Is 16 years long enough or still too short a period of time to consider offering up a new version? Drama adaptations of Louis Cha wuxia novels are now hitting airwaves at shorter and shorter intervals in between so 16 years may be sufficient to proffer up another Taiwan drama take on the classic shoujo romance manga Hana Yori Dango (Boys Before Flowers). The TW-drama adaptation of HanaDan was the 2001 hit drama Meteor Garden which launched the careers of the entire cast which is quite a feat – Barbie Hsu (Da S), Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou, Vanness Wu, Ken Chu, and Rainie Yang.
Each on went on to varying levels of superstar-dom and now the same hit producer of Meteor Garden (and the Godmother of Taiwan idol dramas) Angie Chai just announced that she is going to remake MG to air in 2018. Since Meteor Garden there has been the J-dorama version of HanaDan, the K-version Boys Before Flowers, and the C-drama Let’s Go Watch Meteor Shower, and each has made the cast super famous. It’ll be interesting to see which newbies get cast for the 2018 TW-drama remake and how it’ll stack up against the original.
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"What???" That's my first reaction. But then..ISWAK got lots of remake, why not this one, huh?
I... want the whole original cast to star again lmao. I knows that's impossible but MG is so so iconic in Taiwanese drama history, I just hope they pick the correct people to act it out. No need for anyone phenomenal per se, but charm and charisma specially for Dao Ming Si and Hua Tze Lei needs to be there.
Lol sitting here telling my vousin that I feel the same way as you-wanting the original cast to star again! Lol I hope they will get cameos!
I do hope they cast actors I will want to watch also! Currently, I'm not too interested in watching the new Miss in Kiss. I wish we could have gotten a season 3 of It Started with a Kiss instead!
i love the original tw remake. Not sure how to feel about this new remake. It was my crack and the ost is still one of my favorites. And it's been 16 years already?
Yeyy!! I really like this tw version and Japanese version better than the korean version Gu HyeSun was pretty annoying as jandi :(
Looking foward for the new cast and obsviously HuaZelei my favorite one!! Vic Zhou steal my heart with that perfomance :)
Lol I agree Kversion is my least favourite due to GHS. Im actually excited for this remake oddly enough.
Of all the HanaDan adaptation, I love the Taiwan version the most and Jerry is my fave Doumyoji ever. That mascular man with soft voice is so adorable. I agree that I cringed watching BBF because of Gu Hye Sun's OTT acting.
OMG WHAT. I guess it's no surprise since every other country has remade it multiple times. Hoping the original F4 will make cameos. This is the drama that started it all for me 16 years ago (can't believe I just typed that). My very first one. I thought I'd die waiting for each episode to download back when I had dial up lol
Girl, you're making me nostalgic...gosh...to go back to those years...dial up...lol...Im excited for a remake, but this makes me sad that I've aged!
How about VCDs? I had to get someone to buy it and airmail it to me since I loved it so much..
WOW - ok... hmmm... I think I have to see who gets cast first. I am absolutely opened to it having watched almost all of the adaptations. I rather like a really jerk-y DMS... he has to be really mean but have a soft heart. Will it be on of those idol boys - which I can't quite keep them all straight? Or totally newbies newbies.
Hehe... I am more interested who will play the sassy hot sister. :)
W.O.W. This new one has a lot of work to do in order to live up to the original. This was a classic although out of all the Boys over flower series, Japan had the best version.
I agree. I have watched the different versions and my favourite is the Japanese one. The pace and the acting was best there, in my opinion.
My first TW idol drama. If watching the drama now it would look so dated but back then there was nothing to compare it with. It was so crazy popular. Remember watching it on grainy VCD. My favorite of the series followed by Boys Over Flowers. Can't get into the Japanese version.
OMG! VCD! Haven't heard that term for a loooong time. I was like 9 when this came out
:O
It looks so dated based on the pictures. Lol, but I remember really liking it when I first watched it.
Sigh, I feel old.
It'd be interesting to see a remake, although I'm already seeing a lot of it (Taiwanese, Korean, mainland, Japanese)....
I think whichever actor to play Doumyoji is destined for superstardom. So far, all the versions have catapulted the lead actor to new height of fame. Just quoting, Lee Min Ho is LMH now thanks to BBF and pls, I meant not to undermine him but that role really kick-start his career. I have yet to watch a version of HanaDan that failed or not popular.