I knew it in my heart since I heard Kim Jaejoong dedicate In Heaven to him but it wasn't until I saw him sing in the old Lotte Duty Free CM did I truly grieve. And when I discovered So Ji sub, it hurt even more. Because he was great in Winter Sonata, biased fangirlism towards Bae Yong Jun aside. He made me think why did she choose Jun over Raymond(local names for the charaters in the Tagalog dub of Winter Sonata)? My heart aches everytime I catch a glimpse or a mention. Because I'm too late. This person is already gone.
Rewatched this just now and the language barrier is evident for a foreign watcher like me, when I can't even differentiate Taiwanese and Mandarin unless the subbers said as much. Also the references and nuances like when Xiao Le didn't understand what his Da Zai meant with heart and heart organ thing...*sigh* I feel so left out.
I laughed at the Hua Ze Lei reference though. Probably the only reference I understood lol.
The OST is beautiful and this is coming from someone who rarely gives C-pop a chance, Bii's Come Back to Me from the drama Love Around being the sole exception. Some like Teresa Teng and Faye Wong are artists I've known due to their connection to the Japan, the former on the Music industry and latter on the Video Game (Eyes on me, FFVIII's theme song). In short, I know nothing except for those three and their connections to another country.
Well, now I know why my mom critized Vanness' acting. Consolation prize is that he's not as stiff compared to ahem Meteor Garden. Now that's a disaster I don't want to revisit, even for the nostalgia factor. *wince*
7 eps just for the prolouge, on yeah. Couldn't they have just made it into flashbacks for the suspense factor like with Ren Guang Xi's mom and dad? It kinda sucks that we already have the answers from the get go but have to watch the poor unfortunate soul run in circles just to make sense of all the lies spouted at him. I liked the 6 year time skip more because their son is oozing with cuteness and had much more sense than his parents combined.
While Ben's talented (the singer of the OST you're mentioning), I do admit her voice can be a bit distracting since it felt like something that you would hear from a high school drama with an an all star idol cast. In terms of OST, City Hunter delivers it much better with Kim Bo Kyung's Suddenly and SHINee Jonghyun's So Goodbye. Red Ears-kun (Ji Chang Wook) is adorable as Park Bong-so, it made me wish he wasn't the fabricated persona instead of having to settle for the childish and arrogant Healer. Hacker Ahjumma is my favorite too! I've seen her in Master's Sun but her role here is my favorite. Romance is meh but not because of lack of chemistry, just that they didn't invest on it.
I laughed at the Hua Ze Lei reference though. Probably the only reference I understood lol.
The OST is beautiful and this is coming from someone who rarely gives C-pop a chance, Bii's Come Back to Me from the drama Love Around being the sole exception. Some like Teresa Teng and Faye Wong are artists I've known due to their connection to the Japan, the former on the Music industry and latter on the Video Game (Eyes on me, FFVIII's theme song). In short, I know nothing except for those three and their connections to another country.
Well, now I know why my mom critized Vanness' acting. Consolation prize is that he's not as stiff compared to ahem Meteor Garden. Now that's a disaster I don't want to revisit, even for the nostalgia factor. *wince*
7 eps just for the prolouge, on yeah. Couldn't they have just made it into flashbacks for the suspense factor like with Ren Guang Xi's mom and dad? It kinda sucks that we already have the answers from the get go but have to watch the poor unfortunate soul run in circles just to make sense of all the lies spouted at him. I liked the 6 year time skip more because their son is oozing with cuteness and had much more sense than his parents combined.