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First Exciting Teasers are Out for 2021 Sageuks River Where the Moon Rises with Kim So Hyun and Ji Soo and Hong Chun Gi with Kim Yoo Jung and Ahn Hyo Seob

Okay, if anyone puts down one drama at the expense of the other just to troll shit up then imma yeet you right out of the comments section, m’kay? The production teams are good to drama fans to finish up 2020 as tons of teasers are dropping left and right. Two of the most anticipated sageuk dramas of 2021 both dropped 30 second previews and OMOMOMO I love and already want to tease each for different reasons. First off let’s get to SBS sageuk Hong Chun Gi, given the English title of Red Sky, starring Kim Yoo Jung and Ahn Hyo Seob based on the novel by the same writer as The Moon Embraces the Sun. The teaser is moody and melancholy and subdued, great visuals all around except for the hairstyle given to Ahn Hyo Seob.

He looks like a sageuk version of a vampire yangban going to the banging new gisaeng house, if you want to give him a mane of glory (rather than topknot) why have half of it combed back so he looks so cheesy especially coupled with the red eyes. Please change it up later in the drama pretty please he’s so handsome don’t make me want to constantly re-arrange his hair. For KBS drama River Where the Moon Rises, both leads Kim So Hyun and Ji Soo are in countryside mode so messy hair and outfits and soooo adorable with the met cute. It’s like if Hae Soo was a warrior princess and fell for 14. As cute as they are though, Kang Ha Neul totally steals the teaser with his 3 seconds, makes me wonder what the drama would have been like if he and Son Ye Jin didn’t pass on it and the production aged it down 10 years to cast the youngster leads. Over all low A- grade for both teasers.

Teaser for River Where the Moon Rises:

Teaser for Hong Chun Gi (Red Sky):

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  • Beware and remember this username and avatar: JOANE(green), KES or recently PAMPAN or whatsoever (blue).

    I think these 2 usernames hates both kim yoojung and kim sohyun.

    JOANE pretended to be a fan of kyj and then mocked other actresses. it is so obvious that she's a hater, not a fan.

    KES pretended to be ksh fan, but always seems criticized others. I always saw her comments criticized others in other articles. At 1st, i thought she is a real ksh fans, but the toxic one. but after encountering her again with the same blue avatar with different names, and reading her comments mocking sohyun and yoojung fans (refer previous articles), now i think and believe her to be a hater. because if u are a fan, u would not be saying that ksh fans are annoying! becoz u imply that yourself as annoying too! arghhh.. what a twist! i really believe her to be sohyun fan. but apparently she isn't! and thank god she isn't.

    i don't know if they're a same person, but if u encounter them criticizing other, just ignore them completely.

    notes: avatar represents your email. so even using different name, your avatar is still the same if u use the same email. that's how i figured it.

    • @jijie

      Thanks for sharing. I've encountered that Dum-Dum PamPan/KES in two other articles already. That joane was supposed to have been blocked by Koala but I guess it didn't take. Evil doesn't really die, as they say. And unfortunately, I have a feeling these trolls will be coming out of their smelly caves and bridges a lot this year.

      • joane hates everyone who isn't KYJ. But it's been said she's trolled even KYJ under another alias so really, she hates everyone. What a miserable person.

      • She hates all Kdrama actresses who is not KYJ. If she dislike one or two actresses, we will think she is normal. But, if she bash every single actresses who is not KYJ..then she is a pain or a pest

      • @leipeiyee
        She bashes others actress with joane username and bashes yoojung with other usernames

        So i dont know whose fan she is but she is definately a hater of yoo jung who did a god job of being an anti

  • Ahh Hyo Seob looks gorgeous in these stills. Thanks for these previews and a Happy New Year to you Koala! Here’s hoping this new year is miles better than the last one for everyone!

  • i love how baddas kim sohyun in the teaser, live up to my expectation, coz i really love a strong female protagonist. I'm super happy and excited with this, coz i think sso finally be able to show 100% of her strength acting ability in this drama. as for her chemistry with jisoo, i couldn't feel it 100% yet. but when the drama is airing, i hope that they can surprise us, just how tale of nokdu couple surprises us with their chemistry. just like at 1st, I was quite sceptical with macaroon couple, but they proved me wrong. and i wish they would have a great ost to offer to us. I'm glad that it will be airing in Feb, so we can see them sooner ???. and i really want to avoid their rivalry with joseon exorcist.

    As for hong chungi, the teaser really surprised me. I'm not a fan of both leads in this drama, but i really love teaser to be honest. the music background really matches well with the teaser. and here, i think haram would be the centre of the drama, coz his character seems more interesting (i heard that he is also a demon king). this type of drama is really to my preference. or to be exact, i really like this type of male lead (haram seems like a black-bellied male lead). i think ahn hyosop is so hot and handsome here. what's so funny is I wasn't his fan before (i found him to be overrated and not that handsome), but after watching the teaser, i suddenly wanted to be his fan ?. he is so gorgeous ?. while kwak siyang, wow, his voice is soo deep which suits the royalty status. but i felt bad for the fans of the drama, coz they literally have to wait for a super loooong time for the drama to be airing. I don't know how i will cope with that if I'm a fan ?.

  • YES! Looking forward to both. Saw the teaser for Joseon Exorcist as well and it looks like a cross (hehe) between Kingdom and GOT. Can't wait for that one too! Happy New Year, all!

  • Kim So Hyun is giving me Mulan vibes. My queen is slaying again.? I'm super excited.
    As for HCG, the leads are flowing with visuals but I must agree to ms koala that Ahn Hyo Seop's hair is kinda weird. And I'm also intrigued with his red eyes ooohhhh.
    Can't wait for both dramas to be aired though I'm kind of a binge watcher haha.
    Happy New Year People ♥️

  • For HCG, the actors looks like they're acting in a sageuk when AHS is acting in a fantasy C-drama... It's really weird. For me, he was already the weakest in acting, but if his haircut is bad, it will be hard to root for him... I'm surprised they released a teaser when the drama will air in Fall! But the teaser was pretty and mysterious.

    KHN and KSH look great! Why KHN is not the lead :( I'm excited to see the fights. Fortunately, this drama will air in February!

    • From the snippets of the book i can say the drama is saguek fantasy romance action politics and comedy but dont know how it will be portrayed in the drama but from the teaser red eyes and historical costume) i can say it is sageuk fantasy

      Plz fall come sooner

    • @sayaris
      Red eyes is becoz of the evil spirit in him i guess
      Even i dont know the complete story so ill just wait and watch and will not assume anything based on the teaser
      I will just watch it and then decide but the first teaser is according to my liking so wont think much
      Will wait patiently for it to air

  • River Where The Moon Rises teases us with the teaser. There's so many questions. They didn't let us see the royal outfits and the other casts tho I'm glad it's female centric. I didn't recognize Kim So Hyun with her high pony, I thought it was another actress. I see different facial expressions from her in those 44 seconds teaser, I was amazed. Also the instrumental background are intriguing.

    Seeing Hong Chun Gi my thoughts about Ahn Hyo Seob are changing he's handsome. I'm still not sure about his acting yet coz his unpredictable. The painting in canvas was beautiful. The anguish of Gong Myung was showed. I just wonder what part would be female centric coz the male lead has the character highlight.

    Joseon Exorcist teaser was good. I hope Macaroon's drama would not overlap. JE might get pushed since JDY has elbow injury. Everyone should be careful while shooting.

  • I’m so excited for both dramas to be honest with you ... I can’t wait to watch them both ... thank you 2021

  • HCG: I’m not sure what I was expecting but I wasn’t expecting this. Frankly, I don’t like the teaser. The only thing I like is my pretty girl. Once again I don’t like the styling and the outfits, it all looks ill-fitted on all the characters. The costume and the make-up team needs to be changed. I personally didn’t like it when I saw the stills but now seeing the teaser I definitely don’t like it. It’s only a teaser but it’s giving me twilight meets nine-tail fox due to the supernatural red eyes. I trust the director and the novel writer, so I think the drama will at least have a great story and great cinematography but how the cast look in appearances, it’s a resounding no
    :( I want the love in the moonlight make-up and costume designing crew to come back because my girl deserves the best and this isn’t it. For chemistry, I don’t know yet since it’s too short of a teaser but individually they look great!

    RWTMR: I am wary of the writer and the director so my expectations is rather low but for a teaser, I’m mightily surprised and impressed so far. Once again I thought she was a different actress during the battle scene until I looked more carefully. She’s beautiful in action, even when covered in blood haha Someone mentioned Mulan and I wholeheartedly agree, I love Mulan so I love what I’m seeing so far. Kang Ha Neul is 100 percent fine! The great chemistry between the leads are expected after a fine turn in page turner! The music, the cinematography, and the actions scenes are all riveting. To recap, I’m surprised at how much I liked the teaser. But the writer and the director can still muck this up.

    At this point, I’m way more excited for RWTMR than HCG. However, in terms of quality story-telling and filming-techniques, I expect it to be stronger and more robust overall due to strong, infamous director and novel writer, the screen-writer is supposedly good too due to co-writing be melodramatic.

    • Sorry to burst your bubble but the PD of RWTMR is really good. He directed The King Maker which is a top-rated drama of TV Chosun. The only possible weak link is the writer who has mix of hits and mehs in his resume. But, I am optimistic that the directing and acting will help the writer work on a solid script.

      • Maybe he will be good this time but looking at his list of works, many of his dramas don’t get highly critical acclaim, and low ratings on mdl. Maybe the writers of those dramas aren’t good but only his directing is good. Idk, we will see :)

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