Post by ajk on Apr 9, 2022 17:45:58 GMT -5
The start of this episode was terrific. Very nice battle, some great stunt work as usual, expertly filmed, well done all around. Those XL-sized crossbows, how cool were those things? Nice! And then they top them with the catapults. How can you not love a good catapult. What a joy to see weapons like those portrayed in action.
Koryo got this far so successfully by having smart people making the decisions. Putting the boss’s kid in charge of the whole battle, do ya really think that’s a good idea? That goes for Bekjae too.
“It is trickery...they are luring us in. We must not enter the valley.” There we go...dumb prince Shin Guhm got caught twice by that...shouldn’t have happened even once but finally he caught on.
Park Sulhee: “I think they’ve caught on.” Well yeah, did you really think it would work three times? Actually it sort of did, Bekjae lost some men because the other brother prince was too aggressive. It’s amazing how they put so much training and effort into these battles and they let royals call the shots.
Then we get to the next day, and unfortunately things go downhill. This silliness about the other Bekjae prince riding right up to the Koryo army and trash-talking the Koryo prince...first of all where are the archers? And even if you don’t want to take him down right there, well he’s right in front of you, surround him and capture him. But no, they bait the Koryo prince into chasing after him right into the enemy line. What a groaner. Oh that was after the princes did a bit of fighting, in little bursts, between which they would stop and talk a bit. Blecch.
Commander Chang to the prince: “You must flee at once.” You should have fled immediately instead of standing around watching! You dumbbell.
“I’ll get you, you lackey of Bekjae!” Ugh. The trash-talk, as usual it’s embarrassingly bad.
Park Sulhee: “So you are Yaesul. You must be the ugliest man alive.” OK finally there’s one we’ll accept. Not exactly a yo-mama joke but considering what we’ve been getting, we’ll take it.
“We lost the valley and have been pushed to the left.” Now that is a big deal. Why didn’t they show us that instead of making it all so personal? Obviously what we got here was the writers’ concept of how to present this particular battle, which was a real battle that Koryo lost. But none of what we got would explain how they were pushed so far out of their position. It looked like a skirmish in front of the Bekjae line and nothing more. So a big thumbs-down for this whole sequence. One Prince Mu took off on his own after the Bekjae prince the rest of it just was not pleasant to watch because the premise seemed so silly.
“How could general Park Sulhee let him be so reckless?” Yeah and that’s the other thing...Park Sulhee standing there and doing nothing while the prince—his nephew by blood oath, who he promised to WG he’s protect—charges away on his own and causes all this trouble. Other than his successfully kissing Ahjagae’s butt in Sangju, which undeniably was a terrific diplomatic success, he’s done some very boneheaded things and really should have been demoted to some other job by now.
Nice to see how classy Suin was about Doyoung being named an empress. Good for her. Now somebody please bring Buyong back! Hasn’t she rested long enough?
Shin Guhm: “Nonsense! We must strike while our spirits are high!...I will show my father what I’m made of!” Well here we go again, seems like everybody is trying to out-stupid each other. I hope the rest of this battle is presented better than what we got here.
Koryo got this far so successfully by having smart people making the decisions. Putting the boss’s kid in charge of the whole battle, do ya really think that’s a good idea? That goes for Bekjae too.
“It is trickery...they are luring us in. We must not enter the valley.” There we go...dumb prince Shin Guhm got caught twice by that...shouldn’t have happened even once but finally he caught on.
Park Sulhee: “I think they’ve caught on.” Well yeah, did you really think it would work three times? Actually it sort of did, Bekjae lost some men because the other brother prince was too aggressive. It’s amazing how they put so much training and effort into these battles and they let royals call the shots.
Then we get to the next day, and unfortunately things go downhill. This silliness about the other Bekjae prince riding right up to the Koryo army and trash-talking the Koryo prince...first of all where are the archers? And even if you don’t want to take him down right there, well he’s right in front of you, surround him and capture him. But no, they bait the Koryo prince into chasing after him right into the enemy line. What a groaner. Oh that was after the princes did a bit of fighting, in little bursts, between which they would stop and talk a bit. Blecch.
Commander Chang to the prince: “You must flee at once.” You should have fled immediately instead of standing around watching! You dumbbell.
“I’ll get you, you lackey of Bekjae!” Ugh. The trash-talk, as usual it’s embarrassingly bad.
Park Sulhee: “So you are Yaesul. You must be the ugliest man alive.” OK finally there’s one we’ll accept. Not exactly a yo-mama joke but considering what we’ve been getting, we’ll take it.
“We lost the valley and have been pushed to the left.” Now that is a big deal. Why didn’t they show us that instead of making it all so personal? Obviously what we got here was the writers’ concept of how to present this particular battle, which was a real battle that Koryo lost. But none of what we got would explain how they were pushed so far out of their position. It looked like a skirmish in front of the Bekjae line and nothing more. So a big thumbs-down for this whole sequence. One Prince Mu took off on his own after the Bekjae prince the rest of it just was not pleasant to watch because the premise seemed so silly.
“How could general Park Sulhee let him be so reckless?” Yeah and that’s the other thing...Park Sulhee standing there and doing nothing while the prince—his nephew by blood oath, who he promised to WG he’s protect—charges away on his own and causes all this trouble. Other than his successfully kissing Ahjagae’s butt in Sangju, which undeniably was a terrific diplomatic success, he’s done some very boneheaded things and really should have been demoted to some other job by now.
Nice to see how classy Suin was about Doyoung being named an empress. Good for her. Now somebody please bring Buyong back! Hasn’t she rested long enough?
Shin Guhm: “Nonsense! We must strike while our spirits are high!...I will show my father what I’m made of!” Well here we go again, seems like everybody is trying to out-stupid each other. I hope the rest of this battle is presented better than what we got here.