Yoo ah in. rawrrr! So handsome. Actors did well. Its not that good because Jang ok jung died because of that Choi…
oh the beauty of dramas and power of writers. it's interesting how Choi Dong Yi is the actual "good" concubine of the two in real history, while Jang Ok Jung was a notorious for being evil. It's funny how anything really can happen in dramaland as it can even make us sympathize and root for a villain like JOJ ! :p
This is an amazing drama from the first to last episode.Lead actress so much better than Fan Bing Bing. I thought…
The writers could've done better for the deceit and betrayal aspect as in could've been explained better, much more to offer or it was not executed properly?
The point in Scarlet Heart is the ambiguity with all the deceit and betrayal. Although both audiences and characters are aware of the conflicts going on, even the characters themselves were unsure what their next step would be while anticipating the other's, so not to get their tail caught. Noticed that never once in the drama was it openly exposed what the characters intentions were regardless if they were in an intense struggle for the same purpose (in different ways) or not. Yet it was all too clear among the players themselves. However the main point here is in the world of imperial politics there is simply too much at stake hence why the characters were all very cautious and unsure even, of their next step of action. I think that may be why it can make people feel as if it were all over the place, and unclear at times because to say whether the characters themselves know what they're doing, truly does not apply here. They don't.
The Chinese title of Scarlet Heart "Bu Bu Jing Xin" actually refers to "each step startling your heart" as if one's heart skips a beat with each step you've made it through while treading on thin ice. I think it wraps up nicely what the drama is trying to convey. Which if you're not a native Chinese speaker, I can also see how a lot of what's going on either became "lost in translation" (if you watched it English subbed) or missed due to the figurative language. Chinese historical language is often figurative and proverbial making it really hard even for me and other Chinese speakers to understand sometimes.
They are remaking this into a Korean Drama in 2016.
@Kkcrazy99 and how are you finding it? i think that's great you're catching up with the original so you have something to compare to and understand bit more when watching Moon Lovers. Though I'm sure ML will have their version with a lot of the aspects too
Kim Go Eun's Dilemma about Work Recently, KGE who is fluent in Mandarin Chinese received many invitations for…
Kim Go Eun actually lived half her life in China before moving back to Korea to jumpstart her career so I wouldn't be surprised at all if she did take up offers. I think that also added to her popularity. The China market is huuuuge which is why a lot of Korean stars flock to Chinese market if given the opportunity because not only is it good for recognition, it is also big $$$$. I'm so happy for her and all the other Korean stars who get all the love for their great work even outside of Korea :D
This drama got me into so many ships I honestly can't choose, Jung x Seol Inho x Jung *bromance ftw!* Inho x Piano…
I'll volunteer to be captain of the JungSeol ship !! these two should date already in rl. If even the director himself is publicly rooting for you guys thats gotta mean something !
Watching her in Rooftop Prince (yes I know I'm late to the party) and I absolutely adore this actress. She's a lovely natural beauty too and her smile is the cutest thing ever! She's become one of my favorites
So there's only 5 episodes left. I think the writers take pleasure in giving their audiences a heart attack week after week that I wouldn't be surprised anymore if they decide to have Jin Woo lose all his memories while Nam Gyu Min waltzes his way into a tea party where his father and Prosecutor Hong are planning yet another scapegoat to keep his ass out of jail for the 10000th time.
In other words: please please please just give poor Jin Woo a somewhat fair ending for the sake of humanity T__T
I really like yoo jungs character. He is sweet in his own way is how i see him
Jung is my absolute favorite !! He is an unconventional male lead, that's why I actually love his character . He really shows that good people too, can do "bad" things. Or the other way around if you're on the darker camp about him
"It's definitely a good idea to show the evidence we have to Nam Gyu Man before we actually submit it as…
"I will spill out all the dirt I have on you. oh and just in case you don't believe me let me show you all of it too !!" We all see what's coming after like ten miles away.. except them. Makes me want to shake them while screaming WHY ARE YOU EVEN SURPRISED BRO
i think jung isn't really that bad, I'm thinking they won't explain it till the end that he is good after all.…
The best answer I can only come up with is the cultural aspects. In Asian countries like Korea, Japan and China - those are collectivist societies so things like honor to your family or group, and "saving face" are central values, making newer social expectations and trends an extra burden on top of all the competition and need to prevail that is already in place. You can imagine where it leads to. Whereas out here in the West like America, it is an individualistic society that is mostly concerned with one's well-being & respect for individuality that everyone is unique.
For example, an above average weight girl in the West will be embraced as "healthy" and beautiful, whereas in Asia - no such thing exists and she will probably even be called out for it by family and others in her society. The thing though is they don't think it's meant to be offensive, but as "blunt" advice as in "truth hurts". I'm Asian and trust me I've seen some really "blunt" things being said by family and strangers alike as if the person doesn't already know. As someone who is Asian AND American, these are what I believe to be the difference.
Yoojung's style of manipulating people: He subtly guides events and then steps back to enjoy the wreck that they…
@TurkishRose Exactly, couldn't have put it in better way myself :) ! I highly highly doubt the writers will go down that extreme path with Jung but wouldn't be surprised if his character with all those traits similar to a sociopath is what they had in mind, without officially making him one. Though that'd be hellla interesting if they plan to make or reveal him as none other than that! Sociopaths can be good people too, it's just that those are their tendencies (to lack empathy/conscience and manipulative ). I can't think of any sociopathic main lead in Kdramaland and the potential for Jung to well be the first is an idea I'm all up for !
Yoojung's style of manipulating people: He subtly guides events and then steps back to enjoy the wreck that they…
@Ines it's basically Jung in a nutshell XD no better personality to describe all these combinations of traits. keep in mind we're only talking about personality here, not reasons as we have yet to see what's more to Jung atm !
i think jung isn't really that bad, I'm thinking they won't explain it till the end that he is good after all.…
@TurkishRose I looked into it a little more and that number does seem to be fluctuating between Japan and South Korea in the past few years. I think S.Korea has been on a steady increase even more so with economic tide it's been going thru (more competition) and in recent years cause of socially superficial aspects such as looks (I think Hallyu and Kpop definitely contributed to a lot of the trend for plastic surgery and whatnot) making them surpass Japan not too long ago. But yea Japan for a long time has been known as the most suicidal country in the world! Sad really :( Mo money mo problems, like they say
Yoojung's style of manipulating people: He subtly guides events and then steps back to enjoy the wreck that they…
I've come to decide that YooJung is simply a sociopath. He has all the makings of one. I know most people think of sociopath as stigmatized dysfunctional murderers and criminals, but truth is they are actually quite the opposite: highly intelligent, functional and so charming you don't realize they've just manipulated you. Which makes a lot of them (at least the functional ones) end up in highly successful careers as CEOs, surgeons, lawyers, police etc. They are lot more common than you would like to believe, yet less extreme than you realize. Bottom line is they are secretly closed off and anti-social... not in the shy, quiet way (like I said most of them are actually charming and seemingly socially accepted) but as in they will do things the average person wouldn't think of doing to another, without batting an eye. Yup, sounds like Jung to me.
The point in Scarlet Heart is the ambiguity with all the deceit and betrayal. Although both audiences and characters are aware of the conflicts going on, even the characters themselves were unsure what their next step would be while anticipating the other's, so not to get their tail caught. Noticed that never once in the drama was it openly exposed what the characters intentions were regardless if they were in an intense struggle for the same purpose (in different ways) or not. Yet it was all too clear among the players themselves. However the main point here is in the world of imperial politics there is simply too much at stake hence why the characters were all very cautious and unsure even, of their next step of action. I think that may be why it can make people feel as if it were all over the place, and unclear at times because to say whether the characters themselves know what they're doing, truly does not apply here. They don't.
The Chinese title of Scarlet Heart "Bu Bu Jing Xin" actually refers to "each step startling your heart" as if one's heart skips a beat with each step you've made it through while treading on thin ice. I think it wraps up nicely what the drama is trying to convey. Which if you're not a native Chinese speaker, I can also see how a lot of what's going on either became "lost in translation" (if you watched it English subbed) or missed due to the figurative language. Chinese historical language is often figurative and proverbial making it really hard even for me and other Chinese speakers to understand sometimes.
In other words: please please please just give poor Jin Woo a somewhat fair ending for the sake of humanity T__T
For example, an above average weight girl in the West will be embraced as "healthy" and beautiful, whereas in Asia - no such thing exists and she will probably even be called out for it by family and others in her society. The thing though is they don't think it's meant to be offensive, but as "blunt" advice as in "truth hurts". I'm Asian and trust me I've seen some really "blunt" things being said by family and strangers alike as if the person doesn't already know. As someone who is Asian AND American, these are what I believe to be the difference.