Meteor Garden 2, F4,Barbie Hsu,Michelle Saram Rating Options

[Faythe]

I still can't believe that SC didn't end up with Lei. What's the point of having them developing a strong bond if they didn't end up together in the end? In my opinion, SC should be with lei, and DMS ends up alone. I feel so bad for Lei. It just seems like he is forever waiting for SC. But I'm happy that he turned down his first love. She deserved it for choosing her goal over him. Even though SC ends up with DMS, it seems like a part of her will always have feelings for Lei.

[coppertincan]

Just finished MGII yesterday. Compared to MGI this was a a letdown. i think that MG II was really dark and lost the comical sense that made us all really enjoyed MG IThey really dragged out the whole DMS and YS thing. I do not hate YS for coming between SC and DMS, but I am annoyed at her acting-all she did was smile whenever she sees someone-DMS, SC, Xia Ge-theres no difference in her smiles or her expressions. And the conversations between DMS and YS hasn't got much content. I didnt like how YS keeps changing her mind about giving DMS back to SC-this just drags the plot on.

I would have wanted a DMS and SC ending together.But looking at how the plot is going, I think Lei and SC would be a more reasonable ending. In MGI, I really admired DMS -how he did all he can for SC and only loved her and all the funny things he did. But in MGII all these disappeared. In the series, I thought it was more a united F3 than a F4. I really hated how he doesnt want to know about his past even though his friends were so worried about him. Even when he regain his memory he still maintains that distant with SC. The last episode was such a suddne change from his matureness all through to this sudden immature guy again and starts having all these arguements again.

The thing I liek about MG II was how Xi Men and Mei Juo got more parts and we got to know more about them instead of just DMS. At the beginning, I was hoping that Lei would end up with Jing, and that Xian You would end up with Xi Men.

SC will be always feeligns for Lei -she had loved him first before she fell in love with DMS. Putting aside lifetime love-so far we can still see that even thoguh SC has feelings more than friendship with Lei, she is still deeply in love with DMS.

[mzdeviL]

I'm also doubtful of whether or not DMS and SC's love will last...I mean, they are constantly at each other's throats, and they have nothing in common...despite their love for each other, they also 'hate' each other in a way that they are constantly arguing...I doubt this sort of love will last that long

And although SC's feelings for Lei cannot account to that sort of love, but there's no denying that their bond is very strong, I believe a part of SC will always have feelings for Lei, he was her first crush afterall, and although a 'crush' is not equivalent to 'love', they still have a very strong friendship bond, which is lacking in the DMS-SC relationship.
Unlike DMS, Lei will always be beside SC, watching out for her, he will protect her at any cost, even if it means going up against DMS, and he has done that quite a few times already...Lei has always been SC's comforter, he taught her many things, he taught her how to be strong and brave, whenever SC falls down, Lei is always the one giving her strength to stand up again. While DMS has given SC nothing but love, heartache, and SOMETIMES security...but Lei is ALWAYS the protector of SC, he has also given her his love as well, and what a strong love it is!
So while SC endures a 'rocky' relationship with DMS (which I have doubts if it will last), her bond with Lei seems more likely to last a lifetime, because they share much more; they love each other very much (to SC as friends), they understand each other, support each other, this sort of connection is much stronger than SC's relationship with DMS. So when SC does break it off with DMS, she still has Lei by her side, she'll ALWAYS have him
Besides, I think SC is starting to love Lei the same she loves DMS...I mean, if not, then why did she let Lei kiss her? Why didn't she stop him when she had the chance? And why did she ask him to wait for her? Isn't it obvious she is starting to love Lei the same way? It's just sad that pighead DMS came back, otherwise love would've blossomed even more for SC and Lei

This post has been edited by dark@ngeL: Feb 7 2007 12 25 AM

[Thy L]

I was really disappointed with this series. When I first heard that they were going to use Michelle as YS in it I was completely dumbfounded. she's the worst actress on earth to choose. I couldn't even finish the sequel. MG I was one of my favorite first taiwanese dramas too. I was excited for II, now I'm just utterly disgusted

[fLyInHiGh]

meteor garden 2 was a huge dissapointment for me too
i realli realli wantedd to see barbie and jerry together properli and what they would b like but they onli got an episode together before they were separated
and i realli did not enjoy watchin that
i didnt him fallin in love with the other girl and it just went totalli offtrack meteor garden
but hey thats jst mai opinion im sure alota other ppl enjoyed it

[yeeyee668]

Only watched the first ep of this drama, was so looking forward to it in the beginning, but just didn't like it, I prefer the first one. The ost to the 2nd part was actually ok, and I bought it when it came out.

[hpfan7]

I liked Meteor Garden 1 WAY better than Meteor Garden 2. But yeah, people said Meteor Garden 2 wasn't too great but my fault for not believing them. Michelle Saram said that she was gonna give Jerry back to Barbie, but what does she do? Run up and kiss Jerry and having Barbie to cry while walking away! And by the way are Barbie and Blue still together? Some of my friend overly obsessed JnB friends they weren't and some said they were. But if they aren't JNB id the way to go! =) No offence if they still are together!

hey, i totally know how you feel. my friend told me to not watch MGII but i didnt listen to her. i thought that if MGI was so so good, then MGII had to be great! So i watched it, and i thought it was pretty good and then it started being a letdown in the middle.........

really....MGII disappointed me so so so much......

This post has been edited by shellstarx.: Mar 31 2008 3 20 AM

[anindeeta]

Whoah, I watched MG 2 like a thousand years ago, even before I actually watched MG1. But yeah, I'm gonna have to echo anyone who said they liked the first one better.

First of all, I actually loved Michelle Saram as Ye Sha. She's pretty, she's lively, basically I think she was very likable, plus she also had chemistry with Jerry. I had a hard time trying to hate her when I watched this even tho I was rooting with all my heart for SC and DMS. Her acting is not bad either. She' was no Oscar worthy or anything, but she was successful bringing YS to life even tho I kinda thought YS became too clingy and whiny in the last episodes before she finally let go of DMS.

Second, the drama itself I think was well prepared, proven by how they were willing to go all the way to Spain to shoot, picking up that beautiful village, and just the general office setting. Wardrobe-wise, they also toned down DMS (and the rest of the F4 too) clothes which were kinda ridiculous in MG1 into something simpler, more comfortable, yet still look good.

Third, the Meizuo story. OMG, that's perhaps one of my favorite storylines in the whole series. I really liked that Meizuo became more of a character cause he didn't really have much role in MG 1, while Ximen had that Xiao You part, and Lei had Jing then later Sanchai part. But in MG 2, we really got to see more of Meizuo since the beginning actually (when he was the most stubborn of F3 to want DMS to regain his memory cause he really treasured their friendship) and then with the violin girl. I will always remember the scene where the girl played that Doraemon song in her concert, that was so romantic.

Those are some good brownie points of MG 2. However, the bad ones are:

Way too draggy. It wasn't really much longer than MG1 if you think about it, but it felt like it was twice as long, which actually still baffles me to this day how that happened. I had a theory that maybe it felt so long cause they started the whole amnesia thing too early. I mean, by ep 2, DMS already forgot who he was leaving the 23 episodes of memory-less DMS (he got his memory back in ep 24, right?) and the 7 episodes of him trying to pay Ye Sha back by staying at her side. Therefore, we literally only had 2 episodes of full on DMS and SC. This in itself, for me was a huge huge huge disappointment.

Another thing is that memory-less DMS is not the DMS we fell in love in MG 1. The real DMS was a harsh, crude guy, with a soft, marshmallow heart. He was boyish, shy, he's easily embarrassed, and he, in all his temper, was darn adorable. Remember the happy dance he used to do? The shy, wide grin he had whenever SC did anything remotely sweet to him. But in MG 2, we got to see a more matured DMS. In a way, it was a good thing , but we also got a somber guy, who lost his annoying charm. To be truthful, watching DMS in MG 1 and 2 was more or less like watching two different guys.

Hehe, I have a feeling somebody is gonna throw me a rotten tomato after I say this. But I was kinda disappointed with the whole Lei/SC thing. True, we didn't really got a closure as to how Lei felt about SC at the end of MG 1 so it was pretty much still uo for debate. But I just felt like it was a bit forced, like they NEEDed to put a little of Lei/SC in there just to balance it out a bit. I have always liked the friendship between SC and Lei in MG. He has always cared about her, looked out for her, her guardian angel, just like he said. And I genuinely thought/think that the setup was a lot better than they having feelings for each other (or I guess in this case Lei having feelings for SC) cause Lei would always be that guy, the guy whom she could turn to for any kind of support. So, I was partly disappointed when they brought up the subject of possible romance between SC and Lei again.

Heh,, there, I said it. Having said all this stuff tho, I think both MG 1 and 2 are good dramas. I mean, it's been years, and thousands of great/better dramas have come out, but MGs still have that particular charm about it. It would always hold a place in Asian Dramas industries.

[lilxchinesegrl]

this drama was a disaster.. it actually made me want to see shancai w/ lei... its hilarious how everytime theres a sequel to a drama people are like "i hope this doesnt turn out like MG 2"

[jajakinsz150]

this was def a BIG dissapointment. It ruined the illusion that daoming si can only love barbie and her alone... hated it.. so i'm pretending mg2 does not exist haha.. mg 1 was just too good... especially the ending... i'm leaving it at that lollol

[CocaColi]

yeah mg1 was great, but mg2....they coudln't have dragged it out any more. they completely killed the plot. the only good thing was that they went more into everyone's story rather than JUST the main characters. but poor lei. he was my favorite. how come they make the good guy end up unhappy?

[one_for_show]

i loved mg1!!! so i immediately went on to watch mg2, and it totally ruined it for me. it was a total failure in my opinion.

[SamJ_520]

I loved meteor garden to bits! i thought the 2nd one would be as good too.. but.. i am kinda disapointed with it ><

[Azn.Janey]

After I finished watching MG and I heard there was a second one I was like, " I MUST WATCH!!" and yeah it disappointed me a little after the second and third episode but I still watched the whole thing till the end. I liked the on-the-side story with Vanness and his little girlfriend issue lol I found it really cute haha. I wished they made the second season a little better though.

[iceeblaze]

i dont rly like saying this but MG1 was undeniably better. mg2 permanently ruined the sincerity and romantic connection and chemistry between sancai and daoming si. it just ruined their love for each other with the way jerry treated barbie. GAHHH, i regret watching this sequel so much.

and what was with the hair with uhh i forgot his name, but the childhood friend of sancai who's secretly liked her for a long time. he looked gangsta and ghetto, didnt suit him at all, even tho he looked cute in mg1

[twinkle05]

i just finished watching MG2 a couple of days ago .. what can i say a total big dissapointment ... it was draggy ... the only reason i kinda stuck through with it is because of LEI n SHAN CAI ... i was really pissed at the ending ... lei n sc should have been together ...

[lovechloex]

Omg. I'm feeling extremely nostalgic right now, it's unexplainable. Just, wow... I remember years ago when I lovedlovedloved Meteor Garden and when I saw this thread, I was just like <333. I miss this so much, reminds me of the good old times. ^^

I like Meteor Garden better than Meteor Garden 2. I've always rooted for Lei and Shan Cai together, the couple's relationship was just so sweet and touching and emotional, it really tugged on my heart strings. I've always wanted them to be together, and MG 2 was all about DMS and Shan Cai, so...

Oh and it's so cool cause in real life they're together and when I was younger I really really wanted them to be together and it's funny cause now that I'm older, I found out that they're together and it's just aww...

[lc528]

i loved mg1 but im afraid to watch mg2...after mg1 i just decided not to watch it anymore...let it be a happy ending haha...but if there is a mg3..i would watch mg2 quick and then proceed onto mg3

[gillie88]

the first one is WAYYY better than the second one..i think they focused TOOO MUCH on DMS and YS! i got so angry i wanted to fastforward all the parts of them together..i admit itz sweet n all..but SC is the main female lead...i feel sorry for lei....apart of me want lei and SC to end up together...

[iwanis7]

mg3 should belong to lei & san cai, not becoz i'm zaizai junkies but when i watched mg1 & mg2, really love like dms & sc wont last coz to much disagreement ... how can you be with a person that everything is not eye to eye ... at the end dms & sc will feel miserable ... in a relationship there must be understanding and giving also sacrifices not just love

[raine_yang]

hey
do anyone know the instrument of episode 28 when Lei and ShanShai kissing of going back to Japan..

[twinzluvagrL]

^ i think in english it's called a cello. the one pace wu plays. the one vic plays is a violin.

I LOVE LEI <3 he is so awesome! always by her side... forever... and forever more.

hehe i didnt like MG 2 so much. SC and DMS were never together thru like the whole series which was annoying. i skipped most of the DMS and YS parts... i just skimmed the subtitles... xP only watched parts when there was F3, DMS x SC, and Lei x SC parts basically.

This post has been edited by Tiffiany_45: Apr 2 2009 10 27 PM

Reason for edit: Double post. :)

[FOXXIE]

i hope the love story of DAO MING SZ and SHAN TSAI will have a PART 3, since in MG 2 there were still some obstacles not yet resolved. The Korean version Boys Over Flowers in a nutshell would be MG 1 , MG 2 and Meteor Rain with an ending....Korean version.

It would be interesting to know (after 8 years, literally) how the TW version would have it's ending.