Post by ajk on Aug 11, 2018 17:25:28 GMT -5
Let’s start this time with the narrated text:
But that aside, I was pleasantly surprised by the idea. You knew there was going to have to be a big shift in the storyline what with Yeogu becoming a fugitive, and it could easily have been something really stupid. But the writers plucked something out of history to use as the basis for it, and as long as the characters don’t get too silly it could work well. We’ll see.
Unfortunately one of them is a cross-dressing female with a fake beard and a military uniform. Ugh, QSD flashbacks.
In retrospect it wasn’t very smart of Yeogu to make that headband for Yeohwa, was it. That thing has caused nothing but trouble.
“There are three difficulties along the path of a persecuted monarch.” Very nice farewell scene between Yeogu and his grandfather. Well written.
“Your greed didn’t ruin me. My lack of ability ruined you.” So the crown prince has some self-awareness after all. That was good writing too—the character needed it at this point.
Payoon picking up that gem off the ground, let’s bet on that thing showing up again sometime. Hope it’s not for a long time—those are the best reappearances, the long ones.
The scene in Liaoxi, snow flurries and you can see the actors’ breath. Bravo! Score one for authenticity.
Here we go again. It was unclear for so long about Yeogu being the elder son or the younger. Finally I thought we had established that he was the elder. But in this one Achikai said Yeogu is “the fourth prince.” Wouldn’t that make him the younger? Ugh.
Little kid crying over his mother’s coffin, just stop it. ENOUGH of the traumatized little kid.
The pirate attack scene was a little too chaotic to follow clearly, and the unarmed guy whupping the swordsmen was too over the top. But the assault with catapulted rocks, that was great. We haven’t seen that before in a historical and it’s probably very accurate from that early era when there were no sophisticated weapons. Especially for poor pirates. Another example of the series doing a good job so far of not looking like other historicals set in much later times.
So okay we’re at a big crossroads and let’s hope the storyline continues to be conceived and written at the same high level.
p.s. “It’s the same salt water all the time. You’ll get a stroke by drinking do much.” Oh NOW he tells me!
Baekje and Goguryeo both originated from Buyeo. In 22, East Buyeo falls because of Goguryeo’s King Daemushin. The people who survived became drifters and dispersed in Malgal and Samhan. Some of the drifters ended up in China and raised armed forces. They pursued the restoration of the royal family of Buyeo. One of the main forces was Danbeomhoe. The leader, Wi Birang, was the descendant of East Buyeo’s King Mayeo.It might have been nice to get this before we saw all of those new characters. Yeah it can be fun to have a sense of mystery with a cold intro like that, but we would have had a much better grasp of what was going on if we had known the background information first.
But that aside, I was pleasantly surprised by the idea. You knew there was going to have to be a big shift in the storyline what with Yeogu becoming a fugitive, and it could easily have been something really stupid. But the writers plucked something out of history to use as the basis for it, and as long as the characters don’t get too silly it could work well. We’ll see.
Unfortunately one of them is a cross-dressing female with a fake beard and a military uniform. Ugh, QSD flashbacks.
In retrospect it wasn’t very smart of Yeogu to make that headband for Yeohwa, was it. That thing has caused nothing but trouble.
“There are three difficulties along the path of a persecuted monarch.” Very nice farewell scene between Yeogu and his grandfather. Well written.
“Your greed didn’t ruin me. My lack of ability ruined you.” So the crown prince has some self-awareness after all. That was good writing too—the character needed it at this point.
Payoon picking up that gem off the ground, let’s bet on that thing showing up again sometime. Hope it’s not for a long time—those are the best reappearances, the long ones.
The scene in Liaoxi, snow flurries and you can see the actors’ breath. Bravo! Score one for authenticity.
Here we go again. It was unclear for so long about Yeogu being the elder son or the younger. Finally I thought we had established that he was the elder. But in this one Achikai said Yeogu is “the fourth prince.” Wouldn’t that make him the younger? Ugh.
Little kid crying over his mother’s coffin, just stop it. ENOUGH of the traumatized little kid.
The pirate attack scene was a little too chaotic to follow clearly, and the unarmed guy whupping the swordsmen was too over the top. But the assault with catapulted rocks, that was great. We haven’t seen that before in a historical and it’s probably very accurate from that early era when there were no sophisticated weapons. Especially for poor pirates. Another example of the series doing a good job so far of not looking like other historicals set in much later times.
So okay we’re at a big crossroads and let’s hope the storyline continues to be conceived and written at the same high level.
p.s. “It’s the same salt water all the time. You’ll get a stroke by drinking do much.” Oh NOW he tells me!