I really don’t see the issue with this show being on MDL (I guess that many users as drama/anime/manga enthusiasts were interested in it from the start) and it may be in huge part american production with many foreign actors, and it’s not exactly classic mdl vibe (also because of the actors but like, many characters in one piece are not Japanese (would not be if in real world) so idk what some people were expecting) but it’s still officially an adaptation of a Japanese manga after all.
One Piece is here because it’s a co-production. As far as I know none of what you listed is a co-production…
Right, but it’s an adaptation, it has only eight episodes, not everything is possible to be recreated the same way like in the manga or anime (and some times it the case with live action adaptations, that when they try too depict everything literally the same as the original, it’s either to stiff or seems kinda forced/takes away the opportunity created by having real actors on set, or it just doesn’t work out with all the other things that need to be considered while creating such project, and it’s okay. As long as it doesn’t violate the original too much or in a inappropriate way). After all, this adaptation is actually very good if you compare it to some other manga adaptations (especially fantasy/supernatural kind). And it’s not perfect, maybe it is too shallow for a dedicated original manga fan (like you) but over all it’s not a bad work. The amount of involvement Oda had in this series is, as you said not certain but definitely was there (as he approved it, and chose the actors), and it’s not really possible to make everything exactly as it was (anime also isn’t, one to one, exact depiction of the manga, is it?), and of course some things had to be compromised, but that’s just the reality of making an adaptation. I really don’t see the issue with this show being on MDL (I guess many users were interested in it from the start) and it may be in big part american production with many foreign actors (that in fact depict well the original characters) but it’s still officially an adaptation of a Japanese manga after all. Sorry about grammatical mistakes if there are any.
That it's gonna flop?I feel the same cause there's no saving grace here except for Ahn Hyo Seop, or Nana.It's…
isn’t shin seungho quite good actor too though..? although his character is more secondary (I guess idk). Does he not fit the character? (Im genuinely curious)
This looks amazing! LMH and AHSSilently screaming into a pillow. I can't wait to see these two onscreen.
You may like them as actors, and they are good ones, but from what I see fans of the original comic are very disappointed with LMH, and I can see why. They don’t really fit the characters… I mean AHS maybe does, he’s just bit too tall I guess…
I’m not the manga/comic reader, I’m not even interested in this story… but I saw the drawing of the characters, and oh man… even i, as a random person am a bit dissatisfied by some of the cast…. like there’s going to be NO height/buff difference between dokja and jonghyuck, moreover ahn hyoseop is little taller than lee minho - not to mention the latter really doesn’t give the vibe of the character he’s supposed to play…. (I know it’s kinda superficial reason to be mad but as I said, I don’t know the story or the characters well, so their looks is all I can voice my opinion about) .
Edit: for someone who knows almost nothing about this I got quite noisy here… might be not so very appropriate
This man and all the other military men were an eye candy😍😍
agreed! also very interesting and/or likable characters (the ones that got more screen time and story to them), I didn’t like how this season brought so much new characters to the scene but the military men were amazing
I don’t think so, as it’s based on a real life person/event, but bromance probably yes
Well yes, I tried to research the actual guy and I didn’t found much besides the fact that he indeed wrote this book. So I don’t think he was gay, and if he were it might just be an undiscovered fact, I don’t want to assume. But I don’t really know.
It’s based on real life person, so no, however it seems bromance/friendship between men is going to be the theme…
It’s in the drama summary: “It tells the story of noble man Kim Yu, a real person in the Joseon Dynasty who wrote the recipe book”
and wikipedia says: “Suunjapbang […] is a cookbook written by Kim-yu […] in about 1540, during the early period of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.” So I think there rather won’t be any bl plot, just friendship/bromance
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(and some times it the case with live action adaptations, that when they try too depict everything literally the same as the original, it’s either to stiff or seems kinda forced/takes away the opportunity created by having real actors on set, or it just doesn’t work out with all the other things that need to be considered while creating such project, and it’s okay. As long as it doesn’t violate the original too much or in a inappropriate way).
After all, this adaptation is actually very good if you compare it to some other manga adaptations (especially fantasy/supernatural kind). And it’s not perfect, maybe it is too shallow for a dedicated original manga fan (like you) but over all it’s not a bad work.
The amount of involvement Oda had in this series is, as you said not certain but definitely was there (as he approved it, and chose the actors),
and it’s not really possible to make everything exactly as it was (anime also isn’t, one to one, exact depiction of the manga, is it?), and of course some things had to be compromised, but that’s just the reality of making an adaptation.
I really don’t see the issue with this show being on MDL (I guess many users were interested in it from the start) and it may be in big part american production with many foreign actors (that in fact depict well the original characters) but it’s still officially an adaptation of a Japanese manga after all.
Sorry about grammatical mistakes if there are any.
Edit: for someone who knows almost nothing about this I got quite noisy here… might be not so very appropriate
and wikipedia says: “Suunjapbang […] is a cookbook written by Kim-yu […] in about 1540, during the early period of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.”
So I think there rather won’t be any bl plot, just friendship/bromance