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156 - Physical Asia REVIEW! Alright, who let these Aussies in here?
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In this week's episode of Two Asian Blokes, we took a look at a couple of hot South Korean Netflix titles that explore politics, deception, and systemic corruption for the sake of saving face... not really, though.
First we take a look at Good News, a dark comedy political thriller directed by Byun Sung-hyun (Kill Boksoon), starring Hong Kyun and Sul Kyung-gu. In the 1970s, hijackers take over a Japanese flight. They demand a course to Pyongyang, but a mysterious mastermind devises an absurd plan to divert the plane to Seoul. Bureaucracy has never been so hilarious.
Then we take a deep dive into Physical Asia, the global spinoff of the popular South Korean series Physical 100, where 8 teams representing 8 Asian (Pacific) nations compete in tests of strength, speed, endurance, and overall physical prowess in order to find the peak of human physicality.
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00:00 The Start
00:56 China vs Japan
06:45 Good News review (spoiler-free)
22:09 Minor spoilers for Good News
27:19 Physical Asia
29:38 We’re not sports guys
34:08 Team introductions
39:40 Preliminary quest: Territory capture
40:54 Quest 1: Steal the boxes
45:37 Quest 2: Get the muddy ball
49:59 Quest 3: Rope hang, hurdle, totem hold and sack toss
54:40 Quest 4: Battle Rope Relay
1:01:20 Quest 5: Castle infiltration
1:07:38 Final Quest
1:11:13 Closing thoughts
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