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Jun 24, 2015

Holy freaking banana chips!

Holy freaking banana chips! The ending of this episode was . . . no . . . ah!!!! Make sure you can immediately start episode 17. Or else you will suffer!!!



OK. I don't want to spoil anything. This episode was amazing. The way I Hear Your Voice has developed the characters has definitely hit perfection. The emotions made me feel so warm and fuzzy. Even with the foreshadowing of Soo Ha's terrifying dream. (Because this series has proven that dreams are foreshadowing here. Bad things follow.)



Now excuse me while I go forth and junk out on the next episode!
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Jun 20, 2015

Boom! Plot connections!

Boom! Plot connections! There it's all lade bare. However, I know South Korea has Double Jeopardy and is divorcing really that bad? I mean to go to those extremes? That aside, well done. It's a beautiful thing when all that weaving and wiggling comes together to create a brilliant plot. Especially even putting in some surprises that I hadn't predicted! (Man that makes me sound conceded.)



The emotions of this episode is amazing. Every story being presented pulled on some emotion. Anger, sadness, disgust, and of course my heart strings. A love triangle well done indeed.



In the end I don't want to risk spoiling things. But this is a powerfully acted episode and the character driven aspects are true magic. It's a pleasure to know each character so well. To find out new things about them and watch them grow. Transforming right before your eyes.

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Jun 17, 2015

Only solid writing . . .

Only solid writing could have pulled all of this off. Yeah there's tons of tropes here, but there's enough originalty, well developed characters, and a mega awesome story that makes it spectacular. The music, writing, acting, and everything else pulled through. I Hear Your Voice is changing the rules, while remaining completely true to itself. All of the risks paid off.



Bravo.



This episode is solid! While I'm still saddened that Hye Sung can't seem to pull her act together to create a solid defense without Cha. I will forever respect her for seeking help and knowing where her weaknesses are. Instead of things luckily falling into her lap, she is working hard. Bringing in help when she knows she can't do it with her skill set.



The memory loss and side characters surrounding Soo Ha is an excellent setup. I like that past side characters are dumped from the time jump, and seem to be helping Soo Ha out. Well done for making the amnesia bull crap, relevant. I'll keep saying it I Hear Your Voice is one of the most well written dramas I've had the pleasure to watch. I'm so happy there's no slowing down this story.

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Jun 12, 2015

Bad Boys Bye-Bye!

Man the writers behind Blood have definitely mastered the art of pacing and cliffhangers. Because I have to report another flawless and fantastic cliffhanger. Just when I think I should go to bed for the night, boom! Another Blood cliffhanger taunts me and fuels my blood lust for this series.



Jae Wook and his lies are building up. Other players are starting to, maybe, out maneuver him. Wook is so focused on how powerful he is that he can't see other players starting to make there moves. But considering Wook is upping the death toll rapidly, why wouldn't he think himself untouchable. This man thinks himself above god and is basically messing with diseases that probably counts as bio war far.



Blood is really making progress in developing charaters and how they all interact. It's fun watching those who know about vampires hedging around the other clueless ones. And basically everyone is keeping something a secret and no one knows all the cards. It's truly exhilarating.



Not to mention how cute Ri Ta and Ji Sang are together now. The chemistry was worth it. There's some wonderful scenes here! As they both finally let there emotions grow and develop for each other. Not to mention one of the cutest hallway scenes I've ever watched! Well worth the wait and tension from the first episodes. Honestly I'm into these actors, especially Jae Hyeon as Ji Sang.



On the vamp mytho here's what we know:

- By sniffing the air vampires can see flashes into the past. But I think what it means is he smelled the other guy in the room? Poorly done.

- Besides general immunity vampires overall have immunity to deadly and super diseases.

- A vampires hunger may have something to do with the pituitary gland. (At least from what I gather from the new drug Ri Ta found to curb the hunger.)

- Vampires may have been extinct when the first infected died, but then they came back after the bones of dead vampires were dug up and a new virus created. (Cool idea!)

-Vampires can't taste, but can still eat whatever. (That would suck.)

- Ji Sang eats a condensed blend milk and albumin. And vegetables and little carbohydrates.

- Antibodies in the blood can have a negative effect on vampires.

- Red blood cells make them go crazy, but they don't need them.

- Vampire can't get too hot, makes them feel like they have flu/painful.

- UV lights still hurt their eyes, even with Ji Sang's special pills.

- They run cold, and it's painful to have a normal temperature.

- Other vampires can sense each other by hearing dolphin like sonar waves. (Or scent?)

- Can they control animals? Or just dogs.

- Dawn and dusk sunlight burn/hurts. (Any other times?)

- Vampirism is caused by a virus. (VBT-01, Vampire Basic Type - 01)

- Super strength and speed.

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May 19, 2015

Creepy vampire stalking!

Man, staying away from Blood was not fun. Cravings! So when I finally had the time to jump back in, this was a pretty solid episode to do so. Because the fangs are out! Err, nails more so.



I'm very curious about the one confirmed death here, as it felt like there was more to go with this character. But it did help to show how ruthless Jae Wook. Even more is that it shows that in his mind he thinks what he is doing is right, that his actions will help the greater good. However, I think it's clear that he doesn't just think that vampires are a stronger species. No, I think his put himself so high up on the pedestal that he thinks he is a God. Especially from a disturbing chat he has with Ji Sang.



Speaking of bad guys there's some well done lurking by members of the Bad Boy gang, doing some truly creepy stalking of Ri Ta. With a vampire doll and opera music. Well done. The spy turning out to be Ga Yeon is pretty cool. It's great seeing the sweet and cute girl that I grew so fond of doing all kinds of villians spy type things. Intimedation strangely suits her. Each time she interacts with characters it's heightened as we know she's a bad guy, but they don't!



Ri Ta and Ji Sang have officially hit a fabulous point in their relationship. The slow build has been worth it as they're chemistry is really starting to show. While they're not on fire, they're sweet together. And for Blood that works wonderfully. There's still plenty of time for them to develop more. Especially since both have never truly had relationships. What with Sang keeping his secret and Ri Ta holding out for her mysterious rescuer.



This was a fantastic episode! Building up the world of Blood and the characters. A lot happens and again it ends on a cliffhanger. A crazy scary cliffhanger as one of my favorite character's life may be up. I love it when a show is fearless to off it's characters, especially in a vampire show! However, the complications of loving so many characters make it so hard. What's going to happen!?



On the vamp mytho here's what we know:

- A vampires hunger may have something to do with the pituitary gland. (At least from what I gather from the new drug Ri Ta found to curb the hunger.)

- Vampires may have been extinct when the first infected died, but then they came back after the bones of dead vampires were dug up and a new virus created. (Cool idea!)

-Vampires can't taste, but can still eat whatever. (That would suck.)

- Ji Sang eats a condensed blend milk and albumin. And vegetables and little carbohydrates.

- Antibodies in the blood can have a negative effect on vampires.

- Red blood cells make them go crazy, but they don't need them.

- Vampire can't get too hot, makes them feel like they have flu/painful.

- UV lights still hurt their eyes, even with Ji Sang's special pills.

- They run cold, and it's painful to have a normal temperature.

- Other vampires can sense each other by hearing dolphin like sonar waves. (Or scent?)

- Can they control animals? Or just dogs.

- Dawn and dusk sunlight burn/hurts. (Any other times?)

- Vampirism is caused by a virus. (VBT-01, Vampire Basic Type - 01)

- Super strength and speed.

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Apr 10, 2015

Great setup.

After being creeped out about the "I'll be there" bit. Why didn't she immediately get out of the house and call the cops? As the episode starts with that scene, my picky self couldn't help the feelings I smothered from the last episode.



That being said, I did enjoy Hye Sung being knocked down a peg or two by her senior. Because he's right if she hadn't sought help from Cha and her senior, Shin, hadn't give her that hint in court she would not have won that case. Instead of immediately concluding that she needs Soo Ha's help, you'd think she'd work better on her skills. Oh, well. Maybe she will.



This episode was great in establishing where Hye Sung and Soo Ha are. (She thinks he's cool. But his falsehoods about his first love are decimated.) Setting up Hye Sung's new case, which involves identical twins! And what the man who wants revenge upon Hye Sung is up to. Because he's smarter, and crazier, than I'd originally given him credit for.



This is going to be an excellent ride.

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That's a wrap.

And that's a wrap. At least it was a satisfying ending. No one could be displeased the bad guys really get it in the end and happy "got what was coming" vibes all around!



And the last scenes!!! Wow. That was the comedy I had been expecting from the whole show. Still in the end it's been a fun ride.



Lee. Ah, Lee. No one can resist you're kissing skills. Yeah! Finally she was in to it. (Or the directors finally let her go there.) Either way. Bless you.
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Ambitious!

Ambitious of them to suddenly toss in a twist. It's not much of a twist, but it's something. However, it's the second to last episode and that twist creates a lot of plot holes and unanswered questions. Answers need to be given to make something feel legit, and in this case I think the writers new they had created a very stereotypical plot. So why not try to add a twist. Sadly it only exposes the show to plot holes and a rushed ending.



And to be honest the twist was so freaking stupid. I'd thought about them doing that, but it just felt so cheap.



Overall things are about average for the show, but now I'm wondering how things will wrap up smoothly. Especially now that they brought a certain Prosecutor back, one felt really out of place when introduced. Sigh. This isn't going to be a strong ending. Or who knows, maybe things will take a turn.

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Bitter sweet.

What a bitter sweet episode! While things finally go right for Dae Gu, things took a turn. The character I figured they'd kill off when the show was so inclined to finally kill someone off. (Well to did here, but only one was killed off. The other was simply a given.) It makes me sad because I wanted this particular character to find redemption, to finally take action in a way that . . . would be epic.



Overall this show is wrapping up nicely. The events of both Dae Gu's "Dad" and brother finding out that he might be blood related is moving. All of the actors are doing a wonderful job here, even if at times it felt choppy and things are happening just to tie things up for the ending!



The best thing about this episode is that Dae Gu and Soo Sun finally have some tangible chemistry. The stair scene was so cute! Holy cow! It made waiting worth it.



Overall it's been fun. And I'm very excited for the wrap up!

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Moving along well.

Well as pacing goes things should wrap up nicely for the end of the show. Considering all of the answers are clearly and definitely given, I wonder if they're going to drag out getting the confession and sending the murderer to jail. Fillers ahead?



Either way I'm just watching at this point to wrap up this series. I hate it when you can call all the shots from the first episode. Oh, well. You're All Surrounded had some funny moments.
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"Hmmmmmm."

You know, I'm really wondering if it's the writers and directors of You're All Surrounded that are portraying bad evidence gathering. Or if South Koreon law doesn't require decent evidence collection. But no, I'm thinking it's the show creators. Because I've watched others that had decent crime solving and evidence collecting. Even with a cop brutally injured and some evidence stolen, they have tons of pictures! (Or darn well better.) And the fact that a police officer was injured to procure the item is pretty much a smoking gun all of it's own.



The big reveal is here, who killed the nurse. After the first episode's flashback I called it, and as I keep saying I was right! Which sucks, because the show has been pretty basic since. Chief Kang's involvement seems so out there, and for how they were trying to paint her character I felt like it doesn't fit. But hey wishy-washy people like that trying to justify their means happen, even letting them shelf there morals in the name of their higher "goals".



In the end I actually just want this drama to be over. It's clear that for me, this was an over hyped and talked up drama. The OST been good. Lets see how this plays out. And I'm really nervous if one of the characters may die in a tragic twist to make the whole Mason School Nurse murder even more tragic.

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Mar 30, 2015

Well I'm liking it!

Hmmm, I don't like the leading lady at this point. It's not the acting. In fact, I'm don't mind the acting. It's not the best, but it's not awful. No it's the character Ri Ta herself. She's so prideful that she actually puts a patient at risk and even up to a point where she's killing the patient she can't take help. That ticks me off. Instead of being prideful she needed to open her mind and learn so that she could be a better doctor. It annoys me so much. But hey, there are personalities like that. There better be some character growth from Ri Ta.



The robot is . . . annoying. It just seems too much on top of everything. Vampire viruses, hospital drama and politics, search for a cure, secret vampire villains (supremacists if I guessed right), and such. A robot just seems like to much. It's fun now, there's a point were things can tip very easily. Like the vampire gang that comes to town. The lightning and bad boy music was indeed queued. Oh, the laughter.



Speaking of laughter I'm surprised by how much I like the humor in Blood. Ji Sang is one of those "ice" characters. (Literarily judging from the mystery bed. ^_-) So it's a treat that from the get go he has his own brand of humor, and awkwardness.



There's some answer about the vampire mythology here, the virus. But there's many mysterious present. The bed Ji Sang sleeps on, his pills, the strange liquid Jae Wook was drinking, and what kind of powers vampires really have.



Jae Wook lured Ji Sang to the hospital with the grave from the first episode. Yet by the end of this episode he's had a person at the hospital (who is it?) swap his pills. So that as he goes into surgery the blood wigs him out. What more is Jae Wook looking for if he knows who Ji Sang is? And who would have thought of growing vampire claws under surgical gloves? (What a way to end an episode.



Right now I'm having tons of fun with this series and will be continuing. Especially as the mysteries pile up!

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Mar 30, 2015

And slower. And slower.

Holy cow. To this date Cinderella's Sister is the slowest drama ever. Things are drug out that should be a rush! This was the very first drama I ever started to watch, and over the years I have desperately tried to finish it. After all this is the drama that made me fall head over heels in love with Ok Taec Yeon (as an actor). It also features a very strong leading lady in Song Eun Ju (actress Moon Geun Young). She's had a tough life and girl is tough because of it. Sure she's super cold, but she knows right from wrong and in her own way is very warm.



Despite it's serious nature it does have some over the top drama traits. As in over doing it. Most of the 20 episode is filler. Overly the top painful fillers. A tender moment soon becomes excruciating. Moments that were supposed to be filled with romantic tension . . . flop out and become painful.



In my attempt to finish this episode and move on with the series was the final straw. Man did I really try. Rewatched it again and again, and didn't pick up anything new. The fact is this is based on the Cinderella story. Any true big plots aren't exploited well enough in this snail paced series. When dealing with any form of retelling or twisted story the best thing is to have a constantly moving and developing story.



In the end Cinderella's Sister started out strong, but quickly developed into one of the most slow and drug out dramas I have ever had the displeasure of viewing.

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Mar 29, 2015

The dropping point.

Honestly I wanted this drama to work out! So bad! But this was the episode that made it clear: lot's of boring stereotypical filler.



A MV put this drama on my radar. The cutest MV with a fabulous song for the OST. SunBee's You and I Together! https://youtu.be/vyenEhpliDI?list=PLLd1I6m6vMxD3Qs5n9qUltH4EPe29JMkw



When I stumbled a crossed it the song ensnared me and immediately made me in love with this drama. However, it has been so painful to watch! And I've decided that no amount of filler is worth waiting for the good parts. That's what the MV is for and I have the song.



Because every family drama cliché is present, and I can't stand the "rich and good looking family" at all. They're rude and nothing truly redeems them. Sure the mom fell in love with a guy that it "beneath" her. But other than that she's not that great of a person.



Most of the humor is some kind of bullying and I did not laugh. Especially with rooster crowing noises as a laugh track. I. Kid. You. Not. I would have preferred a laugh track!!



I'm a picky viewer, and this is a long series. Sure they might be half hour bits. Bad humor, rooster laugh tracks, horrible characters, a week "lead" who won't stand up for herself, and a distant promise that I'll see the magic from that MV is not enough to keep me. Good bye.

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Mar 28, 2015

Tying in.

Things are starting to tie in together. All the plots merging and of course Dae Gu is brought the attention of a certain powerful "boss" by an incident involving Soo Sun's mother. Really there's not much to say right now. The "villians" are winning and the good guys are struggling. The plot isn't that thrilling.



Even the character interactions were just so-so for this episode.



I don't mind seeing Soo Sun cry over what's happened to her mother. But at some point I'd like to see that fire I know she has and kick booty. At this point by the time the "big conspiracy" involving the Nurse Murder comes out it's going to cause the show to end on a whimper. Just like this episode trying to make enough noise with it's jokes about "only bad dramas do the things we've been doing". Maybe the writers are aware they dropped the ball. Or they're naïve enough to think that the show is great and these kind of jokes are showing all of us neigh Sayers something? Either way the writers were write, "Only in bad dramas."

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