Decent reality TV with misogony issues
Loved to see all the different body types on the show, from slim track stars to SUPER beefy heavyweights! Female presenting were also on, and I was so excited until from the very first episode it is just constantly, deeply ingrained misogynistic attitudes. Matches with 1v1 were decent to see. I heard working through this show was dangerous and a few people got hurt, I noticed especially during a later episode it felt they were pushing themselves too hard. I got very worried for them!Im taking away points for not having precautions and better safety with over-working their bodies to the point of possible damage and the way the women were treated.
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Physical & Mental Test That Felt Scripted
LIKES:For the most part production was good.
It was interesting to see the various occupations/sports that these fit people were part of.
The different body types did have a good range of people.
The competitions got better towards the end, especially for the last 5 standing.
The music was fitting for competitions and for the most part good.
I liked how even though only one person could win, that everyone encouraged each other to persevere.
DISLIKES:
Felt very scripted until the last two competitions.
The claim about gender and race equality, felt false due to: 1- the games themselves favouring certain body types and 2- because the other races that took part in it, felt thrown in to the mix and didn't have equal amounts of people as the obvious asian dominated participants.
I didn't like some of the competitions where it was done in teams that were chosen by participants. It would've been more interesting and fair, had they teams been picked randomly.
OVERALL:
If they bring a second season I would watch it, but can't be bothered to watch this one again. I did binge watch it. It was interesting and you could really feel the competition and emotion the players felt. If you ever want to know how a body builder would be able to compete against an athlete or military people, this is the show for you!
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yung sun-bin is in this season which automatically makes it great but overall there are a lot of great contestants that make watching this super fun, with the downtime moments like the military jump challenge cute and nice to watch. the thing i don't like about this season is the ending and who the winner was. not because he didn't deserve to win because i'm sure there was a lot of times he showcased his strength considering he made it all the way to the end, but it's the fact that we didn't even get to see any of that because he got literally zero screentime in the early episodes that annoys me. the premise of finding the "perfect physique" is clearly just a selling point which is why i'm not as mad as i would usually be in the clear imbalance in the gender ratio and overall how unfair the show is half the time, so just turn your brain off and have fun. Was this review helpful to you?
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The most intense competition
I have heard so many good things about Physical 100 before, even from friends who don’t do any workout at all so I decided to watch it as well, especially since I have been hooked on several reality shows and competitions from korea lately I also gave this one a try.And I am glad I watched as it was super intense and mind boggling! The crazy things the human body can achieve is just insane.
I personally really liked the games they came up with. I think they were very unique. I especially liked the sand moving game. It was so exciting and definitely a gane that was gender-neutral.
The ship moving game left me speechless… How is that possible??? They literally made the impossible possible! Those two games were the best in my opinion.
Then, the last team game had a very unique concept too with the ancient Greek disciplines. Seeing different people do it was interesting. The only downside to these games was that some of them were quite boring to watch 😅 i think they should have cut them shorter. The games that have some running involved were definitely more exciting to watch.
Same with the 4 games for the final. Actually tug of war and the flipping game were quite exciting. But the last two games were too repetitive. The finals should be the most exciting games but again I was bored here too… 😅
The boredom was one thing I didn’t like. Another thing that bothered me was the unfair gender gap and how poorly it was managed. Especially in the one-on-one deathmatch games i saw some men chose women to fight against which is soooo wrong!!! I was really upset about it. I think if a woman wants to choose a man then it should be ok but not every woman would want to fight a man so men should have been prohibited to pick a woman. I definitely feel like they should have regulated the rules more on this one…
In general there were not many contestants that I liked in this one. No one really made a particular impression on me. I was kinda rooting for Tarzan’s team but they were out quickly.
Also I didn’t like the way they chose teams either… It was very unfair. There should have also been a rule about every team having to have at least one female participant…
So all in all it was an interesting show but definitely a lot of things that need to be fixed…
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The Final Sucks
The final quest was really really disappointing because compared to the previous quests, it was very lacking. The previous quests all had a pretty hiqh budget and effort put into making it but the final one was just too boring. It was the episode that I skipped forward the most in the entire series.The final quest was also really unfair in terms of deciding the winner. It didnt felt like they were testing the participants for overall ability. Thats why I think the winner was not too fitting to become the last one to survive.
But other than that the contestants were pretty entertaining. It had a lot of people in different fields participating. That makes the interaction more interesting and fun overall to watch.
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Good survival show! Though needs some improvements
Probably the best survival show I’ve seen Korea make yet! Winning was based on results, not by biased judges, predetermined results or judges wanting to see something “new” or “fresh” (looking at you dbo). There it was friendly competition, competitiveness but also encouragement.However there is a production bias of what the perfect/strongest body looks like and can achieve. Balance, speed,etc. (can’t recall all 5/6) were not represented nor did every contestant get tested in each category. Would watch a s2, but hopefully they’d make improvements.
“Finding the perfect body regardless of gender, age, race” my a**! They had 2 foreigners, 1 white and 1 black. Most of the people when looked up were in their 20s/30s. The oldest person, that we know of, was 48 Korean age. 23/100 (I think) were females and a lot of quests, especially those with instant elimination, catered toward bigger, bulkier build (AKA the guys). Body weight and teamwork that tests all aspects of the “perfect body” would be ideal.
A couple ideas of change: 1) It should be a ranking system, not elimination, if you want to find the most ideal body type because (sub)test could’ve had a different outcome if, for example, they did tile flipping and/or shuttle run before tug-of-war. If the producers want to keep a competitive edge then top #s get and advantage and/or bottom #s get a disadvantage. This way everyone has a chance to participate in an event and show their versatility, or lack of; 2) do the punishments rounds as round 1, letting people choose what they think they’d be best at, and therefore the best of each category moves on to the other quests; or 3) everything stays the same except no one is officially off the show right away- everyone gets 1-2 challenge cards that they can use at any point, before it’s down to top 3, where if they do better than someone in that event they swap places with the other competitor. Statues are smashed if you’ve used up all challenges or fail to get back into the competition before final 3; 4) either lower the prize money, be one gender, or if it’s going to be coed, any lifting (rock or statue) should be at least a % of average “strong” body weight for equity reasons - greed played a role in some people’s decisions, though it did give survival of the fittest at times, others it just didn’t make sense.
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Interesting competition variety show, somehow felt like Squid Game minus the killing
It was interesting to watch 100 competing each other in terms of strengths. Although some parts felt repetitive, I really enjoyed the team games the most. The set is well-planned and it was very challenging even for me who's just an audience. I felt touched by some moments as well when I saw them persevere and go all in with their powers and energy even though it almost felt like against the odds.It was very inspiring and heartwarming to watch because they all have sportmanship which made it really meaningful to watch. I personally rooted for Choo SungHoon because I knew him from Return of Superman. He was indeed a Superman and despite his build, he's very softhearted, a good leader and a very strong man.
Overall vibes, I enjoyed watching it. The cliffhanger were the best because it made me binge-watch it overnight. I just felt like the hype already ended before the ending so it kind of felt meh. But still I recommend this show if you like watching survival shows. I learned a lot from them in terms of being mentally strong and not just being physically strong.
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Disappointed on the quality of challanges
Top 100 contestants in Korea like pro mma fighters, olympic medalist, fitness influencers, bodybuilders, pro rugby players, real cop, real army and etc compete in simple games like run away with a ball and carry sandbags to a station for weight ins. Many flaws in the game, how can you put man vs women in a mud fight?? Are these only kind of games that the producers can think of? Low class. Are they're not embarrased to invite such a high level profile of contestant to compete such a simple games like this.?? Survivor or ninja warrior are way better, with just normal people competing. No need to invite high profile people in search for the top "physical" form crap. Very disappointed.Was this review helpful to you?
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Di 100 solo 1
Veramente bello. Fatto più o meno bene, diciamo che da un prodotto di Netflix mi aspettavo di più dal punto di vista di produzione, editing e roba varia, ma tutto il resto è proprio bello da vedere e enjoyable (al momento non mi sovviene la traduzione). Allora, parto col dire che sono molto contenta del fisico che ha vinto e doppiamente perché era uno degli atleti che tifavo, però ogni singolo “atleta” (le virgolette le metto perché non tutti sono atleti nel senso convenzionale del termine) mi ha fatto piacere seguire il suo percorso, che questo sia stato corto o lungo, da qui appunto il 10 al “cast”. Altra cosa molto interessante sono le sfide, sia la prima che non è altro che un Death Match uno contro uno sia quelle in squadra che il finale, che sono state fatte in modo da valutare tutto: forza, agilità, resistenza, ma anche le capacità di strategia e di lavoro di gruppo. Quindi devo proprio dire che dei “reality” o affini che ho visto prodotti in Corea, questo è forse il mio preferito e spero che posso essere rinnovato per una prossima stagione proprio per vedere altre sfide così vissute e vedere se ala fine il trend del fisico migliore si mantiene simile a quello di questa stagione o se fisici molto differenti vinceranno. Un’altra cosa che ho amato vedere è il rispetto fra gli sportivi, il cameratismo che si veniva a formare in gruppo e generalmente il bel feeling che si sentiva anche durante le sfide stesse. Nel complesso credo che meriti sicuramente di essere visto, anche solo per il fatto che il vincitore fra le altre cose ha spostato assieme al gruppo una barca da 1.5 tonnellate e si è fatto le sfide finali praticamente una dietro l’altra. Ecco se avete Netflix e buon tempo, come me, la serie è super consigliataWas this review helpful to you?
Super intense!! seneng deh nontonnya, walaupun adu kekuatan dengan berbagai jenis lomba -- dorong kapal 1 ton, gelantungan di tiang sampe angkat batu super gede tapi ngga ada drama-drama saling sindir khas reality show.
Justruuuuuuu, mereka ini saling support. Selalu bilang "gapapah, kamu udah berusaha" "kamu udah kerja keras hey!" Aren't we all to hear these words, huuh?
Suka banget beberapa peserta yang ngga cuma andelin fisik dan otot tapi juga otak alias strateginya manteeeep. Cho Sung Hoon bapaknya Sarang tetep favoritku!!
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