Post by ajk on Oct 18, 2022 23:22:53 GMT -5
Some very strange things going on throughout this one. A few of them were confusing too.
After the generals fought, the Bekjae side ran away, and the Koryo side claimed victory. DIdn’t Koryo have them trapped in a ravine? Or maybe not entirely trapped…or were they simply too outnumbered to take advantage of it…It sure looked like they could have killed at least Yaesul and Shin-guhm right then and there, but instead they let everyone go out to that plain and watched Yaesul and Park Sulhee duel. We do know that the Bekjae side was trying to join up with Kyun-hwon’s troops, and that plan was foiled, so yes that would be a success for Koryo. But it sure seemed like more success was going to happen. Some explanation would have helped here.
Jonghoon: “This is a test of strength of the entire army. The side that breaks the code of honor always has the disadvantage. Breaking the code is an admission of defeat.” Well now THERE’S an interesting tidbit. This business about standing around and watching the generals fight, is there actually something legitimate behind what we keep seeing and it’s not just a gimmick for TV? It would sure explain a whole lot. How about that.
Yaesul: “What are you doing to my reputation? You are ruining this fight!” At least the other two didn’t try for a three-on-one against Sulhee…but yeah Yaesul has a point. Still, this is absolutely not the time to let your lead general die, honor or not, what with a major military campaign underway. So I can’t fault Shin-guhm for putting a stop to it.
Oh and Yu Geumpil almost instantly killing both Budal and Sodal one-on-two, kinda hard to swallow that one. Starts to drift too closely to the cartoonishness we’ve seen in other series.
Then Shin-guhm admits to Yaesul that he made a mistake stopping the duel. For him to admit a mistake, that’s progress for sure…but like I said, you can’t afford to lose your lead general so he’s owning up to a mistake he didn’t make.
The alternate route would take too long? For all the time they’re spending talking about it and dickering around, they could have gotten going and had several hours of it done already. And the main army could certainly stall for less than 24 hours and wait for them, couldn’t they? It seemed like Kyun-hwon was willing to accept that, but then in the next moment he insisted on pressing ahead. Sort of confusing there.
Kyun-hwon, laughing: “This is perfect terrain for an ambush. They knew we would be well prepared and their ambush would be ineffective.” Was the real Kyun-hwon this cocky in this situation? You’d think he’d have learned his lesson after all this time, or at least listened to his subordinates urging caution. But apparently not—I can’t fault the series for this if it’s what really happened. Just seems like KH absolutely should have known better.
Choi Jimong: “My predictions are turning out to be accurate, your majesty.” Oh shut up and go away.
Speaking of annoying, how about Madame Kobe? Definitely lately, with her getting smug about her son. Although, considering how Mrs. KH was always grating on her, you can sort of understand it.
Choi Ung: “Frivolous myths can sometimes be a powerful tool.” That was an interesting moment, seeing them taking salt to dump in the river just for morale purposes.
WG: “A reincarnation of a warm?” Here we go again!
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Nope, sorry, more of this with the king himself out in front on an eye-catching white horse, with a large enemy army nearby. Maybe the real KH would in fact have done this, but if so then it should be addressed specifically. Because you just don’t ever want to expose your king like that.
That ambush of the Bekjae army, this was actually a rare situation where the flaming arrows made a lot of sense. Apparently they were in a dry area full of reeds, so you could get a lot of fires going around them. The question is how far can you shoot a flaming arrow, and would the Koryo archers be safely out of danger.
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So we had three scenes with Shin-guhm and his brothers where they first start talking very strangely about their father and stepbrother possibly being in peril, and then we start to get the idea that they’d be perfectly content to see Geum-kang fail. No surprise there. But here in the third one, SG has set himself upon the idea of just staying put for now and seeing if his father and stepbrother get killed. Has he really thought this through? No matter what happens he’s going to be the commander who sat there and did nothing and put his main army and his king in peril. How is that going to get him elevated to the throne? The condemnation will be universal, from everyone in the government. It feels like he’s so frustrated by getting stuck in another bad situation that he’s simply grabbing at straws and isn’t thinking.
After the generals fought, the Bekjae side ran away, and the Koryo side claimed victory. DIdn’t Koryo have them trapped in a ravine? Or maybe not entirely trapped…or were they simply too outnumbered to take advantage of it…It sure looked like they could have killed at least Yaesul and Shin-guhm right then and there, but instead they let everyone go out to that plain and watched Yaesul and Park Sulhee duel. We do know that the Bekjae side was trying to join up with Kyun-hwon’s troops, and that plan was foiled, so yes that would be a success for Koryo. But it sure seemed like more success was going to happen. Some explanation would have helped here.
Jonghoon: “This is a test of strength of the entire army. The side that breaks the code of honor always has the disadvantage. Breaking the code is an admission of defeat.” Well now THERE’S an interesting tidbit. This business about standing around and watching the generals fight, is there actually something legitimate behind what we keep seeing and it’s not just a gimmick for TV? It would sure explain a whole lot. How about that.
Yaesul: “What are you doing to my reputation? You are ruining this fight!” At least the other two didn’t try for a three-on-one against Sulhee…but yeah Yaesul has a point. Still, this is absolutely not the time to let your lead general die, honor or not, what with a major military campaign underway. So I can’t fault Shin-guhm for putting a stop to it.
Oh and Yu Geumpil almost instantly killing both Budal and Sodal one-on-two, kinda hard to swallow that one. Starts to drift too closely to the cartoonishness we’ve seen in other series.
Then Shin-guhm admits to Yaesul that he made a mistake stopping the duel. For him to admit a mistake, that’s progress for sure…but like I said, you can’t afford to lose your lead general so he’s owning up to a mistake he didn’t make.
The alternate route would take too long? For all the time they’re spending talking about it and dickering around, they could have gotten going and had several hours of it done already. And the main army could certainly stall for less than 24 hours and wait for them, couldn’t they? It seemed like Kyun-hwon was willing to accept that, but then in the next moment he insisted on pressing ahead. Sort of confusing there.
Kyun-hwon, laughing: “This is perfect terrain for an ambush. They knew we would be well prepared and their ambush would be ineffective.” Was the real Kyun-hwon this cocky in this situation? You’d think he’d have learned his lesson after all this time, or at least listened to his subordinates urging caution. But apparently not—I can’t fault the series for this if it’s what really happened. Just seems like KH absolutely should have known better.
Choi Jimong: “My predictions are turning out to be accurate, your majesty.” Oh shut up and go away.
Speaking of annoying, how about Madame Kobe? Definitely lately, with her getting smug about her son. Although, considering how Mrs. KH was always grating on her, you can sort of understand it.
Choi Ung: “Frivolous myths can sometimes be a powerful tool.” That was an interesting moment, seeing them taking salt to dump in the river just for morale purposes.
WG: “A reincarnation of a warm?” Here we go again!
(click for full size)
Nope, sorry, more of this with the king himself out in front on an eye-catching white horse, with a large enemy army nearby. Maybe the real KH would in fact have done this, but if so then it should be addressed specifically. Because you just don’t ever want to expose your king like that.
That ambush of the Bekjae army, this was actually a rare situation where the flaming arrows made a lot of sense. Apparently they were in a dry area full of reeds, so you could get a lot of fires going around them. The question is how far can you shoot a flaming arrow, and would the Koryo archers be safely out of danger.
(click for full size)
So we had three scenes with Shin-guhm and his brothers where they first start talking very strangely about their father and stepbrother possibly being in peril, and then we start to get the idea that they’d be perfectly content to see Geum-kang fail. No surprise there. But here in the third one, SG has set himself upon the idea of just staying put for now and seeing if his father and stepbrother get killed. Has he really thought this through? No matter what happens he’s going to be the commander who sat there and did nothing and put his main army and his king in peril. How is that going to get him elevated to the throne? The condemnation will be universal, from everyone in the government. It feels like he’s so frustrated by getting stuck in another bad situation that he’s simply grabbing at straws and isn’t thinking.