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Today on TOAD we're taking a look a 'The Great Doctor aka Faith'.
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5 Words: Lee Min Ho period drama. OMG!
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Never really been a fan of the man in the past and period dramas for that matter
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but Lee Min Ho as an ancient warrior general kind of wipes out the whole gu-jun-pyo of 'Boys Over Flowers'.
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and the man ain't too bad looking in a suit of armor.
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Maybe it's the wavy hair,
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or the fact that he never gets dirty other than the fresh blood stain after a kill.
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maybe it's just the fact that he's super sexy and has super powers.
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I featured this drama as my number 2 pick in my TOAD new dramas of August.
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Click here to check out that link. But after watching a few episodes I'm moving it to number 1.
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Writer Song Ji Nah, and Director Kim Jung huk
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team up for the fourth time with this awesome drama.
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I knew it would be popular because the actors and actresses are really cute. Heck, it stars Lee Min Ho.
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As his first period drama, I knew it would have a huge following.
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Little did I know it would actually be really good.
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Sorry folks I haven't always been an Lee Min Ho fan.
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But as I said that's changed. What was I thinking?!?
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Anyways it has a really interesting storyline, and actually made me really interested in Korean history.
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After one single episode I got online and wiki'ed the crap out of the Goryeo period..
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Just to try and figure out what might happen.
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Woo, not afraid of spoilers!?!
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The story takes place at the end of the Goryeo period in the year 1351.
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The King Gang Min was held hostage in Yuan (China) is bringing his Yuanese wife to rule over ancient Korea..
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when they get attacked in an Inn.
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The assassin scene was pretty cool. Black-clothed ninjas, hard to see. Make them glow!
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Added benefit: their swords look like light sabers. Total score! I want a light saber.
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If only I was that cool.
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Despite General Choi's having super sexiness, mad sword skills,
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and the super powers of being able to have an electric force field
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and beams shoot out of his hands, the future queen is attacked and her neck is slashed right down to the juglar.
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The current doctor can do great things with his acupuncture needles,
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but despite turning her into a human pin cushion, doesn't have the knowledge to stitch her back up.
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Irony.
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The solution? Go to a magic portal and get a doctor from heaven.
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The general is chosen for the mission, and he walks through
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the blue swirling portal and goes 'Oppa Gangnam Style'.
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Long story short he picks up a plastic surgeon named Dr. Eun Su played by Kim Hee Sun.
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He kidnaps her from Coex, takes her and a plastic police shield back to the past.
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She heals the future queen and becomes famous for her medical skills,
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her unusual instruments including the headlamp thingy,
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and her ability to foretell the future,
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or in her case the past that she memorized in grade school.
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And with almost killing the general, the two of them being thrust into the middle of a coup, and the doctor really learning how to care for people, it has depth as well as lightheartedness.
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Overall it's not really that historically accurate, but who cares.
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You, f..k..u...
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you historically must be accurate snooty people you.
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Just kidding.
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My favorite part has got to be the narrations.
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The Korean water color paintings and calligraphy is breathtakingly beautiful,
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and an ingenious way to show the back story.
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So now the questions remain. Will she ever get back from the past?
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Will the King be able to rule Goryeo in peace?
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Will Lee Min Ho survive?
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And as a romantic comedy, can love blossom between two eras of the time-space continuum?
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Guess we're just gonna have to watch to find out. And that raps up this weeks TOAD episode.
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Don't forget to leave your comments in the comment section below
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if that's your thing.
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And, let me know what you think about Faith. Don't forget to subscribe for more TOAD adventures.