Meteor Garden (2018)

In summary the 6 episodes felt like I was watching a fast forwarded version of a drama. Things escalated fast, like too fast. Despite being one that does not like draggy dramas, the plot was kind of rushed and out of the place. There were many 'wait whatttt' moments while watching the 6 episodes with things and situations happening out of nowhere. I would have preferred if the story development was a little slower.

Despite what I've mentioned above along with the horrible dubbing, I must say that I am getting attached to the show. shenyue and dylan wang's chemistry is starting to show and I am actually looking forward to their scenes together. It helps that they are playful and comfortable with each other behind the scenes too!! Being a sucker for cliche af plots also helped I guess.

So if you have some time to spare and is in the need for some cliche and cheesy storyline this is the drama for you. The visuals of the cast as well as great cinematography is an added bonus too lol

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Disappointing Hanadan Adaptation!

As a manga purist and a huge fan of Meteor Garden (2001) and Hana Yori Dango (2005), I really tried giving this drama a chance since many people claimed it closely follows the manga. However, in addition to stripping away what made HanaDan a great story - a strong girl who withstands class issues and bullying and transforms the most violent and troubling guy into a human being - this adaptation was reduced to just a mediocre tale of an arrogant jerk and a normal girl who occasionally have unpleasant interactions.

Because these crucial elements were missing, neither the characters nor the love story were convincing to me. I understand China's censorship laws and all, but even with those constraints, the writing fails to build a coherent story that makes sense and lacks meaningful developments. Additionally, the acting and dubbing were major turn-offs. I tried skimming through a couple of episodes, but it didn’t get any better. This is like HanaDan for kids at best - if you prefer a good story, stick to the 2001 Taiwanese version or the Japanese version. Otherwise, skip this one.

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I know that rarely I like shows from China, at this one was the one that I've really hated.
Overexaggerated acting is a thing that I hate in Chinese shows, and this one is full of it. Even the scenes are beautifully shotted the story is predictable since the beginning, I mean, this show is literally everywhere on the internet and even people who never started it, knows the ending...
It is the classic drama with the poor girl and the beautiful rich boy with his whole gang of majestic friends, I found the second couple to be pointless and boring most of the time...

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Ya'll... Listen up. This drama is really cliche and hard to get through. The storyline was not interesting or realistic enough for me to actually enjoy. The actors/actresses are good looking, however their acting was unnatural. There are many scenes with sexual harassment. As a female myself, this drama makes me go "Nope. No. I can't watch this anymore." The F4 leader has immature and physcopath-like tendencies in my opinion. Overall, it was one of the most cliche and annoying dramas i have watched yet. It is a shame that Yue Chen was in this drama because A Love So Beautiful was an excellent drama...

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It was ok for about a couple of episodes until I reached that horrible and terrifying rooftop scene. After that I couldn't continue the series. I watched the next episode hoping that they were going to address the sexual assault and sadly they continued on like nothing happened. I'm fully aware of the Boy's over Flowers legacy and heard how it was even worse in the manga, but still this is 2018 they could of done something different and omit those horrendous scenes. As someone stated earlier, this drama was a huge letdown when comparing Shen Yue's role in A Love so Beautiful, which was a lovey and relatable show that allowed the main female lead to grow into her own person.

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My expectations were way too high. TW: Don't read if you don't criticism well.

Before I dive in, here are some things I want to stress about a 10/10 drama for me. It has to be captivating from beginning to end; it has to have a high rewatch value; it has to not have a part where I want to spam the "skip 10 seconds "button. <-These are just some of my standards. I am someone who doesn't like recommendations as I get expectations. Other than Untamed, I got high recommendations for this drama.

I don't know if the reason I don't like this dramas is because my standards have been raised my K-dramas (I just started writing reviews so you won't find that many reviews for K-dramas). I recently heard that there were three versions of the drama (Korean, Chinese, Japanese). The Korean version, Boys over Flowers, is on my watchlist, but I have heard very split opinions on it (either very good or very bad). As one of my few watched C-dramas, I wouldn't say I'm particularly fond of the amount of episodes in C-dramas. I prefer the Korean standard: 16 episodes, 1 hour long each. As for the story, I wouldn't say it's half bad. It was VERY predictable for the five episodes that I watched though I might have judged it early. It's the typical "short poor average girl with tall handsome rich dude" storyline. The main reason why I dropped this title is because I came for Dylan Wang, but his character's personality [and hairstyle] was complete trash. I am currently watching another title with the female lead: A Love so Beautiful (which I think I will drop soon). Though C-dramas are known to be the most realistic of the three genres (K-dramas, J-dramas. C-dramas), I found this so CRINGE and not realistic AT ALL.

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nope

I am not sure if it was a good idea to remake Hana Yori Dango into another live-action. Cliche plot and ridiculous storylines about bullying made this story hard to follow. Fortunately, the writers toned down the bullying in this version, but it did not improve the plot.

One of the major issues that plagues all of the live-action version of this drama is the fact that none of them show genuine romantic chemistry between the two main characters. There may be justification for it because the story is set in high school, so it can't be too mature. However, this version is set in college so the characters older. Yet, romantic interactions are still dry and uninteresting. The female lead acts like the male has the plague every time he comes near her. There is nothing to look forward to in their scenes together.

If there is another live-action remake of this manga, I hope the writers show real chemistry between the main couple or stay completely away. We don't need another live-action cringe with more of the same.

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I love this drama¡¡¡

Estuve leyendo las reseñas de otros usuarios, especialmente las negativas, muchos conocedores dicen que es uno de los mas fieles al manga pero con una historia muy diluida e infantil, pues bien aunque solo he visto el anime, y la version coreana de BOF, creo que es una excelente versión acorde al publico que buscaban enganchar: por Dios¡ es un drama juvenil de chicos universitarios... es obvio que habrá cosas tontas y eso me gusta porque cuando jovenes nuestra vision del amor es muy limitada: nos gustan los chicos por como se visten, como nos tratan, los lugares que frecuentamos, su grupo de amigos, por ser geniales e inteligentes, por tener aspiraciones, por nuestra conexion con ellos y eso es algo que fluye y fluye como un rio entre los protagonistas, y sus amigos, el amor mas profundo es mas comun con la madurez de los años, y de hecho me sorprendio agradablemente la forma en que Ah si se enamora de Shan cai, creo que es el tipo de hombre que se enamora una sola vez en la vida, son pocos, pero existen y él es su gran representante, eso hace que la historia transcienda y nos haga querer un amor asi, aunque las expectadoras seamos de 30 o 40 jajaja. Por otro lado, el triangulo amoroso no es nada falso, particularmente cuando estuve en la escuela siempre me gustaban los mismos chicos que le gustaban a mi mejor amiga, pero el chico solo puede elegir a 1, y la otra si es verdadera amiga, debe desear lo mejor, en esta serie naturalmente Shan cai gusta primero de Lei, porque es gentil, apuesto y talentoso, mientras Ah si, es orgulloso y de mal caracter, pero a diferencia de Lei, para Ah si, Shan cai no es algo pasajero, realmente se enamoró de ella y hará hasta lo imposible para que ella se enamore de él.

Algo que me gustó mucho del drama es que los dialogos son naturales, realmente hay dramas en que el chico para confesar su amor da un discurso digno de un premio literario, y particularmente no me gusta, porque no es común, lo natural es que las personas expresemos nuestros sentimientos desde nuestras ilusiones, incluso desde nuestros temores, desde nuestro caracter, y Ah si es genial en eso, cuando está con Shan cai es torpe y dulce a la vez porque enfrenta sentimientos que nunca habia sentido, sabe mostrarse inseguro consigo mismo ante el rechazo de Shan cai y solo una pequeña muestra de amor de ella es capaz de devolverle las fuerzas de luchar por lo que siente. Sus amigos se preocupan porque ven lo infantil y mal geniado que puede llegar a ser, ellos al ser expertos en el amor saben que esas actitudes son repelentes para cualquier chica normal, pero definitivamente Shan cai no es normal, sabe ser empática con Ah Si, ponerse en su lugar y conectar con él, wao¡ me encanta como ella descubre que poco a poco está enamorada hasta llegar al punto de contagiarse de su firmeza para defender su relacion ante la madre de Ah Si.

Si estas pensando en ver este drama, no te llenes de expecativas irreales, es un drama juvenil que habla del amor sincero, la amistad, la primera vez que te rompen el corazon, ....

PD. Y los que sienten que el hecho de que no exista la persecucion inicial que Daoming si hace contra Shan Cai, la tarjeta roja, el bullying sistematico que existe en la escuela y como solo 4 chicos puede pasar por encima de maestros y todo el sistema escolar, relajense¡ creo que los chicos de las escuelas actuales dificilmente pueden identificarse con un sistema tan cruel, en esta epoca con todas las redes sociales todo lo que Ah si hubiera hecho contra Shan Cai se habria expandido como polvora, ganandose el repudio de todo un publico, por favor Ah Si es de mal caracter pero sabe ser un caballero, y eso me encanta

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El mejor remake sin duda

De todos los dramas que visto este es el que mas me ha trasmitido, tiene tanto comedia, romance y drama. Por un lado, la trama es igual que la de todas las versiones pero al tener 49 capítulos se profundiza mas en ciertos aspectos y puedes entender mas a los personajes. Los personajes secundarios tmb me han gustado mucho.El OST es precioso y hace que las escenas sean mas emocionantes o dramaticas cosa que adoro. Ademas las actaciones son increible, simplemente con las miradas consiguen tranmitir muchisimo. El resumen, lo recomiendo muchisimo, a mi los cdramas me suelen parecer aburridos pero este me ha robado el corazon. De todas formas creo q es un drama para no ver de golpe sino ir disfrutando de cada capitulo y tener paciencia ya que hay cosas que ponen de los nervios

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