alexandral: (The Legend - DD and his hair)
alexandral ([personal profile] alexandral) wrote2008-01-28 10:56 pm
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The Legend (First king's four gods) : Icons

"The Legend" (or "First King's Four Gods") is one of the best shows I have seen among Western, Asian or other period/fantasy dramas. Unforgettable. I haven't been that much in awe (and true awe, as in AMAZINGLY GOOD TV awe) since "Rome", I think. I'll try to talk about this show in a way it deserves later.. I haven't slept properly last night in a crazy icon spree. :D

But just in short, "The Legend" is one of the best TV shows I have seen because:

- AMAZING world building
- vivid and larger than life characters.
- costumes of fabulousness
- dialogue I want to quote now EVERYWHERE
- cinematography and battle scenes of greatness

Icons are free to share, please let me know if you would like any text added. I don't mind for icons being used elsewhere (not on LJ) but please don't hot-link.

Preview:

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PS I wish more people could see this show......

[identity profile] dangermousie.livejournal.com 2008-01-28 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my God, these are gorgeous. I am taking every single one.

I am working on a pusher post for this show.

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-01-28 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I am glad you like, as you see I went completely mad on iconing!

I'll link to you post later if this is fine - this show must conquer the world. :D

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[identity profile] dianora77.livejournal.com 2008-01-28 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, this looks and sounds amazing. Wish I could see this! :)

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I am more than happy to send this to you - can you watch .avi? I will be making the disks for [livejournal.com profile] savepureness as I promised to her and can make some for you!!!

It is v.good , but it is subtitled and has fully Korean cast (just to warn you where you get yourself into). The quality of .avi for "The Legend" is fine but it is not DVD quality.
Do you like films of the current Korean and Japanese wave? The lead from "The legend" has starred in Untold Scandal (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380689/) , a Korean adaptation of "Dangerous Liaisons".
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[identity profile] lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Gorgeous! Between you and dangermousie I am almost convinced! Now if only I could find the time and tear myself away from my longings to see Bad Love instead....

[identity profile] dangermousie.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
I hae to sadly inform you that whatever its other advantages, Legend is unlikely to feature elevator sex :D

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[identity profile] scottishlass.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Taking #21

I guess I HAVE to finish it now real quick to get to know all the other characters you feature in your icons :D

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
HAve you reached the poin of Cheoro appearing? he is my favourite character after DD (and his dramatic appearance marked my OTT obsession with this show) . I like Ho Dae too. :D

I am glad you liked!!!!

[identity profile] miss-dian.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
The icons are awesome like always :) I'll watch this after I finish watching The Lobbyist.

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, dear!!!! Is your icon from "The Book of Three Han"? On my love wave for wuxia dramas I am tempted to watch this. But it is something of 200 eps long, isn't it?

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[identity profile] himmapaan.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, my word. It looks absolutely extraordinary! I wish I could see it. :(

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"The legend" is gorgeously so filmed!!!!!! Why can't you watch it????

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[identity profile] joonni.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
OMG, yes, thank you! Yey!!!!!!
I am going to save every single one so I can use it later.
Yey! so gorgeous and vivid. But I think you need more of DD with hair flying ;)

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I am glad you like!!! There is never too many pictures/icons of DD and his hair. :P

[identity profile] timescout.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
These are simply gorgeous! The colours are so vivid and amazing.

I know squat about asian dramas but these make me want to watch this one. Just don't know how.

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
It is filmed very well!

I'll post the link how to find recs and things for Asian dramas things in a minute!

Update: I have posted the links here :http://alexandral.livejournal.com/173061.html?mode=reply
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[identity profile] pipichan.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
awesome, thanks ;D blue dragon and the king look so gorgeous~

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Dam Deok and Cheoro are to of the main pillars of hotness in "The Legend" (and also Ho Gae and Saryang :D)

[identity profile] dangermousie.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I did make the pusher post, here:

http://dangermousie.livejournal.com/1088790.html

:)

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much! I intend to make a big "OMPH! Have you seen any costumes as awesome as that?" pusher post (I am in love with DD and Cheoro's armour to bits :D) this week and I'll include the link to your post there!

[identity profile] slylilgoblin.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, because of these gorgeous icons, I'm definitely going to check out the show. XD It looks AMAZING!

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-01-30 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so glad! The show is really amazingly filmed!!!

[identity profile] allbloomedout.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
These are really pretty!! I'm really in love with your coloring. :) I'll have to see this when I'm on Spring break. :)

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-01-30 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
The colours of the drama are so excellent!! The costumes! I must make a post about the costumes. :D

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[identity profile] calindy.livejournal.com 2008-01-30 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Your icons are amazing. Haven't seen the show, but love the angles that you use. Definitely made me want to see the real thing.

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-01-30 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, thank you! This show is my favourite drama of ever now, I can't contain my love.

[identity profile] the-lost-queen.livejournal.com 2008-01-31 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
oh my...gaaah!

i luv asian cinema so much the artistry they are able to create visually and sound wise is breathtaking,

luv u! these iconz rock! ;)

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-01-31 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I so much agree - there seems to be so many great ideas and new directions emerging from Asia!!

So glad you like!

[identity profile] royalmidnight.livejournal.com 2008-02-01 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
Teh BITCHEN!!!

(veddy!)

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-02-01 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!!!!!!

[identity profile] skyelee.livejournal.com 2008-02-01 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
These are gorgeous!!!~

I'm taking some, and definitely crediting!
Thank you very much for sharing!!!

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-02-01 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for your lovely comment!

[identity profile] filmi-girl.livejournal.com 2008-02-09 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I took #21! Also, I'm going to friend your journal!

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-02-09 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I am glad you liked" ** adds you too **

[identity profile] thehibiscus.livejournal.com 2008-03-19 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd like to request one of Jumuchi! He was pure magic, especially Dalbi and his romance - had me in stitches the way he would look away all the time. =)
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[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-03-29 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I have made this one with dalby and Jumichi. Do you have any particular screencap in mind - I can make an icon from it for you!!!

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[identity profile] animediet.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Omgosh these are awesome! <3 Love the cheoro ones especially!!! Thankyou sooo much. Took lots and lots of them =)

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-06-08 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much!!! Cheoro is one of my favourite characters. :D

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[identity profile] foldingcrane.livejournal.com 2008-06-21 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
Pretty...

Thats it, you are my new idol.

Taking some, will credit when used.

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-06-21 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so glad you like! This is such a beautiful and most excellent drama.

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[identity profile] venetianlove.livejournal.com 2008-06-26 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Its so difficult to find nice icons for taewangsashingi!
& yours are simply awesome ♥

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-07-01 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!

[identity profile] candiiz.livejournal.com 2008-07-10 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
omgg these are really nice, i luved the ones with sujini xD heheh. The drama was soooooo gooood, but how i wished they did the ending differently T_T.

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-07-10 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I like dthe ending (well, apart from the fact that DD and Sujini could have kissed at least once :D)

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[identity profile] xiaobellsa.livejournal.com 2008-07-11 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
OMG thank you so much these are great! I have just about finished this after marathoning it over the week and it's now my all-time favourite dorama!

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-07-11 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
YAY! This is my favourite darama , by far. I LOVE EVRY SINGLE CHARACTER (and especially DD).

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[identity profile] sp0ink.livejournal.com 2008-07-20 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry to bother you, but truthfully I love the show and I would really like to try my hands on making some icons too. However, I am having quite a lot of trouble finding quality base images for me to work on (usually there are like a million screencaps of most of the gorgeous scenes)

Did you screencap all of these scenes yourself? Otherwise, could you please direct me to a good source.

And most of all, I ♥ your icons. The colouring is damn gorgeous.

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2008-08-02 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry for replying so late! I have made the screencaps myself. And I am sorry I can't help you as I usually delete screencaps after I make icons. There are some good screencaps in "The Legend" thread of soompi forums. You will need to register (if you are not already registered but these forums are great). The link :

http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=97747



And thank you so much!

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[identity profile] akiamy.livejournal.com 2009-01-02 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm in the middle of watching the Legend right now and it's great.

I'm taking a few of these icons (will credit).

Thanks!

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2009-01-23 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
It is more than 6 month since I have sen it and still - this is definitely my favourite Kdrama.

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