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No need to argue. We obviously have different opinions. If it was just a surprise for the player, then all of the viewers wouldn't be surprised by the revelations. Check the comments and twitter. There are many people there that didn't expect it.

I thing you answered it yourself with the definition of the plot twist "misleading with ambiguous information".

The smiling and laughing could be interpreted in different ways. First thing I though was that he had probably been through enough in his life because of his old age, so he wasn't fazed (the gwangju uprising for example). Or he was just simply insane.

Player one didn't really convince him. He just pushed him to the edge. He was already pretty desperate, because of his mother's condition.

I don't get what you mean with the star thing. The star was one of the hardest shapes. The easiest was the triangle and then the circle.

Just because he knew a strategy to win doesn't mean he is a bad guy. He is an old man, so it is obvious that he may know more things.

The whole massacre made it pretty obvious about who he is, but it was also not extremely clear.

Those are ambiguous information. It was never clearly shown that he was part of the people that organized the game.

Yes of course these are forshadowings that lead to the revelation.

This looks very good. The teaser has a serious vibe to it.

Most people here are polite, as long as you don't get offensive 😂 You are welcome.

Same! All horror themed movies feel the same to me. I haven't watched many horror series so I hope that this one will be good, even if it is not mainly horror. The cast is great and I hope they don't waste it.

You are welcome.

Yes exactly. They are queerbaiting viewers, which is pretty awful especially since the two main leads have more chemistry than any potential romance. Well let's just hope for the best in the future. If it makes them money, then we will get more productions and hopefully something more one day. But Korea is pretty conservative, so I doubt we will see something like that in a mainstream drama, unless it is on Netflix. The fact that some popular actors are playing those roles though, makes me hopeful.

Well let's not be unfair though. Short series like where your eyes linger paved the way for more bl productions. They may not be long, but at least they are many. Besides that, bl series have an audience on their own. It will be a while till we get a very good series with a gay couple that is not just focused on them. However there are some lately which is a good thing (mine and nevertheless are an example).

I think the majority got the point. The writer had pointed it out himself long before the series aired anyway.

If they didn't intend for it to be a plot twist, then they would have used other ways to direct it or show it to the audience. It would have been revealed much earlier than the last episode. When they showed the old man's hands, they didn't reveal his face, because they intended for it to be a plot twist. If they weren't, there wouldn't be a whole revelation scene in the final episode. Just because you saw the man smiling in the first episode, while people were dying and the first thing you thought was that he was part of the game, that doesn't mean that the writers didn't intend for it to be a plot twist. Me and many other people didn't get it from the very beginning.
Many people didn't predict it at all and were shocked when it was revealed. If it wasn't meant to be a plot twist, then every single person that had watched it would understand who he was in the very beginning.

The show was a huge commentary on capitalism which is obvious from many different things (the anonymity was prevalent in the series, the hierarchy inside the game, even the way the stairs were made). One of those things was the relationship between the two (number 1 and 456). Episode 2 was a whole commentary itself.

Just because it is a commentary, doesn't mean that the writer didn't mean for the revelations to be plot twists.

Parasite foreshadowed one of the plot twists, but no one got it until they saw it and Parasite was a movie full of social commentaries.

Yes you are right. Frankly, when I heard they were going to play kids games, I expected them to be quite simple and just a simple "you lose you die". I didn't expect to see any strategies in the games (besides the ones that the characters where thinking to eliminate one another). I enjoy strategy more, but I don't think that these kind of games could have mindblowing strategies. However if there is a season two, I hope that they choose more complicated games or at least more difficult ones.

It depends on how easily you get scared. It looks dark though and that's a good sign.

I hope Kdramas start to become more popular here.

My reviews seem like they are written from a three year old, so no worries. What other series/movies in this genre you would recommend?

My name and hellbound are also coming soon (and I have quite high expectations).

Battle royale is quite good. I would also recommend you to read ou-sama game-kigen (it is pretty addicting) and as the gods will.

It was obvious from the way that it was directed that it was supposed to be the big plot twist (and many people didn't figure it out). Foreshadowing and predictability are two different things. There are many series that foreshadow stuff, but they are not predictable, because the details that reveal the truth are handled in a different way. These types of series are the ones that you rewatch and day ''wow, how didn't I notice that?''. This one though was pretty much in your face. I didn't mind it though. What this show managed to do (for me at least) is making the viewer feel suspense and thrill, even though we knew that the main players would survive (at least in the first eps).

Well we all have our preferences! I have watched similar themed series and movies too, but I really liked this one and I found the games much more thrilling than in Alice, even though it was obvious who was going to survive. I dropped the movie of ATGW, because it was pretty ridiculous. These kind o movies need some good production value. The manga was great though.

Hello, fellow Greek! I can't believe it is on number two.

I didn't notice the first one, but for me the plot twists were easy to guess. When the massacre happened, it was obvious that the front man basically followed the order of the old man to stop. Nevertheless, it was quite thrilling to watch.

After 'light on me' I also expected this to be longer. However, the most important thing is to be good. I suppose I will wait till it finishes to watch it though.

You are welcome. It says 00, because it is currently being broadcasted. Next to the clock, it says the date and the time that it is being broadcasted, so you can check there.
There is also an airing calendar, if you press you profile picture (on laptop at least). In the airing calendar you can choose 'your list' option and in that way you are able to see the time and the date that a series will be broadcasted.