@lumiere,
I hear you loud and clear. Our wait is nearly over. And since Yang Se-jong will be portraying a warrior, we can anticipate lots of swordplay from him, and also aspiring military officer Woo Do-hwan -- and Jang Hyuk. I've been a fan of JH since seeing him in CHUNO, and am tickled to bits at the prospect of watching him hacking and slashing once again.

Did you watch SAIMDANG? Alas, it went off the rails in the modern time line. I enjoyed the Joseon bits much more, and found the paper-making footage to be very interesting. But that was after artist Lee Gyeom grew up and was no longer played by YSJ. He morphed into Song Seung-heon. ;-)

@pakalanapikake

I did start to watch it for a few episodes. Haven't managed to finish it yet. Yang Sejong seems so boyish and is just adorable in this. No complaining of his metamorphosis though, he he. SSH is also a gem.

Lee Young Ae truly belongs in a sageuk. I wasn't too enthusiastic about her modern-day portrayal, lost some of the x-factor that made her brilliant in sageuks, somehow. Don't know, just my feelings about it.

Oh, and they dropped a character trailer for YSJ's My Country!
https://youtu.be/0cZiG8xGuMk

@lumiere,
Thank you so much for that link to the trailer. Very nice! <3

Yang Se-jong is looking even more like Lee Min-ho's boyish Choi Young in FAITH in this clip. ;-)

As for SAIMDANG, the modern makjang time line turned me off. I put up with it just to see how the story would pan out. I guess we're supposed to see that corruption and political power tripping went hand-in-hand back in Joseon, just like today.

I really enjoyed the artworks, with the "Water Moon Avalokitesvara" thangka being especially memorable. Saimdang's ink drawing of Mount Geumgang was also noteworthy. The residence where Lee Gyeom lived and worked in Italy was also quite beautiful.

I think that Lee Young-ae's comeback and the production in general were over-hyped to the extent that they were done a disservice. Too bad. If it had been more tightly focused, it could have been a great drama.

@pakalanapikake
OMG ... I was ALSO thinking how much YSJ looked so much like LMH's General Choi Young in the drama Faith! That was another sageuk that had SO much potential. It had a helluva premise and a line of stellar actors as well. Too bad the editing had been awkward and choppy. Some of the costume designs had not come off realistic as well, like for instance LMH's costumes also made his fighting scenes look heavy and cumbersome, kind of bothered me somehow. But I loved the chemistry between the lead actors and the camaraderie between Choi Young and the Woodalchi. I remember being so pissed off whenever any of them had to die. The ultimate ending was lovely, although the final episode felt a bit rushed.

@kiara,
That's a good point about women in the Three Kingdoms era being allowed to write -- as demonstrated in THE KING'S DAUGHTER, SOO BAEK HYANG when Seol-nan drills her little sister, and later her Bi Moon buddies, in the Thousand Character Classic. She herself learned to read and write because her mother had been the daughter of a military commander, and as such was an educated person.

Manseh! This is the first I've heard that Kim Yeong-cheol will be portraying King Taejo in MY COUNTRY. It will be my first time seeing him in a sageuk. (I still haven't gotten around to GREAT KING SEJONG or THE PRINCESS' MAN.) I've mainly seen him playing dads in family dramas such as LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL and HAPPY HOME. His portraying the father of Jang Hyuk's Yi Bang-won makes me jump for joy. You just made my day. <3

That info has not yet been added to http://asianwiki.com/My_Country, but I did find it here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Yeong-cheol_(actor).

FLOWER CREW ought to be a nice diversion. I've missed Kim Min-jae so much that I vegged out and watched a passel of clips from THE BEST HIT so I could enjoy the soundtrack -- and see his time-traveler dad Yoon Si-yoon in a happier role than that of Baek Yi-hyun. Anything to help me forget GREAT SEDUCER, a depressing modernization of the exquisitely artful UNTOLD SCANDAL -- which I finally got around to watching some months back.