Yoo Ah-in takes up the sword in Six Flying Dragons

90 August 25, 2015August 24, 2015

by javabeans

The first teaser is out for SBS’s historical drama Six Flying Dragons, and it looks pretty great—all cinematic and thudding with suspense. The drama feels exciting and epic, not like your father’s typical stuffy old sageuk (or fine, my father’s stuffy old sageuk—he likes ’em extra-boring and historically accurate), that’s for sure.

Six Flying Dragons begins in the waning years of the Goryeo dynasty, which was overthrown and supplanted by Joseon. General Lee (or Yi) Seong-gye founded the new nation, becoming its first king. His ambitious fifth son is our drama’s central character, Lee Bang-won (Yoo Ah-in), who engaged in bloody battles with his rivals to claim the crown and become Joseon’s third king, Taejong. (He was father to Sejong the Great, Joseon’s fourth king, who was the subject of this PD and writing team’s earlier drama, Tree With Deep Roots.)

So in the teaser below, we’re told that the Goryeo nation is in tumult, and a caption gives the order to kill and conquer Goryeo. Then, “a new era opens” and we get our first glimpse of Yoo Ah-in, who declares, “I am the new master of this nation.”

Kim Myung-min (A New Leaf) plays Jung Do-jeon, who aided the first king in establishing much of Joseon’s ideological foundations; he clashes with Lee Bang-won/Taejong and becomes his fierce political rival. Not that he’s the only foe, and the six dragons of the title refer to six important people; given that the dragon is a royal symbol and King Taejo had six sons, I’m going to go ahead and suppose those are our dragons.

Chun Ho-jin (Doctor Stranger) will play King Taejo, while Shin Se-kyung reteams with the Tree producers to play a pure-hearted young woman and love interest for Yoo Ah-in. Byun Yo-han (Ex-Girlfriend Club) and Yoon Kyun-sang (The Time I’ve Loved You) both play swordsmen, though in opposite camps; Byun will serve Kim Myung-min, while Yoon fights for Yoo Ah-in.

Six Flying Dragons will premiere on October 5, airing on SBS as a Monday-Tuesday drama.

Via Newsen

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1 dramakid

August 25, 2015 at 3:16 AM

Looks interesting...definately on my watch list.hope SSK doesn't mess this up.
How many eps is it again??

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Kiara

August 25, 2015 at 7:46 AM

Why would she mess it up? She did fine in Queen Seon Deok and Tree With Deep Roots.

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earthna

August 25, 2015 at 11:16 AM

She was amazing in Tree With Deep Roots.

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2 Shaista

August 25, 2015 at 3:27 AM

Yoo Ah In is slaying Korea right now with his movie Veteran. It's already surpassed 9 million admissions and going to cross 10 millions. This drama got a lot of attention because of that too. So, SBS you'd better be good!

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Aigoooo

August 25, 2015 at 3:40 AM

If SBS messes it up at least they already have Anthony to fix it!

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Shaista

August 25, 2015 at 7:39 AM

Ha! Word!

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plumwine

August 25, 2015 at 8:04 AM

Very true!

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3 whitewire

August 25, 2015 at 3:32 AM

Anything for Kim Myung-min.
The best of em all.

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4 darcyM

August 25, 2015 at 3:32 AM

Ohmylife I love Crazy Horse so much.

And I'm so keen for a good sageuk. Would you guys recommend watching TWDR first?

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Meong

August 25, 2015 at 3:37 AM

It's not necessary to watch it only so you can watch this one, but it is among my favorite sageuks so if I have time for it, go for it!

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mary

August 25, 2015 at 4:41 AM

Even if not for this show, TWDR is goooooooooooooood. :)

You should watch it if you have time and have a bit of interest. It won't disappoint.

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neseli

August 25, 2015 at 6:19 AM

TWDR is one of my all time favorite saeguks.You don't need to watch TWDR to understand SFD but you need to watch it because otherwise you will be missing something really good :)

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mary the poliwhirl

August 25, 2015 at 6:31 AM

Yesssssssssss this :DDDD

And it's fun if you read recaps after watching for more context. (Plus it just feels less lonely reading comments while watching an old show. hehe)

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Chanelboy loves Jang Ki Young Argh

August 26, 2015 at 8:15 AM

But then, if you don't have time to watch it, or not fall for your interest, just watch the FIRST THREE EPS.
It's super fantastic, and good for your eye's health. lol.
(anyone has watched TWDR know what I meant haha)

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Kiara

August 25, 2015 at 7:54 AM

"Tree with deep root" is this writer's best work. If you want to be familiar with this historical setting then watch "Jung Do-Jeon" but it's a 50eps drama.

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Jesse

August 25, 2015 at 5:42 PM

I would love to watch Jung Do-Jeon, but where can I find it with subtitles?

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Lizzie

August 25, 2015 at 8:16 PM

Do it! I just finished marathoning it and omg..it was so good!

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5 Meong

August 25, 2015 at 3:35 AM

I'm among the "father’s typical stuffy old sageuk" fans, but I'm looking forward to this. There's been a lack of sageuk in my life lately.
I won't expect it to be like Jeong Do Jeon, but I can at least hope it won't have female crossdressers and those tropes right....

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sparks121

August 25, 2015 at 4:01 AM

LOL! I really appreciate historically accurate and "stuffy" sageuks as well, but I think Kim Young Hyun is the best writer in unconventional sageuks. No, I don't believe we'll see Shin Se Kyung crossdressing, haha.

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juniper

August 25, 2015 at 6:56 AM

I'm with you there!

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Kiara

August 25, 2015 at 8:37 AM

Makes me wish Jung was writing this script /cry.

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juniper

August 25, 2015 at 8:39 AM

I know, right?

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Kiara

August 25, 2015 at 8:56 AM

This won't even come close to Tears of the dragon. It's going to be a crowd pleaser and we are going to just ride with it.

juniper

August 25, 2015 at 9:54 AM

@Kiara. I've never even seen Tears of the Dragon, but I've heard so much about it. I know, I'm a bad sageuk fan. I'm trying to become a better one! Unfortunately my Korean is still very basic, but I'm working on it so that someday I can see all the great sageuk without subs (which is most of them, sadly). I was so happy when someone put the entirety of Age of Warriors up on Youtube.

Anyway, yup, we have to take what we can get. Maybe it'll be more like TWDR, and less like some of her other stuff.

Kiara

August 25, 2015 at 2:58 PM

@juniper Tears of the dragon was back in the days where Historical dramas was about history. Our parents/grandparents' sageuk :).
Glad to hear Age of warriors is on Youtube.

We have the fairytale version for our generation and the source materials is rarely from the history books but from popular novels.
Mishil was based on a novel by Kim Byeol-ah. Tree with deep root was based on a novel of the same name written by Lee Jung-myung.

I'm not a good sageuk fan either. I'll watch anything sageuk related but I do appreciate writers like Jung. He is rare and original and he knows his history.

Kiara

August 25, 2015 at 8:01 AM

It's not going to be like Jeong Do Jeon but it will be entertaining with good ratings.

Yoo Ah-in and Kim Myung-min are the main draw here for me. I really like Jung Yumi after watching her in Maids. Looking forward to her performance here.

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6 UmbrellaLei

August 25, 2015 at 3:49 AM

I'm looking forward to this. But most importantly, I'm looking forward to Yoo Ah-In's mane of glory. ??

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7 UmbrellaLei

August 25, 2015 at 3:53 AM

On a less shallow note, this seems like an intriguing and thrilling drama. I hope it'll be good. ?

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8 tara97

August 25, 2015 at 4:11 AM

JB If we put it in a chronological order , Is Six flying dragons' era older or Empress ki's ?

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sparks121

August 25, 2015 at 4:18 AM

Empress Ki is a couple years older. Chunghye, whom Joo Jin Mo's character is based on, was Goryeo's 28th king.

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juniper

August 25, 2015 at 6:35 AM

Empress Ki was around during the twilight years of the Goryeo dynasty, from the mid 1300s to around 1370. Lee Bang-won will become Taejong, the second king of the Joseon dynasty, in about 1400, but he also played a critical role in his father's betrayal and usurpation of Goryeo's military dictatorship in the 1380s, as well as finally overthrowing the Goryeo line of kings in the 90s. If this drama limits itself to the war of succession after Taejo is proclaimed king, however, it will take place post-1392 (ie, post-Goryeo), a good 20 years after Empress Ki died, and a good 30 after her influence over Goryeo had waned.

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yayabean

August 25, 2015 at 1:47 PM

Where does Faith fit into the timeline?

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kanz

August 25, 2015 at 3:51 PM

Empress Ki is Ki Cheol's sister, but in the drama it was almost never mentioned (as long as I know). The drama only mentioned she's the daughter of Ki Jaho and then having romance with Wang Yoo (based on Chunghye)
But in the last episode (sometime around 1360) it's said Goryeo king slaughtered her brother. So EK gives order to Shimyang (Shenyang) King to rebel against Goryeo.

(Ignore historical inaccuracies, EK have so many of them, even WY and EK love story is fictional)

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juniper

August 25, 2015 at 5:35 PM

I haven't seen Empress Ki, but I looked Chunghye up just now and seriously, wtf O.o....as long as they decided to throw history out the window anyway, you'd think they could have shifted the timeline and picked a king that wasn't in the habit of abducting, raping and killing women.

It's just so weird hearing about another version of Gi Cheol, too, I have to say. I'll always think of him as that rat bastard in Shin Don.

Kiara

August 25, 2015 at 6:24 PM

Empress Ki is like Dae Jang Geum. They are mentioned maybe in 2 or 3 lines in the history book but we can make a 40-50 episodes drama about them lol. You are not going to get any history here girl :).

juniper

August 25, 2015 at 7:25 PM

@Kiara. lol true enough. Every time I read about Empress Ki I get really weirded out because it overlaps with Shin Don. Jung Ha-yeon did such a great job interpreting historical events...while Empress Ki's writers sound just plain crazy.

Kiara

August 26, 2015 at 7:27 AM

@juniper I didn't watch it. Kim Hye-Ri was my Empress Ki and no one could've wrote her character better than Jung Ha-yeon.

juniper

August 25, 2015 at 5:25 PM

It's based around the figure of Choi Young, right? Since Lee Min-ho is not in his 50s, I'm guessing it must take place early on during the reign of King Gongmin, so probably in the 1350s and 60s? That makes Lee Min-ho a little young for the role, but he was a little too pretty and beardless too, so.

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Kiara

August 25, 2015 at 6:13 PM

Correct, Faith's timeline would be around 1350s-1360s. Gongmin was still in the Yuan court at the beginning of the drama. He was 20 or 21 when he left. I believe Gongmin, Noguk and Choi Young were still alive at the end so it never made it pass the 1370s.

I watched some but not all so my memory of the drama is pretty vague.

yayabean

August 26, 2015 at 9:28 PM

Beanies are too cool! Thank you for your thoughtful feedback .

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kanz

August 25, 2015 at 6:52 AM

Empress Ki is during Goryeo dinasty, as EK was from Goryeo.. After EK and Toghon (Tahwan) died and Yuan was overthrown by Ming, Goryeo was having troubles and in the end succeeded by Joseon..

This drama will be based on the twilight of Goryeo's dinasty and the founding of Joseon's dynasty.

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9 merrym

August 25, 2015 at 4:17 AM

Nice looking Sageuk... Can't wait.

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10 mae

August 25, 2015 at 4:18 AM

Dear all..
I need help..I am new with historical saeguk , and I plan to watch all off it , can you all give me list of saguk drama in order so i can understand historically , should I start with Queen seondok than follow by (I forget the title ) ji sung play in that drama with je jin hee, then faith. . And so on.. Until last korean emperors so i can understand who are they.
I try to read articles and blogs but with my English(i am still learning basic English ) I found difficult to understand .
I belive while watching drama i can understand some of history.even its only drama i know sometime the writers make it big so it will looks drama
Thanks for your help

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Gwinna

August 25, 2015 at 6:28 AM

Well, someone made a list here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qjtcBhZ0nFS74tKdQu6SMAwy4XECaFBkyyOQLlK9CEc/edit?pli=1

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kanz

August 25, 2015 at 7:11 AM

That's really impressive list!!

To add some more:
Secret Door - drama, about Yeongjo and his crown prince Sado
Sado/The Throne - movie (to be released), about Sado again but will be based on Memoirs of Lady Hyegyeong. Starred Yoo Ah In

Six Flying Dragons will be centered around the creation of Joseon dynasty.. That put this drama at the same time/period with The Great Seer (Ji Sung and Ji Jin Hee's drama) and Jung Do Jeon, just with different focus. SFD will focus more on Yi Bang Won and Jung Do Jeon.

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neseli

August 26, 2015 at 12:00 AM

Omo who made such an awesome list?!

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11 Quiet Thought

August 25, 2015 at 4:18 AM

In the last shot, he just realized that he's gotten lost in the dark and has to get off his horse and walk the poor animal until he finds a trail.

Not stuffy, but safety conscious.

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12 poliwag

August 25, 2015 at 4:24 AM

I quite look forward to seeing this!!

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mary the poliwhirl

August 25, 2015 at 4:56 AM

HEEHEE we're kinda same and I came immediately after you. Should I change my name?

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13 mary

August 25, 2015 at 4:41 AM

It looks so grand. Looking forward to this!

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14 dramapotatoe

August 25, 2015 at 4:43 AM

I wasn't expecting much but damn, that teaser sure looks good. Really atmospheric and pretty different from what we've been seeing of sageuks.

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15 klmeri

August 25, 2015 at 4:50 AM

*excited* KMM back on my TV screen!

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16 btsxfangirl94

August 25, 2015 at 4:51 AM

would be perfect without shin se kyung

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jane

August 25, 2015 at 6:09 AM

shin se kyung has history of bad acting but she improved in TGWSS. she is still better than Jin Se Yeon and Go Sung-Hee. These 2 are horrible actresses...they are the Worst actresses and hopeless non-talents who are always the weakest link and ruined multiple dramas one after the other.

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max

August 25, 2015 at 6:12 AM

Go sung-hee and Jin Se Yeon are at the top of my Blacklist....They are both terrible -_-
I hope shin se kyung does well in Six Flying Dragons.
I'm excited to see Yoo Ah In again :-)

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Pamela

August 26, 2015 at 5:15 AM

Go sung-hee and Jin Se Yeon are the most horrid actresses that I cannot stand either.

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carly

August 25, 2015 at 6:35 AM

Everybody say JSY and GSH are really bad actresses. I hear this all the time everywhere. Don't know if SSK will be good in a sageuk but we'll see. I'm watching this drama Kim Myung Min and the male lead Yoo ah-in.

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sparks121

August 25, 2015 at 6:53 AM

Actually, SSK has had her best performances in sageuks(QSD and TWDR), before girl who see's smells.

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h78_hi

August 25, 2015 at 7:43 AM

lol, shin se kyung was Not good in Deep Rooted Tree...just average. Some people said she's bad in that drama...but she's not horrendous like Go sung Hee in Night Watch Man's Journal. GSH is so darn horrific. She is the worst actress in the history of Korean sageuk dramas.

psh

August 25, 2015 at 7:50 AM

I'd take SSK over GSH and JSY any day...Hate those 2 girls so much. Their "acting" is woefully incompetent and so bad to the bone. they can't act their way out of an empty barrel. keeping my fingers crossed SSK will be watchable in Six flying dragons. yoo ah in & kim myung min Fighting <3

daniel

August 25, 2015 at 1:37 PM

maybe Shin se-kyung improved....ugh (rolls eyes) Go sung-hee's really terrible acting in TNWJ is such a horror to watch. between the 2, i'd rather watch SSK than GSH, who just cannot act to save her life. she's really awful and the most wooden actress i ever seen.

Kiara

August 25, 2015 at 6:52 PM

I wouldn't worry about SSK here because Kim Young Hyun knows her limitation. This is the 3rd time she's been casted in Kim's sageuks. If she end up sucking then blame the writer lol.

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Pamela

August 26, 2015 at 4:57 AM

If SSK really does end up sucking, then I would blame both her bad acting and the writer.

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Kiara

August 26, 2015 at 8:14 AM

She is not the main focus of the show. I don't care if she does well or suck. We have 2 A-list actors at the helm as political rivals. That's the main attraction.

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Pamela

August 26, 2015 at 8:33 AM

This is another male centered historical Kdrama about King Taejong who established the Joseon dynasty and his conflict with Jung Do Jeon.
Even though SSK is not the main focus, she will still get hate and criticism if her acting is bad in this drama.

17 Tomifuge

August 25, 2015 at 5:05 AM

The visual look awesome. Hope this bring me out of my kdram hiatus :-)
After Healer nothing feels good enough.

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18 juniper

August 25, 2015 at 6:39 AM

He's Lee Bang-won and he doesn't have a beard. I don't even know what to say.

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19 isabel

August 25, 2015 at 6:59 AM

Look like yoo ah in is trying to mark his year before enlistment. Yeah to the cast. I hope it will bring back the good old time ratings like breaking 40%. I hope to see YAI mane of glory at least once. Hehehe.

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20 Ella

August 25, 2015 at 7:05 AM

This is because it starts out when he's younger and it'll probably follow him into his later years where a beard will happen.

I can't wait to see this. First real drama that I'm looking forward to this year. This team with Yoo Ah In and Kim Myung Min can do no wrong! SBS, don't screw this up.

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21 Ella

August 25, 2015 at 7:51 AM

As for me I love anything that Yoo ah in acts in.I love the guy soo much that I just can't get enough of him.Can't wait for this drama.fingers cross.

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22 Drama Lover

August 25, 2015 at 8:29 AM

The last time YAI and SSK acted together was Fashion King and that turn out to be a disaster.

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23 lc

August 25, 2015 at 9:40 AM

@Drama Lover, well that's what second chances are for - to set things aright, isn't it?

As for those complaining about SSK being cast in the drama, she was really good in the writer's previous work TWDR.

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24 Peace88

August 25, 2015 at 10:03 AM

i wish SSK wasn't in at tbh >_>

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25 SuziQ

August 25, 2015 at 10:31 AM

Yoo Ah In and Kim Myung Min..Hurrah together in a epic sageuk. I'm really looking forward to seeing this one.
I'm not that enthused about SSK. She seems to keep getting cast as leads, but her acting is always one expression."Groan". Maybe the writing will cover it up.

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aprilrain

August 25, 2015 at 7:58 PM

I think she has low wages compared to other actress...

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26 earthna

August 25, 2015 at 11:18 AM

Omg I waited so long for this! October will come and I'll be back to watching historical dramas! The TWDR PD mentioned is not Jang Tae Yoo PD, right?

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27 sumee

August 25, 2015 at 11:30 AM

Epppppp....I am so excited ..I can finally do a happy dance ..Yoo ah in ?❤️

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pastmidnite ?

August 26, 2015 at 2:41 AM

@Sumee!!! I knew it! I knew you would be here! LOL! We're going to have so much fun in October! If this show is being recapped, that is... *fingers crossed that it will!*

Yoo Ah-in! *joins Sumee in happy dancing* :-D

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28 judilicious

August 25, 2015 at 12:31 PM

And the mane of glory is back!

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29 Miky

August 25, 2015 at 12:31 PM

Only now it made me realize that Shin Se-kyung reteams with Yoo Ah In after that horror Fashion King

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30 SilentSquee

August 25, 2015 at 1:25 PM

I'm stilll hoping Yoo Ah-in doesn't pull a Bad Guy and get dragged into the military while this drama is still filming.

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31 mae

August 25, 2015 at 4:49 PM

@gwina ,kanz and others.
Thanks so much

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32 aprilrain

August 25, 2015 at 7:56 PM

Is this drama depicts from the real history?
I wonder why sageuk tend to have high viewers and managed to beat modern drama genre, is it because korean has high patriotism?

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33 Jisungie

August 26, 2015 at 1:23 AM

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34 ellenelle

August 26, 2015 at 7:37 AM

Lol People don't forgive shortcomings, it seems. I think Se Kyung is not a terrible actress. She's not a good one, but that doesn't make you automatically terrible (proof, there's a lot worse than her). She was average (and average does not ruin a show) in TWDR and QSD. FK and WAML were flops, but we can't really say it was all because of the actors, and she did quite well in comedy lately with IM and GWSS. Granted, this will not be a comedy, but I don't think she'll ruin anything. Plus, her character will be secondary at best.

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35 Prettysup

August 26, 2015 at 7:59 AM

Talking about TWDR makes me miss Jang Hyuk ssi so much ... Can't wait for Gaekju!

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36 AA

August 26, 2015 at 3:46 PM

I'm excited! It actually looks interesting and I definitely approve the pairing!!! FINALLY!!!! lol

I think Shin Se Kyung has slowly redeemed herself as an actress and I actually didn't mind her in FASHION KING but it was just very bad writing. I am excited to she and Yoo Ah In can work with their chemistry and make it special.

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Pamela

August 26, 2015 at 7:32 PM

Shin Se Kyung got A LOT of criticism for very Bad acting in Fashion King, When a Man Loves, and some criticism in Blade Man. Her improvement just got recognized in TGWSS. Some people think she will suck in this new drama, but we'll see.