48th Baeksang Awards

   No, the ceremony will be held in April, but I started to stalk their website (link courtesy of KingKong Ent), and I came accross "popularity" part. Voting is from 3 parties: websites like Nate, Olleh, phone calls, and android app. Until April 23rd.

KBS Interview with Mun Chaewon

   This is not my translation, the interview is already in English on KBS website, I just repost it here.
And you know, regardless of the interview, I really love the dress - the color, cut, shape and material. It's captivating.

Interview with The Princess’ Man writers

As promised, big interview with writers is served.

TPM - cast thoughts

   Actually I didn't plan to "officially" release this short article because it's nothing new. It has five main actors speaking a bit about their characters and favorite scenes. That's all. Article is around one week old, I guess, but can't verify this (and have absolutely no will to do it).

Forgive me any typos, unlike other translations I wrote not in Word, as usually everything, but directly here.

TPM cuts

   One cut is from Entertainment Weekly 1394 and it's with subs (not mine, they are made by KBSWorld), and the other cut is raw (EW 1396), without subs, when KBSWorld make them, I will make srt file to play along really good quality video I cut.

TPM - writers

   This time, what writers have to say about the drama and the cast. As we know (or maybe not), this drama had two writers, one that wanted to focus on the revenge and Seung-yu as the main axis, the other - love story and Seryeong. We got a lovely caesura after the harsh kidnapping and the story went more romantic from that moment on, and Seung-yu showed yet again his change (good thing he didn't develop split personalities).

‘Nightly assassin’

   Another translated article. This time with glossary, because without it, my work is just some  incomprehensible blabbering. I tried my best to translate it in an understandable way, but it's impossible without additional information. I also left few words in original in parentheses, just in case anyone wants to translate them in your way.

TPM - The End

Dear TPM staff!

  I'm writing this a minute after the last episode ended, so some sentences may seem incoherent. Thank you for wonderful 12 weeks. Thank you for presenting the story that is universal to every one living in distant times and distant places. Thank you that I didn't have to use fast-forward button even once. Thank you that you upheld my faith in a good sageuk without useless plotholes, flat characters and annoying twists. Thank you for the cast you assembled that brought us closer to emotions of people long gone. Thank you for reminding us that the power of Macbeth and R&J is still alive deep in our minds. 

And thank you for giving me a heart attack five minutes before the ending. That was an intense blow right into my face, so I started to choke on my own tears.

After that I cried because I don't regret spending over 25 hours with this drama. 

Sincerely yours,

Ethlenn

Kim Yeongcheol on Mun Chaewon and Park Shihu

   

   This is my another translation of the short recapitulation of the interview with Kim Yeongcheol who plays Grand Prince Suyang (King Sejo) where he talks about the story and two leads in this story.

I'm not a butthurt fan, and I don't curse older, more experienced actors when they point out weak points of my other actors. I can pinpoint the very same problems. And -omo!- those criticized actors don't cry their eyes out, but work, work, work. Oh well, PSH doesn't have 25 years of "acting experience" as The Diva has so... And probably this was the reason why I didn't like the Iljimae (among other issues I had with this drama) - it was this feel that PSH was so out of place there. Even in TPM he did need few episodes to become Joseon man. But he did.

TPM - another background

8 people including Kim Jil and Jong

The Princess’ Man is heavily inlaid with politics. It takes up over 50% of the time screen. Various meetings, scheming, subterfuges and traps set in such a way it’s practically impossible to avoid. What makes it even worse, is the fact it really happened, only in a more brutal way the drama shows. Of course, they couldn’t be precise in depicting all horrendous events that made Joseon drown in blood. Moreover, writers craftily created characters that history left only one word for them. I don’t mind if it wasn’t Seryeong who fled the capital with Seung-yu. What I’m sure is the fact that one of Suyang daughters did that. The name is not that important. It's all the game of archetypes. We are watching beautiful and haunting story. Whatever the ending, I will accept it. Because it’s beautiful. There is not even one character left out, cardboard character, a filler etc. And when we are talking about characters, I’d like to talk a bit of Ministers that were sentenced to death by Suyang because of their failed rebellion.

TPM Ep 19 Preview

Oh well, as in the title...

Now let me take my cardiac drops again...

Park Shihu's metamorphosis

   What is the best way to spend a boring hour of consultations when no one is coming? Of course with your friendly uncle google. This may lead to short yet cute articles. I wrote cute, because this one I translated below is full with word "sexy" instead of many other synonyms, namely Park Shihu, just to start with. Ekhem. I would put that earlier, but my laptop's keyboard broke down finally and I was looking for some yesterday. Plus, my internetz run away from me also yesterday, and today... eh, better not to tell. I was given a week voucher for a fitness club by my friend, so I will work out all my stress there, ahaha!

Ekhem, back to normal state. Translated article is below.

TPM - short notice

   I'm gathering material for new post with Official Administrations and such stuff that appear on TPM along with few words on the famous "six martyred ministers". So far, while looking for more info on buddhist temples I found this:

Beopjusa Temple (the pic above):

Two kilometers before the entrance to the temple is a tree many might miss.
It is a 600 year-old pine tree near the road. Legend tells that it bowed its branches in front of King Sejo as story of guilt. King Sejo was the second son of King Sejong; he succeeded the throne by murdering his nephew.
In old age he suffered from a severe skin ailment and tried to find solace from his ailment as well as his bad conscience in the forests of Sogni-san Mountain. One day he met a young woman whose two boys called him grandfather. The woman was Princess Uisook, Sejo's daughter, who had to flee her father because she had pleaded for the life of the murdered nephew. At this meeting the king begged for forgiveness and invited these members of his family back to the palace. The princess refused saying that she preferred her simple life and she later fled further south.   

source

And just to add about the actual temple layout, Horyuji looks awfully similar, ne? No wonder. U mad, Japan?

One more historical fact...

The Princess' Drama

     Yes, maniacally rewatching the episodes again and again... Episode 18 was slower than usual when we talk about Seung-yu's actions, only two dead bodies on his account. But if we talk about emotional development? Whoohoo, they were intense, yet calming in some way. Slightly against Kdrama rules, the angst didn't last long, and the main character has enough brain to think everything out. Someone may ask: "hey, lady, you don't know calming and intense don't go together?" Of course I do, but this drama blends so much so far. It even blends fire with ice.

Park Shihu Interview again

   Another interview, this time a lot more recent one, from September 5th. More detailed insight on his character. But I must say the man chooses his words carefuly. Not revealing too much, yet giving what should be given... (actually that was a very bad selection of words as for me...).

To ease our pain of waiting what will happen in the next episode.

The Princess' Man picspam

  I posted exactly the same picspam on D-A, but for those who don't venture there, something to kill off the anticipation. Actually, "to kill off" is a very, very adequate expression regarding this drama. Preview for ep 17 is out as well.

I adore Jo Seokju, the man is so composed and perceiving, I wonder who made him be on the boat to Kanghwa Island? He senses so much about Seungyu.

Will write more tomorrow, work and some other stuff keep me away. Well, they don't keep me sane as I thought they would.
Also, I learned about the history of two main couples here, and seriously have no idea which one of them is sadder. Maybe Kyeonghye, because Jong died... oops... major spoiler I made...

TPM picspam

Chuseok Greetings from the cast^^
And not only.

Park Shihu: ‘I Feel Sad while playing Kim Seung Yoo’

Interview from KBS Global. 

Oh man... oh Princess' Man...

The Princess' Man Ep 15 preview

Preview for Episode 15...

And leaked videos for Ep 15 and 16 are to be found here. Sorry, my English makes no sense now.

Park Shihu interview

   First time I read that in June, but had no time enough to translate this. I may sound cocky, but I don't doubt my translating skills, but I do have some doubts about the actual writer's skills. The tone of it is somewhat hagiographical or infantile, depends on what glasses you have on. Nevertheless, this is nice just for the man's answers.

I don't mind taking this out and reposting, but please, this is a translation. I always leave credits to it, so bear in minds that translating takes time. Other than that, enjoy and re-publish wherever you want.

Oh, and I guess there will be more work for me, PSH is constantly praised for his improvements, so I guess more interviews for me to translate.
PS. and the man teased again, the title of this article above is: Seung-yu and Seryeong - perhaps a sad ending. As if we wasn't already prepared for that...