any idea where can I watch this???

Yay! Been waiting for this... Thanks gf!

Sounds cool... haven't watched a sageuk before, but maybe now is the time to start :) Thanks for the first impression!

how many eps will this be?
i'm getting panda eyes..

Thank you for your "first impressions". I was interested in watching and following this drama and now think I might give it a go. ♥

I see that Holden's page has the download link (http://www.holdenpage.net/) but I have no idea where to find the subs.

http://www.darksmurfsub.com/forum/ might pick it up though, as it was on the second spot for their "wanted to be subbed" list (first spot belongs to Poseidon, which might not be aired). So, check it out!!!

I kept monitoring this one to see how the subbing would pan out. It's not looking so good. Sheesh!

I absolutely love Ji Chang-wook (who looks a wee bit like LTS, "duckie" in the screen cap) so I'm hoping this'll be his big role...

Saeguk's are always so beautiful and this one has an interesting first episode... I like.

wooooow

Woot I havent seen it yet but I like what I read so far. Add to must see list. Damn this summer is going to be busy. Thank you GF.

Been waiting for this :) Haven't watched a nice saguek in a while, hope this one does the trick. And it's something to keep me busy while waiting for CH too haha

You've made me wanna. It's the "mature" actors. They sound great. There was a cute story the other day about Choi Min-soo at the show's press briefing. Why did you take the role? "For the money." Complained he had to stand in the rain under a tree for two hours. He looked at the director then and said, "Admit it. It was hard!" Jeon Kwang-ryul looked uncomfortable/amused, then complimented Choi on being a lively asset to the set. Go, guys. lol

i don't have the luxury of time to watch it.
i can't afford to fail any subject this time. T T

Wow. Thanks GF! This looks and sounds awesome. I am such a sucker for costumes and beautiful landscapes. Definitely on my "to watch" list!! The screen cap with the hawk... so cool!

viki had it last night when I went to bed but this morning the channel is n longer there. :( That's what I hate baout viki...

Aww, thank you!
I really liked the first episode and get this; I cried, three times!
I say the main PD is all heart, and to those foohs who were snarking about how this show would lack substance... Well... Like... They never watched Sung Ji-roo's cameo appearance in OB-GYN. There.
But can't say I'm not loving a little of the undercutting darker tones brought forth by the Yaksha PD. Hee...
(Kinda hated on the latter show but just a wee bit of it will keep things tasteful, right?)

I definitely agree, as much as I was eagerly watching this for Choi Min-soo, this episode belonged to Jeon Gwang-ryul, he was breathtaking. That fight between the two was the epitome of badassery. I say bring it! Bring forth all the Sandglass paralells. Briiiing!

Simply cannot wait for Yeo Jin-gu and Nam Ji-hyun to appear now.
Also anticipating Shin Hyun-bin, in some shots she actually looks like Kim So-yeon. Or is it just me? Still she seems promising. Hopefully.

too many dramas on my hands right now. i think i'll just do a marathon of this later.

Thanks for your impression this GF. I watched the raw and am very very interested. I just have to be patient waiting for the eng sub. I hope the younger actors will deliver because the older ones looks so natural with the sword fighting...sooo cool to watch.

I was going to watch this yesterday but I was holding off to see whether you were going to recap this girlfriday. Good thing I waited, because you are saying that its good to watch. I guess now I can just watch ep 1 and 2 together.

I agree with you that there's too many dramas in a day/week. hard to stick to one and keep going. I wish I was a korean speaker then I'd be able to help, but sadly I can't provide much help.

Keep up the good work. Thanks for this post! :)

I want to watch this.....
Viki.com had it last night and this morning they took it down.... crossing my fingers they put it back up.
So if any one knows where we can watch in with Eng Subs
Please shear !!!!

Can't wait to watch this one haven't a good hostorical drama in such a long time....drama fever get on board....

NOOOOOOO! and YAAAAAAAAY! Another good drama? Sigh. I have enough time to watch it, until I return to school, but that means more hours in front of my laptop and I have have to reduce them instead of increase them.
I put some dramas on hold I was expecting to catch on them, some day this week.
But I love sword fights and this kind of bad ass characters. And the story sounds heroic enough to watch. Usually my taste is the same as Dramabeans, so I will wait for the subtitles and keep an eye on this one. I'm not fan of sageuk, I've only watched one and it was a fusion, I think, but let see.

Thank you for the first impressions!

Sigh! When will I be able to sleep again 8 hours a night?

English subs @ Viki are almost done for the first episode, but I'm afraid is not licensed yet, so only viki's qualify contributors can watch it now.

I will watch this drama ,thanks .

LOOK WHAT YOU DID GIRLFRIDAY!
You made me interested, and now I'm sitting here waiting for episodes 1&2 to finish downloading. ;~~~;
My mother already hates me for watching too many dramas-- *sobs*

Thank you for the First Impressions. I knew you guys didn't like quantity over quality so I was hesitant when I sent you the suggestion on doing it.

Or it could have been one of the drama gods telling you to do it. Cus you prolly have too much mail to have seen mine.

Oh my goodness!!! If you start watching this, at one point you will be watching 4 dramas a day! - Spy Myungwol, Miss Ripley, Warrior Baek Dong Soo and I need Romance, which either you or dramabeans had good impressions of.

Oh goodie....I was hoping this would be good cos I totally want to watch some sageuks now...
gonna hunt for the vids now...thank god most of the dramas I'm watching are either finished or finishing so I can afford to start a new one...lol

*doing happy dance*
Sooooo happy, please recap this one, pretty please.

Most bloggers do not pick Sageuk cuz the hard dialogs. I watched 1-2 eps and fell in love, the cinematography, the executions, the fighting scenes WOW! The set up was so good for our hero. If the journey is great, I can accept sad/bittersweet ending too.

Thanks GF, please please!

Thanks! Will definitely watch or give a try anwyway when I have time!

I just smile at myself because before Sungkyunkwan Scandal, I wouldn't have given sageuks any time of day, now I'm actively looking for some I can watch. LOL. Great job, SKKS!

furreak! i don't normally have a thing for sageuks, but lately, i've been itching for something epic. and that fight scene at the beginning + the jack sparrow persona totally drew me in. sageuks always take too long getting to the lead characters though, so i'm waiting for them. but this is good set up. i like that this sageuk is a fusion. good, intense electric guitar music for the action scenes. haha.

Looking forward ... :d

thnx for first impression...i'm looking f/ward to this drama coz of two young stars ji chang & yoo ?? i'm bad with names! i also like the adult actor who was in baker king as kim takgu's father, he's hot though he's in his mid 40s i guess! quite handsome actor he is!

thnx & i hope this gets to be uploaded in other sites coz i can nvr watched on viki these days unless you're a contributor! :(

PLease please recap this drama! i'm really interested, but have a hard time understanding old Korean :(

Anyone know if WithS2 is subbing this? Because they're really good at subbing sageuks. Darksmurfs is okay but I don't think they quite get the nuances of a really archaic language. Some events and places either get mistranslated or they don't bother translating it at all. I'm really high maintenance when it comes to sageuks (with trendies, I get what I'm given) and I really wanna watch this . . .

I would be very happy if you would pick this one to recap.

hahaha ... I also think the same thing, we need more hours to watch all these good dramas. first, I never miss saeguk, second I am falling for Seung-Ho. And reading your crazy adorable comment is like a pouring topping on top of ice cream. yummy .. delicious .. keep it coming. it's very hot in LA now, some ice cream could really help.

i just watched epis 1 on epidrama dot org & it's good start tho i hvnt seen the lead actors i think this epis would show of their childhood etc. glad for jichang wook ssi for having a drama starting with a hi note already! yeyyy

thnx DB & all connected to this site, you guys are awesome!

I will surely love this series!

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Thank you

please do recaps for this! at least for the beginning~

Have to try to check this one out. Watching King Gwanggaetoe the Great at the moment (which no one here seem to be following here, which is too bad because it's pretty good if conventional. It's a pretty old fashion sageuk, not even a sign of fusion anywhere! ) People, don't be ungrateful to MisterX... it's a lot of work!! Especially sagueks. Luckily, if you watch enough sageuk, you'll get used to the old style speech and vocabulary. I just hope the young kids can measure up to the likes of Jeon Gwang-Ryul and Choi Min-Soo. I don't really have much hope for that to be honest.

Just watched the four episodes available. Well, that's just a fantastic drama as I see it now!! :))
The plot is really enjoyable, and the actors are as talentful as possible. I'm just quite anxious about the love quatuor, because I don't want it to become as irritating as in Iljimae. (Jin Ju I'm by your side! kk)
So, don't hesitate to watch it!! You won't be disappointed.

I'm not sure there's gonna be recaps for Warrior Baek Dong Soo, because I'm pretty sure period dramas are really tiring to recap. Anyway I hope girlfriday and javabeans will love this drama^^.

T^T this drama was so awesome when woon and dong soo were best friends! Now it sucks because:

1. no one understands woon and his pain! growing up, dong soo had all those people who love him and support him whereas woon had no one but an abusive father. can you blame him for having a twisted view about life and fate? instead of someone understanding his pain, people in the drama are condemning him and setting out to kill him, and he has to deal with all of this silently, alone.

2. the map girl is at best lacklustre. she doesn't possess any admirable skills or traits. i think the drama tried to give her one when they introduced the ginseng trade, but the simplicity of it, her reliance on others' work, and the other's OMG AMAZING! reactions annoyed me even more. >< i don't understand why both dong soo and woon like her... for me, their bromance is the most valuable! at first i thought woon only protected her and treated her specially because she was special to dong soo, sort of like a sister-in-law kind of thing, but he actually likes her and dwells on her. to me, that is not cool at all. all i want for his character is to be cool. evil, but principled. i want to respect him, but the way his character's written is making it really hard.

3. what's with the three year time gap in which dong soo is being taught martial arts by the greatest swordsman alive while woon is sitting there doing nothing, alone? for there to be an epic showdown at the end, shouldn't both of them train? Cheon should've taken woon with him, so that he could've made progress too. now, i can just see dong soo kicking woon's butt in the next episode. not fun at all. i want them to be equal and mutually respectful, but i can predict that dong soo is going to own for the rest of the series. i guess he is the main character so it isn't unexpected; i guess i just want them both to be equally cool.

sorry about my rant; i know that many people have different views and i respect them. maybe it's because this is the first time i've sympathized more with the bad character? yoo seung ho's influence perhaps.