...the amazing supporting characters, this show would be a total waste. Sounds harsh, but it's the truth.
The plot sounds really special in the beginning, and it kind of is. And while I felt like they did their best to emphasize the unique part of the storyline in the first half of the show, they totally messed up the second. Because the episodes were always about the same thing: Cheon Gi trying to finish the royal portrait so Ma Wang can be sealed in it, Ha Ram trying to prevent her from doing so because he didn't want anything happen to her (despite not having a better solution to the problem of having Ma Wang sealed in his body) and Grand Prince Juhyang trying to seal Ma Wang in his own body. Over and over and over again. Every small thing that happens in between is predictable and cliché-ridden.
It's such a shame, really, because the cast is so damn talented and the overall plot had great potential. But I guess it always depends on what you make out of it and in this very case, the writers/producers did a poor job, apparently.
The plot sounds really special in the beginning, and it kind of is. And while I felt like they did their best to emphasize the unique part of the storyline in the first half of the show, they totally messed up the second. Because the episodes were always about the same thing: Cheon Gi trying to finish the royal portrait so Ma Wang can be sealed in it, Ha Ram trying to prevent her from doing so because he didn't want anything happen to her (despite not having a better solution to the problem of having Ma Wang sealed in his body) and Grand Prince Juhyang trying to seal Ma Wang in his own body. Over and over and over again. Every small thing that happens in between is predictable and cliché-ridden.
It's such a shame, really, because the cast is so damn talented and the overall plot had great potential. But I guess it always depends on what you make out of it and in this very case, the writers/producers did a poor job, apparently.