this show does tension so well the entire time i was watching it my heart was pumping anticipating what would happen next it sucks that it's just a half season
The creator and head writer of the show said that when he was writing season 2, it ended up being 14 episodes. What we got was the first 7, exactly half of that season 2, with the other half being season 3. He said it was his decision to split it up instead of releasing all 14 episodes at once, but I'm like 99% sure Netflix made him do it for the exact reason you mentioned of wanting to make people come back for more later. At least we only have to wait a few months for season 3 instead of 3 years, cause it's already been filmed.
Another good point I saw being made about season 2 being split in two parts is that people will binge watch it in one go, or skip to the last episode just to spoil it for other people online.
@@An8thOfShrooms I also suspect, it could be with the same contractual shenanigans HBO Max did with some of their animation series; Splitting the season into two, so they get the profits of two seasons, while only ponying up a single season worth of budget and talent fees.
6 legged race was so good to watch Genuinely had my heart pumping when the first group of guys all started having full blown anxiety attacks when they were slowly coming to the realisation they were about to die it was sickening
When Gi-Hun team first started, I thought for sure it was going to play out in one camera run. No cuts or anything with how they went through the first 2 games. Bye sadly they didn't.
That's sadly going to be the norm going forward. Streaming execs be like: "Oh you have a hit show? Great! Want a second season? You're in luck: you'll actually be getting _four_ seasons! What's that? You say you only have enough story for one more season? That's okay. We'll break that second season up into like three mini seasons and slowly roll them out to maximize hype and ad revenue." (Although to be fair to Netflix, they didn't do that with _Arcane_ but that show never hit the phenomenon levels of popularity that SG or _Stranger Things_ has.)
I feel like a lot of recent Disney+ shows are stretching a really thin story into too many episodes. Squid Game wisely went for a shorter season with fewer episodes (since they are clearly saving some for season 3).
The added layer of duplicity, manipulation, and savagery in the gameplay of forcing a vote after every single game to increase the tension, the stakes, and to divide players into two groups that are then pitted against each other, almost like classism, was brilliant.
It is interesting but I do think it somewhat detracts from the immersion and believability. I can understand having one single Survivor and if that person wants to go out raving like a lunatic about a game with no one else to support them that's one thing but letting hundreds of people go who will all corroborate each other's story is too much of a liability
They were allowed to vote in season 1 too. Players just never did, it was kinda useless because if you end the game you lose the money, which is not the point in season 2 anymore.
@@pauldacon828 that was the same in the first season tho. After the first game they had the chance to vote to end the games. And they actually did do that. They were all out after watching like 200 people die. But then they came back. So technically for a certain period of time half of the contestants who had seen the other half die were out and could corroborate each other's story
@@АлександрБычков-к4н I know, I was just saying the voting system was the only thing about the series that felt unrealistic even though I found it interesting.
@NopeNaw His rapping is very good and he is seen as one of the best in kpop. Especially since he was a rapper before ever becoming an idol and loves the craft. One of his most iconic raps is in his song Doom Dada. The live is insane.
@@NopeNaw Big bang is huge in korea...they paved the way for a lot of other mainstream Kpop artists...they also went through ALOT with their record label YG entertainment...TOP used to have an ED, struggled with weight loss and cosmetic surgery...Ive been a fan of big bang for a long time and they've had a lot of ups and downs in the media...i know TOP was criticized in korea for smoking weed along with Gdragon...Earlier last year they released their last single as big bang bc they left their record label YG....it was a huge blow to kpop fans but ultimately it made sense since they are focusing on solo work...TOP and GD both struggled so hard under YG Entertainment...it was great seeing TOP playing a knock out role...TOP is also an extremely talented rapper...just listen to how amazing big bangs arrangements are....I think YG and the fact that they all came back from military service really changed them
I know everyone had a problem with Thanos, but I really liked that guy. He was a character born of the modern-day streamer - narcissistic, self-aggrandizing, and willing to do anything for money. I don't think people picked up on that, but I felt like he was a well written character, and great for some momentary, dark comedic relief.
Me and a homie watched this "season" in discord together and were laughing to tears watching Thanos run in different goofy poses during redlight greenlight - high as a kite living his best life LOL, we both "hated him" but loved him at the same time for what his character brought to the table, an all around POS that was easy to laugh at
To be fair to Gi Hun and his decisions this season, he was never the smartest guy, he was just extremely lucky in the games. So it makes sense that his plan to try to infiltrate and take down the games was pretty half baked. Also the organ harvesting thing was a smaller subplot in season 1 (they used a contestant doctor and gave him info on what the next game was), although it seemed like it was being done without approval under the head guy's nose. In Season 2, it seems like it's an open secret and tacitly approved - make's the front man's (001) a bit more interesting in context.
Did anyone else notice the scene where the gunmen were in the room where they "cremate the players bodies" and one of the gunmen pressed a button that pulled one of the bodies below a secret surface? And then the gunman pressed another button to make it LOOK like the player was creamated?
@@CorporalGrievous93 Point was that Gi-Hun isn't very smart, so he's been chasing the one thing he knows instead of looking at the bigger picture. Someone absolutely could've spent the money to make a much better plan, just not Gi-Hun.
Okay so this is the heart of why I actually didn’t like this season very much after the first couple of episodes… it seemed to me that they positioned Gi Hun as a competent and credible threat to actually accomplish the goal of the season.. which is where the main tension should have been the entire time, at least in my opinion, but as the series progressed I realized that despite them positioning him as such, he wasn’t… hence the disappointing but ultimately “no duh” ending of them being smacked (and if not for plot armor they wouldn’t have even got that far)
i loved how they foreshadowed how everyone would vote with the first scene with the recruiter with bread and lottery showing how all of the people in desperation who should’ve made the right choice of choosing the bread even while being desperate they still chose the lottery except for 1. just like how all the players had debt and the majority wanted to play the luck game of winning the games instead of keeping their lives even with the ability to walk away with a little bit of money
Same thing with the Russian roulette game in the first episode with the two thugs. Started out with 1 bullet, only for the rules to change. Foreshadowed the rule changes in the main games
Still think the Recruiter should've given all the bread/whatever it was to the one guy who chose food over money. At least one bag. Then after he throws his fit and leaves, show that homeless guy sharing the food with everyone else. At least put some bit of hope on humanity.
@@DonnaCPunkmaybe it’s an allegory for how theres so much greed/bad in the world/people, that even if the small *good* things people do, still aren’t rewarded much, because the ones who are bad ruin it for everyone as a whole
Nah. A single bread roll isn't going to do anything for people living on the streets. They could afford that by begging. It isn't going to change their lives. A lotto ticket could. That scene really sent the complete opposite message.
@@ModpotTheFirst-ye3ix do you understand what probability is? The scene is saying how people are greedy and would rather take a 1 in a million chance to be rich rather than take food and live a little longer. Even if you still think that a roll wouldnt do that, it is absolutely not sending the opposite message that people are not greedy
I was positively surprised how they kept it fresh. The hunt for the frontman, the new dynamic with Gi-Hun trying to save everyone, the voting, the labeling, the fckn front man infiltrating the games as Nr001? Damm this was way better than I thought.
Yep! My wife and I were both expecting a severe drop in quality (but didn't say it) and we finished the first episode really excited to watch the rest. It didn't maintain that level but was still engaging enough that we're looking forward to the second half.
@@ibnaamir9915 you don't think the entire world suddenly vanishing is interesting? And it gets better. Squid Game peaks in like episode 3. By the end of the season it's actually kinda bad. The writing after the first few episodes is awful.
Or why didn’t the avengers use a fork to stop him? Now I want someone to edit Infinity War and Endgame, editing out all the heroes’ weapons and replacing them with forks
I heard the director had said he felt as though 10 episodes, (season 2 was meant to have 10 not 7) was "too much" for a tv series and so he decided to extend those last three into a season. Unfortunately, however, that's led to these half developed subplots and/or hardly developed (Jun-ho and his search for the island) and a not as satisfying season finish. I don't want to judge this too much until I see season 3 but, similar to spiderverse, I'm getting a little annoyed with media that's set up to be a part 1 of two without explicitly mentioning beforehand that it was going to be so, instead of being a good standalone season/movie.
I'm hoping it's because they shot the whole thing and intended to release the whole thing at once. New season in 2025, so hopefully soon. Jan 26 perhaps??? Hoping it's soon
I watched the drinker's review of the acolyte and the drinker referred to him as 'squid game guy' throughout. It was burned into my brain, no way I could forget! Lol.
They showed that he put used up bullets to let us know that he was playing a psychological game without having the intention to kill anyone, and by doing so they removed all suspense from the scene. Then all of the sudden the gun fires, giving the viewers a clear message: the producers don't give a fuck about making sense so don't expect anything from the rest of the show.
for me the games of the 1st season were more heart-wrenching. the deadly tug-of-war was very winner-takes-all and losers-lose-everything. the winners would carry the survivor guilt from this game. in order for them to survive they must made the other team fall to their demise. also the marble-throwing game from season 1, it pitted 2 closest friends against each other and only one would survive. in season 2, the games were more about how well a team works together. this lessens the moral complexity compared to the games of the 1st season.
The six-legged pentathlon is actually one of my favourite games, as I loved the simple anxiety-inducing concept of a person's life being in the hands of multiple other people. And it made for a compelling transition from a jolly, pumped-up, "let's go, people!" to absolute panic and capitulation. Like a teammate still being stuck on the coloured stones game when there's around 40 seconds to go... you suddenly become aware that the clock is a countdown to your death. The tug-of-war from season 1 was incredible, though.
I mean with the roundabout carousel game they were just starting to get into the moral complexity stuff. I think there will be more games that you're looking for in the next season. Plus I think they wanted to shift the view from moral complexity of the games to Gi trying to save as many people as possible
The frontman being last on the six legged race strategically so if his team lost, everyone except him would be shot and nobody would know about it. Calling Gi-Hun by his name at the start of meeting him during the games. 001. Disappearing on one of the roundabout rounds then reappearing randomly. Then in the gunfight clearly leading the others on a bad path. How was Gi-Hun not suspicious of him?
I’m not trying to be a plot apologist here, but Gi-Hun probably didn’t notice due to so many things being on his mind. Especially after the 2nd game being different and his tooth being taken, he had to rethink his entire strategy.
I feel like many of y’all didn’t watch the show… why would he be suspicious of someone with the number #1 just because the old man had that number? The frontman can literally be any number.. if 456 is committed to taking the games down, paranoia might blow his plans. When he called him by his first name, he immediately explained it with a logical answer. Being last for a game could be a matter of coincidence.. him disappearing during mingle was not odd from anyone else who left their group to join the exact number. And, during the shoot out, they went the only possible way. 001’s idea to try to flank them was a smart idea and would have worked if he was truly on their side, but obviously he had other plans. He even later fakes his own death to make them believe it didn’t work.. come on man, yall need to stop watching these shows in hindsight and start putting yourself in their shoes
Shows like Squid Game & The Penguin is why I still have faith in TV shows right now. Squid Game 2 could never have exceeded the shock factor & innovation of the 1st season but it is still absolutely amazing. Netflix surprises me sometimes.
@@daniels1485 i liked the juxtaposition with the music and the scene but i understand how it could take you out of it. it was my favorite sequence in the season, my issue is that the ending wasnt even an ending it was just the end of an episode. i legitimately thought they were going to release the episodes week to week or do a part 2 in a few months. i was expecting a full story. the story closed no arcs
the escape plan was most nonsensical thing ever. up until that point the show somewhat made sense but then gi-hun is like yeah sure lets sacrifice a bunch of ppl for a shot in the dark??? the entire show he was against sacrificing anyone then he decides to sacrifice their own side and after they win the brawl he says " dont kill the other side " cus he doesnt wanna murder.. wtf logic?? crazy anime logic
Absolutely brain-dead. You are up against a heavily armed enemy with an unknown number of guards. On their territory. You don't know where to go, how many guards there are, what other security systems there are or if reaching your goal even accomplishes anything. I initially wanted to say "not to mention, apparently they all know how to operate a gun" ... then I remembered that military service in SK is mandatory. But come on ... an entire episode of cover ducking and shooting.
Gi-hun was an absolute waster at the start of season 1 for a reason. He never really was particularly smart or acted out in a planned fashion at any point. I think its totally credible that he came up with a half-baked plan in a desperate situation. Additionally its very much the point. The Frontman even baits him into saying a sacrifice for a greater good is necessary. He wanted that because up until that point, Gi-huns principles were pretty unshakable but his hatred for the games has changed that.
The guards were disorganised when they went in to quell the chaos in the 1st season. It crossed your mind then, why aren't they being rushed? Season 2 realises this.
I mean what else could he have done? They weren't going to win the vote and leave, and he didn't want to murder the other participants. Was he just going to keep playing and everyone else dies anyway? This was his best opportunity to rush the guards.
A poorly written show pandering to a pseudo-mature, hyper-emotional audience that aren't very bright. That's why most stories suck, nowadays. When audiences decide to just turn their fk'n brains off because their so desperate to seal-clap & throw up their pwecious wittle "heart-hands", why would show runners bother to put forth any real skill or effort?
@@Pepesilvia267 why? In the first season they had a vote that ended the game and rolled it back because no one wanted to live without winning more money
@@Pepesilvia267 I held on to a small hope they would actually vote to quit. Would've been interesting to see if the organization would let so many people with knowledge of their existence go. They can control 1 person, but so many? A shame they didn't go that route. Although they could still do it, I don't think they will.
@@Pepesilvia267 In season 1 they voted out but still went back in so it wasnt neccesarily the end of the show, also it was interesting because of all the betrayals and general character motivitions around the voting, the entire bathroom fight then night massacre all originated from voting as well, so it has escalating conviction when it comes to players votes or the moment with son and mom where him voting that way actually could impact someone he cared about the most
3:41 I liked the voting addition as it really helps cement that any action past the first game is the contestants own fault. They can leave whenver they want but chose to stick around because of their own greed, showing that it's less the games themselves and more the people.
Yes, it's not as fresh as the first season but I loved it nonetheless. The casting is great again and the new games are just as good as the old ones. With filming (the final) season 3 back to back and releasing this year already I'm hyped af!
Squid Game's creator was up front that he's doing more seasons for the money. And well, can't fault him for that, considering the cost of living these days.
they even threw in a dei so that netflix would be happy my glob that dei seemt to know everything and telling everyone what to do at the right place and right time and even knew more about gunts then anyone and look at it who could of gused at the end they would be one of the ones surving shocking picachu face
Or he's been riding the popularity of season 1 & has been partying like a degenerate madman for 3 years. South Korea does have some interesting night-life.
Asians tend to look noticeably younger than White people while in their mid 30s to mid 40s and then start to play catch up. That's what happened to this actor.
Korean shows have seasons with 15/20 episodes. I'm sure this is all Netflix fault, the authors have nothing to do with that stupid decision. They said season 3 will arrive in 2025. It's not a season 3. It is season 2 part2 but they're trying to raise their viewership, first for 2024 with part 1 and then in 2025 for part 2, to please investors. The show is good though ! And I love how the trans person is actually well integrated to the story and the character makes sense. As if making a character with good writing makes a big difference... and well, it does. Take notes Hollywood.
Squid game was initially planned to be a 2 hour film actually, but netflix made it a full on tv show. Thats why the showrunner was under constant stress.
One thing I absolutely hated with this season was how often everyone said "just one more game" and absolutely no one brought up that the money doesn't scale with the number of games, it only scales with the number of deaths, so what they are really asking for is for more people to die.
That’s probably what they were hoping for, continuing the games until enough people are eliminated. I don’t think they knew that killing players directly would also add to the pot until the bathroom scene.
Bru, they even explain in the rules that the money scales with more peoples deaths, did you see the show? People dont want to quit because every death means more money for the survivors, that is the point of keep on playing, because if you play just one game the total amount of money is shared among the survivors, because every death adds more money to the total, 0 dewths equals 0 money added, seriously, go watch the show again, you missed the whole point of it 😅😅
I mean it makes sense. Most of the people who joined the game said they have no life if they go out anyway. Also most of them look like they are gamblers.
There’s an ungodly amount of useless dialogue in this season, I started just skipping entire scenes where side characters are just yapping about NOTHING for 5 minutes, which shortened my pain. By the end of the season, I don’t think I missed much of anything important as far as backstory goes
They tried to create psycho lady 2.0 with the shaman lady and it just comes off as this annoying fly you can't shake. At least crazy lady 1.0 had a end game purpose, to make sure gangster guy didn't win 😅 , what's shaman ladys deal? What's her motivation cause she sucks at every game they play
If you read up on actual events and news in Korea, you'll see that reality is in fact stranger than fiction ... these shamans have a disturbing amount of power and influence. I suspect the writers are giving a nod to that.
Netflix's decision to stretch it to 3 seasons really showed. The amount (or lack) of progress across the season really held it back from being a truly great follow-up. I just hope the creator is able to deliver his complete vision with the third season.
I really wonder who was responsible for splitting this season and then having to drag out some parts. It was solid but can't really be rated as a season because no plot lines were resolved at all. I do think it's good they managed to keep it interesting.
I thought it's kind of meh untill the salesman finaly showed up. That russian roulette was acted so well, with time to say goodbye in the background. It was just chef's kiss.
1. The lead actor aging so much in just 3 years was kind of a blessing in disguise tbh It not only sells what the stress of the games did to him, but also that he's alredy been through it once and so he has experince most of the cast doesn't 2. The salesman was arguibky the best performance in the show and that's saying a LOT.
The director/writer said it ended where it did because it ended up being much longer then anticipated. He said the number of episodes required felt to long for a single season. So had to find a break point somewhere. And where that came felt right because its another pivotal point in Gi-huns character after losing his best friend and his coup to bring the games down failing.
Too long? I hate that we are in a world today where something around 8-10 episodes is considered long enough, and anymore is "too" long. Bring me back to 20-30 episodes being a "season" at least.
Korean dramas normally have 16-20 episodes to a season. Squid game season 1, had 9 episodes. Season 2 had 7. They only have 1 confirmed episode for Season 3. It has nothing to do with length. Some executive at netflix said, leave it on a cliff hanger we want to milk this until it's an empty husk. So they did. Which is why I don't watch squid game. The moment yankvillian network executives get involved in a story, it turns into unwatchable garbage. It's common for Korean dramas to have a single self contained season and then that's it. This is how squid game was originally intended until netflix said otherwise.
hey hey at least netflix filled their dei quota that tammy lived at the end and look that tammy was all powerfull knew everything did everyting and told everyone what to do at the right place and right time. None of the other characters were as that special they all failed constantly
I was annoyed that so many of the deaths are caused by the soldiers gunning contestants down not the challenges themselves. Season 1 felt so much more intense, e.g the glass floor challenge I found so anxiety inducing.
Well, we’ve pretty much only seen half the season, so that may be an element. Plus the games are likely designed to engage with the voting element. If the players aren’t responsible for so many losses, and feel they have a more legitimate and fair chance of winning, they may have a better chance of staying. Also the glass bridge was one of the final games, so we may get an equivalent next season.
Knowing that there's people who shot the players does detract from the show's alienation. It's really about the position of guilt / blame. Now, you've shifted the whole moral equation to the gunmen, not the players or the cruelty of the organisers giving orders. Now you know that people are shooting others in the back, etc. it's a very different emotional exchange. When it was a careless killing machine with the Doll, selecting people with AI ... you end up blaming the players for moving. It's cruel, but you don't blame the robot. When it was people choosing to kill poor people because they were playing a game with high stakes ... it's pathological. You can't rationalise how a person would follow that order and shoot people so callously. Instead of blaming the machine, or the player, you blame the person with the gun, not the person calling their number out.
hard disagree with the voting being the most interesting thing, after the first round of voting (which dragged on far too long) it really just eats up screen time when we all know they're obviously going to continue the games. I'm reserving my disappointment of the cliff hanger and seal team 6 side plot going nowhere until season 3 airs. Overall I think it will come together nicely in season 3 and with it only being 6 months to wait i don't mind the decision too much honestly - they have to satisfy netflix and make some money after all
I’ve seen some genuinely unsettling witch ladies in Korean horror movies. This one was such a weird choice. I thought maybe she’d be eerily correct about random things throughout, and her not fearing death would make her even creepier. But she literally folded into a fraud like the very first game she was about to lose lol
I liked it but it was too damn short. A season should tell a whole story, cutting the story in half so Netflix can get more revenue next year is stupid.
Westworld, The Witcher, The Boys, The Expanse, etc etc. How often a good TV series falls below the standards of Season 1. It's almost as if success causes writers to get complacent and lazy!
I heard it on Efap so take with a grain of salt. Thanos is disliked in Korea because he is a Kpop start who got involved with magic green leaf. However the boat captain that saved police man he has been or their is claim he SA someone but Koreans do not care
@@tylerghersinich576 I also saw that on Reddit (fistful of salt) along with a bunch of other accusations about front man, gi-hun and a couple of others.
Ugh. I hated the Thanos character. And I'm a big fan of the actor's previous career which is, funny enough, a washed-up K-Pop singer. I think it was the poor attempts at English that took away from his supposedly menacing nature.
@@InBetweenMolecules No way did you just call T.O.P. a "washed up kpop singer" 🤣🤣🤣 My dude... Bigbang is literally one of the most succesful kpop groups of all times.
Greatest performance in my opinion goes to the recruiter, aka the dad from Train to Busan. He did an amazing job showing how unhinged he’s always been and how playing games is the only thing the kept him from losing the last mental screw he had. He was essentially Two-Face without the Harvey Dent.
"Capitalism" SK has never had capitalism hust corporate oligarchy. The large "chaebol" families like the ones who own samsung run the country through corruption. They should be critiquing that. The entire SK economy since it's inception are based around these families. Its literally apart of their economic policies. They are modern day cybperunk2077 esque corps. SK is a literal corporate dystopia.
And then they made up a sob story with piano music included for his reason to be in the games. You can really tell Netflix executives had a hand on some elements, because those were completely absent on S1.
@@Weathund i noticed foreign shows are able to work around it well. In the Japanese show Alice in Borderland there's a trans character and she is great. But for some reason in American shows it is done terribly and purely for politics
@@Weathund I felt the same way, it was a story of a human who wanted to change themselves because they were unhappy. Yeah there is some baggage with the reflection of western society ATM, but each person in SG has that same drive, all for different reasons. Theirs just has to do with their gender.
I actually really enjoyed the frontman being there. That part where the main character makes the plan to steal the guns that requires them to sacrifice their teammates. "so you want to make a sacrifice for the greater good?" It's the same mentality of the people running the game.
Well, i wouldn't say that the VIPs think that they are doing something for the greater good, but more along the lines of the end justify the means. That's when the main character becomes just as selfish as the others, and that was enough for the front man to step aside.
@OscarGT25 There was that line where someone talks about how the world is endlessly producing garbage that needs to be eliminated. I don't think it's their main motivation but there is definitely a malthusian philosophy here.
Saving Private Ryan's third act had a plotline where the inexperienced soldier was put in charge of providing ammunition during a firefight, but hid in cowardice instead - resulting in tragedy. You guys remember that feeling pretty... _original_ ?
@@TooMuchToCareAbout2 Funny how I know _exactly_ who you're talking about, but can't even address them directly ( _every_ comment thread on this post mentioning it has been deleted). This season got all Netflixed to hell
He was not inexperienced he was never a soldier! he LIED! you could tell by how he acted and that he did not know how to use the weapons properly. He was committing stolen valor. He was a phoney
@@ibnaamir9915 Hwang Dong-hyuk lifted the plotline from the third act of Saving Private Ryan - wholesale. I've no idea why the quality of writing dropped so sharply between seasons.
Netflix contacted the creators/makers : We want a season 2. The creators/makers: It will take a long time, and it will coast at least ten fortunes. Netflix said yes, things got made.
@@kylec8015 Squid Games just has a more than decent more than well written sequel. People just were expecting the show having the same impact like back then when season 1 became a surprise hit.
Agree. But the reason there was S2 is apparently the Korean creator got absolutely reamed by Netflix because no one thought S1 would be a hit, so he got a tiny upfront fee but no residuals and not even intellectual property rights. Meanwhile it goes on to make Netflix $1+ billion. So he said he came back to actually make some money this time. You can see the difference in the quality. S1 took almost a decade to write and represented his blood and tears as a poor struggling writer. S2/S3 was a cash grab written hastily to make a profit. I don’t dislike S2, but if it feels like S1 is just better, this reason why
From what I've been led to believe by the internet, seasons 2 & 3 were intended as one 14 episode long Season 02, but Netflix said 'No', so they creator cut into two smaller seasons.
the tammy was cringe knowing every thing and telling people everything at the right place at right time and living at the end while team whipeout. O and lets not forget they were the only one that knew about gunts and how to work it and told everyone how to use it dei is real
What I like about this show in season 1 and 2 is that it isn't scared to kill beloved characters and keeps the hated ones alive. It really gives you a shock factor or realize that whoever you root for may not survive, whether they're close to the main character or not.
lamo you say that but the tammy lived and was all kowing and all telling what others to do at the right place and right time even more then the main char. I mean right when i saw them when they talked i was like opppp i know that ones going to livb they have that dei stank on them from netyflex
I enjoyed most of it, but goddamn it's slower than a crippled tortoise in quicksand. I shouldnt be surprised cause the creator blatantly said season 1 was for fun, and season 2 and 3 for the money, but jesus christ he sure is milking the hell out of it.
Squid Game has such a large cast of characters and you really find yourself relating to them all. Many times when you have that many characters on screen you can't really sympathize with them all. They just seem more like plot devices than people who you can sympathize with. Hollywood could learn a thing or two about how to do character development from the writers of Squid Game.
Wasn't for me. It lacked the dread that the first season had. People were getting killed all the time and nobody seemed to be shocked or traumatised. It was too unserious and jovial, just didn't feel the same 😂
People weren't shocked at others dying? What show were you watching? Also, as a viewer like Duh.. It's hard to recapture the dread of, say, the OG red/green light because we have seen it before The 2 new games they had did recapture some of the old magic tho.. and for instance I was unsure if the old woman would survive the 3rd game.. it wasn't a game, but thanos dying so early was a shock..
Literally in the 6 legged race you have jovial/comical music,people laughing and cheering, even when people got shot. No one gave af so why should I? The show made it impossible for me to feel any kind of sadness. It only got tense with game3.....the russian roulette was also well done.
@@Regula_joeso you wouldn’t celebrate finishing all 5 games in time knowing that you escaped death? So you would be all sad and depressed not able to focus and let your team lose?😂 give me a break.. no one was happy or didn’t care ppl died.. in fact, they showed moments were reality set in for a lot of them.. go rewatch the show smh
@@Sams_I_Am since you are such a fan you go and rewatch it. The jovial music in the back ground and people cheering for teams currently doing the race was what i was referring to. Take your own advice and go rewatch it. Let me tell you what I would be doing if I was waiting my turn. I would shut the f up and concentrate on what the others are doing wrong to give me a better chance of surviving. What i would not be doing is wasting my time cheering for others since my heart would probably be in my ass with anxiety thinking im f'd if my team mate cant use a spinning top.
Right? Refuse to accept their warped, nonsensical reality & watch them freak TF out when they don't get to just snap their pwecious wittle fingers & control everyone else's free-will. 😆😂😆😂
I think it was split because Netflix needed something. It’s been 3 years and there hasn’t been much good on it lately. It also gives them more time to flesh out the conclusion.
u lucked out imerson broke real soon as the tammy in the show ended up being all knowing and telling every other person what to do the right place and right time and them living at the end while the rest of the team gets wiped out because of dei reason. Like right when they talked the first time i was like well i know they are going to live the whole time and be all powerfull and i was right
I think the only issue I have is that it feels too short and that it ended a bit abruptly. But overall, I went in expecting the worst for this season and I was actually very happy to see it still captured a lot of the same spirit, charm and tragedy of the first season.
I dont know whats worse, that theres companies out there that would probably try to do something like this if they could, or that theres people that would probably willingly volunteer for it lol
@@orbboom6119Yes but imagi0ne it was run by WEF for Depopulation Agenda & Real Bullets were involved. There are some crazy folks out that that will happily become the guards and shoot people ie Gun holding American Mass School/Mall Shooters, plus Criminal Organ Traffickers will be happy for free & easy supply. Most people die so Climate Action people will be happy, Capitalists & WEF will be happy and if somebody survives till the end they will be happy to have the money plus all the trauma unless they are also crazy and emotionless about others dying.
As long as this is it, I'm ok with it. I like the idea of someone going through hell to win all that money and then understanding that the money isn't worth it. By using the money to stop the games should be the end result.
I really enjoyed it and when I got the feeling that something was just a filler, like the numerous useless scenes of Jun-ho and the troop searching for the island and the right entrance, I simply skipped it. Especially the first episodes showing how Gi-hun was doing and the salesman’s performance really kept me watching. And I can’t shake the feeling, that the front man was kind of disappointed when Gi-hun agreed to let people die, not happy.
The only thing i dont like about this second season so far, is the fact that the main guy, seems to be very dumb. Like my guy was able to finish the game, survive, get a secured location, get black market weapons, think of an elaborate plan during those 3 years, and then goes back to the game and acts stupid, just makes no sense to me.
7:47 Exactly. That's what I've been saying, the show is about Greed and how it destroys people or rather leads them to destroy others in the pursuit of wealth and power, the park scene with the Recruiter is a perfect microchosum of that exact premise, where these people will rather gamble on the chance of a payout instead of taking actual food when offered.
I would also take the lottery ticket instead of the food. Those small bread rolls would barely fill you up and you’d be hungry again within an hour. What’s the point? If you won the lottery you escape being homeless. 1 in a billion chance of winning vs 0% chance winning taking a small snack. Easy choice. The writers of this show aren’t as smart as they think
@@internetexplorer3596 So rather than eat something that will atleast provide you some nourishment you'd rather take a lottery ticket that is almost guaranteed to be worthless and potentially starve to death. Congrats on proving their point.
I saw this today and thought I would share. It’s quite possible the front man is Oh Il nam(player001 season 1) son. Because last season he told Gi-hun his son couldn’t drink milk just like Gi-hun. Then this season the frontman offered his milk to a player and said he couldn’t drink it anyways. 🤯
Careful now, Drinker, you might trigger Ya Boi Zack who’ll go and make yet another community post accusing you of not seeing what you review and call you a birthday clown or something. Even if he hasn’t even watched your video and is only judging by the thumbnail.
Turns out, starring in the Acolyte would make you age like if you went through WW2
Like he said in the video!
@thisismyname3928 right? OP thinks he's being novel?
WW2 was much worse than that.
Its a joke man... @A-Grat-A
GREAT THE CRITICAL DRINKER SQUID 🦑 GAME SEASON TWO REVIEW,
The ending of this season was the epitome of “ That’s all I’ve got for you today, go away now “ by Netflix.
It's just a cliffhanger, the second part wIll come out in a few months
@@reginaphalange9417 It's coming out in June , that's half a year
@@qsttheduck4971as did BB with season 5, it ended on a huge cliffhanger and people had to wait one year if I recall correctly
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@reginaphalange9417 thanks Captain Obvious
the recruiter absolutely stole the show for me in episode one, i don't think a game of rock paper scissors has ever caused my heart to race like that
Definitely the highlight of the whole season
he is a good actor yeah
I love how they also brought the front man in for a main role, those 2 did fantastic
this show does tension so well the entire time i was watching it my heart was pumping anticipating what would happen next it sucks that it's just a half season
And the finish with Andrea Bocelli! Mama mia!
The creator and head writer of the show said that when he was writing season 2, it ended up being 14 episodes. What we got was the first 7, exactly half of that season 2, with the other half being season 3. He said it was his decision to split it up instead of releasing all 14 episodes at once, but I'm like 99% sure Netflix made him do it for the exact reason you mentioned of wanting to make people come back for more later. At least we only have to wait a few months for season 3 instead of 3 years, cause it's already been filmed.
알본 배툴게임 표절이 다임
Another good point I saw being made about season 2 being split in two parts is that people will binge watch it in one go, or skip to the last episode just to spoil it for other people online.
@@An8thOfShrooms I also suspect, it could be with the same contractual shenanigans HBO Max did with some of their animation series; Splitting the season into two, so they get the profits of two seasons, while only ponying up a single season worth of budget and talent fees.
@@An8thOfShroomswhats wrong in binge watching, i dont like to wait weeks or years to finish something
Worst fucking decision ever. Season 2 was viewed as the second coming of Christ, to have it split, is so. Fucking. Pathetic..
6 legged race was so good to watch
Genuinely had my heart pumping when the first group of guys all started having full blown anxiety attacks when they were slowly coming to the realisation they were about to die it was sickening
When Gi-Hun team first started, I thought for sure it was going to play out in one camera run. No cuts or anything with how they went through the first 2 games.
Bye sadly they didn't.
it was cringe to watch
Worst part of the show personally, watching it THREE times??? What the fuck 💀
@@radry100made the first team seem like they were going to win, killed them off lmao
Would’ve been gut wrenching if only one team could win making so you’re not only racing against time but also the other team
The lead actor aged so much in only 3 years because that’s what The Acolyte does to a person 😂
Someone watched the last Open Bar 😂
Osha O Osha, I ruv.....yu.....
The Acolyte wasn’t as bad as Drinker’s short movie Rogue Elements.
@@B1G_WENGHtrue but still bad watch Skeleton Crew instead
That is literally the joke in the video, yes.
They clearly made one season and then split it into two.
That's sadly going to be the norm going forward. Streaming execs be like: "Oh you have a hit show? Great! Want a second season? You're in luck: you'll actually be getting _four_ seasons! What's that? You say you only have enough story for one more season? That's okay. We'll break that second season up into like three mini seasons and slowly roll them out to maximize hype and ad revenue." (Although to be fair to Netflix, they didn't do that with _Arcane_ but that show never hit the phenomenon levels of popularity that SG or _Stranger Things_ has.)
I feel like a lot of recent Disney+ shows are stretching a really thin story into too many episodes. Squid Game wisely went for a shorter season with fewer episodes (since they are clearly saving some for season 3).
I'd rather have one episode a week than a six month to a year break between half seasons
Absolutely !!! Pure lazy excuse to call it a 'cliffhanger'... it ain't... we just didn't get the entire season, that's the reality of it.
@@Shryceand?
You didn’t mention the salesman. Awesome performance
He was really good to be fair, and what a twist for his character! 😦😦
Gong Yoo has a variety of range as an Actor, I can see him nailing a major Villain role. Probably even better than Lee Byung-Hun
The dad from Train To Busan had a weird hobby lol
@@applecorp That's not what "to be fair" means.
@@thisismyname3928 Thanks for your really valuable input.
The added layer of duplicity, manipulation, and savagery in the gameplay of forcing a vote after every single game to increase the tension, the stakes, and to divide players into two groups that are then pitted against each other, almost like classism, was brilliant.
It is interesting but I do think it somewhat detracts from the immersion and believability. I can understand having one single Survivor and if that person wants to go out raving like a lunatic about a game with no one else to support them that's one thing but letting hundreds of people go who will all corroborate each other's story is too much of a liability
They were allowed to vote in season 1 too. Players just never did, it was kinda useless because if you end the game you lose the money, which is not the point in season 2 anymore.
@@АлександрБычков-к4нthey were only allowed to vote after the first game in season 1
@@pauldacon828 that was the same in the first season tho. After the first game they had the chance to vote to end the games. And they actually did do that. They were all out after watching like 200 people die. But then they came back. So technically for a certain period of time half of the contestants who had seen the other half die were out and could corroborate each other's story
@@АлександрБычков-к4н I know, I was just saying the voting system was the only thing about the series that felt unrealistic even though I found it interesting.
Shoutout to my boy Thanos. Having a irl Korean rapper playing himself and spewing random English was legit hilarious.
Wait, that guy was an actual rapper? ... I hope he was really hamming up the bad rapping then because his rapping in the show was garbage! XD
@@NopeNawhe’s genuinely a great rapper. He was in the group Big Bang. I believe he was the first underground rapper to be in a K-pop group too.
@NopeNaw His rapping is very good and he is seen as one of the best in kpop. Especially since he was a rapper before ever becoming an idol and loves the craft. One of his most iconic raps is in his song Doom Dada. The live is insane.
@@NopeNaw Big bang is huge in korea...they paved the way for a lot of other mainstream Kpop artists...they also went through ALOT with their record label YG entertainment...TOP used to have an ED, struggled with weight loss and cosmetic surgery...Ive been a fan of big bang for a long time and they've had a lot of ups and downs in the media...i know TOP was criticized in korea for smoking weed along with Gdragon...Earlier last year they released their last single as big bang bc they left their record label YG....it was a huge blow to kpop fans but ultimately it made sense since they are focusing on solo work...TOP and GD both struggled so hard under YG Entertainment...it was great seeing TOP playing a knock out role...TOP is also an extremely talented rapper...just listen to how amazing big bangs arrangements are....I think YG and the fact that they all came back from military service really changed them
Is there a reason he says the random
English phrases ?
The acting between Gi-Hun & the Recruiter when playing Russian Roulette was mindblowing.
And that's apparently the first time that the Recruiter's actor, Gong Yoo, has ever played an antagonist.
@@zuriyel5368 When you combine a great actor with a good director, that's how you achieve quality!
@@zuriyel5368He absolutely freaking killed it.
Best part of this season - Gong Yoo and Gi-Hun crushed that scene.
I see what you did there
I know everyone had a problem with Thanos, but I really liked that guy. He was a character born of the modern-day streamer - narcissistic, self-aggrandizing, and willing to do anything for money. I don't think people picked up on that, but I felt like he was a well written character, and great for some momentary, dark comedic relief.
@@AcshualSnotski I found his character interesting actually as well. The shaman lady was much more annyoing in my opinion.
@z.z.1876 yeah she was very aggravating
Him and his pal were so high as balls, they were having a great time. It was funny.
Me and a homie watched this "season" in discord together and were laughing to tears watching Thanos run in different goofy poses during redlight greenlight - high as a kite living his best life LOL, we both "hated him" but loved him at the same time for what his character brought to the table, an all around POS that was easy to laugh at
He was meant to cringe and he played it well
Can we all admit the Frontman looks like a Korean Mads Mikkelsen
That would explain why I think he's the most attractive guy in the cast 😂
He is actually the korean equivalent of Brad Pitt (without any of the drama or whatever)
Frighteningly so. First thing I said when I saw him on screen lol.
Haha I told my wife I thought he looks like the Korean version of a young Kyle Maclachlan.
That and the Korean Robert Patrick -- he did play the T-1000 in Terminator: Genysis, after all.
To be fair to Gi Hun and his decisions this season, he was never the smartest guy, he was just extremely lucky in the games. So it makes sense that his plan to try to infiltrate and take down the games was pretty half baked.
Also the organ harvesting thing was a smaller subplot in season 1 (they used a contestant doctor and gave him info on what the next game was), although it seemed like it was being done without approval under the head guy's nose. In Season 2, it seems like it's an open secret and tacitly approved - make's the front man's (001) a bit more interesting in context.
Idk. My issue was he still had like 90% of his winnings left. There was no way he could’ve spent more for a better plan?
Did anyone else notice the scene where the gunmen were in the room where they "cremate the players bodies" and one of the gunmen pressed a button that pulled one of the bodies below a secret surface? And then the gunman pressed another button to make it LOOK like the player was creamated?
@@Penelope416 They did that in season 1 as well iirc.
@@CorporalGrievous93 Point was that Gi-Hun isn't very smart, so he's been chasing the one thing he knows instead of looking at the bigger picture. Someone absolutely could've spent the money to make a much better plan, just not Gi-Hun.
Okay so this is the heart of why I actually didn’t like this season very much after the first couple of episodes… it seemed to me that they positioned Gi Hun as a competent and credible threat to actually accomplish the goal of the season.. which is where the main tension should have been the entire time, at least in my opinion, but as the series progressed I realized that despite them positioning him as such, he wasn’t… hence the disappointing but ultimately “no duh” ending of them being smacked (and if not for plot armor they wouldn’t have even got that far)
i loved how they foreshadowed how everyone would vote with the first scene with the recruiter with bread and lottery showing how all of the people in desperation who should’ve made the right choice of choosing the bread even while being desperate they still chose the lottery except for 1. just like how all the players had debt and the majority wanted to play the luck game of winning the games instead of keeping their lives even with the ability to walk away with a little bit of money
Same thing with the Russian roulette game in the first episode with the two thugs. Started out with 1 bullet, only for the rules to change. Foreshadowed the rule changes in the main games
Still think the Recruiter should've given all the bread/whatever it was to the one guy who chose food over money. At least one bag. Then after he throws his fit and leaves, show that homeless guy sharing the food with everyone else. At least put some bit of hope on humanity.
@@DonnaCPunkmaybe it’s an allegory for how theres so much greed/bad in the world/people, that even if the small *good* things people do, still aren’t rewarded much, because the ones who are bad ruin it for everyone as a whole
Nah. A single bread roll isn't going to do anything for people living on the streets. They could afford that by begging. It isn't going to change their lives. A lotto ticket could. That scene really sent the complete opposite message.
@@ModpotTheFirst-ye3ix do you understand what probability is? The scene is saying how people are greedy and would rather take a 1 in a million chance to be rich rather than take food and live a little longer. Even if you still think that a roll wouldnt do that, it is absolutely not sending the opposite message that people are not greedy
I was positively surprised how they kept it fresh. The hunt for the frontman, the new dynamic with Gi-Hun trying to save everyone, the voting, the labeling, the fckn front man infiltrating the games as Nr001? Damm this was way better than I thought.
I had the same thoughts. The way this was approached surprised me and then right back into the games with twists.
💯❤
front man being Nr001 is nothing new, it's the same plot as in s1
Never trust the player 001
I'll admit the guy took a huge gamble, he could have been killed off in any game. That's how sadistic he is.
Really enjoyed season 2. Probably because my expectations were a bit lower because I knew it couldn't possibly have the "magic" of the first season
Yep! My wife and I were both expecting a severe drop in quality (but didn't say it) and we finished the first episode really excited to watch the rest. It didn't maintain that level but was still engaging enough that we're looking forward to the second half.
Alice in Borderland is a better Squid Game. It's based on a Manga that was written before Squid Game. It isn't as flashy but has better writing.
@KenjaTimu it's soo boring I stopped watching after first episode. Lasers shooting ppl from sky? How is that interesting?
@@ibnaamir9915 you don't think the entire world suddenly vanishing is interesting? And it gets better. Squid Game peaks in like episode 3. By the end of the season it's actually kinda bad. The writing after the first few episodes is awful.
@@KenjaTimu it's unrealistic as he'll is what itt is
What I want to know is why didn’t Thanos use the infinity stones to win that fight in the bathroom?
His opponent went for the head.
His cringy rap sucked
I reckon it’s because he got a fork shoved in his throat
Or why didn’t the avengers use a fork to stop him?
Now I want someone to edit Infinity War and Endgame, editing out all the heroes’ weapons and replacing them with forks
He was already stoned to infinity.
Wait, Drinker doesn't mention the specific character for mOdERn aUdieNCes?
Because the trans character was actually pretty well written and wasn’t portrayed as perfect
I heard the director had said he felt as though 10 episodes, (season 2 was meant to have 10 not 7) was "too much" for a tv series and so he decided to extend those last three into a season. Unfortunately, however, that's led to these half developed subplots and/or hardly developed (Jun-ho and his search for the island) and a not as satisfying season finish. I don't want to judge this too much until I see season 3 but, similar to spiderverse, I'm getting a little annoyed with media that's set up to be a part 1 of two without explicitly mentioning beforehand that it was going to be so, instead of being a good standalone season/movie.
I'm hoping it's because they shot the whole thing and intended to release the whole thing at once. New season in 2025, so hopefully soon. Jan 26 perhaps??? Hoping it's soon
@@kristoffereberius2476 They all shot the whole thing at the same time, next part's date is announced
@@kristoffereberius2476 Leak said it will be June, which makes sense. 6 months in between so folks can't just cancel Netflix after watching.
2:04 lol, I forgot he was in the acolyte
People watched the Acolyte?
I watched the drinker's review of the acolyte and the drinker referred to him as 'squid game guy' throughout. It was burned into my brain, no way I could forget! Lol.
@@darthraider450 just the Drinker's reviews. I value my time.... And sanity
I mean, The Acolyte was pretty forgettable itself
He probably forgot too...
Episode 1 is still my favorite. The intensity of the Russian Roulette games were crazy.
mordern audicene didn't like squid game season 2 got 64 percent from audicence
Yeh I watched that episode and felt like yeh I'm back in, then it was all just downhill
What intensity? I couldn’t care less cause knew that main character can’t lose.
@@ste4392 why transgender in squid game 2, THE MESSAGE infection squid game 2
They showed that he put used up bullets to let us know that he was playing a psychological game without having the intention to kill anyone, and by doing so they removed all suspense from the scene. Then all of the sudden the gun fires, giving the viewers a clear message: the producers don't give a fuck about making sense so don't expect anything from the rest of the show.
The frontman, Thanos and the recruiter were the stars of this season.
for me the games of the 1st season were more heart-wrenching.
the deadly tug-of-war was very winner-takes-all and losers-lose-everything. the winners would carry the survivor guilt from this game. in order for them to survive they must made the other team fall to their demise.
also the marble-throwing game from season 1, it pitted 2 closest friends against each other and only one would survive.
in season 2, the games were more about how well a team works together. this lessens the moral complexity compared to the games of the 1st season.
The six-legged pentathlon is actually one of my favourite games, as I loved the simple anxiety-inducing concept of a person's life being in the hands of multiple other people. And it made for a compelling transition from a jolly, pumped-up, "let's go, people!" to absolute panic and capitulation.
Like a teammate still being stuck on the coloured stones game when there's around 40 seconds to go... you suddenly become aware that the clock is a countdown to your death.
The tug-of-war from season 1 was incredible, though.
I mean with the roundabout carousel game they were just starting to get into the moral complexity stuff. I think there will be more games that you're looking for in the next season.
Plus I think they wanted to shift the view from moral complexity of the games to Gi trying to save as many people as possible
I was surprised that after season 1 where 001 ended up being the inventor of the game that he didn’t suspect 001 this time.
The frontman being last on the six legged race strategically so if his team lost, everyone except him would be shot and nobody would know about it. Calling Gi-Hun by his name at the start of meeting him during the games. 001. Disappearing on one of the roundabout rounds then reappearing randomly. Then in the gunfight clearly leading the others on a bad path. How was Gi-Hun not suspicious of him?
Also had the #1 like the old dude. That alone would make me suspicious
I’m not trying to be a plot apologist here, but Gi-Hun probably didn’t notice due to so many things being on his mind. Especially after the 2nd game being different and his tooth being taken, he had to rethink his entire strategy.
@@Thomas-py6dw I picked up on that instantly. He should have known.
@tabletopstudios66 I'll agree to that. maybe the shock of him realizing it is a whole new game was too much.
I feel like many of y’all didn’t watch the show… why would he be suspicious of someone with the number #1 just because the old man had that number? The frontman can literally be any number.. if 456 is committed to taking the games down, paranoia might blow his plans. When he called him by his first name, he immediately explained it with a logical answer. Being last for a game could be a matter of coincidence.. him disappearing during mingle was not odd from anyone else who left their group to join the exact number. And, during the shoot out, they went the only possible way. 001’s idea to try to flank them was a smart idea and would have worked if he was truly on their side, but obviously he had other plans. He even later fakes his own death to make them believe it didn’t work.. come on man, yall need to stop watching these shows in hindsight and start putting yourself in their shoes
Shows like Squid Game & The Penguin is why I still have faith in TV shows right now. Squid Game 2 could never have exceeded the shock factor & innovation of the 1st season but it is still absolutely amazing. Netflix surprises me sometimes.
You should watch Tulsa King and Gangs of London
Try Arcane, you can thank me later.
@@filipealves77That one is definitely worth a watch
I really REALLY hope they go all out with the games in season 2b. I wanna see more intensity and craziness (tho the carousel was pretty hardcore).
@@filipealves77 I already have seen both the seasons. It’s the best animated series of all time.
The best part of this season was the 6 legged race. That had my heart pumping ❤
The music during that killed all the tension for me.
Also mingle
@@daniels1485 i liked the juxtaposition with the music and the scene but i understand how it could take you out of it. it was my favorite sequence in the season, my issue is that the ending wasnt even an ending it was just the end of an episode. i legitimately thought they were going to release the episodes week to week or do a part 2 in a few months. i was expecting a full story. the story closed no arcs
Last episode shootout was REALLY good. Loved the ammo concerns and smart tactics the contestants used along with shell shock
Mine too
the escape plan was most nonsensical thing ever. up until that point the show somewhat made sense but then gi-hun is like yeah sure lets sacrifice a bunch of ppl for a shot in the dark??? the entire show he was against sacrificing anyone then he decides to sacrifice their own side and after they win the brawl he says " dont kill the other side " cus he doesnt wanna murder.. wtf logic?? crazy anime logic
Absolutely brain-dead. You are up against a heavily armed enemy with an unknown number of guards. On their territory. You don't know where to go, how many guards there are, what other security systems there are or if reaching your goal even accomplishes anything. I initially wanted to say "not to mention, apparently they all know how to operate a gun" ... then I remembered that military service in SK is mandatory. But come on ... an entire episode of cover ducking and shooting.
Gi-hun was an absolute waster at the start of season 1 for a reason. He never really was particularly smart or acted out in a planned fashion at any point. I think its totally credible that he came up with a half-baked plan in a desperate situation.
Additionally its very much the point. The Frontman even baits him into saying a sacrifice for a greater good is necessary. He wanted that because up until that point, Gi-huns principles were pretty unshakable but his hatred for the games has changed that.
The guards were disorganised when they went in to quell the chaos in the 1st season. It crossed your mind then, why aren't they being rushed? Season 2 realises this.
I mean what else could he have done? They weren't going to win the vote and leave, and he didn't want to murder the other participants. Was he just going to keep playing and everyone else dies anyway? This was his best opportunity to rush the guards.
A poorly written show pandering to a pseudo-mature, hyper-emotional audience that aren't very bright. That's why most stories suck, nowadays. When audiences decide to just turn their fk'n brains off because their so desperate to seal-clap & throw up their pwecious wittle "heart-hands", why would show runners bother to put forth any real skill or effort?
I liked season 2 a lot, but didn't realize there were so few episodes. Caught me by surprise. I liked the voting part. Stress inducing.
I disagree. We all knew the outcome of the votes from the beginning or the show would end. For me that meant the voting took way too much screen time.
@@Pepesilvia267 why? In the first season they had a vote that ended the game and rolled it back because no one wanted to live without winning more money
@@KongQuestCo That clearly wasn't going to happen this time
@@Pepesilvia267 I held on to a small hope they would actually vote to quit. Would've been interesting to see if the organization would let so many people with knowledge of their existence go. They can control 1 person, but so many? A shame they didn't go that route. Although they could still do it, I don't think they will.
@@Pepesilvia267 In season 1 they voted out but still went back in so it wasnt neccesarily the end of the show, also it was interesting because of all the betrayals and general character motivitions around the voting, the entire bathroom fight then night massacre all originated from voting as well, so it has escalating conviction when it comes to players votes or the moment with son and mom where him voting that way actually could impact someone he cared about the most
3:41 I liked the voting addition as it really helps cement that any action past the first game is the contestants own fault. They can leave whenver they want but chose to stick around because of their own greed, showing that it's less the games themselves and more the people.
Except the people who opt to leave aren't allowed to leave.
001 (front man) was there to ensure those wanted to leave would never win
@@bdnnijs192 Well that's what you get in a democracy. Majority wins and the minority needs to adept.
@@bdnnijs192that's kinda the point of a vote, don't you think?
@@lucky2516 if those that wanted to leave were far more, there's nothing the front man could have done to stop it
Yes, it's not as fresh as the first season but I loved it nonetheless. The casting is great again and the new games are just as good as the old ones. With filming (the final) season 3 back to back and releasing this year already I'm hyped af!
Minion..."The contestants are rioting in the dorm & have firearms."
Mini Boss..."Gas the dorm."
Organizer..."I knew we forgot something."
"But sir! Our doors are wooden!"
"Just like Auschwitz?"
"Yes!"
@hubertcumberdale2651 lol not that kinda gassing...the "in the van/limo otw to the island" knockout stuff
Squid Game's creator was up front that he's doing more seasons for the money. And well, can't fault him for that, considering the cost of living these days.
they even threw in a dei so that netflix would be happy my glob that dei seemt to know everything and telling everyone what to do at the right place and right time and even knew more about gunts then anyone and look at it who could of gused at the end they would be one of the ones surving shocking picachu face
The lead actor aged so much in 3 years because that's what the last 3 years did to us.
Yeah three years ago i was in kindergarten, now I'm 83 years old in a retirement home
Or he's been riding the popularity of season 1 & has been partying like a degenerate madman for 3 years. South Korea does have some interesting night-life.
@@ibrahimshah3378ahahahaha.
Asians tend to look noticeably younger than White people while in their mid 30s to mid 40s and then start to play catch up. That's what happened to this actor.
Korean shows have seasons with 15/20 episodes. I'm sure this is all Netflix fault, the authors have nothing to do with that stupid decision. They said season 3 will arrive in 2025. It's not a season 3. It is season 2 part2 but they're trying to raise their viewership, first for 2024 with part 1 and then in 2025 for part 2, to please investors.
The show is good though ! And I love how the trans person is actually well integrated to the story and the character makes sense. As if making a character with good writing makes a big difference... and well, it does. Take notes Hollywood.
I agree I loved their character and their past and situation made sense for the show
As someone who has grown up with watching Korean shows...yes it is completely a Netflix thing.
I had a good laugh when the trans person slapped the shit out of the shaman woman. Western media would never.
Squid game was initially planned to be a 2 hour film actually, but netflix made it a full on tv show. Thats why the showrunner was under constant stress.
@ oh, I didn’t know that
One thing I absolutely hated with this season was how often everyone said "just one more game" and absolutely no one brought up that the money doesn't scale with the number of games, it only scales with the number of deaths, so what they are really asking for is for more people to die.
No shite
a few people did get annoyed at seeing survivors in a few scenes so i say that was on their mind too.
That’s probably what they were hoping for, continuing the games until enough people are eliminated. I don’t think they knew that killing players directly would also add to the pot until the bathroom scene.
Bru, they even explain in the rules that the money scales with more peoples deaths, did you see the show?
People dont want to quit because every death means more money for the survivors, that is the point of keep on playing, because if you play just one game the total amount of money is shared among the survivors, because every death adds more money to the total, 0 dewths equals 0 money added, seriously, go watch the show again, you missed the whole point of it 😅😅
I mean it makes sense. Most of the people who joined the game said they have no life if they go out anyway. Also most of them look like they are gamblers.
There’s an ungodly amount of useless dialogue in this season, I started just skipping entire scenes where side characters are just yapping about NOTHING for 5 minutes, which shortened my pain. By the end of the season, I don’t think I missed much of anything important as far as backstory goes
They tried to create psycho lady 2.0 with the shaman lady and it just comes off as this annoying fly you can't shake.
At least crazy lady 1.0 had a end game purpose, to make sure gangster guy didn't win 😅 , what's shaman ladys deal? What's her motivation cause she sucks at every game they play
The first woman was a better actor in my opinion too
Not to mention the shaman lady gave spoiler how gi hun will die.
If you read up on actual events and news in Korea, you'll see that reality is in fact stranger than fiction ... these shamans have a disturbing amount of power and influence. I suspect the writers are giving a nod to that.
Netflix's decision to stretch it to 3 seasons really showed. The amount (or lack) of progress across the season really held it back from being a truly great follow-up. I just hope the creator is able to deliver his complete vision with the third season.
I really wonder who was responsible for splitting this season and then having to drag out some parts. It was solid but can't really be rated as a season because no plot lines were resolved at all. I do think it's good they managed to keep it interesting.
The creator once he realised there was too much content for one season, and Netflix obviously agreed because money.
I've read, that the season 3 will be this July, but nothing confirmed yet
I just hope it's not another attack on titan situation
It's netflix bro. You must be pretty stupid to NOT know it's them.
Three seasons generate more interest than two. It is most likely Netflix that decided to publish it that way.
I thought it's kind of meh untill the salesman finaly showed up. That russian roulette was acted so well, with time to say goodbye in the background. It was just chef's kiss.
so it was meh until the 2nd half of episode 1? no patience
1. The lead actor aging so much in just 3 years was kind of a blessing in disguise tbh
It not only sells what the stress of the games did to him, but also that he's alredy been through it once and so he has experince most of the cast doesn't
2. The salesman was arguibky the best performance in the show and that's saying a LOT.
The trans character was unneeded. You just KNOW Netflix shoehorned that in.
"Unspecified virus of unknown origins." never gets old to me because in 2020 is when I started watching your channel.
nah, it's old. you can only repeat a joke so many times
The director/writer said it ended where it did because it ended up being much longer then anticipated. He said the number of episodes required felt to long for a single season. So had to find a break point somewhere. And where that came felt right because its another pivotal point in Gi-huns character after losing his best friend and his coup to bring the games down failing.
Too long? I hate that we are in a world today where something around 8-10 episodes is considered long enough, and anymore is "too" long. Bring me back to 20-30 episodes being a "season" at least.
Korean dramas normally have 16-20 episodes to a season. Squid game season 1, had 9 episodes. Season 2 had 7. They only have 1 confirmed episode for Season 3. It has nothing to do with length.
Some executive at netflix said, leave it on a cliff hanger we want to milk this until it's an empty husk. So they did. Which is why I don't watch squid game. The moment yankvillian network executives get involved in a story, it turns into unwatchable garbage.
It's common for Korean dramas to have a single self contained season and then that's it. This is how squid game was originally intended until netflix said otherwise.
They're definitely releasing a trailer the day before the season releases in like 3 months
hey hey at least netflix filled their dei quota that tammy lived at the end and look that tammy was all powerfull knew everything did everyting and told everyone what to do at the right place and right time. None of the other characters were as that special they all failed constantly
I was annoyed that so many of the deaths are caused by the soldiers gunning contestants down not the challenges themselves. Season 1 felt so much more intense, e.g the glass floor challenge I found so anxiety inducing.
Well, we’ve pretty much only seen half the season, so that may be an element. Plus the games are likely designed to engage with the voting element. If the players aren’t responsible for so many losses, and feel they have a more legitimate and fair chance of winning, they may have a better chance of staying.
Also the glass bridge was one of the final games, so we may get an equivalent next season.
Knowing that there's people who shot the players does detract from the show's alienation. It's really about the position of guilt / blame.
Now, you've shifted the whole moral equation to the gunmen, not the players or the cruelty of the organisers giving orders. Now you know that people are shooting others in the back, etc. it's a very different emotional exchange.
When it was a careless killing machine with the Doll, selecting people with AI ... you end up blaming the players for moving. It's cruel, but you don't blame the robot.
When it was people choosing to kill poor people because they were playing a game with high stakes ... it's pathological. You can't rationalise how a person would follow that order and shoot people so callously. Instead of blaming the machine, or the player, you blame the person with the gun, not the person calling their number out.
Oh, but you had no problem with the contestants killing each other at night in S1?
@@vgjunkie8386 why would I
In Season 1, RLGL, Dalgona, and Marbles all had people getting shot. We've only seen half the challenges this season.
hard disagree with the voting being the most interesting thing, after the first round of voting (which dragged on far too long) it really just eats up screen time when we all know they're obviously going to continue the games. I'm reserving my disappointment of the cliff hanger and seal team 6 side plot going nowhere until season 3 airs. Overall I think it will come together nicely in season 3 and with it only being 6 months to wait i don't mind the decision too much honestly - they have to satisfy netflix and make some money after all
I’ve seen some genuinely unsettling witch ladies in Korean horror movies. This one was such a weird choice. I thought maybe she’d be eerily correct about random things throughout, and her not fearing death would make her even creepier. But she literally folded into a fraud like the very first game she was about to lose lol
I liked it but it was too damn short. A season should tell a whole story, cutting the story in half so Netflix can get more revenue next year is stupid.
Aaargh, ye matey! Only one way to teach those lubbers their lesson! Yo-ho!! 😉😁👍🏼☠
Westworld, The Witcher, The Boys, The Expanse, etc etc. How often a good TV series falls below the standards of Season 1. It's almost as if success causes writers to get complacent and lazy!
The Expanse was ruined more by the cancellation.
The Witcher never was good... I like HC but ppl are coping that this tv show was good.
Some series get vastly better .. Tue Detective, Gilligans Island, The View, ..
@@MajorKenshy The Witcher was more sad because of what could've been
That’s been the case for years. Add “Lost”, “Prison Break” and “Hero’s” to that list.
The Koreans are up in arms about Thanos but honestly I found him to be one of the funnier characters
Thanos was the mvp for me i wished we explored his character and seen him more
I heard it on Efap so take with a grain of salt. Thanos is disliked in Korea because he is a Kpop start who got involved with magic green leaf. However the boat captain that saved police man he has been or their is claim he SA someone but Koreans do not care
@@tylerghersinich576 I also saw that on Reddit (fistful of salt) along with a bunch of other accusations about front man, gi-hun and a couple of others.
Ugh. I hated the Thanos character. And I'm a big fan of the actor's previous career which is, funny enough, a washed-up K-Pop singer. I think it was the poor attempts at English that took away from his supposedly menacing nature.
@@InBetweenMolecules No way did you just call T.O.P. a "washed up kpop singer" 🤣🤣🤣 My dude... Bigbang is literally one of the most succesful kpop groups of all times.
Greatest performance in my opinion goes to the recruiter, aka the dad from Train to Busan. He did an amazing job showing how unhinged he’s always been and how playing games is the only thing the kept him from losing the last mental screw he had. He was essentially Two-Face without the Harvey Dent.
Agree with basically everything, however, Squid Game is indeed a critique of capitalism (in S. Korea), the director himself said that.
The message intended and the message perceived are not necessarily the same thing
@@NopeNawthere are literally politicians,hundreds of them working against americans just because oligarchic lobbists paid them
"Capitalism" SK has never had capitalism hust corporate oligarchy. The large "chaebol" families like the ones who own samsung run the country through corruption. They should be critiquing that. The entire SK economy since it's inception are based around these families. Its literally apart of their economic policies. They are modern day cybperunk2077 esque corps. SK is a literal corporate dystopia.
It was definitely a critique of South Korean society, including it's capitalist aspect.
@@NopeNaw Right, so what's your point?
From the perspective of just the first two episodes, the two mini-games the recruiter plays were brutally impactful in my opinion.
Nearly fell out of my chair laughing when the trans character said he wanted to go to Thailand of all places.
But that’s like the best place for a trans person to go
And then they made up a sob story with piano music included for his reason to be in the games. You can really tell Netflix executives had a hand on some elements, because those were completely absent on S1.
@@yasashii_koeand the lezb scene between the two girls at the marble game was done tastefully. No crazy in your face messaging.
@yasashii_koe When that part came on, I audibly said out loud, "and here comes the sob story"
Ok I get that Squid Game has apparently gone woke yadda yadda, but I don't get the issue with Thailand specifically ? Am I missing something ?
The story was great but you can tell they had to work around Netflix's DEI interference.
the creator chose the "DEI"
For once I don’t have a problem with it. The trans character is very well written and developed. It didn’t feel especially forced or unnatural either.
@@Weathund i noticed foreign shows are able to work around it well. In the Japanese show Alice in Borderland there's a trans character and she is great. But for some reason in American shows it is done terribly and purely for politics
@@Weathund I felt the same way, it was a story of a human who wanted to change themselves because they were unhappy. Yeah there is some baggage with the reflection of western society ATM, but each person in SG has that same drive, all for different reasons. Theirs just has to do with their gender.
@@CJ-hx9duDude would been killed as a background character in the first game if he wasn't a l.a.r.p
I actually really enjoyed the frontman being there. That part where the main character makes the plan to steal the guns that requires them to sacrifice their teammates. "so you want to make a sacrifice for the greater good?" It's the same mentality of the people running the game.
Well, i wouldn't say that the VIPs think that they are doing something for the greater good, but more along the lines of the end justify the means. That's when the main character becomes just as selfish as the others, and that was enough for the front man to step aside.
@OscarGT25 There was that line where someone talks about how the world is endlessly producing garbage that needs to be eliminated. I don't think it's their main motivation but there is definitely a malthusian philosophy here.
Anyone else notice a certain character can NOT be talked about in the comments?
The perfect one that is great at everything all the time, no matter what? And totally mentally sound like in real life?
Saving Private Ryan's third act had a plotline where the inexperienced soldier was put in charge of providing ammunition during a firefight, but hid in cowardice instead - resulting in tragedy.
You guys remember that feeling pretty... _original_ ?
Lesson: never send the useless chickenshit to go get more ammo. Send the BA who just won't die with plot armor.
@@TooMuchToCareAbout2 Funny how I know _exactly_ who you're talking about, but can't even address them directly ( _every_ comment thread on this post mentioning it has been deleted). This season got all Netflixed to hell
He was not inexperienced he was never a soldier! he LIED! you could tell by how he acted and that he did not know how to use the weapons properly. He was committing stolen valor. He was a phoney
So squidg game copied this plotline from saving private ryan?
@@ibnaamir9915 Hwang Dong-hyuk lifted the plotline from the third act of Saving Private Ryan - wholesale. I've no idea why the quality of writing dropped so sharply between seasons.
Awesome season. Can't wait for part two!
7:23 Drinker sounding like one of the VIP’s
I fully agree with drinker. I would also add that the set pieces and the way this is filmed were very good.
I couldn't get past the red light green light episode. Hm yelling at everyone was really annoying. I came here to support the drinker though 😂
Waiting for "The Drinker Recommends: Hundreds of Beavers."
@@GloopTrekker waiting for The Drinker Fixes: Rogue Elements
Well since you're recommending he recommends it I'll take the hind and watch it. Cheers 🙂
@@B1G_WENGH
Is that the movie about exploring beneath the surface of Uranus?
Watched it over the weekend. Very different, refreshing, and funny!
Hundreds of Beavers is fecking awesome!
Meh, season 1 was a good standalone story all by itself. Not everything needs to be a continuous series/franchise.
Netflix contacted the creators/makers : We want a season 2.
The creators/makers: It will take a long time, and it will coast at least ten fortunes.
Netflix said yes, things got made.
I think essentially anything can have a decent sequel if the writers know what they're doing and make an effort.
I think this attempt at a sequel is actually pretty good compared to all the other horrendous unnecessary sequels to hit shows.
@@kylec8015 Squid Games just has a more than decent more than well written sequel. People just were expecting the show having the same impact like back then when season 1 became a surprise hit.
Agree. But the reason there was S2 is apparently the Korean creator got absolutely reamed by Netflix because no one thought S1 would be a hit, so he got a tiny upfront fee but no residuals and not even intellectual property rights. Meanwhile it goes on to make Netflix $1+ billion. So he said he came back to actually make some money this time. You can see the difference in the quality. S1 took almost a decade to write and represented his blood and tears as a poor struggling writer. S2/S3 was a cash grab written hastily to make a profit. I don’t dislike S2, but if it feels like S1 is just better, this reason why
Hot take, but I’m really glad they split it into two seasons. I would have been pissed it they rushed the ending
Something tells me that Squid Game wasn't originally meant to be a bloated trilogy. But that's showbiz for ya...
Episode 1 no mention? 🤷🏼♂️
Arguably had the best scene of the 2 seasons! 😧
The reviews on your movie really had you rethink any of these reviews did it not. Looks as if it did.
Watching a Drinker video and being in the first 100 views and first 2 minutes of upload?? Not me, it's already at 1k!
From what I've been led to believe by the internet, seasons 2 & 3 were intended as one 14 episode long Season 02, but Netflix said 'No', so they creator cut into two smaller seasons.
Netflix does that to prevent subscribers from dropping the service after a season finishes
It is the same as Season 1 but without the surprise. It is really Bad in comparison
The witch lady and thanos were cringe
the tammy was cringe knowing every thing and telling people everything at the right place at right time and living at the end while team whipeout. O and lets not forget they were the only one that knew about gunts and how to work it and told everyone how to use it dei is real
I really really liked it, but even i got a little taken out by how self-indulgent it became sometimes with a particular character.
The perfect one that is perfect at everything and was only there because society couldn't accept how perfect it is?
Who ???
@@thebrowningfarm aye, that one
What I like about this show in season 1 and 2 is that it isn't scared to kill beloved characters and keeps the hated ones alive.
It really gives you a shock factor or realize that whoever you root for may not survive, whether they're close to the main character or not.
You say that, but then Thanos
lamo you say that but the tammy lived and was all kowing and all telling what others to do at the right place and right time even more then the main char. I mean right when i saw them when they talked i was like opppp i know that ones going to livb they have that dei stank on them from netyflex
I enjoyed most of it, but goddamn it's slower than a crippled tortoise in quicksand. I shouldnt be surprised cause the creator blatantly said season 1 was for fun, and season 2 and 3 for the money, but jesus christ he sure is milking the hell out of it.
The most interesting thing about the show is the villain's take on matrix, that the red pill is an illusion of being a fake hero
Squid Game has such a large cast of characters and you really find yourself relating to them all. Many times when you have that many characters on screen you can't really sympathize with them all. They just seem more like plot devices than people who you can sympathize with. Hollywood could learn a thing or two about how to do character development from the writers of Squid Game.
Wasn't for me. It lacked the dread that the first season had. People were getting killed all the time and nobody seemed to be shocked or traumatised. It was too unserious and jovial, just didn't feel the same 😂
I disagree
People weren't shocked at others dying? What show were you watching?
Also, as a viewer like Duh.. It's hard to recapture the dread of, say, the OG red/green light because we have seen it before
The 2 new games they had did recapture some of the old magic tho.. and for instance I was unsure if the old woman would survive the 3rd game.. it wasn't a game, but thanos dying so early was a shock..
Literally in the 6 legged race you have jovial/comical music,people laughing and cheering, even when people got shot. No one gave af so why should I? The show made it impossible for me to feel any kind of sadness. It only got tense with game3.....the russian roulette was also well done.
@@Regula_joeso you wouldn’t celebrate finishing all 5 games in time knowing that you escaped death? So you would be all sad and depressed not able to focus and let your team lose?😂 give me a break.. no one was happy or didn’t care ppl died.. in fact, they showed moments were reality set in for a lot of them.. go rewatch the show smh
@@Sams_I_Am since you are such a fan you go and rewatch it. The jovial music in the back ground and people cheering for teams currently doing the race was what i was referring to. Take your own advice and go rewatch it. Let me tell you what I would be doing if I was waiting my turn. I would shut the f up and concentrate on what the others are doing wrong to give me a better chance of surviving. What i would not be doing is wasting my time cheering for others since my heart would probably be in my ass with anxiety thinking im f'd if my team mate cant use a spinning top.
I actually laughed at the trans part “Everyone turn away” like to picture a dong flopping around playing hackeysack 😂
I love how everyone just did it without questioning it or just telling him to play the game.
Right? Refuse to accept their warped, nonsensical reality & watch them freak TF out when they don't get to just snap their pwecious wittle fingers & control everyone else's free-will. 😆😂😆😂
I think it was split because Netflix needed something. It’s been 3 years and there hasn’t been much good on it lately. It also gives them more time to flesh out the conclusion.
Squid Games is at its best when it's not trying to be Korean Kaiji and is instead focused on being a poignant neo-noir crime drama.
All the thrill from season 1 was gone for me. The script seemed too contrived and slow paced. Really disappointing!
I didn't care for the mystic chick in it. I literally stopped watching after her second interaction.
u lucked out imerson broke real soon as the tammy in the show ended up being all knowing and telling every other person what to do the right place and right time and them living at the end while the rest of the team gets wiped out because of dei reason. Like right when they talked the first time i was like well i know they are going to live the whole time and be all powerfull and i was right
You didn’t call him the “guy from Squidgame” like you did in the Acolytes review😂
I think the only issue I have is that it feels too short and that it ended a bit abruptly.
But overall, I went in expecting the worst for this season and I was actually very happy to see it still captured a lot of the same spirit, charm and tragedy of the first season.
It had exactly the characters as the first season just played by different actors. The organ harvesting was in the first season too.
There is no braindead weirdo witch in s1
Couldn't help thinking about "The Hangover part 2" while watching "Squid Game s2"... weird.
But did the drinker watch Squid game?
No it was a total downgrade!
Better than most shows
I wouldn’t call it a cliffhanger. Anymore than turning off an episode halfway through feels like a “cliffhanger”.
man from the moment I finished watching it I was waiting for the drinkers critique on the season because he's always spot on
I dont know whats worse, that theres companies out there that would probably try to do something like this if they could, or that theres people that would probably willingly volunteer for it lol
I mean, is it really that hard to fathom why people would volunteer? Hell, I probably would.
People volunteered for the jab without knowing what it was
@@lilmoeszyslak4810 Man, that really lives rent-free in your head huh?
They already made a show based on this lol
And mr beast also did it
@@orbboom6119Yes but imagi0ne it was run by WEF for Depopulation Agenda & Real Bullets were involved. There are some crazy folks out that that will happily become the guards and shoot people ie Gun holding American Mass School/Mall Shooters, plus Criminal Organ Traffickers will be happy for free & easy supply. Most people die so Climate Action people will be happy, Capitalists & WEF will be happy and if somebody survives till the end they will be happy to have the money plus all the trauma unless they are also crazy and emotionless about others dying.
This show didn't need a sequel.
Absolutely correct. Netflix should have just signed the show-runner to make more different shows.
As long as this is it, I'm ok with it. I like the idea of someone going through hell to win all that money and then understanding that the money isn't worth it. By using the money to stop the games should be the end result.
I really enjoyed it and when I got the feeling that something was just a filler, like the numerous useless scenes of Jun-ho and the troop searching for the island and the right entrance, I simply skipped it. Especially the first episodes showing how Gi-hun was doing and the salesman’s performance really kept me watching.
And I can’t shake the feeling, that the front man was kind of disappointed when Gi-hun agreed to let people die, not happy.
The only thing i dont like about this second season so far, is the fact that the main guy, seems to be very dumb. Like my guy was able to finish the game, survive, get a secured location, get black market weapons, think of an elaborate plan during those 3 years, and then goes back to the game and acts stupid, just makes no sense to me.
Was literally not surprised by a single twist this season. I figured out the "captain" twist on episode 2.
7:47 Exactly. That's what I've been saying, the show is about Greed and how it destroys people or rather leads them to destroy others in the pursuit of wealth and power, the park scene with the Recruiter is a perfect microchosum of that exact premise, where these people will rather gamble on the chance of a payout instead of taking actual food when offered.
its not. the creator said it was about capitalism and its evils.
I would also take the lottery ticket instead of the food. Those small bread rolls would barely fill you up and you’d be hungry again within an hour. What’s the point? If you won the lottery you escape being homeless. 1 in a billion chance of winning vs 0% chance winning taking a small snack. Easy choice. The writers of this show aren’t as smart as they think
@@breakupgoogle lol capitalism is the brain dead Redditor take. All you people see is capitalism in everything and always miss the deeper messages.
@@internetexplorer3596 So rather than eat something that will atleast provide you some nourishment you'd rather take a lottery ticket that is almost guaranteed to be worthless and potentially starve to death.
Congrats on proving their point.
@@internetexplorer3596 so what deeper message? And rather what type of Dystopia is it? Feudalism, Socialism, or Theocracy?
I saw this today and thought I would share. It’s quite possible the front man is Oh Il nam(player001 season 1) son. Because last season he told Gi-hun his son couldn’t drink milk just like Gi-hun. Then this season the frontman offered his milk to a player and said he couldn’t drink it anyways. 🤯
Careful now, Drinker, you might trigger Ya Boi Zack who’ll go and make yet another community post accusing you of not seeing what you review and call you a birthday clown or something. Even if he hasn’t even watched your video and is only judging by the thumbnail.
Looked at all his posts just now. Holy crap. A more pathetic person I’ve never seen.