I'm glad you're having a great time. It sounds awesome. :)
Re: HGD
I have a mini-rant about it at my journal. It's just such a strange and dark ending for a Hong sister drama! But really, the last four or five episodes felt like a totally different drama than what we got at the start. How does it go from ducks flying and talking, from people flying, from 'I lob you's, to everyone dying? It really did feel like two different dramas written by two different sets of people. I didn't mind the angst, but it was just so rushed and dark at the end, wasn't it? Episode twenty-four was just so: bom, bam, blah. . . all but four (seven if you count GD's bro, LN, and EH's dad) are dead. The end.
And that flash forward to 2008 with GD standing on the roof? I can take the whole 'he was reborn' or 'there will always be people like GD' thing, but they could have at least shown 2008 counter parts for YN and the rest of the gang. That would have made me feel a little better, I think.
Oddly, (or maybe not) it seems like the Korean media is also disappointed and confused by the dark ending. Many Chinese fans, as well as the gang at soompi, are also asking: 'WTF?' Meanwhile, several Korean fans get the ending from the logical view point: change takes time, and it's often those that try to change things that get killed. However, most fans seem confused and angry. Hong sister dramas are suppose to end happily, not with everyone dying. Granted, we saw no bodies. . . but. . . they couldn't have lived through that. Right?
I would have loved to see GD, YN, and the gang escape to China. Three kids, a playground, HBD lives.
Even an arrow flying into some home, in the dead of night, with 'HBD was here' written on it. . . would make me feel better.
Yeah, I get the realism of HGD ending and have made my peace with it (it did turn out very wuxia drama after all: fun in the beginning and depressing at the end) but come on! I don't watch kdramas which have animated ducks for realism.
I loved the characters too much, I think.
Btw, I think I finlly figured out the prologue scene. It has tons of similarities with the scene where HGD takes the palace from mad king (Yi Nok in disguise, dancing troupe, same decor etc etc). So I think it could be the folk legend/retelling of that event.
I don't usually watch wuxia dramas, because they start off all happy and dorky, and then end with most of the cast dying. HGD just got too dark for my tastes - it's the Hong sisters for goodness sake! But, it's still one of my favorites and I am making peace with it. But, the next drama the mains are in must end happily for their characters, I've decided.
It has tons of similarities with the scene where HGD takes the palace from mad king (Yi Nok in disguise, dancing troupe, same decor etc etc). So I think it could be the folk legend/retelling of that event.
Oh, that's a good way to think of it! I believe many people now think that the start sene was some kind of legend that grew from the people who were there during that time. It's really the only thing that makes sense: the man they were fighting against was an idiot/crazy person, everyone was much cooler and with better hair, their fighting skills were beyond impressive, they had a flag, and were much loved by the people - who even had a cheer for them.
Re: HGD
I have a mini-rant about it at my journal. It's just such a strange and dark ending for a Hong sister drama! But really, the last four or five episodes felt like a totally different drama than what we got at the start. How does it go from ducks flying and talking, from people flying, from 'I lob you's, to everyone dying? It really did feel like two different dramas written by two different sets of people. I didn't mind the angst, but it was just so rushed and dark at the end, wasn't it? Episode twenty-four was just so: bom, bam, blah. . . all but four (seven if you count GD's bro, LN, and EH's dad) are dead. The end.
And that flash forward to 2008 with GD standing on the roof? I can take the whole 'he was reborn' or 'there will always be people like GD' thing, but they could have at least shown 2008 counter parts for YN and the rest of the gang. That would have made me feel a little better, I think.
Oddly, (or maybe not) it seems like the Korean media is also disappointed and confused by the dark ending. Many Chinese fans, as well as the gang at soompi, are also asking: 'WTF?' Meanwhile, several Korean fans get the ending from the logical view point: change takes time, and it's often those that try to change things that get killed. However, most fans seem confused and angry. Hong sister dramas are suppose to end happily, not with everyone dying. Granted, we saw no bodies. . . but. . . they couldn't have lived through that. Right?
I would have loved to see GD, YN, and the gang escape to China. Three kids, a playground, HBD lives.
Even an arrow flying into some home, in the dead of night, with 'HBD was here' written on it. . . would make me feel better.
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I loved the characters too much, I think.
Btw, I think I finlly figured out the prologue scene. It has tons of similarities with the scene where HGD takes the palace from mad king (Yi Nok in disguise, dancing troupe, same decor etc etc). So I think it could be the folk legend/retelling of that event.
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It has tons of similarities with the scene where HGD takes the palace from mad king (Yi Nok in disguise, dancing troupe, same decor etc etc). So I think it could be the folk legend/retelling of that event.
Oh, that's a good way to think of it! I believe many people now think that the start sene was some kind of legend that grew from the people who were there during that time. It's really the only thing that makes sense: the man they were fighting against was an idiot/crazy person, everyone was much cooler and with better hair, their fighting skills were beyond impressive, they had a flag, and were much loved by the people - who even had a cheer for them.
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