Television Physical 100 (Netflix)

I enjoyed the series but wish there had been a few changes... for a start a separate series for women in their own events - it wasn't fair in the strength challenges (I loved rooting for the underdog teams).

I'd also have had the final (and indeed perhaps other rounds) in a table type format so e.g. 4 different games you get points in each. Otherwise it's not fair if you've got amazing speed and stamina but it's a strength round. You're not going to find the 'ultimate' body if some people are automatically disadvantaged based on the type of game so that's why I'd prefer a table format.
 
Coxy said:
I enjoyed the series but wish there had been a few changes... for a start a separate series for women in their own events - it wasn't fair in the strength challenges (I loved rooting for the underdog teams).

I'd also have had the final (and indeed perhaps other rounds) in a table type format so e.g. 4 different games you get points in each. Otherwise it's not fair if you've got amazing speed and stamina but it's a strength round. You're not going to find the 'ultimate' body if some people are automatically disadvantaged based on the type of game so that's why I'd prefer a table format.
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My thinking exactly
 
Massive Spanner said:
it's good fun, Korean's are so nice and polite. I can't imagine I'd enjoy it as much if it was full of similar Americans and Brits!

feck sake though the constant repeating of little scenes is incredibly annoying.
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Can you just imagine 100 wannabe Conor McGregors on a show like this...
 
Admiration for their physical endeavours and the great camaraderie they built with each other, but overall, thought it was a really dull watch. The constant replays and cutting to get every contestants thoughts on even the most inconsequential moments, was an absolute chore to sit through. The replays in particular made what was already a very mediocre spectacle from an entertainment perspective, even less satisfying as you rarely got to actually witness the conclusion of a task, without an endless stream of replays and going back in time to build suspense type montages.
 
Just finished this. Agree that it should’ve been some sort of points based thing because some people lucked out getting far because they suited certain things and then got carried in the team games.

The constant replays and woahing of course could be done without :lol:
 
Found this weirdly addictive. My kids fecking loved it. No idea why. It’s objectively quite shite but somehow compelling. I think the fact they all seem like quite nice/chill people was the main reason. Don’t think it would work anything like as well with a load of overly competitive, bitchy Europeans.
 
The round with the 4 different challenges (running chase, holding the boulder overhead, rope climb, and obstacle course) pretty much ensured that there would be no women in the final 4.
 
Watching the new season - lot's of Koreans are too honourable for their own good. In the one-on-ones, if I were to choose, I'd shamelessly choose the tiniest opponent
 
How wholesome to read that Amotti shared winnings with Hong Beom Seok
 
Glorio said:
Watching the new season - lot's of Koreans are too honourable for their own good. In the one-on-ones, if I were to choose, I'd shamelessly choose the tiniest opponent
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Yeah it's nice though. I was constantly thinking how irritating a US one would be in comparison. Everyone in this is so respectful and encouraging of each other.
 
Glorio said:
Watching the new season - lot's of Koreans are too honourable for their own good. In the one-on-ones, if I were to choose, I'd shamelessly choose the tiniest opponent
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Enjoyed season one but couldn’t handle season two. It was always repetitive but they’re taking the piss now. At least 50% of the content should have been discarded.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Enjoyed season one but couldn’t handle season two. It was always repetitive but they’re taking the piss now. At least 50% of the content should have been discarded.
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Hard to argue. I fast forwarded a fair few bits
 
This show could be 15 minutes per episode. It's maddeningly repetitive but I'm worse for wanting to watch it!

Damn you Koreans (wait...) for your addictive televisual habits.
 
Watched the first season, a few episodes into the second season... Just wanted to say I feel sorry for the women. I understand that often people want inclusion and not seperation, but a lot of these tasks even the roided women dont have much of a chance against the men, plenty of whom are also juicing and are just 1.5 or 2 times the size. Theres a reason for weight divisions in combat sports. So yeah I want to root for the teams that pick multiple women to give them a chance, but then they show the task and unsurprisingly its a mistake. So I would like to see them do more tasks that are more focused on speed, agility, technique and flexability to even things up. The only part I can remember seeing so far where the women werent just dumped into a male favoured task were the bodyweight tasks where you just have to hold your own weight for a prolonged period. Thats a good one for them.

Also the show is clearly very edited to add drama and make the team or persion who is going to lose look like they were doing decently for a while, regardless of whether that actually happened.
 
Ekeke said:
Watched the first season, a few episodes into the second season... Just wanted to say I feel sorry for the women. I understand that often people want inclusion and not seperation, but a lot of these tasks even the roided women dont have much of a chance against the men, plenty of whom are also juicing and are just 1.5 or 2 times the size. Theres a reason for weight divisions in combat sports. So yeah I want to root for the teams that pick multiple women to give them a chance, but then they show the task and unsurprisingly its a mistake. So I would like to see them do more tasks that are more focused on speed, agility, technique and flexability to even things up. The only part I can remember seeing so far where the women werent just dumped into a male favoured task were the bodyweight tasks where you just have to hold your own weight for a prolonged period. Thats a good one for them.

Also the show is clearly very edited to add drama and make the team or persion who is going to lose look like they were doing decently for a while, regardless of whether that actually happened.
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Yeah I've always thought throughout both seasons that everything weight based should be based on their own bodyweight.
 
Needs a lot more variety in the challenges, maybe some water-based to give the aquatic “bodies” a fighting chance and some high-low challenges that are brutal on the taller and heavier contestants. And if they insist on not separating the sexes, give the 100 some brutal agility tasks that naturally benefit the women and very small guys. There should also be challenges that test the torso and/or legs more; rowers, bicyclists and so forth don’t get many opportunities to fully display their natural benefits.

Second season felt like they built the set, and by God were they gonna use it! Which made for it feeling more samey than the first.

Was thinking issues with body dismorphia would prevent this being picked up by Western countries.
 
Fortitude said:
Needs a lot more variety in the challenges, maybe some water-based to give the aquatic “bodies” a fighting chance and some high-low challenges that are brutal on the taller and heavier contestants. And if they insist on not separating the sexes, give the 100 some brutal agility tasks that naturally benefit the women and very small guys. There should also be challenges that test the torso and/or legs more; rowers, bicyclists and so forth don’t get many opportunities to fully display their natural benefits.

Second season felt like they built the set, and by God were they gonna use it! Which made for it feeling more samey than the first.

Was thinking issues with body dismorphia would prevent this being picked up by Western countries.
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A fairer way to do it would be to have everyone do challenges for each 'strength', so some heavy lifting, some running, some endurance, some agility, etc... and whoever has the best average score wins. But that doesn't make good TV.
 
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