Maou

[karened]

I'm going to watch Mawang. In case you don't know, that's the kdrama version of Maou. I just came across a writeup about how great Mawang is, but that's not what baited me to watch. It was a short paragraph that refuted every single view I had regarding Maou that provoked me.

My favourite Arashi song for 2008 - "when you take away the elegant soundtrack and replace it with (*gag*) Arashi numbers"

Ohno's convincing, outstanding portrayal of the character, and his death stare - "when you take away the awesome mature actors and replace them with a couple of Johnny’s boys"

Good directing, especially the opening part with Ohno reaching for Toma - "when you lose the superb directing and editing"

My favourite suspense drama in ages - "what was one of the best and most absorbing tv shows I’d ever watched was reduced to an affair of mind-numbing mediocrity"

So, I will watch for myself how magnificent Mawang is such that my beloved Maou pales so much in comparison to warrant being called "incredibly, stupendously, outstandingly boring". Perhaps it's because s/he has watched Mawang before watching Maou that made Maou such a predictable ride. Perhaps.

Perhaps at the end of the 20 episodes, I'll follow suit and comment that "It was so boring I never made it past the first few episodes, even with fast-forwarding".

Or perhaps I'll love to death, so much so that I'd want to delete this post.

But Maou will forever be Ohno's first drama, the one that made it feel like his training in butais all these while had done him good, that it was worthwhile to have to wait so so so long till her appears on tv. For that, it is special.

Comments

[aishoni.livejournal.com]

i watched Mawang while waiting for Maou. Honestly it was a beautiful drama and Maou does seems a tad mediocre and cartoonish in comparison. However Maou pleasantly surprises me. Its not predictable, the music is as haunting as mawang was, the cast is solid (but with some wanting) and mot of all Ohno as the lawyer. JJH as the lawyer in Mawang was beautiful but, my Arashi bias aside, Ohno performance as the devil is inexplicably more.. UMPH (lol. can't find the right words). Probably my one gripe about Maou to Mawang was the detective Toma vs Uhm Tae Woong. Toma was ok but UTW was breathtaking. There's also some character changes in Maou that made Ohno as the devil more prominent than Toma the detective. Mawang could feel a bit slower now you've watched Maou and I did wish it was 16 episodes instead of 20. However overall, the original wins, with exception of small and fabulous Ohno trumping the hunky Korean devil.

[karened.livejournal.com]

Thanks thanks thanks for the opinion you shared!

I don't think I will hate Mawang. I was just slightly annoyed that one of my favourite pieces got described like it was a worthwhile piece of production. Not that I have anything against Mawang, but I'm skeptical as to how good it is. I will watch it...soon...and see for myself. Maybe I will love it to bits as well, but like what you said, Ohno was impressive in there, and Maou will remain one of my favourites.

[aishoni.livejournal.com]

My pleasure :).
Korean dramas doesn't interest me much.. I hate how long and long winded it is, but Mawang is an outstanding drama. Korean dramas still doesn't pleases me much so Mawang is pretty exceptional to have made me a fan.