Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: Period Korean dramas Post Rating: 0
Evange wrote:
Any good period Korean dramas to recommend? After watching Ju Mong, Seodongyeo and Four Gods, I'm really hooked on 'em!
(my 1st Korean period drama was DJG btw)
Well there are lots of great ones.
Non action(or almost no action)/in palace, historical dramas:
-The King and I (a little of a mix between Dae Jang Geum and Seodongyo...in my opinion the best palace drama since Dae Jang Geum)
-Yi San (also from the makers of Dae Jang Geum and Seodongyo)
More action/war oriented historical dramas:
-Emperor of the Sea (with the main actor of DJY and Jumong facing of against each other )
Thats it for now..maybe I will remember more later...havent really seen the older ones because there are no subs.
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Period Korean dramas Post Rating: 0
Evange wrote:
Any good period Korean dramas to recommend? After watching Ju Mong, Seodongyeo and Four Gods, I'm really hooked on 'em!
(my 1st Korean period drama was DJG btw)
I have heared that Dae Jang Geum aks. Jewel in the Palace should be good and currently Yi Sang is very popular that is why today i am going to start watching Yi Sang
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Bichunmoo ep 1 and 2 is on CB. incase you're wondering, Bichunmoo is the name of a Korean film [2000] and chinese drama [i think, or has a name that sounds bloody close]
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:56 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Emperor of the Sea is really the next one you want to do.
Some recs --
Damo (fusion sageuk and one of the seminal mania dramas)
Daemang (from the PD team of the Four Gods, Sandglass, Eyes of Dawn)
Hwang Jini (about the famous Korean courtesan, 2006 KBS drama of the year)
Hong Gil Dong
Yeon Gae Somun (haven't seen this one -- it's a KBS1 sageuk, so it runs 100+ episodes -- but I think X voted it 2006 drama of the year)
20th Century Period dramas
Seoul 1945 (won the 2007 Baeksang / Drama of the Year)
Capital Scandal (fusion drama taking place in the 1930s)
Fashion 70s (during Korean war and early 1970s)
Sandglass (the seminal SBS "event drama")
Eyes of Dawn (also considered to be the greatest drama in the history of Korean drama)
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:48 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
belleza wrote:
Emperor of the Sea is really the next one you want to do.
Some recs --
Damo (fusion sageuk and one of the seminal mania dramas)
Daemang (from the PD team of the Four Gods, Sandglass, Eyes of Dawn)
Hwang Jini (about the famous Korean courtesan, 2006 KBS drama of the year)
Hong Gil Dong
Yeon Gae Somun (haven't seen this one -- it's a KBS1 sageuk, so it runs 100+ episodes -- but I think X voted it 2006 drama of the year)
20th Century Period dramas
Seoul 1945 (won the 2007 Baeksang / Drama of the Year)
Capital Scandal (fusion drama taking place in the 1930s)
Fashion 70s (during Korean war and early 1970s)
Sandglass (the seminal SBS "event drama")
Eyes of Dawn (also considered to be the greatest drama in the history of Korean drama)
I wished Daemang would have subs
Wasnt Resurrection drama of the year 2006 by Mr.X (or was that 2005...time flies...) and after that The Immortal Lee Soon-Shin (which I also forgot on my list...this one is a very political/war oriented drama with too many males in it )
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:57 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
I downloaded "Resurrection's" subtitles as the episodes were airing.........but never grabbed the actual videos. I don't think credeisca has them up on her clubbox anymore, but she gave that drama really high reviews so it must have been good.
Fast-forward to 2008, I STILL need to get my hands on Resurrection!
After a recommendation from someone here (sorry, I forgot who it was), I gave "The Immortal Lee Soon-Shin" a chance and I must say.......this historical kdrama is an A+ in my book!
Since 2004, "DaMo" still continues to be my favorite period kdrama.......and I'll continue to rewatch it until the day the ending someone miraculously changes in order to appease the fans.
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:04 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
lilswtangel wrote:
I downloaded "Resurrection's" subtitles as the episodes were airing.........but never grabbed the actual videos. I don't think credeisca has them up on her clubbox anymore, but she gave that drama really high reviews so it must have been good.
Fast-forward to 2008, I STILL need to get my hands on Resurrection!
After a recommendation from someone here (sorry, I forgot who it was), I gave "The Immortal Lee Soon-Shin" a chance and I must say.......this historical kdrama is an A+ in my book!
Since 2004, "DaMo" still continues to be my favorite period kdrama.......and I'll continue to rewatch it until the day the ending someone miraculously changes in order to appease the fans.
Not seeing Resurrection means you have missed something for live (best Kdrama of this century)
I should give Immortal Lee Soo Shin another chance...dont get me wrong, I get that this is a great drama but like I said a little too much testosterone for me
Damo without that ending wouldnt have been such a great drama
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:11 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
WroW wrote:
Damo without that ending wouldnt have been such a great drama
ah true. You have a point there~ honest to truth, even if the ending somehow did change, I wouldn't know how I want it to anyways. LOL~
BIG SPOILER ALERT!
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that has got to be greatest love triangle in kdrama history. the only other one I can think of is "What Happened in Bali". Ha Ji Won is one very lucky female, that or the unluckiest.......all those beautiful men..and she and everyone else ends up dead. *HUGE SIGH*
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
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I wished Daemang would have subs
OH I know! Besides the PD staff, you have a cast of, then up and coming, movie leads.
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Wasnt Resurrection drama of the year 2006 by Mr.X
Yeah I think Resurrection was X's favorite trendy of 2005. Very, very glowing review over at Twitch for anybody interested.
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don't think credeisca has them up on her clubbox anymore, but she gave that drama really high reviews so it must have been good.
I think the "fab four" of mania drama are still Ruler of Your Own World, Damo, MiSa, and Resurrection, i.e. shows that turn you from K-drama fan into K-drama hipster/snob. Guys seem to gravitate toward Resurrection and Ruler. Gals toward Damo and MiSa. Of course, I gravitate toward Thousand Years of Love, which can be theoretically compared to Damo, MiSa, and Resurrection, but only in the Worst! Possible! Way! Nothing says period drama like a Paekche princess pretending to be a go-go dancer. Yup.
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Ruler of Your Own World was enough to make someone step back and reflect on what the heck is going on in your own world......and then do something about it~
When MiSa aired, somehow the ending leaked into out into the public and the fans were lobbying for an edit in the script. They were so demanding that the writers almost gave in and decided to change the ending. Almost, but didn't.
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It's not every day someone finds such a light-hearted drama with an ending while wasn't shocking, but in the end devastating.
Brain tumours, inevitable deaths: I saw a few similarities between ROYOW and MiSa, especially with the bad boys turn good because of said brain tumours. However, because of MiSa's relatively good-looking cast (wells, maybe "relatively" is not the right word here, more like exceptionally?), I find that it had a larger impact on the audience.
A Thousand Years of Love....sorry, but Sung Yuri failed to impressed me there. I'm not very fond of her earlier acting even though I do like all her type-casted innocent doe-eyed characters. And the usually charismatic So Ji Sub also failed to do anything to make me go wow in "A Thousand Years of Love". Wells, at least not in the present him. The past him was impressive enough but it was too bad that him only lasted long enough for an episode and a half.
belleza wrote:
Nothing says period drama like a Paekche princess pretending to be a go-go dancer. Yup.
LOL~ I think that was the highlight of the drama. The Paekche princess caged! And of course the sexiness that was Kim Nam Jin and his "I'll make you mine!" aura was enough to keep me coming back for more.
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:48 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
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And the usually charismatic So Ji Sub also failed to do anything to make me go wow in "A Thousand Years of Love".
Actually, I thought his performance in 1000 was brilliant. When I was watching it, I kept on thinking "OMG, SJS is doing a Jo Jae Hyun impression!" (i.e. if you need a Korean actor to play a priest, a pimp, or a pirate, Jo Jae Hyun is your guy! )
So Ji Sup's strength isn't, say, character immersion (not like Kim Myung or Lee Byung Hun), but in applying sensibilities associated with comic acting to dramatic roles. 1000 Years was his first performance where he was able to convey irony, and in that sense, he was able to find his inner moron with this guy. Literally, there's many moments where he easily conveys the idea of "this chick is certifiable but she's kinda cute", because he is reacts toward the princess in that way.
Then, from that show on, his performances grew wittier, more sardonic, and quietly more heroic; there's a catholic sentimentalism to his emotional range (not so with Kim Myung, for example, whose performance convey no guilt or central responsibility) but now it's tweaked with a lovely nose for black humor. His performance became more about the other person. 1000 Years of Love is notable in that, it's maybe the misogynistic romantic drama I've ever seen. It's alpha male humor dressed up as girly rom-com, and for the most part SJS did a very good job with that.
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When MiSa aired, somehow the ending leaked into out into the public and the fans were lobbying for an edit in the script. They were so demanding that the writers almost gave in and decided to change the ending. Almost, but didn't.
Yeah, that's not unusual given the live shoot process of K-dramas, as they're always trying to guage their audience response. Winter Sonata, Snow Queen and Stairway to Heaven all had multiple endings. Resurrection was a notable example of a drama that was live shoot but pretty much stuck to its guns through the ending. No quarter was given there.
It's also likely that MiSa had already made concessions here and there for its audience. Lee Kyung Hee is one of the best writers in K-drama, but she doesn't finish shows well. The first half of her shows are marvelous, because she's very keen on showing off her formal skiolls as a screenwriter, often above plausibility but not displeasingly so. Then in the 2nd half of her shows, she kinda cashes in her chips and goes for the straight and narrow, the slower (and easier) "weepy" route. Which is fine because the marvelous setup mantains the momentum, but her screenwriter filigreeing can leave her in a narrative trapnest.
Ruler's kind of the opposite of that, because In Jung Ok is less interested in storytelling for sakeof, and moreso in making her case on show's pet themes. And where most K-dramas are about normal (i.e. likable or recognizable) people in crazy situations, she chooses the more Western template of crazy people in normal situations. Mostly, shows that have emphasized the latter have struck out with core Korean audience, even while they otherwise love the American style of TV.
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(best Kdrama of this century)
honest to truth, even if the ending somehow did change, I wouldn't know how I want it to anyways. LOL~
