O Rei: Monarca Eterno (2020)

On YouTube i watched a few korean channels review this drama and they said that the FL was annoying at the beginning because she refused to acknowledge the parallel world. However, i found that when watching the drama, the majority of the Korean reviews were very unfair because the acting for me was on point. She was't hateful but she acted appropriately to the possibility of another world, aka not being stupid and bi**hy but not falling for the idea at first glance either. Also, they complained about the romance and how it wasn't enough or it jumped to fast when it got to ep 8 or 9 but i think that it was just enough. It's not sickening with love but you can see how she changes and develops feelings for him through how she looks and talks and acts around him once she experiences his world. You don't need to make it stupidly obvious that she slowly falls for him and that's why i think that this drama is actually better than what people initially said.

also i just want to add that the product placement. for me, wasn't too noticeable, well if i didnt watch the videos on youtube i probably wouldn't have even noticed, especially because im not looking for it, if that makes sense.

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Pls don’t waste time on this

You should watch DKDKTV’s review on this.
https://youtu.be/FUV_xWDDMvo

This show really sucks. Mainly bcs it is so tone-deaf. It appears as really sophisticated and smart but when you watch it.... it’s really not that deep lol. It’s pretentious and shallow.

Irks the heck out of me when dramas try so hard to be something they are not.

The saving grace is Woo Do Hwan, like for real. Don’t bother watching scenes he isn’t in. The whole parallel world thing might also keep you intrigued for the first few episodes? After that they keep overusing it in an attempt to make it fancier that you wont be amused to it anymore haha.

Frustrating watch, leaves you hanging. Only reason I watched the whole thing bcs I kept trying to figure out why is it so bad and I kept hoping something will turn round to make it better

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What was that? So dissapointing.

The advertising on netflix was good, it was kinda anticipated and i was looking forward to it.
When the story begin, i was like okay what is wrong with the bad acting, and no chemistry with movie production this level, and the famous duo ml and fl.....maybe it will build up by time. But the story itself was confusing. Maybe because it was just started....
Then the more i watch episodes the more i dread it.
It became more and more confusing, even the main leads seemed to be disconnected.
I don't want want to pick here there, but it was really waste of time, even just 10 episodes i forced myself to watch. I don't think my intelligence is to blame when i saw the very low rating it has...
Well, surely won't watch it again. But i think on another screenwriting and maybe different pairing, the main leads could do much better job.

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Al principio te engancha pero luego te cuesta seguir

Antes de empezar quiero decir que aún me quedan cuatro capitulos para acabar el drama. Dicho esto, comencemos:

El argumento es bastante convincente, teniendo en cuenta ese punto de ciencia ficción/fantasia que tiene el drama. La producción de las escenas, a mi parecer, excelente. Aun así le pasa lo mismo que a otros dramas, que al principio te logra enganchar pero luego te cuesta seguir el drama. Además, entiendo que tengan que poner capítulos de relleno en los que no avanza la trama principal , sino los dramas durarían 5 o 10 capítulos, pero que sea tan aburrido no hace ningún bien.

El mejor personaje sin duda es Jo Eun Sup/Jo Yung (siento si el nombre completo de Jo Eun no está bien escrito, en cada página web lo encuentro de una manera distinta), sin duda. De hecho hay momentos en los que me pongo a ver un nuevo capítulo solo por verlo a él. El romance de los protagonistas, en mi opinión, es bastante forzado. Y en mi opinion también, pienso que el personaje de Lee Gon está sobreactuado.

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I dropped this drama in episode 7 and honestly i should've dropped way before.
The first episode was very very hard to watch, they really just threw all the plot in an hour and it felt heavy but either i was kinda interested to see what would happen. But the ep that showed me that it wasn't worth it was ep 3, I'll try to explain it but usually when you see a drama of course you know an actor is saying a script but it doesn't show but it seems natural. But watching that ep was, wow, you could SEE the script, it was just so obvious that they were just SAYING those things like they just memorized it. It wasn't pleasant to watch. The remaining four episodes I watched were mainly just watching Lee Min Ho and Woo Do Hwan's faces.

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Une pointe de déception

Cette série à gros budget n’a finalement pas tenu toutes ses promesses...

L’idée de départ est plutôt intrigante, des mondes parallèles et diamétralement opposés entre une république et une monarchie.

Mais le soufflé se dégonfle bien vite :

- acteur principal beaucoup trop lisse, toujours tiré à quatre épingles même quand il se bat, court ou fait du cheval à bride abattue ;
- Kim Go Eun qui passe d’une policière avec du caractère à une pleurnicheuse invétérée ;
- la première ministre qui n’apporte au final pas grand chose à l’intrigue alors qu’elle aurait pu jouer un rôle majeur;
- placement de produits beaucoup trop présent et très très peu subtil.

Au niveau des points positifs :

- la réalisation globale même si j’aurais aimé plus d’informations sur les deux différents pays ;
- les effets spéciaux, globalement maîtrisés ;
- l’histoire, malgré quelques imperfections.

Bref, tout n’est pas à jeter mais cela reste quand même une demi-déception :-(

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Kim Eun Sook once again comes back with another drama that plays with the notion of parallel universes.
At first I was kind of confused with all the hate this drama is getting including the superficial romance between the leads who are from parallel universes.

Kim Go Eun has always been an amazing actress especially her character in Goblin where she really shined. I didn't have any problem on how she would carry Jeong Tae Eul as a character. That is how I trust her acting abilities. She played the bad-ass female lead so well that it convinced me that this show could survive with only her and her adventures. I was confused though at first at how moody her character was when she is in the presence of the male lead. I mean, come on girl! You can hold your own, you don't need no man. Her doppelganger Luna is a contrast of Tae Eul and this reminded me how versatile of an actor KGE is. She depicted the abandoned, hurt, and desperate for survival character so well it was too different from her main character.

Ah, yes. Lee Min Ho. I have a love-hate relationship with this actor. He portrayed the aura of a king well with his aura but I had problems with the way he acts most of the time. He played the dashing male lead so well it sometimes overshadows the emotions he should've been putting into the character. Did he make your heart flutter with his scenes? Yes. Did you think that he had the depth of the character on point? Sometimes. I don't know.

The bromance was there, not gonna lie. The story had a bit of a development but not the type where I would curse it for eternity. The chemistry between the leads was surprisingly there. What saved the drama for me is the OST. Despite the drama having plot holes, the OST saved me.

Will I recommend this drama? Maybe. Give it a try and be the one to judge.

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Few episodes were good

Starting few episodes were good then story was getting bored as it was too much stretched and uselessly creates the scenes to entangled the audience , I didn't understand that it was about two world or about living once again in the past to correct the error.
Last episodes confused me a lot that gate was separate two worlds but at the end when they crossed the gate they all the time reached in some years where same person but in different character and their professional was different .I think it would be better if they get engaged at the end and she became the queen of his world and they manage to leave in both the world.

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Set in 2 parallel worlds, one in the Kingdom of Korea and the other the Republic of Korea. Lee Gon, the present Emperor of the Kingdom of Korea sets foot on the alternative universe of the Republic of Korea. He comes across a familiar face, Detective Jung Tae-Eul, whom he recognizes years ago, during his father’s assassination. Lee Gon assumes that this woman saved him from the wrath his uncle Lee Lim, who assassinated Lee Gon’s father. Overwhelmed with curiosity, Lee Gon tries to discover the complexity of the parallel universe, by going back and forth between the two-parallel universe.

The writer, Ms. Kim Eun-sook never disappoints. Her works contains a perplexing, yet imaginative series of dramas which makes it more appealing to her viewers. Similarly, The King: Eternal Monarch (TKEM) was one of the series that keeps you guessing. In the beginning of the series, it seemed ambiguous and overwhelming, with all the plot holes and the use of flash backs. Nevertheless, episode by episode, the series was slowly unraveling. Every problem I had with the show was answered, and the ending was well-written.

I grew fond with the series’ characters, especially with Captain Jo Young and Jo Eun-Seob’s characters. Woo Do-hwan has portrayed both the characters with the charisma and humor, I think many will also approve of this. Unquestionably, Woo Do-hwan has a remarkable acting skill. Moreover, I also liked the character of Prime Minister Goo. She presents someone who’s underprivileged. But because of hard work and ambition, she became successful. However, because of her ambitions, she became too greedy.

The problem that I have with this show is that it lacks accuracy in telling the stories of the different characters. For example, Captain Jo Young, as a child, was a bubbly and a loquacious friend to Lee Gon. He also explained as a child, that his father was close to Lee Gon’s father. I wondered if maybe there was more to this relationship, between Lee Gon’s father and Captain Young. More so, I even pondered the character development of Captain Young as a child and as an adult.

Another problem that I faced was, there was a lack of connection between the relationship of Jung Tae-eul and Lee Gon. Their relationship should have been more solidified. There should have been more of a connection, and how their feeling progressed over time.

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Great cast, loved the acting but shitty writing though.
Huge fan of Kim Go Eun but damn girl talk about overacting or could be the poor script writing. Not a big fan of Lee min Ho but i warmed up to him in this one. He seemed more mature and the hairstyle was better.

The plot was just too confused. I mean why were they riding horses when they had cars? !Who brings a sword to a sword fight when guns exist?! What exactly was the villains motive? Eternal life or multiverse domination? Eitherway his motives were unclear.

Too many plot holes and too much advertising.

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may be it's because I had really some big expectations for this series but after completing it I can properly say this was just a waste of precious money, hardwork and time. This drama had everything a hit series needs to have but they couldn't develop:

- the love story "the main theme of the drama"
- the time slip cuts
- parallel dimensions should have to be mentioned a lot before "not just in the last 3 eps" it simply confused viewers
- it does had to have at least 20 eps to finish it without any hole to fill
- really rushed

To be honest I lost my interest in ep 8 but I kept watching it only for Lee Min Ho he was such pleasure for eyes so I thought to finish it just to see him and it was a great decisione. Well I can't say I hated the drama, it was passeble but they could do a better job

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