T-drama: Absolute Darling

Nothing much to watch or rather, I havent been actively watching dramas hence the silence.
If you dont already know it, the Taiwanese version of "Absolute Boyfriend" aka Zettai Kareshi is currently airing under the name of "Absolute Darling" in Mandarin.

Of course we knew about the shooting of the drama since early last year, when Wuzun was still cast as the leading man...which he opted out after he did not renew his contract. At the same time, I too lost sight of this project.

While I wasnt surprised by the replacement with Jiro, however...I was completely blown away by how buff Jiro was in this drama..omg the 6 packs....!!!!!! It was a OoLala and Mamamiya moment!!

I have since watched 2 episodes and its...well..ok. It's not bad. I kinda like Jiro's version of Night. At least he isnt as robotic as the Japanese version which suit me better because he is suppose to be an advance prototype just as like the manga.

However the fatal and typical weak point is the overly lengthy, draggy and unnecessary monologue of the salesguy Lei Wu Wu. I dont deny we need the character but the jokes they try to make fell flat, insipid and unoriginal. How many times can an idiot laugh over "names mixup" or act stupid expressions? I know his role is essential but please, stop making him talk and appear so unnecessarily to the point of boring me to death. Out of the whole full length ep2, I prob fast forward at least 50% and all almost all the scene involved him. After all these years, after having produced quite a good few flicks, yet the drama industry seem to be growing at snail's pace with many Taiwanese directors and script writers still resorting to lame banter and primary school jokes, which in itself is kinda sad reflection of the industry.

Anycase, back to drama.

Nothing much to say about the plot since everyone should know the main storyline by now. However they changed it mildly from the Japanese version with Zong Shi (the other guy who likes the lead actress) being a colleague. Also, they changed the lead actress character to be a little bit of under achiever meaning she is not an OL, but office errand girl. Jiro will be joining the company as an employee. All these of course is opposite of the manga but let's see how this goes.

I havent decided if I will like or dislike this but so far, it's less annoying that Skip Beat which is rather tasteless because of bad acting primarily the lead actress. Jiro is proving to be rather interesting and I like to see how he grows as an actor.