Thank you very much for writing this. It's obvious that you guys put so much effort into making this article.…
Thank you!
One of my favorite episodes of the drama is the one that features the May 16 coup. Park Chung-hee and general Cha's internal conflict are superbly portrayed :)
The full drama can be found on YouTube, but only a few episodes have English subtitles.
Seonsaeng wrote an article about North Korea? What a surprise:DGreat read but I'm not sure if I'll ever watch…
Thank you! ^^
North Korean dramas and movies are very interesting. There is propaganda in them, of course, but they are still works of art. I honestly believe they deserve a chance :)
Moral of story: Always check the weather first.... before going sky-gliding.
Why should I? This drama has shown me that if I go sky-gliding in Korea, I may get drawn by the wind, land north of the DMZ and meet an amazing North Korean girl.
City Hunter, The Heirs, Cruel City, Nine: Nine Times Time Travel, Tunnel, The Last Empress, Your Honor, Who Are You: School 2015, the Voice franchise... and many more!
Put in perspective, the 2010s have been a great decade for K-drama. We haven't even reached 2020 and I'm already starting to feel nostalgia :(
Are you talking about the one on the cover or the one in the trailer? Supposedly North Korea military have been…
I totally agree with you.
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. In North Korean dramas, actors are totally different (and more realistic, I guess). In South Korean dramas, North Koreans are "southkoreanized" in every sense and sometimes don't even imitate the North Korean dialect properly.
The average height for young South Koreans is 5'8", whereas the average height for North Koreans is around 5'5". This is a noticeable difference, and is even more noticeable when South Korean actors are usually too tall even for South Korean standards.
North Koreans look like poor people, because they ARE poor people. Their skin, face, height, bodies, teeth, mannerisms... Everything screams poverty. Hyun Bin is a great actor, but he screams capitalist prosperity. He can't convince us he is a North Korean soldier, at least with this whitening makeup (seriously, South Koreans are NOT white; they should stop that).
I don't want to be political, but I'm afraid is that this drama will serve the current South Korean administration to whitewash North Korea and justify its questionable pro-North polices. While most South Koreans know what is happening north of the DMZ, many gullible young people will believe North Korea is similar as how it is portrayed in this drama.
I'm loving this drama, but the latest episode had me concerned. They made it look like John & Mark was NOT behind the attack, but the president, which would make no sense. I just hope they don't destroy the story in the end.
Are you talking about the one on the cover or the one in the trailer? Supposedly North Korea military have been…
I meant the one in the trailer. The one in the cover image looks fine (except the coat’s cut, that looks different, but still, the image is dark, so I don’t know).
To my knowledge, the KPA doesn’t use that camouflage. But as you said, it’s clear that the uniform is based on that of the KPA’s Special Operation Force. I have never seen it used by the KPA.
Legally they are allowed to copy the uniform and ranks. So that’s not the reason.
Honestly, I am more concerned about the guy looking like the average South Korean “oppa” :D
As much as I hate having to wait to watch the next episode, you can sort of understand why they did this, even…
I understand the logic between that assertion. However, wouldn't it be better to air the drama as usual and then repeat the episode(s) after the games so that people who watched the game won't miss them? This way they would please both sports and drama viewers.
Well, for me, watching football games with friends is really one of most exciting thing I look for to.but that…
I am sorry that you understood my bitter comment as disregarding sports viewers. I should have explained myself better.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying sports. As for myself, the only time I watched a game was during the World Cup a few years ago, when my country won. :D
SBS has SBS Sports channel, yet they prefer to air stupid games on the drama channel. Drama fans are being treated like garbage. Someone should be fired!
I never understood the appeal of sports. What is so interesting about watching them? It's a waste of time, just check the result online.
Episode 14 won't air next week Friday, its Saturday instead... The series would end on the16th of this month.........…
SBS has a sports channel, yet they air the games on the drama channel and repetitions on the sports channel.
What they did last year with the Asian Games is even more stupid: they did this the first week and then second week they aired the same episodes they had aired the previous week.
I don’t tend to be harsh with employees, but whoever is responsible for this must be fired.
Is there anything you're interested in particular?
One of my favorite episodes of the drama is the one that features the May 16 coup. Park Chung-hee and general Cha's internal conflict are superbly portrayed :)
The full drama can be found on YouTube, but only a few episodes have English subtitles.
North Korean dramas and movies are very interesting. There is propaganda in them, of course, but they are still works of art. I honestly believe they deserve a chance :)
Put in perspective, the 2010s have been a great decade for K-drama. We haven't even reached 2020 and I'm already starting to feel nostalgia :(
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. In North Korean dramas, actors are totally different (and more realistic, I guess). In South Korean dramas, North Koreans are "southkoreanized" in every sense and sometimes don't even imitate the North Korean dialect properly.
The average height for young South Koreans is 5'8", whereas the average height for North Koreans is around 5'5". This is a noticeable difference, and is even more noticeable when South Korean actors are usually too tall even for South Korean standards.
North Koreans look like poor people, because they ARE poor people. Their skin, face, height, bodies, teeth, mannerisms... Everything screams poverty. Hyun Bin is a great actor, but he screams capitalist prosperity. He can't convince us he is a North Korean soldier, at least with this whitening makeup (seriously, South Koreans are NOT white; they should stop that).
I don't want to be political, but I'm afraid is that this drama will serve the current South Korean administration to whitewash North Korea and justify its questionable pro-North polices. While most South Koreans know what is happening north of the DMZ, many gullible young people will believe North Korea is similar as how it is portrayed in this drama.
To my knowledge, the KPA doesn’t use that camouflage. But as you said, it’s clear that the uniform is based on that of the KPA’s Special Operation Force. I have never seen it used by the KPA.
Legally they are allowed to copy the uniform and ranks. So that’s not the reason.
Honestly, I am more concerned about the guy looking like the average South Korean “oppa” :D
There's absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying sports. As for myself, the only time I watched a game was during the World Cup a few years ago, when my country won. :D
I never understood the appeal of sports. What is so interesting about watching them? It's a waste of time, just check the result online.
What they did last year with the Asian Games is even more stupid: they did this the first week and then second week they aired the same episodes they had aired the previous week.
I don’t tend to be harsh with employees, but whoever is responsible for this must be fired.