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Run BTS: 013 | The Spy Who Returned Part 1
Run BTS: 013 | The Spy Who Returned part 1
Original Air Date: 06 MAR 2017 Episode Length: 22:05 Total Parts: 3 YouTube English Subtitles: No Title Song: Blood Sweat & Tears
Synopsis: Mini games at a water park. Divided in two teams.
MC: YG
OLD: RM, JN, JH
YOUNG: JM, V, JK
A spy is chosen at the beginning
Production: They did such a better job with sound around water this time! Excellent job featuring the location and explaining the mini games as well as the spy set up.
Endearment: Letting us and them know about the spy at the beginning encourages us to pay close attention to their behavior against what we know of their personalities.
Winner/Loser: see final part
Best Cheater: none
Member Moments:
RM: RM absolutely has practiced the technique of falling properly. Did you see that mid-air twist to land on his back??
JN: Jin's attack during the balance game was amazing!
YG: Yoongi's hosting skills are in full force.
JH: He picked water!!! Definitely spy behavior for a random draw. Although it does tempt me to list Staff as the best cheater again, that's just mean!
JM: Excellent save during the balance game...only to immediately fall after
V: V didn't even get a chance at the balance game.
JK: I honestly expected JK to do better in the jumping race game. Did they tell the Young Guys to lose so that it'd be more interesting to watch??
Bonus Content: combined with the bonus content for ep 14
CQ Rank: 3.5
(CQ Eval Date: 12 SEPT 2023)
Check out this post for my Masterlist of all episodes and descriptions of how I'm evaluating these.
Previous Episode: 012
Next Episode: 014
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Run BTS: 017 | Arcade Olympics part 1
Original Air Date: 11 APR 2017
Episode Length: 20:35
Total Parts: 2 YouTube English Subtitles: Yes
Title Song: Blood Sweat & Tears
Synopsis: Gaming at an arcade
Production: The coverage of the games is a little rough, not sure if they just didn't get it or decided to edit it out in favor of focusing on the guys. This is definitely one of those episodes that casual viewers could easily get lost and only watch for the guys and not the show itself. I don't really understand how they compensated for the different difficulties on the DDR game but whatever.
Endearment: I think this episode is meant to feel like the giys are just hanging out at n arcade but something is definitely off for me, not sure what it is. I don't love it or hate it.
Winner/Loser: See the final part
Best Cheater: none
Member Moments:
RM: RM is legit, he knew exactly how to be an entertainer on the basketball game and then he was able to put his money where his mouth was when they tried to tell him he was just bad. We love a triumph!
JN: So proud of Jin for his DDR victory! Dancing king!
YG: Yoongi losing the basketball game, what more to say.
JH: Hobi losing the dancing game....what more to say??
JM: I've always wondered if JM was under the weather during these episodes, he's doing a good job of masking but there are hints that he's not entirely feeling his best.
V: Not gonna lie, I cringe at the thought of barefoot DDR. maybe the staff cleaned it before they started but you have no idea what's been on those things. More power to you V!
JK: JKs first encounter with the basketball game...you shall meet again! and you will absolutely conquer! ;)
Bonus Content: ok, the bonus content definitely feels like we're just hanging out at an arcade.
CQ Rank: 2.5
(CQ Eval Date: 29 SEPT 2023)
Check out this post for my Masterlist of all episodes and descriptions of how I'm evaluating these.
Previous Episode: 016
Next Episode: 018
Only 9 voters so far?? Where are all of the PJMs at?? Surely we have guesses as to which song he would have shared with Hobi! Lol
LAST CALL: Are you watching Jimin's Production Diary?
Uh...what?? Well, I'm glad people can find meaning and inspiration anywhere I guess...
Oh! This reminds me of that reactor that drew parallels between Seven and the Bible. Hang on, I'll grab a link in case you're curious:
Not exactly how I interpret either of these songs but more power to them. Lol.
Social media is definitely an interesting place...
I have some thoughts that may comprise a whole post about this later, but I'm in process on a whole one about the documentary and another on Like Crazy so this will have to do for now.
One thing that sticks out to me about the whole event of JKs inclusion in Letter is it really highlights how much heavy-lifting he does for BTS's music. This isn't just about recording their various guide tracks, this is about the tasks, the labour that he takes on as the Lead/Main/whatever vocal of a group that highly values musical content.
(Again, I'm not trying to shade any other groups or members here, just want to share some JK praise).
We can see hints of it here in the JPD as well as the In The Soop ost recording sessions. JK does a lot of work when it comes to the vocal and musical structure of the songs. I believe it's particularly visible in Letter just due to the contrast in JK and JMs voices.
Anyway, maybe I'll expound on this more later but wanted to share my little piece of JK praise.
Jungkook recording his vocals for 'Letter' ♡ (cr. jung-koook)
Jungkook Audacy Performance
Here's a link in case you haven't watched it yet. Please do watch it first as I don't like influencing anyone's initial reaction.
Back? Cool, I have thoughts.
I desperately wanted to love this but there are just some execution issues that I'm struggling to get past.
STANDING NEXT TO YOU
I actually didn't mind this performance much, still don't really care for the song but it's just not to my personal taste. This was the best application of JK purposely putting down the mic though, having him place it on the table. I always get just a little cringe when he puts it on the floor in the other performances but I have a suspicion it's supposed to be an enticing move that just does nothing for my ace self.
I still don't understand why there are so many dancers with JK. Especially on this small stage, it just looks crowded. Thus song is supposed to feel a little more intimate but the juxtaposition with so many others on stage with him is just awkward.
SEVEN
I got so excited when I saw the first JK duplicate! This type of filmmaking requires planning and preparation and I know the BTS production team is capable of some pretty cool visuals....but apparently the intended direction was to make the audience feel as seasick as possible while staring at a screen? What is with the continuous Dutch angles and floaty zooms?? Oh it's so bad. I can tell there was a great idea but it's just so poorly executed...
3D
I absolutely DESPISE the 'mute' method of censoring in songs. As much as I dislike the rap in this song, I'd so much rather hear it than the abrupt muting of specific words. Pretty sure there's something happening psychologically that makes me fill in the gap mentally and then those individual words stick around longer but with no context. I realize they do it because they need to comply with some broadcasting policy but I wish never again to hear a clean version of ANY song with this approach, fill it in with something else or don't do it.
But THIS song absolutely makes sense to have so many dancers, and they've allocated enough space for it.
CLOSER TO YOU
I wish I hadn't been spoiled as to this song being in this performance. It would have been a great moment of wonderment when a song other than the titles was about to start. Oh well, had to be in esrly meetings.
So...um...I understand the vision for this performance and it's actually an interesting idea with this song but...how do I say this nicely... This was completely reliant on JK's acting abilities to walk that fine line to not get into actual creeper territory and while JK is a great performer, he's really not that great of an actor. The edit didn't help him much either.
I'd like to end on a positive note though and go over some of the things that were great with this performance.
The set design! Absolutely gorgeous! Excellent idea and blocking for joining these songs into a cohesive performance.
The lighting! Oi, whomever was in charge of this, they did a great job! Absolutely perfection functionally for coverage and to support the storytelling.
That's it though...there will absolutely be some gorgeous stills and gifs that can come from this material. (not my crappy screen records, see someone else for the good ones! Lol) Overall this performance has continued the Golden theme of a great idea with some execution issues.