The Legend/Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi ~ Bae Yong Joon

tsukushi · Post time 30-3-2008 04:45 PM

4. Fascinating characters

Dam Deok is, hands down, one of my favorite characters of all time, dramas, books, movies, whatever. He is complicated and nuanced, and fascinating. He is someone I fell in love with, but he is not saintly or cloying or unidentifiable. He is both larger than life and incredibly vulnerably human. And the characters all around him are every bit as fascinating: from the hard-drinking,common-sense Sujini, who made the screen a little brighter every time she was on, to the shrewed manipulative Lord Yon to the over emotional,unstable Kiha to to to...

I can't think of a representative pic, so here is a pic of Dam Deok looking awesome instead:

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tsukushi · Post time 30-3-2008 04:47 PM

5. Strong women

An epic drama is an odd place for a bunch ofstrong women characters, but nontheless, here it is. The women characters were all, without exception, strong, unique, interesting amazing. Whether it's Sujini, Dam Deok's best friend, always fighting at his side (and saving him on more than one occasion), and the one being capable of cheering him up no matter what, or Kiha, unstable yet powerful in her vengeance. Or Ba Son, the most talented blacksmith in Gogureyo, or Dalbi, a widow who demands a mercenary leader teach her how to fight because if she dies, she wants to go down fighting. Or Lady Yon, the mad Lady Macbeth-type figure, who will do anything to have her son rule. Or the Leutenant of the King's Guards, a woman so tough she will pull a sword piercing her shoulder out by herself. There are a lot of women in this drama, and not one of them is weak, and not one of them is window dressing.

Ba Son doing what she does best:

Lady Yon:

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tsukushi · Post time 30-3-2008 04:49 PM

6. Amazing battles

Seriously. Eye-popping. Whether it's the choreography of individual brutal, fluid fights, or fields of hundreds and hundreds, these are some of the best battles I have seen.

Ho Gae and subordinates in a hopeless battle:

Dam Deok leading his forces:

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tsukushi · Post time 30-3-2008 04:52 PM

7. OTPs! Enemies! Friends!

I love all the relationships in thisdrama, from friends-eventually-more Dam Deok/Sujini, to parental bonds,whether healthy (Sujini and her Master) or remarkably poisonous (Ho Gaeand Lady Yon), to friendships which formed and lasted (Chuh Ro andSujini) to those which were destroyed (Ho Gae and Dam Deok), tolovers-turned-enemies Dam Deok and Kiha, or Ho Gae's hopeless,unswerving devotion to Kiha. Everything. Relationships, romantic,familial, friendly, or full of enmity, really made sense in this drama,and made it work.

Sujini, Master, and Dam Deok:

Chuh Ro and Sujini:

Jumuchi, Dam Deok and Chuh Ro:

Kiha and Ho Gae:

Sujini and Dam Deok:

eyka · Post time 1-4-2008 06:56 PM

hehehhe aku suka.... aku suka.... suka semua character..... sa ryang tu pun aku suka.... kekekekekke

errasazza · Post time 2-4-2008 12:18 PM

eyka...akhirnya aku dah habis donlot citer ni...tapi tak sempat nak layan lg...hehehe...

eyka · Post time 2-4-2008 02:16 PM

wahhh cepatnya ko dah habis donlod.....

tsukushi · Post time 2-4-2008 04:19 PM

tengok la gerenti best punya

tsukushi · Post time 2-4-2008 04:22 PM

tu lah bila watak jahat mcm Saryang pun ada baiknya tapi bila teringat mcm2 perkara dia buat mcm bunuh baby tu tak boleh nak suka....yg jahat skali pendeta Hwachun tu yg x boleh mati

kalchi · Post time 2-4-2008 04:25 PM

ajik~!

tsukushi · Post time 2-4-2008 04:26 PM

budak comel ni...sayang btul kejap je dia kluar

kalchi · Post time 2-4-2008 04:28 PM

cute btol kan dia..dahla dia xsempat tahu itu bapak dia..xsempat nk bermanja

tsukushi · Post time 2-4-2008 04:42 PM

huhu memang kesian...sekejap sgt si DD kenal anak dia tu.....tu la mmg patut ada sambungan yg menyedapkan hati

kalchi · Post time 2-4-2008 04:46 PM

kalau ada smbungan, sila lah tunjuk hepi ending untuk DD & SJ:@

tsukushi · Post time 2-4-2008 05:04 PM

harap sgt DD & SJ together....ada yg buat spekulasi pasal sequel/ directors cut sbb BYJ masih tk potong rambut dia...harap2 mcm tu

tsukushi · Post time 2-4-2008 05:15 PM

Gambar terbaru YJ....masih pakai tongkat lg

Flor posted this on the Talk Box of BYJ's official home.[PHOTOS] Recent photos !!!Posted by 全都喜欢 at Baidu

tsukushi · Post time 2-4-2008 05:25 PM

Haha press korea baru nk cipta rumours psl Ji Ah dan YJ....dah tarik balik kenyataan...mau nnt kena saman

Polaris posted this on the Talk Box of BYJ's official home.

[We correct (a mistake)] We report after correcting about 'BYJ, meeting with E Ji Ah late at night
[Sports Seoul.com]4/2/08

Because there was a portion that was wrongly reported in an article titled 'BYJ, resumed first official activity after complete recovery匧atenight meeting with E Ji Ah gets attention' that was exlusively reported by this paper at aroound 9:30AM on 2, we correct it.

Amongcontent of the article about recent news on Mr. BYJ that this newspaper reported on that day, the content that reported "At around 11 PM on 21in last month, BYJ met talent E Ji Ah at a wine bar and had 3 hour long conversation" is not a fact that we correct it.

Sport Seoul.com news gathering team, while gathering news on how BYJ was doing recently for past 2 weeks, witnessed (BYJ's) appearance of meeting with hisacquaintances. In this process, we mistook a lady wearing white coat as talent Miss E Ji Ah, and erroneously reported it.

As a result ofadditional news gathering for confirmation due to request from (BYJ's)agency asking for corrected report, after we sent the article, that acquaintance who attended in that meeting in the night on 21, was clarified not talent Miss E Ji Ah but Ms J, make-up artist. Ms. J is a famous make-up artist who has been taking care of make up on Mr. BYJand who has been keeping friendship with Mr. BYJ for a long time.

We apologize because we caused damage to Mr. BYJ himself of course, but also to Miss E Ji Ah and related staff as we could not make more accurated confirmation of fact in course of news gathering. We also apologize for the fact that we cause confusion by readers as we made anerror in the final confirmatin process, although we ran on feet to aim for 'factual report', avoiding 'report by initials'.

Sports Seoul.com, Society Entertainment Team
Copyright 9c0 Sports Seoul.com

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