I love it. I absolutely love it positively.
Liar Game premiere earlier this week on cable channel TVN, an intriguing premise, solid production team and boasting a winning combination of actors, I would be a perfect storm have not necessarily tied the minute of Success she came along, but it all comes together with a surprising degree of talent. This is perhaps one of my favorite things about this premiere, apart from almost all other: Everything just works . It's just good television
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EPISODE 1 :. "500 million Won Game Part 1"
nobody ever trust
This is what a bespectacled teacher writes on the board for its class (in English) as he translated for additional emphasis: "never trust anyone never trust anyone ...."
Why, he asks? because men are born liars. according to him, the average person is two hundred is a listening day and if its students do not believe him, he does it to prove with a tally counter in hand.
He asks questions that a simple yes or no, and in this case by a student raise their hands when the statements are spoken for them. things like whether they deceived checks or stolen can be answered money and immediately, the teacher is able to determine exactly who will not be by studying telltale changes in their behavior before, when to avoid the truth.
Click. Click on. Every time he catches a student in a lie, is the tally counter top, and upwards and upwards.
Meanwhile, the police are out in force to catch a man who has slipped from their grasp before too many times. Judging by their number, they are not taking any chances. ? Is that the school rushing into it
It only takes a minute and a little math for the teacher enough lies to Tally to prove his point, he repeated in English: "So, never ... trust. .. someone. "
This, he says, is that in his last lecture he wanted to give them to his students. The students have no idea had this was his last lecture Whisper confused with each other when the teacher turns his back on them and puts his hands behind his head. He knows what's coming.
"I killed someone," he says, before the police burst through the back door to arrest him. never .. someone trust
A year later
Hapless and hurried, NAM DA JUNG ( Kim so-eun ) finds himself at war with their conscience if they so bad wants ask the friendly grandmother to ignore for directions but found anyway back doubling.
it is as lost as her grandmother, when it wrote down the directions on a torn page calendar comes, although it helps the grandmother large bag without complaint wheel. We all know what it feels like to be in their shoes.
When they near the target (ish), Da-jung agrees the woman to see the bags while she goes to the ladies room. elapse long minutes, and although the grandmother did not reappear Da-jung is still waiting faithfully with their bags, even if the friend she was in such a hurry to make calls to ask what the take so long.
Da-jung tries to explain her situation, but her friend is much more frivolous than Da-jung sense of social responsibility-when the grandmother left something is important so worried, why doesn 't they check the bag
it does, and is not expect what they found: Money. The entire bag is filled with stacks and stacks of cash.
Meanwhile mysteriously preppy television presenter KANG DO YOUNG ( Shin Sung-rok ) with a world view of his show results not dissimilar to never, trust anybody tell teachers as the goal of his show is by pitting them against a enormous sum of money.
To illustrate his point, Do-young is exposed for the camera and gesturing grandly on the cubic ton of dollar bills for the right candidate just waiting. For while the people are doing the money
Speaking of dollar bills, Da-jung looks positively terrified when she poured the contents of the bag in her grandmother cramped apartment out to count the total. Five hundred million won, or half a million dollars.
, the idea of money is tempting, if the only on Da-jung posted in the calendar things due dates for bills, but they can not be them entertained for long, and decided to return the money to its owner. .. somehow.
But this does not mean that they can not only enjoy a little bit because it is not every day you get on a pile of money to sleep , "I'll take it to the police as soon as the sun comes up," she says, before cuddling for the night.
A debt collector gives her a rude awakening the next morning, and Da-young shoots out of bed hastily stuff the money in the bag, while the debt collector shooting a reminder that she has two more days to pay it. "Oh, is that right?" He asks, really ask. Haha.
How to make a child petulant demands of his mother, the debt collector, JO DAL-GOO ( Jo Jae-yun ), asks Da-jung to feed him. Apparently he got to their use in the preparation of breakfast, the weirdly kind is adorable. I'm a man-child take each day debt collectors over the usual way.
Da-jung attempts only to scare him make him more suspicious, and it's like he can sound of money inside realize how he leaves a spare key when using sniffing out.
With a stack of cash still visible under her bed as-jung thinks fast and pretends to be in a state of undress, so they can justify chasing Dal goo from. At least he cares enough keeping them from a picture frame their clamping and her father to him
section to (?). Da-jung incredibly unimpressed face as Dal- Goo chows make on the Ramyun it for him ended down. Hah. Dal-goo TSKS about the possible temporary jobs they circled in the newspaper then, and advises her to get a real job. I love these two already.
haveWhen she asks how Dal Goo her spare keys found, he says a few tricks from his fellow prisoner during his last prison stint picked that was so incredibly smart that he d read 'books upside down for Challenge. Reading usually arrived just too easy for him. He also had a spell ". People are complex beings, that's why they are so simple animals"
After a round of siblings as bickering, Da-jung uses the first opportunity they may be the last sneaking stack of banknotes in the suitcase which had thus already taken Dal-goo noted.
it's pretty obvious how to sneak the bag from the attempts front door with it, and Dal-goo expression sharpens immediately when he asks if it within money.
da-young can not come up with a feasible excuse or lie, so she instead makes a run for it, pull the case behind her. They make it in a taxi away to steal after biting hand Dal-Goo to free himself, but he is nothing if not persistent as he pulls her side to try and whereof ye hold of the money to the police assume that they will be treated like a criminal.
We have now in prison read head but CHA WOO-jin ( Lee Sang-Yoon ) that "never should find trust anyone" teachers from the outset and Dal-goo former inmate. He called someone-is to make it be released?
Outside the police station, Dal-goo has what they do a death grip on the suitcase as he tries desperately to talk from Da-jung on. He argued that you had wanted the money, whether it is pulled all the way to her house, she does not deny, can not deny that it felt good on a pile of money to sleep.
that's all the reason Dal-goo there need to take care of themselves would, as he was-young with all the things temps that money could do: to pay their debts, their rent, her lessons. What reason is there not to take it?
"How can I?" Da-jung, tears in his eyes asked. "How would I sleep soundly after that?" For them, the loss of this money would be enough, the grandmother and her family to ride in the same kind of debt that has landed her where she is today.
You know exactly what would happen, that-the children of the grandmother to give up on their dreams, would, as he had to. That she would live to fight every day to earn a few cents, which is not always enough, as useless as water pouring into a broken glass.
your belief is let go enough Dal goo to make, but what none of them notice is that someone is watching. A phone in the trunk hidden suddenly ringing that answers Da-jung.
Then, a robotic voice and / or a robot on the other end tells her she has chosen as a candidate for a reality show called Liar Game, where they could win up to ten million dollars.
Dal-goo, listen carefully overheard them the robot prompt to press 1 if you want to keep half a million dollars in his hand, and he expresses it for them.
Da-jung tries to make the command will be canceled as a policeman approaches to wonder what the problem is, so that both they and nervous to go Dal-goo stiff. They do not know the officer TV presenter Kang Do-young, until he betrays with a grin:
Do-young to hold his hand, and the instant, since "Welcome to the Liar Game." -jung shakes it, a camera crew surrounding them.
, it turns out Woo-jin not to be released was called, but a service to the detective ... something to do only he can do. He left with an alleged criminal who passed the polygraph test, but Woo-jin knows better, the moment when he raises the man a look, and puts together, every little detail it is in a complete and terrifying true picture the criminal sees.
Not only that, he thought to get in a position even the slightest facial tic in a fully the criminals made interpret to use an impressive round of questions and his uncanny ability to get to the kidnapping a little girl confess. Wow.
The detective who asked Woo-jin execute the query looks on with a satisfied smile, calls Woo-jin "a human lie detector." Is not that the truth.
is guided gathered Da-jung before a live audience in the studio for Liar Game recording of Do-young and his devilish smile. She admits she is not sure if she is dreaming or not, which I doubt, is metaphorical, she seems rather shellshocked.
They introduced the audience to help with a video of her grandmother, who. The show was hired Actress The whole reason Da-jung is now a candidate because she was the only one she held to help when everyone else was probably happy would only help by out to the money. [1945009[
Do-young also cited, waited as da-young 6 hours for the grandmother as another virtue of their return, and also agrees with what little they stutter as their base of can be for recording house that night as completely understandable the money.
that and made their attempt, the money the next morning is back, which put da-jung in the same line as forty other candidates who 'have it on the show that Da-jung-surprised they thought it was the end of the game.
"this is not the end," Do-young answers. "It is only the beginning." To win the first round and the price of one million dollars, they would have to deceive another party. She is uneasy with this idea and stammers that she does not think she would be just clever enough to fool someone else.
Do-young this information to others to the television audience yet virtue of Da-jung, but his mention of the last ten million in prize money are Da-jung break. Since the wheels turning in her head, Do-young for the people to vote their dilemma brings: Have to watch play their game, or they give up see
after the show wraps, Da-jung to demand approaches PD LEE YOON JOO-that they are completely cut off part of the show. PD Lee praises to be a good person, but not for math-even to be good, if they gained nothing, the money that would make for only appear in a sequence would be more than would make it in months of regular work.
Even so, Da-jung, she says to deceive someone else is not, money wants to accept. That's when PD Lee scoffs, insinuating that her goody two-shoes nature there is reason why is Da-young, where she is in life now. And that is not very far
.: Da-jung "You have a right to do that right now to say to me. They are young, handsome, in able and you will probably earn a lot more money than me. But do not think that's because you did your best, and I did not. it is simply because the world that you were much more friendly to her in life, as it was for me. "Da-jung rooms at its part-time from the coffee shop job the next day no longer ask
to stop, as long as they would in have their current meager rate work to half a million dollars.
While fretting over five thousand won (five US dollars), the missing suddenly gone from the bank, claiming a customer to have found it and Da-jung to see him as their old high school teacher recognize.
He had once helped her in a similar situation at school, and had his own money then uses Face Da-jung save to help when bullied class had wrongly accused of theft. She is worried that what he has done today again and hands the bill, he claimed, have to again "found" him.
They and their teachers share stories of their sad family situations and common debt, only for Da-jung completely out of the blue, when their teacher is all is not it funny that we in the first round in competition against each other?
He shows her the chart to prove it, and tried to convince them think the game just to participate, if they won the prize money might run out of debt collectors to stop would her father and finally come home.
If da-young competition has reservations with him, teachers Hyun asserted that it is actually better , because there they'll be against the show upward like Teaming. He will deliberately lose, so that they can win, and they will split the prize money. Eeek. This guy stinks skeeze.
Since Liar Game Network was on the brink of bankruptcy staggers, Do-young and PD Lee called to explain how they can show host a ten million dollar payout promising in a press conference.
Do-young doing almost well fields questions, claiming that the show was his idea, the network-not to mention the secret investors to revive that have made the prize money reality.
a reporter, it is not to buy, and calls Do-young from playing for both sides, as it is not so interesting to be able to see the network, as he claims, and accuses him of trying to increase to buy the credit ratings of the network of all them except.
he agrees because he does not know who not as money. To prove his point (without saying, that's what he does, which is absurd), he says that to which news organization that writes an article about Liar Game and reap the most hits, giving them half a million dollars worth of advertising charges.
do-boy even adds that the products do not have to be positive, they only have to be popular and behold, Liar Game is on any screen, at any newsstand, and each computer screen through the next day. Do-young bought advertising. And it is awesome .
While on her way to work the next morning, Da-jung on teachers Hyun listing thinks until she thinks sees them under the Quantity her father ... but she was just seeing things.
Dal-goo affection for Da-jung is clear when defending their lack of payments to his boss, but is silenced when his job is under threat for him. He can not hold it, if he does not Da-jung to make you pay, the aww.
He's still happy when they give him another Ramyun dinner that night, though her thoughts are still waiting for all their debts and how it could so easily get rid of them ...
During that night for the first round of recording, Do-young announced that although Da-jung yet expired and has to show up it in fourth place the online popularity of the survey show.
Much to everyone's delight (especially teachers Hyun), Da-jung makes a dramatic last-minute input. Do-young uses the event by making her change her mind, to disclose only for a flashback that had Da-jung did indeed so, it used PD Lee disclosing decided to delay for dramatic effect.
She had also convinced Da-jung to speak of her father when she had shown restraint, the Da-jung in the present program has the camera addressing from her father: "If I win the prize money, you won 't have to run because of the debt. We can live together. I will make sure that the prize money to win and get ... So you come home "
It's time for Do-young to explain the rules. will be any of the participants, a briefcase with a little more than ten thousand dollars to somehow cheat seven days money from the other candidates, using any method or steal if filled EXCEPT physical violence under the sun.
He makes it clear that it is not a matter of just keeping on your own cash, because the only way of , the to win by bar until the end of the period of seven days. Who does can win most stealing and lying to half a million dollars for the first round. Let the games begin.
Now, Da-jung decided to participate, PD Lee detailing gives it an enormous contract as they can not from here lose their prize money without losing. (Is this sympathy PD Lee feels?)
And after they learn from a robot that replacing or adding to the game fund with personal money is a strict no-no, Da-Jung calls teachers Hyun their to find out Schedule. It suggests that at least for now, that together they pool their money. What could go wrong?
Dal-dope could not be happier, has chosen that Da-jung to play the game, but he knows it will suck in theft and other out of their money cheat, he suggests they bring in an expert. It just so happens a master swindler knowing who will soon be released from prison ever ...
teachers Hyun ferrets Da-young and her money away that night her (dollars) to his "secret safe" to take in the bank. Granted, his excuse is legitimate because cataloged invoices of them prevents it is normally deposited.
He takes them through the whole process and even gives her the key to the safe, because he her that much familiar. Uh huh.
to That night, Da-jung caves buy into an expensive shirt for upcoming birthday of her father, as she now has hope that he'll be back her when she wins and pays his debts. Aw.
The program of the first recording plays on televisions everywhere, even in prison, but if Woo-jin happens to see on the screen, his eyes narrow, the second teacher Hyun appears. Ah ha
Do-young told the nation that had only two candidates for a surprise in their sums: Da-young, because it has now zero dollars, and teachers Hyun because he Stole it.
Woo-jin cellmates moaning poor Da-jung just too nice for the game was (and they tooootally knew), but Woo-jin did not have to watch more than one second, to conclude that they and teachers Hyun tried to deceive people about their relationship.
There is already shooting from Da-young, out, she had been deceived, what happens while buying their father a new shirt. They even after finding out her collapsing filmed on his knees in the bank that they sure teachers Hyun could not access without him there, and also all the times she thought she and teachers Hyun were filmed not . Woo-jin was of course directly broadcasted on them before the show there.
Da-jung embarrassment and shame is shown for the whole world to see, even as they Hyun home while his scum an occupant screams outside teacher turns happy drown out the music to her. Do-young and the rest of the Liar Game Team bask in the climbing scores.
Dal-goo tried a distraught Da-jung to comfort through their door, really mad at teachers Hyun on their behalf. He can not give up, even though it is ready to believe that everything that she needs the help of his genius trickster, and former inmate who has published tomorrow will.
And so, the next day, get woody jin finds waiting Da-young for him and extended his hand ...
COMMENTS
I always wondered what it would be on the opposite end of the spectrum, where just affecting adjustments because the experience of not familiar to be with the starting material of a drama / film / video game is new for me, and frankly pretty fun. It is not a state I get usually choose to be because no mean feat of mental gymnastics ever allows us to willfully forget the source material if care go into an adaptation, how much we are even, so I'm curious to see it with completely new eyes.
that is, even if I do not know how many fans of the original Japanese manga / Drama / Drama sequel / film / movie sequel / drama spin-off, there are among us, I know that compared versions in the early stages can be half the fun in the early stages. Again as I have never experienced life from the perspective of where all compared to the original is read as a spoiler, all I ask is that the principles of not is a sums killington apply. just resist the urge, a treatise on the end of the movie sequel manga drama spin-off to write twice removed, that's all.
This drama the jackpot like hitting as far as our character feels cake and eat our history, to (that's how it goes, right?), because I voted alone for the intriguing premise and remained on the same premise and , the cast of characters that are distributed so far on the map, which they themselves would be made interesting. But this show makes better because it loaded them in a shiny package offers the option-and why so surprising and fresh seems when it should be normal, I'm not quite sure. If I had to guess, it would be that Liar Game has figured out how to pack the excitement in single episode doses that force us somehow to want more. (Crazy, is not it?)
I also like how the drama will mark that would normally seem quite clichéd for a premise like this and makes it available as a direct result of the world to be, it is so carefully created-one that meets so close to home, it is knocking our door down. We have the poor heroine got entangled forced to deal with alone, but add a very human fallibility to her and you will receive Nam Da-jung in debt her father and the world.
In the same vein, we will receive a cold-on-the-outside heroes with a genius intellect and a superhuman gift no one else possesses, but if we add in the fact that he might have, y ' know killed someone -or- at least one trust complex has from his LITERALLY arises not good to see the people we get someone like amazingly mysterious as Cha Woo-jin able.
And that's not even the most sensitive to mention Geldeintreiber depending or the eloquent modern Mephistopheles offers Faustian bargain with a side of soul searching and national disgrace. He does not have the exact capacity Woo-jin, but there is no doubt that Do-young to have a gift when it comes to reading people, they play and enjoy it, but we can not him for his denounce forces of evil when he on his conscience as our hero (so far) got a less corpse, or because he the art of knowing exactly Refinement what he does when he to it in a lucrative career do. Each character we've seen so far in its products an unfair one thing in common shares system, it is only a question of who knows how to play the game.
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