I really didn't expect that I would analyze a competitive reality show from the perspective of a game

In the past two years, Korean dramas and Korean movies include Korean variety shows and Korean boy and girl group Kpop, which are really popular around the world.

It can be said that the two highlights of Netflix at the beginning of this year are both Korean productions.

First of all, "Dark Glory", broadcast on New Year's Eve, is enough to see Netflix's confidence in it.

"Your life is like a chocolate box, open it is a surprise."

Are you born to hear the phrase "your navigation is over, your destination has arrived"

"I thought you would marry a poor bastard and give birth to a bunch of poor bastards."

"The biggest perpetrators of the abuser are their families."

The plot is both sad and cheerful, the lines are heartfelt, and a "waiting for marketing" is played, and the first eight episodes kick off. The second half will not start until March 10th, so basically in the first quarter of 2023, everyone is discussing "Dark Glory". Even in just over two months, "Dark Glory" directly soared into the top three ratings of Netflix's original list.

Then, there is a Korean variety show that can be said to be an "unprecedented" physical fitness competition - "The Top of Physical Fitness, Challenge of 100 People".

One hundred people from various fields, with different races, colors, and genders, competed in the physical battle. Just to be able to explore the physical upheaval of human beings, "Top of Fitness" is not only attractive from the subject matter, but also quite shocking in terms of visual effects. And what better than a group of full-level humans working together to use intelligence, individual strength, teamwork, willpower, balance, strategy, endurance... and other challenges. Really as soon as the opening scene made people can't help but chase down, what's more, Netflix used "hunger waiting marketing" this time, which stopped abruptly at the climax, and then released the next link every other week, which whetted the audience's appetite.

Finally put into the last episode, the final champion surprised and reasonable, and the final competition between the top 20 and top 5 was both intense and exciting. Today, I would like to analyze with you from the perspective of game planning, humanities, history, social and physical significance, and why the final champion must be the champion, to analyze with you this program that is both novel and has the explosive visual sense of "Squid Game", which makes people physically and psychologically unfinished.

First of all, I have to say that the program group's planning of the game, as well as the exploration of human potential, after all, physical fitness is a big word, in the 100 crouching tiger, hidden dragon players want to win, the champion needs: willpower, strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, skills, psychological quality, teamwork ability, and even character, luck and other aspects of the point value superposition.

The first level is hanging, which does not eliminate people, but allows players to understand each other, and has the first mover advantage in the subsequent 1v1 confrontation, and can choose their opponent independently.

"Going up trees" has always been a basic and profound skill in nature, and small, low-combat cats can go up trees, while tigers are deterred. The strong have fallen into the water, and the first step from primitive to civilization: the cruel human society of resource competition and the law of the jungle kicks off.

The second level of the ball grabbing game has some of the cruelty, excitement and visual impact of the ancient Roman gladiatorial arena. Three minutes in a muddy pond or a nimble jungle. Both parties must use all their strength, strength and wisdom to protect a ball. There are men who choose men for respect and equality but also self-confidence and challenges; There are also thinner but agile players who choose large and flexible jungle fields; There are guys in their 20s who choose 48-year-old uncles, and strong men who choose thin female models.

In this seemingly primitive and fierce 1v1 fight, it is actually all about the display of human nature in the primitive extremes and resource competition: there are strategic players and arrogant game people; There is a legacy of challenge and awe for their predecessors, and there are opportunists who choose women to live with the advantage.

Here is a man who, after choosing a woman, pressed his elbow against the girl's chest in the 1v1 battle, released cruel words, and even made a gesture of contempt. After all, the 1v1 battle is just the beginning, humans are social animals after all, even if he wins this 1v1, in the later team matches, he is directly abandoned by all the captains. The 215kg strong man has always advocated strength to win, and chose the petite special effects actor and did not choose this man. And in this 1v1, whether it is Hercules guarding in front of the ball, defending as attacking; Or "turtle guard" men directly hold the ball like a turtle, which is an intentional protection of resources.

The setting of the team competition is also quite retro: simple but full of details: the remaining 50 people choose 10 leaders, 10 leaders choose opponents according to the number of people, and those who are not selected form a team on their own. The choice of each captain is quite interesting: some teams are full of men, and the strong men who advocate strength choose the petite Doying and do not choose male opponents who bully women with low character; Qiu Sung-hoon, an elder whom everyone respects, chose girls first: I felt that there must be a girl in the team, because they were careful and meticulous, and I decided to give up strength in favor of team diversity.

In the game of physical fitness, girls always seem to occupy the weak position, and the two captains who choose women actually have received great benefits because of the two ladies in the team: Doying's bridging ability directly guarantees the promotion of the Hercules team; And Shin Bao Meilai in Qiu Sung-hoon's team gave himself in the top 20 and chose the least chance of moving boulders, and the champion was also from Qiu Sung-hoon's team. The only female captain took the girls' carefulness and resilience to the extreme, and completed "Mission I, Possible" to defeat the men's team.

The repechage is also full of a physical and artistic atmosphere: everyone has to use the strength of their arms to hang their own statues, statues of their own bodies tied with flowers, a kind of "power to reshape statues" in visual art, while the repechage is called "The Power of Life, Majestic, Needless to Say."

The level of pushing the boat is also quite artistic, a pair of ten people pushing a 1,5-ton boat to the top, like "The Man on the Volga", full of artistic rendering. What should a team of ten look like? All-Muscle Man? As a result, at first, even the rolling logs were not laid out, and only brute force was used.

The "weak team" in Qiu Chengxun's mouth is the most diversified possibility, and it also allows us to see what teamwork should be like: human beings can continue such a diverse development, and it is impossible to have only muscle men. Experienced leaders who are feared by everyone assign tasks according to each person's strengths at the beginning, choosing Americans to split boxes and get rolling logs when they come up, and delicate women to assist and provide emotional value in all aspects.

Different races, men and women, old and young, where is the "weak team", this is the real society!

The fourth level is "Punishment", which is simply full of epic, as if Greek mythology and modern streaming media are a contrasting and harmonious show. Epics, divine punishments, unyielding humans, heroism, cruel punishments... The modern version of Sisyphus pushing boulders, Hercules holding boulders. The romantic mythological era of mankind, the spirit of individual heroism that speaks to heaven and God in its bones. Can make reality shows epic, Netflix really has you!

The five winners of this level are also quite interesting: Hercules is the representative of strength, the alpine rescue team is the experience and muscle of saving other people's lives, and it is in this way that they have the opportunity to advance, and the unobtrusive mountain dew won in "Chase Run" has few scenes in the first episode, but who doesn't love the ruthless person who "plays the pig and eats the tiger"? Round Runner wins popular champion candidate Yoon Seung-bin once again reshuffles the suspense of the game...

The last five people were sitting in front of the candlelight dinner, tasting lobster and steak, which was quite like the last meal in "Squid Game". Finally, we enter modern society. In the conversation of several people, there was not too much anxiety and competition, but a kind of heroic sympathy along the way: the alpine rescue team "survived" the experience of saving others to come to the show to let more people know that they were engaged in niche ice climbing; Qin Rong used to be a snowboarder because of the project was cut and crossfit, and came here hoping to see his project again at the Olympics, because the juniors are working hard...

Some people for career, some people for love, some people for family, some people for beloved sports, let us throw away the narrow assumption of "muscle monsters" when we first watched the show, but full of a kind of passionate admiration.

The final five-strong competition, like an "all-round race" when they come out with everyone's advantages, in online games, Olympic games, we are pursuing "pentagram warriors", and the five-strong competition is an all-round test, the order of appearance of each game, everyone's weaknesses play a vital role.

Hercules easily wins the first level of the competition, but fails in the agility and speed of the second level of the flip game, and the round trip of the third level tests strategy, endurance, and every minute and second is precious. The rope draw in the final level is a cruel test of willpower, and the two opponents face each other to draw a heavy rope with no end in sight. I don't know when it's over, and I don't know how much the opponent and myself pumped.

When Qin Rong closed his eyes and drew the rope, and would shout the opponent's name at such a moment to cheer, we suddenly realized that this appearance was so low-key that it should be the champion with just a quick glance without the camera and no heat.

There is no excessive weight due to strength, so it has agility; Not too thin for dexterity, so he has strength; After two runs, they showed endurance and important cardiopulmonary ability; The flip game can persist until it wins the championship after turning over twice, and the willpower is strong; In the end, that willpower and spirit of not admitting defeat with eyes closed... The champion was born.

Looking back, his appearance is really full of emotion: low-key and heatless, but the details are full of essence: respect and observation of the opponent, saying that the alpine rescue fighter "Your muscles are all out of actual combat." It's great! ”

Every time you defeat an opponent, the first time is not to celebrate, but to run over to appease the fallen opponent;

In the team competition, know how to cooperate and listen carefully to the experience and command of the elderly;

In the individual competition, he finally showed his pentagon warrior's abilities: strength, agility, equality, willpower, skill.

This time, the collision of streaming media and Greek mythological epics, the gameplay of "Squid Game" into reality reality shows, the muscles are injected with a sense of art, there is no script, and the champion is born until the end, which is completely unexpected. South Korea's "Top of Fitness" reality show really won numbness!