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The veil is okay too, but I agree. Those are my top two at the moment too. I get why these dramas don't have that much audience and lower ratings than others though.

I think that is the best choice. That way you will enjoy it while it is ongoing and you will also avoid spoilers

Thank you! Hope it is good.

First episode was quite interesting. I don't know how to explain the atmosphere. It is pretty dark and unique since it is taking place in 1999. The acting is also great. I wasn't that impressed with the first half since many things were happening and I felt that the series was "trying too hard" to achieve something. However, the second half was great and the plot got very interesting. It also has something else that I really like, but I don't want to spoil.

To be honest, it looks like a binge worthy series and it only has 12 eps, but I can't really wait. If I start it, I will give you my opinion if you'd like.

I don't think he ever said he had dementia. I don't remember him saying it at least. He said that counting helps with his memory and he acted like he forgot some things here and there. I was suspecting him by then (I was actually 99% sure), but this was also an ambiguous information. It was obvious that he knew a way to win when they played the marble game. Isn't it a great tactic for an old man to play the role of the weak? That way he would be the easy target. Actually it was one of the scenes that made me wonder, if he was just pretending from the beginning to win. And the fact that he seemed insane from the first episode, made me think that maybe he liked gambling with his life. Not necessarily because he was the leader. I don't want to spoil it and make an entire discussion about it, since it deals with a lot of things. I don't see it on your watch list and it deserves a watch. It has one quite shocking twist about halfway through and many things foreshadowing it (even the poster), but it is done in a way that it is impossible for the viewer to figure it out.

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.