Miinah Bonamana

Today was the release of the brand-spanking new MV of Super Junior. This morning, my sisters and I alarmed our phones so that we could countdown the minutes till the release of the video. Buffering the video was intensely suspenseful, but it was all very much worth the wait. Afterwards, my sister text messaged her fellow SJ fan from school, to ask her what she thought of the video. To her surprise, her friend went on a ranting spree. She went off saying how disappointed she was, how she expected more, how her favorite member Siwon didn't get enough screentime (to which she ruthlessly blamed Ryeowook and Kyuhyun for, the nerve), how it just didn't cut it like Sorry Sorry did, how "ugly" Hyukjae was in the video. (Excusez moi?) And that got my feathers all ruffled, because it had all sorts of wrong written all over it.

After having watched the Miinah (Bonamana) MV (play count on iPod: 57 times :|) and focusing on each member, and dissecting everything there was to analyze about it, I simply don't get it. The MV itself is better than Sorry Sorry, the lighting, color and everything. The boys are more handsome in this video, their clothes are way more fashionable, they're more muscular, they're more confident. The song is similar to SS but it still has its own flavor. The dance is extremely complex and harder and more interesting than Sorry Sorry. Maybe the one thing lacking (other than the missing members) would be a simple signature dance, but that's just about it.

What frustrates me is that some fans dissed the MV at first glance. No, i'm not talking about those who said they expected more - I'm talking about those people who said flat out that it wasn't good enough, that it wouldn't be a hit, that their biases deserved more screen time than others etc etc. Seriously, if are we talking who's more DESERVING -basis is song lines and dancing position- then your precious bias would have even LESS screen time than he had. If we are talking about who DESERVES more screen time, then Shindong should've had way more than roughly five close-up shots.. God knows he works his butt off in choreo... I don't get it, since when has it become a competition between members?

Seriously? What more do you EXPECT? A love scene with a girl? So that E.L.F. can send dead cats to the actress's house? So that some immature fans can bash the girl who's lucky - no, scratch that, BRAVE enough to be in their MV? What more do they expect? A 13 member group? Griping about people who aren't there just adds insult to injury to the boys who ARE there. It;s like saying "10 of you aren't enough."

And these (immature) fans are the same 'fans' who, after watching Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo performances, will swallow their words and say, "Oh, it's grown on me." and "Oh, i love it, Super Junior fighting!" They will accept it eventually ANYWAY, so i don't see the point in whining about it. To add to that, some say that it's too similar to Sorry Sorry, while others complain that it should've been more like their previous carrier single. *sigh* Some people just can't deal with change, and that's a sad, sad reality.

Lastly, the members have been so excited about their comeback. They've been plugging it nonstop. Are these so-called fans disappointed because the boys hyped it up so much? That's only because they were EXCITED and ITCHING to show everybody the new Super Junior. In Sukira, Eeteuk and Eunhyuk were giggling excitedly like two schoolgirls over their campus crush when they played Bonamana, and they couldn't resist dancing along to some parts. Shindong continuously dropped hints day after day about 4jib. Heechul, despite his bad leg, danced and jumped about for the MV. And (some) responses they get talk about how disappointed they were? Way to go, E.L.F. Kudos to insulting something the boys worked their butts off for months, in spite of the drama, issues, injuries, blood, sweat, tears and controversies. Not to mention their insane schedule. Thanks a lot.

I don't mean to sound like an overly sensitive E.L.F., but it sucks that while some of us are busy spazzing and congratulating the boys on a job well done, and while the boys are excitedly awaiting news and (positive) feedback for the MV, others are burrowing their brows and being disappointed. And some even have to LOOK for things to spazz over, when it's staring at them point black in the face.

To end this extremely long post, i'd like to re-quote a saying the founder of SJ-World tweeted. The one who said it was Eric, a member of the band Shinhwa. He said:

"Just as each person has their own particular food suited to their taste from the large variety of foods, if our food does not suit your taste, eat something else. We don't cook for people that don't like our food. Luckily there are people who love the food that we work so hard to make and again we just work hard for those people."