I am beyond obsessed
Jul. 26th, 2011 11:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieI am only about five minutes into The Princess' Man but I am gasping for breath, borderline crying, and already utterly obsessed. I haven't seen an opening this good and grim and gorgeous since Chuno.
We open on a sepia credit sequence which took my breath away:
And we learn very quickly that a political massacre is going on - Prince Sooyang (who later becomes king) orders his political opponents and their families exterminated and the one escapee, Park Shi Hoo's character, is actually nothing of the sort - he's been allowed to let go so he, unsuspecting, would lead them to his father, Prince Sooyang's chief opponent and number 1 murder goal. When the assassins arrive, he tries to save his father but is very outnumbered and soon, he's cut down and his father dies in front of his eyes.
And as he lies there, likely dying, he flashes back to this:
Did I mention she is the beloved daughter of Prince Sooyang, the man who ordered the massacre? And our hero's one true love?
Yeah. When Korea says it's going to do a Joseon Romeo & Juliet, it doesn't fuck around. The death toll in this drama is going to be insane. Chances of it ending happily? 0.08%, give or take.
I'd watch more but I must go to bed. ARGH! I bet I will dream of this. I believe I have found my new, post-City Hunter obsession.
We open on a sepia credit sequence which took my breath away:
And we learn very quickly that a political massacre is going on - Prince Sooyang (who later becomes king) orders his political opponents and their families exterminated and the one escapee, Park Shi Hoo's character, is actually nothing of the sort - he's been allowed to let go so he, unsuspecting, would lead them to his father, Prince Sooyang's chief opponent and number 1 murder goal. When the assassins arrive, he tries to save his father but is very outnumbered and soon, he's cut down and his father dies in front of his eyes.
And as he lies there, likely dying, he flashes back to this:
Did I mention she is the beloved daughter of Prince Sooyang, the man who ordered the massacre? And our hero's one true love?
Yeah. When Korea says it's going to do a Joseon Romeo & Juliet, it doesn't fuck around. The death toll in this drama is going to be insane. Chances of it ending happily? 0.08%, give or take.
I'd watch more but I must go to bed. ARGH! I bet I will dream of this. I believe I have found my new, post-City Hunter obsession.
