#kim byung i

[moviepixie]

Mr Queen

Subtitle: Comedic genius becomes the Main Character

A/n: I will be making a post called my unattainabe crushes and adding characters i love to it after each review!

This movie is suitable for all ages but i recommend for those above 13! As always my reviews will be including spoilers so be warned. The review starts below the cut!

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I assume that you have read the spoiler warning above so I'm just going to get right into it and say that I'm a sucker for drama but even I almost became tired of it. Firstly, the K-drama had me laughing time after time. From the mistranslations of the Queen's language by the Queen to the very dramatic moments and the identity crisis. All of it tied in to create a light-hearted yet sometimes serious K-drama series.

The plot is about a chef who through an accident finds himself in the body of the soon-to-be queen 200 years before the modern world. He gets into a lot of family drama and makes some enemies all while trying to live a quiet life in the palace. He soon realizes that that won't be possible and that the place is all about sides and sabotage, despite his attempts he still finds the people of the palace against him. The story covers him navigating the palace as well as the troubles of the King and the blooming love between the King and the Queen(Him).

This K-drama gave me new crushes, enemies and faves! But I'll talk about only a few of them here.

Firstly, The main character in the Queen's body. Now I know sometimes it's quite boring and cliche to like the main character, but admittedly to me, this guy carried the whole show. From the monologues to the identity crisis to the relationships with other characters such as the Queen's court maid and lady-in-waiting, the King's father-in-law and the chef. The unique interactions and his mannerisms in the Queen's body. He put a smile on my face time after time. He is my number 1 fave in this show and no one can change my mind.

Secondly, Palace Uibin. I did not like her in the palace, not even a little. I get that the two had a past but i just got irritated by her attitude, especially when she gave the ledger to the Queen Dowager when she knew it would help the King that she loved, because of jealousy. She also tried to shoot the queen with an arrow which could have fatally killed her! All for what? When the Queen had told her countless times that she wasn't involved. In fact, I can go as far as to say the Queen was living quietly and minding her business while everyone else tried to pin things on her. Uibin managed to be fooled by a woman who lets superstitions rule her life all for her hatred of the innocent.

Thirdly, The King, I love the king! From his backstory to just him in general and his love for the Queen just touched my heart and made me truly feel my singleness to a new degree! The King is the only one that I will defend to this day. He truly cared for his people and so I treasure him in my heart. he has been added to my list of unattainable crushes.

Kim Byung-In is someone I had a love-hate relationship with, mostly because he kept attacking my beloved King but also because the man was just doing too much. Like just rest! My cousins don't even ask me how i am, why are you in the Queen's business like this? If you had suspicions of the King, you could have asked the Queen! Because your family did more damage to the Queen than the King ever did or would! I was just looking at the guy and he was embarrassing me. But towards the end of the series, I was a little sad when he was dying but overall I was happy that he did.

The entire Jo and Ansong Kim family just left me with a bitter taste in my mouth and I hate them all. Safe to say I don't like royalty much at least in K-drama because when you sleep and wake up, there is a new problem. Why is my uncle trying to kill me and still expects me to reconcile later? Like Godforbid, it can't be me.

When the Ministers and the Grand Queen Dowager tried to have the little girl killed for trying to save the queen, this made me hate every person in that council. They irritated me to no end and enraged me greatly for the entirety of the episode and till the end of the season.

I didn't really like the ending of Mr Queen when the mc went back to, modern times but I don't mind too much.

I have decided to add the following members to my list of unattainable crushes:

Prince Youngpyeong: He is totally an introvert but he was cute and I just loved him.

Kim Hwan: He was just an idiot and that made me love him. He is a very simple-minded person which is a breath of fresh air for me.

Special Director Hong: His personality just made me love him. The way he was always going undercover and comforting Kim Hwan. I just love him!

So that concludes my review. Overall I give the K-drama a 7.5/10! I absolutely love it but the drama was getting a bit too much for me. Plus they didn't kill the Queen Dowager and Grand Queen Dowager so I was left A little underwhelmed.

Till next time loves!

[manny-jacinto]

I SAW THE DEVIL | 악마를 보았다 (2010) dir. Kim Jee-Woon

[bittergirlsworld]

I can't find on me to hate Byeong-In because if you think about his point of view that So-yong tried to killed herself because of how unhappy Cheoljong and the palace life made her and how their family made her so miserable at the point to drive her to depression. He had every single reason to hate all of them, and I always felt that it was very ambiguous the way they wrote So-yong feelings towards him. She kisses him back for some seconds till she snaps. She tells him that in her dreams, sometimes her husband looks like him. She trusts him the most and he was the only one who notice that So-bong wasn't So-yong and STILL protected her anyway. His love towards her mixed with how used and mistreated he was by their family although he was a political genius makes all his actions very understanding. They don't know you like I know, youngest minister of War.

[stheresya]

— After losing the love of her life, she chose the stage to forget him. But he comes back from the dead and onto the stage. If she has to kill him in order to live, what would you do? — If... that's the case... it would be the saddest thing in the world.

The Villainess (2017) dir. Jung Byung-gil

[steakbeefe]

Byung ho/han gyeol request from twitter

[anditendshowyoudexpect]

i'm obviously horribly late to the party as always but all the modern AUs in my head are screaming

[zorosroronoas]

GOING POSITIVELY INSANE OVER THEM!!

[newsatsix1986]

Memories from the Kim family photo album, circa 1986-88!

Special thanks to Hany Lee for providing these wonderful behind the scenes snaps on her Instagram! 🥰

I can imagine that Soon-Hee and Byung-Ho would be proud as punch of their daughters. Jen and Noelene are both smart, independent and also have a lot of love and warmth to give. I really enjoyed the details we've been provided throughout the show about the family unit; like Noelene helping her dad deliver furniture during the school holidays, and Jen and their mum having community connections at the chemist, as well as the family's pride in being resourceful and hardworking, and especially in their Korean culture. They enjoy engaging in pop culture together, and no matter how hard a day at work is, there's always a meal and company waiting in the living room when they get home. And this same hospitality is now extended to Rob too, who is so respectful towards Mr and Mrs Kim and Jen, and looks to engage wholeheartedly and lovingly with them.

The actors of the girls' parents - Meewon Yang and Joe Cho - only have The Newsreader as their sole screen credit, but I've loved having them on my screens. My heart was warmed seeing this tweet from Michael Lucas in S2 that Joe Cho taught Stephen Peacocke how to bow correctly for the proposal scene. It was a beautiful detail to include, and a wonderful gesture of respect on Rob's behalf, as well as learning how to propose in Korean through Jen too.

On behalf of all Newsreader fans, I also want to extend a belated congratulations to Meewon Yang for her OAM award last year! Reverend Meewon Yang was awarded an OAM for her services to Baptist Churches of Australia, and to refugee support services. Reading about some of Rev. Yang's work, I'm wowed by how smart and compassionate she is, and how she looks to inspire and include people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds so that they can find their own unique voice in the church and society. What an incredible lady! Newsreader actors inspiring others, as always! 💖🌟

https://www.northwestcitynews.com.au/meewon-makes-a-difference-to-the-lives-ofasylum-seekers-and-refugees/

[sunnymimis]

Chibi practice!

[cercasinomeworld]

3o Days Kdrama Challenge

Day 3 - Kdrama you recently finished: Touch Your Heart

And I'm currently watching Mr. Sunshine

[symereweed]

This is the first time I tried to color my work in digital way so I want to post it

[vampirecorleone]

"I will kill you when you are in the most pain. When you're in the most pain, shivering out of fear, then I will kill you. That's a real revenge. A real complete revenge." Horror Character Appreciation - Lee Byung-hun as Soo-hyeon in I Saw the Devil (2010) dir. Kim Jee-woon

[dangermousie]

A love letter to late 00s/early10s kdramas? More likely than you may think

I have watched the first two eps (30m each) of the just premiered My Military Valentine with Nam Guyri and Kim Min Seok and I have discovered the most glorious time machine to 2008-2012.

A disclaimer - if you came to kdramas relatively recently, this really isn't a drama for you. But for those of us who used to watch and adore kdramas of mid-to-late 00s/very early 10s (I got into kdramas around 06), this is a very deliberate and knowing tribute and is designed to evoke a sense of nostalgia for back then dramas which it does brilliantly.

I feel as if I somehow time traveled to 15 years back or perhaps stumbled on a kdrama from that period I have not seen yet. It is such a delicious homage.

The premise is pretty straightforward - in an AU where South Korea and North Korea are close to reunification, a popular South Korean superstar and a North Korean commando cross paths and then he ends up having to serve in her unit. She's a consummate military officer, he's boyish and even immature but genuinely good-hearted. If you are screaming into your hands "this is off-brand King2Hearts with Spy MyungWol thrown in OMGGGGGGGG!" then you are the target audience.

EVERYTHING about this drama is old-school, deliberately so. The plot (even the idea of reunion was much more popular in dramas back then than it is now when I think it's much more fraught and distant), the setting (it is not set in 2024 but something like 2010), the characters (the ML is the immature protag romcoms in 00s used to love, FL is a good-hearted stern naive NK lady), the look (the way it's filmed is 100% from back then, with news montages, ML's frosted hair, the side part of the NK agent dude, the shots down from buildings, FL's whole vibe and look, the camera work, the lack of certain filters. Even the fact that neither of protags looks super polished and ML has a certain soft-faced and not starving look is reminiscent of early 00s dramas.)

Shot from the drama:

For comparison, here is Eric Mun in 2011 Spy Myung Wol as a top star in a drama about a North Korean Agent x SK celeb:

And with NK agent OTP:

Here is the OTP of 2012 King 2 Hearts, about a South Korean prince and NK commando:

Lee Byung Hun and his bleach blond hair in Beautiful Days from 2003:

Kim Rae Won and his soft face and light hair in Say You Love Me (2004):

And now, look at this song number from My Military Valentine. If it doesn't scream "Obama just got elected for his first term," I don't know what to tell you:

And the kiss as means of air transfer, old school style JUST I CAN'TTTTT:

[lopposting]

During my ventures in LOP I came across something that I thought people might find really interesting!

[btw: I might be completely wrong about all of this]

Earlier last year, the team behind Lies of P were invited as guests on a popular Korean Youtube channel called 중년게이머 김실장 [Roughly, "Middle-aged gamer Kim"?]. Developer Kwon Byung-Soo introduces himself as World and Scenario Lead of Lies of P.

At the Korea Game Awards in 2023 (in which LOP swept 6 awards including GOTY!!), he went on stage to accept the award for "Technical Achievement (World/Scenario)". The caption under him reads Narrative/World Team Lead:

Under the game's official end credits reel, he is credited under Lead World Designer. His name is also the first to appear in the game's introductory cutscene:

So I think that Kwon Byung-Soo may be the actual writer of the story and lore in LOP. I'm sure that Director Choi oversees the project as a whole, and every single team member makes invaluable fundamental contributions to the game collectively (for example, Director Choi pushing for a main character with more feminine appeal); However, I didn't see anyone credited specifically as a "writer" other than Collodi himself (Collodi is also technically the first to be credited, both in-game and in the end credits).

I think it would be really really cool to hear this person talk about the narrative elements of LOP specifically. Hopefully we get to hear more of the writer's individual thoughts on aspects of LOP in the artbook!

[note again: this is just speculation and could be me interpreting things incorrectly. also maybe these terms don't mean what I think they do, as I imagine game narrative and something more linear like a film script is probably different to develop]

[isekai-crow]

Solo Leveling Character Name Master List

Just for my own and others' reference

Sung Jin Woo -> Shun Mizushino

Lee Joo Hee -> Eri Mizuki

Yoo Jin Ho -> Kenta Morobishi

Choi Jong In -> Shin Mogami

Baek Yoon Ho -> Taiga Shirakawa

Min Byung Gyu -> Gou Minobe

Woo Jin chul -> Akira Inukai

Go Gun Hee - Kyoomi Gotou

Cha Hae In -> Shizuku Kousaka

Kim Chul -> Yuuma Uehara

Sung Jin Ah -> Aoi Mizushino

Han Song I - Rin Asahina

Hwang Dong Soo -> Masato Ukyou

Goto Ryuji -> Ryuu

I will update this further as I collect more names and more people appear in the show! Let me know if there are any other characters you want to know the names of for the Japanese anime!

[sunnymimis]

Some of my main OCs as One Piece characters now that I caught up!