Arthdal Chronicles Wraps Up First Two Seasons With Disappointing Ratings and Break Before Third Season Airs in September

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• Kjw fans will surely go mad with that statement of yours. Lol.

  • I'm a fan of ji won and I find her performance in the early episodes okay (cos she shined in the ep where she casted a spell).

    Just okay and quite lackluster compared to the other veterans who evidently outshined her in the drama. Hope she takes this well and use it to improve.

  • Very unjustifiable to KJW. Her TY character was portrayed as carefree young tribal girl, clueless of the world outside her tribe boundary. Her character development was practically none in S1, being a chained-up captive and always dragged around in rags. Only in S2, she finally learned from Saya. Thus, she appeared as weak and helpless. Let’s wait for S3 for her transformation in embracing power.

  • Those KJW fans are already calling Koala an anti.
    They act like KJW is some acting genius and people arent allowed to dislike her acting.

  • ockoala always hate pretty women and love ugly women. You know her favorite was Ko Ah Sung and Han Groo.

    • I thought her favorite is Suzy.

• I was actually disappointed that I have to wait til September for the 3rd season!!!

  Also, I think the LOR and GOT made us feel cliched for those viewers who watched but I still like this a lot and am looking forward to the 3rd season.

  • Also, we need more episodes on the parents and Neathals in general (my opinion).

• I am loving arthdal chronicles. Especially sjk performance as Saya. I am looking forward to see how the three prophecy will come together and form a new arthdal.

• Well truth to be truth I haven't watched season 2. But almost anyobody doing good. And the character might be not the strongest point. But at least it look solid. Kim Won Suk is doing a great job Imo. Whatever you called it too dark, but that's expected to a world who hasn't has a proper llighting. I agree KJW seems the weakest link. But what did anyone expected from her? Sorry. I actually didn't ecpected anything from her since beginning.

• I think the show got better and better. For me Kim Ji Won is doing OK enough that she’s not distracting me from enjoying the show. The cliffhanger ending to season one was rather great though, can’t wait for season 3!

• Let's not forget how awesome Ragaz' acting was people!! :) (his real name is Yoo Teo, btw)

• I don't find Arthdal Chronicles as bad as people were saying, the story is actually pretty good, I find myself looking forward to new episodes. It's kinda sad the ratings don't live up to the budget.

  • Me too,
    what's more compelling is when you re-watch the old episodes after episode 12 aired, and it's somehow makes sense...the rumors, the chit-chat and the logic. Even more for the relationships in Wahan Tribe, all of the incident had been foreshadowing in the earlier episode.

    I think Kim Ji Won got Tanya role since the drama need Tanya dancing in season 2 finale episode, she was trained as idol before breaking into acting so it's understandable that she can pulled it off.

    I'm quite surprised that subconsciously I watched and waiting for the next episodes, so season 3..bring it on!

    • Actually I read in Soompi that while the writers were digitally drawing/conceptualizing the characters, they thought TanYa looked like KJW so that was how she got the role

      The drama is the worst yet for both the writers and the PD. Their styles did not match at all, unfortunately.

    • Both writers write Circle. It ends with 2% plus rating. If you have watched it, you might realise that the writers are not a rating magnet even though Circle has a decent writing.

    • Writer Kim produced Circle, which was written by someone else. She and writer Park wrote Deep Rooted Tree and Six Flying Dragons, both with double digit ratings.

• I love this show and 6% wasnt bad at all. I love this show and that's all matter.

  I just wish people stopped commenting on it before watching it. And judged the actors. I watched arthdal not for one or two particular actors, but for the story itself.

• 6% is bad with all time biggest budget drama whether you like the drama or not. That means the drama flop commercially and it wouldn't help the cast or team

• KJW as Taya has been unjustly underrated in earlier seasons. She was chained up and dragged around in rags for 4 episodes in S1 and learning the political intricacies from Saya in S2 before realizing power was key. That’s the journey of an innocent young gal, who was once reluctant of her tribal leadership role, to embrace an important calling in a foreign and political nation.

  She delivered the required emotional roles well, esp in ep 4 of the infamous cursing scenes towards their brutal captors, conflicted feelings towards Saya in S2 and mesmerizing dancing skills at end of ep 12, to be rightfully anointed as the high priestess. Really looking forward S3 - reunion of TY, ES and SY, great battle and how they will revolutionize Arth in S3.

  • Agree. Very frustrating for the slow development of TY and ES as well as excessive politicking scenes between TG, MH, Asa Ron. SJK, while had to portray a weak captive ES in whole of S2, he was able to shine as the scheming SY; whereas KJW as TY appeared as weak and fragile in both seasons, despite her supposedly heroine role.