All I can think when I saw the first posters and teasers for the upcoming TVING sageuk drama Queen Woo is that if this was a K-movie it was definitely move into Forbidden Flower and The Concubine territory level of sex/power/fighting. Alas this is but a tightly wound 8-episode sageuk that puts female lead Jeon Jong Seo as the titular Queen Woo who loses her king husband Ji Chang Wook in a guest starring role and must solidify power with even more hot smexy men around her including Kim Moo Yeol and Lee Soo Hyuk. But she looks like the take no prisoners type herself so I expect lots of give as good as she gets.
Teaser for Queen Woo:
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Hmm... tbh from the trailer alone I'm not sure if JJS is convincing enough as a queen in the Goryeo dynasty... Hope I'll be proven wrong though.
same thoughts. i don't know what it is, but based on the trailer, she just looks like she's playing the typical modern "strong, independent, badass female lead character who can beat up men" you typically see in modern dramas, if that makes sense? don't get me wrong, there are many actresses who have successfully portrayed badass female characters in historical dramas without giving a modern vibe, she's just not one of those. her vibe makes her look like she belongs in a modern action drama or something.
but then again, it's just the trailer, maybe i'll change my opinion once i've watched the drama in full
Unfortunately, it looks like the 'historical fantasy' (aka make up whatever we want and put it in period costume) trend is never going to go away.
I would love to see a proper sageuk.
Yeah, that's exactly my thoughts. Based on her few seconds of screen time, the way she walks/her demeanour in general is giving badass modern woman dressed in a historical queen costume. Not much gravitas or regality that you would expect from royalty of that period.
Though I suspect the producers are trying to appeal to a younger audience (given the platform and who they cast for the leads), so perhaps they are actually going for a modern action thriller vibe just in a historical setting, rather than striving for realism?
I felt that too. But it's just a teaser, who knows
Goguryeo*
From several drama i see her in, she always play strong character and this was is the same too.
Just 8 episodes is a good thing for me. I am here for this. Looks great.
It's nice to get a sageuk focused on a female character with power!
Yeah, always good to make stuff up just so some modern viewers can fulfill their fantasies!
It's stupid. The 3 periods were very different Silla, Goryeo and Joseon. Joseon was the worst for women because of the Confuciansim but before they had more power, this drama takes place in Goryeo era.
Perhaps just costume in sageuk, nothing more than that is sageuk. LOL. But to give female more power, they definitely have to step outside the real historical setting.
Goryeo women had a lot more autonomy, rights and independence than Joseon women who were subjugated by Confucianism. It wouldn't be too hard to write a believable strong female character in this period and stay relatively close to history. But the way JJS is carrying her self in the trailer, on the other hand, just looks so anachronistic.
not a fan of the female lead, there's just something about her i find annoying (maybe it's her having only one facial expression in scenes of her i've seen, which is the "badass" or "fierce" look, which i find too forced? idk). however, ji chang wook impressed me in empress ki so i'm glad he's back in a historical drama again even if it's just a special appearance, so i'll check this out.
i hope the fans of the female lead don't come for me, it's literally just my opinion lol
This looks great.
Only Jeon Jong Seo the attraction of this drama...others just meh!!
It looks pretty cool but there are some shots where JJS looks slightly out of place. I’m seated mostly for Kim Moo-yeol and Lee Soo-hyuk who’re both always fantastic!
I still remember how much I enjoyed Empress Ki... Ji Chang Wook was so lame and weak in the drama but adorable. He have grown so much since then.
I remember I disliked Empress Ki just because how the story went. LOL. But I liked JCW (as the 2nd ML?) more than the first ML.
It was one of those...why did it have to be like that kind of drama... But I still enjoyed it...in those days, I was really not as fussy about Kdramas 🤣🤣.
I think JJS does well at playing strong, fierce characters. It's in the scenes where she's walking that take her out of the era the drama takes place in. That's a very modern, tough girl kind of walk that works well in the modern era, not so much Goguryeo dynasty. The trailer is self is very taut and action packed. I'll definitely check this one out!