Physical: Asia

Is this how sports fans usually feel? I hate it

If the title wasn't clear enough, my faves didn't win.

💪🏾Next time, contestants from all the countries should be chosen fairly. Some countries were very obviously more stacked than others. It's like they were setting some of them up to fail. I mean, I know you have to fill the numbers, but the differences in strength were so glaring

🇹🇭Thailand & 🇵🇭Philippines - I rooted for them since they had black contestants. Namely, James & Robyn. Did I think these teams would win? No. But as Issa Rae said, 'I'm rooting for everybody black. '

PS. I wanna add a note here that representation truly matters - I'm speaking about James. I've been watching Thai BLs for about 3 years now, and in all this time, I've only seen 2 black characters in these shows.
The first time was in 'Triage', and the other time was in 'I Will Knock You'. Seeing James on such a huge show -and killing it btw, heels and all - felt so good. I hope all the black and dark-skinned Thai pple out there saw themselves in him. I mean, I think he's a pretty big deal over there already, but he deserves this, too

💪🏾Australia - I liked them coz they were strong. I've seen pple hating on them, saying they were loud and rude coz of all the cheering and cursing, but to me, they looked like any other Westerners. I'm not a sports person, but they acted like what regular sports pple that I'm exposed to act like. They fumbled really badly in that rope game - I think that they should've replaced Eddie with Katelin. Had they strategized better, I genuinely think they'd have been in the final match. N probably would've won. Also, Dom, my favorite of all the Aussies. I need him to give me just 5% of his positivity

💪🏾Mongolia - Before this, I knew very little about this country and its people. Truthfully, I still don't. However, I started rooting for them after perhaps ep 2(?). They are definitely the opposite of Australia, but that quietness hid such strength. They were reserved and respectful, and so incredibly smart and strong. Their sportsmanship is truly one to be admired. While some teams ( I won't be mentioning names👀) were busy posturing and being rude to other contestants in the name of the game, they largely minded their own and stayed real nice throughout. I hope to see them again in the future. where they'll win. I'm genuinely so sad that they didn't win😭

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A found family and an underdog story

I initially watched this because of Manny Pacquiao. I wonder how much Netflix paid him to do this for marketing purposes because I know that prize money was a little bit underwhelming for him. lol

Disclaimer: I haven’t watched any previous seasons.

I’m usually a sucker for dramas with found family trope. Which is why I think I rooted for Japan and Mongolia the most here (Mongolia for the most part because I also love a good underdog story).

During the first few episodes (although Ochir intrigued me with that sequins), Mongolia barely got any screen time so I thought they’ll be insignificant throughout the season. But like any underdog story, they slowly captured my heart and proved their abilities. Being from very diverse sports, away from home but united by a common goal, they started to feel like a found family for each other. I think this is also the reason why a lot of audience ended up loving them.

South Korea winning is predictable. It didn’t feel as victorious for me. Their team was PACKED! All of them looked like they were trained for this. Japan is a very great team too. Another team that felt like found family. But they were also a strong contender from the start. I thought the prod team will make it a Japan vs South Korea just for a good show for that long standing history.

Overall, I enjoyed it.

Also, special mention that I gave an 8.5 for Music because of the hawk sound during Mongolia’s team chant. That was awesome!

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Best “physical competition” reality show

I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the show. Right from the start I was rooting for Korea as I admire their strength, spirit and determination. It was interesting to see how the last three teams (Korea, Mongolia, Japan) have tacked the “castle” challenge. Korea had the most effective strategies and that helped them to get through the quests. They were also very flexible in changing how the tackle a task in order to get results. All the teams had strong competitors, I like them all but I’m sorry to say the Australian team were overconfident and arrogant and were swearing a lot which I don’t think that was respectful. They should have acted in a more professional manner especially since they’re representing their country. I was ecstatic when Korea won, the Mongolians have given it a good shot but it wasn’t enough. A heartwarming moment was when the “circus” guy from Mongolia went up to their flag (‘after the final quest) bent down and bowed, that shows love and respect for their country. Looking forward to more Physical Asia seasons. Congratulations Korea, you were amazing 👏💜💜🩷🩷💜💜

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Unfair show

1. This show does not feature my nation.
2. I don't like or support any nation. All I want is a fair game; I'm simply an ordinary person.
3.If you like Thai song and J-pop and have a preferred country in this program. It doesn't mean you have to condone injustice for your favourite nation. 😔💗
Accept that your favourite country may lose; it's just a game. If you want to win a game, you don't need to start cheating. ~ Korean team 🫶🏻🎀

How about other players who play fairly????? Feel bad for them 😞 💔

Proof Korean team receives help :)))

1. Country: South Korea 🇰🇷
Creator & Production: Korean team
( So chance of favoritism is high )

2. At least select new members 😔 give them chance
•Kim Dong-hyun — Season 2
•Amotti (Kim Jae-hong) — Season 2 (winner)
•Yun Sung-bin — Season 1
•Jang Eun-sil — Season 1
•Kim Min‑jae (New Member)
•Choi Seung-yeon ( New Member)

3. The captain of the Korean squad once declared, "We don't need to participate in this game." Following the defeat, he declared, "I hope our decision is good." They abruptly declared that the preceding player could not participate in the death game, and this turned out to be advantageous for them. They seem to be aware of it.

4. In the Thailand and Korean game, we clearly see that Thailand wins, but in the end, they say Korea win. I just want to say, how??. In Thai, James carries one box at a time, while the two Korean players carry one box. Other Thai players carry a small box, which is their main focus. The same Korean player does. It's common logic; Thai should be win.

5. They probably wanted Korea to win so they wouldn't have to pay them money😂😅 The Korean celebrity system is well known to us.😔💔 If another country won the game and money. Physical asia need to pay them, and they don't want to give them.

The Korean team receives a lot of support. When Western countries organise sporting events, they do so fairly. They do not favour anyone, and we are confident that the winner deserves the position.

My writing motivation is not to dislike anyone or spread hatred.🫶🏻❤️ I'm only exercising my right to express my opinions, and I only write what I feel when watching the show.

If I'm wrong, I'm SORRyyyyyyyy 👉🏻👈🏻💗
If I'm correct, I hope they won't do it again😔💔

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Amazing Athletes but Disappointing Production

**This is just my opinion. I appreciate all the hard work that went into the making of this series. Thank you.**

I love this series because I get to see amazing talents that I never would get to other wise. I really enjoyed it, despite my disappointment with the production side of it.

I don't know what I was expecting. I guess it had been long enough since I'd watched the second season of Physical 100 that I'd forgotten what to expect. I just don't understand how Netflix can be so cavalier when it comes to something as important as their contestants health and safety. I nearly called them people. That's what they are but for the sake of me getting my point across, I'll call them contestants. Anyway, as I was saying... I have issues with the fact that Netflix did not have medical staff on standby at all times during the extremely grueling physical challenges that these athletes participated in. I was seriously worried several times that some of them were going to keel over from a heart attack or stroke due to over exertion. They were very clearly in great distress but no one checked on them.

Then there are questions as to how fair it actually was. The rules were not transparent, they changed mid-game, some unsportsmanlike behavior and (only) one team had to repeat a challenge because of an equipment malfunction.

I'm torn as to what rating to give the series. I think that the athletes deserve a 10 out of 10. I'm scoring it lower because if I don't, Netflix will think that they are doing a great job like they are and won't feel the need to change anything.

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