✒Out For Blood: ⚰ Hybrid Theory °4.8° °below avg°
Meet the vampires. These immortal beings don't kill humans. They borrow just enough blood to get by on - a half cup or less - they make due on half empty! Maybe the real monsters are all human. Hey, it Isn't just vampires who suck blood. Immortal beings used to freely walk this earth, and at times it was humans who hunted them down to drink their blood and obtain immortality.
H is a 2023 release that is rated 88 on AWiki, because Kdrama fans are very kind and appreciative. It is 1 season consisting of 16 60-minute episodes. By ep9 I considered abandoning the show. It's something I don't do, but have decided I probably should start. H is bloodless with no vitality whatsoever. Even though I had it on, I couldn't focus. It became the walking dead to me. I like the FL, and the ML isn't bad. The show sorta hangs around like a bat and never actually goes anywhere. It's lifeless and cold to the touch. The leads cannot overcome its issues.
Ok Taec Yeon (Vincenzo, Save Me) plays vampire Seon “Woo” Hyeol. His ears don't seem to have ridges inside; in some shots they look like pancakes. Anyway, he wants to be human. He's never had a beating💓. He goes to Cat Man (Kim In Kwon from Hot Blooded Detective, The King's Affection-8.3, The Cursed-8.3, and Mr. Queen-9) for advice. Cat Man managed to become human himself, afterall. Catty tells him to sleep in a Hawthorne Coffin for 100 years; but Hawthorne is highly toxic for Woo. “Only by facing death” can he embrace life, Catty insists. Down he goes.
That brings us to present day where we meet Joo In “Hae” (Won Ji An from A Year-End Medley & Hope or Dope). She's in the middle of the housing crisis. Just in time, she inherits an old house from her father. It's OLD. It's Victorian. It's creepy🏚creeky. /And/… There's a ⚰Coffin⚰ in the basement! She just can't help herself - she opens it. It's been 99 years and 364 days. Woo's not human yet! He's not a vampire either! He's a mixture - a hybrid.
Woo is livid. He comes at her in his anger and she attacks first (she's a toughie). How can Woo complete his transformation? He was so close, and he suffered for those 100 years. He doesn't want to do /that/ again. How did this even happen from the beginning? Most human girls wouldn't have been able to open the lid, Cat Man observes. Hae's no ordinary girl. A string of anomalies leads Woo to believe that if Hae falls in love he'll complete his transformation. Great. With him… with some other dude… as long as she falls in love he's golden. So he goes to work, and Hae's really thrown off by this. Woo has to stop her from making a police report over the anonymous 💐 that have been showing up on the doorstep.
Woo starts to vacillate his strategies. While this is going on, they decide to start a B&B to earn money with the old house. Money is a big problem. Enter Park Kang Hyun, who plays Shin Do Shik. It's his first drama. He will be the 3rd corner of the 💘🔺. Do Shik wants to help.
Ko Kyu Pil is Park Dong Seop, another vampire. They have him in a horrible hairdo. I think he deserves better. I've seen him in Mother-8.8, Sweet & Sour-7, Another Miss Oh-7.5, Vagabond-8, Crash Landing on You-9.1, The King's Affection-8.3, The Cursed-8.3, and he really enjoys himself in the hilarious Crazy Love-7.8. He enhances every show he's in, but he can't make a difference here. Yoon Byung Hee (Our Blues-8.5, Sweet & Sour-7) portrays Lee Sang Hae, the other vampire in Woo's circle. Kim In Kwon (Parasyte: The Grey-6.9, Mr. Queen-9) plays Ko Yang Nam, the "Cat Man”. Yoon So Hee (Witch's Love-7.8, Marriage, Not Dating) is part of a 2nd 💘🔺 as Na Hae Won / Yoon Hae Sun. Unbeknownst to her, she has a history with Woo. The directors are Lee Hyeon Seok of the lackluster Hello, Me-6.7 and the outstanding The King's Affection-8.3, along with Lee Min Soo (Drama Special S13). This is the fledgling effort of screenwriters Jung Seung Joo & Kim Ha Na.
The romance is mediocre with some flashes of cuteness. Their relationship is constant static, usually over money. They don't get a look at eachother until the end of ep1. Sparks do fly, in that scene, at least. I like their interaction immediately. Their first argument is after he goes shopping. He's been sleeping for 💯 years. Fashion has changed. Not long after he wakes up, he's walking down the street while alittle perturbed at her over their last interaction. He wanders into a mall. There's a fountain inside! He's utterly astounded by the splendor of modern-day commercialism. He buys up half of a clothing store and then panics when he doesn't have any money. Until he remembers he has her wallet! When he walks through the door laden with 🛍, the REAL baggage makes an appearance: She freaks into a real monster. Then they have an argument about whether it's right to live for money & security, or is it better to ‘follow your heart and live for today’. He tells her not to worry; he's got a stash of gold bars hidden away. Alas! They have disappeared! Whoops. Then one day their lips lock inadvertently and the attraction can't be denied.
The show is cute but is draggy. I found it pleasant as I neared the halfway mark, but not much was happening. It's ‘malcontent’ - They don't have sufficient content for all the episodes. They also failed, largely, to generate many sparks between the primary duo. The end of ep10 is very sweet, so I tried to get back into it. I just couldn't. I sat through every episode but was 80% tuned out. Watching this show Is a waste of time because there are so many better ones out there. The older catalogue of Kdramas is a treasure trove of gold standard works, and they're pumping out masterpieces all the time.
Before you sink your teeth into this, check out some of these titles.
In order of ~lite&trite~ to ~heavy&serious~ you may also like:
Unexpected roomates:
Mr. Queen-9,
Romance is a bonus book-7.9,
My Roommate Is a Gumiho-7.9
My First First Love-8,
Crash Landing On You 9.1,
Because This Is My First Life-7.7,
Interspecies/wildly unaligned love:
My Only Love Song 8.7 ~ excellent comedy,
Mr. Queen 8.5,
Boys Over Flowers-8 ~ melodrama to the max,
The Legend of the Blue Sea-7.2
The Bride of Habaek-7,
Heirs-7.3,
Oh My Venus-7.4K,
A Witch's Love 7.8,
Oh My Ghost 10,
99 days with the Superstar-7,
Hotel del Luna-8.4,
My Mister 9.5,
The King's Affection 8.3,
Sisyphus 8,
Black 9
Modern Day Romances -
Love to Hate You 8.9,
Her Private Life 8,
Touch your heart 8.2,
It's Okay Not To Be Okay 9,
Love Struck in the City 7.3,
Be Melodramatic-8.7
Hospital Playlist 9,
I'll See You When the Weather is Fine 9
Romance junkies only -
My Secret Romance-7 (if you ff thru overdone flashbacks),
That Winter, The Wind Blows-7,
Something in them Rain-9,
C🇨🇳: Well-Intended Love-7.5 Rom-porn - extra points for the dopamine,
When I Fly Towards You-7.8,
Wait, My Youth-8.4,
A Little Thing Called First Love-8.5,
Find Yourself-8.9, Hidden Love-7.8
Consider a Chinese 🎎/🔮 romcom: The Romance of Tiger and Rose 9.8, Love Between Fairy and Devil 8.9, Love and Redemption 10 or Japanese romcoms: Maid Sama 10, Mischievous Kiss Love in Tokyo 7.8, Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions 8.4, or Toradora 8.5
〰🖍 IMHO
📣5.3 📝4.5 🎭7 💓5 🦋4.5 🎨7 🎵/🔊7.5 🔚6.5 🤗3 ▪ 🌞4.5 ⚡4 😅2 😭2 😱3 😯2 🤢3 🤔3 💤4
Shazams: Heart Race, by Byeol Eun & I'm Always By Your Side by JEON SI HA. The fun retro style monster mash music is darling.
Age 12+
Rated TV-15: Parents Strongly Cautioned.
Re-📺? The first time was a mistake.
H is a 2023 release that is rated 88 on AWiki, because Kdrama fans are very kind and appreciative. It is 1 season consisting of 16 60-minute episodes. By ep9 I considered abandoning the show. It's something I don't do, but have decided I probably should start. H is bloodless with no vitality whatsoever. Even though I had it on, I couldn't focus. It became the walking dead to me. I like the FL, and the ML isn't bad. The show sorta hangs around like a bat and never actually goes anywhere. It's lifeless and cold to the touch. The leads cannot overcome its issues.
Ok Taec Yeon (Vincenzo, Save Me) plays vampire Seon “Woo” Hyeol. His ears don't seem to have ridges inside; in some shots they look like pancakes. Anyway, he wants to be human. He's never had a beating💓. He goes to Cat Man (Kim In Kwon from Hot Blooded Detective, The King's Affection-8.3, The Cursed-8.3, and Mr. Queen-9) for advice. Cat Man managed to become human himself, afterall. Catty tells him to sleep in a Hawthorne Coffin for 100 years; but Hawthorne is highly toxic for Woo. “Only by facing death” can he embrace life, Catty insists. Down he goes.
That brings us to present day where we meet Joo In “Hae” (Won Ji An from A Year-End Medley & Hope or Dope). She's in the middle of the housing crisis. Just in time, she inherits an old house from her father. It's OLD. It's Victorian. It's creepy🏚creeky. /And/… There's a ⚰Coffin⚰ in the basement! She just can't help herself - she opens it. It's been 99 years and 364 days. Woo's not human yet! He's not a vampire either! He's a mixture - a hybrid.
Woo is livid. He comes at her in his anger and she attacks first (she's a toughie). How can Woo complete his transformation? He was so close, and he suffered for those 100 years. He doesn't want to do /that/ again. How did this even happen from the beginning? Most human girls wouldn't have been able to open the lid, Cat Man observes. Hae's no ordinary girl. A string of anomalies leads Woo to believe that if Hae falls in love he'll complete his transformation. Great. With him… with some other dude… as long as she falls in love he's golden. So he goes to work, and Hae's really thrown off by this. Woo has to stop her from making a police report over the anonymous 💐 that have been showing up on the doorstep.
Woo starts to vacillate his strategies. While this is going on, they decide to start a B&B to earn money with the old house. Money is a big problem. Enter Park Kang Hyun, who plays Shin Do Shik. It's his first drama. He will be the 3rd corner of the 💘🔺. Do Shik wants to help.
Ko Kyu Pil is Park Dong Seop, another vampire. They have him in a horrible hairdo. I think he deserves better. I've seen him in Mother-8.8, Sweet & Sour-7, Another Miss Oh-7.5, Vagabond-8, Crash Landing on You-9.1, The King's Affection-8.3, The Cursed-8.3, and he really enjoys himself in the hilarious Crazy Love-7.8. He enhances every show he's in, but he can't make a difference here. Yoon Byung Hee (Our Blues-8.5, Sweet & Sour-7) portrays Lee Sang Hae, the other vampire in Woo's circle. Kim In Kwon (Parasyte: The Grey-6.9, Mr. Queen-9) plays Ko Yang Nam, the "Cat Man”. Yoon So Hee (Witch's Love-7.8, Marriage, Not Dating) is part of a 2nd 💘🔺 as Na Hae Won / Yoon Hae Sun. Unbeknownst to her, she has a history with Woo. The directors are Lee Hyeon Seok of the lackluster Hello, Me-6.7 and the outstanding The King's Affection-8.3, along with Lee Min Soo (Drama Special S13). This is the fledgling effort of screenwriters Jung Seung Joo & Kim Ha Na.
The romance is mediocre with some flashes of cuteness. Their relationship is constant static, usually over money. They don't get a look at eachother until the end of ep1. Sparks do fly, in that scene, at least. I like their interaction immediately. Their first argument is after he goes shopping. He's been sleeping for 💯 years. Fashion has changed. Not long after he wakes up, he's walking down the street while alittle perturbed at her over their last interaction. He wanders into a mall. There's a fountain inside! He's utterly astounded by the splendor of modern-day commercialism. He buys up half of a clothing store and then panics when he doesn't have any money. Until he remembers he has her wallet! When he walks through the door laden with 🛍, the REAL baggage makes an appearance: She freaks into a real monster. Then they have an argument about whether it's right to live for money & security, or is it better to ‘follow your heart and live for today’. He tells her not to worry; he's got a stash of gold bars hidden away. Alas! They have disappeared! Whoops. Then one day their lips lock inadvertently and the attraction can't be denied.
The show is cute but is draggy. I found it pleasant as I neared the halfway mark, but not much was happening. It's ‘malcontent’ - They don't have sufficient content for all the episodes. They also failed, largely, to generate many sparks between the primary duo. The end of ep10 is very sweet, so I tried to get back into it. I just couldn't. I sat through every episode but was 80% tuned out. Watching this show Is a waste of time because there are so many better ones out there. The older catalogue of Kdramas is a treasure trove of gold standard works, and they're pumping out masterpieces all the time.
Before you sink your teeth into this, check out some of these titles.
In order of ~lite&trite~ to ~heavy&serious~ you may also like:
Unexpected roomates:
Mr. Queen-9,
Romance is a bonus book-7.9,
My Roommate Is a Gumiho-7.9
My First First Love-8,
Crash Landing On You 9.1,
Because This Is My First Life-7.7,
Interspecies/wildly unaligned love:
My Only Love Song 8.7 ~ excellent comedy,
Mr. Queen 8.5,
Boys Over Flowers-8 ~ melodrama to the max,
The Legend of the Blue Sea-7.2
The Bride of Habaek-7,
Heirs-7.3,
Oh My Venus-7.4K,
A Witch's Love 7.8,
Oh My Ghost 10,
99 days with the Superstar-7,
Hotel del Luna-8.4,
My Mister 9.5,
The King's Affection 8.3,
Sisyphus 8,
Black 9
Modern Day Romances -
Love to Hate You 8.9,
Her Private Life 8,
Touch your heart 8.2,
It's Okay Not To Be Okay 9,
Love Struck in the City 7.3,
Be Melodramatic-8.7
Hospital Playlist 9,
I'll See You When the Weather is Fine 9
Romance junkies only -
My Secret Romance-7 (if you ff thru overdone flashbacks),
That Winter, The Wind Blows-7,
Something in them Rain-9,
C🇨🇳: Well-Intended Love-7.5 Rom-porn - extra points for the dopamine,
When I Fly Towards You-7.8,
Wait, My Youth-8.4,
A Little Thing Called First Love-8.5,
Find Yourself-8.9, Hidden Love-7.8
Consider a Chinese 🎎/🔮 romcom: The Romance of Tiger and Rose 9.8, Love Between Fairy and Devil 8.9, Love and Redemption 10 or Japanese romcoms: Maid Sama 10, Mischievous Kiss Love in Tokyo 7.8, Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions 8.4, or Toradora 8.5
〰🖍 IMHO
📣5.3 📝4.5 🎭7 💓5 🦋4.5 🎨7 🎵/🔊7.5 🔚6.5 🤗3 ▪ 🌞4.5 ⚡4 😅2 😭2 😱3 😯2 🤢3 🤔3 💤4
Shazams: Heart Race, by Byeol Eun & I'm Always By Your Side by JEON SI HA. The fun retro style monster mash music is darling.
Age 12+
Rated TV-15: Parents Strongly Cautioned.
Re-📺? The first time was a mistake.
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