Watch Squid Game on Netflix

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Anonymous wrote:This show reminded me of The Lottery which I had to read in elementary school and was shown the movie at school too. I was a sensitive kid and it traumatized me. I wonder if they make kids read/watch that in school anymore? I feel it is inappropriate to assume all kids are ready for that. I was not.

That said, I liked Squid Game even though I had to avert my eyes during the violent scenes.

Wow, I completely forgot about The Lottery, which I was also shown in elementary school. What in the world were they thinking?

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm! I watched the first episode tonight. Without being snarky-- who can explain why this is trending as the most popular Netflix show ever? Isn't it just like Hunger Games with Korean actors?

No. It's not.

Yes. It is.

Just with R rated violence.

Imagine they actually showed everyone dying graphically in Hunger Games.

It’s really nothing like the hunger games. It’s not set in a dystopian future, it’s not about children publicly fighting to the death as ordered by their government, the desperate adults willingly play the game to win the money, there’s few similarities to the actual gameplay (a series of games vs dropping 12 kids in a giant arena) the whole premise is wildly different. Battle royale isn’t a new concept obviously but that and the rich people watching for entertainment is about the only comparison you can make to the hunger games.

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm! I watched the first episode tonight. Without being snarky-- who can explain why this is trending as the most popular Netflix show ever? Isn't it just like Hunger Games with Korean actors?

No. It's not.

Yes. It is.

Just with R rated violence.

Imagine they actually showed everyone dying graphically in Hunger Games.

It’s really nothing like the hunger games. It’s not set in a dystopian future, it’s not about children publicly fighting to the death as ordered by their government, the desperate adults willingly play the game to win the money, there’s few similarities to the actual gameplay (a series of games vs dropping 12 kids in a giant arena) the whole premise is wildly different. Battle royale isn’t a new concept obviously but that and the rich people watching for entertainment is about the only comparison you can make to the hunger games.

It’s people thrown together and fighting to the death for a prize and as a form of entertainment. There will only be one winner. In order to survive you have to kill others and do whatever else you need to do. You’ll lose friends, try to revolt and learn about character development. The winner will be traumatized and seek vengeance. That’s Hunger Games and Squid Games in a nutshell.

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm! I watched the first episode tonight. Without being snarky-- who can explain why this is trending as the most popular Netflix show ever? Isn't it just like Hunger Games with Korean actors?

No. It's not.

Yes. It is.

Just with R rated violence.

Imagine they actually showed everyone dying graphically in Hunger Games.

It’s really nothing like the hunger games. It’s not set in a dystopian future, it’s not about children publicly fighting to the death as ordered by their government, the desperate adults willingly play the game to win the money, there’s few similarities to the actual gameplay (a series of games vs dropping 12 kids in a giant arena) the whole premise is wildly different. Battle royale isn’t a new concept obviously but that and the rich people watching for entertainment is about the only comparison you can make to the hunger games.

It’s people thrown together and fighting to the death for a prize and as a form of entertainment. There will only be one winner. In order to survive you have to kill others and do whatever else you need to do. You’ll lose friends, try to revolt and learn about character development. The winner will be traumatized and seek vengeance. That’s Hunger Games and Squid Games in a nutshell.

Maybe. Only SG is much much better.

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm! I watched the first episode tonight. Without being snarky-- who can explain why this is trending as the most popular Netflix show ever? Isn't it just like Hunger Games with Korean actors?

No. It's not.

Yes. It is.

Just with R rated violence.

Imagine they actually showed everyone dying graphically in Hunger Games.

It’s really nothing like the hunger games. It’s not set in a dystopian future, it’s not about children publicly fighting to the death as ordered by their government, the desperate adults willingly play the game to win the money, there’s few similarities to the actual gameplay (a series of games vs dropping 12 kids in a giant arena) the whole premise is wildly different. Battle royale isn’t a new concept obviously but that and the rich people watching for entertainment is about the only comparison you can make to the hunger games.

It’s people thrown together and fighting to the death for a prize and as a form of entertainment. There will only be one winner. In order to survive you have to kill others and do whatever else you need to do. You’ll lose friends, try to revolt and learn about character development. The winner will be traumatized and seek vengeance. That’s Hunger Games and Squid Games in a nutshell.

Maybe. Only SG is much much better.

+1 In part because the character development is so much better (the lead is unbelievable), the moral quandaries feel both more real and more intense, and it's so creative and visually stunning.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop letting your 10-12 year olds watch. You literally have dozens of people being executed by being shot in the head. Nudity. Blowjobs.

Y'all insane.

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm! I watched the first episode tonight. Without being snarky-- who can explain why this is trending as the most popular Netflix show ever? Isn't it just like Hunger Games with Korean actors?

No. It's not.

Yes. It is.

Just with R rated violence.

Imagine they actually showed everyone dying graphically in Hunger Games.

It’s really nothing like the hunger games. It’s not set in a dystopian future, it’s not about children publicly fighting to the death as ordered by their government, the desperate adults willingly play the game to win the money, there’s few similarities to the actual gameplay (a series of games vs dropping 12 kids in a giant arena) the whole premise is wildly different. Battle royale isn’t a new concept obviously but that and the rich people watching for entertainment is about the only comparison you can make to the hunger games.

It’s people thrown together and fighting to the death for a prize and as a form of entertainment. There will only be one winner. In order to survive you have to kill others and do whatever else you need to do. You’ll lose friends, try to revolt and learn about character development. The winner will be traumatized and seek vengeance. That’s Hunger Games and Squid Games in a nutshell.

Maybe. Only SG is much much better.

Disagree. Hunger Games had much better acting and dialogue. Most of the actors in SG are overacting and the dialogue is inane.

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm! I watched the first episode tonight. Without being snarky-- who can explain why this is trending as the most popular Netflix show ever? Isn't it just like Hunger Games with Korean actors?

No. It's not.

Yes. It is.

Just with R rated violence.

Imagine they actually showed everyone dying graphically in Hunger Games.

It’s really nothing like the hunger games. It’s not set in a dystopian future, it’s not about children publicly fighting to the death as ordered by their government, the desperate adults willingly play the game to win the money, there’s few similarities to the actual gameplay (a series of games vs dropping 12 kids in a giant arena) the whole premise is wildly different. Battle royale isn’t a new concept obviously but that and the rich people watching for entertainment is about the only comparison you can make to the hunger games.

It’s people thrown together and fighting to the death for a prize and as a form of entertainment. There will only be one winner. In order to survive you have to kill others and do whatever else you need to do. You’ll lose friends, try to revolt and learn about character development. The winner will be traumatized and seek vengeance. That’s Hunger Games and Squid Games in a nutshell.

Maybe. Only SG is much much better.

Disagree. Hunger Games had much better acting and dialogue. Most of the actors in SG are overacting and the dialogue is inane.

Thank you! I’m confused by people saying how good the acting is. How can you even tell with the horrible voice overs and weird dialogue. It’s clear that a lot was lost in translation.

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm! I watched the first episode tonight. Without being snarky-- who can explain why this is trending as the most popular Netflix show ever? Isn't it just like Hunger Games with Korean actors?

No. It's not.

Yes. It is.

Just with R rated violence.

Imagine they actually showed everyone dying graphically in Hunger Games.

It’s really nothing like the hunger games. It’s not set in a dystopian future, it’s not about children publicly fighting to the death as ordered by their government, the desperate adults willingly play the game to win the money, there’s few similarities to the actual gameplay (a series of games vs dropping 12 kids in a giant arena) the whole premise is wildly different. Battle royale isn’t a new concept obviously but that and the rich people watching for entertainment is about the only comparison you can make to the hunger games.

It’s people thrown together and fighting to the death for a prize and as a form of entertainment. There will only be one winner. In order to survive you have to kill others and do whatever else you need to do. You’ll lose friends, try to revolt and learn about character development. The winner will be traumatized and seek vengeance. That’s Hunger Games and Squid Games in a nutshell.

Maybe. Only SG is much much better.

Disagree. Hunger Games had much better acting and dialogue. Most of the actors in SG are overacting and the dialogue is inane.

Thank you! I’m confused by people saying how good the acting is. How can you even tell with the horrible voice overs and weird dialogue. It’s clear that a lot was lost in translation.

It sounds like you watched it dubbed instead of with subtitles. If so, that's your problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm! I watched the first episode tonight. Without being snarky-- who can explain why this is trending as the most popular Netflix show ever? Isn't it just like Hunger Games with Korean actors?

No. It's not.

Yes. It is.

Just with R rated violence.

Imagine they actually showed everyone dying graphically in Hunger Games.

It’s really nothing like the hunger games. It’s not set in a dystopian future, it’s not about children publicly fighting to the death as ordered by their government, the desperate adults willingly play the game to win the money, there’s few similarities to the actual gameplay (a series of games vs dropping 12 kids in a giant arena) the whole premise is wildly different. Battle royale isn’t a new concept obviously but that and the rich people watching for entertainment is about the only comparison you can make to the hunger games.

It’s people thrown together and fighting to the death for a prize and as a form of entertainment. There will only be one winner. In order to survive you have to kill others and do whatever else you need to do. You’ll lose friends, try to revolt and learn about character development. The winner will be traumatized and seek vengeance. That’s Hunger Games and Squid Games in a nutshell.

Maybe. Only SG is much much better.

Disagree. Hunger Games had much better acting and dialogue. Most of the actors in SG are overacting and the dialogue is inane.

Thank you! I’m confused by people saying how good the acting is. How can you even tell with the horrible voice overs and weird dialogue. It’s clear that a lot was lost in translation.

It sounds like you watched it dubbed instead of with subtitles. If so, that's your problem.

+1

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Plus in Squid Game the participants thought there could be multiple winners until the last game.

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm! I watched the first episode tonight. Without being snarky-- who can explain why this is trending as the most popular Netflix show ever? Isn't it just like Hunger Games with Korean actors?

No. It's not.

Yes. It is.

Just with R rated violence.

Imagine they actually showed everyone dying graphically in Hunger Games.

It’s really nothing like the hunger games. It’s not set in a dystopian future, it’s not about children publicly fighting to the death as ordered by their government, the desperate adults willingly play the game to win the money, there’s few similarities to the actual gameplay (a series of games vs dropping 12 kids in a giant arena) the whole premise is wildly different. Battle royale isn’t a new concept obviously but that and the rich people watching for entertainment is about the only comparison you can make to the hunger games.

It’s people thrown together and fighting to the death for a prize and as a form of entertainment. There will only be one winner. In order to survive you have to kill others and do whatever else you need to do. You’ll lose friends, try to revolt and learn about character development. The winner will be traumatized and seek vengeance. That’s Hunger Games and Squid Games in a nutshell.

Maybe. Only SG is much much better.

Disagree. Hunger Games had much better acting and dialogue. Most of the actors in SG are overacting and the dialogue is inane.

Thank you! I’m confused by people saying how good the acting is. How can you even tell with the horrible voice overs and weird dialogue. It’s clear that a lot was lost in translation.

It sounds like you watched it dubbed instead of with subtitles. If so, that's your problem.

Dubbing doesn’t mess with the actual overacting.

[Anonymous]

The entire premise of this game makes no sense to me. Even trying to suspend my disbelief...

If you have just participated in game #1 where the game organizers have made it clear they will gun down brutally any players who lose the game... and then they let you go home and only come back voluntarily -- doesn't it make sense to get clarity from them on whether there will just be one eventual winner, or several can share the pot?

Seems like that's something to check out before agreeing to continue.

As for the acting in the show -- WHY are people saying the dialog and acting are good? What dialogue is supposed to be good?

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Why doesn’t Gi-Hun (456) spend any money visiting his daughter sooner or taking the boy out of the orphanage instead of waiting a year? Or spending money trying to get the mom out of North Korea? If he doesn’t spend any money the first year how does he pay his creditors off? Or pay to bury his mother?

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Anonymous wrote:Can a 10 and 13 year old handle, or for adults only?

Adults only. The first episode does a mass execution style scene. Blood and all.

IMO I would be fine with my 12 year old watching it. It's just entertainment

I watched it with my 10 year old. There is one sex scene that was easy for me to hide from her-- it's pretty obvious it's about to happen so had her turn her back while I fast forwarded.

The violence is fine. While graphic, the circumstances and the way it's done are more shockingly gory than scary or emotional. For the most part.

The really adult aspects of it are just the moral quandaries that kids might find boring or not really get in all their nuance.

If the extreme violence is fine for your 10 yr old, then the sex scene shouldn't have been a problem. It’s all just entertainment as someone else said.

PP you are responding to. First, this is kid specific. It's obviously not appropriate for lots, maybe most kids this age. My kid is just not one who gets scared easily. She did turn her head away at certain things, but so did I. She mostly finds gory things intriguing and with doctors in the family, that's kind of unremarkable.

There is suspense in Squid Game, but there is nothing realistic about it that would cause someone to transfer a fear of violence from the show to their own lives. The whole scenario is this cartoonish, unrealistic game. None of the violence is anything she can relate to. (YYMV for kids who are very aware and frightened by school shootings. My kid is not.) I would not let her watch any kind of show that depicted violence that can might happen in real life, or even shows that depict other coercive/hurtful events.

As for the (bathroom) sex scene, I told her to look away and muted it. She knows what sex is but doesn't need to see a trashy depiction of it. I told there was sex, and we talked about why it happened-- what the players were trying to achieve. She hasn't seen the entire series, so I will skip past the other scene in a way she won't realize. "Oops, bedtime! Let's stop here and pick up where we left off tomorrow." She won't realize I've actually fast forwarded a little past that spot.

Which gets to the other main point-- deciding whether to let your child watch it is not just about drawing a line to avoid exposure to sex or violence. It's also about what the show has to offer-- moral dilemmas, survival and game strategies, depictions of economic inequality. (And actually, the most disturbing aspect of the show is the brutal and realistic backstories of the characters' economic desperation that brought them to the game in the first place.) It's been really fascinating to watch with her and has generated some good discussions. We often play "would you rather," so for us Squid Game has become a prompt for extending those conversations into more sophisticated territory.

I would absolutely say that for children in this age range, they should watch with a parent, not by themselves. We pause frequently to discuss what's happening and why characters are making the choices they make.

The mental gymnastics you’re doing is ridiculous. If gratuitous violence is ok then so is gratuitous sex.

The violence isn't gratuitous. It's integral to the show.

You make a good point, though. I am definitely less troubled by the violence than the sex, so I'm thinking about why that is.

Part of is that frankly, we're more inured to depictions of violence already. There are no video games (or war movies, for that matter) that depict graphic sex like they do graphic violence.

Also, the context for the violence is wholly fantastical. The sex in the bathroom stall is not. The violence is taking place in the middle of what looks like Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. It more like the violence you'd see in Star Wars than in any real life situation.

Funny. When I was growing up my parents were strict about us not watching violence but didn't care about sex. Then again they’re pacifists.