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VonMisk
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I've seen it. Pretty fun show.
And if you seriously asking if your 12 year old can watch it than no - it's violent, there is sex in it too.
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| Posted: Wed, 29th Sep 2021 08:44 Post subject: |
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Don't watch it with the kid. It's a good show, but I guess it's a little bit more enjoyable for korean viewers because of the chosen games.
Oh and skip the last 30 minutes of the last episode.
 Spoiler: | It's absolutely absurd that they need to explain all of what is so fucking obvious or uninteresting. And that twist is just "Look, we have a twist!" ... that doesn't have any impact on
anything. "We were rich and bored" is such a bad excuse. We already saw the VIPs and I'd rather want to see if the VIP that got almost murdered told the others what happened and if that had any consequences for the company. Also the game master was terrible at his job and all the employees working for him had only monetary gains? Just the games and drama next time please, thx! |
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Il_Padrino
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| Posted: Wed, 29th Sep 2021 12:40 Post subject: |
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Yeah, fun show, but very violent so definitely not for children 
It's somewhat a mix between Battle Royale and Alice in Borderland.
But I agree that it tends to drag at times, just to increase screen time, it feels. For example, the whole arc of the players returning to the world to come back voluntarily was not necessary, I think. After the great pilot, the 2nd episode is a real drag.
The cop story also went completely nowhere 
(in the end, I like Alice in Borderland more, less filler)
There must have been a door there in the wall, when I came in.
Truly gone fishing.
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| Posted: Fri, 1st Oct 2021 17:47 Post subject: |
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Does it "end" after the first season? Or is it again one of those BS Netflix series that get an interesting Season 1, only to wait 2 years for a disappointing Season 2 that doesn't go anywhere?
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VonMisk
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| Posted: Fri, 1st Oct 2021 19:03 Post subject: |
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It's a somehow closed story. People want the creator to do a second season but he tries to dismiss this pleads and I hope he does. I hate catering to fans and making something subpar.
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Oct 2021 19:32 Post subject: |
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| bringiton wrote: | | Does it "end" after the first season? Or is it again one of those BS Netflix series that get an interesting Season 1, only to wait 2 years for a disappointing Season 2 that doesn't go anywhere? |
Looking at you kingdom! |
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Oct 2021 21:51 Post subject: |
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I started watching it today, it's really good.
It reminds me of the Danganronpa games in some ways, I know that the "killing game" aspect got hugely popular around 5/6 years ago, but I liked the way it was portrayed in this one.
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Oct 2021 22:47 Post subject: |
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Il_Padrino
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Oct 2021 13:05 Post subject: |
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Yes, apart from the games themselves, the show is a bit of a drag and has many substories going absolutely nowhere. There's also this organ smuggling thing with the doctor that just ended.
Would have been better if it was limited to 6 episodes (one per game), similar to Alice.
There must have been a door there in the wall, when I came in.
Truly gone fishing.
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Przepraszam
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Oct 2021 15:05 Post subject: |
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Can't wait for US Remake.
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Oct 2021 15:23 Post subject: |
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how is this special compared to the original battle royale japanese movies ?
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Oct 2021 22:39 Post subject: |
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It was fun, some of the side stories were dispensable indeed but the pacing was mostly fine to me, a very nice watch ! 8.5/10 for me.
I did get strong deja vu vibes since there are so many mangas/animes based on that battle royale-ish kind of life-and-death game ; the scenes, betrayals and character tropes tend to always be the same, it was very solid at delivering it though !
However.. the grand prize's figure is too low considering how big the thing appears to be.. people would be killing each other for only that much ? Meh ! I'd ask for more 
| PickupArtist wrote: | | how is this special compared to the original battle royale japanese movies ? |
It's not fundamentally different, like I wrote above it's more of the same situations and tragic dilemmas at its core, but it's a pretty good delivery which is more firmly rooted in real life than most other movies in that genre, the whole | Spoiler: | kiddy games turning deadly is fun too, although I've seen it before |
. Some story twists will be unique to this story.
The production is pretty damn nice too, it's not too long either.. and you'll get to know about the hottest series of the moment.. ? 
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Oct 2021 16:17 Post subject: |
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Meh, very overrated and way too predictable.
Don't bother, if you haven't seen it.
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Aeon
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Oct 2021 18:29 Post subject: |
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A really liked this show. It's a simple concept for sure but I like how they did it.
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Horrordee
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Oct 2021 20:47 Post subject: |
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It was alright but the last 30 mins were absolute gobshite.
Plus so many undeveloped story lines, eg the police Man. And don’t get me started on that cliff side twist, super retarded.
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Oct 2021 19:47 Post subject: |
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Good series, bad ending...
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Oct 2021 23:20 Post subject: |
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| monk3ybusin3ss wrote: | Meh, very overrated and way too predictable.
Don't bother, if you haven't seen it. |
nope gonna skip it
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| Posted: Tue, 12th Oct 2021 21:13 Post subject: |
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Closed arc? he seemed to either gun for revenge (which doesn't suit his personality as he's somewhat of a paragon) or rejoin the next round. Nothing is closed and the way they left the ending open to interpretation makes it just another open ending.
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Frant
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| Posted: Fri, 15th Oct 2021 04:16 Post subject: |
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watching it with my girl, only reason im not skipping bits, its getting really drawn out after ep 4, but entertaining nevertheles, 7 sofar, not seen last 2 eps yet,
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HubU
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| Posted: Fri, 15th Oct 2021 08:40 Post subject: |
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It was fine. Nothing memorable nor that hasn't been done before, though.
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The third and fifth game were savage.
