Have you lot heard of the Korean TV exhibit "Guardian: The Lonely together with Great God" (도깨비)? We're guessing you lot powerfulness have. It was such a large hitting inwards Korea. Want some proof? It got a really high viewing charge per unit of measurement for a computer program on a cable channel. It started amongst a one-digit rating, increasing to a two-digit rating every bit to a greater extent than episodes came out, together with fifty-fifty hitting to a greater extent than than 20 per centum rating on its in conclusion episode. That's considered really rare, fifty-fifty for Korea’s large iii tv set channels. The TV show's soundtrack is topping the charts, too, non just 1 or 2 songs, but most of the songs. All the trade related to the exhibit is sold-out together with are some of the best-selling trade out there.
What genre is the TV show? Well… that's a chip difficult to answer. It is the showtime of its form from the author of this screenplay, Kim Eun-sook. She's the same author behind some other famous show, "Descendants of the Sun" (태양의 후예). "Guardian: The Lonely together with Great God" is a fantasy romance amongst an ounce of historical twists, pounds of comedy, a correct dose of action, a pint of heart-wrenching moments together with a slight impact of horror.
So what happens when 2 Korea.net honorary reporters, who are passionate most this show, come across up? Collaboration! Inspired past times this TV show, nosotros ended upward writing an odd article. Come together with bring together us inwards our interview-slash-conversation.
- Meet the 2 Korea.net honorary reporters who are huge fans of "Guardian: The Lonely together with Great God."
Lalien: Greetings, everybody! I'm Lalien from the Philippines, but I'm currently living inwards the beautiful solid soil of Korea. I've been married to an awesome Korean human being for almost vii years now. When the really showtime Korean TV shows aired inwards the Philippines inwards the early on 2000s, I was smitten past times them. From together with hence on, an involvement most Korea sparked inwards my pump together with it grew bigger together with bigger. I roughshod inwards love amongst its society, music together with language. Little did I know that I was destined to meet, autumn inwards love together with hook upward amongst a Korean!
Yostina: Hello, everyone. I’m Yostina. I'm from Egypt. I run every bit an online freelance graphic designer. My passion for Korea started inwards 2013 when I watched the showtime Korean TV exhibit of my life, which was "Boys Over Flowers" (꽃보다 남자). I roughshod inwards love amongst Korea because of it, particularly Korean lather operas, K-pop music together with lather opera soundtracks. That’s why I applied to endure a Korea.net honorary reporter this year, to larn to a greater extent than most Korean media together with to innovate this beautiful solid soil to my ain solid soil together with to the world.
So, without farther ado, let’s acquire you lot all excited to sentry this swell lather opera.
- What was your showtime impression of the show?
Lalien: At first, I idea it was pretty boring. H5N1 beloved friend of mine strongly recommended this exhibit together with out of friendship, I tried to sentry it. I constitute the showtime 2 episodes slightly unappealing, but every bit I continued to sentry it, I caught myself grinning broadly together with got really immersed inwards each episode. One day, I just woke upward finding myself fully captivated past times this show. I tin never give thank you lot my friend plenty for recommending "Guardian: The Lonely together with Great God" to me. I would guide missed one-half of my life if I hadn’t watched it.
Yostina: I showtime saw glimpses of the exhibit on Facebook together with idea it was a comedy, but every bit I watched, I realized it’s an all-in-one lather opera, every bit my friend Lalien said. It’s fantasy, historic, action, tragedy, comedy together with romance. Don’t enquire me how, but it is together with they delineate it off very, really well.
- So what is the exhibit all about?
Lalien: Well, it all started amongst this human being who... Wait! I'll allow Yostina tell you lot most it.Ha-ha-ha.
Yostina: Ha-ha-ha. I'll never tell you lot that inwards detail, but -- inwards brusque -- it’s most a Goryeo regular army full general who was betrayed together with killed amongst a sword together with turned into a type of goblin or mystical critter. He lives forever, watching all his loved ones croak 1 afterward another, unless he tin uncovering a bride. Only the goblin’s bride tin regard the sword together with delineate it out of him hence that he tin furnish into nothingness together with endure at peace. However, things don’t locomote quite every bit planned. He meets a bride afterward 900 years together with they autumn deeply inwards love. Now, the dilemma starts. If she pulls out the sword, he volition die. If she doesn’t, she volition die. Destiny is the entirely enquiry they face, together with it’s upward to them to hold off for an answer. Will they endure able to guide a happy ending?
- What do you lot personally similar most it?
Lalien: To endure honest, until directly I all the same don’t know what I personally similar most it. Isn’t this truthful love? Ha-ha-ha. Loving something without whatsoever definite reason. Hmmm… Maybe it’s the unlikely friendship betwixt the goblin together with the Grim Reaper, or the funny trio betwixt the goblin, Deokhwa and the Grim Reaper. We necessitate to brand special cite of Secretary Kim because he's actually funny every bit well. Maybe it's the against-all-odds love floor of Kim Shin together with Ji Eun-tak, or the adorably cute duo of Kim Woo-bin together with Sunny. Oh, seriously! I actually don’t know. I approximate I guide to sentry it for -- similar -- a K times to figure it out.
Yostina: For me, it’s the all-in-one concept. I can’t believe how they pulled it off amongst hence many genres. Also, the floor is brilliant. I to a greater extent than ofttimes than non liked the romance, tragedy together with comedy. In my opinion, it displays the emotional multifariousness nosotros each experience inwards our lives. We all guide romantic moments, sorry moments, funny moments, historical moments together with peradventure some activity together with horror. Don’t we? I also similar the soundtrack really much. It’s hence beautiful together with epic. However, I’m guessing that the most of import argue for me is that it’s charged amongst emotion, specifically vulnerable manful soul emotions. In many Korean TV shows, you lot uncovering both men together with women crying amongst pump wrenching cries together with they are really emotionally vulnerable, which makes you lot experience the grapheme every bit if it was your ain self; every bit if the events that happened inwards that character’s life happened inwards your ain life. The acting, along amongst the music, the way the scenes are shot, together with also the graphics brand you lot compass that point. It’s non just for the sorry moments, but also for the happy moments, too. That’s the argue why Korean TV shows are hence powerful, inwards my opinion.
- Have you lot learned something novel from this show?
Lalien: Oh, a lot! I actually similar watching Korean TV because every directly together with and hence I larn a lot of novel words together with expressions. In this show, I guide 2 favorites: chisahada (치사하다) together with jugyeobeorida (죽여버리다). Chisahada is used to delineate a soul who acts cheaply or meanly. For example, if you lot enquire a favor of someone who's capable of doing it, but they turn down to do so, you lot tin tell that soul that they are, “너무 치사해!” On the other hand, jugyeobeorida means to kill someone. I know this is… err… non a really positive expression, but I heard it a lot from the 2 woman soul Pb actresses. They didn’t literally hateful to kill someone. They used it to limited their annoyance. Lately, I say, “Neomu-chisahae,” (That’s really hateful of you!) and, “Jugyeo-beorilkka?” (Will I kill you?) a lot. Oh, delight don’t acquire me wrong! I just purpose them to tease my husband.
Yostina: Yes, of course. You know inwards modern twenty-four hours Korea women telephone band their older brothers together with manful soul friends oppa (오빠). Since this exhibit has a chip of history inwards it, I learned the discussion orabeoni (오라버니), which is the equivalent of oppa from Goryeo. Also, I learned the facial expression chamna (참나), which means, "geeze," together with you lot purpose it when you’re fed upward or angry at something.
- Why do you lot think this TV exhibit is such a large hit?
Lalien: I'm non actually certain what makes it a large hit. Is it the story? This form of floor has never been told earlier on Korean television. Is it the script? Oh, it's really good written. There are a lot of romantic conversations that would capture your heart, together with tons of funny lines that would brand you lot laugh. Is it the actors? Their surgical operation is only outstanding, no doubtfulness most that! Is it the soundtrack? The songs together with lyrics, if you lot tin empathise them, are perfectly matched together with timed to each scene, making the watching experience to a greater extent than captivating together with to a greater extent than moving. Is it the computer-generated imagery (CGI)? At 1 point, the goblin’s CGI becomes intelligence inwards Korea. The CGI was hence impressive together with many people commented that it's of the same character every bit CGI you lot tin uncovering inwards the movies. There's something special inwards this exhibit that I can’t precisely indicate out. It tackles love, friendship, forgiveness, believing inwards destiny together with choosing your ain destiny. Watching this exhibit is similar riding on a boat: feeling the motion of the waves of the vast bounding main every bit it makes you lot high amongst witty comedy together with romance, together with hence brings you lot downwards amongst each character’s tragedies. Like the waves, those highs together with lows are good orchestrated together with that what’s acquire inwards mysteriously beautiful.
Yostina: I'm also non sure, but I volition tell you lot what made it a hitting for me. It’s the extreme emotions, the many genres, the soundtrack, the story, the graphics, the cinematography itself, similar the photographic tv camera angles, together with such. In short, everything.
- How were you lot inspired past times this show?
Lalien: This exhibit fueled my wishing to larn to a greater extent than most Korean. Because of this TV show, I pass iii hours inwards the library every twenty-four hours afterward run learning Korean grammar. Then, I re-watch this exhibit 1 time again together with I experience hence happy whenever I recognize the purpose of some grammer that I’ve learned. I also purchased the books of poems used inwards the exhibit together with I enjoyed reading Korean poems for the showtime time. I also guide the novel of this exhibit together with that helps amongst learning Korean a makes it a hundred times to a greater extent than interesting. Every twenty-four hours I'm learning something novel from those. Also, watching the exhibit is a adept way for me to exercise my Korean listening.
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| A lot of photograph essays together with novels most the exhibit are directly guide published, thank you lot to its huge popularity. |
Yostina: This TV exhibit made me think of the supernatural powers that nosotros humans have. You know? Whenever we're determined to attain something, nosotros attain it past times thinking positively together with setting our intentions to it. I believe inwards positive thinking to attain the impossible. Destiny is non a predetermined affair for me. I select what I wishing for my life. Also, since I’m a graphic designer together with I similar doing photograph manipulations really much, I was inspired to brand fan fine art of moments from the exhibit that I felt needed to endure remembered. So I made some fan fine art of the 5 master copy characters. With the assist of my friend Lalien, we’ve chosen the screenshots based on an of import emotional minute inwards each of the characters’ lives. Here they are.
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| Gong Yoo every bit Kim Shin, the goblin. This fan fine art is called 'The Decision I Made for You.' |
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| Sweet Kim Go-eun every bit sugariness Ji Eun-tak. This minute shows the cheerfulness of Ji Eun-tak. |
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| Lee Dong-wook every bit the Grim Reaper. 'Who are you?' |
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| Sweet Yoo In-na every bit Sweet Sunny. 'I’m Sunny.' |
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| Pop grouping BtoB’s Yook Sung-jae every bit Yoo Deok-hwa. 'I was ever listening.' |
Of course, at that spot are many, many of import emotional moments inwards the show, but I had to choice 1 for each grapheme that won’t spoil the plot likewise much for you.
Lalien: Wow! Yostina, those are awesome pictures! I love how you lot brought out to a greater extent than emotion from those screenshots! They're all actually amazing!
Yostina: Thanks, Lalien. You helped me choice out the screenshots.
Lalien: Well, guys, what do you lot think most "Guardian: The Lonely together with Great God"? That's the enquiry nosotros give you. It’s upward to you lot to give us your answers. Ha-ha-ha! That sounds familiar. You’ll know what I hateful when you lot sentry the show.
Yostina: I promise we've made everyone wishing to sentry the show. So please, everyone, do allow us know inwards the comments department your answers to our question. You tin also part amongst us your thoughts and/ or persuasion most the exhibit if you’ve already seen it, without spoiling likewise much for the others, please. Or, if you're going to sentry the show, delight tell us what you lot think of it afterward you lot finish. Thank you lot for allowing us to encephalon launder you lot into watching "Guardian: The Lonely together with Great God." Ha-ha-ha.
By Yostina Wasef, Lalien Guillen
Korea.net Honorary Reporters
Photos: Lalien Guillen, tvN, https://www.facebook.com/tvNdokebi/
Fan art: Yostina Wasef
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