Comments | fujiko1601: historical kdrama part 2

fujiko1601

historical kdrama part 2

May 09, 2010 01:04

My continuation to my post here. Here are the historical kdramas that I have seen since.

( Empress Chunchu )

Comments 7

xbluedawn May 9 2010, 04:10:50 UTC

I think I'm the most curious about Empress Chunchu and Dong Yi from the list. For the first drama, I love strong female leads who aren't afraid to do whatever they want. Female characters like Chunchu are rare in historical dramas in general so it's always nice to see something fresh.

For the second, it's purely out of bias since I loved Dae Jang Geum. XD

I love the costumes in historical K-Dramas so it's always a visual treat.

fujiko1601 May 9 2010, 10:08:36 UTC

Queen Seon Duk had female characters doing what they want as well, it is about the women in power after all, but Seon Duk was not so much a warrior. She did spend years as a soldier in training, but he wasn't physically as strong as the men around her (and some of them were incredibly strong). In Empress Chunchu the empress's brother, the king was trying to build a Confucian state which put a lot more restrictions on women. Oh and Liao was also ruled by the emperor's mother in this ( ... )

xbluedawn May 10 2010, 01:44:59 UTC

I'll keep an eye out for Queen Seon Duk as well then. :) It's always nice to see strong female characters because personally I find that there are few dramas that have them. (Including North American dramas.)

In Dae Jang Geum, I liked the cooking more too. I don't remember what happened in the finale but I think it was a satisfying ending. I'm not entirely sure though.

I have yet to come across a Taiga drama that captured my full attention. The only one that came close was Fuurinkazan and that was because Gackt was in it. XD

fujiko1601 May 19 2010, 08:34:25 UTC

I tend to enjoy historical dramas with female characters much more than others and sometimes I have trouble liking them if there aren't any female characters. It's the same with taiga dramas as well. The ones that I actually finished are "Toshiie and Matsu" and "Atsu-hime". I kinda lost the point of "Fuurin Kazan" after the revenge plot got dismissed and Yuu-hime just waited in some mansion with her son. Yoshitsune started to feel to much a Gary Stu.

I'm still stuck at episode 50 of DJG, but I did take a little peek at what is to come and from what I saw I made a guess that she will be alive and free, but not together with her love. That tends to be one of the standard endings with the others being everyone dies and eventually they died of natural causes (used in biographical dramas). I might be totally wrong about DJG though.

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fujiko1601 May 19 2010, 08:41:25 UTC

The 24 episodes ones tend to be the fun ones. XD I'm a bit disappointed with the way Chuno ended, but you should still try it. As a side note Strongest Chil Woo from my old kdrama post is kind of similar in that it takes place at the same time period and even the same prince is tried to be saved, but it's much lighter in tone and has a happier ending.

ditch_gospel May 14 2010, 03:57:21 UTC

So the first two are among your top favourites. They look interesting. They both look like they would have strong female lead characters.

I think you were telling me about some of these shows in your last e-mail. (Eek, I'm so late with my reply again!)

fujiko1601 May 19 2010, 08:45:25 UTC

They do, one in a warrior woman/iron empress kind of way and the other in I can play this political chess scheming game kind of way. I think Dong Yi will make its way to my favourites as well, but since it's still only around one fourth into the series, it's too early to be sure.

LOL and I'm so late with replies to so many other things.