Holo, Meu Amor (2020)

Disappointing for this fan of all things AI

7.5/10 is my rating. This is a 2020 SoUtah Korean science fiction romance with 12, 49-57 minute episodes.

Han So-yeon (Ko Sung-hee) is a pretty woman who lives a secluded life due to having prosopagnosia (inability to distinguish one face from another). iBecause of her face blindness disorder, So-yeon decided to live a reclusive life. She finds herself in the middle of a chase where one technology developer is trying to steal cutting edge artificial intelligence/ holographic technology from another and the glasses used to generate the hologram are planted on her during the chase. It is not long before the lonely young woman discovers the hologram “Holo” ( Yoon Hyun-min) and finds companionship and feels love for the AI. The genius software developer, Go Nan-do is noticing Holo doing things because of So-yeon and decides to leave Holo vvith So-Yeon to determine the full capability of the AI. Nan-do patterned “Holo” after his physical appearance when she starts using the AI program Holo whose appearance is the same as the developer, Go Nan-do. In terms of personality Holo is warm and caring where Nan-do is cold and impersonal. As So-Heinz discovers that loving an AI means having no physical contact, she meets Nan-do who moved in next to her to guard her and his creation. Nan-do was a lonely young boy who lost his mother early and developed his AI to alleviate the loneliness of himself and others like him. Holo seeing the two people as more similar than different sets out to matchmaker his “friends”.

I really wanted to like this as I like artificial intelligence based dramas. I found the romance between the female lead and holo hard to believe. They seemed like good friends but there was no depth to the relationship for it to develop into a true love. More believable would have been for the female lead to quickly fall for the inventor who looked like the hologram she liked. Instead they had her hung up on something that could never be while the real deal was pining after her. It was a bit of a shorter series anyway and it felt like a lot of time was spent on the female leaD’Souza relationship with holo and little with Nandi, the real man. Thus their love story felt rushed and not very genuine. I would not watch it again and would only recommend it to those who like the actors from other things or who just really like all aspects of AI.

Leia Mais

Better than The King Eternal Monarch

You may be wondering why I am comparing this lower budget series to the big-budget, star-studded cast of The King Eternal Monarch. The main reason is that I was watching TKEM and good so incredibly bored and upset that I needed something to cleanse my palate. I'm not even sure what episode I stopped at? 11 maybe? I also do not know if I will be going back to it any time soon, but enough about that show.

I loved this 12-episode long series. It was the perfect length! Nothing seemed drawn out! In fact, I thought some things might have happened a bit too quickly.

The story wasn't original but I love a bit of sci-fi in my rom-coms. Some of the scenes did call for you to suspend belief. Like I know Holo is an AI but does that mean he can interact with anything digital? I don't believe that. The ending was great and realistic. A nice wrap up to the storyline. I had a issues with the storyline. Though minor, I couldn't get over how quickly the ML fell in love with the FL. I also was so annoyed with the FL acting like she had some sort of right to the glasses and making demands. THE GLASSES ARE NOT YOURS MA'AM! Lol. Also, was the AI that good that she couldn't tell the difference between the AI and a person? Sometimes they were so close together. No smell? No breath? You want me to believe that lady? Like, please!

The acting was great! I felt emotional when they wanted me to be and I believed the story all of the actors were telling. There wasn't any overacting and some of the scenes were really gripping. Be warned! You might shed a tear or two. Some of the scenes were hard.

The music didn't stand out for me but it was appropriate. I don't watch dramas for music anyways but I do note when the OST is great, annoying or just fitting into the background as it should be.

Would I rewatch? I don't think so. Even though it was a good show, I didn't get that invested in the different characters that I would miss them and want to watch again.

Leia Mais

At first I tought, okay another story when FL falls for a robot/hologram, judging by the title. I tought it was going to be another Are you human too? drama. Yet still I was rooting for human.

This drama made me stressed out until the very end. Now I can finally breathe and die happy. What I'm saying is, I was never bord and sick and tired and... of the story.

The romance... the amount of romance and timing is just perfect.

The friendship between the three of them - stays there until the very end! Just right :D

Soundtrack reminds me of soundrack from My life is strage. I like the music - it's very suble and soft, the only thing is I wish there were more music but then again it would be cliche to add sweet music when FL and ML (or main leadS) hug.

Acting was flawless, I really can't say anything else. They nailed it!

After this drama I would love to see the actor that played ML in more dramas!

Rewatch rating is low since I don't usually rewatch dramas. But I really liked this one so maybe.

(Please don't take this review too seriously, I just want to have fun!)

Leia Mais

Although, I did enjoy the kdrama overall, I found something was missing. I am not sure why it was missing from this drama, or why they choose to do this, but, I found it disapointing. The story and the plot line were good, and I think a number of fans would love this story and enjoy watching this, but for me, there is some missing elements from this kdrama.

The story was pretty good although, the ending kinda was not as good or as epic as I wanted it to be. I felt like the story died around episode 9 or 10, and was really dragging by the end. Thank goodness, they did not make this 16 episodes, I would have really felt the drag. The girl did seem to care about Holo quite a bit more than our ML, so, I understand why he thought she would be happier with Holo than with him. There was a really cool part where Holo and him were fighting against the bad guys, but, that was short lived when I wanted more episodes on that and what a great team they would make together. I did like the sweet ending with the wedding, but, I found I never thought Holo was ever truly dead to it made it hard for me understand what the characters were feeling at the end when Holo was deleted. I always knew he was coming back. But, they couldn't have done anything else, so, I don't blame them too much for this. I will say this, this drama needs to be watched all at one time, binge all the way, this is not a drama to be watched week by week.

The acting was awesome! I loved all the actors. I know I have seen a lot of them in other things and Chansung was awesome here, I bet this was an introduction for some to 2PM and if so, this was a great introduction. It was obvious, they were going to redeem him when they introduced he was behind the car crash/chase early on.

Frankly, I do not remember any of the music for this drama, infact, I do not remember any points where the music took to make the scene any different if they had no sound in the background. And I found this really sad, although, they may have had some songs, I will not be looking any of them up, because I do not remember them in the drama. This made the drama feel so souless to me. In fact, the music is always something I look forward to in kdramas as standing out and being memorable, or breaking your heart, or giving you nostaglia for the time you were watching that kdrama.

Rewatch value for me is very little. I found that I might want to watch certain parts over, but, the kdrama as a whole is lacking that extra something to make this kdrama a classic one for the ages. I feel like in a decade people will forget this kdrama happened. It really feels like a webdrama in terms of feeling and soul. I don't know something was missing. This kdrama felt less epic and more like a webdrama in certain aspects I cannot comprehend. I figured out after watching this drama that there was hardly any romance between ML and the FL. The story was more about Holo developing as a hologram AI and how Magic Mirror wants to steal Holo from the ML then, the romance between the two leads which was quite sad. The romance is drama was sidelined for other plotlines that were less interesting.

In conclusion, the story idea was great, and I really liked the acting and production value, but the OSTS were lacking and I found the whole piece souless.

Leia Mais

It was cute !! And the acting/chemistry was top notch

* SPOILERS ALERT*

If you liked "Are you human too ?" and "I'm not a robot" then you will definitely like this one ! In fact I preferred this one over the other two, I don't really know why it just clicked more with me. And if you like when the guy is pining/longing for the FL then this drama is also perfect for you ! I love this trope and it was 100% present here.

For starters the acting was perfect. I admit I began watching this drama because of the ML (I already loved the actor in "Tunnel" and "To all the guys who loved me") and here he was just so cute ! Well this adjective describes more the AI version to be honest but even the human version was pretty cute sometimes, despite his bad boy behavior. In fact, he did an amazing job in acting the 2 versions of him. It was uncanny how he seemed so innocent and gentle in one scene (AI) and more rude and "thuggish" in the next (human). But well they're the same essentially so you'll see that the roles can be reversed sometimes !

Now talking about the FL, I didn't see any of her previous works depiste "A year-end medley" and "While you were sleeping" (and I can't really say I remembered her in these roles) but here she really made her character stand out. She is just a lonely human being who longs for affection, exactly like the ML (even if he doesn't admit it at first). However I will give you an advice if you plan to watch this drama: prepare to see the FL cry a lot. I guess it makes sense in her situation but it was just a little too much for me (still watchable though). At least it doesn't make her a damsel in distress because despite all her crying, she still fights for her loved ones (within her own limits, she's not a superhero). The secondary characters were mainly pleasant (the FL's mother and friend, the ML's sister and coworker) but nothing too extraordinary.

The only downside for me was the last 3 episodes. It focused much more on the "confronting the villain" part than the romance part but I'll say it's understandable given the other genres of the drama (SF, drama). It was still enjoyable of course but I wish we had 1 more episode to appreciate the couple "officially" together. The writers gave us a "one year later" trick and it did its job for the most part, I just wanted more of them because I loved their dynamics and chemistry. The OST was pretty good too. Even if it's not really memorable, it still worked well and didn't disturb my focus.

In spite of my little disappointment in the way things were handled at the end, it was still a satisfying ending and I don't regret watching it. I hope you will give this drama a chance because it deserves to be more notorious and loved.

Leia Mais

Loved it!!!

The beginning of the final episode made me cry for the ML's mom ? she looked so happy that her son wanted to interact with her, I guess this wasn't a usual occurrence, and that old bastard just had to ruin it by killing her the next day!!!

And that ending ? it was so perfect. I cried too when they were saying goodbye to Holo, so I'm glad they at least finish the drama with a hopeful future for him. Hopefully they'll keep him a close family secret and NOT try to make him go commercial again. Or find some other safe way to slowly let the world know about him faaaaarrrr into the future.

It wasn't a perfect drama. There were parts I literally couldn't watch because of second hand embarrassment, so I skipped, but I don't regret getting to the end. There were also parts where logic failed, but I don't care. As long as issues aren't glaring, I'm willing to set aside logic for a good story. If the ending is amazing, I would forgive even a lackluster drama. I expected a good romance and got so much more, the actual romance needed some work, but the bromance between Holo and the ML was everything, especially as he began to evolve. The FL was annoying at times, but she was cool the last couple episodes, so all is forgiven.

I loved it. Maybe not all of it, but I definitely loved the entire final episode (and all of Holo). I wish this was the usual 16+ hour drama because I think the pacing in the beginning suffered from making the drama (and episodes) a bit short, but also because I'd just like to see more of Holo ?.

Leia Mais

Although it only have 12 episodes, I didn't feel like they were rush it. The series contained all the right ingredients for the ideal show and it got me hooked up from the first episode, it has no too many bureaucracy and not too many lovey-dovey scenes just the prefect amount. I watched 'Are you human' about an AI falling in love with a human, but it didn't feel right, I didn't like that show, but here it felt real, maybe because the bottom line was that an AI can never be a replacement for human contact.
The chemistry between the two main actors felt real and the male lead felt like an actual human being (unlike other series, where I felt that the male lead is over the top). Netflix Kdrama are so different from the regular Kdrama and its a good change, I hope they will have more series like that.

Leia Mais

All of the episodes of this drama were supposedly released on Netflix the same day, despite that the script feels like it was written during live filming, the story is not entirely coherent & there are some character adjustments. Naturally it is for the best if one does not try to think at depth about the fake science present in this drama.

Outside of the above it's a cute little drama that doesn't have major annoyances. It's solid, fairly chill entertainment. The reason why it's only a 7 is that there is nothing outstanding either, nothing really stands out. It's just a standard kdrama with a scifi spin. (The love triangle is resolved in a fairly acceptable way and it never devolved to the swords and daggers drawn type. )

Leia Mais

Ending is bittersweet

The drama is so annoying with the FL for me, I felt she was very selfish. She was in love with three men at the same time!!!! What kind of nonsense lonely human being is she? I am not jealous or anything, I just didn't find her emotions very realistic. I prefer the realtionship of Holo and it's owner. I was very sad for Holo and his departure, I seriously cried so much for atleast an hour. It touched my heart, I have never cried at a drama before, I miss Holo, I think I fell in love with his character just like the FL. The ML acted very nicely, so good, that I want a Holo for myself and I hope he remains a great memory for me as well.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx T-T HOLO SARANGHAEEEEEEE <3 Forever xxxxxxxx

Leia Mais

unique tropes and dialogue

this is one of the most unique kdrama i’ve watched. honestly, i have never seen other kdramas that were similar to this one.

let’s go in depth about the characters. the FL is way too clingy and annoying, which is why i dislike her. when the ML was pretending to be HOLO and the FL found out, was it that big of a deal that she got mad? another thing i hate, is that the FL acts like she made HOLO. true, she owned HOLO for quite some time, but that was only because of an inconvenience. when the ACTUAL owner wanted HOLO back, she refused to give it. i don’t know why, but i got pissed because of that. now, let’s talk about the ML. the ML is very likable. that’s all i have to say. his acting is really good, and i love how he portrayed the character go nan-do in this series.

what i like about this show is that there isn’t really a “love triangle.” HOLO and the ML are literally the same people, except for the fact that HOLO is an AI and acts more professional. HOLO felt uncomfortable while going on “dates” with the FL because he’s loyal to his actual owner, aka best friend (ML). it’s sad how something that’s not even a human being has more common sense than one.

overall, i could rewatch this show many times and still wouldn’t get bored. i definitely recommend watching this!

Leia Mais