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Post by letterman on Jul 7, 2005 19:21:28 GMT -5
I am really excited tonite............IYSS starting in less than an hour..............AOW was my first experience in Korean Historical Drama and I loved it...........I only saw about the last 30 episodes or so but I was hooked very quickly.Since I have ADHD my wife didn't think I could sit still for an hour to read the sub-titles.....I fooled her as well as my-self...........
To those who have seen both do you have a favorite and what is the historical time period of IYSS.....Was it before or after AOW which I think was in 12th and 13th centuries.........I don't remember ever hearing any mention of a Navy in AOW..............
John
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Post by skinz on Jul 7, 2005 20:06:09 GMT -5
IYSS is after AOW. IYSS takes place mid to late 16th century Korea.
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Post by FrederickII on Jul 7, 2005 23:05:55 GMT -5
The first epsiodes are some of the best in the entire show.
I go back and watch them sometimes.
AOW was my first korean history drama as well, I tell you i am hooked on these. better than american TV, which i watch not that often.
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Post by JP Paulus on Jul 7, 2005 23:16:42 GMT -5
Congrats!
Don't forget to use the search option, and resurrect some "old" messages where we talked about the beginning -- and we can do so again!
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Post by Choko on Jul 7, 2005 23:31:17 GMT -5
Age of Warriors was set in the middle of Koryo period (1170~1219) while The Immortal Yi Sun-shin is set in the middle of Chosun period (1545~1597). It is the time period directly after The Great Jang-geum (1482~1555). I don't remember ever hearing any mention of a Navy in AOW......... In fact, Koryo Navy is the world's first navy to use gunfire aboard. In 1380, they used cannons to sink about 500 ships of Wako (Japanese pirates). Chosun Navy had also used gunfire since Chosun was founded in 1392. That's why the Admiral YSS's fleet was superior in the gunfire technique than the Japanese navy during the 7-year war(1592~1597).
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Post by FrederickII on Jul 8, 2005 2:07:33 GMT -5
was this Yi Song Gyes navy?
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Post by Choko on Jul 8, 2005 2:52:01 GMT -5
No, Yi Song-gye (the founder of the Chosun dynasty) was leading the Koryo army, not navy, at that time.
In 1380, about 80 warships of Koryo navy, led by Shim Deok-bu, Na-se, and Choi Mu-seon (He invented the cannons for warship), sank about 500 Japanese ships and killed about 20,000 Japanese pirates. The remnants of the defeated pirates were mopped up by the Yi Song-gye's army at the battle of Hwangsan.
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Post by Alexa on Jul 8, 2005 9:09:32 GMT -5
Letterman, you are going to love this show. The first 4 episodes were awesome, nothing but battle scenes.
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Post by chigirl68 on Jul 8, 2005 11:24:55 GMT -5
Agreed you will like the first 4 episodes. From there I like the whole series. Some seemed bored by the growing up parts of the series. You will have to be your own judge if these are worth your time.
I have not missed an episode yet.
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