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Can anyone recommend a site with decent English subtitles for episode 13?? The ones I found so far are so terrible, it's impossible to watch! NONE of the personal pronouns seems to match EVER!!! For anyone having to rely on the subs it's akin to torture watching this sh*te!!
Please, are there some subs out there somewhere that make sense??

I consider Train to Busan as a masterpiece, it's absolutely brilliant in my opinion.
Therefore, I think the writer/director deserves nothing but respect. Having achieved such perfection once in a working life is enough, I think. It's unrealistic to expect somebody to reach such high standards again and again. I will definitely check this out.

And also: wasn't Hellbound really well-received in the US/UK?

I agree! I loved 'Live' and I do like Bae Sung Woo. Glad to hear he's back! The severe censure/ ostracism re. drunk driving in South Korea is regretable - but it's good to see that actors are given a second chance after some time has passed.

I love the slow, elegiac pace of this drama. It's slow, but not boring, quite the opposite, watching the two leads communicate so painstakingly slowly is fascinating! I don't know how they* do this, but I can't get enough of those looong close-up shots of the lead's faces. I find the slow pace very soothing and calming.
A beautiful show! Just right for dark dreary cold winter nights.

(*actors, screenwriter, director....)

It's very well written, in my opinion. All characters have interesting aspects, mysteries, backstories that makes you look forward to the coming episodes.
I hate the physical violence (but I always do in K-dramas and have come to accept this) but most of it does make sense within the framework of the storyline.

Binge-watched 4 episodes straight!
This is very well written and the actors are great - esp. the young cast. The young couple is so charming and cute.

What is this title supposed to mean? King of the land, rule the land, ruler of the land, land of the king...? Any of these would make some kind of sense, but "King the Land"? This is sooooo bad, it actually annoys me...
Like "Dear my friends"... only worse.... ;-)
When will those execs deciding on those ridiculous English titles finally learn that most European languages need prepositions? You can't just jumble the relevant words together any which way and hope that a phrase will make sense.

Hurrah for AI!! (Just kidding, of course! ) As a professional translator it warms the cockles of my heart that the abysmally botched subtitles for this drama show how utterly indispensable human intelligence/involvement is in the business of translation!
Honestly, the machine translation is so bad, it is more of an obstacle than help to understanding what is going on...

This is my first Chinese drama, having only watched Kdramas for over a year...and I must say I am loving it. The actors are great and the story is engaging. I particularly like the lawyer /main advesary Cheng Ren Qing - his role is well-written and actedb

Excellent comment, I agree with you wholeheartedly!
He is a fantastic actor and he should not be cancelled for having consumed drugs that aren't even illegal in some places/could have been used for medicinal purposes.
What's the deal with Propofol anyway? It crops up time and again in connection with Korean celebs....
But why? What are they using it for?

Part II really picks up the pace. I should have known that lots of plotlines were going to join together only in the second part of the series.
The plot is really intriguing, suspenseful and exciting. Great show!

Happy Birthday!

I think it's pretty clear that the prime minister did a deal with the King regarding the (still secret) alphabet: if the King agrees to put the Hangul project on the back burner/ stops pursuing this project, the prime minister agreed to ask for mercy for Young-Sil in his official capacity as government minister, (which everyone was completely surprised by) thus giving the King the chance to rescue and pardon his 'friend'.
There was some great acting in those scenes by Choi Min-Sik and Han-Seok-Kyu: as they stared into each other's eyes, they managed to convey all the above just through their looks, from relief (King) and surprise (Young-Sil) when the prime minister asked for the pardon, to eagerness (King) and disbelief/confusion (Young-Sil) etc. etc. etc.

gorgeous film, great for all sageuk fans, I only stumbled across this having watch Tree With Deep Roots and then I looked for other stuff with Han Suk-Kyu. Such a surprise, that here he basically reprises that role of King Sejong - and he does so perfectly! Two veteran stars of Korean film history give it their all in this beautiful, moving movie. It's over two hours but i didn't mind at all.

I did. too... I found the emotional scenes, where the characters really grieve and mourn for the loved ones they miss extremely moving. I doubt anyone who has ever lost a family member (or is about to face that loss some time soon - maybe through parents getting on in age , for example) can help but be (very) moved by these scenes. A great gem of a show - I only stumbled on this bec. i admire Heo Joon Ho...

The high rating is well-deserved. This show has everything you could wish for in a great K-drama. Highly recommended watch

I agree with your point 1. There is a lot of English dialogue in this show and this actor's bits were the most difficult to understand. His accent sounded very laboured and effortful - weirdly enough, his acting also got a very hammy as well! He was acting much more natural as soon as he switched back to Korean.

I wish there were more episodes! Having gotten used to the usual number of 16 episodes of Kdrama I now find 6 almost too short (like Money Heist)... ;-)

Excellent show. Very suspenseful and difficult not to binge-watch in one go! Ha jung Woo is perfectly cast in this role, he is so good.

Why have I only now discovered this ? 100 episodes? Would have been perfect to watch during the Covid lockdowns...