SAEJU MISHIL

#1 critic wrote:IKR?? The way they wrote her character, relatable at reachable. And not once does she falter in her path, kesehodang masagasaan maski sarili niyang anak. Now that's dedication!

My favorite moments are when she's with Bidam. He seems to bring out the worst and best in her.

annamolly_ wrote:^ i actually like that. parang go be**tch!! LOL she's the mold of the modern queen bee.

annamolly_ wrote:darn, i definitely agree to every single word in that! GHJ wasn't even acting... she is mishil. she owned every single thing about mishil. i'm not so familiar with the fusion genre, but i think mishil's and bidam's take on the characters are fresh and modern. like, they throw in their own traits in the can... i lack words to describe but parang they felt for the character as if they were the ones in the situation. parang "it's not mishil or it's not bidam.. but it's me." so it felt relateable. unlike the other casts who just acted the character out according to the script... i guess i can say the others took it on like an ordinary sageuk. very traditional. just an opinion. this is also the reason why i didn't like yushin rang as much as bidam or alcheon... he's just too stiff and... traditional. LOL
**edit uli. haha i also felt that mishil's "eternal youth" just screams fusion genre!

LYW's acting was a little bland. at some point i felt that she was a little insecure. there were episodes na ginagaya niya ang gestures ni mishil. i'm not sure if the director asked her to do so but it felt as if she's struggling because mishil's definitely bringing it.

would GHJ deliver with the same intensity if she chose to play QSD's character? kasi diba the role of QSD was initially offered to her.

is the fusion genre only limited to historical dramas/movies?

with regard to KNG, watching QSD i saw that he's a great (and gorgeous) actor. but when i saw his movies (Portrait of a Beauty and No Regrets)... deym, he got catapulted from great and gorgeous to shining-great and smexy. LOL

annamolly_ wrote:no matter how much i love KNG, i have to agree that the 12 episode "fanservice" failed to grip the audience as tight as during "mishil's time". (yes, it still rallied in the 30's... but it faltered drastically after mishil's departure) for me, if the actor isn't as charismatic as KNG, the last 12 episodes would be rather pointless.

i also think that:
a. they should've ended the series with the coronation of QSD, period. (but then again it's title shouldn't be Queen Seon Deok but something like the path of princess deokman to kingship. LOL)

b. if they intend to "make the fangirls happy", sana tinodo na nila ang pag-extend so that they could establish the bideok loveteam better. like what you've said on the pex forums, there's a surplus of "inappropriate chemistry". parang ginawa nila sanang season 2 yung after ng death ni mishil... and came up with a stronger, more believable storyline for deokman and bidam. para kasing it's extended... pero wardi2x nalang since nagkapera na naman sila. Eyng! bye credibility!

pasensya na sa mga fangirls diyan,

#1 critic wrote:

annamolly_ wrote:darn, i definitely agree to every single word in that! GHJ wasn't even acting... she is mishil. she owned every single thing about mishil. i'm not so familiar with the fusion genre, but i think mishil's and bidam's take on the characters are fresh and modern. like, they throw in their own traits in the can... i lack words to describe but parang they felt for the character as if they were the ones in the situation. parang "it's not mishil or it's not bidam.. but it's me." so it felt relateable. unlike the other casts who just acted the character out according to the script... i guess i can say the others took it on like an ordinary sageuk. very traditional. just an opinion. this is also the reason why i didn't like yushin rang as much as bidam or alcheon... he's just too stiff and... traditional. LOL
**edit uli. haha i also felt that mishil's "eternal youth" just screams fusion genre!

LYW's acting was a little bland. at some point i felt that she was a little insecure. there were episodes na ginagaya niya ang gestures ni mishil. i'm not sure if the director asked her to do so but it felt as if she's struggling because mishil's definitely bringing it.

would GHJ deliver with the same intensity if she chose to play QSD's character? kasi diba the role of QSD was initially offered to her.

is the fusion genre only limited to historical dramas/movies?

with regard to KNG, watching QSD i saw that he's a great (and gorgeous) actor. but when i saw his movies (Portrait of a Beauty and No Regrets)... deym, he got catapulted from great and gorgeous to shining-great and smexy. LOL

According to the definition na binigay nung isang resident "expert" sa Dramabeans, a fusion sageuk (historical drama) is a drama that mixes both period elements and modern elements together. Up to what extent or what the rules are I'm not sure.

As for LYW's acting, I think yung blandness na nakikita natin is a result of several factors.

1) Yung approach na namention nung poster na quinote ko. Iba ang ginawang diskarte nina KNG at GHJ sa mga characters nila, and that difference starkly contrasted with the rest of the cast.

2) Chance. Kahit na kung tutuusin mas mahaba, mas comprehensive, at mas naging successful si LYW sa career niya, Mishil was GHJ's supernova moment.

and

3) GHJ seems to specialize in strong-women roles, from Sandglass to Whats Up Fox to H.I.T. and now QSD. So parang mas gamay niya yung ganung uri ng character kesa kay LYW.

I haven't seen enough of LYW's other works to make a judgement, pero she seems to use the Repertory style. Galing sa utak ang acting niya, very cerebral and works for her. It's a stark contrast to GHJ's acting style, which seems to be instinctive and Method in nature. Of the two styles, mas sanay ang mga tao sa Method, it's the dominant school in Hollywood, kaya yun.

Medyo no? Inamin naman niyang nafeel niya yung pressure after GHJ left the show. Her onscreen rivalry with Mishil was the engine driving QSD's ratings up up and away. The show was being written such that naging sentro ng action yung mga characters nila, so that it was supposed to end with Mishil's departure. That extension was great for the fangirls, but bad for the show in general. Ratings steadily declined after that, and really, what did they expect?

I would assume so, kasi sageuks lang naman ang kailangan ng historical accuracy diba? That whole modern vs. traditional factor doesn't even exist for other genres, neither is it as important.