first!! suck on that first-haters!

Looks good but I hope Jung Ryeo-Won can hold up physically (considering 3kg swords and everything) for 50 eps...she's been looking quite weak/skinny/sickly lately.

hmmm looks kinda good.
this has got to be the first time ive seen Jung Ryeo-won do this kind of drama before.

yay JRW! i'm glad to see her again.

Omg, murillin. *LOL*

I think I shall watch this drama.

I'm confuse if this drama is called "Princess Ja-myung" why is the story about "Princess Nak-rang love with the prince?" Shouldn't be about "Princess Ja-myung?" I have been meaning to ask this question! Well, hopefully someone answer my question! Thanks in advance and thanks for the new along with many things you done here!

Am I the only one who thinks Jung Ryeo-won looks too sickly and weak to play a warrior princess?
(And I'm not talking about 'lately', I've thought she looked too weak since Kim Sam Soon where I first saw her, but apparantly it's beautiful..?)

Those shots look great and my two favorite actresses look absolutely stunning!

2008 has been a very bad year for k-dramas (and k-movies) for me, up to the point where my interest has totally waned, but this one might be exactly what I need to get back into it. I have never seen any dramas with more than 24 episodes, but I can say with confidence I will watch this even if it's 200! Can't wait!

Their outfits remind me of Power Rangers.

Is this the folk story where the Princess destroys the war drum?

Looks good~ Though the girl in red looks rather scary unveiled in that pic ^^;;; Yeah, in my eyes Jung Ryeo-won has always appeared to be weak/fragile health-wise... but she might be aiming to change that image of her. Anyway, it sure is gonna be interesting to see how this turns out!

@7: I agree with you~ It is confusing... but since they're obviously going with their own version, I guess we can expect anything ^^ We'll probably see a version of the folklore from Ja-Myung's perspective.

I'm with Maddy and Yssa--my first thought was "Plz! Can Jung Ryeo-Won even hold up a sword, let alone anything heavier than her handbag!?!" She is so skinny and has zero muscles. Believe me, I've done fight training with a broadsword-those things are no joke. You need some serious strength to wield them and look like you could do some damage. I bet her fights will have easy choreography and they'll use plenty of close-ups so you can't really see her (lack of) ability.

Well, atleast she looks a bit healthier. Even though she's wearing thick clothing i can't really say much... Hopefully she is eating and gaining her weight back.

Yeahhh... those costumes are kinda ruining it for me. And I agree that JRW doesn't look too good - I thought that the sick look was just for that trashy girl movie she was doing, but she still looks like that as a princess...?

I'm so glad JRW is back. I love all her dramas and movies. Does anyone know if she's the main lead?

Yup, that's why the hired the beautiful Ryeo-won, cuz she's too skinny, sickly, and weak to hold up a sword...does anyone really believe that she would have landed the role if she was not physically capable of performing considering all of the money being spent? We all basically agree that she has looked far less than at her best in recent pictures, but at least give the girl a chance to prove what she's made of before pronouncing sentence.

I don't usually go for these period pieces featuring stunts and swordplay, but the two "sisters" look stunning enough in these shots to have piqued my interest. Good luck to the entire production. This year appears to look more and more promising all of the time.

I agree about the power rangers thing. But then again, its a "fantasy-heroine" bla thing. But Im going to watch. I mean, Im excited for it...however i think thats going to fade. These 50 episode dramas are meant to watch once in a while. not really analized I think.

FWIW, people often lose weight while doing sageuks. 15-20 hour shoots would do that.

"In folklore, the story of Nak-rang typically centers around her love story with Prince Ho-dong, with the “ja-myung-go” being a drum that alerted her to invaders. Let’s say this drama takes a bit of creative license in re-creating Ja-myung also as a person. (The drum, it appears, still figures in the story.)"

Here she comes, she bangs the drums . . .

I think this is the one sageuk I'm most curious about. Queen Seon-deok, Return of Iljimae, Empress Chun-chu (can't wait until KBC America broadcasts it here!). . .I want to see all of them, but you can kinda imagine how they'll to fit their respective station molds. This one, though, needs no net for respectability or integrity. This one is all for the fangirls! It will probably be a bit like Bichunmu/Dance in the Sky ("girly romance + wuxia"), but they throw in a little Damo, Iljimae, Hong Gil Dong, Crouching Tiger or -- dare I say it -- THOUSAND YEARS OF LOVE!! There is literally no limit how truly awesome and horrible this one could be!

I'll try to watch this show,, hmm..
This looks interesting..!..hahaha,,
do you think she takes one of
the major roles?.. just asking!..
-Anya

"do you think she takes one of
the major roles?.."

You mean Jung Ryeo-Won? She's the lead.

Actually I don't know who is the true lead here. JRW plays Ja-myung, but the story is about the love between Kobe's Future Wife and Felicity's Future Husband. Gah, I feel bad for Kobe and Felicity. :(

Is this the much talk about kdrama that follows the story of Kingdom of the Wind?

O...M...G...

2009 - Year of the 3 Royal Ladies...
respectively...

-Cheonchu Taehu
-Seondeok Yeowang
-Wangnyeo Jamyeong(-go)

oh my god. would you guys just shut up please!? she's supposed to look sick!! geez!!! she just got stabbed in the heart fricken 2 times in this scene. it's wonder she so white, pale,and sick.

I love Jamyung(not in a gay way)She iz smart brave and beautiful. In the Princess Ja Myung I feel sad for her and it makes me cry a lot (in a happy & sad way) well i wish i was her.

jeong is so skinny.

...♥♥ i like u !♥♥...

well, it's a very good drama I like the story but I hate the end why all the persons in the drama have to die !! the drama is finished with the died of the princess (the both) and the prince too... except the king of kougouriou and his queen still alive !!