[2013 Best Variety Show] "The Genius" Official Thread (Entire Season Subbed)

[MeroKani]

Very interesting show.

What were the ratings and the general reception in Korea? I may have missed it, but it did not seem to generate buzz outside korea (knew about it after finding this thread), so I am wondering how well it worked there.

 

Does an equivalent show exist somewhere else in the world?

I wonder what the PDs have cited as inspiration. It reminds me of animes like Kaiji especially the voice off to explain the progression in the game.

actually the narration in this show was the best thing. They made stories through the games and kept the suspense very high (Good editing with awesome choice of background music)

 

We can always argue, but some games look like gambling (indian poker for example). Gambling is kind of illegal in Korea. How did they go through?

 

i really now wonder who will be the guests in season 2.

No Hong Chul is the best choice. i don't know much about infinity challenge, but he has this solid reputation for playing tricks in the most well know variety show.

I saw him on god of victory and another show with idols. He acted very goofy, it was strange for me knowing his reputation.

 

There will be at least one idol in the cast.

I really would like to see SNSD's Seohyun. Her being upright will create some interesting moments.

Otherwise except for BEG's members I don't see other girl group members fit into that type of play.

I would support SISTAR's Dasom though. I saw her broadcasts of Happy Together and she is entertaining interacting with others.

For males I can think of Nickhun and shinhwa.

What are your thoughts?

I have not started to think for musicians and actors.

 

 

[MeroKani]

1% is good for cable. Is Jinho the same guy that appeared in Introducing a star's friend? I remember a starcraft player appearing with SNSD's Sooyoung and Tiffany. If my memory serves me right, the guy had 600 000 fans at that time. In The Genius they were speaking about 190 000 fans nowadays. I don't remember if it was really him, but the first segment in that show is absolutely hilarious. They ask the friend to do silly actions before entering the studio.

 

I found Jinho's twitter, but he had around 11000( ?) followers. I was surprised. Even Poong has more followers.

 

 

 

I am not surprised they want to do simpler games next time. Among the cast I have only found that Kim Gura, Lee Sang Min, Hong Jinho, Sunggyu and Kim Kyung Ran were interesting for the games.

 

Kim Kyung Ran because she had convictions and was outspoken.

 

Too bad Kim Gura did not show more enthusiasm. He was good nevertheless.

 

I exclude Lee jun Seok, since he appeared only on one episode.

 

Maybe the Pd’s remark shows that they had to help some of the members to find a strategy. For the game on the cards to form the best formula I have found weird they came up with different strategies (signs and figures), although they were altogether when they found the trick.

 

 

When there are a lot of people, simpler games could be stll fun for the second season. And to be honest they spent a lot of time with all the animations to present the games. They even introduced a recap of the rules in the later episodes.

 

 

Death matches were less interesting. Can they try to postpone them at the beginning of the next episode? It is still good it exists. It is better than people voting against each other. And choosing his or her opponent is daebak.

 

 

 

[MeroKani]

The main music for the ones interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAH43-XiMCM

I think Jinho can become a TV personality. If he is not offered anything, I suppose he will be casted again in the second season of The Genius.

 

I had a look at the number of views of the subbed videos on Youtube. I thought it would have more hits and be more popular. I would be interested in knowing what made people drop the show.

[MeroKani]

I liked it at first. Seemed interesting. Had some clever ideas.

 

But then my hatred of Kim Gura and boredom set in. I have a huge backlog of Korean variety stuff to get through as well. Can see why people would like this if your into the whole Big Brother/Survivor alliances and backstabbing and whatnot though.

Thank you for answering my question.

I guess it is important to like the guests. In the later episodes they said they were the "guinea pigs" and a lot of celebrities approached them to get some tips for a second season. I hope they will get higher profiles for the guests.

Personally I have seen the episodes differently . i did not really feel the alliances, for me it was more like a game people play and they decide to collaborate or play individually if it suits their interest. It is game theory in economics with actors using different strategies. In the end they never tried to optimize the factor money by playing collaboratively. People were too anxious to survive and get the immunity. Maybe next time they will announce what the death match is, so that people can try to collaborate more, because they know they can win the death match

 

I don't expect Seohyun to win, but she will be interesting. On the other people will be reluctant to choose her for a death match. I mean other guests know the importance of a SNSD member in a show. So she can survive a few episodes. I think Ji Seok Jin can be an interesting cast member. He is a veteran, can adapt to the situation, even it makes him give up the spotlight and in running man he seems to have some good ideas like tricking Gary or the idea of the show itself if I remember and understand correctly what Haha said in an SBS award ceremony. 

[MeroKani]

I was looking for information about season 2 of Genius, which is supposed to arrive in November (is it delayed?).

i found that instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JaEyYBS8RU 

international trailer, but it seems more like a marketing video to sell the show to other TV networks.

Where does the 27.3 ratings come from? is it among cable networks?

[MeroKani]

Thank you for your hard word, I'm starting to watch this season because i discover season 3 today but already saw the 3 episodes so... hehe

don't worry. you can start season 1 now; There is no continuity.

Well season 3 players reference season 2 players' and their behavior, but that is about it.

S1 E7 is certainly the best episode and you can skip season 2. To be exact there were events that make me lose interest in the plays. That was an intriguing Human Comedy, but not really sufficient to keep me entertained.