If asked to vote on it, I think it’s safe to bet that the outcome would be a landslide of 100 nays to 0 yays when it comes to Taiwan dramas making another adaptation of popular Japanese manga Itazura na Kiss (It Started with a Kiss). The 2005 TW-drama version It Started with a Kiss was an instant classic thanks to the perfect casting of tall, cold, genius Zhi Shu played by Joe Chang and his electric chemistry with dumber than a sack of potatoes never give up Xiang Qin played by Ariel Lin.
Ariel and Joe made the characters charming and endearing, and in the process raised the level of idol dramas in Taiwan. The new 2016 version of It Started with a Kiss stars rising singer-actor Dino Lee (famously the second lead in hit movie Our Times) as the ice prince and newbie Esther Wu as the bumbling girl with the forever crush, with Gong Yi Teng as the adoring second male lead and Riko Xi as the second female lead. I don’t dislike this cast but simple see no reason for a new Taiwan version of ISWAK, not to mention ItaKiss feels like the story that will never slink quietly into retirement.
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Ugghhhh... what??? That was my 1st reaction. Is ISWAK gonna be like LOCH or ROCH?
LOL!
But they need lots of remakes to catch up to LOCH. I thought I was old drama-wise but apparently the version I saw years ago was the 3rd one already. O___O
I always say I'm not going to watch the latest Kiss remake and yet I always do, only to find that the original is still the best. I love the story and all, but why does it have to keep getting made? I know no one is forcing me to watch or whatever, but there are so many other good stories out there that it just seems odd to me that this one is constantly getting redone. Oh well, the cast will probably fit the roles fairly well at least.
Uuuugh ISWAk and TKA are classic and perfect. rather than a remake.. Why not give us TKA 3..
I'm still an arjoe shipper at heart
Yea! C'mon that would be unfair.. We want Season 3 of arjoe. Tsk! It's been a 9 years. And yet, we still hoping Xiang Qin and Zhi Shu have babies! ???
I love thailand version. AoMike.
Hmmmm....why?why?whyyyyyyy?
Not against remakes but can't they at lease give it some time before the last. The Japanese remake wasn't that long ago.
please let it go . . . . next 10 years maybe?
This franchise is turning out to be the next bloody Cinderella I tell ya.
I just want to say, what roles can't Ariel Lin nail? She's too good to copy..
Yeah.. I totally surely really agree.. Ariel Lin is the best actress in every role.. But the pity is ,now after marriage she decide not to play a role in drama again.. But I will still seeking her movie..
Yeah.. I totally surely really agree.. Ariel Lin is the best actress in every role.. But the pity is ,now after marriage she decide not to play a role in drama again.. But I will still seeking her movie..
Hmm but if the role of Jiang zhi shu is played by Yang Yang I'm surely want to watch it. Coz I think Yang Yang is really cool and he absolutely can play the role of Jiang Zhi Shu like he play the role of Xiao Nai..;)
I think it's safe to say that Joe and Ariel's version will always be the most loved.
No, they need to make an ISWAK 3 Special with the oringinal cast before they can even attempt to make a remake.
Agreed! I need a third one sooooo soo badly!
i agree with that. Make first the season 3 of jiang's family.. Thats so unfair. How can you remake it, if its not yet done? C'mon! We want saeson 3 of arjoe.. :)
We are now living in a society who believes that females can do anything and everything they put their heart and their mind into.
I hated Ariel's character (but loved her acting) in the original version for her lack of backbone, I can only imagine I'll hate it even more now that my belief in women independence is even stronger.