So sad, the last episode of 太王四神记 was aired on Tuesday night on Astro 双星. Now hubby & I have no more shows to look forward to at night. :(
Yesterday night was back to the sit-in-front-of-computer kind of evening, with him playing his Three Kingdoms & me catching up on my tv shows. No more rushing to the tv at 10:30pm sharp, no more avid discussions during & after the show.........
I must salute the good production of 太王四神记: never in my memory has my hubby re-watched an episode eagerly <24 hrs after he has 1st watched it!
I myself would willingly re-watch it again............I can't remember seeing the evil 大长老 at the beginning of the serial, wouldn't mind catching up all the details again!!!
Latest drama serial chasing craze: Korea's 太王四神记 starring 裴勇俊.
The Korean theme song of the show, 千年戀歌 by the group 東方神起 is great! Sharing this MV version where the 2 possible candidates for kingship vie for survival (this is the stage we're watching right now):
Taiwanese version's theme song, 传说, by 林宥嘉&劉力揚, is also pretty good:
Other leading actors/actresses, refer to DramaWiki.
Motivation: thought the plot sounds interesting. And it seems very popular, so gave it a try.
Sypnosis: romance story between 4 people in the media industry: female popular actress, her manager, a popular scriptwriter, and a 1st time director. Subplot details the drama serial the actress is leading in (written by the scriptwriter & directed by the director) - how a mentally slow young woman finds true love in her lawyer & reconciles with her long lost sister.
Faves: Loved the 2 male leads! ;) And the romance story is wonderfully woven: a 4-way love triangle with all the nuances you can ask for........... It's also quite interesting to see how the media industry in Korea works.
My fav clip: the 4 leads were attracted to each other & were trying to guess how the other party is feeling about him/herself........
Hates: The 1st 3~4 episodes are a bit slow, cos still spinning the story of how the 4 leads are related. Since the leads don't know each other yet, the romance factor is quite low (unless you enjoy knowing how couples meet), & all the details are on how difficult it is to decide to film a drama serial. I almost gave up watching the show! Luckily persevered till episode 5, when the sparks just burst, & it's wonderful since.....
Another irritating bit for me: too many flashbacks used. Sometimes I wasn't even aware it was a flashback, & got puzzled on the obvious difference in timeline (thanks to the show's efforts on the leads' changes of image). I suppose it works for the actress/manager storyline, since they meet again after 7 years, hence the need to flashback to understand their past. However, why use it on the director/scriptwriter love story?????
Chaseability: Why don't they screen an episode everyday?????? It's plain torture having to wait a whole week for 2 episodes!!!!!!!!!!!
Re-watchability: the romance factor is definitely worth re-watching again!!!!!! However, since this isn't a purely love story, this means have to go through all the broadcasting drama again.........
