Post by pakyownage4eva on Sept 18, 2005 21:45:30 GMT -5
I just watched ep. 93, the one after Chil Chun Ryang and wanted to share my thoughts.
ĥõ·®...the only but complete defeat of the Chosun navy. 160 ships were destroyed in one night and Won Gyun was beheaded, and the 140 ships remaining in Hansando were all burnt by those atrocious Japanese.
In the end, whether Won Gyun realized he was an utter oaf, the producers inspired pity (in me at least) --despite all his stubborn stupidity---by making him have his recognition that Yi was right, with his death too soon.
he's starting to look like a tragic hero :/
Is it true that his surviving captain (I forgot his name) actually survived and served Admiral Yi? he finally concedes what an idiot he's been too.
Admiral Yi had just a few days over a month to rebuild his navy after somehow getting over the grief of losing everything he'd worked for (and of course getting tortured for "treason") I can't imagine the frustration he must've had felt...
That's why what he does after that battle completely awes and baffles me.
How could a man with 12 damaged, pathetic ships and 120 senseless men have such a strong and ardent conviction that he could still defeat an enemy of over 1000 ships and many times more soldiers?
maybe he knew how damn good he was..
and when a countless number of people start flocking towards him to fight with him while he's making those recruiting journeys, you know he is a singular man.
with his conviction, he turns the impossible tide of the war in a single battle that ascended him to immortality: the battle of Myung Ryang.
13 ships (1 more was constructed) defeated 133 ships, sinking 31 and killing thousands.
Admiral Yi had his ships set up in the line formation at the narrow entrance of the strait of Myung Ryang, awaiting an enemy that was unfathomably larger than his. When the Japanese caught sight of Admiral Yi's ships, they unsurprisingly headed straight towards them, confident from their great victory at Chil Chun. The current on the strait carried them swiftly but the Japanese did not know Admiral Yi had set up an iron fence in the opening.
Soon the Japanese fleet was paralyzed, crashing into its own ships, as Admiral Yi roared the command to attack...
in the ensuing chaos, 13 ships sank 31, while the rest fled in a disorderly mob.
Those 133 ships weren't the only ones around; from what I know, there were a total of 333 but the rest fled upon defeat in panic.
Bravo, I say. whew~
well what do you guys think?
[Pak,don't forget to put ep numbers in the title line-Bo]
ĥõ·®...the only but complete defeat of the Chosun navy. 160 ships were destroyed in one night and Won Gyun was beheaded, and the 140 ships remaining in Hansando were all burnt by those atrocious Japanese.
In the end, whether Won Gyun realized he was an utter oaf, the producers inspired pity (in me at least) --despite all his stubborn stupidity---by making him have his recognition that Yi was right, with his death too soon.
he's starting to look like a tragic hero :/
Is it true that his surviving captain (I forgot his name) actually survived and served Admiral Yi? he finally concedes what an idiot he's been too.
Admiral Yi had just a few days over a month to rebuild his navy after somehow getting over the grief of losing everything he'd worked for (and of course getting tortured for "treason") I can't imagine the frustration he must've had felt...
That's why what he does after that battle completely awes and baffles me.
How could a man with 12 damaged, pathetic ships and 120 senseless men have such a strong and ardent conviction that he could still defeat an enemy of over 1000 ships and many times more soldiers?
maybe he knew how damn good he was..
and when a countless number of people start flocking towards him to fight with him while he's making those recruiting journeys, you know he is a singular man.
with his conviction, he turns the impossible tide of the war in a single battle that ascended him to immortality: the battle of Myung Ryang.
13 ships (1 more was constructed) defeated 133 ships, sinking 31 and killing thousands.
Admiral Yi had his ships set up in the line formation at the narrow entrance of the strait of Myung Ryang, awaiting an enemy that was unfathomably larger than his. When the Japanese caught sight of Admiral Yi's ships, they unsurprisingly headed straight towards them, confident from their great victory at Chil Chun. The current on the strait carried them swiftly but the Japanese did not know Admiral Yi had set up an iron fence in the opening.
Soon the Japanese fleet was paralyzed, crashing into its own ships, as Admiral Yi roared the command to attack...
in the ensuing chaos, 13 ships sank 31, while the rest fled in a disorderly mob.
Those 133 ships weren't the only ones around; from what I know, there were a total of 333 but the rest fled upon defeat in panic.
Bravo, I say. whew~
well what do you guys think?
[Pak,don't forget to put ep numbers in the title line-Bo]
