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I just started this and I find the plot embarrassing to tell to other friends. Male/Female twins who are very identical to the point where they have the exact same mole? And when Dami assumed the identity of her brother, it was really weird that they gave the actress a feminine haircut and hairstyling, they even made it seem like it's a thing that females and males have different type of hair and that people would recognize their sex based solely on their hair? That's not a thing!

The English version came out about 24 hours after the release date (this Wednesday).

Kim Jong Kook, Ji Seok Jin, Song Ji Hyo and Yang Se Chan vs Bo Pil PD, the PD in charge of JongKook and the PD in charge of Yang Se Chan.

The 8th episode is my favorite so far. I wish they could do an after-show of Running Man where they talk like this about their point of view when they were filming the episode, and share behind stories of the filming and unaired clips after each episode. It would be fun to watch that.

Are the relationships deep enough to be real or are they superficial (only concerned about physical attraction or just "I'm a man you are a woman so let's be together" type of relationships)? Because I would hate to watch that kind of thing.

I just googled Jang Won Young because I'm not familiar with idols, I only recognize the ones who frequently appear on TV Shows, but you are right they look kinda similar. I don't follow social media stars so I couldn't have recognized her from there, that's why I got confused when I learned that she wasn't an idol.

Nevermind, I just remembered that she was one of the contestants in Crazy Recipe Adventure. It suddenly came to me. I can't believe I'm still familiar with her face. I thought she was an idol I saw on Running Man.

Came here only after seeing the trailer of the show because I'm pretty sure I've seen Song Ji Ah or someone who looks just like her somewhere but I can't remember. Does anybody know where I could've seen her or am I just confused? Is she famous or had an appearance on other shows?

In which country can you watch it on Hotstar?

I haven't started the drama so I haven't seen the scene you are referring to yet, but people can have a whole conversation while they are sleeping. I know someone I have to ask if they are asleep or not when I'm talking to them to make sure they aren't. I get fooled into thinking they are awake because what they say usually makes sense.

I don't think it is, because the story is mostly different, and I couldn't find any official resource stating that it is, but one might say it's "inspired by" Killing Eve or at least the character of the killer is. Maybe the creator of the media you're referring to was stating their opinion about how similar they are.

I like your detailed outlook on K's character, and I couldn't have put it better myself, but I don't think that people didn't like the sophistication of her character, they most probably hated her actions, her believes, and her justification of all the bad thing she does, they know it's a well-written character but they just can't stomach her actions.

I would say that K is definitely bad but the team perusing her is grey since they seem okay with someone else killing people as long as they didn't do it themselves. It makes sense since they started this for work and not out of the goodness of their hearts.

I thought it resembled Luther, but you are right, it kind of also reminds me of Killing Eve. It makes sense since I thought Killing Eve was a bad version of Luther while watching it. Although I think the obsession the killer has for their pursuer in both Luther and Killing Eve is downplayed here.

It's listed on most Korean sites as an 8-episode show, Naver says it's 14 episodes, but they will probably add more episodes if it was successful.

I think participating in a program like King of Masked Singer is a proof that there are idols who want people to not judge them by their looks. Have you seen I Can See your Voice? There is a sentence almost everyone said on that show which is "He is too good looking, so he can't sing". No one (including good looking people) want to be judged by the way they look. If I were a good looking idol, I would've hated people complimenting my appearance and ignoring my skills. Women in general experience this more often, and I believe idols too don't want their looks to be the only thing people can compliment or criticize. No one likes to be someone who has nothing else to offer besides their looks.
I'm sorry you felt like I'm bsing you. I'm merely having a chat since I find the topic you brought up including your argument interesting. Not passing judgements whatsoever.

"they can't even see properly to do their best and hides their whole personality and facial expressions"
Yes, the first part of this statement is true, it was restricting and is considered a handicap, but fighting with JongKook without being able to rip his nametag was already a bigger disadvantage. It wasn't a fair game to begin with, and no matter how they did well, only four of them are allowed to win, which is unfair, but seriously, since when Running Man was fair? They think of a seemingly fun concept, they try it out and leave it to the members to keep it fair. Do you realize that if they were really taking the competition seriously on Running Man, JongKook would've won almost all the episodes? But he keeps passing by the other members and giving them "chances" which happened to the Golden Child member so many times on this very episode, JongKook literally passed by one of them when he was basically trapped in a room and pretended he didn't see him so that he would have more screen time.

Their faces don't hold their personality, I could tell how their personality is just by watching how they behave. I have a friend who is insecure about how she is perceived when people look at her face because she looks arrogant, people don't really give her a chance to prove them wrong and it's really depressing her because "the personality that shows on her face" makes it easier for people to make assumption about how she behaves and they are usually wrong. To tell you the truth, I too judge people based on how they look without me realizing. "He is concerned about his looks, he must be boring, I must ignore him while watching this episode and zone out every time he is on" is something a lot of people who aren't fans of idols would think of while watching an episode with an idol guest. Masks help get rid of this prejudices.

"This is basically done so they can reduce the cost they pay them since they'll get little to no screen time despite their active participation."
This statement isn't remotely true because guests and regular members are paid per episode (+reruns) not per minute of screen time. The appearance fees are decided before the episode and the amount depends on whether you were invited or just dropped by while they were filming (in which case you might get a small amount as a token of gratitude) and your popularity status which is usually negotiated before the episode, along with the theme of the episode in case it doesn't suit them (so they were told that they would be masked) and who the other guests are (in case someone isn't on good terms with the other). Imagine working a whole day not knowing if you would get $10 or $100! Would someone actually do that? King of Masked Singer, one of the most beloved TV shows in Korea, uses the same technique, except that the better you do on King of The Mask Singer the longer you keep your mask on which would be "crueler" if your statement was true, since the winner isn't "getting more screen time therefore more work with no extra money" despite doing so well. Guests aren't paid per screen time, if that was the case, no one would ever guest on Running Man, because they would be working harder than any other show but they would be getting a lot less screen time per episode since the Running Man members are far more experienced than them in hogging screen time, and even if they were paid per minute, participating with or without a mask on will get them the same amount of money, since their minutes with mask on would be counted as well. In this particular episode, the idols had more screen time than the regular members, they only showed the regular members alone when they were receiving the mission, and when they were briefly talking to each other, the rest of the footage is of them following an idol or talking to them. And believe it or no, paying idols of rising groups who aren't well established will not break their budget. The cost of having Running Man members or 2D1N members in the future episodes is a lot more than that, if "the cost of having guests without masks on" was an issue, they would've saved more money covering the faces of the 2D1N members.

and he thought she was insane because she was talking to herself when he is the one sleeping with a statue.

I love how the rest of Running Man members are casually "guesting" on the show without introduction or explanation. It's just like whoever has time can play.