dangermousie | From slave to general - that's quite a career path!

Guess what I am about to start watching?

Yes, God of War. I need a proper sageuk in my life (Moon/Sun not being my cup of tea and, imo, not a 'proper' sageuk) and this seems freaking amazing. Plus, my sageuk guru

clairiere raves about it.

Random comment - this is likely biased of me, but I always prefer my male sageuk leads to look like the gentleman up there, or Jang Hyuk or Lee Seo Jin or Song Il Gook or Oh Ji Ho or Park Shi Hoo - 30+ and manly-looking enough that I can buy them with facial hair and wielding a sword or commanding hordes of people. I mean, they don't have to look like the Hulk (and normally don't) but they can't be flower boys (whom I normally love). It's somewhat different for a fusion sageuk, but even there I have some limits - if it's a drama about scholars like Sungkyunkwan Scandal, fine or a teenaged masked avenger like Return of Iljimae, fine. But fusion or not, if the protagonist is supposed to be some sort of a warrior, he better look like one.