Thai version of Meteor Garden F4｜The version where logic finally did not disappear

From bystander to the beginning of forced entry

Different from other versions, the Thai version of Shancai (Groya) has already understood the harshness of the school environment and F4 at the beginning of the plot. Without the heroine halo and ignorance of other versions, Groya is more like an ordinary person who lives in a school that cannot be integrated into. People are helpless, suffering, and have to meet the expectations of their families.

She doesn't expect to be a savior, and she doesn't want to be a superman to save the victims. She deeply understands the power and influence of F4 and other people in the school. In the absence of power to change any situation, she can only hope that she can study quietly until graduation.

Unfortunately, it backfired. Her friend (Hana) accidentally bumped into Thyme (Thai version of Daoming Temple), the food was dumped on his shoes, and Thyme, wantonly venting his anger, asked Hana to lick his shoes clean. Groya, who had bullied his friend, could no longer ignore his bullying and stepped forward. This time Thyme really let Hana go, but bullied her; so a school's little transparent became the target of the whole school, and she would be attacked at any time wherever she went.

For Groya, ignoring is no alternative, and it may be a pain in the skin, but even friends are affected, choosing to ignore will make her conscience blamed, and she would rather help Hana than this. Doing nothing but escaping is not Groya's style. Others in the school choose to bully others because they are more afraid of facing the predicament, and would rather use the dividends brought by their identity to bully other weak people . The representative of them is F4.

Groya was the first girl to be given a red card, and a turning point in the school's bullying.

perpetrators are victims

Thyme's wealthy family is the most oppressive among so many versions. It is probably related to Thai culture. The director is a more important element. The filters and shooting angles of the whole show are very high-quality, like a movie, like a MV, no ordinary The light colors of the idol drama are dreamy tones, and the dark restaurant increases the depressing feeling of the characters and the environment.

As the "boss" of F4, Thyme has a great influence on the family in Thailand, and the pressure he bears has also increased exponentially. His mother has never cared about his situation or what he has done, as long as he does not affect Family interests, whatever he does, there will be someone to help him settle, which makes him even more unscrupulous.

"Do you think I ordered them to bully you? No, everyone wants to do it; look at this world, everyone is suppressed to death, whoever has a better and better background will be magnified and inspected, a little bit Small mistakes have serious costs, that's why people need to vent, like those anonymous accounts, we F4, just allow people to have anonymous accounts in real life." - Thyme

Anonymous accounts are their way of venting their stress and fears. Their status allows them, the elite students, to transfer their anger to others without consequence, and it also allows them to escape the oppression of the world. In essence, they are the victims of this generation after generation of clinging to power, whether it is a family trying to maintain a business, or the world's alternative vision of power, this kind of oppression itself is mutual, the victim is the perpetrator, and the perpetrator is also the victim. By.

On the one hand, the background of F4 terrified other students, and at the same time gave them the delusion of being able to approach power, and brought the pleasure of enjoying in extremes.

"When there is no evidence, it's like nothing happened."

The student union of the whole school jointly took the victim to the only place without surveillance cameras in the school. Under the cover of F4, no one was allowed to take pictures or use mobile phones, and there was no evidence. Participate in it, and even laugh at those who come forward, because they do not believe that the world can be kind, and they would rather be immersed in evil and clinging.

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"Why let F4 force us to play this kind of game, if we help each other we can stop this kind of game." - This sentence made Groya feel guilty, because she didn't have the courage to stand beside unfamiliar victims at that time , can only watch him being bullied, but it has also become a seed buried in her heart, and she knows that he is right.

"Is this a beautiful world that is only attracted by its bright appearance, ignores the real problems behind it, and pretends that nothing happened?" -Groya

Groya is a smart person, and she doesn't just have the protagonist aura. After receiving the red card, he ran away in seconds. He was very scared and did not give in when he was caught. Although he collapsed, he did not choose to escape and become a part of the perpetrator.

She was the first person to directly point out Thyme's mentality, which made him feel guilty, and Thyme, who dared not face his own problems, did something more extreme, knowing that Groya was almost raped and angrily punished the perpetrator (obviously He indulges again and again to let others be presumptuous). F4 is still not an incurable perpetrator, what is worse is an opportunity for change.

The screenwriter did not glorify bullying and violence, and did not write Groya as an unrealistic protagonist with the halo of a heroine. She is just an ordinary person who is afraid, but does not want to regret, and always wants to do her best; Thyme has a guilty conscience, so that Ren (Thai version of Hua Zelei) no longer hides behind his back, and strives to win the people and things he wants.

The power of idol drama

I especially like idol dramas, they are simple and happy. They show many faces of the world, but they are all optimistic, but many poor productions and unreasonable plots will make me not interested in watching even half an episode.

I watched Meteor Garden when I was a child and didn’t really understand its content. I only knew that F4 was very rich and could do whatever they wanted; Shancai was brave, the plot was funny, and her parents hated it, but I still couldn’t watch the whole drama. , I can only pick the sweet part, probably because at that time, even though I didn't have the mature critical ability, I still felt uncomfortable about bullying.

When I grow up and look back, the filming techniques and script descriptions of these plots are more to weaken the harm of bullying to people. They just treat it as an ordinary plot that highlights F4's wealth, and even treats people's hypocrisy as a joke. , to reduce the irony; for comparison, I searched the Taiwan version, and saw Shancai saying, "I'll make them look good when I bully me." Afraid of F4 but not bullying her so you can justifiably ignore it?

Now I still like idol dramas, but I am much more demanding of them, especially those involving serious issues. The Thai version of Meteor Garden's handling of the bullying is the best of all versions for me. Everyone in F4 does not enjoy bullying in essence, but because they know Thyme's corporate background, they don't dare to really fight him, saying that this is wrong, everyone is waiting for someone to save them, "don't do it yourself" is Others comforted themselves, and these details were well arranged by the screenwriter and director.

Everyone can be saved , the beauty of idol dramas is here, Spider-Man can also save villains in other universes (I know Spider-Man is not an idol drama). Most of the audience of idol dramas are teenagers. I believe that the issues that teenagers will encounter are more realistic and optimistic. I believe that it will have a great impact on them. On the other hand, it is adults who like to watch idol dramas. I don't know why most adults forget that when they were young, they were also mature, with high growth potential, and needed to face and deal with many issues. They always looked down on young people and weakened their influence. Idol dramas can Let them be closer to modern young people and know what they are facing. After all, idol dramas must always keep pace with the times and please contemporary young audiences .

To be honest, when I first saw Bright and Win filming Meteor Garden, I rolled my eyes, not to mention that Win actually played the role of Ximen, how can Bright not be as idiot as Daoming Si? Moreover, the values of Meteor Garden are already 20 years ago. It is a plot that modern people will roll their eyes. I didn’t expect the screenwriter to change it quite well. Bright also played well, showing Thyme’s mature and naive side. come out.

Groya who plays Tu's acting is also very natural, not affected by the previous version of Shancai, acting exaggerated and stupid; another thing that impressed me deeply is Dew who played Ren, he really showed the temperament of Hua Zelei. Eh, so handsome! I didn't feel it at all when I watched Poster, but I really have to watch the whole drama to feel the charm of the actors.

In short, whether it is for nostalgia or the first time to watch Meteor Garden, the Thai version of Meteor Garden is a good choice in each version!

It's a pity that only three episodes of T^T have been broadcast now. It's really not enough to watch. I hope the future plot will not disappoint me. If you haven't watched Thai dramas, we highly recommend watching Bright and Win first because we were born together, you can watch it on both Netflix and Youtube!