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?

I was watching on my phone tonight and my 11 year old figured it out as he’s heard all about it at school. He says many kids are watching it. I said it had some pretty deep stuff to say about inequality but that it was too violent for his age group.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked it, but still have a couple questions.

1. How was the main masked man related to the cop? Didn't get the association with those two.
2. Who is running the whole thing if it wasn't the old man?

Weren’t they brothers?

Wasn’t the cop looking for someone at the beginning? Presumably his brother?

Yes, his brother, who also theoretically won the whole thing in 2016.

What I didn't understand about this was that supposedly the brother had only recently gone missing. But he won like 5 years ago. If he won 5 years ago what was he doing living in some crap apartment? I felt like the timeline with the brother stuff was weird.

I've been waiting for someone online who knows Korean to let us know if something was missed in the translation of this storyline.

Unless there's some rule the winners have to follow afterwards that specifies that they can't be too flashy with their winnings. Since the old guy at the end knew the winner Gi-hun hadn't spent his winnings, we know they are monitored after winning. It would be hard to explain where millions suddenly came from for these poor people.

My wife said that she believes the cop had been looking for his brother for years but had no leads until he overheard Gi-hun telling the police about what happened and pulled out the gold card. She said the cop remembered seeing that at his brother's apartment.

So there are two theories.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked it, but still have a couple questions.

1. How was the main masked man related to the cop? Didn't get the association with those two.
2. Who is running the whole thing if it wasn't the old man?

Weren’t they brothers?

Wasn’t the cop looking for someone at the beginning? Presumably his brother?

Yes, his brother, who also theoretically won the whole thing in 2016.

What I didn't understand about this was that supposedly the brother had only recently gone missing. But he won like 5 years ago. If he won 5 years ago what was he doing living in some crap apartment? I felt like the timeline with the brother stuff was weird.

Agree, it was hard to follow and didn’t work as well as the rest of the series.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked it, but still have a couple questions.

1. How was the main masked man related to the cop? Didn't get the association with those two.
2. Who is running the whole thing if it wasn't the old man?

Weren’t they brothers?

Wasn’t the cop looking for someone at the beginning? Presumably his brother?

Yes, his brother, who also theoretically won the whole thing in 2016.

What I didn't understand about this was that supposedly the brother had only recently gone missing. But he won like 5 years ago. If he won 5 years ago what was he doing living in some crap apartment? I felt like the timeline with the brother stuff was weird.

Anonymous wrote:I liked it, but still have a couple questions.

1. How was the main masked man related to the cop? Didn't get the association with those two.
2. Who is running the whole thing if it wasn't the old man?

Weren’t they brothers?

Wasn’t the cop looking for someone at the beginning? Presumably his brother?

I don't know about #1, but for #2, I don't think anyone "runs" it. Members of the group take turns hosting.

I liked it, but still have a couple questions.

1. How was the main masked man related to the cop? Didn't get the association with those two.
2. Who is running the whole thing if it wasn't the old man?

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Anonymous wrote:Back to a discussion of the show. What’d ya’ll think of the ending?

Meh.

I guessed that he was somehow involved in it since he was such a know it all. He acted more privileged than the status he pretended to have.

And, I didn't really understand his motivation.

I think the final scene sets the scene for a second season.

Are we going to talk about how they made the VIPs out to be stupid Americans?

The VIPs weren't all Americans. There was at least one guy who sounded japanese, another guy who sounded eastern european or something like that. They also had at least one be gay. So it was a pretty diverse set of VIPs although no black people. Where was the nigerian VIP

Watching a violent show doesn’t prompt kids to shoot up schools.

Mental illness and/or abuse plus access to a gun *sometimes* prompts gun violence.

And I’m a bleeding heart liberal btw. I’m anti-guns irl. This ridiculous Korean show is simply that: a ridiculous show.

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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

Liberal parents: We let our pre-teens watch incredibly violent shows, because, after all, it’s just entertainment.

Also liberal parents: I don’t understand how things like Columbine happen. It must be the guns.

Don't know what makes you think this decision falls along liberal/conservative lines.

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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

Liberal parents: We let our pre-teens watch incredibly violent shows, because, after all, it’s just entertainment.

Also liberal parents: I don’t understand how things like Columbine happen. It must be the guns.

I'm the one who said I let my kids watch it and I also have no problem with guns. I own one. I consider myself apolitical

Bingo

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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

Liberal parents: We let our pre-teens watch incredibly violent shows, because, after all, it’s just entertainment.

Also liberal parents: I don’t understand how things like Columbine happen. It must be the guns.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that people are letting their 10 year olds watch this show is a sad commentary on our society.

How does the violence compare to a Marvel movie?

Violence feels a lot more “real” than a Marvel movie - blood splatter, dead bodies piled up, etc. I can’t believe people are letting their 10 year olds watch it. There are SO MANY other great shows kids can watch on Netflix!!