After watching Boys Over Flowers (Kdrama) years ago, I stumbled upon this via a recommendation, and I must say that I like both part 1 & 2 better than the Korean remake. I understand that film quality and editing wasn't the best almost 20 years ago, but I mostly look at overall character development, especially when you're comparing the female lead in both shows (Shan Cai and Jan Di); I thought she was much stronger and not as "silly" in this version. I also enjoyed the transformation of Dao Ming Si and I found I paid some attention to the supporting males as well (Vanness Wu, he's very easy to recognize in his other works and also doesn't seem to age). The only thing I didn't like, and of course this is just how the story is supposed to be, is the characters' tendencies to flip back and forth between love and hate, so don't be surprised by this, it's quite common in dramas. One final thought is that this version felt richer and not as rushed since apparently Part 2 (31 episodes) is crammed into the last episode of Boys Over Flowers. There are some other differences in plot between the shows.