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Highly Unnecessary posted:I'm surprised Dongmin didn't choose that game first. He must have been confident he could score a win in the first two games. It was pretty clear he was thinking smart: If he managed to win the game he wasn't expected to be good at, he has a big advantage as he's unnerved his opponent going into the unknown match. If he ends up losing the first one, then he feels he only needs to fight hard to take the second, and in the third he'd be favored. It would only have been a problem if the unknown game heavily favored his opponent. I'd be really surprised if that wasn't adapted from the Black Garnet mission. I like that they just decided at the end to throw the third place player's garnets into the pot, which was happening anyway all along.
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redreader posted:So he took another opportunity on national tv, to call her dumb. Not super classy. She's not dumb, but she doesn't handle pressure well and what Dongmin said is both 100% true and also hilarious
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I'm still not sure how much of Ahyoung's ditziness was an act. I think she definitely played it up a bit sometimes to convince people she was a harmless teammate who would do what they wanted. But then again, her performance on the invisible maze wasn't great. I guess I was hoping for another Kyungran.
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Lancelot posted:I'm still not sure how much of Ahyoung's ditziness was an act. I think she definitely played it up a bit sometimes to convince people she was a harmless teammate who would do what they wanted. But then again, her performance on the invisible maze wasn't great. I guess I was hoping for another Kyungran. I think the final episode pretty much proved that she's just the clumsiest person alive.
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The opening alone made this by far my favourite of the finals. I felt way more invested this time round, I think because the last two times I backed one contestant all the way.
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For me, I wasn't as convinced that Dongmin won all of that support from simple goodwill. Maybe I could go back and rewatch, and I'd change my opinion here, but it seemed like a matter of courtesy and respect. Like, Dongmin is older (Korea has a weird oppa complex), and he is a very well-established comedian/broadcaster, whereas Hyunmin is the supposedly cocky KAIST student who's younger than literally the rest of the cast. I could see that both as being bitter that he'd beaten them, as well as deferential to a significant figure of cultural influence, so the fact that the advantages were so unilateral kind of left a sour taste in my mouth. Not to say this was a bad finale. Not at all! It was a lot more satisfying than season 2. It just felt hollow and foregone before it even started.
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Lancelot posted:I'm still not sure how much of Ahyoung's ditziness was an act. I think she definitely played it up a bit sometimes to convince people she was a harmless teammate who would do what they wanted. But then again, her performance on the invisible maze wasn't great. I guess I was hoping for another Kyungran.
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Propaganda Machine posted:For me, I wasn't as convinced that Dongmin won all of that support from simple goodwill. Maybe I could go back and rewatch, and I'd change my opinion here, but it seemed like a matter of courtesy and respect. Like, Dongmin is older (Korea has a weird oppa complex), and he is a very well-established comedian/broadcaster, whereas Hyunmin is the supposedly cocky KAIST student who's younger than literally the rest of the cast. I could see that both as being bitter that he'd beaten them, as well as deferential to a significant figure of cultural influence, so the fact that the advantages were so unilateral kind of left a sour taste in my mouth. If the age thing was really that significant of a cultural factor, then why wasn't Season 2's finale just as equally unbalanced?
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qbert posted:If the age thing was really that significant of a cultural factor, then why wasn't Season 2's finale just as equally unbalanced? Yohwan wasn't that younger, I'll assume (isn't he 30-something?). Plus, he's also somewhat of a celebrity. Josh Lyman posted:Kyungran was solid throughout the season though. Ahyoung never demonstrated any real abilities and just about should have lost in the first round. Yeonjoo got close to the Kyungran spot, if she didn't choke against Dongmin she might've made the finals on momentum alone.
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Josh Lyman posted:Kyungran was solid throughout the season though. Ahyoung never demonstrated any real abilities and just about should have lost in the first round. So disappointed that it had to be Juri vs Ahyoung in the first deathmatch. Pretty much anyone would have been a more active participant in the games than Ahyoung, though if Juri had won we would not have gotten the hilarity of Dongmin scolding her constantly. Also Juri looked amazing in the finale and let's not pretend that we don't enjoy attractive looking contestants.
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Subyng posted:So disappointed that it had to be Juri vs Ahyoung in the first deathmatch. Pretty much anyone would have been a more active participant in the games than Ahyoung, though if Juri had won we would not have gotten the hilarity of Dongmin scolding her constantly. Also Juri looked amazing in the finale and let's not pretend that we don't enjoy attractive looking contestants.
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Best part of that deathmatch is that I was convinced Ahyoung was a good player just biding her time for the next six or seven matches.  Definitely would have liked to see Juri go farther. Ahyoung was good for laughs but Yeonjoo was ultimately a better player, and another good player in the final five could've made the last matchups much more interesting.
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More behind the scenes from the finale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qSn1uJX-lI I never thought about this, but it makes sense that people would consciously say stuff just to get edited into the show
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Some quotes seemed to be edited into a a different time then said like Lawyer Kang going 'he will try to win this one' about Dongmin after he lost the first game of a best-of-three match. He's not the greatest Genius but come on.
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Open question: if Yeonjoo had held it together against Dongmin and claimed victory, how do you imagine the last two episodes would have went without him?
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SnowWolf posted:More behind the scenes from the finale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qSn1uJX-lI Looks like Titty god really pissed off the producers. Ahyoung 
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SnowWolf posted:More behind the scenes from the finale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qSn1uJX-lI Guess who just won a ton of money and could probably afford to raise an elephant for quite some time? (I never get into shipping but this is too fun)
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Cute n Popular posted:Looks like Titty god really pissed off the producers. Well, they're not wrong.
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I loved how at the end when everyone else were having a good time talking Elephants, Lawyer Kang is just sitting there with a stone-face on.
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Insurrectionist posted:I loved how at the end when everyone else were having a good time talking Elephants, Lawyer Kang is just sitting there with a stone-face on. He's quite literally to old for this poo poo. 
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CHiRAL posted:(I never get into shipping but this is too fun) Stop.
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lfield posted:Open question: if Yeonjoo had held it together against Dongmin and claimed victory, how do you imagine the last two episodes would have went without him? If Dongmin lost there, the final match would've been a 2-0 breeze for Hyunmin regardless of who he was up against. If we presume the deathmatch from before still had Hyunmin in it, he would've beaten either Yeonjoo or Mentality King with his strat. If not, the deathmatch may have been a little more up in the air but wouldn't have changed the final result.
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It kind of feels like this season, more than the others, just didn't have many surprises. This was basically the story of the two strongest players clobbering their way to the finals fairly effortlessly.
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Yoohyun posted some BTS photos on his twitter:    He also has a very pretty wife: 
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I love the cast pics, Mentality King has the best hair forever  Suspicious Dish posted:Stop. Joking, Ahyoung deserves someone that would treat her better tbh
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SnowWolf posted:More behind the scenes from the finale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qSn1uJX-lI I always thought Mentality King was rather bland / wishy-washy during the main show (being overshadowed by Dongmin and Co's antics) but seeing the Behind the Scenes snippets revises my opinion of him a bit, since he seems rather "in charge" of clowning around during Elephant chatter. I dunno, I would've appreciated seeing more personalities coming out during the season. I think it's mostly due to the type of games they played this season. If / When S4 comes, I'm really hoping for more zombie game / food chain forced movement type thing. Lawyer Kang is consistently Old Man Surly (Genius and Crime Scene). I'm not sure how it was in the earlier seasons but was S3 cast a bit older? I remember some of Dongmin's support coming from members who wanted to "show the power of people in their 30s / older people" etc but I swear S1-S2 cast was generally younger. I hope we can continue the trend of Interesting Older Contestants. Also my secret wish is whenever the final season happens, Bandage Oppa takes off the bandages and reveals that it was Dealer Nuna all along.
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survivalstrategy posted:I always thought Mentality King was rather bland / wishy-washy during the main show (being overshadowed by Dongmin and Co's antics) but seeing the Behind the Scenes snippets revises my opinion of him a bit, since he seems rather "in charge" of clowning around during Elephant chatter. I dunno, I would've appreciated seeing more personalities coming out during the season. I think it's mostly due to the type of games they played this season. If / When S4 comes, I'm really hoping for more zombie game / food chain forced movement type thing. I think season 1 was the oldest with Kim Gura and Jimmy Cha, plus Sangmin is older then most of season 3 as well.
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I can't get in to this season. Got about half way through and it is now pretty far down the list of shows I want to watch. Not sure why, just don't have a person I want to see make it in to the final like I did in other seasons.
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Has there been any word on if/when Crime Scene is starting up again? I watched the first season with a buddy of mine and we always had a good time discussing who we thought was the criminal.
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Crime Scene season 2 starts in March! Grabbed this from a link on Reddit, a summary of what the article says:quote:sorce: http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=109&aid=0002978124 I really hope Ji Yoon and Jinho return. I'd rather they return over any of the other members from last year (Excluding Hyunmoo).
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NeuroticLich posted:Crime Scene season 2 starts in March! Grabbed this from a link on Reddit, a summary of what the article says: I wouldn't mind if Yoonji came back, but definitely need Jinho and Hyunmoo.
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Looks like Bumdidlyumptious's last episode of Abnormal Summit is episode 20. 20+ are now available here from someone else: http://kvarietyshowmania.blogspot.com First few episodes are pretty rough subbing wise, as they're soft subs and aren't timed well. Gets better each episode thankfully though. Hopefully Bumdidlyumptious or someone will pick up Crime Scene when it begins again in a few months.
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Teek posted:Looks like Bumdidlyumptious's last episode of Abnormal Summit is episode 20. 20+ are now available here from someone else: Sangmin is on episode 24 btw.
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Yeah, he didn't have a whole lot to say, but it was nice to see him. For anyone following Abnormal Summit, episodes 23 and 24 were hilarious if only for the Enes drama (accused of cheating on his wife) which unfolded around then. He was totally excised from 23 but you could still see him in wide shots. In 24 he was totally painted out Trotsky style.
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Is there a reason that some non-Genius show discussion ends up in here instead of the general Korean TV thread? I'm not trying to be a dick or backseat mod, I'm honestly curious if there's some connection that I'm missing. And I spend no time in the Korean TV thread, so maybe y'all are staying away from it for whatever reason?
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pokeyman posted:Is there a reason that some non-Genius show discussion ends up in here instead of the general Korean TV thread? Cause its the same subber who is subbing genius and abnormal for us so that's the main point of relevance. Anything else? Nah
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