The Legend (First king's four gods) : Icons

[alexandral]

"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......

Comments

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh my God, these are gorgeous. I am taking every single one.

I am working on a pusher post for this show.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

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

[dianora77.livejournal.com]

Wow, this looks and sounds amazing. Wish I could see this! :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh, of course!

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

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....

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

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

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I hae to sadly inform you that whatever its other advantages, Legend is unlikely to feature elevator sex :D

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

That might be balanced by the fact that it has dragons and gods. Plus historic/fantasy emo without strange hats.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

That's true, the hats are largely absent (yay! My theory why Korea never became bigger is that effort other countries spent into conquering they put into hat making :P) and even the main character only obtains a beard in the last ep and a half. I was quite happy.

I have to confess that Gods and Dragons are largely absent after ep 1...

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

The icons are awesome like always :) I'll watch this after I finish watching The Lobbyist.

[himmapaan.livejournal.com]

Oh, my word. It looks absolutely extraordinary! I wish I could see it. :(

[joonni.livejournal.com]

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 ;)

[timescout.livejournal.com]

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.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I am more than happy to send this to you - can you watch .avi? I will be making the disks for 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".

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Why don't you watch both? (And "Winter Sonata" for the whole measure?)

Everyone must watch this.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

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!!!!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I was so relieved to see the absence of beards. Imagine Ho Gae with Korean beard ** shudders **.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

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?

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

"The legend" is gorgeously so filmed!!!!!! Why can't you watch it????

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I am glad you like!!! There is never too many pictures/icons of DD and his hair. :P

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

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

[himmapaan.livejournal.com]

Is it available on DVD? Please pardon the silly question - I'd never heard of it before.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I think it will be eventually released on DVD but I don't know when.. Here if you need are some links to help find "The Legend" and others :

http://alexandral.livejournal.com/173061.html

I have added you to my friends list as this post is friends-locked.

[pipichan.livejournal.com]

awesome, thanks ;D blue dragon and the king look so gorgeous~