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Post by melissa on Apr 10, 2006 16:48:26 GMT -5
I was wondering if anyone remembers if the first 4 or 5 episodes are flash forwards to the end of the show which show the year 1598 or are did the show actually begin with YSS's childhood?
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Post by seven stars on Apr 12, 2006 15:15:26 GMT -5
I believe that they were "flash forward" Melissa. I found it strange that they would choose to do that with such a small segment of episodes.
What did you think about that?
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Post by melissa on Apr 13, 2006 13:05:16 GMT -5
I thought it was confusing because I started watching IYYS at about episode 40 and had never seen the first ones. So I finally was able to find them and I was all excited to see him when he was a boy and there I am watching things I had already seen from the final few episodes, I thought there was something wrong with the DVD. I thought it was a mistake and so I started skipping ahead to episodes until I found something that looked like his early days as a boy. That is why I wrote to ask about it. It just seemed wrong.
As far as it being an editing choice on the part of the producers, it also seems an odd thing to do since it means that people watching from the beginning knew how it would end. It also introduces characters that won’t be seen again for a long time like Yi Young Nam and the others from the navy. The only thing I could think is that they felt that the final battle episodes were more interesting than his childhood days and by showing the battle scene first they would draw in a bigger and more dedicated audience. Otherwise, what would be the point of jumping ahead so far?
What did you think? How come this discussion has never come up before on this site – it seems that things get dissected quite interestingly around here? Did I miss it?
Thanks for writing, I appreciate the insight.
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Post by moreshige2 on Apr 13, 2006 22:21:50 GMT -5
I thought it was confusing because I started watching IYYS at about episode 40 and had never seen the first ones. So I finally was able to find them and I was all excited to see him when he was a boy and there I am watching things I had already seen from the final few episodes, I thought there was something wrong with the DVD. I thought it was a mistake and so I started skipping ahead to episodes until I found something that looked like his early days as a boy. That is why I wrote to ask about it. It just seemed wrong. As far as it being an editing choice on the part of the producers, it also seems an odd thing to do since it means that people watching from the beginning knew how it would end. It also introduces characters that won’t be seen again for a long time like Yi Young Nam and the others from the navy. The only thing I could think is that they felt that the final battle episodes were more interesting than his childhood days and by showing the battle scene first they would draw in a bigger and more dedicated audience. Otherwise, what would be the point of jumping ahead so far? What did you think? How come this discussion has never come up before on this site – it seems that things get dissected quite interestingly around here? Did I miss it? Thanks for writing, I appreciate the insight. I just saw the entire treatment of the first four episodes as directors giving it a "Saving Private Ryan" sequence of events. Private Ryan, as an old man goes to the graves of his comrades and then remembers his past. Then the next scene the audience is transported back in time on the shores of Normandy. In the same way, at the moment of Yi Soon Shin's death he remembers his past and we travel back together with him. Its a common film and literary device.
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