duminică, 8 iulie 2012

City Conquest Manhwa Turns Live Action Drama


author: aprilstarr

In a few days from now(July 10) as its press release announced, the City Conquest drama director will be shouting “Action !”
That signals the beginning of the much awaited shooting of the live action drama from the manwha of the same title. What can we expect from this drama?
We gleaned from the information we find all over the internet that City Conquest has a storyline of revenge. Revenge is done as retaliation for injury /harm/destruction made to a person or group of persons. It is settling old scores -but how and until when spins the story around.
Juxtaposed amidst seeking for justice (the next level after revenge) is the blossoming of a love story. But I see two love stories in this drama.The past and the possibility. Romance or the promise of one as always soften the rough edges of a drama as well as melt our characters’ inner tensions.Or they could bring about the tensions between characters. Dramas usually have a love triangle or other geometric forms.
Described as action filled drama, CC is expected to showcase action scenes -plenty of them. Who is going to be the pursuer and who are the pursued? The hero pursues the villains or can be reversed. Here is our chance to see character development not only physical movements though of course that part is much anticipated(let us see how the action school gave HJ the fighting edge). To heighten enjoyment it is highly recommended while watching to suspend disbelief so that, us, the audience experience the connection and uninterrupted flow with what is going on. Don’t you wish those making comments at a popular drama online viewing site stop. They are disrupting the pleasure of thorough immersion in the drama.
This drama is also about the family-it is here where Baek Mir, our hero, will learn the meaning of love and hate. It is here where he will learn who to abhor and to blame for his pains. His personal struggles will let us empathize with him. I expect back stories here to explain how our hero got to his present situation. Or this drama’s narratives would do it chronologically.
Will Baek Mir also have friends or allies not only enemies? From these relationships our characters become human and show vulnerability.
We have characters like Baek Mir’s father though will only have a presence for five episodes but who will move the story forward and/ or move us. He will tackle the issues of power and conflicts, while the son’s obligation is to look for their resolutions for personal satisfaction or for society at large.
There will be subplots and details to enrich the story. I look forward to potent dialogues that will reveal more of the characters’ virtues and traits. Hyun Joong in the past dramas showed subdued acting. He held back intense emotions which were more revealing than dialogues. He was never loud but who knows we may be in for a surprise this time.
The drama will bring us to many places.The first leg of shooting spanning two weeks will take place in Edo Wonderland, a theme park in Nikko, Japan. The theme park which is also a world heritage site returns its visitors to Japan’s historical Edo period. Will Baek Mir encounter ninjas, samurai, geishas, or the echigoya bunzaemon (corrupt businessmen) there ? Other sites as backdrop of the drama are said to take place in China, Singapore, United States and reportedly even in Europe.
We have the musical scoring or the OST to put the setting in a certain mood and to emotionally involve us viewers, too. If the drama make Hyun Joong also sing at least one of the songs of the OST like he did in PK; then I say the PD is very smart after all he has a topnotch singer recognized in Japan right under his nose. And also to give HJ at least a dance number and light, funny moments.
PD, if by chance you reading this,you know those are HJ’s other skills, besides being handsome and having that manly body to die for, he is a good dresser, good kisser,etc.,etc.
Am I right to say our main guy Hyun Joong are already making us wish for the day to hurriedly arrive so we can start watching the episodes and the birth of an action star?
Two years after Playful Kiss is such a long wait.

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