This drama is estúpido, so so stupid now that I wonder where that bright, charming, creative, weird sageuk with potential went? Probably got contaminated by the addled brains of EVERY SINGLE MAJOR character, because that’s the only way to explain the sheer dumbass plot in the entirety of episodes 13-14 of Lovers of the Red Sky. Thank god next week is the finale two episodes otherwise it’s bad enough I would bail, but I’m in it so long might as well finish. These two episodes actually was chock full of “action” but the decision making, behavior, and dialogue were just inane and so inexplicably dumb all across the board it negated everything. Ha Ram admits he’s the Spy Master and goes with Prince Juhyang as his captive waiting to be offered up during the ceremony to extract the Demon (Mawang). Chun Gi feverishly paints the Royal Portrait. Ha Ram learns the ring he gave Chun Gi has magical powers to control the Demon. Prince Yangmyung gets a magical sword ready to slay Ha Ram/Demon if the sealing ceremony goes awry, and even in that he fails. The sealing ceremony is across the board a clusterfuck and Prince Juhyang actually CRIES when he sees the Demon isn’t going to possess him *headdesk*.
Chun Gi can’t take a single order to stay put and runs out when the ceremony goes sideways and leads to getting her eyes nearly plucked again. Ha Ram gets stabbed by Prince Yangmyung but no harm done, magical dagger just put the Demon back in him. They make a wildly slow escape, which must be by magic because a BLIND MAN can ride a horse perfectly out of the Palace. Prince Juhyang goes nuclear, grabs Chun Gi’s dad to lure her out and takes all the painting team hostage as well. Chun Gi runs to save Dad and gets captured again. Blind as a bat Ha Ram waltzes into Prince Juhyang’s place to rescue the dumb father-daughter duo and sacrifices the only smart and useful character in the drama his bodyguard. Dad also dies, kinda good riddance. Chun Gi cries, and then Prince Juhyang gets ready to chop the entire painting team’s heads off to make her come back, therefore negating the big rescue because duh Chun Gi has to give herself back to Prince Juhyang to repaint the stupid painting again. And then ta da! The King isn’t incapacitated after all and is back! Okay, everyone please replenish your brain cells now.
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Hahaha.. well said koala.. like you I was disappointed midway into the drama which has so much promise in the beginning ?? Just staying now for the pretty and the acting of the cast.
Lol. My interest slowly dwindling after episode 10. And I have not watched last week's episode 11 and 12.
It's hard to find a good sageuk lately. The King's Affection also fares no better where I dislike the acting once transition to adulthood.
Sigh ?
I thought it's just me but really it's SO BAD! The child actress playing twins completely out acted everyone and the adult cast is horrible! The directing is clunky and I somehow even dislike the OST! So disappointing!
you know how they say "that meeting could've been an email" to laugh at comically long meetings where you feel you wasted your time? well, this drama could've been a 4 episode special to be honest. not even the ML makes an effort to act blind anymore, this is just a mess in all possible ways. third miss in a row for KYJ who seems to be struggling to find adult projects that properly work for her.
That 19 year time jump where after the leads act more juvenile than their child counterparts should have been a sign of things to come. Bad is just an understatement at this point. Nobody ever bothered to give any of the characters the semblance of a personality let alone a brain.
I feel like both Kim yoo-jung and Kim so-hyun are having bad scripts handed to them. couldnt really pass through both of their dramas. Both are good actresses but with really bad scripts.
I agree. Maybe because of their age? Almost of the best scripts are written for mid to late 20s females.
Nevertheless, I am still hopeful that they will have their time to have good script especially, So Hyun, now, she is under Culture Depot.
To be fair, scripts being handed to Kim So Hyun are not on the scale of terrible that Kim Yoo Jung's scripts usually are. If anything, her dramas are mostly okay, just overall boring. And while she doesn't really have a ratings hit, all her transition to adulthood dramas with the exception of radio romance and ruler actually did something to her career. That's something you can't say about Kim Yoo Jung's projects after LITM. Which is weird considering that she's not a bad actress. She's actually good.
KSH still transitioned pretty smoothly baring that time in 2017 but she has a much more mature image and has been more experimental in her choices.
Ruler and River were considered ratings hits though.
Both cannot get anything right.
I don't touch "sageuk" anymore but thanks for the laughs. Yi Soon-shin and Jumong are rolling over in their graves.
Koala I dont watch this drama but I laughed @your comment lol. Such a mood
Hahahah! Truelala. Poor bodyguard. He should have not died. My only consolation is it will end next week. Thanks goodness.
I guess it really was the PBG magic that saved her previous sageuk but this writing is not just off the walls it's worse than wattapad. The drama underperformed majorly despite being on SBS and having a star PD and no scandals to ruin it's momentum.
LOL. The drama's success is not solely because of a popular male lead only. It's the story, directing and acting.
You always want to discredit her.
Record of Youth would beg to differ. If not for Bogum it would be in the 1% ratings hell.
PBG's latter dramas after moonlight was'nt really any good ,so dont think it was only because of him.
both of his latter works had really popular female leads but it was still bad.
pbg dramas after litm weren't good. but he has a star power to bring the rating way above the average, especially for tvn channels. that's the star power that he hold. he should take more dramas in public channel instead of repeatedly taking from cable channels.
To be fair the writing has been bad since day 1 but people were more focused on the horrible cgi to notice. As time went on the bad writing just became more apparent and leads just aren't interesting together as they were in the beginning. Everything is falling apart and honestly even the acting is mediocre now. Everyone just looks so done with this like they can't wait to move on.
True AHS especially looks like he wants to run away from this ASAP. The leads have diminishing chemistry on screen and none off screen. He really looks like he wants nothing to do with her. The rumors about him dating LSK are probably true but we'll know after his drama with KSJ which frankly looks like a better match for him.
LSK is Lee Sung-kyung, his Dr. Romantic co-star?
@yaru: Yes, the writing has always been bad tbh. The first 2-5 eps were alright, but I felt it started falling apart after. Nothing makes sense. Initially I think many watched cos we were curious abt what was coming after. But after awhile it just got boring and confusing.
@pita: lol he does look out of it sometimes. I think they had quite alright chemistry in the beginning - probably due to the slightly tighter writing then. But agree that off screen and after the early eps, there isnt any chemistry. Doesn't help that alot of their scenes tog aren't romantic per se. They both seem uncomfortable with one another, but AHS is generally not someone who is very comfy with his co-stars, even bts.
Rumors with lsk? as in the weird LSK fans who think that they both might be interested in one another just cos ahs resembles her ex njh in age and height? Lol. If they are dating, there's been zero hints. He looks very uncomfortable ard her and they look v awkward ard each other in general.
if the rumors are true then AHS is more like a replacement of her ex..!!
OK, I'll skip these episodes then and just watch the last 2 remaining lol
Yet another drama with a dumb FL who cries all the time and needs to be rescued.
Oh no, how terrible for women to need help!!!
couldn't agree more. damsel in distress fl doesn't work anymore yet the writer still go to this route. hong chungi character reminded me of the fl of rmotm. both are a cry baby but hcg has more annoying character. thank god lotrs doesn't have a secondary female lead. otherwise, many peoples will root for her instead. this drama actually is so bland due to the missing of other young female characters.