Posts Tagged ‘Song Jong-ho’
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Mandate of Heaven: Episode 10
It’s a particularly good episode for Jung-hwan, which is a treat since he was already smart and sexy to start with—upping the intensity on both makes me a happy camper. There’s something about these kinds of upright, passionate, yet antagonistic characters that makes for a richer character conflict, in the way that Prosecutor was such... More »
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Mandate of Heaven: Episode 9
Chess pieces move around, power shifts, and Team Hero makes significant strides as well as suffering pretty big blows. It’s a great day for our sidekicks as well, who step up in big ways to make their contributions and have me eagerly anticipating more to come in the next episode. I hadn’t expected some of... More »
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Mandate of Heaven: Episode 8
Who could resist that face? …and I just realized that that applies to either one in this case. But Rang’s unexpected bond with Jung-hwan is turning into one of those heart-tugging gems that never fails to make me smile. There’s something to be said about the sincerity of a child’s pure heart, and it turns... More »
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Mandate of Heaven: Episode 7
A strong episode for our good guys, who finally get a leg up in this whole murder-conspiracy-intrigue business after letting the baddies run around them in circles for a while there. Not that I blame them for their ineffectual defenses thus far—their opponents have just been too powerful to manage—but it’s refreshing to see the... More »
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Mandate of Heaven: Episode 6
As I said, I love the lighter moments in this show, and with Won on the run, we get more breathing room, which is great because it’s refreshing to expand our outer limits. The palace can feel like such a world in and of itself because of all the stakes and intrigue constantly in play,... More »
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Mandate of Heaven: Episode 5
I like that the characters in Mandate of Heaven are smart—they see clues, put them together, and are more or less shrewd about how to interpret motive and intent. Aside from the fact that it’s nice to have smart characters in any drama, this keeps the plot pushing forward rather than spinning its wheels; we’ve... More »
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Mandate of Heaven: Episode 4
This is a particularly gorgeous episode. Perhaps that’s because it contained scenes to be used as the drama’s opening sequence, or perhaps the change of scenery offers up a whole range of movement and color that we hadn’t seen previously within the palace confines. In any case, our characters and are story swing into full... More »
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Mandate of Heaven: Episode 3
Better and better. The story moves quickly, the characters are developing nicely, and puzzle pieces are dropped and pieced together in a nicely suspenseful way. We’re still maneuvering the plot into position to fulfill the latter part of our title, Mandate of Heaven: Joseon Fugitive Story, but I like that the show is spending just... More »
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Mandate of Heaven: Episode 2
Okay, we did a little reshuffling and negotiated a deal with the fourth dimension to put Mandate of Heaven on our regular recapping schedule. I can’t promise there were no threats and tears involved in the deal, but for now let’s just hope it’s worth it. FYI, there are a couple other titles floating around,... More »
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Second teaser and character posters for Mandate of Heaven
Here’s another peek at KBS’s new Wednesday-Thursday show to follow IRIS 2, the fugitive sageuk thriller Mandate of Heaven starring Lee Dong-wook and Song Ji-hyo. It’s now carrying the full title Mandate of Heaven: Story of a Runaway, Joseon Edition, which seems unnecessarily descriptive. Maybe someone finally figured out that their title chun-myung ["thousand people"... More »
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