Post by ajk on Mar 28, 2021 2:13:54 GMT -5
This one was a wonderful piece of writing. Just wonderful. Sophisticated and intelligent and great dialogue throughout. Bravo.
Right from the opening scene (which was big just for WG allowing Ahjitae to speak, which he didn’t do before):
WG: “the process is more important than the end. The world calls that integrity.”
Ahjitae: “Integrity is good, but it does not get you to your goal.”
WG: “That is why people call you the great villain.”
WG: “It is true that his majesty is not well, and this may very well be the opportunity. But you are the one who put him in that state. Yet you seek to forsake him.”
Great stuff. And then Tepyoung later: “Wicked is better than gentle in this world of confusion. Gentle delays what is good because of duty and integrity. But wicked is decisive because of profit.” Where did the people go who wrote this kind of historical? Are they still out there? Sure hope so.
WG: “If a man exploits the confusion of the land for his own ambition and benefit, he will beget another who will do the same.” My only issue with the episode is the continuing insistence on portraying WG as supremely virtuous and not the least bit self-interested. I just find it hard to believe that the real WG was entirely like this. Not saying he was a bad guy, not at all, it just seems unlikely that he accomplished what he did without stepping on some toes here and there. Everybody else in power back then did so; no angels out there. But we’ll deal with this at the end.
Another truly bizarre little exchange between wife #2 and wife #3, punctuated with the mysterious music again. And it made me laugh again...but admittedly I’m starting to get curious....
Choi Ung: “But is not the infirmity of the kingdom a matter of greater importance?” This was another remarkable scene...the boy genius speaking his mind for the first time.
Bok Jikyum continues to impress as the head of the military. The way he deals with his subordinates, clearly he’s a good leader.
And yet another terrific scene, WG trying to tell Goongyae he’s mentally ill. That was never going to go well, you knew that, but give him big credit for trying. “If you were anyone else, you’d be dead.” Yeah for sure. These last few episodes have made it clearer to me why CSJ is so highly regarded for historicals. Here he’s earned that.
WG to Yunhwa: “Your highness, his present condition will not last long.” Uh, that’s not what he concluded to himself in the previous episode. Remember? “Permanent and irreversible.” I don’t understand that. But I sure understood her firing back at him: “You have not changed at all. ‘Be patient! Be patient!’ That’s all you ever said to me.” Yeah he just cannot be strong at all when it comes to women.
Yunhwa: “We will all die...I am deathly afraid....” Hmm, clearly the whole Madame Bukwon thing really hit her hard. We can understand more now why that character was part of the story.
Tepyoung: “The cold air from the north causes the northwest wind in the winter. The wind will blow from the land out to the sea.” Okay I didn’t get that at all...wouldn’t a northwest win blow from sea onto land? We’re gonna need a map, or some sort of explanation:
Aw boo hiss! The second consecutive cheesy ending. But it sounds like we will get the explanation we need, so okay we wait until next week.
Right from the opening scene (which was big just for WG allowing Ahjitae to speak, which he didn’t do before):
WG: “the process is more important than the end. The world calls that integrity.”
Ahjitae: “Integrity is good, but it does not get you to your goal.”
WG: “That is why people call you the great villain.”
WG: “It is true that his majesty is not well, and this may very well be the opportunity. But you are the one who put him in that state. Yet you seek to forsake him.”
Great stuff. And then Tepyoung later: “Wicked is better than gentle in this world of confusion. Gentle delays what is good because of duty and integrity. But wicked is decisive because of profit.” Where did the people go who wrote this kind of historical? Are they still out there? Sure hope so.
WG: “If a man exploits the confusion of the land for his own ambition and benefit, he will beget another who will do the same.” My only issue with the episode is the continuing insistence on portraying WG as supremely virtuous and not the least bit self-interested. I just find it hard to believe that the real WG was entirely like this. Not saying he was a bad guy, not at all, it just seems unlikely that he accomplished what he did without stepping on some toes here and there. Everybody else in power back then did so; no angels out there. But we’ll deal with this at the end.
Another truly bizarre little exchange between wife #2 and wife #3, punctuated with the mysterious music again. And it made me laugh again...but admittedly I’m starting to get curious....
Choi Ung: “But is not the infirmity of the kingdom a matter of greater importance?” This was another remarkable scene...the boy genius speaking his mind for the first time.
Bok Jikyum continues to impress as the head of the military. The way he deals with his subordinates, clearly he’s a good leader.
And yet another terrific scene, WG trying to tell Goongyae he’s mentally ill. That was never going to go well, you knew that, but give him big credit for trying. “If you were anyone else, you’d be dead.” Yeah for sure. These last few episodes have made it clearer to me why CSJ is so highly regarded for historicals. Here he’s earned that.
WG to Yunhwa: “Your highness, his present condition will not last long.” Uh, that’s not what he concluded to himself in the previous episode. Remember? “Permanent and irreversible.” I don’t understand that. But I sure understood her firing back at him: “You have not changed at all. ‘Be patient! Be patient!’ That’s all you ever said to me.” Yeah he just cannot be strong at all when it comes to women.
Yunhwa: “We will all die...I am deathly afraid....” Hmm, clearly the whole Madame Bukwon thing really hit her hard. We can understand more now why that character was part of the story.
Tepyoung: “The cold air from the north causes the northwest wind in the winter. The wind will blow from the land out to the sea.” Okay I didn’t get that at all...wouldn’t a northwest win blow from sea onto land? We’re gonna need a map, or some sort of explanation:
■The southeast wind...What could Tepyoung be referring to? Invasion of Naju—the biggest amphibious battle of the Later Three Kingdoms—and the miracle of the southeast wind...Tune in next time to find out....
Aw boo hiss! The second consecutive cheesy ending. But it sounds like we will get the explanation we need, so okay we wait until next week.