The TV series “My Love From the Stars”, which was once popular in Asia, has now been remade in Japan.
“My Love From the Stars” starring Gianna Jun is still fresh in the memory of many viewers.
This drama solidified Soo-hyun Kim’s status as a first-line young actor, and supporting roles Yoo In-Na and Hae Jin Park have since embarked on the road of starring.
Such a popular IP naturally cannot be given up. As soon as the news that Japan will remake “My Love From the Stars” comes out, it will naturally be compared with the original.
Objectively speaking, the heroine Mizuki Yamamoto cannot replace Gianna Jun’s “superstar” character.
On the one hand, Mizuki Yamamoto’s temperament and affinity are like that of a good girl next door. She is still a true female student and a female white-collar worker.
On the other hand, her makeup and costumes in the play also add a bit of old-fashioned charm to her youthful and beautiful appearance.
The male protagonist Sôta Fukushi can’t escape the embarrassment of comparing with Soo-hyun Kim. He is a little less refined and cold.
It is also difficult for the audience to connect him with the childlike aliens who have experienced long standby times from ancient times to the present.
Judging from the stills of the Japanese version of “星から来たあなた”, its plot has been completely “localized”.
The alien spaceship has changed from South Korea to the Japanese island country, but the special effects of this UFO are indeed a bit “cheap”, not at all like the CG level that should be expected in 10 years.
The mansion where the hero and heroine lived was also “moved” to the Tokyo Tower, which is still a place with a superior geographical location.
However, the cross-camera in the play has a Showa-style funny, I don’t know if it is intentional, or it is a forced sense of the age.
In the original drama, the scene where Do Min Joon teleported to the car to save the heroine was a bit far-fetched for some reason.
Such lens performance may have been tolerated 10 years ago, but now, audiences who are used to watching sci-fi scenes will inevitably feel “unconcerned”.
There is also a classic scene where the male protagonist slaps and stops the speeding luxury car, which neither shows the sense of speed nor the super-powerful and handsome side of the male protagonist.
The texture is like a plastic toy car, and the special effect of a cracked headlight is barely added, which can be said to be quite strained.
Compared to the Korean version of Do Min Joon’s eyes, this heart-pounding tenacity is really hard to replicate!
Seeing this, I found that the biggest problem with the Japanese version of “星から来たあなた” is not just the casting that netizens said, but the most terrible thing is lack of money!
Making this sci-fi romance film into a low-cost online TV series may not be as good as the special effects played by some anchors on TikTok. No wonder it has been criticized by netizens!
I really want to ask the producers of the Japanese version: Are all the funds used to buy copyright?
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