Starts Sept 17th. Intriguing. A very well put together trailer.
There were actually 39 at the start, 40 from the tug-o-war and -1 for the doctor. The 16 coming back from the marbles is incorrect unless 3 pairs didn't finish the game in time and all 6 died but they didn't show that.
finished it last night, very enjoyable show.
he had no lock on the shackles.
Think he was confident of winning it as he knew the skills of that game.
Got it now thanks.
Anyway:
So was 001 willing to die in tug of war or what's the story? Bit of a minor plot hole there.
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Click the quote button. It is one of the options - on phone
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Binged it yesterday and my own thoughts on links between characters and such were well borne out.
It is a solid well made show, but it is quite formulaic. If I had to give a quick synopsis? It's the hunger games crossed with bum fights for the entertainment of the rich rather than governments and an added focus albeit belatedly on survivor guilt.
I'll certainly watch a season 2 and hope that it ties up what I feel are big loose ends.
Ah fair enough I just saw it mentioned when they were on the Jimmy fallon show he must have been too nice to pull him up on it.
Given the popularity of the show one would think she would go for it in Hollywood alright.
I wonder if the director speaks English, or understands English to such a degree that he could tell the lines were poorly written and forced.
The VIPs were speaking in English. They hardly redubbed them did they?
edit actually misunderstood your point. Didn't watch it dubbed
I wouldn't say he normally plays bad, with his looks he plays a mix. His movie New World is worth watching.
Park Hae-soo drama "Prison Playbook" is good for a laugh. It was his big break main role. Not sure if still available on Netflix Ireland. And later this year he plays Berlin in the Netflix Korea remake of "House of Paper".
Jung Ho-yeon has a decision to make. She can remain in Korea and easily become the next Jun Ji-hyun or with her English skills from international modelling can try the Hollywood route.
Ahhhh **** I had it in my head it was 39 the whole time whoops
Well that solves that mystery :)
Cheers
So there were 33 people left at start. That's 16 matches. 16 winners and 16 losers totalling 32. The one over was Han Mi-nyeo who was seen being taken away and then showed to have been kept alive so she brought total up to 17.
Lee Jung-jae apparently normally plays bad guys in his movies (mad to think)
And it was Jung Ho-yeon first acting gig which is quite impressive.
But does anyone know how we got to 17 contestants after marbles, was. It an over sight I didn't watch it back so maybe I missed something and haven't found anything online
I was discussing this series with my son in law while driving through town the other day. He asked did I watch it dubbed or subtitled. Well, I nearly threw him out of the car!
Re the debate over the VIPs, perhaps those who watched it dubbed could answer if the Americans came across as wooden as they did in the subbed version.
It may be that the contrast against the very expressive Korean dialect highlighted the blandness of a generic Texas accent.
One of the best Netflix series ever imho.
Amazing. Would love if they make a good go of season 2 ... will be tough tho...
I think the show was aimed at the korean market. They couldn't have foreseen the interest internationally so not much thought went into the english speaking parts or the english dubbing/subtitles
I can understand the criticisms tbh. The first 6 episodes were pitch perfect and then suddenly these VIP characters cheapened things. Their screen time wasn't limited enough to be negligible.
They were given more dialogue than was needed to hold the suspense built up in the previous 6 episodes and the dialogue they were given was trash. It sounded like the drunken boasts of college students with their parents credit card.
Really enjoyed this, very clever! Superb acting, I bet there are some theatre actors mixed in there. I enjoyed Gi-Hun's childlike wonder and approach. Hedonic adaptation. I hope there is a sequel, it is certainly teed up for one.
Yes keep going. I didn't really like the first episode. But thought the second and third were much better which kept me watching the whole series.
Overall I liked it. Nothing too original but pretty good entertainment. I was surprised how moving it was at times.
It's too successful not to have a second series.
Hopefully there will be no VIPs in that one!!!! Worst dialogue I've heard in a long time!
I heard this being spoken of in the same breath as 'Alice in Borderland', which I'm persevering through at the minute..
Maybe I'm just 'korean series about some deadly game..'d out, but AiB just seems like a pile of sh1te tbh..
Seems like subtitles aren't great either
https://www.facebook.com/todayonline/videos/288598486440607/
Also - Gi-Hun made a bet with him, about the guy in the street - that he actually won - seeing the wager GiHun placed was for "for Everything" - I thought he was going to inherit the Squid Games - Chocolate Factory style... lol.
There are probably not a lot of great Korean-born actors over in the UK and Ireland either.
I think that too big a deal is being made of this - they have very tiny parts in the context of the 9 episodes, parts so small that they don't provide scope for nuanced character development as they are just designed to be "the homogenous group of assholes".
If anyone has an issue with that then it's something against the script for just having a very small "group depiction" far more than the actors they got.
Except for a brief moment in the case of one we never see any of their faces and the whole haughty obnoxious tone is very deliberate and what the show was going for.
Insight into the bad foreign acting in Korean Content.
https://old.reddit.com/r/korea/comments/q3376g/the_real_reasons_why_foreigner_actors_in_korea/
Also Gi-Hun being summoned to meet the creator just because he hadn't spent his money and just in time for him to watch his death seemed a bit forced.
That was just there for anyone who hadn't figured out that the old guy was the creator and to make people who had figured it out feel smart.
It was really about the old guy just wanting to let Gi-Hun know that he had felt alive again by playing the game.
Anything about spending the money or not is incidental.
Here you go
On the point of non Korean actors in Korean productions the standard of acting is pretty low. Most have day jobs and usually have very minor bit part roles like American soldier or nodding western business man like the actor who plays the fat guy. Ability to understand Korean instruction seems the main requirement when casting.
But something also grates when switching between Korean and English speaking actors in Korean productions imo. Korean directors seem to favour a mid Atlantic western twang for seemingly every English speaking role. Maybe connected with the American English they often teach in Korea. The directors want the audience to understand the English speaker so they sound more like a language class comprehension tape than acting. The end result is epic wooden acting even if they are trained professionals. Same problem crops up in Chinese and Japanese productions catering mainly for a domestic audience.
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