I find the characters and the relationships and the bloody politics of Blade and Petal interesting, but the main reason I am so smitten by it are the out-of-this-world visuals. Many Korean dramas are prettily shot, but I have never seen anything approaching the ‘movies would kill for this’ look of B&P. Every frame is a painting ( Read more... )

The thing that draws me the most the TB&P is how uniquely its own thing it is - it is all about mood and tone - much more of a visual poem than a traditional sageuk narrative. It flows part dream logic, part dark fairytale, part silent movie (the dialogue is sparse - the drama is blessed in having a strong cast than can do so much with almost no ( Read more... )

I have just started The Blade and Petal and not only is it beyond gorgeous, Choi Min Soo is eating the screen alive as the future dictator - that man is terrifying, smart, charismatic and hella sexy. He's old enough to be my father and I would climb him like a tree any day ( Read more... )