And more on Mars...
23 Oct 2004 04:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mayoraaseiI'm up to episode 13 of Mars...which is, in terms of the manga, the final volume, where various people get stabbed, sent to psychiatric hospitals, die, go to hell, amongst others.
Apparently there's more after this *shudders* Knowing how well the extension of Hana Yori Dango turned out, I'm not looking forward to this...
Rei: Vic actually plays the violent and playboy traits of this character very well, which comes as a surprise, seeing him in Meteor Garden. In fact, he's so good at being violent, I wonder why he wasn't cast as Doumyouji...LOL. Except, of course, Rei is violent without being stupid and narrow-minded. But the scenes where Rei-angst comes on is a bit...>__> Vic really overdoes the angsting. I realise that yes, Rei is a very mentally unstable person, who has probably been permanently traumatised by his experience in the mental hospital and with his brother, but Vic over-dramatises his vulnerability. Then again, I haven't really read the manga that well ~~;
Kira: DaS has the right petite stature and sweet face to bring this character off well. I don't dislike Kira that much, which comes as a surprise, because I tend to violently dislike typical Japanese "maidens in distress who are strong". Honestly, I don't see Kira as that strong. Certainly, what she went through was horrendous, but it would be disrespectful to rape victims everywhere if I were to say that she was exceptionally strong. An inconsistent trait in her character is that...after being assaulted, twice, by people who appeared to be kind, you'd think she would be more suspicious towards people she meet, but she's always refusing to see the bad side of people until she gets hurt =___= Stupid manga heroine trait again.
Tatsuya + QingMei: Lol, I wanted to see more interactions between these two and the main characters. QingMei becomes quite cute afterwards, and scenes with Tatsuya and Rei are always a laugh.
Masao: The actor for this dangerous character is either really good or really bad at acting. He sheds tears without looking sorrowful; his expression are slow to cross his face, as though he takes the time choosing which emotions to display; his laugh is dry and mirthless - as though he's laughing for the sake of expressing laughter, not because he actually needs to. He walks around slowly and woodenly...it all fits his character, but who knows, he might just be lucky it did.
Sei: (Rei's twin) This is one of the inconsistencies...He starts off being the sweet, gentle twin...then he turns out to be a pathetic little brother who spends his time whingeing to Rei...then he turns out to half a Dark Evil Side™ to him, which he leaves for Rei. Ugh. It'd be all well and good if it didn't seem like the mangaka was just making it up as she went along.
And the other major inconsistency is with the timeline. The manga timeline runs up until senior high, but the TV series decided to move it to a uni setting. For example, Kira gets raped when she's 16 instead of 13, as she was in the manga >__>; This...has a few repercussions on her character, but never mind that.
According to Rei, he moved to LA after his mother died when he was 5. He also claimed that, "Sensei, when I was 8, I've lived in LA for 8 years." This is either a gigantic inconsistency, or just another example of Rei's bottomless lack of intelligence.
Now, the next episode he gets stabbed ^0^ *Excited*
Apparently there's more after this *shudders* Knowing how well the extension of Hana Yori Dango turned out, I'm not looking forward to this...
Rei: Vic actually plays the violent and playboy traits of this character very well, which comes as a surprise, seeing him in Meteor Garden. In fact, he's so good at being violent, I wonder why he wasn't cast as Doumyouji...LOL. Except, of course, Rei is violent without being stupid and narrow-minded. But the scenes where Rei-angst comes on is a bit...>__> Vic really overdoes the angsting. I realise that yes, Rei is a very mentally unstable person, who has probably been permanently traumatised by his experience in the mental hospital and with his brother, but Vic over-dramatises his vulnerability. Then again, I haven't really read the manga that well ~~;
Kira: DaS has the right petite stature and sweet face to bring this character off well. I don't dislike Kira that much, which comes as a surprise, because I tend to violently dislike typical Japanese "maidens in distress who are strong". Honestly, I don't see Kira as that strong. Certainly, what she went through was horrendous, but it would be disrespectful to rape victims everywhere if I were to say that she was exceptionally strong. An inconsistent trait in her character is that...after being assaulted, twice, by people who appeared to be kind, you'd think she would be more suspicious towards people she meet, but she's always refusing to see the bad side of people until she gets hurt =___= Stupid manga heroine trait again.
Tatsuya + QingMei: Lol, I wanted to see more interactions between these two and the main characters. QingMei becomes quite cute afterwards, and scenes with Tatsuya and Rei are always a laugh.
Masao: The actor for this dangerous character is either really good or really bad at acting. He sheds tears without looking sorrowful; his expression are slow to cross his face, as though he takes the time choosing which emotions to display; his laugh is dry and mirthless - as though he's laughing for the sake of expressing laughter, not because he actually needs to. He walks around slowly and woodenly...it all fits his character, but who knows, he might just be lucky it did.
Sei: (Rei's twin) This is one of the inconsistencies...He starts off being the sweet, gentle twin...then he turns out to be a pathetic little brother who spends his time whingeing to Rei...then he turns out to half a Dark Evil Side™ to him, which he leaves for Rei. Ugh. It'd be all well and good if it didn't seem like the mangaka was just making it up as she went along.
And the other major inconsistency is with the timeline. The manga timeline runs up until senior high, but the TV series decided to move it to a uni setting. For example, Kira gets raped when she's 16 instead of 13, as she was in the manga >__>; This...has a few repercussions on her character, but never mind that.
According to Rei, he moved to LA after his mother died when he was 5. He also claimed that, "Sensei, when I was 8, I've lived in LA for 8 years." This is either a gigantic inconsistency, or just another example of Rei's bottomless lack of intelligence.
Now, the next episode he gets stabbed ^0^ *Excited*
