Meteor Garden II

Meteor Garden II (Chinese: 流星花園II; pinyin: Liúxīng Huāyuán II) is a sequel to the hit Taiwanese drama, Meteor Garden. Unlike the first series, the sequel is an original story and is not based on the manga, Boys Over Flowers by Yoko Kamio. It was produced by Angie Chai.^[1] The series aired on CTS in 2002^[2] for thirty-one episodes.^[3]

After Meteor Garden's premiere in 2001, Jerry Yan, Vic Chou, Ken Chu, and Vanness Wu formed the Mandopop group F4,^[4] and performed the two theme songs of the sequel.^[5] Meteor Garden II starred returning actors Barbie Hsu, Yan, Chou, Chu, and Wu with new addition Michelle Saram.^[6]

Summary

Cast and characters

Starring[6] Barbie Hsu as Dong Shan Cai Jerry Yan as Dao Ming Si Vic Chou as Hua Ze Lei Ken Chu as Xi Men Vanness Wu as Mei Zuo Michelle Saram as Ye Sha Costarring[7] Winnie Chien as Teng Tang Jing Hsu Hsiao-shun as Sha Ge Pace Wu as Yin Xiao Qiao Wang Yue as Shan Cai's mother Dong Zhi Cheng as Shan Cai's father Edward Ou as Chen Qing He Megan Lai as Mi Mi Angie Tang as Yu Sao Zhen Xiu Zhen as Dao Ming Feng

Guest starring Blackie Chen as Da Xin Tony Fish as Ah Lun Lin Jia Li as Yi Lin Li Kang Yi as Ah Mei Will Liu as Ah De Kenneth Tsang as Gao Ye Ye

Staff

• Producers: Angie Chai
• Screenplay: Angie Chai, Sharon Mao, Mag Hsu, Zhou Ping Zhi
• Directors: Wang Ming Tai, Jiang Feng Hong, Mai Da Jie, Zheng De Hua
• Editing: Yang Shi Fan, Zheng Ya Yun, Cai Jia Han
• Planning: Yang Jia Yu
• Cinematographer: Lai Jun Hong
• Overseas supervision: Yan Li Xue
• Sound effects: Carrie Recording Workshop
• Post-production: Long Jia Li
• Wardrobe: Zhang Wei Jie, Zhong Feng Lan

Episodes

Main article: Meteor Garden II/Episodes

Episode 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26
27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

Production

Meteor Garden II was produced by Angie Chai, the original producer behind Meteor Garden (2001). The principal actors of the previous series returned to star,^[8] and Singaporean actress Michelle Saram joined the main cast.^[9] Shooting for Meteor Garden II commenced in April 2002. In July, the cast and crew completed filming in Spain. Production experienced several delays due to changing directors and the hectic schedule of F4.^[10][11] Filming was suspended again in September 2002, when Barbie Hsu's and several others contracts expired.^[12]

Meteor Garden II premiered on November 11, 2002.^[13] It was immediately met with a negative response from fans, who thought it was "bad" compared to the original manga.^[14] Saram's character Ye Sha was a particular bone of contention among audiences.^[15] The sequel's ratings were significantly lower than those of Meteor Garden. Due to the audience reaction, Chai prepared two separate endings for the show.^[16]

Home media

Cover	Release date	Contents
Malaysia (DVD)
	February 12, 2008[17]	Set details 8-disc set Languages: Mandarin Subtitles: Chinese, English, Malay

Music

Main article: Meteor Garden II Original Soundtrack

"Jue Bu Neng Shi Qu Ni" ("Can't Lose You"), performed by F4, served as the series opening theme. It was met with a warm response by viewers, who compared it to "Liu Xing Yu".^[18] F4's "Yan Huo De Ji Jie" ("Season of Fireworks") was the ending theme. Both songs were included on the soundtrack released on December 18, 2002.^[19]

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References

See also

External links

• Meteor Garden II on Wikipedia
• Meteor Garden II on Chinese Wikipedia
• Meteor Garden II at the Internet Movie Database