Crazy4You wrote: Sorry for late reply haha:
I originally watched the Hana Yori Dango drama, too (: It was my 2nd ever drama and I still love it (: And yes it's pretty close to the manga, some scenes were even exactly like they were from the manga. Other scenes they changed up but the characters still took on the right personalities and it still followed the manga nicely. Meteor Garden (season 1) was the best version because it was the closest in terms with the manga.
And haha there were a ton of things in BOF that didn't make sense to me - she's supposed to be dirt poor and yet: her little brother has a laptop and they have a nice TV?? She knows how to swim? Where'd they even get that idea? Hahaha. And yeah their chemistry wasn't the best, the drama did not make me a Lee Min Ho fan in the least haha. Actually Jan Di had better chemistry with Ji Hoo.
And haha yeah I've picked the drama apart many times in my head :p
I haven't seen Meteor Garden. I'm not that big on Taiwanese dramas. I have tried to watch a few but I find the acting lacking. (I rhymed :) Anyways, I was thinking of picking up another manga seeing as I haven't read one for quite a while. I just might read Hana Yori Dango. I was going to read it way back but I was afraid it would be just like BOF.
I didn't become a fan of Lee Min Ho in BOF either. I first saw him in BOF and than I saw him in Personal Taste and I loved him in that. I also saw him in City Hunter and he was awesome in that. So, he is past the point where whenever I see him, all I can think of is his stupid poofy hair in BOF :P