Can I just use the teaser drama poster for now, or at least until the production for tvN sageuk Arthdal Chronicles comes up with a better official drama poster than the one just released. It’s bad, like so so bad. Straight out of photoshop 101 where characters posing individually against a green screen is cropped into an array in the boringest way imaginable. And in this case the positioning makes it even worse, male lead Song Joong Ki ends up not being the center to catch the viewer’s eye, that would be the larger and higher up positioned antagonist second male lead Jang Dong Gun. Worse yet Song Joong Ki looks like he’s emerging in a halo of light from Jang Dong Gun’s chest like some sort of flower child alien crossed with virgin birth hahahaha. Song Joong Ki should have been switched with Jang Dong Gun and placed between the two female leads Kim Ji Won and Kim Ok Bin which may have salvaged this hot mess a bit. Oh wells, I hope all the creativity was channeled into filming.
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The first time I see that poster, I cringe. I think I can do editing much better through photoshoot than that lmao
WOW. Laughable indeed! One starts to wonder if this drama is even worth the hype now....
I really have a bad feeling whenever a drama is over promoted and over hyped, as in the case with Arthdal here. It's like the third rule of kdramaland. But this is helmed by PD Kim Won Suk. I am holding on to the faith that the man won't screw up this big budget production.
And so glad Jo Seung Ha is here also Reunion with Song Joong Ki.... Oh the innocent man feels...
This might be an unpopular opinion but till now the posters and trailers for this drama have been really bad. The visuals and styling look too modern and this poster is exceptionally bad. This is supposed to be a big budget drama but honestly it has worse posters than a small budget drama like Jugglers. Even trailers don't give the feel for a good or big budget drama except when they show the landscape and even then some of it feels like bad CGI. I know this is going to sound harsh but it honestly feels like GoT meets Lion King meets Pocahontas. It feels like a mess already.
Seriously nothing about any of the promo material makes it look like some blockbuster budget drama. It looks very bad and your opinion is not unpopular.
@Tai - your opinion is not unpopular, I'm sure a lot of people share it. The stylist and makeup have been remarkably bad, almost to the point of being cartoonish. I'm hoping the plot, directing and acting is better to make up for the lapses in styling and makeup! No pun intended.
Very cartooonish that is what I was thinking. I'm not holding my breath on plot. This drama feels badly researched from what I've seen till now from all the videos and pictures.
It reminds me a poster of the movie "a midsummer midnight's dream " in the 90's .
It's giving me flashbacks to Moon Lovers lol. Remember that?
I just hope the actual drama doesn't look as cartoonish and cheap as its poster, or is at least the quality we come to expect from Kim Won Seok dramas (seriously who made this poster and were they drunk?)
Honestly ML had better posters than this even upcoming drama Perfume has better posters and teasers. This poster looks some rookie made it with no imagination. The drama isn't looking good.
Exactly what I thought after watching their interview promo.In that video SJK make-up is really off. I just wanna give it a try as my very first crush from Kdrama land, JDG will appear but the trailer also didn't give me much excitment.
Possibly the worst poster to ever exist!
Big smile, Koala. Your description made my day. I know I shouldn't pull for any drama to fail but . . . I bet they're thinking their timing is golden, after GoT is ended and everybody is hungry for -- a lousy imitation??
This drama is going to be meme heaven. Has anyone seen SJK & KJW doing prehistoric ballets turns in the latest trailers? Lets just pretend this is a b-grade GOT parody and laugh our through this wannabe drama. They should have spent that budget for charity or something instead.
Lmao! That so cringey AF! I couldn’t watch it
Wasn't Arthdal Chronicles under fire and in a controversy for mistreating staff? And it hasn't even aired yet but will be swept under the rug by thirsty fans and the industry. That money should have gone into the crew's pockets, but whether this drama is a hit or not we know they'll only get a bit of that share.
If that is true then I don't know if I even want to watch the drama. How shitty.
This is going to be hot mess drama the promos were super bad
I have a feeling this is going to be terrible.
X 100
On the bright side we can always hate watch it
The second picture is a loooot better. Please just use it and add few words on it to make high class poster instead of the first pic. Ugh