I actually really enjoyed the unique creepy carnival music choices in some of the scenes, but many times the background music would be very abruptly cut off when transitioning between scenes. But in later episodes, many corpses who’d been fanged – whether they’d turned or not – were shown without stakes through the heart. I find that I have a tendency to focus on things I wouldn’t when I spend too much time on fan threads. I guess Lee Soo Hyuk doesn’t quite have the look one would associate with “ordinary guy” since he looks so unique! I think you made a good decision there, Timescout! run for your life”… I hope Lee Soo Hyuk will get to play a vampire in a better plot. The similarities throw me, coz my brain reaches for what the Korean equivalent sounds like, and I find it extremely distracting XD Well, that and I find the k-production values and the k-pretty just so much more to my taste! Oh yes, I switched off the old brain and ended up sort of enjoying this thing towards the end. I think if I remember correctly, the writer of Blood wrote Good Doctor and I think I’m the only person who didn’t like that drama (though Joo Won was amazing), so maybe it was the hospital setting that didn’t do much for me. I’ve binge watched SO many in the past 6 months or so, LOL! I thought the first five or six episodes were pretty good but it was around seven or so that I realized the writer was having people talk a lot about that darn book but wasn’t moving the story along. She makes Yang Sun so earnest and hardworking and sunny that it’s hard not to like her. ❤️, If you’ve ever wondered about the shows I haven’t written about & what I think of them, this latest Dear kfangurl post is for you! I’ll read your review and see what I think! In those moments, I truly believed him, as a character. Running in circles in the courtyard?? Like Ji Hyun Woo. It may ask for sacrifices our heroes refuse to make and our villains did not anticipate. The good bits about this show was that I thought all of their acting was really not bad. Btw, I really liked the ambiguity of some characters. . So that part looked (and sounded) right to me. Also, what I found a little lowkey offputting about this particular drama was the periphery stuff unrelated to the drama production – the fans shipping the couples together in most comments/discussion posts and just a general lack of critical analysis of the story. I particularly enjoyed the beats where we got to see Sung Yeol’s vulnerability beneath the stoic surface, and Lee Jun Ki portrayed those layers quite beautifully. Scholar Who Walks the Night: Episode 10 by girlfriday. I wasn’t too enamored with the killing, biting and bloody mouths, but when both men got to show off their cool, smirky, more sardonic sides, it was undeniably rather swoony. All the build-up to the final showdown during the episode – and the multiple episodes prior – was just way too much. The whole show was shot beautifully… the amount of gorgeous detail in the sets and clothes show is breathtaking. I’m generally not into pretty boys, though there are exceptions.^^, Yes, so far I’ve heard very encouraging things about SFD! It’s just that Scholar’s plot has a way of introducing new information that’s a lot like the old information, dressed in new information clothing. Beyond their official roles the two become really close friends due to their similar characters and closeness in age. An uneven, protracted, albeit pretty mess. [At your own risk] Check out our other reviews celebrating the month of October: Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. You’re the best! Wow~ ok, I’m gonna go study your email carefully, soon! Like, really. And I know it might sound weird but it kind of spoils my “enjoyment” of his work so to speak. The plot and writing were definitely NOT the reasons I hung on until the end, lol! But, I think I might end up enjoying this more than I initially thought I would, which, yay . The focus went from vampire lore to actual character development. Both Lee Jun Ki and Lee Soo Hyuk bring indisputable amounts of pretty to the show, and uh, I just liked gazing at the Pretty. I would’ve liked to know HOW Prince Jung Hyun came upon the secret plan, if we were going to spend so many episodes searching for that journal. One thing can’t be taken away from this show. Erm… WHAT? Like Andy said, your comment made me laugh, Yllegjord! I found the final showdown a bit of an anticlimax, to be honest. The Scholar Who Walks The Night In addition to burdening him with this new identity, the failed attempt to end Gwi also robbed Sung-Yeol of his loved ones. But I totally see why many people didn’t like it. When I start nitpicking on the little things, it’s a sign that I should probably drop the show. It feels like such a waste of so much commitment and talent. Did Gwi really wait around for hours, while Sung Yeol fought with himself?? Why would anyone get LJK and Lee Soo Hyuk in one drama and half-ass the writing, I’ll never know Every episode, I end up obsessing about how Lee Yubi’s face is much bigger than LJK’s, how annoying and creepy Changmin’s ant-colony “beard” is, and how weird that the King’s bestie lost his beard when he became a vampire. , Yes, do let me know! A fangirl gets to change the object of her fangirling whenever she wants. Wait, seriously, WHAT IS GWI DOINGGG?!??”. I mean, she did a good job as Myung Hee too, and made Myung Hee a sweet and likable character. It looks too good not to at least check out! Plus, Scholar stills promised that I would get to see Lee Jun Ki wearing guyliner and a deeper red lip, sorta like how he did so spectacularly in his breakout role in The King and The Clown. Dear kfangurl: Can you talk about the shows that you didn't review? Click here for to learn about what makes or breaks onscreen chemistry! Scholar Who Walks the Night 1.Bölüm . I’m curious to know exactly how Crown Prince Jung Hyun even discovered the secret plan. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website. ), and honestly, LJK is the main reason I hung on all the way to the end. But it’s really as Hye Ryung that she shines. What was Gwi doing while all of this angsting and kissing and drinking of blood was going on? At this point I’m just in it for LJK. That’s less of an issue here than in Gunman, but it is a little bit similar. Coz I really didn’t. About Episodes Subtitle team Reviews & Comments. I didn’t love the way the story was handled, but the good acting and the overall pretty was enough to help me to the finish line! He’s low-key, but I feel like he’s really taking on roles that make him work harder on his acting to tell a story. So true – fan threads can really distract you from your watch experience, especially if you don’t agree with the general sentiments. We don’t get much insight into Gwi’s inner conflict until the later episodes, but even in the earlier stretch of the show, Lee Soo Hyuk manages to imbue Gwi with enough nuance to hint at the layers yet to be revealed. The anticipation they built up before their fighting scenes were awesome and felt very real! Ep. You would think that a drama about trying to overthrow an ancient vampire who lives in an underground lair beneath the royal palace and secretly controls the Joseon monarch would be fantastic. Yang-Sun has been cross-dressing as a male in order to support her family. It would really help me :), Click here to make easy one-time contributions! Bloody mess indeed! (And I thought his sudden, random addition at the beginning to be well…sudden and random). 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