kdrama: Chuno, eps 13-18
Apr. 19th, 2010 08:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meganbmooreUnrelated (kinda…discovered while getting more subs): Does anyone know why, when I click to DL subtitles @ WITH2S’s website, it opens a new window with the text instead of the download box? I need to be able to rely on doramas getting licensed, and so spare myself DL agonies.
On to Chuno…
Was it inappropriate to laugh to laugh when Dae Gil was angsting so much that he couldn’t walk? It probably was, but I couldn’t help it.I can’t help it. There are limits to how much manpain I can take before I start giggling. I also cracked up when Dae Gil hacked off Tae Ha’s topknot and Tae Ha got long, wavy Angst Hair (no way he was hiding that much hair) three seconds before “By the way, dude, your wife is totally a slave.” I wonder if the “Korean Jesus” resemblance after torture was intentional.
Incidentally, I finally liked Dae Gil’s hair when he was using General Choi and Wangson’s mementos to make a hair style. Too bad about the rather morbid element to it.
I mind Wangson less now that most of the other annoying comedy relief is gone and he’s not hitting on and propositioning women in half his scenes. I’d probably mind him less if I hadn’t watched a whole lot of US TV lately. He’d fit in too well with the creeps Chuck forces me to endure. I don’t dislike him so much as I’m annoyed by him.I can’t want him dead, anyway, because that would make Sul Hwa, General Choi, and Dae Gil sad. Well, everything makes Dae Gil angst. Except, apparently, shopping with Sul Hwa.
I was warned that the first few of these episodes were a bit rough, and that’s true. There was some definite reorganizing here, and apparently I was very, very attached to Baek-Ho and the Ming assassin, as there were 2 big holes in my enjoyment the whole time. I think the scene where it started to come back together for me is the scene where Un Nyun confronted what’s-his-face after he ran off with His Royal Cuteness. (Also, I suspect Lee Da Hae spent a good bit of time playing with that kid offscreen.)
One way that Chuno really differs from most other sageuks I’ve seen is that the women don’t have their own plotlines as much as roles in those of the men. Mind you, they have far more agency and independence and action than women usually do in these stories, but it’s a noticeable shift for me. I’m actually really glad that Un Nyun and Sul Hwa are separated from their normal companions/protectors, much as I want reunions. (In particular, I’m hoping for Sul Hwa to find General Choi and Wangson soon. I could do with some happy, angst-lite reunion/hugging in this show.) Particularly Un Nyun, as it finally gives her a chance to show that she can survive on her own. Mind you, she’s always been pretty resilient, but she’s had people protecting her for almost the whole show. Technically, Sul Hwa has, too, but she’s had the chance to show a few times that she can probably charm and/or con her way through anything, at least while she’s young and cute.I may have a longing for her, General Choi and Wangson to become Robin Hood-like mercenaries after Dae Gil’s inevitable death.
Incidentally, I’m sad to report that, after seeing Tyrone Power shirtless on the rack and Errol Flynn shirtless and being whipped in multiple movies this past week, the prison torture scenes were kinda “oh, more shirtless men being tortured.” I feel the circumstances may have resulted in minor deprivation on my part. Chul Woong certainly seemed to be enjoying himself, though.
On to Chuno…
Was it inappropriate to laugh to laugh when Dae Gil was angsting so much that he couldn’t walk? It probably was, but I couldn’t help it.
Incidentally, I finally liked Dae Gil’s hair when he was using General Choi and Wangson’s mementos to make a hair style. Too bad about the rather morbid element to it.
I mind Wangson less now that most of the other annoying comedy relief is gone and he’s not hitting on and propositioning women in half his scenes. I’d probably mind him less if I hadn’t watched a whole lot of US TV lately. He’d fit in too well with the creeps Chuck forces me to endure. I don’t dislike him so much as I’m annoyed by him.
I was warned that the first few of these episodes were a bit rough, and that’s true. There was some definite reorganizing here, and apparently I was very, very attached to Baek-Ho and the Ming assassin, as there were 2 big holes in my enjoyment the whole time. I think the scene where it started to come back together for me is the scene where Un Nyun confronted what’s-his-face after he ran off with His Royal Cuteness. (Also, I suspect Lee Da Hae spent a good bit of time playing with that kid offscreen.)
One way that Chuno really differs from most other sageuks I’ve seen is that the women don’t have their own plotlines as much as roles in those of the men. Mind you, they have far more agency and independence and action than women usually do in these stories, but it’s a noticeable shift for me. I’m actually really glad that Un Nyun and Sul Hwa are separated from their normal companions/protectors, much as I want reunions. (In particular, I’m hoping for Sul Hwa to find General Choi and Wangson soon. I could do with some happy, angst-lite reunion/hugging in this show.) Particularly Un Nyun, as it finally gives her a chance to show that she can survive on her own. Mind you, she’s always been pretty resilient, but she’s had people protecting her for almost the whole show. Technically, Sul Hwa has, too, but she’s had the chance to show a few times that she can probably charm and/or con her way through anything, at least while she’s young and cute.
Incidentally, I’m sad to report that, after seeing Tyrone Power shirtless on the rack and Errol Flynn shirtless and being whipped in multiple movies this past week, the prison torture scenes were kinda “oh, more shirtless men being tortured.” I feel the circumstances may have resulted in minor deprivation on my part. Chul Woong certainly seemed to be enjoying himself, though.