{"id":2047,"date":"2022-01-30T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2022-01-29T23:22:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T07:22:55","slug":"film-kingdom-seasons-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2022\/01\/30\/film-kingdom-seasons-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Film: Kingdom, Seasons 1 &#038; 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kingdom<\/strong><br>by Kim Eun-hee<br>available in the US on Netflix<br>2019 &#8211; present<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A nice distraction from a devastating real life plague is&#8230;  <strong>A story about a much gorier and even more devastating FAST ZOMBIE plague with gorgeous sets and costumes, political drama, and a dreamy lead actor!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set in a mythical, historical version of South Korea, Kingdom follows attempts to take the (alternate history) Joseon throne through political intrigue during a concurrent zombie plague crisis.  While medical professionals are initially ignored <em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">(so relatable and familiar)<\/span><\/em>, and class concerns override action for the public&#8217;s well-being <em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">(same)<\/span><\/em>, all the key characters are soon navigating a dangerous political situation while struggling with a fast-spreading zombie plague that sounds too outrageous to be believed&#8230; which means people have to learn about it the hard way.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast spreading in this case means the infection spreads within <strong>minutes<\/strong>, resulting in fast zombies &#8211; the worst kind.  Especially if you are trying to flee from large groups of them in a very elaborate period costume!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4l-yByZpaaM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>I enjoy the fast pace of the story, especially <em>Season 2<\/em>.  I also appreciate the handsomeness of the put-upon crown prince character, played by model-turned-actor <a href=\"https:\/\/kingdom-netflix.fandom.com\/wiki\/Ju_Ji-hoon\">Ju Ji-Hoon<\/a>.  <em>(There are some great photos of him in lovely clothes on the Internet&#8230; *sigh*)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My father got Netflix and asked what to watch, and was immediately addicted to this story, so I&#8217;ve been quite pleased with myself for recommending it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Highlights: Hostile royal families, rivalries, murders, pretty gowns, hilarious hats (historically accurate), sharp swords, horses, spikes, blood, battles, bureaucrats, executions, self-absorbed rich people, GORGEOUS palaces <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">(including the historic palaces that I had a chance to visit in Seoul!)<\/span>, <strong>sensible anti-zombie precautions<\/strong>, teamwork, bravery, good intentions, strategic planning, bad odds&#8230;  It&#8217;s all so well done!  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This series is highly recommended if you like fast zombies, political scheming, Korean historical buildings and costumes, and a fast narrative pace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kingdomby Kim Eun-heeavailable in the US on Netflix2019 &#8211; present A nice distraction from a devastating real life plague is&#8230; A story about a much gorier and even more devastating FAST ZOMBIE plague with gorgeous sets and costumes, political drama, and a dreamy lead actor! Set in a mythical, historical version of South Korea, Kingdom &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2022\/01\/30\/film-kingdom-seasons-1-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Film: Kingdom, Seasons 1 &#038; 2&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[175,239,238],"class_list":["post-2047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","tag-horror","tag-korea","tag-zombies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2047"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2051,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047\/revisions\/2051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}