PD for The King: Eternal Monarch Apologizes for Warship Mixup in Episode 6 Battle Scene Along with Bad CGI and Design

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• No wonder. While watching the episodes me and my sister kept commenting that the direction is lacking. It was so frustating to watch...the lack of any nuance in the scenes. Such a colossal waste of money and people's efforts.

  • What I like most about the drama is the premise and the lead couple obviously as for the drama entirely I thing it could improve some aspects but as overall I think it's wonderful drama that has good storyline. It keeps you guessing which is interesting aspect of mystery so in that essence it's a good drama in my honest opinion

• Who pays attention to a naval ship in a fantasy parallel world. Some people have got alot of time on their hands I see. But aside from that I have enjoyed this drama greatly so far. Can't to see what the 7-8 episodes hold for us. It has promosing potential due to the interesting premise of the drama itself.

  Friday seems like long shoot away from us. I haven't normally enjoyed other KES works but I love this one

  • They seem to have very sharp eyes and i guess to notice that you gotta be sharp while the scene of the ships were even very short. I am also loving this drama it's gorgeous. I am so into LMH and KGE currently

  • My exact sentiment. As awhole I love the drama I think it's brave and somewhat ventures into new concepts of parallel worlds and time-travel and other fantasy elements such the magic flute. I am watching it and will finish it. I rarely watch shows while they are airing only when they finish airing but for this one I couldn't hold myself back I had to dig in deep from early on due to excitement and I wanted to see what it had to offer but I found myself loving it.

    As long as they keep the same quality I am all for it and they have my full blessings

• Apparently they r changing the diting team and editing will be dine by mr sunshine director i read. Bcoz maby dcenes never connect
  And jeez people find every fault it is fiction not historic drama

  • Really? It is a relief if that's so.

  • Really? Can you link the source for this info. I would like to read the full article. Thanks

    • I dont know how to copy paste here. I try to copy but it never works

  • That can't be. Lee eung bok already signed for directing the adaptation of webtoon sweet home. Had he directed this show it would have been 10× better

    • Well it was mentioned in article yesterday that hey r not happy with editing team. Someone is goi g to loom after it now

    • Who would be happy with this kind of final product. They should have hired a more experienced director rather than someone who is leading for the first time. They did had the budget . They just got lazy finding the director

    • Yeah actors n script writer can do yheir oart but in the end director job is too look after whole thing and better editing. Money was never the issue. Writers idea has not been exevuted well but maybe with editing change hings might change

    • It's not like kes a doing an excellent job here as well. She wrote the characters very badly, but unlike Goblin this time Lee eung bok is not here to save the day

• I don't have any problem with the directing and editing besides the CGI. The portal between worlds is an interesting concept, so I didn't mind it. As for the naval battle, it's difficult to do even with a high budget like in western war films. Covid probably prevented them from outsourcing the CGI. I hope they don't get too disheartened by the ratings. This is Kim Eunsook's most ambitious and interesting drama yet concept-wise, and I love it so far. It's rare to find unpredictable fantasy (or science fiction) dramas nowadays. I hope they don't lose their vision just to please the viewers.

  • I concurr

• zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. the title of this drama should have been "We apologize". is this the 2nd time or the 3rd time that they are apologizing. This is a flawed and hyped drama tahts why its ratings are bombing

• cut down this drama by 4 episodes. so this drama will end its airing by the end of May.

  • Put the down the bottle.... you had enough

  • Why would they? They made 30% profit ore airing and advertising money will come ovee and over bcoz they have all advertisers on board.
    Of 1% drama of ur fave can continue airing, why shouldnt be king.

  • lol pretty good idea but they wont

• It's quite understandable from the PD's side. Can't wait for weekend episodes. It really keeps you coming. I was lowkey hate watching it but than it got me. It was quite pleasant watch. I was not a KGE fan but I found her in this drama will check out some of her previous works

• No wonder so many scenes felt out of place and awkward. Even the ost instrumental is weirdly place in certain scenes.

  Wow, I thought the show was entirely pre-produced. They’ve been filming for over 9 months? That must be a record. That’s so long. They had all this time and decided to give us this half-baked product. The CGI of the pathway between the worlds are pathetic. They should had delayed the premiere date if they knew that they had problems that still need fixing.

  So disappointing wasting the cast talents, for sure the actors contributed somewhat to the mess but for the most part it’s all on the writer(s) and the directors and the production team.

  • to cut short: waste of potential,money and time

• Why are there people creating such a website only to comment witgout allowing the writers interpretation to finish... CLOY in when Seo Jun flew like supergirl and still alive in a a cyclone is worst than what graphics have shown in the King... Can we just watch the series. CLOY has been applauded despite graphics problem so for koakasplayground.com, Nobody knows the whole history or so so kind of battlexhip but Im pretty sure that THE KING has the right to prove till the end.

  • CLOY been opened over the absurd concept right from the get go. When the synopsis was first released, almost everyone ridiculed it. I guess that's why viewers were more accepting.

    But for TKEM, is different because this is Kim Eun Sook's drama and the production team behind with big budget. They did well with Goblin and Mr. Sunshine, thus the expectation is higher.

  • ppl are free to comment their opinion.
    even if the drama does well at the end it doesnt mean audience have to ignore the errors for that sake.
    released episodes are lacking much already.

• I think the netizens are being too harsh for such minute details. The director clearly apologized that due to COVID 19 spread they couldn't do it properly. How could they spot such a small detail.Those eagle eye netizens.!!.But for the king's crown part I think they committed a huge mistake.I read somewhere that the Crown belonged to Silla dynasty era which was even before the Goreo period. Whereas the robe which LMH wore resembled a Joseon King's dress. Netizens were kind of upset with the mix-up. We all have seen that kings in sageuk belonging to Joseon era usually donned a black dome type crown and Lee Gon is supposedly a descendant of Lee dynasty of Joseon . So it was caught quickly.
  Anyways I hope with the change of directors there will be less fillers and editing will improve.

  • Lol really?covid19? is that their excuse?
    TKEM is not the only drama filming during covid19.

    • I just read it in the director's statement that due to travel restrictions they couldn't go overseas for reference filming hence the error.But he also said that he should have paid more attention.
      I got confused when read some comments saying it is a publicity stunt to grab attention.. But these are all baseless theories and we all know the nature of netizens.
      Even I m not that much enjoying the drama but feel that few things can be overlooked .And there are still chances for it to improve. As it is a big budget show thus even after 8-9 months of shooting they still have episodes left to finish shooting.I really feel bad for the cast and crew cause they have been working so hard but still their work is not being well received.I guess people are getting more picky due to the hype .

    • yes but netizens nitpicking this drama already. I dont think they overlook the smallest of mistakes from now on.
      they dont stand much chance to bring the hit we all expected out of this but I hope the story does better in coming episodes to chill netizens at least.