I only started this today and I'm already hooked just from watching one episode. Great (melo)dramatic storyline, intriguing strong female characters, beautiful historic setting.... What more could you ask for....? I'll have to pace myself to not watch more than one episode per day, otherwise the fun will be over too soon..
This old face on top of a muscular body is disturbing lolEdit: Because people are really judgemental (and visibly…
Shitty comment - this is one of the best Korean actors alive ! He always adds gravitas, dignity and oozes charisma in all of his roles and all you see is "an old face"..??? I love his face, since it is so full of character and reflects experience and a past life.
If you like fantasy worlds with lots of plot twists and turns this show is for you. I enjoyed it immensely - I especially loved all the strong female characters who have a lot to say and are pivotal to the storyline. Though the visuals are sometimes a bit disappointing, the story is intriguing and the actors are all so excellent that the sometimes a bit cheapish looking set can be forgiven.
for crying out loud can someone please help clear the detective's story for me please?😭 how did he end up at…
You're not alone with your confusion... I found the policeman's story the most confusing. I can't remember why he ended up in the afterlife world, either! He wasn't a passenger on the bus, or was he? There are lots of plot holes regarding this character I think...
Intruiging and mysterious with interesting twists and revelations for the patient viewer. But what a weird disappointing ending!! Near the end of the last episode - or what I thought would be an ideal point for the story to draw to a coherent closure - - they added some kind of aftermath/postscript scenes which ruined the show's impact for me. The show should have ended at that point because from then on for the last 20 or 30 minutes the story just descends into incomprehensible, superfluous piffle.
As a vegetarian from a mostly land-locked country my mind boggles at all the marine life that is consumed in this show!!! Had to stop watching because of that - those poor creatures! Do Koreans really eat that much sea food on a regular basis or is this just due to the set-up of this show???
I love this show! The basic setting reminds me a lot of "Dae Janggeum/Jewel in the palace" as both feature a predominantly female world with set rules and regulations that a uniquely gifted but disadvantaged outside character is trying to penetrate and succeed in. Totally sparked off an interest in pansori - luckily there's a lot of great explanatory content on YT!
is this good? I am wondering if I should give it a try even thought I watched Revenant and I would feel weird…
I love it, so far. If you're interested in traditional Korean arts such as pansori or theatre and a bit of their historical developments, you may find this show very rewarding. It is female-led, which is something I really appreciate. All the main characters are women. The actors are superb (as usual...) - esp. Ra Mi Ran. I can't wait for more episodes!
Kim Tae Ri plays a feisty, resillient, tom-boyish, young woman - the character is considered to have just reached adulthood, so is much youngerthan the characters she usually plays, like in Revenant, for example. She does a good job of portraying the impulsiveness and naiveness of this girl/woman.
Episode one is such a hatchet job! Totally confusing, narratively all over the place. I love science fiction but this storyline is impossible to follow. Maybe it's due to some panicky editing because of the well-known issue with the ML....if so, it's a shame because I suspect there's an intriguing plot and decent TV show buried underneath the frantic unlinear story-telling.
I gave this show 2 tries because of the stellar cast - but I'm afraid to say I just cannot get into it. The historical setting is very complicated, there are just too many characters introduced in episode 1 and I find it impossible to keep track of who is who and what is going on. I'm not completely ignorant of Korean history but it seems this storyline is easier to follow for a Korean audience or really eager history buffs. Maybe a tauter screenplay would have helped?
Anyway, I always struggle somehow with TV series or movies depicting 20th century Korean history because I know most of the events ended unhappily or unsuccessful. I think maybe that's why I often cannot fully commit on an emotional level with the protagonists.
(I dropped Mr Sunshine, for example, bec. I knew in the end all efforts for Korean independence were futile and somehow this spoiled my entertainment .... Weird... I know it's ficticious characters I am watching, but still I can't put aside my disappointment at their eventual failure or demise...)
I just read this news in a British newspaper and I was so shocked! I love Lee Sun-Kyu, just watched 'Sleep' last week and before that 'Diary of a Prosecutor - which I loved due to its light-hearted and clever humour.... And now this....😔😔😔 Such sad sad news! To think we will never get to see him acting again in new productions. He was so talented! I'm at a loss for words. His poor family, they must feel devastated... 😔
And all because he (allegedly) consumed intoxicating substances, he did not sell or deal them, did no harm to anybody...but himself.... 😩
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Though the visuals are sometimes a bit disappointing, the story is intriguing and the actors are all so excellent that the sometimes a bit cheapish looking set can be forgiven.
But what a weird disappointing ending!! Near the end of the last episode - or what I thought would be an ideal point for the story to draw to a coherent closure - - they added some kind of aftermath/postscript scenes which ruined the show's impact for me. The show should have ended at that point because from then on for the last 20 or 30 minutes the story just descends into incomprehensible, superfluous piffle.
The basic setting reminds me a lot of "Dae Janggeum/Jewel in the palace" as both feature a predominantly female world with set rules and regulations that a uniquely gifted but disadvantaged outside character is trying to penetrate and succeed in.
Totally sparked off an interest in pansori - luckily there's a lot of great explanatory content on YT!
I can't wait for more episodes!
Kim Tae Ri plays a feisty, resillient, tom-boyish, young woman - the character is considered to have just reached adulthood, so is much youngerthan the characters she usually plays, like in Revenant, for example. She does a good job of portraying the impulsiveness and naiveness of this girl/woman.
The historical setting is very complicated, there are just too many characters introduced in episode 1 and I find it impossible to keep track of who is who and what is going on. I'm not completely ignorant of Korean history but it seems this storyline is easier to follow for a Korean audience or really eager history buffs. Maybe a tauter screenplay would have helped?
Anyway, I always struggle somehow with TV series or movies depicting 20th century Korean history because I know most of the events ended unhappily or unsuccessful. I think maybe that's why I often cannot fully commit on an emotional level with the protagonists.
(I dropped Mr Sunshine, for example, bec. I knew in the end all efforts for Korean independence were futile and somehow this spoiled my entertainment .... Weird... I know it's ficticious characters I am watching, but still I can't put aside my disappointment at their eventual failure or demise...)
The rest was very good.
And now this....😔😔😔
Such sad sad news!
To think we will never get to see him acting again in new productions. He was so talented!
I'm at a loss for words. His poor family, they must feel devastated...
😔
And all because he (allegedly) consumed intoxicating substances, he did not sell or deal them, did no harm to anybody...but himself....
😩