into first ep before I had to run but I've been in a good mood for hours - it kicked in as soon as I heard the first strains of that silly Almost Paradiiiiiise :)
Random caps/thoughts follow.
1. Unlike the rather plain card in other versions, I am pleased to see that in-between their violent outbursts and nervous breakdowns, F4 members are so dedicated to the artistic. I keep wondering who drew it. I doubt Jun Pyo can draw anything other than a stick-figure, Ji Hoo would just wander off in the middle, oooh, Yi Jung? He's the artist in the group. I have a hilarious image of Woo Bin letting one of his girlfriends of the moment do it. Also, logistical questions - did they take it to a printer's shop to have mass-printed? What?
2. Jandi of the beginning is not only a total commonsense awesome win, she has the exact haircut from the manga post Junpei. I never understood the complaints about Gu Hye Sun not being pretty enough. One of the main points of Jandi's character is that she isn't beautiful - that's not what attracts admirers/friends/enemies to her but her character does.
3. You know, before the idiot censors made them tone it down, BOF was pretty hardcore about its violence. Also, I always hated the students in that school so much. Fine, Jun Pyo is acting out and reacting way disproportionately because he is reacting to an upbringing from hell and has the maturity/empathy of a 3-yr-old and for his friends their friend's amusement trumps everything. It's not good in any way, but it's still better than the rest of the school which gleefully participates in torture of someone who they have nothing against - they may want to drive the kid out of school to earn favor (and ugh on that notion) but that horrible cruelty is all theirs (side note - I find it interesting that in this version we never see Jun Pyo himself beat one of the victims or whatever). Plus, they jump at the chance even when there isn't a red card to spur them on - the way they turn on Jandi in ep 5, OMG. And at least Jun Pyo gets karmic punishment for being such a bastard, none of the school kids ever do.
4. Ga Eul yang! I missed you! SQUEE.
5. Kang Mama. I think she is without doubt the evilest version of that character ever. By the time we learned the extent of her evilness, I was surprised that Jun Pyo only had the issues he had and wasn't just locked up stuttering and medicated in the corner. I bet she bathes in the blood of virgins and kicks puppies for fun. I am really disappointed she never got her comeuppance but oh well... (LOL, guys, remember all the crazy speculation that she had an incestuous thing for her son????)
6. Man, I love Jandi's adorable goofy family. How weird is it to see the sweet adorable Dad though - seeing that he's playing such a bastard in Personal Taste right now.
7. Ummmm, this time I just may be shipping Ji Hoo/Jandi from the start. He is so purty and I still have memories of later eps' rain clinging. Honestly, why can't they all just have a threesome? I don't think Jun Pyo and Ji Hoo would mind (they sleep in each other's beds!) and Jandi could have a really good time :P
8. I love how the first entrance of F4 is so very manga, with the rays of light and everything :P
9. They picked freakishly well for manga look - I finally got what on earth Makino meant in the manga when she kept referring to Rui as a marble-eyed prince :P
10. Woo Bin. Just for you ladies who requested him. You know, when the mob heir is the only sane one among his basketcase friends, it's pretty amusing.
11. The three musketeers. But I feel horrible seeing 'Sunny' - after it came out what happened to her - R.I.P., JJY.
12. I have a ridiculous amount of fondness both for Yi Jung (here he is, pre-emo) and his actor, Kim Bum. I remember I wanted him to play Jun Pyo before the cast was announced.
13. This will never be not funny.
14. Every time I see this I wonder who thought it was a good idea to give the violent, messed-up, impulse-control-phobic Jun Pyo a gun.
15. That drama knew its fanservice :) Also, KHJ is ridiculously pretty. Ridiculously. (Also, now that I know more about KHJ himself, I am extra amused at his playing dreamy dreamy Ji Hoo).
16. I love that all the other F4 have normal enough shoes but Jun Pyo's are hideous and shiny. And also that the rest of them dress themselves but he just sits there being dressed by servants. You know one thing I noticed this time? Even this early, he looks not just bored but really really sad - kinda quietly depressed. (And just you wait till later!) I mean, I don't blame him, if I had Mama Kang for a parent, I'd commit suicide myself, but it's interesting - no wonder he latches onto Jandi like a limpet - he has no emotional outlets at all, plus she makes him laugh (mainly because he's a 5-yr-old idiot but that's a separate matter).
17. Indeed.
Side note: whatever issues I may have with this as an adaptation of Hanadan, I will always love it for giving Lee Min Ho his big break.
