Showing posts with label soap opera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soap opera. Show all posts

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Comparing Storylines: A Call for a Fresh Movie and TV Series Concepts

Last night, my roommate Arlene and I have been talking about how our day been till midnight. The conversation flowed from the workload, overtime and the little comedy that happened that day. Then we talked about soap operas or teleserye.

At that time, I was hooked to Vaness Wu's new soap opera entitled "I love you so (Autumn Song)". It is about a cocky guy who feels in love with a bento girl. Vaness Wu who played Stanley Ren has a brain tumor while in a relationship with the bento girl. He undergone a surgery and lost his memories. It has a nice story line.

But the more I watched it, I can't help comparing it to Meteor Garden. When Shan Chai was rumored to be two-timing Dao Ming Si, the students of the super-rich school bullied her. In this soap, it has the same element wherein the bento girl Chu Meng was rumored to seduce her step-father and the students of also a super-rich school bullied her. When Shan Chai was kidnapped, Dao Ming Si also came to rescue her and got himself beaten up. On the other hand, Chu Meng also got kidnapped. You know now what happened. Stanley Ren came to the rescue and got also beaten up! Is this a coincidence? Don't forget the part where in Dao Ming Si got an amnesia and almost got married to his savior. Same with this show, Stanley Ren got an amnesia and got engaged to his doctor!

Agree on me on this. This is a short version of Meteor Garden with a twist. I can't help noticed the similarities. Now that I think about it, I noticed that it also happened in some of our Philippine Movies as well.