Tradition..ends...now

[Morter]

Hey...none of you know me, but I'll make this brief.

Me, and my girlfriend Mika are from the Tri-state area, which thankfully gets KBS broadcasting 9PM Eastern on Saturday and Sunday. About a year and some months ago, while I was 15, we discovered Age of Warriors, sadly after 1/3rd of the season had gone [just about the time Chung Kyun became a constant character]. Mika and I made...a weekly tradition of watching this show, but just to watch it to kill an hour. We didn't take it seriously at first, but then we got more and more interested in it as time went on, even to the point where we both would take turns reading subtitles dramatically.

Since about February we'd both hold hands and say in unison "Tradition...begins...now!", and have some of the the greatest times in our lives indulging in this historical war drama, with all its twists and turns, all its witty humor and infamous characters. It was the 2 hours a week where everything stopped. We'd plop down and stare with wide teenage eyes at the screen as it'd teach us more of the past, of the ancient East-Asian war era and gave us the taste of the great minds and blades we couldn't possibly produce at this generation.

Now...at the age of 17, with tear-welled eyes and stuttering breath, I type this post as a pseudo-funeral towards the series that made Mika and I a little smarter, a little wiser, a little stronger, a little better. If we could, tears of blood could be shed as we mourn for possibly the greatest drama ever to hit my 17 inch TV/VCR's pixels. But for now, we bow our heads solemnly and hum the low, war-like choir that is the theme of

The Age of Warriors

[ID]

BEST SHOW EVER!

too bad, my girlfirend, Katie, thinks this is stupid "Chinese Crap"

[TheIceTiger]

sigh i hate to say it but I don't think im gona watch the Admiral series. I have few reason of my own.
1: Since coming off from a great series like aow, watching the next coming show would only make me compare these shows and i know i would be doing oh i wish they have a yi u ibang or archfiend in this situation. I don't think i'll be able to enjoy the show as much as i should be
2:I deeply grew attach to AOW since it is the first Korean series i ever show and to follow up with so much expectation and excitment.. I duno why but the theme songs of AOW just keep running through out my mind when i go to sleep and also remind me of archfiend's version before his death. ( it's jsut so sad ) I don't think i'll be able to handle another long seriers =/
3: I really don't have the time to watch it nor the resource since i have to depend my brother to record(and he almost never does) for me at home while im away at my college dorm doing infinte hws. I realy don't want to ask for spoiler week after week =/
And finally as the topic subject saids, the end of a tradtion, it is sad but i guess all good things has to come into an end. The pain is just horrible but u gota live with it. Sometime i may wish i had never found this show fliping through channels so i won't get his sadness right now. After after a deep thought, I'm glad i had found this show and the experience is just unreplaceable. The only regret I have on this show are cuts by ch 63 and the last esp which sadly to be frank(forgive me for saying this ) I don't give a d**n about CCH and was just expecting the last 10 min summary of the whole show. But my hopes once again was shattered and crumble into ashes. I notice VIB put up a translation of it but it just isn't the same as watching infront of the tv screen on saturday night knowing that this is the last esp of the show you love so much.
Well lastly I would like to thank all the forum poster, Thank You guys and gals for giving me such a wonderful time and creating many interesting discussion that we can talk about again and again. I bid u all farewell and Good luck and have fun with the next series.

-TheIceTiger

O and i almost forgot to shout out that Yi ui bang, Archfiend and Yi Ko RULEZ!!!! uh yes of course Che Won too

[MasterCrabby]

The effect of the show hit home last night, as I had spen every Saturday night with AOW for about 7 months straight. You who watched even longer must feel it more. It was strange as I went out to buy some stuff, and normally I was keeping track to be on time. I watched the World Series game 1, and while it was a great game, it was stuffed with commercials, and when it was over, I went to bed empty. AOW was better than the World Series. Who would have thought that. Of course, I have a hard time liking the Red Sox, since they have been a symbol of crust and poot for decades.
Nonetheless, I suggest, Ice Tiger, that you do what I suspect a lot of us will do, and tape the Admiral show.
When my previous dog died, a friend warned me not to get a similar one because comparisons would make my experience unfavorable to the new dog. Well, I found a new dog at a shelter in NJ who was VERY similar in appearance, and also a Malinois like my old dog. This dog is wonderful and has many unique traits. I have never been disappointed.
So, try the new show. Comparisons are inevitable, but there are sure to be many changes. No great cause. No tiki. No nuts in straw hats. It's Yo Ho-Ho and a big green cup, laddie. Arrrgh, the salt air.
Here's to the Age of Warriors-- Arrrmen.

[luvarchfiend]

well icetiger, it has been quite something hasn't it....the aow experience?

maybe give the admiral series a try....best not to compare because the shows are very different.....so try to approach it with an open mind. i think there is room for more than one excellent k-drama to be enjoyed and entertained by and involved with.....so it won't be aow....it will stand on its own for what it is, a story about a great man in korean history, a hero of the korean people.