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Post by ajk on Jun 11, 2023 21:07:39 GMT -5
OK I sat down and put together a background thread to help understand where things stood at the start of the series. It's not perfect but the information helped me a lot and hopefully it will help others too.
With apologies, let's push back the Episode 1 thread until next weekend if you guys don't mind. It took me a while to gather the background stuff, and now my dad passed away last night so I'm going to be busy with arrangements this week. I have most of the notes for the first episode but a couple of sequences were still confusing me and I just need a little more time.
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Post by mugwump on Jun 12, 2023 8:24:19 GMT -5
I am so sorry for your loss. Please take as much time as you need.
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Post by bird11 on Jun 12, 2023 18:42:22 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about your dad passing. My thoughts are with you and your family. Please take care.
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Post by truth on Jun 13, 2023 14:29:20 GMT -5
So sorry for your loss. My grandfather passed away last month so I can understand how you may feel.
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Post by ajk on Jun 14, 2023 2:09:31 GMT -5
I appreciate the kind words, thanks guys. But really it's all good...he was an old man, lived a very long time and did pretty well righ up until the last year or so. So he was very fortunate and I'm completely fine with it.
Sorry to hear about your grandpa truth, hope he lived a good long life too!
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Post by π°π’ππ«πͺππ π©ππ¦π― on Aug 29, 2023 21:44:54 GMT -5
Several facts about this show: - Adaptation of 1988's "Oh, Heaven!"
- The original Korean working title was
"Path to the Volcano", which got changed to the final "Path of the Great King" because it was too symbolic. The metaphor remains in the title song's lyrics: "Is the path to the volcano filled with tears at every step?".
- Originally slotted for 50 episodes, cut to 34 in light of the IMF crisis, as well as tension between MBC and writer Im Choong.
Edit: Hwasan. It's "Path to Hwasan", because that's where Sado and Jeongjo are buried. The lyrics go "Is the path to Hwasan filled with tears at every step?"
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Post by sageuk on Aug 29, 2023 23:51:12 GMT -5
Volcano? Korea isnβt even a volcanic country, and any volcanoes it does have are extinct.
IMF crisis?
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Post by π°π’ππ«πͺππ π©ππ¦π― on Aug 30, 2023 16:32:35 GMT -5
Volcano? Korea isnβt even a volcanic country, and any volcanoes it does have are extinct. IMF crisis? The actual word was νμ°, so if it's not volcano then it's probably the city of Hwasan (which upon further research is literally where Sado and Jeongjo are buried lmao) South Korea faced a financial crisis with the IMF in 1997. Among other aspects of life in Korea, it also affected the entertainment and TV industry.
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