Warrior Baek Dong-soo’s first poster
The first official poster is out for upcoming fusion action sageuk
Warrior Baek Dong-soo, a show about which I am being cautious, but optimistic. Because while some of its stills verge on looking
cheesy, others are
much more interesting, visually and thematically.
Plus! It stars two young rising stars,
Ji Chang-wook as the good guy and dastardly assassin
Yoo Seung-ho as his rival, with both of them being equally matched in their mastery
of swordsmanship. They trained together in childhood, but somehow went
their separate ways, with Dong-soo becoming one of the king’s guard and
Yeo-woon turning to the dark side as a member of a shadowy organization
plotting to kill the king. I just love this kind of conflict; let’s hope
the drama can deliver on the tension built right in to the premise.
True, I’m on the fence about the poster above, because its
composition is completely awkward and ill-devised — all those blades
make me think they’re all about to stab each other, ha — but something
about it reminds me of
Jeon Woo Chi, which is a
very good thing. Although it’s clear that
Jeon Woo Chi is far superior, sort of like
Baek Dong-soo‘s
cooler, more confident older brother. But Little Bro might have
potential — maybe, possibly? — or, he might get stuck being the dorky
wannabe. We’ll have to see on that.
Below, we have two of the veterans: perennial badass
Choi Min-soo (
Father’s House, Legend) and
Baker King dad
Jeon Gwang-ryul. In the stills below that, we also have the two female leads, played by
Yoon So-yi (
Hero, Goodbye Solo) and
Shin Hyun-bin, who recently won the New Actress award at the
Baeksang awards for
He’s On Duty.
Warrior Baek Dong-soo is a Monday-Tuesday SBS drama, meaning it’ll replace
Lie To Me come July 4. And with the end of the May Madness lineup, it’s not long before the July craze gets going; it’ll air opposite
Miss Ripley and the Eric/Han Ye-seul spy comedy
Myung-wol the Spy. Eek! How to decide?
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