Take a look at the zombie characteristics, era background and protagonist prototype in "Kingdom"

Kasey 2022-03-20 09:02:22

First one: food hobbies. It is keen to bite and bite the muscle tissue of normal people, the aorta and internal organs, and has a high degree of recognition. He has no interest in eating any creatures other than humans. As long as he assimilates into a zombie, he will stop eating. This is from Zhao Xuezhu in Prison cell experiments show that;

Um? Doesn't it taste right?

From the very beginning, Dan's corpse gnawing area focused on the pulled fingers, abdomen, and neck, indicating that zombies have the instinct of primitive predators, that is, they understand the deadly part of food. For reference, lion and tiger hunting can bite the neck and bite the neck, and the head is mostly For the scratches on the face, there is no example of the zombie's interest in the brain. Of course, it is not excluded to highlight the close-up of the face;

"Let's learn how to call pigs together" Xuezheng adults

They have no interest in eating other creatures other than humans. 1 The zombies from the water transport ship were attracted by the humming sound of the pigs under the cabin. The pigs with half their heads exposed in the cage did not suffer misfortune in the first place. The second son and the guards The horse rolled over, and the zombies turned over and still chased the two of them. At the end of the sixth episode of 3, you can see that there are a lot of zombies. The entire team of sentries with the most advanced means of transportation at that time did not survive, but one horse was able to come back with a broken hand. , it can be seen that when surrounded by zombies, the sentinel in the rear as ADC was killed first, and the front-row auxiliary horse who was the first to be impacted did not even have obvious scratches. This is different from the protagonist in "The Walking Dead" who rode to Atlanta to be besieged by zombies, and the horse was divided by five horses.

Support for returning to the city with full health during teamfights

Two: In terms of physical fitness, manic restlessness, festering skin, loss of pain, neck and brain become the only immediate fatal weakness, moving speed close to a normal person running at full strength and there is no upper limit of physical strength, strength is also close to the maximum power of ordinary people, night vision ability is great Enhanced, olfactory hearing may be partially enhanced but the ability to recognize odors and sounds is reduced.

Violence and loss of pain are standard for most zombies, but the neck and head have become fatal at the same time. Different and mainstream, for example, zombies who have been beheaded many times in "The Walking Dead" and "Resident Evil" still have life characteristics, and even retain their eating instincts. Most of the zombies in "Kingdom" are GG after beheading, or it is similar to the Chinese medicine woman in the cell piercing the neck with a knife. It is speculated that the zombies in "Kingdom" may retain their dependence on organs, or breathing or organ circulation, but they do not will kill instantly.

The blade pierced the throat and neck without damaging the brain stem

The physical fitness of zombies may be determined according to the maximum physical fitness of the Harajuku body. The moving speed is close to the maximum running speed of humans. Like the maximum strength of the following humans, it is the maximum under normal conditions. Human potential does not belong to it under special circumstances. When Shizi and the survivors of Dongnae went to the Jiluxuan Medical Center, the zombies chased, and the bearded guard and Huzi who picked up the gun (the one from the Tiger Hunting Camp, let's call him Huzi, after all, he is usually a tiger) was infinitely close to the corpse. It can be speculated that the survival instinct can make people's speed far exceed that of zombies in a short period of time. The strength is slightly less than the maximum strength of human beings. It may be because there are many hungry people. I feel that the door of the hospital cannot be broken with carts and scattered items. It is more than enough for people fleeing in panic. There are many scenes where the sword is briefly pressed against the teeth and hands of the zombies. The picture of holding down the head of the zombie to avoid being bitten.

A tiger is still a tiger, but a quick acceleration can still get rid of the pursuit in a short time
The screenshots are too dark, make a brighter one

The night vision ability is greatly enhanced Needless to say, it is necessary for nocturnal creatures; the olfactory perception is partially enhanced but the ability to recognize odors is reduced, and the zombies' olfactory perception is enhanced. There are several paragraphs that can prove the decrease in recognition ability: 1. After the corpse transformation broke out in Dongnae, a mother put her child in the storage box and the corpse transformed. The child lifted the lid of the box a little, but the zombies at such a close distance did not smell the breath for the first time. The sound and human taste should be affected by the noisy environment outside and the mountain of bloody corpses. They did not rush to the little girl in the box quickly and were easily attracted by another daughter who had more food characteristics. Approaching the box where the little girl was located might be an outlier. For a food cognitive disorder, for example: when a zombie sees a stump, it will first see that although the stump is not sure whether it can be eaten or not, it can have a secondary association with a certain part of the whole food, thus attracting zombies. Approach and determine with smell;

The child only shows sharp corners, but fortunately my sister is standing outside

The bells hanging around the ice cave in Sangju extend out of the camera. It may be set by a predecessor (Doctor Li?), even if someone accidentally enters, if the bell is touched, the entire line of bells will ring, and the zombies will not be the first time. Accurate approach, this can be seen from the fact that the zombies did not appear until after the doctor girl Xu Fei Xiaoguan duo discovered the grass of life and death in the frozen valley, and it can also be inferred that the range of the zombies’ hearing and smell is not too far; Zombie flesh smeared on clothes and penetrated into the enemy's interior.

long bell

3. In terms of natural limitations; liking the cold and fearing the sun (the strong ultraviolet rays or a certain color source in the sun, there is a limit value), and fearing the water because of the inability to swim. Only these two limitations come to mind for now.

Likes the cold and fears the sun; until the sixth episode, everyone mistakenly thought that the zombies are similar to the mutant zombies in "I Am Legend". Still excited about the zombies in the carriage box, the phrase "Do you think it's really over?" It's not easy for everyone to know.

The Heartwarming Father of "Room 7 Gift"

It is not said that zombies love cold and fear heat because in the previous Donglai cataclysm, the fire was everywhere, and the zombies saw nothing, and the zombies who were on fire were all the same as the Ghost Rider, but they were still able to "play" with humans; secondly, Zhao Xuezhu, a great relative in Hanyang, discovered that the zombies could start to be active during the day earlier than the prince and his party in Sangju (he also thought that the zombies were nocturnal and came out at night. After bringing the ministers to see Wang, he said that he would wake up after waiting. It can be seen), I checked the weather in Seoul (formerly known as Hanyang) and Shangju today with great interest. It is 2 to 10 degrees rainy in Seoul and 2 to 10 degrees overcast in Sangju. There may be slight differences in other seasons, so it can be seen that the temperature It is not a condition that restricts the activity of zombies.

Longitude and latitude map of South Korea

Personal cognition is limited, and I infer whether it is some kind of ultraviolet light or other color source in the sunlight that restricts whether the zombies can be active in 100 days. There is a limit value, when the light in the sunlight is lower than the limit Zombies can be active during the day if the value is higher, and you need to hide in a position that avoids direct sunlight as much as possible (there are many times in the play when the sun comes, the zombies start to avoid, and at this time, the temperature will not happen because of these few seconds. obvious change). The latitude of Hanyang is close to 38N, and Sangju is around 35N. Will the change in the direct sunlight point in these three degrees lead to a decrease in some kind of ultraviolet light or light, and it will appear below the limit where zombies can move freely even if the sun is out At the end of the season, facing the tide of corpses from the rising sun. Of course, it all depends on whether the second season will give a perfect explanation.

Fear of deep water due to inability to swim. The zombie retains the basic understanding of the creature's inability to reach its own ability. The zombie's limbs are stiff and the coordination is poor and cannot swim. It makes him realize that he can't go down in deep enough water, unless he can't stop and chase after the first night of Donglai's corpse transformation. It can be seen that the zombies of the prince and the bearded guard fell into the water, only waving their limbs and sinking to the bottom. In the same way, the small wooden bridge that the prince and the bearded guard had passed by before also had zombies that fell into the river ditch. In the picture of the prince and the bearded guard leaving, you can see the zombies are climbing up the slope from the river ditch.

Four: virus infectivity. I very much agree with what the film review said: the zombies caused by the grass of life and death are not contagious in themselves, and the transportation of the zombie virus with leprosy as a carrier is equivalent to upgrading from walking (which can only be transmitted by eating its flesh) to a small train (not The reason for jet planes is that leprosy cannot be airborne by droplets).

As an ordinary person who was transformed by the grass of life and death into the first host of zombies - Wang

The king in the play is a typical common host of a generation of life and death grass zombies, retaining all the behavioral characteristics of zombies, but does not have the means of transmission other than eating its flesh, so Dan and many of the fed maids are not zombies (but have a generation of zombies). virus) and in Chixuanlu Medical Center, Huzi came from a village that was quarantined due to leprosy (there is a conversation with his younger brother in later memories, and the soldiers who came to pick up Huzi only dared to wait for him outside the village).

In addition, there is a young boy in the hospital who had both legs amputated. It has been a few years since the war years, and Dongnae has not reached the "how do you think the people in the south survived?" said by Huzi. The reason why the little boy's legs were amputated was probably because he was a leper who was cured by Dr. Li. Huzi saw that the little boy chose to stay and waited for Dr. Li to see that the boy was cured. He thought that his brother might have been cured by Li. The doctor has treated it, and wants to find out.

The little boy whose legs were amputated from below his knees

The biggest disadvantage of zombies in "Kingdom" compared to zombies in other film and television dramas is that the active time is limited, but as the time in the play approaches winter and the direct sun moves southward, it is foreseeable that the active time of zombies will be slower Slowly from daytime, early morning, dusk and night, to avoiding noon and night during the day, until you can move freely throughout the day 24 hours a day, the life of the prince and the people of Gyeongsang he hopes to shelter will become more and more difficult, not to mention that there is a backside. Zhao Xuezhu, who stabbed the zombies and released the zombies, "An Neng distinguishes me from good and evil" a group of friends.

C debuted Ahn Hyun-sama

Next is the protagonist Shizi and the time background in the play.

First of all, some keywords I extracted from the play: Lee's Joseon, Shuzi was established as the heir to the throne, Japanese pirates invaded, and Huzi used muskets.

First of all, let’s define a large area. Li’s Joseon, referred to as Li Chao, from 1392 to 1910, was the last feudal unified dynasty on the Korean peninsula. Widely popular as the country's mainstream script, in the fifteenth century King Sejong sent people to invent Korean Pinyin, but it could only play the role of auxiliary Chinese characters.

The founding monarch of the Lee family of Korea - Lee Sung Gye

The concubine Li Cang in the play is the heir of the Joseon Dynasty, and in the history of Li's Joseon only the concubine Gwanghaejun Li Hui was established as the heir. Fifteen monarchs) This will be discussed separately later, and the possible future outcome of the protagonist's prince can also be inferred from the historical records of Li Hui. The background time is further set as before Li Hui ascended the throne in 1608.

Japanese pirates invaded. Japanese pirates are Japan. Apart from the small-scale pirate-like ronin-Japanese rebellion, there have been four large-scale wars between the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese regime in history. Therefore, the period of the dynasty was excluded. In 1894, the Sino-Japanese War caused by the uprising of the Dongxue Party in North Korea was too late, and the arquebuses that did not meet the equipment of the tiger and the forbidden army were also excluded, so only the ones planned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1592 and 1597 were left. Two large-scale wars of aggression, the Imjin Japanese Rebellion and the Ding Youzai Rebellion or the Wanli Korean War in China. (The Japanese army Zeng Bingfeng pointed directly at Seoul, which is also in line with the fact that the minister was worried that Japanese pirates were coming to the city after hearing about the beacon tower.) Suddenly there was an immature speculation that in November 1593, Korea returned to Seoul, and then Gwanghae went south to the Sannan area to assist the Ming army. To appease the people, he returned to Seoul in 1594, and three years later, Ding You, who was a Japanese pirate, was in chaos again. Out of fear of the Japanese pirates, the play also mentioned the war three years ago many times, so would there be a plague of corpses in the play? Is it the insinuation of Ding You's chaos in 1597? Of course, it is just a guess. In short, the background time should be from 1594 AD or after 1601 to 1608 when Li Hui ascended the throne. Although it does not match the time when the second queen (Zhao Xuezhu's daughter) gave birth to a heir in 1606 and the death of the Joseon king (the father of Li Cang in the play) in 1608, it does not hurt to change it to add more contrasting lines to the plot.

A movie with Imjin Japanese riot as the background - "Mingyang Sea Battle"

Finally, let's talk about the prototype of the protagonist's prince Li Cang - Gwanghaejun Li Hui. Interested can take a look.

Xuanzu's descendants

Li Hui is the second son of Xuanzu of the Joseon Dynasty, that is to say, his biological mother was not made queen. Xuanzu's first Queen Yiren never gave birth to any children. The other sons are not virtuous and virtuous. Only Li Hui has a good character and is more intelligent People, quite popular, even so, Xuanzong's favorite is Xinchengjun. Therefore, he has been reluctant to confirm the position of the prince. It was not until 1592 when the Japanese army invaded and the country was in danger that Ji Xuanzu was established at the request of the ministers and queens. Gwanghaejun Li Hui is the heir. After the war was decadent, Seonjo fled all the way to the north. Gwanghaejun was ordered to collect diaspora soldiers and rebels, and fought back with the Ming army who came to help to recover Seoul. After that, he took command of the front-line army in Seoul and completely recovered the whole of Korea in 1698.

A Korean drama set in the era of Gwanghae-kun - "Huazheng"

Gwanghaejun Li Huigong has a high reputation, and his reputation in the court and the opposition is increasing day by day. Even Song Ruzhen, a Taoist of the Qing Dynasty in China, tried to lead the people to overthrow Xuanzu's rule, and the rebellion (also shown in the play) who supported Li Hui's accession to the throne was extremely afraid of his propaganda. The relationship between Zu and him became more and more tense. Li Hui, who was always nervous at all times, was undoubtedly frightened every day. Queen Yiren died in 1600, and Xuanzong married Jin in 1602 (the prototype of Zhao in the play, but it is far less powerful than Zhao, maybe It was a father like Zhao Xuezhu), and gave birth to a son in 1606. Li Hui's status was further precarious. In 1607, Xuanzu was critically ill. When Li Hui came to greet him, he even reprimanded: "How dare you call yourself the prince to greet him? It's just a temporary ban? Don't come again!" Li Hui was so angry that he vomited blood, and most of the Dabei faction who supported Li Hui's succession were dismissed from office and exiled. He died in February of 2009, and Li Hui quickly took the initiative to take the initiative, bestowing the death of a number of ministers who opposed his succession, and temporarily secured the throne.

The movie "Gwanghae, The Man Who Became King". This time, I'm going to be Gwanghae-jun's little helper

In order to secure the throne more firmly, Li Hui planned to put his elder brother Lin Haijun under house arrest more than ten days after he ascended the throne. After that, he sent someone to hang him to death, and he was imprisoned. The ministers who opposed him at the beginning were all affected by Confucian scholars. Prison of the Concubine" kills his younger brother, the Empress Dowager You.

More than 50,000 people were killed and wounded by the Ming Dynasty coalition forces in the Battle of Sarhu

In 1619, at the call of the suzerain, the Ming Dynasty, more than 15,000 Korean troops were dispatched to participate in the Battle of Sarhu. They were defeated in the Battle of the Deep River, and only 1,400 people fled back to Korea. A large number of young and middle-aged people in China lost their lives in the Deep River War, but Li Hui was doing great construction projects, building palaces, looting people's fat, and adding salaried soldiers to satisfy the lack of security brought about by the defeat. His nephew Li Yu joined the ministers to overthrow him, but due to his achievements in resisting Japanese in his early years and the Ming Dynasty asking him about his life and death many times, Li Jun was only deposed from the throne and imprisoned and exiled. The funeral of the prince is also the reason why Li Jun was called Gwanghae-kun as the king of Joseon.

Gwanghae-kun Li Hun's Tomb

The early life of Gwanghae-jun Li Hui is very similar to that of the prince Li Cang in "The King". In the face of the invasion of Japanese pirates, he bravely resisted the banner of rebellion, integrated the army, appeased the refugees, benevolent and charitable, brave and good at fighting, and no doubt in employing people. , but after several palace coups and betrayals, Li Hui gradually became a suspicious, fickle, moody, violent and murderous monarch.

Whether the prince Li Cang in the play will follow the path of Gwanghaejun Li Hui is still unknown, but judging from the situation Li Cang is in at the end of the season, there are a few supporting characters around him, except the doctor girl, who may have ulterior motives. The bearded bodyguard of the spy's spy, Hu Zi, who is hostile to the upper class and just wants to find a secret from his younger brother, may be the teacher who killed Hu Zi's whole village three years ago and is vague about Li Cang, maybe because of love and hatred The petty officer (should become the role of sacrificing to protect everyone...). It is really difficult to travel, it is difficult to travel, and there are many different paths. Of course, all of this is just speculation. According to the director's and screenwriter's previous works, there is no final blackening of the protagonist, so the prince Li Cang should have come to an abrupt end in 1608 to sweep away the resistance of all parties and finally succeed the king of Joseon.

The writing is very long, thank you for reading, and criticism is welcome.

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  • Deron 2022-03-30 09:01:07

    There is no bright spot, the plot is so old-fashioned, how did this 8.5 come about? I always thought it would look good in the back, but it turned out to be a complete waste of my time!

  • Itzel 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    Court tactics, martial arts, war + zombies... Every step reveals Netflix's ambition to expand the global market with Korean dramas (k-drama) (Thanks to Singapore, it is really good to have a national voice track, please be like a monster in the second season Just speed up.