After reading all the comments I had to check this out. I'm only on episode four... We'll see how it goes, but I will say I am enjoying it so far. The ML is crazy dominant.
Thanks to the comments below I know when to skip ahead. Big thank you because I'm only on episode six. The only reason I'm staying with this drama is Second Master and nothing else. The FL is annoying, but I just ignore her subtitles. It helps.
As I have been rewatching this drama, I am just so amazed at how good it is. It's not perfect, but there's so much symbolism and hidden lore within each episode. I feel like I'm still discovering new things with every rewatch, especially since I am have more opportunities to just gaze at the scenery.
Also, on Viki this has to be one of the best subtitled K-drama's to date. The nuance of the Korean language has improved so much with each viewing. It's amazing and a great testament to the drama itself that so many volunteers have made this such a great viewing experience for non-Koreans.
I really will always love the Red Sleeve and it needs a Blu-Ray release!!!
I am finally watching this, but I cannot get over Lee Min Ho’s hair. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 In my hood, we call that a feather hairstyle…😂🤣 And girls and boys stopped wearing that style here in America in the eighties. 🤣🤣 I don’t think I have ever seen the style on an Asian before, so this is a real treat 😂🤣😂🤣
I agree with some comments below. I like the beginning of this show a lot, but when it started to became famous,…
I feel like this is a mature love story that involves a lot of themes unfamiliar to most K- dramas. It's not just the usual tropes, but all the sacrifice involved with real love. In reality and in fiction, this woman, Doek Im, had to give up her life structure and security to be with the man she loved. While HE never had to give up anything to be with HER. If you can't understand why she rejected him over and over, then you missed something really fundamental about Doek Im's struggle and the restrictions she was struggling against.
NO WOMEN would want to give up her life without an equal sacrifice, and although I loved YiSan's Junho, he was clueless and completely greedy. And to make matters worse, he was the emperor of the land and he never had an inkling about living normally outside of the bubble of the palace.
TRS portrays a story of love with an unequal balance of power, which ironically is like most love/hate/revenge stories in the modern world. One person has to balance what they will lose with what they will gain, but sometimes the sacrifice is not worth it...until it is. And often, that's dependent on the person and their initial life choices.
I’m curious, what was everyone’s first sageuk drama? Mine was Jewel in the Palace (2003).
Legend of the Blue Sea - the beginning stuff made me want to watch more historical k-dramas. Then Moon Embracing the Sun. I am trying to finish Jang OK Jung: Living in Love. Before k-dramas I was pure wuxia/martial arts movies.
I was thinking the same and I can most definitely feel the hype, but curious why we only have about 14k watchers…
Nope. Tripled checked again to be sure. I am sure it will be there, but it is not there now. Likely it will show up after it has aired in it’s entirety. Again, WOM means everything for K-dramas in America, I had never heard of CLOY, even though I own stock in Netflix, until a year ago. WOM and the fact I loved CLOY made me a K-drama fan. TRS is on that level. No doubt.
Also, on Viki this has to be one of the best subtitled K-drama's to date. The nuance of the Korean language has improved so much with each viewing. It's amazing and a great testament to the drama itself that so many volunteers have made this such a great viewing experience for non-Koreans.
I really will always love the Red Sleeve and it needs a Blu-Ray release!!!
https://www.soompi.com/article/1508461wpp/the-red-sleeve-cast-to-reunite-for-lunar-new-year-special-talk-show
Junho the Fox! 👍🏽
dramas. It's not just the usual tropes, but all the sacrifice involved with real love. In reality and in fiction, this woman, Doek Im, had to give up her life structure and security to be with the man she loved. While HE never had to give up anything to be with HER. If you can't understand why she rejected him over and over, then you missed something really fundamental about Doek Im's struggle and the restrictions she was struggling against.
NO WOMEN would want to give up her life without an equal sacrifice, and although I loved YiSan's Junho, he was clueless and completely greedy. And to make matters worse, he was the emperor of the land and he never had an inkling about living normally outside of the bubble of the palace.
TRS portrays a story of love with an unequal balance of power, which ironically is like most love/hate/revenge stories in the modern world. One person has to balance what they will lose with what they will gain, but sometimes the sacrifice is not worth it...until it is. And often, that's dependent on the person and their initial life choices.
My two cents.
Cheers!