Hong Gil Dong, come and rooooob me!
One of the main characters in Gundam Wing is, I kid you not, a teenage, clown in the circus, pilot of super-powerful miltary machine. People who wrote this were on crack.
I have started the first episode of Hong Gil Dong as the subs are out.
I fell in love with it about two minutes in.
It's Robin Hood only WAY cooler. It's Robin Hood with wuxia. And this Marian with ribbons in her hair sword-fights like mad. And Gil Dong (Robin Hood) not only looks like Kang Ji Hwan (thus impossibly awesome), but has those tiny, Vash-like sunglasses. And is the best fighter evah. And fights in unison with Maid Marian girl (no idea on her name yet). And his team teases him for showing up late (to save them all) because he overslept or because he wants to get attention.
Not to mention that after a few minutes of such awesomeness, we flashback to some years earlier, and Gil Dong wakes up in a brothel, world's worst hangover for mixing soju and wine, and on seeing one hooker goes 'Y, why are you here, I thought I went to bed with X' on which another lady pokes the head out and goes 'X is here too.' 'And so is Z' chimes in a male and poor Gil Dong goes bug-eyed.
I was sold from then on.
I think the story will be about how he went from the ne'er-do-well of this to the awesome dude of the beginning.
I usually can't get past most Korean historical dramas because they are very long and soooo serious and rather stuffy. This promises to be awesome though.
It starts out seemingly traditionally, with giant drums:
Crowd scenes:
And dudes with beards:
But soon we hear modern music and see our resident baddie do things like this at his bday celebration. Clearly this drama is going to be a little bit unusual:
Coolest heroine entrance ever:
They agree:
Marian FTW:
Inflitration through dance troupe. Marian, you rock:
Even bad guy is impressed. And wants to take her to bed. Yikes. No lady would go from Kang Ji Hwan to you.
Everyone is so entranced by gyrating hotties, no one notices two floating rebel type party crashers:
One of whom totally is of an indeterminate gender. Ah, kdrama, never change:
This is here for coolness:
Marian swordfights four men at once:
And owns them all:
Robin Hood flunkies, I presume. Living the life of a rebel left them with no time for proper grooming, clearly:
Marian (I am going to keep calling her that until I learn her proper name) OWNS:
Oh Noez. Our rebels are about to be turned into archer toast:
Not if THIS gentleman has anything to say about it, though:
He throws that stick thingy and all the arrows are broken:
The sunglasses. The belt. The boots. This is a live-action anime, you all. I am SO happy.
They are all happy not to be dead. But Marian looks pissed.
And she is all 'you overslept blah blah' Heh.
Fight becomes huge:
I don't know anything about them yet, and I already ship them. They both have swords, are hot, and color-coordinate. What's not to love?
This is here because Kang Ji Hwan is something that must be shared:
Especially when he goes all badass:
Suffice it to say, they win:
He confronts the Bad Guy:
Yeah, I fangirl. Whatever.
Our successful rebels:
Btw, after I finish Snow White, it's Thank You. Oh, and filmi-girl and I had a blast watching more Capital Scandal. It's even better the second time around.
I have started the first episode of Hong Gil Dong as the subs are out.
I fell in love with it about two minutes in.
It's Robin Hood only WAY cooler. It's Robin Hood with wuxia. And this Marian with ribbons in her hair sword-fights like mad. And Gil Dong (Robin Hood) not only looks like Kang Ji Hwan (thus impossibly awesome), but has those tiny, Vash-like sunglasses. And is the best fighter evah. And fights in unison with Maid Marian girl (no idea on her name yet). And his team teases him for showing up late (to save them all) because he overslept or because he wants to get attention.
Not to mention that after a few minutes of such awesomeness, we flashback to some years earlier, and Gil Dong wakes up in a brothel, world's worst hangover for mixing soju and wine, and on seeing one hooker goes 'Y, why are you here, I thought I went to bed with X' on which another lady pokes the head out and goes 'X is here too.' 'And so is Z' chimes in a male and poor Gil Dong goes bug-eyed.
I was sold from then on.
I think the story will be about how he went from the ne'er-do-well of this to the awesome dude of the beginning.
I usually can't get past most Korean historical dramas because they are very long and soooo serious and rather stuffy. This promises to be awesome though.
It starts out seemingly traditionally, with giant drums:
Crowd scenes:
And dudes with beards:
But soon we hear modern music and see our resident baddie do things like this at his bday celebration. Clearly this drama is going to be a little bit unusual:
Coolest heroine entrance ever:
They agree:
Marian FTW:
Inflitration through dance troupe. Marian, you rock:
Even bad guy is impressed. And wants to take her to bed. Yikes. No lady would go from Kang Ji Hwan to you.
Everyone is so entranced by gyrating hotties, no one notices two floating rebel type party crashers:
One of whom totally is of an indeterminate gender. Ah, kdrama, never change:
This is here for coolness:
Marian swordfights four men at once:
And owns them all:
Robin Hood flunkies, I presume. Living the life of a rebel left them with no time for proper grooming, clearly:
Marian (I am going to keep calling her that until I learn her proper name) OWNS:
Oh Noez. Our rebels are about to be turned into archer toast:
Not if THIS gentleman has anything to say about it, though:
He throws that stick thingy and all the arrows are broken:
The sunglasses. The belt. The boots. This is a live-action anime, you all. I am SO happy.
They are all happy not to be dead. But Marian looks pissed.
And she is all 'you overslept blah blah' Heh.
Fight becomes huge:
I don't know anything about them yet, and I already ship them. They both have swords, are hot, and color-coordinate. What's not to love?
This is here because Kang Ji Hwan is something that must be shared:
Especially when he goes all badass:
Suffice it to say, they win:
He confronts the Bad Guy:
Yeah, I fangirl. Whatever.
Our successful rebels:
Btw, after I finish Snow White, it's Thank You. Oh, and filmi-girl and I had a blast watching more Capital Scandal. It's even better the second time around.