76 x Gye Baek
42 x Untouchable
100 x Warrior Baek Dong Soo


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The thing about Gye Baek is that it's one of those things where, while the plot itself is solid, the acting and characters far outclass the script, which often seems to be written for "This will be dramatic! Do this! It doesn't have to hold up to critical thinking! Or any analysis at all!" without always considering the plausibility, or do things ( Read more... )

81 x City Hunter
126 x Gye Baek


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This post would be full of intelligent observations and commentary on a complex plot, excellent acting, and interesting characters, but Lee Seo Jin running around in various states of dress with a sword is quite distracting, and what parts of the brain aren't distracted by that are busy appreciating awesome ladies plotting to take over the country ( Read more... )

MV for the first two episodes of Gye Baek:

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For some reason, the vidmaker didn't include the private squad of assassin maids. I feel this was not the best choice.

Gye Baek is a new sageuk about a 7th century Korean general, starring Lee Seo Jin.  He looks like this:


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