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Post by MTR on Aug 5, 2011 13:14:48 GMT -5
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shiku
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Post by shiku on Aug 5, 2011 20:27:35 GMT -5
I have been watching it (waiting for gye baek's subs which are taking so long to come out). It is okay, a lot of slow motion at the ends (like chuno) in the first few episodes. The male lead's acting has improved from Iljimae but still not there. I also think he is still too young to be a teacher. I was pleasantly surprised to see the actor who played Goonyae in EWG as the girl's father. I only recognized by his voice, he looks so different.
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Post by sageuk on Aug 5, 2011 23:05:48 GMT -5
I didn't recognize him either. It looks like he's lost alot of weight and developed bags in his eyes; also the beard. his voice was the reason I figured it was the same person
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Post by shiku on Aug 26, 2011 23:18:06 GMT -5
I am so conflicted in this drama. Grand Prince Su Yang (ex Goongyae) kills his brother for the throne yet he doesn't seem to show any remorse at all. Then I understand he goes on to be a good King. So does the end justify the means?
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Post by MTR on Aug 27, 2011 16:06:06 GMT -5
No because he never got away from the tag of being a murdering usurper despite being as decent a ruler as his father Sejong .
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Post by MTR on Sept 2, 2011 2:13:15 GMT -5
This now has ratings of 22 per cent plus so its actually the biggest Historical on air right now .
From what i have seen it looks pretty decent .
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Post by sageuk on Sept 2, 2011 16:49:18 GMT -5
No because he never got away from the tag of being a murdering usurper despite being as decent a ruler as his father Sejong . So true. Yeongjo was a good ruler, but many remember him mostly for putting his son in the rice chest
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Post by MTR on Sept 7, 2011 22:56:53 GMT -5
Ok im going to give this a shot ,to bad the only place to watch it is My Soju .
The reviews on this are through the roof and it looks good .
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Post by MTR on Sept 8, 2011 21:41:04 GMT -5
First two episodes down ,so far its ok a bit slow but knowing whats to come ill stick with it .
Nice to see the girl who played Dae Jo Young's Wife as the Princess she is a prettier version of Kim Tae Hee .
Actor who played Goongyae was also Sejong's father Yi Bangwon in both Tears Of The Dragon and Sejong here he is Prince Su Yang ,both him and the actor playing the King (Sejong's eldest )are too old for their roles .
Still its the no#1 Drama in South Korea right now so ill stick with it .
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shiku
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Post by shiku on Sept 9, 2011 21:23:01 GMT -5
Even though one can tell how the story will end it keeps on surprising me over and over so it's no wonder it is getting such high ratings.
However when I see Lee Hee Do (Park Dae Su's uncle in Yi San) acting like a bad guy it is so funny as am used to him acting like a clown in so many sagueks.
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Post by MTR on Sept 9, 2011 23:39:10 GMT -5
Its the best of the currant crop of Sageuk's on air ,
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Post by MTR on Oct 19, 2011 22:46:50 GMT -5
Actually i take it back it sort of lost me ,Its over now but the real tragic story being the love between the daughter of Sejong's heir and sister of the murdered boy king got pushed aside in favor of the love between a scholar who is the son of one of the murdered ministers and Sejo's daughter .
Anyway the main scholar who is left for dead after his dads demise comes back as a ninja type master swordsman and it all builds to a happy ending that is probably untrue .
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Post by excelsior on Oct 20, 2011 22:47:46 GMT -5
It's weird seeing Taejong playing his grandson Sejo.
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Post by ajk on Oct 21, 2011 11:03:20 GMT -5
New member--please look in your inbox. You need to re-register.
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Post by excelsior on Oct 21, 2011 11:53:35 GMT -5
Done.
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