I liked the old title as well, but they were apparently worried about reminding people they are under corona quarantine - which is fair enough. Held in the Lonely Castle does sound rather like quarantine.
Show is quite good actually. But I hv a problem with the girl acting over childish and clingy in 2nd episode..I…
There are explanations for her personality revealed pretty quickly, and while the clumsy ditzy thing seems to be part of the characterisation she doesn't seem to fall in the zero self-esteem category.
Well that took a dark turn. I wonder if JS is killed off here - not sure which way I would prefer for the story. JS seems like an interesting character, but throwing a dose of tragedy into HW and SW's future could make for an interesting story.
A bit of a weird note, but the legend the episode is named after - with the boy who is constantly betrayed, got the wolf's eyelash and then discovered that everyone was bad.
Thing that hit me was, if everyone always betrayed the boy, couldn't the wolf not have done so as well? What if the eyelash purposefully showed everyone as bad even if they weren't?
I really don't understand some of the choices made in the filming of this show. They spent so freaking long dragging out Yi San's time as crown prince when the show became so much better after he took the throne. IMO the first 40 episodes hovered around a 6-7 in rating. I ended up having to push through it, enjoying a few moments but on the whole finding it rather repetative and cliche. However, the last half of the show jumped massively in quality and kept getting better from there on. It is a complaint I have with a lot of the longer Korean historical dramas like this, they spend so damn long on the start of the story that they lose out on all the good stuff at the end. It is a problem with historical Cdramas as well, but they are a lot better about it. I feel that you could have condensed the first 40 episodes to 20, and then gone into greater detail with the latter half, and it would have made the show even better. Don't get me wrong, by the last 20 episodes or so I was really enjoying the show, but it is a lot to get through to get to the good stuff. End rant. :P
I am really loving this as of episode 9. The chemistry between the ML and FL is great (their bickering is hilarious), the Yongle Emperor is probably one of my favorite TV emperors yet, the show is able to switch adeptly between comedy and drama.
Just got through the first four episodes and so far it is really, really good. Kind of funny to see the cross-dressing get seen through immediately. It has always seemed a bit weird that no one was able to see through that in all these other shows.
So, did Scarlet and Ga Kyung had a thing or what? The way they looked at each other certainly seemed so. (back…
From my understanding they did not have a thing in story, but there are really strong hints at LGBT stuff in the show and it is filmed to highlight that element. It probably has a lot to do with SK social morality on the topic - I don't have the strongest grasp on it - but while there was plenty of hinting they ended up shifting it to sismance instead. It is like all the C-Drama Bromances where the books they are based on have out-and-out boy love instead.
IMO The Yongzheng Emperor from Empresses in the Palace has to be one of the most impressively villainous kingly characters I have come across. He comes across as a weak or unaware ruler at the beginning, but throughout all the harem drama, murder and intrigue he remains at the heart at once the prize and abuser of all these different women. He is capricious, ruthless and constantly calculating, only letting himself get played when he wants to while plotting the death of several wives, friends and siblings in cold blood.
I like Taelha a lot.....she is very complex I dont really like her with Tagon tho but I dont see the connection…
I largely agree that Tagon/Taelha doesn't really seem to work and that Tanya/Saya looks extremely interesting. There isn't much to work with in the Taelha/Eunsom match just yet - they have only had a single scene together iirc - but I think that Eunsom's character development will be moving in a direction where a match with Taelha is going to start making a lot of sense. Tagon/Taelha is going to fall apart and Taelha is going to start looking for a partner to make herself queen/empress and Eunsom is going to be the character that fits. Right now he is going through a downward part of his character arch which is meant to give him some direction and remove some of the naivety from the character.
Really enjoyed the twist with Saya. That said, I really like that they are pushing Taelha and Tagon apart. I don't know why, but I really want Taelha and Eunsom on the same side - I think that pairing could have some real heft behind it. I actually think that might be the way they are going with this.
Yes, this is a glorious mess of clichés piled one atop the other so I can understand why some people are set against it, but it is honestly quite fun to watch. It is ultra-campy and filled to the brim with tropes, but they put a fun spin to things and the acting isn't bad.
Don't take the show all that seriously and just enjoy the insanity instead.
I know this is K-Drama and romance is sort of a hardwired part of its DNA, but I honestly wouldn't mind if the show had cut all the romantic scenes, or even Jang Ki Yong's character entirely. I just don't think he, and the subplot he represents, is necessary for the show. Don't get me wrong, he is great in this and the romance is actually quite well done, but the main story between the female leads is honestly on an entirely different level.
Their performances are fantastic, the chemistry between them is incredible and the story is highly engaging and entertaining. The already complex relationships, emotional baggage and fascinating characters are really drawing me into a show I originally was expecting very little out of. The way they are bringing in a lot of very current internet issues is also extremely interesting and different from a lot of other stuff out there atm. It has only been two episodes, but I am really looking forward to seeing if they can keep the quality up and keep it engaging across the show's run.
Don't think I will be watching this one.
Thing that hit me was, if everyone always betrayed the boy, couldn't the wolf not have done so as well? What if the eyelash purposefully showed everyone as bad even if they weren't?
Just a thought I had watching the show.
IMO the first 40 episodes hovered around a 6-7 in rating. I ended up having to push through it, enjoying a few moments but on the whole finding it rather repetative and cliche. However, the last half of the show jumped massively in quality and kept getting better from there on.
It is a complaint I have with a lot of the longer Korean historical dramas like this, they spend so damn long on the start of the story that they lose out on all the good stuff at the end. It is a problem with historical Cdramas as well, but they are a lot better about it.
I feel that you could have condensed the first 40 episodes to 20, and then gone into greater detail with the latter half, and it would have made the show even better. Don't get me wrong, by the last 20 episodes or so I was really enjoying the show, but it is a lot to get through to get to the good stuff.
End rant. :P
That said, I really like that they are pushing Taelha and Tagon apart. I don't know why, but I really want Taelha and Eunsom on the same side - I think that pairing could have some real heft behind it. I actually think that might be the way they are going with this.
Don't take the show all that seriously and just enjoy the insanity instead.
Their performances are fantastic, the chemistry between them is incredible and the story is highly engaging and entertaining. The already complex relationships, emotional baggage and fascinating characters are really drawing me into a show I originally was expecting very little out of. The way they are bringing in a lot of very current internet issues is also extremely interesting and different from a lot of other stuff out there atm. It has only been two episodes, but I am really looking forward to seeing if they can keep the quality up and keep it engaging across the show's run.