Anonymous wrote:Agree. Ending was disappointing.

Feels like they are trying to hook you in for a second season.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe it is supposed to be a scathing indictment on the immorality of capitalism gone rogue (like the foreign film Platform) - but I found it depraved and the violence gratuitous …

So far comments here seem to focus on the drama being so good - are Folks thinking about the underlying messages of excessive amounts of money being used in cruel ways to degrade humans who do less well (or have mental illness/ gambling problems) in our competitive society ?

there is some interesting commentary elsewhere around how Squid Games is a natural conclusion of a hierarchical, rigid capitalist societies that dehumanize people ….

Ironically, the actors will make lots of money and fame from this venture - would like to see interviews where they discuss what they learned from being this show ..,,

https://www.newsrecord.org/arts_and_entertainment/review-squid-game-is-a-unique-take-on-the-social-repercussions-of-capitalism/article_dab94fd2-270c-11ec-bd38-ef16d5b4bde7.html

https://www.vulture.com/article/squid-game-gganbu-marbles-episode-capitalism-analysis.html

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/squid-games-scathing-critique-of-capitalism/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/squid-game-social-commentary-andy-pan

The Korean entertainment agencies have historically made a lot of money, I think it’s great that the actors are actually getting some of it.

Agree. Ending was disappointing.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think we saw Ali get shot either. Can anyone confirm this?

He was shot and we see him in the coffin. I’m still disappointed in the ending.

I don’t think we saw Ali get shot either. Can anyone confirm this?

Anonymous wrote:I believe it is supposed to be a scathing indictment on the immorality of capitalism gone rogue (like the foreign film Platform) - but I found it depraved and the violence gratuitous …

So far comments here seem to focus on the drama being so good - are Folks thinking about the underlying messages of excessive amounts of money being used in cruel ways to degrade humans who do less well (or have mental illness/ gambling problems) in our competitive society ?

there is some interesting commentary elsewhere around how Squid Games is a natural conclusion of a hierarchical, rigid capitalist societies that dehumanize people ….

Ironically, the actors will make lots of money and fame from this venture - would like to see interviews where they discuss what they learned from being this show ..,,

https://www.newsrecord.org/arts_and_entertainment/review-squid-game-is-a-unique-take-on-the-social-repercussions-of-capitalism/article_dab94fd2-270c-11ec-bd38-ef16d5b4bde7.html

https://www.vulture.com/article/squid-game-gganbu-marbles-episode-capitalism-analysis.html

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/squid-games-scathing-critique-of-capitalism/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/squid-game-social-commentary-andy-pan

I believe it is supposed to be a scathing indictment on the immorality of capitalism gone rogue (like the foreign film Platform) - but I found it depraved and the violence gratuitous …

So far comments here seem to focus on the drama being so good - are Folks thinking about the underlying messages of excessive amounts of money being used in cruel ways to degrade humans who do less well (or have mental illness/ gambling problems) in our competitive society ?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Dubbing makes anything seem a little ridiculous, so yes, it's skewing your perspective. Be a grownup and watch it with subtitles.

You’re telling someone to be a grown up who doesn’t agree with you. Gross.

Not gross, but a little rude. My apologies. I was coming off of a frustrating conversation with my teenager who thinks reading subtitles are too much work. (While my much younger but more mature other child loves content from everywhere and doesn't think twice about using subtitles.) With the exception of people with a disability or other legit need to watch with dubbing, I think people who don't use subtitles are a little lame, but maybe I should save that opinion for the thread on "things you judge others for."

I stand by my assertion that dubbing looks a little silly and thus undermines the emotional integrity of a scene. It reminds me of watching Godzilla movies on Saturdays' Creature Feature when I was a kid.

Reminds me of 3%, that was also on Netflix

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Dubbing makes anything seem a little ridiculous, so yes, it's skewing your perspective. Be a grownup and watch it with subtitles.

You’re telling someone to be a grown up who doesn’t agree with you. Gross.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Dubbing makes anything seem a little ridiculous, so yes, it's skewing your perspective. Be a grownup and watch it with subtitles.

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t read the thread b/c I don’t want any spoilers, but I just popped in to say I CRIED LIKE A BABY watching episode 6 last night. So damn well done. I need to take a break and start watching again tomorrow. There was a lot of emotion in that episode.

Agree, episode 6 was incredible, the best of the series.

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t read the thread b/c I don’t want any spoilers, but I just popped in to say I CRIED LIKE A BABY watching episode 6 last night. So damn well done. I need to take a break and start watching again tomorrow. There was a lot of emotion in that episode.

If they weren’t overacting so much, I would agree with you. I feel like I’m watching a violent soap.

I haven’t read the thread b/c I don’t want any spoilers, but I just popped in to say I CRIED LIKE A BABY watching episode 6 last night. So damn well done. I need to take a break and start watching again tomorrow. There was a lot of emotion in that episode.

Anonymous wrote: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?

He was traumatized and in a drunken haze, just not functional. Who knows what the story was with his creditors. Maybe he sold his mom's place and paid them off with that.