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Love Contract (愛情合約) June 23, 2008

Posted by mxm1295 in Dramas, Taiwanese Dramas.
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Love Contract is a Taiwanese drama starring Ariel Lin, who played Xiao Feng, and Mike He, who played Liu Jian Dong also known as Ah Ken. This drama aired from June 2004 to August 2004 with 20 episdoes.

Love Contract

Main Cast:

Ariel Lin as Cheng Xiao Feng
Mike He as Ah Ken
Zhang Rui Jia as Ah Kai
Zhong Xin Yu as Li Xin Lei
Lai Zhi Wei as Xiao Bai
Lin Yi Hong as Mu Tou

Synopsis: Outwardly, Xiao Feng (Ariel Lin) is a stubborn tomboy and the captain of the Kendo Club at her college. In her group of friends, she is the leader with her demanding nature and abrupt ways. Inwardly however, Xiao Feng is a girl scarred by her past and searching for what she wants most, love. Her friends, Ah Kai (Zhang Rui Jia), Xiao Bai (Lai Zhi Wei ), Mu Tou (Lin Yi Hong), Xin Lei (Zhong Xin Yu, and, Xiao Xiao (Yang Pei Ting) don’t know about that part of her past but they are all loyal friends to Xiao Feng; that is, until Xiao Bai and Ah Kai leave the Kendo Club for the Swim Team. Xiao Bai and Ah Kai are immediately regretful when the captain of the Swim Team, Ah Ken, turns out to be a captain as grueling as Xiao Feng. When one night Xiao Feng announces to her friends she wants love the most, Xiao Bai and Ah Ken devise a prank called the love contract. In exchange for finding swim team members to recruit, Ah Ken must court Xiao Feng.

(credit: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Love_Contract)

Review: Well, since I did one post on Mike He, I might as well do another. I thought he was good in this one as well, probably better than in Devil Beside You. Doesn’t matter what drama he will star in, he will always be a bad ass of some kind. Here he kinda plays an emotionally closed person, meaning the only emotion he shows in the beginning is anger. Of course, as the story progress he begins to have feelings for Xiao Feng, but anyone could’ve guessed that. Ariel Lin was also very good in this too. I saw her in Tokyo Juliet also, and I still think that this was her shining moment. She acted very well and it wasn’t too sickeningly sweet. I thought it was genuine for her character and I think she would be good in other roles such as this one.

Anyway, I think this drama was a little more emotionally involved than Devil Beside You was. (I could be wrong because I saw both of these dramas exactly a year ago, so I can’t remember EVERYTHING.) It dealt with bigger issues with Xiao Feng’s insecurity because of her burns, the death of Ah Ken’s mother, and of course near the end when Xiao Feng basically becomes a vegetable and Ah Ken has like a mental breakdown because of this. There are other moments not between Ah Ken and Xiao Feng that were heavy as well. Like when Ah Kai pushes his girlfriend down the stairs or something to that affect. Also, Xiao Feng’s sister becoming pregnant and then having a miscarriage. So, it was definitely a little more heavy than most dramas, in that it dealt with intense things. Although it did have its light, happy moments.

So, the ending. I won’t ruin it for the people who haven’t seen this. But I will say that it was strange, and confusing at first. I had to re-watch it to really understand what happened. Then I thought it was sweet, the meaning behind it. It was sad, but I totally got it. I gave this one a 10/10. Everything was great, a really touching story.

Okay, so I do have links for this one as well. So, here they are and I really hope you enjoy the drama as much as I did. Feel free to comment on it as well!! Enjoy!

YouTube-http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=93B0E961F140F01A
aznV.TV-http://aznv.tv/?p=d174

Devil Beside You (惡魔在身邊) April 24, 2008

Posted by mxm1295 in Dramas, Taiwanese Dramas.
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Devil Beside You is a taiwanese drama starring Mike He, who played Jiang Meng also known as Ah Meng, and Rainie Yang, who played Qi Yue. It was based on the popular Japanese manga “Akuma de Souro” (Devils Do Exist) by Takanashi Mitsuba. This drama aired from June 2005 to September 2005.

Main Cast:

Mike He as Jiang Meng Devil Beside You screen cap
Rainie Yang as Qi Yue
Kingone as Sang Yuan Yi
Ivy Fan Xiao Fan as Xin Li Xiang
He Du Lin as Jiang You Hui (Jiang Meng’s father)
Ge Wei Ru as Huang Xue Wei (Qi Yue’s mother)
Masuyama Yuki as Yu Yang Ping
Tsai Pei Lin as Qing Zi
Fu Xiao Yun as Xiao Cai (Qi Yue’s friend)
Figaro Ceng Shao Zong as Yuan Chuan Rang (Jiang Meng’s younger brother)

Synopsis: After finally getting the courage to confess her feelings, Qi Yue (Rainie Yang) was handing her love letter to Yuan Yi (Kingone), but by a stroke of bad luck, he did not see and walked passed her. The person standing in front of her was the troublemaker of the school, infamously known for his devilish ways, Jiang Meng (Mike He). The devil will get what he wants, and the object of his desire was Qi Yue. Although having a cruel exterior, Ah Meng’s heart is kind and caring, which truly touched Qi Yue. The big problem remained: Ah Meng is the son of the man Qi Yue’s mother is going to marry. Even though they were not related by blood, who will accept this step brother-sister relationship? What is to become of their relationship when other lovers come into the picture?

(credit: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Devil_Beside_You)

Review: I was kinda debating which drama to post next and this one really jumped out at me, mainly because I love this drama and I am watching another drama with the same three actors/actresses in this one (Mike He, Rainie Yang, and Kigone). Yeah, this one is great…it’s probably the first drama I have watched. I thought that this couple was so cute and apparently everyone else does too, because they have been in a couple other dramas together.

The acting by Mike and Rainie was really well and not too much overdone like in some dramas. Kigone was good, but I really favored Mike in this one not only because I thought he was smokin’ hot (hehe) but also because of his acting. I thought he was great. Rainie, of course, was Rainie; cute as ever with her awesome ability to make her chipmunk face!! (side note: I really wish I could do that!!! =D) Anyway, they were a really cute couple and I know many people think they should be a couple in real life, but if you watch the behind the scene takes of them together, they bicker like brother and sister!!! It’s actually pretty funny.

Okay, got a little side tracted…back to the drama. Overall, I thought it was cute and a real fun drama to watch. It definitely had its somewhat dark, soap-opera-ish moments, especially when Ah Meng’s brother came into the picture. He still kinda freaks me out…and that hair… Also, the whole thing that they are step-siblings, really tore them apart in this drama and I like what they decide to do at that end, it really shows that the characters are selfless. I definitely recommend this one, I give it a 10/10.

And, unlike the last drama I did, I have links! YAY!! One is for youtube on my accout. However, I have put my playlists on private for certain reasons and if you want to view them you have to add me as a friend, or I can add you, it doesn’t really matter. It is really good and anyone who wants to get into dramas, this is the first one that I would watch. Enjoy!

YouTube-http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=77F9923858E2C3FC
aznV.TV-http://aznv.tv/?p=d128