Terra1000

Tone down the politics please. And less of Lady Jo's Temple of Doom cult.

First half is very good. Gets a bit political second half.
Very good chemistry and acting by the two leads. Bonus: No love triangle.
I would had said hands down it the best sageuk drama of 2021 if Red Sleeve haven't shown up. I will wait for red Sleeve to finish before concluding.

You should try Bossam too if you haven't.

Ahh..so maybe they will change the ending to "happy one" just like what Disney to Little Mermaid? And the villain will die by falling off a cliff.

p/s the hug was much better than most lame "frozen statue" kdrama kiss scenes.

In the minority here , but I hope no kiss till last scene of last episode. Keeps the tension and expectations high all the way to the end. I think Bossam did not have a kiss at all in entire series and I enjoyed the series.

Ok, google auto translate says something about manufacturing industry , military 4 and banks . Going to be interesting :-)

Isn't there a novel ? Unless the drama has diverged from the book, i thought the plot would be known for those who have read the book.

Singapore is practically Western metropolis. Kids are very fluent in English ,in fact the younger ones can't even speak their own mother tongue.

Yeah.....even looks out of place for that era. Its like a Kpop star stepped out of the Tardis into Joseon era.

You know, this show reminds me a bit of BBC's 1995 Pride and Prejudice. Yi San is basically Mr Darcy. Aristocratic, arrogant , brooding with pent up sexual frustration for the leading lady. He even have a wet shirt scene.

Well...I still watch King's affection. I fast forward to 5 minutes from the end and then watch next week's teaser.

Here's hoping this drama doesn't go the way of King's Affection and completely lose its way. Sagueks tends to get overly political during the second half and lose focus on the core relationship which is he strength of red sleeve.
Bossam is another case where it lost a bit of shine during the latter half.

But with the bonus of advance digital effects. The ambient scenes inside the palace at night are darker , more realistic and sets the correct mood. I always felt that the Dong Yi sets were lighted too strongly.

True. I prefer instrumantal pieces too. I always turn down the volume when those mushy songs starts playing during romantic or sentimental scenes in kdramas.

Its actually great grand parents. My mistake. The girl is the old King's Yeonjo's mother who started out as a slave(at least in the series). He is very sensitive to his humble origin, hence young Yi san was almost punished for reading that book.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJABr6b_CvY First night(3:22 to 4:50) between Yi San's great great grandparents. MBC drama, so expect more of this.

Fat chance , you will get a panning shot to the Joseon era wooden ceiling. This is a public channel and very conservative.

I wonder if this Lady Jo is based on the girlJo Hong in the series Haechi. Haechi is the story of Yi San's grandfather accession to the throne. Jo Hong was a slave girl that was helped by Geum(Yeonjo) in the first episode. At the end of the drama she became Seonjo's main "court lady" and wore that green uniform. She loved Geum but the love was not requited. However she was a good character in that series.