Comments on: Strongest Chil Woo: Episode 3

By: jippo

jippo — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:32:21 +0000

white veil and gay jesus, what a duo!

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:31:29 +0000

They did have guns back then, but they were horribly inaccurate. Thats why if you watch like civil war movies, or even Yi Soon Shin, the soldiers would run towards them since its was highly unlikely that anyone would get shot. Most likely by accident.

And Eric looks alot like Zorro and his whip thing reminds me of cat woman…or Indiana Jones even.

By: ginnie

ginnie — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:28:07 +0000

That’s interesting. I like your examples because that gave me a reference of what you meant. I remember Drew Barrymore in Ever After. However, Drew as an actress always speaks the same way. LOL. With that slight movement sideways or something she does with her lips and speech.

I think Eric is not in the zone or didn’t do much preparation for a saguek. I think that if he has some knowledge on that period, he would be able to project himself in that setting right away…especially when he is in that costume. How can an actor not immediately feel different when he or she is dressed like that.

Hmm…I didn’t pick up on the rhythm or formal air. I think it really depends if you know the language. When I don’t know what he was talking about, I can’t tell if he was speaking in the right saguek rhythm or not.

In some ways, I think the actors in historical dramas especially a fusion, should have an easier job because there is a certain expectation of how you should talk and act. It seems that the basic rules are there..but there is also that elasticity in the performance because we, the audience, don’t live in the olden days and thus, there is a freedom to imagine what it is like to live in those days…as long as we have the basics figured out. It is a pity that Eric is decent in modern dramas and does not do as well in saguek..when I think it should be easier on the performance.

By: Baby

Baby — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:11:20 +0000

”He laboriously produces one tear”–> ouch! But i’m very grateful for ur caps and u wrote it with much emotions..heheh..maybe i’m alone in this but i’m VERY impressed with the Gay Jesus..hehe..he is COOL.^_^ ep 3 watched. Thankssomuch!!

By: Baby

Baby — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:40:44 +0000

I want ep 3 n 4.CAN NOT read this before watching huhu T-T(intrnt connetn suks)
historic stuffs vs modern-comic-hero (crash?)…lalalala..i dont care, i think this drama is awesome..THANKS jbeans for the caps..im KIVing this..’uh, you dont like it?’

By: ivanovie

ivanovie — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:51:59 +0000

Thank you for the explanation. I also didn’t quite understand the difference on how Koreans speak in the olden days and now. But what comes to my mind next is if Eric acts and talks freely in this drama, isn’t is the director’s job to mould his acting to fit the character? or is it intentional? or perhaps it’s just up to the actors to interpret the character?

Anyway really thank you for the recaps..really entertaining…in some cases sometimes more entertaining than the drama itself

By: javabeans

javabeans — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:41:20 +0000

ginnie, I did wonder how it would come across to people who aren’t familiar with historical dramas or the Korean language, because Eric’s anachronistic quality is largely language-based. Although, if you observe carefully, perhaps you can pick out the way he walks or moves too, which is very modern — like he’s walking down a street in an urban setting.

As for the speech, think of it as a Valley girl trying to do Shakespeare, or Drew Barrymore in Ever After. Period pieces have their own rhythm, and somewhat formal air. Eric ignores that and just talks freely. I’m curious to know if non-Koreans pick up on that, but to a Korean ear, it’s not a subtle thing to pick up on, it’s actually VERY noticeable. Which is why I say that it *would* bother me if I were watching Chil Woo as a traditional period piece. Thankfully, I’m not.