Chuno - episode the last

[dangermousie]

First off, I am quite happy - IRIS won best drama and Lee Byung Hun won best actor award at the Baeksangs (equivalent of Korean Emmys). Yessss, my favorite drama of 2009 and my favorite character ever! The writer of Chuno won best script which is also excellent. Kim Nam Joo won best actress for Queen of Housewives - I really must watch that one. And Go Hyun Jung got the super-grand prize for her role as Mishil in Queen Seon Deok. Yay!



Anyway, I bring you some caps from the last (and incredibly awesome) episode of Chuno. I've only capped some scenes because I was too emo during others.



I cheered so hard when EB killed Legolas, and evil flunkie, and Evil Minister!



Tae Ha and Un Nyun reunion scene! I love how they both are shining and the way he touches her hair and the way she leans into his touch. But my heart breaks for Dae Gil.



























Oh, poor Dae Gil!



I love them!





I think I couldn't breathe during this fight even though I knew the outcome! But TH fighting all alone like a madman to protect his family (and killing for the first time in non-flashback) and UN being wounded and DG coming to the rescue and TH taking a sword for UN and DG telling them to leave and UN crying over TH and DG and just!





































Btw, did you notice she was screaming "Husband!" and not "My Lord!" the way she did in the beginning after their marriage - because now she has 'the right' - he knows the truth about her and accepts her the way she is. Btw, I cried during this scene. It's good I was spoiled, I would have died otherwise.







DG tells them to go and she tells him not to ever forgive her and oh, seriously, crying so hard.







I refuse to cap DG and CW fight or I will wreck my keyboard by bawling.







They are stumbling supporting each other. I love it when he tells her they won't leave Korea and that he will get better soon and then will work for a new world where she won't need to have two names and she thanks them and strokes his face and oh guuuuuh, the way they look at each other!



















Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh













Yesss, off to build a new world and hopefully to make a lot of sturdy babies!



I really loved this scene with Chul Woong and his wife. Yes, CW, you have to live with what you've done. Forever. I am also glad that the awesome wife gets what she wants - her husband's attention and appreciation.















Someone give LJH a leading role already, dammit!











We have never seen DG this happy.

Comments

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I love how they both are shining and the way he touches her hair and the way she leans into his touch. But my heart breaks for Dae Gil.

I know! ** weeps ** And this time she almost even didn't notice him until the last minute, it was saaaaaaaaaaad!.

I wonder what their conversation was about - I am sure she was saying "Thank you! "in her mind and something about her brother.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

And this time she almost even didn't notice him until the last minute, it was saaaaaaaaaaad!.

Because she was so overcome with joy on seeing her husband back. My TH/UN shipper rejoiced (maybe that will silence those who thought she married TH out of convenience which always seemed like a 'bwuh?' notion to me - she was so anti marriage of convenience she ran away from home!) but I love DG and the pain on his face at being invisible!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I think debates will rage in annals as to whom UN "really" loved . I think this is fine - I think she loved both and even at the end of the Chuno she still had some strong feelings for DG (but I don't think they were the sort of feelings he had).

And yep, episode 19 with subs is great - not only we get to see jealous TH (and trying to deal the best he could - he turned away when he thought they lost DG/the Prince to compose himself) but I think it is actually the ep. where Un plainly tells him she loves him (he just doesn't listen). She says she loved DG, them she says "then I met you " and she also says "I haven't married you just because you are yangban" (whilst crying pitifully and looking at him with pleading eyes. Her heart, once set , was set.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I really think she loved both - and I agree, by the end of the drama she still had feelings for DG but yup, her heart was firmly given to TH so no true reciprocity for poor DG ever.

I remember someone on soompi translating that comment from UN and I remember squeeing like mad - it totally sealed the deal for me that she genuinely loved TH now!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

BUT! BUT! What about Jang Hyuk not getting any awards??? Or any other Chuno lovelies, for that matter????

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It did get screenplay. JH was the only one nominated out of the cast and (this is something I will never admit on the Chuno soompi thread) much as I thought he gave an incredible performance, I was rooting for LBH to win - I have never been as emotionally attached to a drama character as I was to Kim Hyun Joon.

Also, the timing is a bit odd - they nominated and voted before the entire drama was even out - bizarre. I bet Chuno will sweep KBS awards next year.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Yep, I still think that whatever the case LBH is a better actor anyways, well above anyone's level (I like JH sometimes, but he tiny bit overdid on shouting for my taste in Chuno, all the emotions don't = shouting) , but on the other hand - LBH is such a superstar anyways (it is - OK, we know, LBH is awesome).

Yes, it is all about bad timing. I thought it will be in the next year's awards.

[issy-chan.livejournal.com]

oh my god, i can't believe is over. i am missing it already. watched ep19 with subs and the talk between her and TH after seeing her was so emotional and strong. the whole ep19 was much better wuth subs. really loved it.
back to last ep, really loved those meeting scenes between TH and UN. you can the love in thier eyes and i was so happy to see it. i think this is the first time they show how deep is UN love for TH and how much she really loves him.
before, i always wondered if she really does love TH as much as DG. now i am sure of it.
i think DG was happy to die for them two because he also saw how happy UN is with TH and how much she loves. she even did not notice DG at first. all she was looking was TH.
now i am happy just thinking about lots and lots of TWs. well, one of them has to be named DG.
saying all this, i cried so much last night when DG died.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to watch the subs tonight. EEEEE!

Yes, I loved how she was so happy to see him she didn't even see anything else (including DG!) and then when he was wounded, even though she was hurt herself, she was only fixated on him.

UN of 10 years ago loved DG and HW of now loves TH - and I love that whatever else changes about her, her capability for such strength of love does not.

think DG was happy to die for them two because he also saw how happy UN is with TH and how much she loves.

Yes, for DG it was always about UN and her happiness - he really was so selfless. And being around TH made him admire the man too, so he knew UN found someone worthy of her.

one of them has to be named DG.

Yes please. I also cried and cried.

[issy-chan.livejournal.com]

you get to see jealous TH in ep19. hehhe, i did not notice that when i saw it raw but it is so obvious in words. specially when he tells her that DG would do anything if it's for UN's sake.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Mmm, jealous TH. Yay! Awesome!

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

Wait. . . does DG die? Poor guy. :( I was hoping he'd get another chance with that other lady.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yup. It was pretty clear he was too messed up and damaged to go on but I still bawled like a little kid.

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

Aw. :( Now I'm sad and I haven't even watched the show yet. I'm guessing a lot of people died, though. Oh, does the wife have Cerebral Palsy or did she have a stroke?


Also - according to dramabeans, Jang Hyuk has already picked his next project. A Chinese remake of the 2000 Korean drama, All About Eve. It's classic Korean drama - good girl vs evil girl for the top job at work and the heart of a rich Prince Charming type. It had Han Jae Suk as the secondary male, Chae Rim as the good girl, Jang Dong Gun as the prince-type character (reportedly Jang Hyuk's role in the Chinese remake), and Kim So Yun as the so-called evil girl.


But, interestingly, it seems that you might want to feel badly for Kim So Yun's character - her mother died and her dad was an abusive drunk - she never had love. While Chae Rim's character grew up surrounded by love and riches.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yup, his wife has palsy. She is also incredibly kind and patient and wonderful. And, despite knowing the kind of man he is, she loves him. So I am very happy that she gets him at the end - that he recognizes her goodness and care and also reveals his vulnerability to her (in a way, his shutting her out the whole drama and even pretending he couldn't understand what she is saying, is symbolic for his shutting out his soul - once he gets his soul back, he is ready to be with her, so to speak).

AAE - sounds cool but if only I liked Mainland dramas better!

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

Yes, it looked like she had palsy. That actress is going to need some major massages now.

Well, I highly doubt it will be subbed anyway.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Mainland dramas rarely get subbed.

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

True. Plus, it takes forever for Mainland dramas (and some Taiwan dramas) to come on the air. I'll skip it and watch the film he did with Sung Yuri instead.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I want to see that one too - let me know if it's any good.

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

Will do. I looked over it, and it looks like it is low-key with some angst. I think they have chemistry. Sadly, Sung Yuri's English is improved, but not enough for someone whose supposed to have been raised in America for the last twenty-three years. (Yes, she was raised in Korea for about five, but. . . her Korean is awesome and her English is that of someone whose been learning for a few months.)

[(Anonymous)]

I'm going to watch it, I'm going to watch it,I'm going to watch it, I'm going to watch it,I'm going to watch it, I'm going to watch it,....

Emma (all exited...)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yay! I am still so pleasantly shocked they let my OTP live!

[(Anonymous)]

I know! It seems they have some problems with endings... I read on Dramabeans that they killed one of the main couple on the LAST episode of a FAMILY drama!!!!!! Can you imagine the shock?!?!?!?!?!

Emma

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Not only a family drama but a sitcom! WTF!

[boginje.livejournal.com]

My unusual opinion about HKTTR`s ending:
When the casting for HKTTR was announced I knew absolutely nothing about Hwang Jung Eum and Shin Se Kyung . I recognized Yoon Si Yoon from introducing a stars friend, but the one I was really excited to see was Choi Daniel (he was awesome in Worlds Within).
However, around episode 80 I was seriously angry with the writer and the PD. Shin Se Kyung`s character was annoyingly boring and Choi Daniel`s character was just plain annoying. There was nothing endearing about his character.
Then, Yoon Si Yoon and Shin Se Kyung were given best couple award on one of those year-end award shows, and yet the PD was heavily insinuating (in his interviews) that Shin Se Kyung will not end up with Yoon Si Yoon` character. He (the PD) was all about how HKTTR is Shin Se Kyung`s drama (how she is the main character) even though she was the least interesting character on the show.
The PD was obsessed with Shin Se Kyung and her character since day one and that affected the show (episodes 80-126) in a negative way.
I remember watching episode 125 and wanting Shin Se Kyung `s character to die. Seriously!!!! I was SO ANGRY!!!
So when I heard they did die in the last episode (episode 126) I WAS surprised (I was not really expecting my wish would come true) but PLEASED, REALLY PLEASED.
BTW despite all of its problems HKTTR was still worth watching - BECAUSE OF YOON SI YOON, HWANG JUNG EUM AND THOSE TWO LITTLE GIRLS PLAYING SHIN AE AND HAE RI.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Who was Choi Daniel in WW? Am blanking!

[boginje.livejournal.com]

He was this guy:

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I remember him! Yang Unni :)

[boginje.livejournal.com]

Kim Nam Gil won in the best new actor category!!!!! I am really happy about.
Everybody apologizing to Lee Seung Ki`s fans: http://allkoreangossip.com/2010/03/kim-nam-gil-saying-sorry-to-lee-seung-ki-fans/
LOL
P.S. dangermousie when are you going to make Family Honor eps 5-8 weekly post?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yay re: KNG!

Sorry, totally forgot am making it this weekend.

[issy-chan.livejournal.com]

watch this to keep you even more in happier mood. *____________*
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UNK1FXT9
thanks to anonymous on d-a thread.
ps. this was aired after CM and somehow was not added to encoded release

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

OMG so awesome.

[cleobulle.livejournal.com]

OMG. I cried so hard. I managed to hold out and watched the last eps of Chuno back to back without having read any spoilers.

Eps 24 was such a rollercoaster. The writers really kept me guessing about how it all would end. I was shocked at first to see that it seemed to be heading toward a happy ending with our three slave hunters and SH lving in Incheon after DG had seen UN and TH safely away. And then I thought that TH would die because he got slashed so many times. And then it was DG's turn. When CW told his men that everything had to stop, I thought DG had actually escaped, that he had meant his words that he would see UN later literally rather than metaphorically, in the after life. And when SH found him I really thought he *was* going to live...until he started coughing all that blood. *weeps*

All in all, I think it was one of the best wrapped dramas I've ever seen (TH's sudden decision to stay in Korea notwithstanding). It didn't feel too rushed in the last eps as is often the case.

I wonder about that last shot of DG (the one after the drama's credit) though. Is that meant to be a simple outtake to soothe the viewers with one last image of him? Or is that actually him in the afterlife, free at last and waiting for UN as he stated before he died? It seems he was on that boat where he left the shoes before running to UN and TH's aid.

My poor heart can't take all this pain so I want to go with that second explantion. This is what satisfies me most about the drama: I'm not an anti TH/HW shipper but I was more fascinated by DG's boundless devotion and anguish. I'm glad that the writers kept his character true to himself and didn't have him turn to SH. By the way, speaking of SH, when he held out his hand at the end, was it the same than in Ep 10 and he was reaching toward UN or had he lost his sight and he wanted to give one last gift to SH?

Ah, poor DG. He really made the drama for me. I only wish he had some more interactions with UN (on the other hand, it would have pained him to do so. It was the agony of seeing her with TH all the time that drove him to help TH secure a happy future for her after all). And I do believe that she knows he looked for her and was desperatly in love with her. He tried to give her that last gift by lying to her all the time so that she wouldn't feel any regrets about him but too many people have hinted about his feelings for her to remain oblivious. And she also had the occasion to observe him. She's a very perceptive woman.

And, to me, it still feels like DG/UN was meant to be the OTP, only it wasn't meant to be in the world they lived in. Actually, I like your way of looking at Robbers's main couple as DG and UN reincarnated. LOL. When TH told him that he was sorry he had wronged him but that it was fate, I thought: "Well, maybe next time then eh DG? You'll get her next time.

I do not think I envy UN/HW. I don't see how she will be able to live a life without shadows. It hurt her to abandon her "young master" twice. And she will surely learn of his death. I do believe she loves TH but this will burden her conscience. She will probably live in as much happiness as can be expected but not completely free of shadows. But that's what life is all about after all.

Still, I feel all weepy as I type this. I'll need to watch some of the early episodes to see my DG full of life again. I'm in the process of downloading the huge 8GB super HD files of Chuno so that I can watch the drama all over again in the best quality available. It's taking ages to download everything but I love this drama so much that it's worth it. If the dvd comes out with english subs I will buy it but the image quality won't be as good so I'm hoarding away my precious precious files :o)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

All in all, I think it was one of the best wrapped dramas I've ever seen (TH's sudden decision to stay in Korea notwithstanding). It didn't feel too rushed in the last eps as is often the case.

I agree - too often the ending comes out of nowhere (East of Eden comes to mind, not that that drama didn't have other issues). This was perfectly wound up.

And I do believe that she knows he looked for her and was desperatly in love with her. He tried to give her that last gift by lying to her all the time so that she wouldn't feel any regrets about him but too many people have hinted about his feelings for her to remain oblivious. And she also had the occasion to observe him.

I believe that too - I don't believe she knows the extent of it though. He really was amazingly unselfish when it came to her. Amazingly.

And, to me, it still feels like DG/UN was meant to be the OTP, only it wasn't meant to be in the world they lived in. Actually, I like your way of looking at Robbers's main couple as DG and UN reincarnated. LOL.

I think they were meant to be an OTP only society intervened and then she became OTP with Tae Ha - by last ep it's clear she genuinely loves her husband and despite her strong feelings for DG, has moved on. But DG can't. Yes, I totally believe Robbers OTP is them reincarnated only this time they get a lot of skinship and a happy ending :)

when he held out his hand at the end, was it the same than in Ep 10 and he was reaching toward UN or had he lost his sight and he wanted to give one last gift to SH

I think it was a gift to SH but it can go either way.

She will probably live in as much happiness as can be expected but not completely free of shadows. But that's what life is all about after all.


Oh yes. Yes. I believe her happiness will be tainted (how could it not be, part of her heart is buried with DG) but she will be, on balance, happy. Which is all you can expect.

[cleobulle.livejournal.com]

I believe that too - I don't believe she knows the extent of it though. He really was amazingly unselfish when it came to her. Amazingly

Yes, I'm not clear as to how much she knows either. Do you know if maybe there is a director's cut in the works by any chance? Sometimes they give us longer versions of scenes like they did for You're Beautiful and it sheds more light on some things.

I think they were meant to be an OTP only society intervened and then she became OTP with Tae Ha - by last ep it's clear she genuinely loves her husband and despite her strong feelings for DG, has moved on. But DG can't. Yes, I totally believe Robbers OTP is them reincarnated only this time they get a lot of skinship and a happy ending :)

Yes, that's the feeling I got too. But it's where the drama failed for me actually. I did not mind the TH/HY romance but it wasn't well executed for me and also, to me, it's not an OTP if there was another possible OTP if you know what I mean.

I'm a bit iffy as to the handling of the TH/HY romance in the second part of the drama. When I watched Episode 24, it was clear to me as a viewer that HY was totally devoted to TH, that he was the man she loved.

But if I take the drama as a whole, it doesn't gel. Or rather, I never got to see the point where HY realized that TH was the one for her. I need to rewatch the drama so maybe I missed something the first time around.

Also, I think I would have prefered to have her married to TH for a few years until she realized that DG was alive. That way I wouldn't be struggling to believe she really has moved on. I feel a bit cheated that we got 10 years + of longing for DG on her part and then TH comes along and in a matter of weeks he has become her OTP.

All in all, I'm actually surprised that I did not mind the TH/HY (and she's really HY to him, not UN, not yet at least) pairing. Maybe because DG more than surpassed my expectations with his intense longing?

Oh yes. Yes. I believe her happiness will be tainted (how could it not be, part of her heart is buried with DG) but she will be, on balance, happy. Which is all you can expect.

Yes, absolutely. Doesn't it tie in perfectly with her resolution back in episode 2? When she swore she would live in happiness?

I think it was a gift to SH but it can go either way.

I definitely need to re-watch to make up my mind then. As if I needed an excuse. lol :o)

[nycteris-m.livejournal.com]

I wasn't spoiled for this last episode and I don't think I have ever been so involved in an episode of tv before! I was full on yelling at the screen and completely convinced they were going to kill off TH hence my screaming everytime he took a hit or fell down. I very rarely get to have my seemingly uncanon couples work out. I was crying so much too with DG and SH, especially SH at the end all alone, but I'm afraid I was just so massively relieved that TH and HY were alive and together that I didn't fully realise anything else until it was over and then I had to rewatch to see what I'd missed after I'd calmed down.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I was freaking out through the whole drama that it would end up with DG/UN. I kept trying not to ship TH/UN so I wouldn't be disappointed but I couldn't help it...

I was sure everyone was dead by the end but then...

[nycteris-m.livejournal.com]

Uhuh... I mean I knew kdrama law too and by all rights Dae Gil should have won. The whole way through I was thinking Tae Ha had to die or at the very least it would be Hye Won/Un Nyun so neither man would have her and viola angst etc. He probably won me over about the same time as Hye Won.

There were so many scenes that I loved in that show, like the one where she's waiting for him on top of the cliff, holding his sword. And the one where he came to ask her to marry him for the good of the cause/country and all that and she was so disappointed. I was all 'aww you are so gone'!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

ike the one where she's waiting for him on top of the cliff, holding his sword. And the one where he came to ask her to marry him for the good of the cause/country and all that and she was so disappointed. I was all 'aww you are so gone'!


I loved those! I really loved when he held her hand when they ran. Or the hugging during the fight with the bandits. But basically I was a goner for them from the moment he saw her praying and the look in his eyes...

[nycteris-m.livejournal.com]

*melts* he has seriously amazing eyes that man. That was not a photo I should have seen at work. I think I went a bit too grinny and giggly when I saw that.

I love the bit there too where he was trying to find out her name but couldn't ask her directly so asked the monk (whose name he very well knew) what his name was, then offered his own name and she still didn't say anything! I was like 'Oh come on! Tell him - he's trying so hard to find out!'

Also the very classic 'waking a sleeping military man and end up with him attacking you' move LOL.

yeah the hand-holding was very sweet - especially after all the 'oh no we can't have any physical contact at all' stuff.

BTW have you seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K-uRk-OFwo

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

That youtube vid should be labelled as dangerous to my health :)


I love the bit there too where he was trying to find out her name but couldn't ask her directly so asked the monk (whose name he very well knew) what his name was, then offered his own name and she still didn't say anything! I was like 'Oh come on! Tell him - he's trying so hard to find out!'

That was the most adorable scene ever. And I love the scene when he took care of her wound and held her hand in a cave. EEEE! (And how he ditched the fight he was in the second he heard her whistle). I mean - how could any sane woman, let alone a sane woman who had eyes, not fall in love with him? I am used to kdramas where heroines pick less-than-satisfactory leading men over awesome secondary guys for no logical reason but I am glad that in Chuno, her reaction made sense.

And then there was the scene when he told her what they could name their son! Ahhhh. Oh, there is no scene of theirs I don't love. But then, I think Tae Ha is in the running for my favorite kdrama character ever.

[nycteris-m.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I love a guy who can sing/do other things as well as act. I'm looking foward to LOCH in part because I saw the main guy sings one of the theme songs.

how could any sane woman, let alone a sane woman who had eyes, not fall in love with him?

Tell me about it.

I loved that 'Tae Won' scene too. When she picked the name for baby prince I was all 'awww' and it was so sweet how she looked at him too - a bit worried that he might not like it, especially as they were semi-fighting at the time.

I have to agree with Tae Ha being one of the best characters of all time. He just has everything and is still flawed. Another one of my fav scenes is the bit after the four of them are together DG, TH, HW and baby prince and TH finds out she was DG's slave and so she starts to leave him cause she thinks that's what he wants. When he ran after her and asked her to be patient with him, I loved that. Most especially because he could see that his views needed some adjustment in general, but also so he wouldn't lose her. It was great how he could see that, but that he still needed time to rethink things. So he begged her not to leave him while he figured things out. I liked that his opinions didn't miraculously change on the spot and everything was rosy.