Liar game 3

However, because we see both the show and the "backstage" events, I sometimes feel this weird clash of styles. This is a drama and, obviously, is shot and scripted like a drama. However, dramas actually use a lot of tropes and shortcuts, perfectly enunciated, easy to follow dialogue, efficient editing, symbolism, etc.

Usually we don't notice them because we are used to these kinds of story-telling conventions. However, now you tell me these characters are on a tv show and we are seeing behind the tv show I'm sitting there thinking, how are we watching Da-Jung and Woo-Jin have this conversation? Where's the camera? Why is everything so polished? It's like I want there to be a clear contrast in style when we're switching from the game show to our characters' reality.

If they were really being strict about the division between the "show" and "reality" they would have to use more of a documentary style or "found footage" where we see the B-side of game shows tapes or something. Not that I actually want the drama to do that by any means. It's just sometimes I get this weird feeling that what I'm watching somehow feels fake.

I've seen dramas about actors or people making a show before, like King of Dramas, where there wasn't this weird dissonance going on, so I'm not sure what's causing it. Is it just me, or does anyone else get this feeling too?

It's just me, isn't it? Yes, there are moments when i think "Is the game show taping this conversation? Are there hidden microphones in every corner of every room of every building? Are liar games cameras in the CCTV? Is there selective editing going on with the drama's writer as well as with the liar game PD? I think I understand this, as I have had some of the same questions.

I can completely see why someone would feel like that although I don't feel like that myself. For me it feels more like a manga or a comic book where even the 'reality' feels stylized. But it's a familiar feeling because of so many movies and shows that come out of those backgrounds. This drama gives me the same feeling I had when I watched Secret. The plot is totally engaging but I just want to pull my hair out because the female lead character is such a noble idiot.

Even if she wins the 10 million dollars, she'd probably end up being broke or back in debt because she would have given all her money away to anybody who gave her a sob story. I don't like the fact the geek girl is supposed to be a boy like in manga and j-version Ahh i miss funghi and akiyama sama! Thanks for the recap, HeadsNo2. Am really enjoying this drama. You touched on this but I find it fascinating that as a viewer, I really only trust one person in the drama and that's Da Jung.

It's honestly a great feeling, especailly since in most media TV, film, books, from any country , you always have characters you trust, and characters you don't. Here, I'm suspicious of everyone and protective of Da Jung!

And I don't think that says Da Jung is written badly. I find her compelling mostly because she stays so principled I prefer that to naive haha in the face of all the bad that has happened to her. Idk, I find her to be a strong female character in that she knows where she stands on things, and can always empathize with or find the good in someone.

There's a risk of a character like that being played dumb. It's been great to watch so far! Completely agree with your 3rd paragraph! If I were Da Jung, I would really have liked to trust Teacher Hyun — and I might have, especially because of the whole trusted-authority-who-once-"saved"-me factor. Though I probably wouldn't have, given the point of the show is to lie It's not that Teacher Hyun or others are inherently untrustworthy; it's that in people and their choices, sometimes the good wins out and sometimes the bad does.

And Da-Jung is committed to believing in the good winning out, and also practicing that in her own self. The fact that I watch Korean variety and reality shows makes this show extra-appealing.

Plus the acting on the side characters' parts like the anxious guy, and the lawyer so far has been commendably natural. My favourite part in this ep and the last ep is Woo-Jin's comfortable, familiar interaction with Da-Jung. He makes actual eye contact with her! He was somewhat stiff at one point during this episode, but understandably so, because that was when he was trying to keep a distance from her.

So sick of actors who play out the emotionally unavailable, "cold city man" stereotype chaebols especially by acting all buttoned-up and constipated next to the girl. I think it lends a character more depth when they're socially normal as opposed, say, a weird rich hermit with OCD , because the emotional stuff is buried way, way deeper under a facade of normality.

As a fan of the manga and someone who has found the J-Drama a little too over the top, I'm really enjoying the liberties that the Korean version has taken with the source material.

I mean, the games are similar, the outcome of the games are similar as well, but I am starting to view Da-jung and Woo-jin as separate characters from Kanzaki Nao and Akiyama I think the drama becomes more interesting to watch once the manga is seen as an inspiration for the drama, rather than the drama being an adaptation of it.

I like the whole PD-Doyoung interaction which the manga didn't have as well! But it would be nice to see them actually trying to guess what Woo-jin's next move would be, something which the manga had!

Am trying not to reread the manga so I can be 'surprised' by the outcome of the games! Can't wait for the rest of the episodes! Did they make Fukunaga a female here?? Thank you for mentioning the PD character! I really like that light-grayish savvy person of integrity around all the rather flat corrupt and scheming people.

It's mostly in the little details and just how fascinating the characters are to watch. I would also like to see more of Do-young's evilness. So far he just seems manipulative and just enjoying the game as everyone tries to one up each other.

I wonder what he really is after I'll echo what you said - very enjoyable even though the rules re: the prize money are more than a little convoluted, and you could see the outcome of the this game from miles away. Disappointed to have the female antagonist lay her cards on the table before all the votes were in.

Rookie mistake and so the victory for our hero underwhelmed me. Did like how they visually demonstrated the logic of the one versus three team outcomes. Cast is very enjoyable -- I think I've seen the female PD -- the one who spoke contemptuously to Da Jung in the 1st episode -- before in a supporting role in something recent but Asian Wiki doesn't list her in anything that I've seen. I have a question for the people who read the manga. Was DJ really that naive and selfless?

Did she really just give the money away to the teacher even if she had debts to pay? Was there really a similarity between DJ and WJ's mom? She's naive and selfless because she thinks there is a way for every contestant to "win" in the game - if they don't betray each other and if they don't succumb to greed in order to gain more money. In later rounds of the game, she wanted to win so that she could save the other players - she will use the prize money to cover for their debts.

The winner has to return half of the prize money in order to quit the game altogether, but since she is using the prize money to cover the debts of the other contestants then she had to proceed to the next round. But the female lead did not incur any debts herself too, she wanted to save everyone and that includes herself. I find that she is pretty smart in terms that while she doesn't come up with any of the really great schemes and falls for peoples lies she is pretty smart and understands many complex theories without explanation.

I'm enjoying the show. Yay for Kim So-Eun. Like others here, I too wish the rules regarding the money were explained better.

Even with that complaint, this show has quickly become one of my favorites this year. I'm so hooked on it. I've already seen Episode 4 so I have to be careful not to leave comments relevant to that episode in this recap I like the show well enough but a lot of elements seem messier, like they've stuffed too much in and not given time for the audience to digest some of the important bits of information.

I also feel that the characters don't seem to take their debts seriously, it just seems that the stakes if you lose aren't as dire as they were in the jversion which in turn means there is less tension going on making the episodes feel a little flat. Especially in regards to the actual games.

It seems this is more focused on the intrigues behind the scenes of the liar game rather than the liar game itself. I also prefer nao as I feel she had more of an innocence to her whereas the female lead here has more street smarts which works in some areas but fails in others. I do like how the male lead here is shown working things out and even voicing his concerns, but he doesn't seem as infallible as akiyama was and I'm not sure whether that's a good or a bad thing just yet.

I hear what you're saying. The debt being owned to a weird bunch of people in some hidden warehouse is way more dangerous than the debt being owed to a seemingly up-and-up radio station.

After all, what is JVN going to do with its debtors Would be a strange twist if the station goes offing contestants or cutting off fingers. I definitely hope the character stories don't take over too much.

I liked going into each episode of the J-version anticipating a puzzle. Here it seems as if there will be episodes dedicated to non-puzzles. Not liking that "seeming" but it's possible that we won't get too much makjang. I had thought they would frame the tv show in a dystopian world so kind of like if there had been tv in the book But it didn't do that and instead the station is concerned over what it can and cannot broadcast which kind of sucks the shock factor out of it all.

I hope that there are dark going's on within the tv station like you say because at the moment TV show setting just seems to be a way to take the mystery out of the liar game which is a little sad.

I hope also that they do their own puzzles and they're not all the same as the Jversion. Agree with you, the stakes are really very low compared to the J-version, you don't feel scared for the contestants at all, I think making the Liar Game organisation a live reality show had it's advantages and disadvantages, viewers including me felt it's something new and fresh to make the organisation a reality game show but now you realize it is completely taking away the shock factor that you want to feel.

Even so I wish the drama does well because I really love KSY and she deserves to have a hit show, so far the ratings are not helping her.

IA I was so interested to see a kind of big brother style version of liar game. They could have really pushed the "always watching you" angle and made it even more darker by having it framed in a kind of style world where people get kicks out of seeing people deceive and cause suffering to others.

But it's all pretty light and there have been no down side to being filmed all the time, none of the contestants seem to mind. I honestly hope it amps up the stakes and make it more shocking. His mask has a long moustache. He also appear in Round IV along with Leronira, Solario and Forli, they are viewing the surveillance camera instead of hosting as the host is Alsab.

He looks similar to the previous hosts, except his mask has a sun on his right eye. He hosts Revival Round II via a television , and seems to already know the backgrounds of players he hasn't seen before. Unlike Nearco, he is quickly interested in Nao when she realizes the objective of Revival Round II before he expected. He also appear in Round IV along with Leronira, Nearco and Forli, they are viewing the surveillance camera instead of hosting as the host is Alsab.

His clothes are a bit scraggly-looking, and his mask resembles the facepaint of a clown in the Renaissance , with long, oval markings on each of his masks' eyes and its mouth. His hair also stands out quite a bit. He also appear in Round IV along with Leronira, Nearco and Solario, they are viewing the surveillance camera instead of hosting as the host is Alsab. He roots for Akiyama and Nao.

He tends to fall completely for all of Akiyama's plans, even though he's not involved in them and he knows all the rules of the game. He also gives the rules with a bit more style and flair than some of the other Round Officers. Compared to the other, more stoic hosts, Forli is more "goofy," responding "even I was fooled" when he realizes that Akiyama's Ushriki circuit is a lie. She has long dark hair, but instead of a mask, she wears sunglasses and some bandages around her mouth to cover her face.

She is the person-in-charge of Yokoya. Liar Game was adapted into a live action series directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama , Ayako Taiboku , and began airing in Japan on April 14, Liar Game was overall 11 episodes long, with its finale 3 hours long, which is a first for a drama series.

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April 23, On another episode of how stupid Nao can be, we see her get fooled by the same people again. Akiyama saves the day. Honestly she'd be homeless by now if it wasn't for him. Bastante adictiva la lectura de este juego :. At first I was disappointed with the volume. Nao continued to be a waste of space as she trusts the two people who have already deceived her and what a surprise she is tricked yet again.

We begin this volume with her having the opportunity of quitting the liar game. She doesn't. To give her credit, her reasons for not doing so are loyal and brave, but very stupid. The character that gives the series its flavour is not seen until halfway through the book.

But when he is seen, god it all becomes better. As the two get pulled deeper into increasingly difficult levels of the game, it gradually becomes clear that their participation was far from coincidental. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. User reviews 6 Review. Top review. Its Okay, but don't deserve rating more than 7. Its watchable I guess. I don't quite like the acting, it seemed forced and unnatural. The main character is supposed to be naive, trusting and easily deceived.

Because of this, the dialogue sometimes repeat a lot because the main character is not quick witted to understand the deception.

This sometimes get irritating and stretch a one minute scene to five minutes. Its an okay series, but I don't think it deserve rating more than 7. For fan of its manga, probably worth a watch.

My expectation was high, but it turns out just an okay watch.