Gu Family Book vs. Jang Ok-jung, Part I: The gif-Test
Oh! The day is here! So exciting! Finally, there's a chance I'll find a new drama to blog about! (and by that I mean one that I can take seriously, not like When a Man Loves, which I will follow for the abs and the abs only)
Remember my post about which drama to pick up next? Well, IRIS2 won - and see what good it did me (NO GOOD). Anyway, the method is fool proof, so I will use it again this time. I will watch both dramas at the same time. I will check in with them after 5, 10, 15, 30, 40, 55, and 62 minutes. While I took screen caps last time and then compared the three to pick one as the winner, I will create gifs this time; each 10 seconds long, with a frame count of 40 and a frame delay of 100. The drama with the most points wins.
Here we go...
Jang Ok-jung on the other hand goes right to the source of pleasure: Yoo Ah-in. Hell, his voice! The very old man listens as enraptured as I did. But sound doesn't count during the gif-test (unfortunately).
A point goes to Gu Family Book for prettiness. Sorry Yoo Ah-in, you are super pretty, but the black, purple and red in the first gif win over you.
Jang Ok-jung introduces our concubine (Kim Tae-hee). Rain-stealer! Sorry, had to get that out ... She seems to be dressing rich ladies in super pretty garments.
This is a tough decision, but this point also goes to Gu Family Book, simply because the first gif works so much better as a gif.
Jang Ok-jung also shows people (the king?) and one of his Eunuchs.
That's easy, cause Gu Family Book is once again much, much prettier! Wow, I particularly like their reds and the fabrics they use.
Gu Family Book shows the two servants, urgently discussing something. I see ... this is a show in which people are constantly stressed and unhappy. How unfortunate for them!
Jang Ok-jung depicts two people ... I'll be damned! It's the secretary from Nice Guy!!! Oh, I liked him a lot. And the Princess from Princess' Man! I don't like her much (I mean the acress), but it's awesome to see her in a sageuk again, she does so well in them. This is a gorgeous shot, with the pink and the blossoms.
Yay, Jang Ok-jung gets its first point! Well done!
Gu Family Book shows an awesome night scene, with people chasing other people through the forest with torches. Yeah, I know they are chasing somebody, cause I watched a bit more than 10 episodes.
Jang Ok-jung shows us Kim Tae-hee. Pretty lady!
She could have won, but the night-gif is much more exciting. Another point for Gu Family Book!
Jang Ok-jung: oh, now people are scared in this drama as well! A group of peasants is bullied by some bandits. Woah, the guy has a serious weapon there! This is not going to end well!!!
Sorry, Yoo Ah-in, but Gu Family Book wins again. It's the much better gif!!
Jang Ok-jung: See, I knew it wasn't going to end well. The father is dead, the child is heartbroken.
Gu Family Book wins.
Remember my post about which drama to pick up next? Well, IRIS2 won - and see what good it did me (NO GOOD). Anyway, the method is fool proof, so I will use it again this time. I will watch both dramas at the same time. I will check in with them after 5, 10, 15, 30, 40, 55, and 62 minutes. While I took screen caps last time and then compared the three to pick one as the winner, I will create gifs this time; each 10 seconds long, with a frame count of 40 and a frame delay of 100. The drama with the most points wins.
Here we go...
5 minutes in
Gu Family Book shows us a group of people, all of them not in a happy mood. No, they seem to be stressed, even freaked out. I particularly like the look the two - I guess they are - servants give the lady to the right (I think she is the Gumiho's mother?).Jang Ok-jung on the other hand goes right to the source of pleasure: Yoo Ah-in. Hell, his voice! The very old man listens as enraptured as I did. But sound doesn't count during the gif-test (unfortunately).
A point goes to Gu Family Book for prettiness. Sorry Yoo Ah-in, you are super pretty, but the black, purple and red in the first gif win over you.
10 minutes in
Gu Family Book does not seem to be a gentle drama, I would say. Damn, it looks scary! I don't want to know what they will be doing to the super scared lady on the tree.Jang Ok-jung introduces our concubine (Kim Tae-hee). Rain-stealer! Sorry, had to get that out ... She seems to be dressing rich ladies in super pretty garments.
This is a tough decision, but this point also goes to Gu Family Book, simply because the first gif works so much better as a gif.
15 minutes in
Gu Family Book shows a group of people at the court - or in another very pretty room. Gorgeous shot.Jang Ok-jung also shows people (the king?) and one of his Eunuchs.
That's easy, cause Gu Family Book is once again much, much prettier! Wow, I particularly like their reds and the fabrics they use.
30 minutes in
Gu Family Book shows the two servants, urgently discussing something. I see ... this is a show in which people are constantly stressed and unhappy. How unfortunate for them!
Jang Ok-jung depicts two people ... I'll be damned! It's the secretary from Nice Guy!!! Oh, I liked him a lot. And the Princess from Princess' Man! I don't like her much (I mean the acress), but it's awesome to see her in a sageuk again, she does so well in them. This is a gorgeous shot, with the pink and the blossoms.
Yay, Jang Ok-jung gets its first point! Well done!
40 minutes in
Gu Family Book shows an awesome night scene, with people chasing other people through the forest with torches. Yeah, I know they are chasing somebody, cause I watched a bit more than 10 episodes.
Jang Ok-jung shows us Kim Tae-hee. Pretty lady!
She could have won, but the night-gif is much more exciting. Another point for Gu Family Book!
55 minutes in
Gu Family Book a scholar (or at least yangban) of some sorts meets with one of his guards - or a magistrate.Jang Ok-jung: oh, now people are scared in this drama as well! A group of peasants is bullied by some bandits. Woah, the guy has a serious weapon there! This is not going to end well!!!
Sorry, Yoo Ah-in, but Gu Family Book wins again. It's the much better gif!!
62 minutes in
Gu Family Book: We are at the end. There is a large bird flying by. A lady stands prettily and silently in the background. The hero assures someone about something. Awesome.Jang Ok-jung: See, I knew it wasn't going to end well. The father is dead, the child is heartbroken.
Gu Family Book wins.
Who Wins?
We have a very clear winner in the gif-contest! Gu Family Book wins this round very clearly.