The Legend/ Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi

[alexandral]

This is so amazing that I am squeeing and making other incoherent noises. meganbmoore why are you not watching this? It is like a dream wuxia that came true and embodied every perfect and wonderful thing there is. The Second and Third episode (I haven't seen them yet as I don't have subtitles) are reaching the 1st place in the ratings and I absolutely can see why. Fantastic, never seen before special effects + outwordly story+Bae Yong Joon . I think this has a great promise!



Episode 1 is all about the beautiful pre-story
The son of Heavens Hwan-Woon is living among people, together with the three gods (Pong-Baek, Wusa and : Woonsa)



One day he meets a wounded priestess of Fire, all-powerful Kajin



He heals her wound



And she falls in love with him



But because Kajin is not ready to stop fighting and hurting his people Hwan-Woon decides to stop her and take away her powers.



A long battle ensures during which Hwan-Woon looks really gorgeous:



Special effects are gorgeous too:



The battle ends with Hwan-Woon capturing Kajin's power over Fire and encasing it in a red jewel.



Hwan-Woon gives a jewel and it's powers for protection to Sae-Oh, a beautiful human with whom he fell in love. And they have a baby.



But not before he kisses her on her forehead in one of the most poetic scenes in human history:



When the baby is born, jealous Kajin steals him (the baby is the future king)



And throws him from a cliff:



Thinking her baby is dead Sae-Oh is transformed in her rage into the Black Phoenix (Phoenix is God Guardian of the South).



The Black Phoenix is all-consuming deadly fire:



(But do not worry, the baby is saved by his father)



To stop the Black Phoenix Hwan-Woon calls upon the three other gods:
Pong-baek, White Tiger - God Guardian of the West:



Wusa, Black Tortoise – God Guardian of the North



Woonsa, Azure dragon – God Guardian of the East



But because the powers of the four Gods are equal Pong-Baek, Wusa and Woonsa can't stop the Black Phoenix and Hwan-Woon has only one thing left. He must kill the Black Phoenix (his love Sae-Oh) before she destroys the Earth.



And after that he kisses her goodbye:



And then it all becomes even more interesting because Hwan-Woon decides to leave Earth (he failed). He captures the four Gods into four symbols. And there is a promise that one day the great king will be born who will assume the power over the symbols and bring peace and prosperity to Earth.

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I am not watching it yet because I'm waiting until I have a lovely DVD set and can watch it all at once on a screen 4 times bigger than this one.

It is a powerful incentive to wait.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Oh, this should look MAGNIFICENT on a big TV screen. They spent 45 billion won on special effects and it is showing. :D I don't have a particular big tV screen so I don't mind. I also never can wait! This drama seems to be climbing up in the ratings, it is 31-33% for the episode 4.

[calixa.livejournal.com]

I just watched ep 1. It is awesome, awesome, awesome.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Wasn't it just? I can't wait for subtitles , the episode 4 was 31-33% in the ratings..

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

EEp! It looks very lovely, but my new resolution is only to watch doramas on DVD. Too much computer viewing makes me sad...and my eyes twitch.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Oh, I am so sorry! I watch quite a bit on my computer and I got used to it (hee! I don't have any patience). I have a nice little computer den though. :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I want to watch this now.

Btw, I'll be shipping BN to you tomorrow.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

EEEEEE! Thank you so much!

You can get "The Legend" in jdramas: http://community.livejournal.com/jdramas/1685128.html#cutid1. It is really doing extremely well with the ratings, reaching 31-33% for the episode 4.

[allbloomedout.livejournal.com]

I've really been debating whether I should check this out or not but from you caps I really think i should. :) I just need to find time..:/

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I really REALLY like the first episode, I'll let you know about the rest. They sept a lot of money on special effects and this is showing. :F This show is doing extremely well in the ratings, better with every episode..

[bzoppa.livejournal.com]

Would this be a good one to start on?

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

It seems to be, if you like wuxia!

[bzoppa.livejournal.com]

I... don't know what wuxia is. I haven't watched any of the dramas you guys have talked about. (You gave me a place to go before but I never followed through.)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Wuxia is a "knight/sword" type story (like for example, "house of flying daggers"). If you like this type of stories "The Legend" is very good , you can download it with subs here http://community.livejournal.com/jdramas/1685128.html#cutid1 (but you need to join jdramas com)

Or you can download it from here http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/torrents.php?search=first+king%27s+four+gods&type=&sub=View+all&sort= , typing "first king's four gods" in the "Torrent search" filed.

And get subtitles from here: http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_53290.htm

Have a look and see if you like it!

[bzoppa.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I hope you will enjoy it!

[lil-octopie.livejournal.com]

wuxia literally translates to "martial arts hero" in chinese : ) so any dramas/movies that involve martial arts... and err...heros haha

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the translation - I didn't know!!

[lil-octopie.livejournal.com]

yay thanks for the caps. i watched the really badly compressed trailer and i wasn't sure... although i heard WETA did all the effects O__O love that crazy cat creature

i'm definately going to watch! but might need to wait for a few more subbed episodes comes out, not sure i can watch just one...and wait... :D

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

i'm definately going to watch! but might need to wait for a few more subbed episodes comes out, not sure i can watch just one...and wait... :D

I am dying here - scouting soompi and all,just because I can't wait for subs. :D