Please watch the Korean game show "Genius" with me

i liked the final, second game was really fun

someone said "he's like this mad Genius otaku, this will be the point when he looks at the camera and they play "Extreme Ways". Will you play it just for him?" Then the editors did just that.

yessss, this was amazing

What was the rule for Round 8 of the second game, where all the hints were 1 or 2 but the final answer was 3?

This is funny (maybe old news?) but both Kyunghoon and Youhyun both went to University of Illinois, here are two long English interviews with them:

http://geniuscast.podbean.com/e/kim-kyunghoon-interview/
http://geniuscast.podbean.com/e/youhyun-dennis-kim-interview/

Bilingual video interview with Youhyun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6cu8xiX37k

IIRC Ahyoung and Junseok went to Harvard, would be nice to find some English interviews with them.

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So, looks like Society Game might be the next thing to fill this niche? Bumdidlyumptious getting excited about it and hinting it is.

The last time I re-read this thread I spent the next hour re-watching S2 Eps 6-7 and fighting the urge to do it again.

Yeah, I've watched S2E6 a few times. That must be the most vicious episode/season of this show.

of any show! that was a ruthless triple-cross!

Society Game looks like a fairly conventional Survivor-type deal. I doubt that it's going to replace The Genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uASN8KacCgs

Well, my interest is sufficiently piqued. Looking forward to seeing what carries more weight - the Survivor-style isolated-society social game, or the more Genius-style machinations of electing a leader and the challenges

yep, looks good to me

I'll definitely check it out. I've been enjoying rewatching Genius episodes since this thread was bumped a couple weeks ago. One that I really enjoyed is S1E4, the zombie game. The joint victory is pretty satisfying, combining a cool solution with some last-second duplicity.

I missed this upload of Bumdi's. An unedited hour of Tactical Yutnori, if anyone needs a Sangmin fix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJCqT6cBzJI

So, Society Game then.

Looking forward to seeing what carries more weight - the Survivor-style isolated-society social game, or the more Genius-style machinations of electing a leader and the challenges

Definitely seems to be the latter.

This was a weird episode in that it had all the setup in it so felt unduly long, but the machinations start very early and there is definite gaming happening from the start. The game within a game (within a game) format of the challenge looks like it'll keep it fresh and avoid the Death By Tactical Yutnori curse - my guess is that the remaining shows will be half society manipulation, half challenge.

Sanggook seems to have the best handle on things so far but I suspect he could end up being Dongmin-like in trying to game the whole thing. My tips are for MJ and Asol to be the winners with Macho and Donghwan most likely to do a Sangmin.

As ever, more about strategy and results and spoilers once other people have seen it.

My initial concern/confusion - what's stopping the Madong leader + 2 elites from simply riding it out to the end, other than the elite's doubt as to those three's ability to win the final challenge? Am I missing something? It'd be shocking if they compromised such a dominating position.

Sanggook seems to have the best handle on things so far but I suspect he could end up being Dongmin-like in trying to game the whole thing.

Sure seems that way, but I'd have to imagine it's tough to play the Dongmin game when you're, y'know, not Dongmin.

Fun episode otherwise! Wanted to see more MJ in the challenge, obv, but yeah she seems like she'll be around a long time so there should be plenty of opportunities.

Second episode hums along. Continue to love the *here's what ACTUALLY happened* rewinds + beat drops. Starting to be worried about production being somewhat spoiler-y with the voiceover at the end, as the eliminated player leaves.

Bumdi's hyped up episode 3 on twitter - seems as if it's about time for Genius fans who haven't hopped on board to get caught up!

i've been diggin it, although i'm incredibly frustrated by one teams' choices so far... it's like they WANT to lose every challenge.

So, this turned out to be really great in the end. I'm guessing some people got off the bus because Bumdi's health issues meant the eps weren't reliably available but the final two eps, and specifically the politics around the final three in one of the societies, was up there with Genius S2.

I'm sure it'll be back, and the voice-over at the end seemed to confirm it. I can't wait.

The Genius was a great thing, hope it comes back.

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Kwon Minsuk (MMA), Kim Kwangjin (Politician), Kim Heegil (Fitness Model), Park Kwangjae (Former Basketball Player)

— Bumdidlyumptious (@Bumdidlyump) August 3, 2017

Park Hyunsuk (Graduate Student), Son Taeho (Unknown Profession), Alpha Go (Turkish Korea Correspondent), Yuri (Fashion Model)

— Bumdidlyumptious (@Bumdidlyump) August 3, 2017

Lee Junseok (Businessman and The Genius Player), Lee Chunsoo (Former Football Player), Jang Dongmin (Comedian), Cho Junho (Judo)

— Bumdidlyumptious (@Bumdidlyump) August 3, 2017

Julien Kang (Actor), Hak Jin (Actor/Former Volleyball Player), Go Woori (Former Rainbow Member), Goo Saebom (Announcer), Kim Haneul (Lawyer)

— Bumdidlyumptious (@Bumdidlyump) August 3, 2017

MJ Kim (MMA), Yoo Seungok (Fitness Model), Jung Eunah (University Student), Jung Inyoung (Announcer), Kasper (Rapper)

— Bumdidlyumptious (@Bumdidlyump) August 3, 2017

Guess this means it's time for me to finish watching season 1, after taking a break about halfway through and never getting back to it. Hopefully MJ continues to own - the fact that she's in season 2 bodes well on that front, I'd imagine!

(sorry for so many embedded tweets there, oof)

Love MJ but will not spoil the end of S1 for you. So glad to see her back.

I'm not sure what Dongmin or Junseok will add to the procedings but who am I kidding, I'll watch it anyway.

whaaaaaaaat? how can you not be excited about dongmin?!

I suppose I shouldn't say too much about the last season because people haven't finished watching, but I don't see how he will fit into the model of the show despite the role of the guy most like him in the last couple of eps.

Sanggook seems to have the best handle on things so far but I suspect he could end up being Dongmin-like in trying to game the whole thing. My tips are for MJ and Asol to be the winners with Macho and Donghwan most likely to do a Sangmin.

I clearly watched too much of the Genius because after two eps I was largely otm upthread.

i think dongmin has shown himself to be more than a bit more clever than sanggook

True but he ran the gaming aspect from the beginning - remember, he only left really because he withdrew himself as a result of the pressure he'd put himself under. We didn't see his like again until the final few eps.

Haha so for all of my fucking excitement about this show, after season 1, I had a hard time watching season 2 because it was on dailymotion and i kinda lost steam. Welllllllll the subtitler just posted links to all 4 seasons on m3g4-uplode on their twitter so guess who finally started season 2?!?!

(i am told by a friend who burned through all of it years ago, when i originally brought it up, and he warned me that season 2 is the worst because there's some shitty bullying issues -- so now i am additionally watching for that to start lol)

but apparently S3 rules so i will be watching it in pace with my friend who only watched 1-2 so we can comment per episode.

it weirds me out so fucking much that i only know one of these people from outside of this show, and that one guy is in season 2: the dude who dances in the elevator on top of PSY in the gangnam style video.

Yeah, there's one particularly dark episode in season 2. You'll know it when you see it.

I miss this show.

season 3 is soooo good

still haven't seen 3. might watch it for christmas. might watch season 1 tbh.

S3 was probably my favorite too. This show was one of the best things I never would have heard of without this website *wipes tear*

season 3 is good but season 4 is even better - there's more competition and certainly some shocking twists. season 1 is probably still the best and has a certain charm the others never quite manage to have, but also in some ways doesn't quite reach the same levels of complexity in games or schemes as the best moments in 3 and 4. one of my favourite tv shows ever

i def got to the ep in S2 that everyone was down on, and shit honestly i would've been even more of a jerk to the bully-ee, if that makes sense. (i would've never admitted to grabbing the id, and prob planted it somewhere that made it look like someone else used it)

i mean sucks for ihm but then i realize why he's fmaous (hacked a university website to steal a picture of an actress graduating or something?) and i'm like i hope you got double-crossed 42 more times on the way out the door tbrr

Ha, I didn't know any of that.

I'm actually unclear on why stealing the ID wasn't a violation of the rules. I thought they said "no stealing" somewhere upfront.

Though I seem to remember instances of people swiping garnets from each other now and then as well.

I guess it's that if you leave a thing out in the open, then finders keepers applies.

I'm watching the rules again and paying particular attention to the phrasing:
- Two players who wish to trade cards will do so by approaching the dealer's table together
- When ID is presented to the dealer, the dealer will give you the cards
- Both players will reveal their cards and begin trading
- Card trades must be for the same number of cards
- When the trade is complete, the cards will be stored again and the IDs will be returned

They take care (or at least, the subtitler does) to never even say "your" ID. Even at the beginning I thought "there's definitely an opportunity here to give someone your ID or trade with someone to ensure you're working together"

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loooool. might have to rewatch these as plague viewing.

haaaa

Plague rewatch in place, about 8 into S1 and this is just as incredible as I remember it. Even from a purely televisual point of view, the editing is amazing - the music cues are perfect to drive the drama along and the use of flash forward and back wrongfoots you as a viewer all the time.

great show

I mean I liked Squid Game and everything but it just made me want to rewatch THE GENIUS, so here I go.

ha me too, i rewatched the first ep after watching the first SG ep. Still great.

I rewatched last year, Sangmin in S2 is still some kind of pinnacle of television.

I'm happy I've forgotten all the craziness and can appreciate again.

spoiler ep 1 that Garnet switch is still wow!

also rewatching this. it is the best.