QSD viewing schedule and info

[ajk]

EPISODE	VIEW DATE						EPISODE	VIEW DATE						EPISODE	VIEW DATE
1	March 30						22	August 24						43	January 18
2	April 6						23	August 31						44	January 25
3	April 13						24	September 7						45	February 1
4	April 20						25	September 14						46	February 8
5	April 27						26	September 21						47	February 15
6	May 4						27	September 28						48	February 22
7	May 11						28	October 5						49	March 1
8	May 18						29	October 12						50	March 8
9	May 25						30	October 19						51	March 15
10	June 1						31	October 26						52	March 22
11	June 8						32	November 2						53	March 29
12	June 15						33	November 9						54	April 5
13	June 22						34	November 16						55	April 12
14	June 29						35	November 23						56	April 19
15	July 6						36	November 30						57	April 26
16	July 13						37	December 7						58	May 3
17	July 20						38	December 14						59	May 10
18	July 27						39	December 21						60	May 17
19	August 3						40	December 28						61	May 24
20	August 10						41	January 4						62	May 31
21	August 17						42	January 11

[ajk]

Here's the QSD viewing schedule for the first few episodes. Depending upon how things go, we'll either stick to the same pattern for the rest of the series or else tweak it if you guys think it's necessary.

For now I'm going to try to post an episode summary every Friday evening; if I can't get it done on Friday it will be up on Saturday as early as possible. At the same time I'll update the character roster that I'll be maintaining. (See the Iron Empress board for an example of the roster.) We'll consider Friday the official viewing day, so you can post about the weekly episode beginning on Friday. Just please not too early in the day; maybe consider it a Friday night "airing."

SPOILERS/HISTORICAL SPOILERS

This is going to be a dangerous series for spoilers because a good number of you have seen the entire series already. Later this week I'll start a spoiler thread for anybody who finds it necessary to post or discuss spoilers (although I'm hoping people won't be tempted). Please think before you post, and don't ruin any future plot developments for those of us who haven't seen the series. Some people here get very angry about spoilers and we don't need any of that.

The same is true for larger historical information--who dies when, who ascends to what royal position when, who won what battle...all of that stuff. Once something happens in an episode, then it's open for discussion and comment. Until it happens, it shouldn't be mentioned except in the spoiler thread. Again, for the sake of the first-time viewers.

As far as historical information, one thing I've done in past series is put up a sticky thread with links to useful websites and pages that provide historical information for anybody who's interested. I'll try to do the same here, as the series progresses and as the people and the contexts start to present themselves.

[ajk]

Let me give one global acknowledgement right up front. The subtitles that DramaFever uses, and that I'll be relying on to help with the summaries, come from the Written in the Heavens Subbing Squad. Invaluable resource. Credit where credit is due.

withs2.com/

[ajk]

I need to clarify the previous post because as I discovered, there are two sets of subtitles available through DramaFever. If you watch the series as a non-member, with the commercials, you get the official MBC subtitles. If you watch as a member, you get the WITH2 subtitles. I always prefer to go with the official sources when available, so I've been using the MBC subtitles as the primary source and the WITH2 as a secondary source.

Why the different sets for member and non-member viewing, I have no idea.