Just finished this and actually enjoyed it! It still had a lot of the same flaws that the first season did and a lot felt unfinished/unanswered but it was definitely entertaining.
Observations part one:
I wish they would stop making every single contestant either so flawless that you just know they're being built up to break your heart (marine guy, main character bestie, dad with sick child, Youngmi) when they die or make them do something super out of character just to move the story along, especially the way the characters vote. The dude who ended up there with his mom might have been a dumbass but he clearly doesn't want her to die and would never have voted to stay knowing she could have died because of it (prediction: mom is going to sacrifice herself for the Jo Yuri character and son is going to have to step up), and Hyunju values finding new friends and family just as much as her transition so she wouldn't sell her new friends out so easily. Siwan's character is the only one that is somewhat believable by being both a really
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Speaking of which, I did not expect TOP to be in this as much as he is and can't decide if he did a really good or really bad job portraying his character because I was so happy when he finally got a fork to the neck. His character could really only be portrayed by someone who spent over a decade at YG and I mean that as a compliment.
I was convinced player one was going to be Saebyeok's little brother when they featured him earlier and very relieved that it wasn't. Lee Santa is a good actor but ugh, did not like that he was in this so prominently. Also strange that not all of the staff were aware that he was a player as shown by the shocked look on baby faced guy near the end.
Shipper guy was so obviously sketchy from the start. The moment thug with a heart of gold starts blabbing in the cafeteria you just knew he was the snitch. The Wi Hajun storyline felt really messy and almost entirely unnecessary, I get that he's the main season one eye candy character and they had to include him but the whole season is him running (
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"I also find it hard to believe TOP got to keep his little Cruel Intentions drug necklace and that he would share so easily - if they take organs then there is no way they would not take pills off someone."
i want to believe that they left it on him on purpose, just to him (or others) to take the pills for chaos purposes. like, either of self-sabotage or murderous purposes
That would make sense! They must have incredibly high hopes for the mom in that case.
I'm wondering what the logistics regarding cigarettes and booze would be, so many Korean men smoke but none of the players are given cigarettes so even a day in withdrawal symptoms alone would take about a quarter of them out of the game.
yeah because i guess the bottom line is that this is all a show for those rich vips, so why not make it interesting? invite a married couple, or elderly mother and son to make it fun for them.
i guess they kinda touched on the smoking thing last season, but just barely with that one chick smuggling cigs in. maybe they're not in there long enough to want a fix (i dunno i don't smoke).
I don't smoke either but I know plenty of people that do and there's nothing like it. They spend their whole lives trying to quit and the closest they get to it is switching to vapes! I think it's not just the withdrawal from nicotine but also the smartphone like hand habits, they structure their day around their cig breaks and don't know what to do with themselves once that's gone.
I almost forgot about those awful vips, I really hope they're only mentioned in passing again or will be portrayed by like...hand puppets.
Just finished this and actually enjoyed it! It still had a lot of the same flaws that the first season did and a lot felt unfinished/unanswered but it was definitely entertaining.
Observations part one:
I wish they would stop making every single contestant either so flawless that you just know they're being built up to break your heart (marine guy, main character bestie, dad with sick child, Youngmi) when they die or make them do something super out of character just to move the story along, especially the way the characters vote. The dude who ended up there with his mom might have been a dumbass but he clearly doesn't want her to die and would never have voted to stay knowing she could have died because of it (prediction: mom is going to sacrifice herself for the Jo Yuri character and son is going to have to step up), and Hyunju values finding new friends and family just as much as her transition so she wouldn't sell her new friends out so easily. Siwan's character is the only one that is somewhat believable by being both a really ( ... )
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part two:
Speaking of which, I did not expect TOP to be in this as much as he is and can't decide if he did a really good or really bad job portraying his character because I was so happy when he finally got a fork to the neck. His character could really only be portrayed by someone who spent over a decade at YG and I mean that as a compliment.
I was convinced player one was going to be Saebyeok's little brother when they featured him earlier and very relieved that it wasn't. Lee Santa is a good actor but ugh, did not like that he was in this so prominently. Also strange that not all of the staff were aware that he was a player as shown by the shocked look on baby faced guy near the end.
Shipper guy was so obviously sketchy from the start. The moment thug with a heart of gold starts blabbing in the cafeteria you just knew he was the snitch. The Wi Hajun storyline felt really messy and almost entirely unnecessary, I get that he's the main season one eye candy character and they had to include him but the whole season is him running ( ( ... )
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i want to believe that they left it on him on purpose, just to him (or others) to take the pills for chaos purposes. like, either of self-sabotage or murderous purposes
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That would make sense! They must have incredibly high hopes for the mom in that case.
I'm wondering what the logistics regarding cigarettes and booze would be, so many Korean men smoke but none of the players are given cigarettes so even a day in withdrawal symptoms alone would take about a quarter of them out of the game.
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i guess they kinda touched on the smoking thing last season, but just barely with that one chick smuggling cigs in. maybe they're not in there long enough to want a fix (i dunno i don't smoke).
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I don't smoke either but I know plenty of people that do and there's nothing like it. They spend their whole lives trying to quit and the closest they get to it is switching to vapes! I think it's not just the withdrawal from nicotine but also the smartphone like hand habits, they structure their day around their cig breaks and don't know what to do with themselves once that's gone.
I almost forgot about those awful vips, I really hope they're only mentioned in passing again or will be portrayed by like...hand puppets.
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