I really love the way you sum up Mok Dan's death. That's exactly it: his worst nightmare.
I still think that the writer got carried away with the whole resistance angle and that the drama could have been just as good with Mok Dan not dying but after reading your post, I feel better about the ending. Plus it helps that it now feels like the drama aired ages ago (although the last episode was barely 2 months ago) and that I'm distanced from it emotionally.
Does watching the last two episodes change the ranking for your favorite dramas of 2012 or is Gaksital still tied for 2nd place with QIHM and Faith?
Still second, though if I had to pick, I like it better than Faith and possibly even better than QIHm though it depends on my mood, which is why it's a three- way tie. SUFBB is still first though because no drama this year spoke to me the way it did
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I agree that the personal focus was the story's strength. I liked the drama better when the occupation and the resistance were a (very real and grim) backdrop to the tragic lives of our main characters.
Japan's occupation of Korea kind of mirrors Germany's occupation of France (my country) and it's one aspect of Gaskital that I found very interesting. But when I watch movies/TV series about that period in French history, I also look for a character driven plot.
I can enjoy a grand homage to the resistance but when a story starts centered on the characters like Gaksital did, I want it to stay that way and not switch gears midway through its run.
Though I do think Kang To is not long for that world --> I hear you. My way of reconciling myself with the ending was deciding that Kang To wouldn't survive for very long. He wouldn't seek death but it's doubtful he'd survive till the end of WWII. That way, he'd be able to be reunited with his Mok Dan pretty soon
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I love how both of us are going "yes! There will be a happy ending soon! When he dies!!!" Ah, the cheeriness of period drama (but yes, with nothing to live for and his environment, he is a goner).
I was so looking forward to seeing Joo Won go romcom after the grimness of Gaksital and then the nightmare casting came out.
I want to check JWC (though Cha Tae hyin's lips remind me of caterpillars and freak me out) and Alice as well. That, and I Miss You are the only remaining 2012 dramas I am curious about
When it comes to a fictional epic love, I'm all for "I (almost) don't care if they live or die as long they're together".
Yeah, I was looking forward to Joo Won trying to be a 007 clone as well. But there's no way I'm checking out his drama with that casting. And to think I used to be worried that KTH would be the leading leady... I would welcome her with open arms now.
JWC looks like it could be epic if it's done right. I don't mind Cha Tae Hyun but I confess another more conventionally charismatic actor would have been even better.
As for Miss You... I read a recap of the first episode and chances are I'll stay away from it. I'll see how it goes when the adult cast enters the picture for good but this seems way too weepy and depressing for me.
I still think that the writer got carried away with the whole resistance angle and that the drama could have been just as good with Mok Dan not dying but after reading your post, I feel better about the ending. Plus it helps that it now feels like the drama aired ages ago (although the last episode was barely 2 months ago) and that I'm distanced from it emotionally.
Does watching the last two episodes change the ranking for your favorite dramas of 2012 or is Gaksital still tied for 2nd place with QIHM and Faith?
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Japan's occupation of Korea kind of mirrors Germany's occupation of France (my country) and it's one aspect of Gaskital that I found very interesting. But when I watch movies/TV series about that period in French history, I also look for a character driven plot.
I can enjoy a grand homage to the resistance but when a story starts centered on the characters like Gaksital did, I want it to stay that way and not switch gears midway through its run.
Though I do think Kang To is not long for that world --> I hear you. My way of reconciling myself with the ending was deciding that Kang To wouldn't survive for very long. He wouldn't seek death but it's doubtful he'd survive till the end of WWII. That way, he'd be able to be reunited with his Mok Dan pretty soon ( ... )
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I was so looking forward to seeing Joo Won go romcom after the grimness of Gaksital and then the nightmare casting came out.
I want to check JWC (though Cha Tae hyin's lips remind me of caterpillars and freak me out) and Alice as well. That, and I Miss You are the only remaining 2012 dramas I am curious about
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When it comes to a fictional epic love, I'm all for "I (almost) don't care if they live or die as long they're together".
Yeah, I was looking forward to Joo Won trying to be a 007 clone as well. But there's no way I'm checking out his drama with that casting. And to think I used to be worried that KTH would be the leading leady... I would welcome her with open arms now.
JWC looks like it could be epic if it's done right. I don't mind Cha Tae Hyun but I confess another more conventionally charismatic actor would have been even better.
As for Miss You... I read a recap of the first episode and chances are I'll stay away from it. I'll see how it goes when the adult cast enters the picture for good but this seems way too weepy and depressing for me.
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