[cfensi]

Shangguan Ruiqian's scene with Xiao Yu was so cute...I like this couple so much better than I would have thought...I thought she would infringe on Yuxun's personality like in the K-version, where the bf had all the good traits that Jandi was supposed to have but Xiao Yu and Yuxun are clearly defined as different.

She's like Jane in PP....she doesn't have Yuxun's intelligence or spunk, but she's nice and always sees the good in people...

[brightlight]

Zhang Yafei would be great for Tiny Times, too....

they should make TIny Times a musical.

@xinjing
I don't know...I feel like while specific scenes seem to be borrowed from HYD (but then, how many dramas doesn't have rich guys and annoying moms?), the characters themselves are quite different.

In the previous versions (minus the korean one...kibum and the friend-girl were the only ones I liked in there), my favorite character were always the main girl and then the secondary guy. The main girl was always headstrong, righteous, and had good judgement. The secondary guy always cared for the main girl. While the first guy was childishly violent, a jerk to almost everyone but the main girl, and somewhat of a blockhead.

In here, the male lead is childish, but not violent, and he genuinely cares about and is sweet to not only the main girl but also to other people (and animals). The main girl, on the other hand, maybe strong and righteous, but so far lacks good judgement though is very booksmart.She inherited the other version's male lead's impulsiveness. The secondary lead is sweet at times, but has yet to shown genuine care for the main girl.

[cfensi]

Well, at least Elizabeth came to her senses quickly when she realized she was duped. UNLIKE SOMEBODY WHO IS INSISTENT ON HOLDING ONTO SOMETHING THAT CLEARLY DOESN'T LOVE HER, ET CETERA.

Besides, I'm not sure if I were in Elizabeth's shoes that I would know all he was talking about was false. The only reason we can say this is because we know all of the truth anyway. I mean, honestly, the first time I read the book, I liked Wickham... up until I found out he was a [insert word]. And, besides, when you have a bad impression of someone on the first run, you're much more inclined to believe bad things about them. As was in Elizabeth's case. BUT, Elizabeth has redeeming qualities because at least she realizes the truth.

And, she had more reason to be angry at Darcy, because he did after all, break apart her sister and Bingley.

Um...but Duan Mulei didn't dupe anyone...

Wickham = evil jerk that went after girls, would leave a girl and not marry her, smearing her reputation.
Duan Mulei = romantic pianist who thinks what he has with Yuxun is love and is nice to most people.

It's a lot easier for Elizabeth to come to her senses on hearing that Wickham wanted to seduce a 15 year old girl...all for her money. Duan Mulei has done nothing for Yuxun not to give him a shot...


Elizabeth's flaw was impulsive prejudice. She disliked Darcy because she thought Darcy was snobbish and because he said she was ugly at their first encounter.

Which Yunhai has both showed in the beginning and more.

Yuxun's actually pretty nice to Yunhai...she thanks him for the nice things he's done when she feels like he's nice. But there's no reason for her to like him fully yet. And now Yuxun has a reason to be furious at Yunhai...the money thing.

Elizabeth and Darcy grow from there, as will Yu Xun and Yunhai.

[2100549]

My predictions: (I'm going to mark this as a spoiler just in case im right lol)

Duan Mulei breaks up with Yuxun
Yuxun and Yunhai go out
The mom brings in yunhai's fiance
Yunhai is forced to go out with the fiance
Yuxun sees yunhai and the fiance kissing and is really upset
Yuxun will go back to Duan Mulei
Yunhai and the fiance will break up, but yuxun will be reluctant to be with him again
Maybe this is when the car crash takes place
Then they'll get back together again =P
Xiaoyu will make Shangguan change into a better guy =)
Totally not sure about the yeshuo yunduo situation

I have no idea where to fit yuxin in any of this

Im probably off by a long shot

[confessionD]

EP 19: http://www.dagougou.cn/guochan/6053/play.html?6053-2-20

thanks for all the spoilers.

[meli996]

does anyone know the preview for tomorows episodes??
can you give a brief summery

[sasgrace]

Well....yes, but at the same time Pride and Prejudice had a aunt that did the same thing in wrecking Darcy and Elizabeth's relationship, and she was a lot closer in nature to the character of the mother in HYD.

It's just easier to compare with HYD....but comparisons doesn't necessarily mean remake. Otherwise HYD = PP



Poor Shangguan!

At first thank you everyone for your replies.
Concerning the similarities between P&P aunt and Domyoji mom, it's normal to find different characters of differents stories having somewhat the same way of behaving and the same feelings (for example to me Domyoji and miss Parker of the US drama the Pretender have a lot of similarities). Yet on Meteor Shower's mother compared to the other versions' ones I saw through these comments a willing to distinguish them and their relationship with the lead character. What's different to me. Maybe basically MS's mother is supposed to act like the other versions mothers.
Anyway the drama looks interesting.

[xingjing]

Well, of course, DML isn't as evil as Wickham. Okay, I just lost my train of thought. P&P is not a great example to refer to HYD. That said, there are a lot of things that you could indirectly relate to classics in dramas, but none of them are perfect mirrors for each other - it's like who can make the most interesting drama out of a bag of always reused plot details / themes/ whatever.

brightlight, that's why I like that this version takes liberties, haha. However, the overall theme and everything is borrowed from HYD, which is really just a growing-up story / manga. It's just in this version, they go about it differently. They give the characters different personalities so the feel of the same scenes become different, but in the end, this version still is a story about these kids growing up. Though, it's very questionable whether the Korean version truly addresses the maturity in its drama because it was truly a crack drama that focused a lot on the drama queen factor and not on the double meaning factor. Which is where the Japanese one succeeded.

[brightlight]

I don't think what Duanmu has done for her is less than Yunhai.

Duanmu blatantly tells her he doesn't like her and that he's only helping her as a "fan" and for childhood's sake in the first half.

Duanmu asks her out to the dance, then asks another girl out. Then completely ignores Yuxun when she arrived and dances with the other girl instead, and then after walking the other girl home, tells Yuxun that she's the most beautiful girl.

Duanmu, after being frustrated with his relationship with another girl, comes back and starts being a "playboy" without regards to how Yuxun would feel. Then immediately hugs Yuxun and asks her out right, while still being unsure about how much he actually likes her.

The worst thing Yunhai has done was call her stupid and doing childish pranks on her.

Yunhai made her lose her job as a taekwondo trainer, but found her another, less dangerous one.
Yunhai didn't ask her out to the dance, but gave her a dress and asked her for the first dance.
Yunhai didn't offer her a spot on his roof, but offered his heart for her.

Duanmu is nice by nature, but he doesn't love Yuxun.
Yunhai is childish by nature, but he really loves Yuxun.


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I still get a Romeo Juliet feel out of Yuxun and Duanmu. Yu Xin would be like Rosaline...
Yuxun, the more innocent one, sees him, and then falls for him.
Duanmu was completely in love with Yu Xin, and is so sad for her "rejection," and then turns around 180degrees when he comes back and sees Yuxun.
But is it really love?

[pillowbox]

I'm half way finished downloading episode 19 and Happy Camp (for those that haven't watch it yet)

[WENJJANG]

confessionD :
for the link all I hear is the music and talking =[ no video.


brightlight:
Wow what you say is totally true, I feel the same way.
I don't think DUANMU even likes her, just using her because she's there and she likes him.

[cfensi]

Well, of course, DML isn't as evil as Wickham. Okay, I just lost my train of thought. P&P is not a great example to refer to HYD. That said, there are a lot of things that you could indirectly relate to classics in dramas, but none of them are perfect mirrors for each other - it's like who can make the most interesting drama out of a bag of always reused plot details / themes/ whatever.

brightlight, that's why I like that this version takes liberties, haha. However, the overall theme and everything is borrowed from HYD, which is really just a growing-up story / manga. It's just in this version, they go about it differently.

Yes, and neither Yunhai nor Darcy are as violent as Domyouji.

Exactly though...but how many stories are about growing up? PP was about growing up as well...two flawed people, who saw their flaws (Pride and Prejudice) and corrected them.



I feel like...Yunhai in this version was at first not as good as Duan Mulei....someone childish, selfish, and uncaring whereas Duan Mulei was very mature, and thought about things from an overall perspective. He even saw Yuxun's impulsiveness.

Then Duan Mulei met piano teacher Yuxin, got into a rut, where he felt helpless to change what's around him...and felt that his ability was based on his family's accomplishments, not his own. In that weakness, he decided to settle for what was there, what was comforting, like Yuxun.

But in contrast Yunhai didn't settle for helplessness...and decided to do something about it, like finding a job, becoming a better student.

Which is the part of the story that I like. Yunhai is surpassing Duan Mulei...in the other versions, I didn't really see why Domyouji got chosen over Rui. It wasn't so clearly defined...I still liked the Jp version a lot because who could not like Matsujun's portrayal, but I do like this version for my ability to actually see someone liking the main guy irl.

Hopefully Duan Mulei gets out of his rut though..

[Nishiio]

does anyone know the preview for tomorows episodes??
can you give a brief summery

Hey, just a few posts above you. =) http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?s=&...&p=14309577

[pillowbox]

MiLu plays 'Lisa' ShangGuang's girlfriend

her blog http://blog.sina.com.cn/xiaomixiaojie

[~creampuff~]

Um...but Duan Mulei didn't dupe anyone...

Wickham = evil jerk that went after girls, would leave a girl and not marry her, smearing her reputation.
Duan Mulei = romantic pianist who thinks what he has with Yuxun is love and is nice to most people.

It's a lot easier for Elizabeth to come to her senses on hearing that Wickham wanted to seduce a 15 year old girl...all for her money. Duan Mulei has done nothing for Yuxun not to give him a shot...


Elizabeth's flaw was impulsive prejudice. She disliked Darcy because she thought Darcy was snobbish and because he said she was ugly at their first encounter.

Which Yunhai has both showed in the beginning and more.

Yuxun's actually pretty nice to Yunhai...she thanks him for the nice things he's done when she feels like he's nice. But there's no reason for her to like him fully yet. And now Yuxun has a reason to be furious at Yunhai...the money thing.

Elizabeth and Darcy grow from there, as will Yu Xun and Yunhai.

I definitely have to agree with you here. The first impression makes the biggest difference and since yunhai was so arrogant in the being and duanmu always took care of her, yuxun was automatically attracted to him because she felt that sense of security with him. And I feel it's understandable that it's taking her this long to respond to everything yunhai has done for her. She's not sure he will be able to protect her especially since he's from a well off family and doesn't really know how to deal with reality. Yunhai tends to resort to violence to solve any issue, and that's when the maturity issue comes in. Duanmu is the more stable one in the beginning. But as we see now, yunhai is growing up, especially after taking the restaurant job and studying to try and pass yuxun. And slowly but surely, she'll understand everything he's done for her.

[confessionD]

confessionD :
for the link all I hear is the music and talking =[ no video.

Have to use Internet Explorer to be able to see though. It doesn't work in Firefox.

Loads quite fast for me.

[brightlight]

MiLu plays 'Lisa' ShangGuang's girlfriend

What? She's back? Wasn't she suppose to play Yu Xin, and then quit due to "personal reasons?"

@creampuff
He's really not that violent, even in the beginning. Just childish and stubborn.The most violent thing he's done so far was punch Duanmu Lei (and that Li Long guy...but all the guys did that)

[sasgrace]

Which is the part of the story that I like. Yunhai is surpassing Duan Mulei...in the other versions, I didn't really see why Domyouji got chosen over Rui. It wasn't so clearly defined.

Sorry off topic but I have to talk About the "Domyoji over Rui" thing.
I think the answer is Makino really felt through Domyoji changing and love for her that she is the only woman at his eyes. Sorry but the rui "at first I absolutly love shizuka, I help Makino but it's all about it, I don't take her feeling seriously but after shizuka somewhat dumps me I remember there is a girl called makino who loves me so I try to seduce her" didn't work to me. With a character like Rui, Makino didn't feel she is deeply the only one in his heart. What is not the case of Domyoji. Makino is the first and the only one. And Rui himself understood it(that's why his relationship with makino remained a friendly one). Dom was ready to leave his rich lifestyle to live with Makino. so I don't understand the "Excessive Dom bashing and Rui GaGa praising". Sorry but Rui at first somewhat showed he was too good to date a girl like Makino. Domyoji was the first one to ask Makino to go on date. So when to Rui she was a little girl, she was a woman to Dom.

[nadiaoishi]

any links to ep 20?

thanks.

[2100549]

Ok, I'm watching episode 18 and im laughing so hard over the gay guy ordering the brokeback steak thingy

PPStream is still in unicode after I changed the regional language to chinese prc and restarted my pc