MBC just wants to keep staying on my shit list, doesn’t it? After being the station responsible for the beginning-to-end mangling of Tamra the Island (no publicity, poor marketing, and then cutting it from 20 episodes down to 16), word has leaked that MBC is considering ending Me Too, Flower! early at 15 episodes. What. The. Fuck. Due to the low ratings, hovering around 6%, MBC wants to shoo M2F off so that its follow up drama The Moon that Embraces the Sun can take over and hopefully resurrect the ratings. I have no words for this insanity. MBC has thus far pooh-poohed this rumor, but inside sources have confirmed there has been such talk bandied about. I’ll be over here raging for a minute. Don’t mind me while I shoot flames over to Korea.
I don’t know what MBC was thinking at all from the get go. M2F might be one of the worst marketed dramas I’ve ever encountered, with this story nothing like MBC tried to sell it like some off beat rom-com. It’s more like an angsty soul searching love story with a smattering of laughs here and there. While I am appreciating Lee Ji Ah‘s performance as Bong Sun, who knows if her personal issues have any correlation with the viewers not being interested in M2F and perhaps her comeback was too soon. I hope not, because it would be such a sad reflection on how judgmental society can be if that were the case.
As for the last minute male lead change, all I can say is “Kim Jae Who?” Yoon Si Yoon was born to play Jae Hee. If I had to replace Lee Ji Ah and Han Go Eun with younger or more babyfaced actresses to make people stop dissing the male lead as looking too young, I wouldn’t hesitate to do so. I hope MBC does the right thing and lets this drama finish the way it was meant to. One episode isn’t going to make a difference. There is also talk about potentially airing two episodes on Wed, which would be fine by me (but still lame). But no cutting, you got it? Don’t make me go over there and kick some serious ass.
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.........no. Just no. I find a show I'm into this much and they want to take it away?
Show needs more love.
Yeah, I think that they even should make more than 16 episodes!!! I don't understand this station, they've emitted Can't Lose which was so bad drama, ugh, they even added 2 more episodes!! And now when a great drama is appearing, a lot of people love it, and they want to cut some part?! WTH?! They really can't tell what's good and what's bad..
And Yoon Si Yoon's performance has been *scary* good. I didn't even notice the age thing after the first couple of episodes.
Agree... He is no great looking dude ,,, but he has potential and a good actor !
Are you kidding me? He is crazy good looking too. Look at that tan and perfect complexion and mesmerizing eyes! lol
definately a massive improvement from baker king and high kick... his acting is natural in this
this is my first time posting. haven really lurking around for over a year.
and nothing have ever prompt me to leave a comment, no matter how much i enjoyed your recap. but this time i can't hold back!
OMFG!!! please don't let the M2F end early!! it is really a nice drama... and i really enjoyed YSY as well as LJA. They both acted their characters so well. so i will probably cry enough to fill Han River too if MBC shall ever cut down the episode...
Dear Ms. ockoala, let's hold hand in hand with the rest of M2F fans and start shooting flames over to KOREA!! lol~
Taking a break from insanity to comment--
WTF? Seriously?? There have been dramas with lower than 6% ratings, that were actually terrible, that didn't get cut!! And it's only 16 episodes, not 20!!!! Words need to be had.... >:(
Also, I seriously hope that the reason for low ratings is not because of Lee Ji Ah's scandal, or I'm just going to lose more faith in humanity... Sigh..
Noooooooooooooooooo. Picked this up yesterday and marathoned this baby in a single sitting, that's how much i enjoy this. I can't believe they're doing this supposedly based on low ratings when the story is progressing nicely and the leads are knocking it out of the park! MBC better not go through with this *rage*
I don't think it's fair to blame Lee Ji Ah for the ratings. She did a wonderful job in the drama.
I think this drama suffers from really lousy marketing. They tried to market it as some kind of zany romantic comedy but neither the synopsis nor the character descriptions sounds very appealing. Synopsis: Story of one man surrounded by three women (yawn), male lead is undercover boss (roll eyes) and female lead is hot tempered policewomen (boring). Then the posters and trailers come out and are equally uninspiring.
The end result is that the trendy drama audience I think they are targeting are not interested in this drama. While those who might love and appreciate what is essentially a sensitive love story between two damaged individuals miss out on this drama completely. It's such a huge pity, because this has become my favorite drama of 2011 and one of my favorites of all time.
I hope this news is not true and they allow the drama to continue airing all 16 episodes. I don't get it, to the station what's the difference with one episode anyway?
The way you described the synopsis is exactly what I thought of this drama before it aired. If it wasn't for orangy's recaps on dramabeans, I probably never would have given it a try. I'm so glad I did because I love love this drama. I'm not sure what it is ( *cough*YSY's beautifulsmiletanskinfaceACTINGeverything*cough*) but it makes me happy.
I agree! Didn't they know they were going against Tree with Deep Roots, which had been getting good ratings, and Man of Honor?
Maybe they really did know...maybe MBC was using this as a throwaway drama to fill up a timeslot while they get ready to bring out the big guns with their next sageuk drama for 2012. They knew that they couldn't beat the competition so they half-assed their marketing. I was not very interested in picking up the drama until orangy911's recap for episode 2, which made me cry on the inside for the Bong-sun character.
If the series was going to be 15 episodes they should have said so earlier in the series like by episode 4 or 5 or something. The moment Me, Too Flower got pushed back a week, the time conflict was there. Now I'm afraid of what has to be done to the story in order to fit the remaining 6 episodes into 5. I feel like each minute is used very wisely by the drama already.
~~~~~~~ seething ~~~~~~~
~~ pacing like BS in the park with JH
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~~~~ hands on hips plotting MBC's death ~~~~~
~~ pacing like BS in the park with JH ~~
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forth ------------------------------->
MBC - You better get on the bus with me and apologize cute, or...or...
we are DONE!
This is the worst news i've ever had in my whole kdrama life. MBC is just WrOng! How could them do such awful thing? Ms. Koala, take me with you as ur army. I'll get ready to sprinkle flare of dissapointment in front of whoever resPoNsible for taking such mindless decision,*burned in fury*
M2F is a great drama, with amazing acting of the leads and supPorting characters, good story too!
damn... they mustn't cuT the episode:'(
My friend is not the first time, believe me MBC is just a hot mess when it comes to dramas that do poorly in the ratings, its their thing.
this news really makes me mad! cutting it short? what the heck! i've finally found a drama that is just soooo good and acted so great but the leads and because of low rating they decided to cut it short, that is just not fair, one thing i dont understand was the ratings, i mean, people should have at least give this drama a chance and tried watching it, i bet they will be surprise how awesome it is! this news is gonna bug me whole day today...
This is too early in the morning to be reading this kind of news. :(
Really MBC? Just when the Season of Giving is upon us, you're inclined to become Mr. Grinch to us online viewers who truly appreciate "Me Too, Flower"?
Or is this a publicity stunt?
Have you not been checking the internet which is abuzz with wonderful comments about this drama?
Or worse, are you deaf to other's opinions especially those favoring this drama?
Are the ratings the only criteria for a TV drama's success?
Where is your compassion for the actors, director, writers and production staff, whom I can imagine, are giving all their best to produce the kind of episodes everyone would like to watch?
I hope Korean drama fans are NOT avoiding just because of dislike for LJA. If they are, I'm sad for them. Why do we expect perfection from actors and actress who in reality are just humans like us who are not perfect?
In the case of LJA, I do not believe she committed any crime to deserve this treatment from the drama fans. IMHO, she tried to handle her marriage failures away from the spotlight but unfortunately it was made public by whoever that opportunistic reporter or snitch is. She was probably trying to find the appropriate time to reveal this to JWS but didn't get a chance because that chance got usurped by that selfish snitch. Even if it was a mistake to hide one's past marriage, does this mean that person no longer have a right to make amends and earn a livelihood? If LJA's reputation is really damaged and is a drama ratings liability, then why did you, MBC, casted her for this freaking drama?!!!
I guess people who are this shallow wouldn't enjoy Me Too, Flower anyway. But I guess it's more because of bad marketing and relatively strong competition in the time slot.
By the way, I'm pretty sure perfect people make poor actors, too. How on earth would someone be able to portray the flawed perfection that is Bong Sun and Jae Hee if they had no idea what it's like to be human and have flaws?
Thank you for your reply. Now that I've calmed down a bit and have read others' cogent comments, I agree with you that it's poor marketing that mainly led to this drama's low ratings. But how could MBC mess up advertising this drama, when the writer is supposedly the writer of a famous past Korean drama? Wouldn't that writer have fans too? The answer to this we may never know...Arrggh.
Good point on perfect people does not necessarily equal perfect actors.
P.S. Ms. Koala, I forgot to Thank you above. Sorry. I had just gotten up when I saw the headline and was not thinking clearly. Also forgot to mention that I love the fiery cat graphic. ;-)
You know at some point I think the PD for this show chose LJA precisely for the scandal. The drama somewhat mirrors her marriage scandal in that something was revealed to the public without so much as a nod to either party and all hell broke loose. Especially since LJA did not have a chance to even talk to JWS. I mean it would let LJA channel a completely different character, one she can relate to (as the other party) and a character whose experiences she can channel through with her own.
Hey are they freaking kidding me? I started ep 9/10 yesterday because you recapped it and I became intrigued. The drama is good. The acting from that BK guy which made me not watch it in the 1st place- is fantastic. I forgot he is younger and the writing is good.
ARGH >___<