This is actually my first LCM drama where he's a lead and I like it so much. Love Yoona here too.
he was the lead more or less in Hierarchy. He has done 4 supporting roles in well-known series. Otherwise he was the kid delivering wine at the beginning of Alchemy of Souls2...
How many wives does he currently have? Are those women sitting besides him during competition all his wives? (Of…
The real joseon king had one official queen who he married at age 11 and who outlived hium by 31 years. He also had 12 royal consorts more or less all at the same time, of whom the most famous was Chang Nok-su. He also had affairs and children with around 10 known court personnel. His kids totalled ten sons and seven daughters, but six children are mentioned who were all murdered when he was deposed, exiled and probably killed before he made it to thirty. He was succeeded by his half-brother, Grand Prince Jinseong. Really grim story.
I was chanting "cut off their arms, cut off their arms" and then I suddenly stopped because of Yoonas face and started chanting "let them live, let them live!" Good stuff.
That was a sad romantic ending with a write-your-own-sequel window of opportunity (see XmeX3 below). They yearned for each other and imagined the beloved around each corner, as they both got lost in revolutionary chaos. In reality that time period was horribly scary and awful but not here in this drama, she is still floating around in a fur stole...
When I started this yesterday, I knew I could relax and trust the production so soon! That crazy good funny sound track with pansori instruments. Yoona daring to complain about the contract with the king quelled by a single look.
I knew LCM could carry off this big rawboned king -- he carried those older vibes so well on hierachy! And he was great at getting dragged around the forest. That wound dressing was pretty sloppy, I am glad that the bleeding unrealistically stopped!
Thank you so much for your comment. Your reviews was very insightful too! And yes, I totally agree with you, male…
Sorry to be nitpicky, but it is not about women's pain and feelings. Emotional empathy is too easy. My own viewpoint is plain jane radical, so ignore the rest of this if you arent a particularly political person.
It is that men are always unaware of the ways in which the system profits them, especially 'feminist' men who in the end use their politics as a way to get ahead (I am old enough to have seen this many times).
Its the old backpack metaphor, a person cant see their own pack even when they criticize others'.
Great male writers do sometimes sweep up great portrayals of women into their scripts but by sheer intuition and instinct.
The true ironies, horrors and difficulties of this great change that as women we all are working on are best expressed by women themselves, practically speaking.
HI, I liked your review a lot. Obviously, if you read my review I was ok, sort of, with the shallowness of Aema. Just want to say that I am waiting so impatiently for a drama that would be more like the one that you too were clearly hoping for!
I knew as soon as I saw that the director of this was a man that this would not be that. In SK, even the most enlightened guy has no idea. No idea at all.
However if you look at the way female directors are finally getting real chances to direct commercially successful films, I totally expect some great stuff to be made soon.. Thanks for your review. Write well and prosper.
pretty and prettyfunny -- it is a fact that a trope can be dull in the hands of one actor, but charming when another does it? How many girls have we met who live by their wits in the marketplace? How often does a person randomly fall through a roof into a room filled with their destiny?
ZHu Li Lan makes scrambling across the roof both refined and funny.
I just dropped it for many reasons you have listed.
One you havent which is powerful for me is the cynical use of popular or typical tropes.
Bits of a standard hero story will be applied hastily, for ex. the clever military genius with special cultural experience manages to turn the tide and claim victory by manipulating the opposing generals code of honor/desire for individual combat. The thin backstory we have for He Yan does not include the sort of 'outsider' knowledge needed.
And so on and so forth -- the "female-centric" city of Jiyang? In a world of silly episodes this made my teeth grind. etc etc She gets back to the nearby garrison and her special squad still thinks she is a man.
I only made it so far for Ryan Cheng's pretty eyes.
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I knew LCM could carry off this big rawboned king -- he carried those older vibes so well on hierachy! And he was great at getting dragged around the forest. That wound dressing was pretty sloppy, I am glad that the bleeding unrealistically stopped!
It is that men are always unaware of the ways in which the system profits them, especially 'feminist' men who in the end use their politics as a way to get ahead (I am old enough to have seen this many times).
Its the old backpack metaphor, a person cant see their own pack even when they criticize others'.
Great male writers do sometimes sweep up great portrayals of women into their scripts but by sheer intuition and instinct.
The true ironies, horrors and difficulties of this great change that as women we all are working on are best expressed by women themselves, practically speaking.
I knew as soon as I saw that the director of this was a man that this would not be that. In SK, even the most enlightened guy has no idea. No idea at all.
However if you look at the way female directors are finally getting real chances to direct commercially successful films, I totally expect some great stuff to be made soon..
Thanks for your review. Write well and prosper.
How many girls have we met who live by their wits in the marketplace? How often does a person randomly fall through a roof into a room filled with their destiny?
ZHu Li Lan makes scrambling across the roof both refined and funny.
One you havent which is powerful for me is the cynical use of popular or typical tropes.
Bits of a standard hero story will be applied hastily, for ex. the clever military genius with special cultural experience manages to turn the tide and claim victory by manipulating the opposing generals code of honor/desire for individual combat. The thin backstory we have for He Yan does not include the sort of 'outsider' knowledge needed.
And so on and so forth -- the "female-centric" city of Jiyang? In a world of silly episodes this made my teeth grind. etc etc She gets back to the nearby garrison and her special squad still thinks she is a man.
I only made it so far for Ryan Cheng's pretty eyes.