Post by ajk on Jun 28, 2020 16:08:12 GMT -5
The best part of this one was the covert operation that Koryo launched. Some of it I don’t understand yet, like how they expect to get monks at a temple to support inciting a war. But the series and these writers have earned our trust at this point so I’m looking forward to seeing how it plays out.
The birth scene, some of it was unintentionally funny. There were six other women in the room with the birth mother, all in various states of activity or agitation. And a whole bunch more outside the door. No wonder she’s not pushing the kids out, could you concentrate on anything wth all of that going on around you? Then Goongyae heads over there like he’s going to take command and get it finished...which made me laugh at first, but give him credit for showing a lot more care and compassion than most monarchs we’ve seen when it comes to births. Then Jongkahn and everybody else start flipping out about him being over there. It’s not like he’s in the delivery room boiling water; cut him some slack.
Then in the middle of all of Yunhwa’s screaming, Goongyae actually asks, “Is she still in labor?” Okay, all together now: duuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh
Then we hear two new baby cries at once. They were both born at the same time? A hundred bucks to anybody who can explain that one. She’s a woman, not a log flume! Talk about a brain freeze, how did that possibly get all the way to the finished product without anybody fixing it. Maybe it was easier to write the scene without spacing the births apart, but come on that was just ridiculous.
Still not grasping why Yunhwa is so desperately fearful of the future. She’s the mother of the next king now—like mugwump said, a sweet deal. This isn’t Madam Bukwon revisited, nothing of the sort. The only concern that’s occurred to me is which kid gets to be crown prince and there could be a lifetime of competition and political rivalry ahead of them. But even that much is way in the future and totally speculative.
“Fortunately for our child, Wang Guhn’s past with the empress is slowly being forgotten.” Fortunately for his child, Lord Yu is talking a little less pimp-y in this episode. And you know what, there are worse lessons for a rich kid to learn than having to do some cooking and cleaning. (Granted, a son wouldn’t be put in that position, but at least there’s improvement.)
The scene with Jongkahn and Ahjitae arguing was excellent. First-class writing and acting.
Geez Hwan Sungil was really sucking up big-time during that celebration banquet. You half expected Goongyae’s butt-cheeks to have hickeys on them.
“I am shocked that merchants of warring kingdoms are trading goods so freely.” Umm, they’re not at war. This keeps coming up—yes the kingdoms are eyeing each other and it seems like a war is inevitable. But not now. Why shouldn’t merchants trade if they can? Weird.
I say this a lot...but that Bekjae training scene took a whole lot of time and money and effort to put together. Just for a training scene. Even by traditional historical standards this series continues to impress with the financial commitment that was made to help bolster things like narrated texts and minor scenes like this one.
Kyun-hwon knows that Sudal will be pissed off getting cut out of the action...he should have sent him a letter or called him in for a visit to encourage him. Surprising he didn’t do that.
Oh Darin: “I’d rather use all of my wealth to procure you a husband then to lose it this way.” Hmmm....Didn’t we get a spoiler earlier in the series that his daughter was going to marry WG? I could swear it was mentioned in a narrated text at some point but I can’t find it in any of the episode posts.
The birth scene, some of it was unintentionally funny. There were six other women in the room with the birth mother, all in various states of activity or agitation. And a whole bunch more outside the door. No wonder she’s not pushing the kids out, could you concentrate on anything wth all of that going on around you? Then Goongyae heads over there like he’s going to take command and get it finished...which made me laugh at first, but give him credit for showing a lot more care and compassion than most monarchs we’ve seen when it comes to births. Then Jongkahn and everybody else start flipping out about him being over there. It’s not like he’s in the delivery room boiling water; cut him some slack.
Then in the middle of all of Yunhwa’s screaming, Goongyae actually asks, “Is she still in labor?” Okay, all together now: duuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh
Then we hear two new baby cries at once. They were both born at the same time? A hundred bucks to anybody who can explain that one. She’s a woman, not a log flume! Talk about a brain freeze, how did that possibly get all the way to the finished product without anybody fixing it. Maybe it was easier to write the scene without spacing the births apart, but come on that was just ridiculous.
Still not grasping why Yunhwa is so desperately fearful of the future. She’s the mother of the next king now—like mugwump said, a sweet deal. This isn’t Madam Bukwon revisited, nothing of the sort. The only concern that’s occurred to me is which kid gets to be crown prince and there could be a lifetime of competition and political rivalry ahead of them. But even that much is way in the future and totally speculative.
“Fortunately for our child, Wang Guhn’s past with the empress is slowly being forgotten.” Fortunately for his child, Lord Yu is talking a little less pimp-y in this episode. And you know what, there are worse lessons for a rich kid to learn than having to do some cooking and cleaning. (Granted, a son wouldn’t be put in that position, but at least there’s improvement.)
The scene with Jongkahn and Ahjitae arguing was excellent. First-class writing and acting.
Geez Hwan Sungil was really sucking up big-time during that celebration banquet. You half expected Goongyae’s butt-cheeks to have hickeys on them.
“I am shocked that merchants of warring kingdoms are trading goods so freely.” Umm, they’re not at war. This keeps coming up—yes the kingdoms are eyeing each other and it seems like a war is inevitable. But not now. Why shouldn’t merchants trade if they can? Weird.
I say this a lot...but that Bekjae training scene took a whole lot of time and money and effort to put together. Just for a training scene. Even by traditional historical standards this series continues to impress with the financial commitment that was made to help bolster things like narrated texts and minor scenes like this one.
Kyun-hwon knows that Sudal will be pissed off getting cut out of the action...he should have sent him a letter or called him in for a visit to encourage him. Surprising he didn’t do that.
Oh Darin: “I’d rather use all of my wealth to procure you a husband then to lose it this way.” Hmmm....Didn’t we get a spoiler earlier in the series that his daughter was going to marry WG? I could swear it was mentioned in a narrated text at some point but I can’t find it in any of the episode posts.