Do you know why I’m hyping up this drama?
It’s so when I’m disappointed with the drama later, I know that my enthusiasm for it was all bogus anyway. Welcome to Cynical Island. Population: 1. (just me)
Here’s the Youtube trailer:
Here’s the instagram.
Lee MinHo is saying, “I am Emperor of the Korean Empire. My name is Lee Gon.”
Per google, the instagram also says the same thing, ‘I am emperor of the Korean Empire, my name is Igon’ Kim Eun Sook’s Fantasy Romance Drama <The King: The Lord of Eternity> I don’t need modifiers, what do you need more words? 💁♀️💁♂️
Note: What’s the difference between “I am the emperor of the Korean Empire” and “I am Emperor of the Korean Empire”?
I don’t know much about the Korean language, but I purposely didn’t include the word “the” in the translation because Lee MinHo’s character didn’t need any modifiers — as the instagram teased. He is the one and only emperor so he doesn’t require the qualifier “the” before his title. He’s simply — or rather, majestically — monarch of everything he surveyed.
The plot, according to wiki:
Story about a Korean emperor Lee Gon (Lee Min-ho) who tries to close the doors to a parallel world which was opened by demons who were unleashed by a deity into the human world, and a detective Jung Tae-eul (Kim Go-eun) who tries to protect the people and the one she loves.
The objective, according to Bitches:
This story epic is about Lee MinHo who’ll win the heart of this Bitch without showing skin. By dint of his ah-mah-zing acting and gut-wrenching portrayal of a monarch with preternatural powers, I hope he’ll achieve what has been heretofore an impossible feat: my accolade. I want him to do more than just stand there and look handsome while brooding, for heaven’s sake.
May this drama be the one to silence Lee MinHo’s critics, including yours truly, once and for all.
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Thanks @arihsi and @Table122200 for the the heads-up.
“ Cynical Island. Population: 1. (just me)”
Make that 2. 😂.
Okay. 🤣🤣
Population: 2
I have your back when the fangirls come.
Make that 3. I’ve lost all hope in mankind itself, forget dramas.
Also, in very disjointed manner I’d like to add,
Hee hee hee. It was a very funny post 😂
“He’s simply — or rather, majestically — monarch of everything he surveyed.”
LOL.
Could I be 4? He’s dang purty, though.
Yess..we finally have a trailer!!! @packmule3: Thank you for sharing 😊 I don’t mind Lee Min Ho just standing there and looking handsomw while brooding at all😍😍😍 I think his eyes are sexy and so are his lips😘I’m going to ignore his acting and just absorb his beauty (I know I’m being very shallow 😛)
Oh finally, I have someone to be on the other team. I’m sticking with @Phoenix on this show. I’m the shallowest of them all. 😂
What should we call our team @Phoenix ? Shallow Island? Population- 2. 😂
Buuut I did say I like WDH too so I’ll be here for both of them. No make it three of them. I don’t mind KGE. ☺️
Good for you, girl!
I didn’t notice his lips. I was just observing how darker his coloring was compared with other SK actors!! Love it!
Lee Dong Wook (the reaper in Goblin) and that guy in When the Weather is Nice are all pale-skinned. Oooh. My sons and I really hate it when we all look pale and sickly in the winter. It’s like seeing a ghost.
That’s why we love to soak in the sun and get our tan in the beach. It’s funny how the beauty standards in SK entertainment demands this white skin.
I like everything about this drama, except Lee Min Ho, I don’t really have expectations about him. He’s not bad but for me he’s pretty forgetable, he don’t let a big impression. The end of the last 2 dramas of the writter were bittersweet, so I won’t have big hopes about the end.
😂 If you call your island a more creative name, people will go for it. Like “Fantasy Island” or “Destiny Isle” or “Heavenly Man of Isle” or “Manly Peaks” 😂
Ooohhh Manly Peaks 😍
Perfect! 😂
So are we doing this then?
What should we do about the fangirls? 😂 I’ll have to fiddle around with my settings and block some words. 🤪
I knew you’d like that. 😎 But think of other amusing names.
We have time. It’s not showing till June or July. It would be funny if they start showing this while I’m in Seoul. I’ll take time off to do something fangirly.
@agdr03: High five 🙌 Shallow Island it is! Population 2 for now 😛
@packmule3: I know there was a ban here on mentioning certain dimples 😛 Hence I will refrain from making too many comments about the luscious lips (I’ve always wondered if LMH uses lipstick to make them look so suspiciously red 🤔) I like his sexy tan too and his dressing sense (and his kissing scenes of course 😛) Count me in for this – I’m entitled to some brainless eye candy time😊
Manly peaks! I like that too🙌
@agdr03, please may I visit the fangirl island from time to time even if I don’t take up residence?
@packmule3, if you block the words with images, you may just encourage them. 🍡🍾🍑🥒🍙🥖 🤣
I think we will settle with Shallow Island because @Phoenix is ok with it. 😁 We’re keeping it real, I don’t want to go too kinky either. 😂
High five 🙌🏻 @Phoenix ! 😍 I agree, we’re allowed some brainless eye candy time. Hopefully though I won’t get too distracted by WDH. 😆
We promise not to mention any dimples once the show starts.
@Phoenix , we are in sync tonight! 😍
I was going to put an emoji of two girls holding hands but I don’t know the colour of your hair. 😂
Of course @Fern ! Welcome anytime! 😉
@FERN you are most welcome to visit us on Shallow Island from time to time 😛
@agdr03 Yes we promise not to mention dimples or lips here (mention of kisses, hickeys and smoky eyes are allowed though hopefully..please @packmule3!🥰)
I hope the lofty king won’t be too distracted by the demons and saving the world thing to kiss a few times!
Ooohhh hickeys! 🥰 Memories! 🧝🏻♂️
Yes, let’s hope we’re allowed those, please, @packmule3 🙇🏻♀️
@agdr03 My hair color is dark brown but it’s colored burgundy now😛 Doesn’t matter..anything goes on our Shallow Island 👭🏝
@packmule3 “Heavenly Man of Isle”..lol..you are so funny🤣🤣🤣
Burgundy, nice! 🥰👍🏻
👭🏻👭🏻👭🏻 There’s no burgundy anyway 😁
@Phoenix and @agdr03, you two are just too funny. Sun’s out here (maybe for a while) so I’m feeling giddy, too.
Someone mentioned a tan. Apparently in NK, if you are too pale, people think you might have TB. (More for men than women.
I know, right? 🧝🏻♂️ Xiao Nai and the hickey!
Okay. I’ll allow those words. But the dimples you’re talking about better be on his face, not on his buttocks.
@packmule3: Buttocks?? Really??🤔🤔🤔But how do we get to see those? Have you seen any in a kdrama before? I’ve never seen any (with or without dinples) even when the SK heroes go under the shower, only spotted a few manly pectorals **sigh** Maybe we will get the king under the shower cooling off after fighting off some pesky demons (one can always hope🤞🤞🤩🤩)
Yes! Hickeys and 🧝🏻♂️ are a team! 😍
So are we really allowed dimples too? Trying not to jump in excitement! 😂
@Fern , Phoenix , packmule3 and I went crazy with Yang Yang in Love O2O, we were just plain fangirls. You said you know why too. 😉😂
If A list actor don’t have shower scene anymore, it means we will have Wo Do Hwan? I still remember his bath scene in My Country :p
I think they will air the drama in April. Summer is not the best season for ratings.
Wait. Wait. I think there’s a misunderstanding here. The posters who are already “in” like you and Phoenix don’t have to worry about the word ban. You’ve been pre-approved to post and I don’t go over your posts.
But the incoming posters/LMH fangirls will be caught by the word ban. Their comments will go to a pending box (or Spam box) for moderation and wait for my approval.
For instance, vasectomy is one of my banned words (don’t ask me why…). All of us old-timers can write it because we’re already in the approved list of posters. But if newbie who wants to join the blog writes “vasectomy,” he/she is blocked automatically. I try to check my spam box to see if there’s a newbie poster who’s accidentally caught in the block, and I’ll have to manually approve her.
Also, if there’s an old-timer poster who writes vasectomy incessantly in order to annoy me, 🤡 I can put him/her posts in moderation, too.
True. Everybody is out and about in the summer months.
Hahaha. Wo Do Hwan has bath scene? I missed that. 🤨
Oh I learned something today. Definitely 🤐 on that word.
Thanks! At least we’re in the clear. ☺️
It’s in the first few minutes of the first episode of My Country! Hubba bubba! 😂
Yes, the old posters really have more leeway and privileges. Loyalty must have benefits, right? 😂😂
First episode? There you go then. It was in his contract. He knew before he signed on that it was part of the deal and the story.
“ But the dimples you’re talking about better be on his face, not on his buttocks.”
BUT (pun intended)…Mr Eternal Monarch is an A Lister? We’d be lucky to see his upper body revealed (lower body would be out of the question) unless maybe the writer decides he must have a shower under a waterfall because that’s just essential to a great script? Everyone knows heroes do their best thinking in the shower. We are on Shallow island after all…all self respecting islands have those hidden waterfalls deep in the hills somewhere you know? 😂
@packmule3 Thank you for the endorsement 😍 I promise not to use that word too (can’t think of any context to use it at all on this blog).
@Sayaris Whaaaa??? Is there a ban on shower scenes of A list actors? Which idiot imposed that?😡😡 So cruel😭😭
@nrlleee Yo! Brilliant idea!! Our Shallow Island does have a waterfall for all our heroes (I’ll be content with glimpses of manly pectorals only)🤩
But (pun intended too) even if LMH is an A-lister, greed has no limits. If he’s offered X money to show his body, will he or won’t he? I don’t know. How much value does he put on his naked torso?
I like Hyun Bin because he said no, no way. No amount of money will make him do that. His body, priceless.
So let’s see what LMH will do. 🙂
Definitely! 🙌🏻🙇🏻♀️😁
WDH and the male lead (forgot his name), was in the river having a bath. They were bff’s in the story. 😊
@nrlee , so funny 😂. Yes their brains think properly when their having a shower/bath. 🙄😂
But the funny this is, the fangirls wouldn’t know that hot shower and cold air contract the size of the male reproductive organ. 😈😱 So oppa might have a marvelous sleek upper half, but the bottom half? pwahahaha. It’s nothing to write home about.
I just checked over at Soompi, and it is official! The King: The Eternal Monarch will be released in April 2020! So not too long of a wait.
Yaaayyy! Thanks for the info @Table122000: You have a choice – you can come over onto our Shallow Island or go over to @packmule3’s Cynical Island 😜😜
By the way, off topic I know (don’t kill me for thread hijacking @pm3🙈), but I’m curious @Table122000- how far are you into Some day or One day? Do you like it? I found the concept pretty intriguing and I’m i interested to know what you think about it. Then I will decide if I should invest time in it.
So, I’m investing some time in this drama.
This is going to be “the highest rating since XXXXX”. We can target 40% on a public channel!
A multitude of blind followers who rate it 10/10/10/10 on dramalist, whatever the real qualities on each of the Story/Acting/Music/Rewatch axes. Enough to drive you crazy and make you want to insult everyone.
I feel more hateful than cynical. We should think about building a few reefs next to the island of cynics. The reefs of hate.
I’ve invested all the time I wanted in this drama.
About 2 minutes, the time to write, and 1 minute, the time to translate.
That’s three minutes less in my lifetime.
Damn, life is so short, I shouldn’t waste it on such crazy things…
Hey @Phoenix!
You’re welcome! I had to let everyone know the good news. I just hope it will be a simulcast with Netflix. NF didn’t actually say they were going to do this but I figure they will because it’s such a huge drama with the combined star power of Kim Eun Sook and Lee Min Ho. Plus, they did simulcast for KES previous drama Mr. Sunshine on NF.
As to my island choice…not sure. Lee Min Ho is OK, but I’m not a huge fan and I’m watching this drama for other reasons. That being said, I’ll go ahead and join you on Shallow island because I’m hoping for some “fan service” on Woo Do Hwan and if LMH shows off his post-army abs too, then so much the better! I am all for it. I’ll watch any shower scenes, cause I’m shallow that way.(Actually, Lee Min Ho did Army duty at a desk job-we’ll have to hope he still went to the gym 3 times a week if we want to see any post army abs).
I am currently at Ep. 3 of Someday or One Day. So far, I like it. The time travel elements are used in a different type of way and the mystery elements are compelling. I find I have to take it in small doses, one episode at a time because this is not a fluffy “binge type”drama for me. The script is more complex and the switching back and forth between the 2 timelines requires my concentration. Acting is good from the cast, especially the 2 main leads. I can see already why it got so many raves and a super high score at Douban.
@Table122000 Thanks! Good to know that Some Day or One Day has managed to your interest so far😊. I’m in the mood for a bit of a complex drama – this mix of mystery and angst and dual timelines sounds perfect! I saw it’s on Viki. So can check it out. If I feel it’s too heavy mid-way, I can always fall back on Dr.Cutie for 1-2 episodes as a filler to recover after racking my brain cells too hard 😛
Yaay..we encourage your shallowness on Shallow Island and won’t discriminate between A Listers or non A listers -showering under the waterfall to get brainwaves is open to both LMH and WDH 😜😜 (I haven’t seen him in any drama yet but from all accounts, he is memorable).
A shallow ahjumma like me definitely belongs on Shallow Island!
@packmule3, I am so curious about your ban of the vas*-word. Not sure how it would ever be used in this group, but then I’m sort of new. Would it be angrily, He (and all his male descendants and ilk) should have …? Adoringly: He should never, ever have …? Or, sympathetically: He should have had …? Mournfully: He shouldn’t have had …?
Would you use a substitute symbol to ban? 🪒
@WEnchanteur, merci. Please don’t feel you need to translate as I love a good rant in French, especially if it saves even 1 minute.
So Shallow Island. Population 3 now (thanks to @Snow Flower), with occasional visits from @Fern and @Table122000, if they want to visit waterfalls/showers😜. Not bad😛
All of you are so hilarious 😄 I love the surfacing of Shallow Island. I want to become a visitor too !! To keep it real, I’ll have to inhabit @pm3’s Cynical Island but every Friday I’d want to party at the Shallow Island 👯
I have one question though. Is shallowness pertaining to other eye candies allowed on Shallow Island or the visitors must stick to LMH 😛?
@Phoenix don’t they all use lipstick or lip color of some type? Natural (or naked…hee hee sorry for being juvenile) lips would look too dull on camera??
@pm3 About the banned word, I’m very surprised because it is a medical procedure. But I won’t ask 🙈
Also, I forgot to say you are most welcome when you mentioned me 🙂
@Fern,yes exactly.. you have articulated thoughts regarding the banned word so well.👏
I’m laughing so much I feel compelled to insert “hee hee hee” at every sentence.
@WEnchanteur I have some experience at using Google Translate for translation of official documents.it is not so great. Sometimes, it translates in a very shabby manner and completely alters the meaning.
Shallow Island and Cynic Island must be within comfortable swimming distance from each other, so that the residents may enjoy change of scenery depending on where the story goes!
@Phoenix, the very thought of swimming at waterfalls takes me back to my misspent youth and the sort of things I’ve never revealed to my children. 😁
Yes, definitely shall visit from time to time.
@Arihsi I’m loving all this show of support for Shallow Island🙌 You are welcome to party with us on Fridays🥂🥂🥂
All sorts of shallowness are welcone on Shallow Island 😜😜😜 As I said, we don’t discriminate against any hero wanting to go under the waterfall or looking hot while brooding – doesn’t have to be LMH at all – any eye candy is welcome😜 And I don’t mind them using lipsticks too as long as their lips look red and luscious (can’t believe my own shallowness 🙈🙈🤣🤣)
Lol @Snow Flower Or you can row back and forth in a canoe between the two islands 🤣🤣🤣..Or visit our Friday parties where we will deliberate at length on the benefits of waterfalls etc.(and @Fern you are most welcome to reminisce about your misspent youth indulging in shallowness..lol)
@Phoenix, shallowness as in the benefit of shallow water v. deeper? Cough.
@Snow Flower, agree. A warm, leisurely paddle or stroke between two bodies of land at the beginning of a languid weekend.
Unbeknownst to our best friends forever, Mr Royal Highness(Hotness) Eternal Monarch and His Trusty Sidekick Fairest Prince Woo, there lived on Cynical Island a native French colonist who was wont to expand her zeal for the preservation of the sanctity of surrounding Islands. Thus compelled by her fervour, she happened upon their showering exploits in the pristine waterfalls of Shallow Island that day. Sacré bleu! Incensed by their blatant disregard of propriety, she launches into a tirade of French expletive laden protestations complete with gesticulations of the crudest form. The pair, understanding naught of the delicate language that is French, mistakenly believed her to be an adoring fan (French is such a beautifully lyrical language they must’ve thought her composing an ode to their unparalleled human form). Thus spurred on, they proceed to swim languidly towards her (and a crowd of other adoring Ahjummas who had materialised from the surrounding woods (woodwork)). As beads of water found their ways along the valleys of their well sculpted torsos, they surfaced from the azure waters and started to sign autographs. They did wonder however why it was that the French colonist didn’t stay but hastened her retreat and disappeared into the woods from whence she came. Both put it down to their impeccable visuals and her being overcome with embarrassment from being found out to be an avid fan. But of who? It was a dispute both men carried with them to the end of their days.
@Fern Very interesting topic for our Friday party’s insightful discussion. I’m all ready to be enlightened 😎
@nrllee That masterpiece of writing totally killed me off🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m yet to recover😛
Instead of swimming or paddling between the islands, we can have a pontoon bridge on which residents of both islands can meet for drinks and artful conversation.
If Shallow Island has the Waterfall of Shallowness and Shirtless Bay, the Cynic Island probably has the Forest of Sarcasm and Snarky Lake.
Oooooh Shirtless Bay🤩🤩🙌🙌 I love the sound of that!
@Snow Flower Snarky Lake..lol! I’m tempted to use the bridge and take an occasional dip in that😛
@nrllee, Thank you. Such a nice image to find this morning! 😂
@Snow Flower, both sarky and snarky in one! They are walking distance from the Bay of Disdain via Rant Road. Turn left at the Bitter Regrets Bar and pass the Travelogic Inn. You will see them ahead just past the RL Ranch.
Howdy! ☺️
That says it all, sleek upper half and puny at the bottom half. 😆
Love all the comments of how we can visit each other’s islands and even have a party on Friday. 🥳 @nrllee , love what you wrote! 😍
Looks like we are set to have a fun filled ride for this drama. It’ll be interesting how long our interest will last especially if it doesn’t deliver. 😈😂
Found this article at Soompi. I thought the drama was supposed to be about fighting supernatural forces, but I guess not from the info given here. I was also hoping for 2 separate lovelines and no sad endings. Now, not so sure about that either.
https://www.soompi.com/article/1386933wpp/the-king-eternal-monarch-introduces-characters-of-lee-min-ho-kim-go-eun-woo-do-hwan-and-more
Ooh. Thanks for the update! Let me post that so we can the islanders have a luau.