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Post by TheBo on Nov 16, 2010 16:11:49 GMT -5
...But the warrior monk could be interesting. The situation is conflicting as welll, which would work for the drama. The question: Joseon is a dynasty that condemns Buddhism, so what reason do the Buddhist monks have to fight for a country that persecutes them? However, in King & I, the royal family were all Buddhist. It was just condemned as a state religion. And as to why Buddhist monks would fight for a country that persecutes them, no Buddhist monk would look at it that way. They're not fighting for the leaders of that country, but rather, for the people of that country. Look at Burma. Bo
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Post by TheBo on Nov 16, 2010 16:24:58 GMT -5
Seriously, a week's pay, ajk? I'll have to do something about this...lol...
Bo
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Post by ajk on Nov 17, 2010 12:18:30 GMT -5
Two weeks' pay if I get to fight her!
Not to the death or anything; just for a while. Yowza.
P.S. Thanks for clearing that up, truth...I'll have to browse through the old board and figure out where that started. I know at some point there was some mention about that whole Khitan-child angle; maybe it was just a myth.
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Post by sageuk on Jan 8, 2011 19:17:39 GMT -5
...But the warrior monk could be interesting. The situation is conflicting as welll, which would work for the drama. The question: Joseon is a dynasty that condemns Buddhism, so what reason do the Buddhist monks have to fight for a country that persecutes them? However, in King & I, the royal family were all Buddhist. It was just condemned as a state religion. And as to why Buddhist monks would fight for a country that persecutes them, no Buddhist monk would look at it that way. They're not fighting for the leaders of that country, but rather, for the people of that country. Look at Burma. Bo Hrmm...my bad. I guess what I said had something to do with what I was reading from a book about the Imjin War. How should a Sambyeolcho Rebellion drama start? The days when it was created, or the the events leading up to the rebellion itself? I'd like to see someone try a dramatization of the Dangun mythology. That would be a laugh, or really stupid. Or a slap in the face of a story that Koreans treasure.
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Post by MTR on Jan 10, 2011 17:00:13 GMT -5
I think i would cringe at what they would do with Dangun Mythology best left alone .
I really agree with you on Sambyeolcho ,that could be another AOW in the making ,anyway they should start with the buildup ,or rather start with the opening of the rebellion than have flash back's as to the events that caused it .
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Post by sageuk on Jan 12, 2011 17:08:48 GMT -5
Regarding the characterization of these characters, aside from the obvious anti-Mongol sentiment, I picture amoral characters commiting amoral things. The leader, Bae Jungson, speaks loud about nationalism, but is willing to kill innocent peasants when plundering villages in order to take their supplies, fires at people trying to take a boat up north, sells the family members of civil officials as slaves to foreign merchants in order to fund the rebellion, all while claiming its for the civilians' own good. A staunch military man, I even thought of a scenario when during an epidemic (caused by Mongols catapulting diseased dead bodies over the forts), he quarantines the sick in a hut, locks them up, and burns it to the ground. King Wonjong, the Koryo ruler at the time, is driven by hatred towards the Sambyeolcho, growing up in fear of the military overlords, and the Sambyeolcho is a remnant of that nightmare. WHen some peasants in the capital are captured for trying to join the rebellion, he has them beheaded, and displays their heads in public in order to make an example. He even tells his generals to slaughter family members of the rebels as well. As for the Mongols, well...we all know what their good at. Uh, moderators? Please don't remove me if these writings make me look like some kind of monster. I like stories with shades of gray. The theme of the drama should be nationalism vs realism. The Sambyeolcho are driven by a unhealthy nationalism (or at least nationalism as a excuse to protect their power) in order to fight a empire several times their size, while the Koryo court surrenders in order to prevent any more devastation.
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Post by latina on Jan 12, 2011 20:23:28 GMT -5
I'm in NJ, King Sejong is now in this area, I would like to know if there is a historical drama before this that tells the fall of Goryo, and the beginning of the Joseon Dinasty
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Post by sageuk on Jan 12, 2011 20:28:37 GMT -5
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Post by TheBo on Jan 13, 2011 10:25:36 GMT -5
.... Uh, moderators? Please don't remove me if these writings make me look like some kind of monster. I like stories with shades of gray. .... I assume you are joking. If you want to look like some kind of monster, that is up to you. LOL. Bo
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Post by pilseung on Jan 14, 2011 9:06:36 GMT -5
Isn't Burma the historical name for Myanmar?Like Rhodesia is for Zimbabwe?
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Post by TheBo on Jan 14, 2011 10:43:44 GMT -5
Isn't Burma the historical name for Myanmar?Like Rhodesia is for Zimbabwe? It is my understanding that Myanmar is the name the military junta imposed on the country, and the common people still think it as Burma. But if you want to fall into line with the military junta...JOKING. I'm JOKING. Bo
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Post by pilseung on Jan 14, 2011 11:21:13 GMT -5
It is my understanding that Myanmar is the name the military junta imposed on the country, and the common people still think it as Burma. But if you want to fall into line with the military junta...JOKING. I'm JOKING. Bo Actually you are right,I was actually just trying to pull your pigtails in this cyberspace school-ground....didn't you see my "Wink" ? As far as I know,in the States,UK,etc., it is still referred to internationally/officially as Burma.In Burmese,there are two ways to pronounce it or something!!?Myanmar/Bama but the former is kinda disrespectful to the ethnic minorities in the country.
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Post by moreshige2 on Jan 17, 2011 22:58:39 GMT -5
My wish is for a drama that takes place during the 2nd to 5th century AD between the relationships between Paekche, Kaya, Silla, Goguryo and Wa. This means I want to see great king Gwangaetto conquer Wa (Japan) and Paekche and when he creates the famous and controversial Gwangaetto stele. Or I want to see something depicting the life of Paekche King Muryeong and his blood relationship to Wa's royal line.
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Post by MTR on Jan 20, 2011 19:01:14 GMT -5
You will see Gwanggaeto in a few months ,he did not conquer WA at all ,never even set foot on Yamato soil ,but he did kick their butts all the way across the sea and back to Yamato.
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Post by sageuk on Jan 20, 2011 22:12:52 GMT -5
So, DYC, what do you think of of my way to characterize of the Sambyeolcho? How would you do it?
Hindu (yes, thats his name people), the Mongol general who participated in suppressing the rebellion....how should I write this character? A bloodthirsty psychopath who only wants to see battle? I guess most would just see this as being one dimensional. Here's a quote I made up for him if I were the writer: "My heart leaps with JOY when a soldier's body becomes filled with arrows that pierce through his organs and sprinkle the ground scarlet. And there is nothing like panicking troops scurrying around like ants as boiling fat descends upon them and causes them to scream in despair....ah...such a exquisite feeling.....there is nothing more arousing than innocent civilians screaming in agony seconds before my blade sends their heads flying into the AIR!!!".
Hong Tagu, the son of a Koryo general who defected to the Mongols, I imagine as a man of few words, who only serves the Mongols simply because he is a slave to filial piety. A complete robot in other words.
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