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A Complete Explanation of Squid Game
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- Опубліковано 8 жов 2021
- Today we break down all of the hidden themes and messages in the hit K-Drama Squid Game. Check out our explanation of the meaning of all the games: • The Meaning of Every G...
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No wonder.
so is old man that dudes father or not?
Are you going to repost your video from today UA-cam blocked it
I wonder what mrbeast will do after hearing il nam saying he wanted fun
Wonderful video (this), I laughed so loud
This show was incredible, I really liked that they showcased how differently people may react in a desperate situation like the game was. Your comments about the evolution of two main characters were great, thank you for the video!! 🌺
Thx Zuzanna! 🐥
I’m still in the minority who thinks Alice in boarderland was better but I enjoyed this one also
@@RollingxBigshot Personally, I think it’s on equal footing with Alice in Borderland, if not just close behind Alice in Borderland. I think that Squid Game became more successful is because of the fact that it’s more explicit with its ideas, so more people want to watch it.
@@Gemini-Lion the visuals are better here
The show is half baked. It's designed for only one season and the writing is sloppy at giving proper answers to actual plot holes, and as such creates an overall incomplete story trying to pose as complete. If you're going to supposedly conceive an ending that wraps up everything in a nice bow, explain all the other components and how the entire system runs. It's ridiculous how writers seem to address this mistake as mystery and intrigue but its lazy writing.
Gi-hun and Deok-su joining the games makes sense as their alternative is to be killed and had their organs harvested. Sangwoo however both votes to stay in the game, and returns, even though his life isn't in danger (he may be jailed, but he won't be killed). Sangwoo can't handle the shame of declaring bankruptcy and his family/community knowing his failures
And for fairness, I like the idea the actual "fairness" is for the betting VIPs. None of them knew the guy in stepping stones was a glass manufacturer, thus they didn't have the knowledge to place their bet (even though, they should have read the files). So frontman takes that advantage away when it's unfair considering players got to use their talents to aid in other games
@@CaityRaindrop Sang-woo was wanted for white-collar crime. He's going to prison for a long time. He also put up his mother's house and store to cover for the debt. Filing for bankruptcy ain't going to save any of that. He will basically be homeless and chased by creditors for the rest of his life. Hence he attempted suicide just before he reentered the game.
@@CaityRaindrop Sang-woo said that “they will kill his mother” at one point during the game. I wonder if he had borrowed or stolen money from the wrong people….
@@CaityRaindrop oh that's a smart point about fairness
Many financial investors who lose choose to jump of off flats to their death rather than go to jail, mainly because their pride and ego was so inflated as they got rich, they can't bear the thought of losing it all. Back in 2008 financial crises many investors in Asia and in America jumped to their deaths. So it's understandable why Sangwoo would want to go back.
The VIP’s are supposed to be bad actors, they’re an imitation of Asian stereotypes and clichés in North American/European films
Yes and no. They are portrayed by amazing actors but sadly the language barrier and the poorly translated lines are what made them like that.
My initial theory was that Squid Game was a brutal version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
I thought the games were designed to test good qualities: Red Light Green Light/patience; Honeycomb/ingenuity; Tug of War/teamwork, etc. Of course, I was completely wrong, since the most benevolent characters were all killed off.
No one in Charlie n chocolate factory died and all of them got a technically good ending, they do get infinite chocolate
@@1mol831 Debatable
Yep, it's actually meant to reinforce the decisions the people on the top made to get where they are
ahahahahah no no the story Charlie and the Chocolate factory was a story about reprimanding gruesome people and to give Willy a successor and pass off his factory to someone nice, cheerful, imaginative... (basically not a adult like cough cough Donald Trump cough)…. This so called chance of getting into the factory willy nilly (randomly generated) was completely ruled out. Impossible. Seriously. It's not about trials. It's literally Willy saying: here's your well deserved comeuppance. Go live your life knowing you're a piece of garbage. Reliving your preposterous, disgusting deeds. Make yourself a better person. He's directly killing three birds with a stone. He's helping Charlie live a better life because its Charlie, he's reprimanding the other kids of their atrocious behavior and their parents for not stepping in as well as being completely terrible. Charlie'spreposterous
Meanwhile the only quality the second to last game is meant to test is Luck, and maybe your memory and jumping skills
Great, in-depth analysis. Some really deep and profound points.
But I disagree that the longing for childhood can be separated from a critique of capitalism. When Sang-oo is lying on the floor dying and he recalls to Gihun how their mothers used to call them for dinner, I get the sense that he's saying nobody can help them now. His mum can't help him out of his debt. Gihun's mum can't help him out of Gihun's debt. They have to fend for themselves. They long to return to the simpler, carefree time of childhood (as you said) but the only reason they're lives are so much worse and harsher than their childhood is because they need to function in a ruthlessly competitive, often predatory capitalist society.
Il-Nam by contrast might long to relive the fun of his childhood, but unlike the debt-ridden Gihun and Sang-oo, his immense money allows him to do that. He dies having relived the fun of his childhood because his money allowed him to set up this sick, twisted game.
His money also buys him the security from harm and consequences that children have. By rights, he should've died in the marbles game. He didn't because the people executing the contestants are his employees.
The longing for childhood might be universal. But through a capitalist critique we see how different the ability to relive childhood and the reasons for wanting to relive childhood is. These differences are determined directly by wealth in Squid Game.
Il-Nam- boredom, able to relive childhood, free from consequences
Sang-oo/ Gihun- desire to escape harsh reality, unable to return to childhood, suffer consequences for failure.
@Colby excellent points!
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💯... 😢
Even at the end when Gi-hun was betting with Il-Nam on whether the homeless man outside in the snow would be helped by someone he just stood there very passive convinced that someone would help the man. This could be seen as “hope in humanity” however, he could’ve just helped the man himself, proving Il-Nam’s point! Gi-Hun passively became like the VIPs who have billions of money and bet on people’s lives. He too now has billions and is there betting on a life just like the VIPS! This show is so deep!
Wow, I never thought of it that way! That's a really good point!
The whole time I was watching that scene I was like, why doesn’t he go out and help the man himself? It’s not only the kind thing to do but also the smart thing to do with that situation.
This show made me think of the enormous burden student loans have placed upon the American Millennial generation. Forget declaring bankruptcy…not even death offers an escape from those. Absolutely criminal.
Well much like the Squid Game, you can just join the American Military and kill people to get your debt erased!
I blame the colleges.
They must know that several of their courses hold little direct employment opportunities or fail to develop truly transferable skills ...
Yet they will take taxpayer money AND screw over their students.
Similar trouble with healthcare, providers know people will pay anything for the chance to save a loved one, and charge accordingly.
@@ForeverTraitor you do realize that the United States Military is not just shooting people right?
@@entitledunfortunately4984
Yep!
We bomb them into oblivion too!
@@entitledunfortunately4984 no of course not. We just bomb them with drones bombers
What a wonderful and thorough analysis of the overall theme of Squid Game! My favorite message in the story that you touched upon is the fact that humans are not good at making indirect investments and decisions with an unforeseeable circumstance. I LOVED how that you mentioned that what killed SangWoo at the end was that he was so lost and carried away by his sins.
Although this show is about the merciless and unfair system of society, I loved that the writer recognized the importance of maintaining integrity and being true to one's values and morals as another (but indirect) aspect of survival. The way I see it is that Gi Hun and Sang Woo both acted selfishly (Sang Woo much more than Gi Hun), but Gi Hun won because he has never lost himself or his moral code and dignity.
And I also chuckled when you said "... he tricks Ali during the marble game and killed Sae Byeok with his own hands - other than that though, great guy!"
Please make more Squid Game videos?
What a thoughtful comment! I'm so glad you were able to grapple with some of the philosophical questions I raised in the video. ❤️😬😬😬😬
Interestingly, I saw Sae-Woo's suicide at the end as something akin to "This idiot Gi-Hun is going to stop the game, and no one is going to get the money. At least this will end it, and I trust that he will give the money to my mom."
it’s also so interesting because the winner of 2015 the front man not Il Nam, i forget his name but the cops brother also won but he seems more like what Sang-woo would be if he won, cold hearted and ruthless. i wonder if he possibly was like Seong Gi Hun but what he endured was too much that he became like that. something cool to think about and i’m REALLY hoping for a season 2
This is about CAPATILISM!!!!
“I wanted to write a story that was an allegory or fable about modern capitalist society, something that depicts an extreme competition, somewhat like the extreme competition of life. But I wanted it to use the kind of characters we’ve all met in real life,” Hwang said.
Per the creator.
I knew it.... Marxism was the right method after all
If you want to see a movie about communism check out The Experiment.
History seems to indicate that Communism is obviously not the answer.
@@dietwald the current capitalist-socialist or socialist capitalist system currently is worst as it causes the most difficult social mobility.
Capitalist = free for all game
Communist = total equality
Socialist capitalist = rich can manipulate laws to protect their wealth and poor are taxed.
@@1mol831 Socialist-capitalist? What? That's an oxymoron.
Capitalism means ownership of the means of production by the capital owners. Socialism means ownership of the means of production by the people who work with them, either by everyone working alone or by democratic ownership of factories as a whole or individual sectors within those factories.
When you criticise how currently capital owners lobby government officials to get them to vote for the things that "the rich" want, that's just capitalists working in a capitalist framework.
@@baldboyfriend8589 lmao keep crying in a free world instead of upgrading yourself to be better.
I think as other poeple have pointed out, number 1 let him win the marble game because he couldn't win the next game. He was given a way to win the first 3 (he wasn't a target for number 1 or 2, he knew how to win number 3, he would either not get a partner and "die" in number 4 or he would lose in number 4 and pretend to die). If he got to number 4, he couldn't fake his way through/get pretend killed. So he wasn't letting him win the marble game to be nice I don't think. Just part of the plan.
19:40 Honestly, his boss pretty much crushed his own hand there and deserved it. Because he didn't even bother to make the working conditions better and to put safeguards around the dangerous machines.
It's also loosely implied that it's karmic, as it's possible that is why Ali lost his fingers. Lack of safeguards for the employees and refusal to pay them, even probably refusing to help Ali with medical bills and lost wages after whatever accident took his fingers. The boss deserved it, honestly I worried a bit watching that Ali would feel guilty. Fortunately I don't think he did.
Ooh an analysis for Squid Game clocking in at 35 mins? This is gonna be a juicy one to watch.
The title is clickbait. "A complete explanation" my ass.
It takes a solid 15 minutes (or more idk and idc how long it takes) to get to the actual meat of the analysis most of it is repeated information that is presented in nearly every Squid Game analysis video. How is that necessary. It's squid game its a bunch of people killing each other to earn millions.
Juicy? Five minutes of thinking about the game will lead you to that conclusion.
I grew up around billionaires and I have to say that the VIPs being not superb does more for rectifying how rich people actually are vs. how they're portrayed in the media than people give it credit for.
Remember when the guy said, “Is that all this is to you? Some kinda squid game?” That scene gave me chills.
Squid game: obvious critque on capatalism
Others: smells like COMMUNISM
Lmao
It’s a critique on both. I don’t understand why ppl think just because you critique capitalism, it means you’re co-signing communism. The show is clearly not supporting communism.
"All the world's a stage and we are merely players" - Shakespeare. So, most of you do understand that humanity right now is playing this exact game.
001 is a player who doesn't have to worry about death so all of front man's talk of equality in the game is disingenuous.
And even if he was a real player it can never be truly equal, people are playing with different skill sets and disadvantages. If Il-nam were a true player, how would it be fair for an elderly man to be playing against those in their mid 20s to mid 30s? Physically it would be unfair. Or the women against the men? Ali was taken advantage of because in a way he didn't truly understand the games as much as the overly educated Sang Woo.
Everybody was playing with different things about them that would make or break them in the game and the games themselves couldn't be made equal either. Tug of War was a great example because you had to find people who you thought were strongest which neglects those who appear weaker (women, elderly, smaller men).
The whole "equals" thing was impossible. What they really should have asserted was equality of opportunity. Everyone is given a chance but nobody is equal in any sense.
@@user-tu1jb3yl2c I was thinking this as I was watching the show! @Equality wasn’t the main theme rather equality of opportunity” love that message
Despite how annoyed I got when you denied it was about capitalism, this is otherwise the best analysis I've seen so far
A communist death games would require at least pretending to encourage players to work together. The hyper-competitiveness that the games encourage in the later rounds makes it clear it's a capitalist critique. And sure it's been done to death, but I'd argue that standing out in such a saturated market just shows it's got something special.
“I wanted to write a story that was an allegory or fable about modern capitalist society, something that depicts an extreme competition, somewhat like the extreme competition of life. But I wanted it to use the kind of characters we’ve all met in real life,” Hwang (creator of Squid Games) said.
This is definitely about Capitalism, and the creator has made that clear, anyone saying differently is misinterpreting the story (to a certain degree, particularly the main analogy of the series) and is letting their politics get in the way of seeing the over arching allegory of the show.
@@kjellvb1979 it is a criticism of capitalism. But the true irony is that the director depicted the alternative solution to capitalism as communism (the game). The VIPs exist in both capitalism and communism. While the game (communism) promises equality and wealth and even offers an opt-out via a "democratic" process, they are eventually all killed off. it's just a mirage.
@@CodyCha The game is not an alternative to reality though, it's an extension. That's clear from all the parallels between real life and the game, especially since the host got wealthy as a money lender, paralleling how he encourages others to gamble to improve their circumstances.
The game does claim equality, but communism claims equality of results, while capitalism claims equality of opportunity.
The game does not promise that everyone will end up equal, but that everyone starts with the same chance. That's why it's not communist. There are plenty of ways to criticize communism but I'm not seeing it here.
@@nikoincroatia Capitalism does not claim equal opportunity. You must be confused with *equal rights* prevalent in a democratic society. Capitalism simply meant free-market. You can make money however you like without any interference from the government, and you keep whatever you earn. Capitalism says even if you don't have equal opportunity, you can suceed. A homeless person can sell hotdogs on the side of the street can become rich if he works hard and uses enginuity.
Since you didn't see any aspect of communism in the game, here are some clues for you:
*1) You have no individuality* -- everyone is wearing the same clothes, same shoes -- just like North Korea
*2) No freedom* -- you can't leave the premise, you eat what's given (ration) -- just like North Korea
*3) Always watched* -- you're chipped, every action is monitored, even in bathrooms, even when you get out of the island
*4) Equality* -- same clothes, same bed, same meal for everyone, you're promised equality, fair rules -- Just like North Korea
*5) Punishment* -- you're killed for breaking the rule or failure/mistake (public execution) -- Just like North Korea
*6) Forced Work* -- players are forced to play the same game at gunpoint
*7) The Prize* -- communism promise utopia that isn't achievable -- even when Gi-hun won, he didn't spend a penny
*8) Host and VIPs* -- dear leader fat dictator and his minions eat, drink, entertain like kings
*9) No escape* -- if you try to escape, even your brother will kill you -- Just like North Korea
@@CodyCha
1) Same clothing -- Are you trying to claim North Koreans all wear the same thing, or am I misunderstanding? Because that would be ridiculous.
The same outfits are probably because the entire setup is build as a kindergarden or school, and uniforms are the norm for South Korean schools.
2) No freedom to leave, rations -- Except you can leave if more than half the people vote to leave. That's not an option in NK.
The players comment on how the prepared meals are like the meals they used to get to take to school. We also see lack of food or poor quality food being part of Gi-Hun's struggle in the outside world, eating dry ramen or not being able to afford a good meal for his daughter. When a parallel is shown on screen, then it is assumed that that is the parallel that is intended, not some hypothetical parallel that's never shown.
3) Always watched -- you're chipped, every action is monitored, even in bathrooms, even when you get out of the island
The SK government has 1.34 million CCTV cameras in operation and particularly lax privacy of personal information laws. That's part of why it's so easy to watch them outside the island.
4) Equality -- same clothes, same bed, same meal for everyone, you're promised equality, fair rules -- Just like North Korea
You're promised the same starting conditions, not that everyone can win together. Every system claims to be fair, to reward good traits.
5) Punishment -- you're killed for breaking the rule or failure/mistake (public execution) -- Just like North Korea
We see Gi-Hun being threatened with death and organ harvesting by loan sharks. Sang-Woo tries to kill himself. Punishment of death is not limited to NK.
6) Forced Work --
Again, they can vote to leave. They also signed up for the game.
7) The Prize -- communism promise utopia that isn't achievable -- even when Gi-hun won, he didn't spend a penny
Communism's promised utopia isn't that one or a small number of people will be insanely rich. And Gi-Hun does achieve that utopia, he can spend the money if he wants to and he eventually does.
8) Host and VIPs -- dear leader fat dictator and his minions eat, drink, entertain like kings
That happens in both communism and capitalism. The VIPs and Host are able to create the games and enjoy luxury because of their success in the capitalist system. The Host especially was a money-lender and all the players are in debt, his success is directly tied to their failure, in capitalism.
9) No escape -- Again, you can leave by vote.
But even if hypothetically it was a parallel to NK... what would that say about SK that these people are so desperate that they'd rather take their chances in the game than go on living in SK?
If you liked this show, be sure to watch Battle Royale. It is a 2000 Japanese drama about society creating a Battle to the death for a random low scoring grade 9 class to solve the population crisis. It quickly devolves into a Lord Of The Flies scenario like this show and it also has moments of striking beauty.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into it ;-)
@@commandermeow6790Was it worth it?
If only they told the players that there is only one winner 🏆 90% of them would've left
That's actually never been confirmed as a rule. The rules, as mentioned, actually imply that there could be more than one winner. Now, that could be a ruse, but there's no real solid evidence conclusively proving that there can only be one winner.
@@dustingaethje1332 true and past years had multiple winners seen in the records. It stands to reason the games likely change between rounds and this iteration was tailored to what Il-Nam wanted to play. So this round could only have one winner but with different games there could be more winners.
i think one of the weirdest psychology things with squid games is that they used red light green light as a first game, its a game that doesnt have to get rid of half the contestants and even in the honey comb game its still up to your own performance. but when they get to the third game they are forced to choose and make teams and go up against each other and thats when they learn that it may come to the outcome of only one winner. but by that time they've already gone through 3 games and so many people have died
they totally could have stopped the games again if they wanted to as well
That was Sang woos argument to the man who killed his wife in the marbles game, that if they gave up then all the deaths would be on their hands and would be for nothing, essentially. Nobody would leave with anything.
However Sang Woos motivation for saying this was proven to be a selfish move as he doesn't want the games to end and kills 067 so that her and Gi-Hun can't vote to end it.
This was incredible. I am doing a research project that utilizes the series and this added some well needed context to the themes and critiques. A great starting point for us, Thanks!
In the marbles game… what if you both traded?? Then you each get ten marbles and your opponents.
I think this is a mistranslation to English because I've heard from others that in the original Korean, the rules say you need 20 marbles to win, but in English it just says you need your opponents 10
I could be wrong, but that's what I've heard from others that can understand the original Korean
I think another manipulation rarely pointed out is that the whole scoreboard with prize money and the distribution make it appear like multiple people can win the prize. When in fact, given the VIP table set up, the model and play area for the bridge, and the list of winners book, it seems like only one person can ever win. Maybe 2. It's good for the game or else everybody would just be a cut throat bastard, but it allows relationships to be built and inevitably destroyed. I don't think making a married person kill their significant other is very fair, maybe at a very technical sense
Agreed, and when it came to Squid Game it seemed it would have to be a 1v1 scenario.
Insightful discussion, especially your take on the ending. I was also thinking how odd it was that player 456 [Seong Gi-hun] was still so passive during the last bet, not taking any action despite having the ability to help the freezing man outside. Perhaps due to “hope” that you described in your analysis, he finally starts changing (perhaps even “managing”) the game instead of just taking life’s cruel slaps passively.
That topic of the slapped people being invited to play is interesting, too. Those who would walk away from a gamble and who would pay their debts with their physical suffering are the ones who receive an invitation.
i havent even watched this yet, but i know its great. your Alice in Borderland videos were amazing, and i know this one is too!
Aw so nice😭😁👍
Agree
I believe Il-Nam only did that for Gu-Hun, showing up to convince him to return to the games. There was a reason for that which plays deeper in the meaning behind the story.
Number 1 was never playing the game. He was simply watching from inside.
Yes! And probably betting money on 456 😉
This was a great analysis. I really enjoy this series for the same reason I enjoyed Us; so many ways to read the characters, so many interpretations to make for behaviors, and very few clear-cut answers to limit either.
Thankyou for that awesome analysis of this excellent show. Kudos to the outstanding talent of the Korean actors!
Always great to see a new Generation Ochi video & a kdrama getting so much attention & love! Squid Game isn’t the most original plot, but it was still an entertaining watch.
Agreed. It's annoying to us K/J Drama snobs that everyone is acting like this show is groundbreaking 😂😂 but we have to be happy that K dramas are getting some mainstream love. Always good to see your comment.
@@GenerationOchi it is groundbreaking for a lot of people. just because hte plot isnt new doesnt mean that it cant be groundbreaking in some way. this show was able to draw in western viewers which can be huge. I originally wasnt pulled by the plot, it was the visuals and the acting that pulled me in. this show did a lot right with the minimal CGI and the cast that they pulled in. also the fact that they made the actors look like real people and not models
@@melissaq8854 yes the set designs are amazing 👏
These are honestly some really good points
Sang woo is still the real winner if you look into it. His reputation is clean his mother is safe and has money and in the end that is what he wanted. Dying was already his option in the bathtub. He used even Gi Huns kindness to get his mother safe.
Gi hun has the money but still lost.
@juhg. koop and she knows what a piece of crap her son was, betting HER home and business for his gain and losing it all!
dammmnn, this video was sooo good as usual, I always enjoy watching your videos, they're all always so interesting and full of new things to learn and I have learnt alot from your videos and the amount of effort you put into them is amazing really!!! as I'm quite young, I kinda feel like watching your take on such shows can teach me a lot while having fun AND being able to appreciate these shows much more than before!! thank you for another amazing video, I hope you have a good day💖💖💖💖💖💖
Thx for your very nice comment😁👍. Have a great day yourself!
@@GenerationOchi no problemm!! I'll have a better day, thanks to you!!😊😊
wow, you’re really well-spoken! i love your commentary
23:30 the reason frontman isn't punished for taking off his mask is nobody besides his brother can see who he is. Notice how he wears the mask before turning around to the other soldiers, and when he kills the guy for taking off the mask the reason he cites is nobody should figure out who you are. The frontman isn't disobeying the rules in this sense
Even if he was breaking the rule fully, it probably wouldn't apply to him anyway. Much like the boss of any company isn't punished for things that he punishes employees for because he himself is the punisher. The rules don't apply to him.
Think about how the doctor and the workers are killed for making the game "unfair" yet when he sees the glassmaker checking the glass which is not against the rules and isn't unfair as it benefits the ones behind him just as much as it benefits him, not hinders them; he turns off the lights so the man can't see. That's not fair.
It's a "rules for thee but not for me" mentality.
23:04 The one problem you say, is invalid. Its not Tyrranical, They opted to play, the 'Game Master' made the 3rd clause, they invoked it, then chose to resume.... That's democracy. Majority rules regardless.... I'm just glad those other 4 didn't return, tbh....
I mean you are right but I see GO's side too. The players returned of their free will BUT they were not given enough information to make an informed decision. Would they have played knowing what games were coming? That they would be able to kill each other outside the games to achieve the same money as a result? That only one could win this time?
I say this time because I think based on the records showing some games having multiple winners, it stands to reason that the games played likely change between iterations and if different games are played, perhaps that allows for multiple winners. Hell, even playing the games in a different order could have resulted in multiple winners. If squid game was played in teams and the games were played in reverse ending with Red light, green light. Many winners could result.
I'm off track but I think that's the point. Yes they chose to come back, they aren't forced but they also don't have the information needed to make the choice.
I'm impressed by your insight, you earned yourself a new subscriber
Thx friend😁
Thankfully someone is seeing the things i saw and also open my mind about new ways of seeing this show
🙌🙌🙌
Can I be honest? I really was wanting for to long for a Generation Ochi review fantastic analysis as always
Thx so much!
if u look thru the book the cop goes thru it shows there's been multiple winners before. maybe it changed but it's entirely possible if a decent amount of ppl make it to the final game they split the money
The games probably change with each iteration too, which would make it possible. It seemed these games were chosen to suit il-nam but prior years likely had different games.
Looooooooved this!!
Question for you though: in your argument about it not being egalitarian bc The Front Man (TFM)reveals himself to who he know is his brother, but suffers no consequences for his reveal, bc TFM alleged shot and killed who saw him and those behind him did not see him, doesn't that keep the sanctity of the rules per se?
I love your latest analysis of Ji-Leong😢 and your whole SG videos. There are so much layers to this onion. I bet there will be college courses on Squid Game pretty soon, just Shakespeare’s work.
Great video!!! Really liked the show, the idea wasn’t original but the execution was very well done. Gave me hope that humanity can be good
I mean yeah, but did you know that Sang-Woo graduated first in his class in business school?
wait it was SNU righttt?😱
@@naturalbby1722 The way the guy plans things out, I'm guessing it was an online community college.
Wow I waited so long for your reaction. Thank you for this.
Thx u for watching!
Really enjoyed your perspective on the squid games
Thanks you! :)
this was such an awesome video essay!!!🤩🤩
You know what’s funny, when I watched it I didn’t even notice how bad the American actors were because I was watching the English dub so they were almost the highlight of the cast as far as I was concerned 😅
Fucking same. I actually didn't even realize they were speaking English proper and not dubbed over until the last episode when the one guy said the thing about rain in a different language and translated it to English
"Don't get lost in the game my friends. Rekindle your flickering souls." - Generation Ochi
I won't be a squid game player unless I am suicidal, the chance of becoming the winner is too slim. And I think it is more fair if the prize money goes to dead players' families instead of going to one winner. After all, everyone participated.
Interesting timing with this series' release. The writer said he'd been working on this story for a decade. If it had come out say.... 5 years ago, would it have had the same impact ?
Covid definitely played a part considering how many people and whose countries are in immense debt
Tickle torture is 1 of the worst tortures and killed lots of people that just laughed to death......
For the 1st game the front man knows his job is done well and his masters will be happy when blood is drawn and panic kills nearly half of them. That's his money shot.
So he sits back, pours himself a glass and switches on some music to relax ...
I almost wonder if my watching on a screen, it serves to detach himself from his role I their deaths. He's not watching real people die personally, it's just strangers on a screen.
They purposefully made the English-speaking cast shit to make fun of how Americans often portray foreign characters which I find FANTASTIC.
absolutely losing my mind that somebody could do an in depth analysis of squid game and come to the conclusion that it’s about communism
I think the reason Ilnam contacts Gi-hun is because he honestly couldn't understand why he wouldn't use the money. Underneath, though, he probably suspected that it didn't make Gi-hun happy and that it wasnt even necessary. Probably what Ilnam thought growing up: money will make everyone happy and is an absolute necessity, even over our relationships with people. Therefore, Ilnam wanted to convince Gi-hun to use the money and bet on the homeless man, because it would help Ilnam to not face that: that he lived his life very incorrectly, to his detriment and his family and friends. He wanted to bring Gi-hun down to his level, to feel better about himself, because he became cynical, bored, depressed and possibly had some self-hatred. Therefore, with all this in mind, Ilnam had a warped view and the only way he could think to help people was this deadly game, because it entertained him and his friends. With death looming, though, he thought he needed to punish himself by participating as well, to undo the karma. For this reason, it can make sense that Gi-hun won, (since some people thought Song-woo winning would make more sense) because he learned that money doesn't matter as much as people by playing the game and it can get Ilnam (and people like him) thinking.
Something to maybe think of in a video.. is about the glass expert. as we know they had to kill him as had they not more would of died as they had seconds at the end to make the jump. My question tho is had the lights not been turned off would he still of found the last glass tile to jump on or would he just stall and make the jump with no time left for others to make it. Maybe he even knew which glass tile was fine and he on purpose delayed moving. what would you have done as the glass expert ?.
You realize that the game makes a better critique of the actual capitalist society they live in rather than the make believe communism you're pretending exist in the show.
Squid game as a whole represents a meritocracy. Which is incompatible with even the basic "From each...to each" central to communism.
Like how America espouses 'freedom and equality' while having the highest incarceration rate of any country ever.
The general idea that in order for you to become rich you have to step on everyone around you.
The fact that democracy is a sham with outcomes decided by the rich.
Sounds a lot like typical capitalist society to me.
So I'm guessing you've never been to North Korea?
I really wish they would of went more philophilcal with the reason for the games existence. Seems like a been there done that trope. Where as let's say if the game was built by a foundation that wishes to make the world more fair by making one game where it doesn't matter where you come from or anything else. All that matters is who wins a fair and balanced game. You get a bit if this from the front man, just wish that was the prevaling ruling figures of the games.
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Who are the VIP's betting with?
Probably Il-nam because they seem unaware of what the betting VIP bet and how much. If they were betting against eachother they would know who had which player and for how much they bet on him.
his statment about everyone choosing to come back on their own accord is disinjenuious as well because I don't think they ever say only 1 person out of the 456 can win. They also don't tell you you'll have to kill people to stay in the game
You have the best assessment I’ve seen about the show.
Right or wrong in the squid game is unimportant what matters is practically and whether you took the final two contestants paths you could've survived either way. Theirs no objective morality
I would just taken the money from the dad. And then when he asked stay away from the family , I just wouldn't keep my word.
Ok i need to scratch in with the birthday gift. He wanted to buy her a decent gift. But first the money was stolen and then with the claw machine he thought it would be a perfect present for her. He did not know it was a lighter....and to be fair who puts a lighter in a box like that and wrappint it up niceley
And puts a lighter in a child's game XD like most adults aren't playing claw machines, it's for kids. Kids don't need gun lighters. Though as a kid I would have loved to have one despite the danger. Shoot, I would love to have one NOW. XD
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Squid game reminds me of Stock Market where big players control everything and retail players are just there.
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I agree…the v.I.p’s were cartoonish. Over the top obnoxious and didn’t convince me of being world dominating billionaires.
I think it was simplified too much like an everyday way. I've seen my dad react the same way the Betting VIP did over his fantasy football players messing up.
she’s literally the most “human” character in the entire series.
So what would have happened if 3 were left at the end? Is squid game not a 2 person game?
"There are no cogs"? What do you call the play station faces in pink/red?
I think some of guards are the ones who are saved by the host. We didn’t see Ali died just like il nam. We just heard a gunshot. I think the game also see how people’s change after a life and death situations. Ali was so trusting and kind. But after that betrayal. Maybe Ali will become a triangle or square guard after. Coz just like il nam. He doesn’t believe in humanity after that marble game.
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17:34 well here, even if he helped him and brought him to the finish line safely, he would still remain eliminated, aka dead.
Yeah, like how could he help? He couldn't take him out of the game, he couldn't fix his wounds, really the most humane thing was a headshot to end his suffering which by leaving his grip, Gi-Hun evokes.
Fabulous series, Wish only that we can recruit the politicians off the western world lately to play the same games with consequences . It would be awesome to watch them stopped living though their incompetence!!!
If you think the VIPs are not superb, I wonder what you think of the guy who played the Front Man’s role in GI Joe
Wow your analysis was keen and brilliant, i think the director and writer would be blown away by your take, perhaps you see more than they do
Ali doesn’t commit a violent act. Wage theft is an extremely serious crime and it’s clear his boss was being criminally negligent. I’m not a lawyer but he seems well within his rights to seize illegally withheld wages. The boss also initiates the violence and is the one who at fault! Note none of his employees care enough about him to stop the machinery despite a clear risk of injury, so he’s clearly not loved or respected. It’s also clear who we are supposed to side with given the symbolism of the boss also losing the same fingers Ali lost. What Ali IS guilty of is simply not being altruistic, his behavior otherwise is completely justifiable (don’t know about Korea, but SIX MONTHS of wage theft is going to incur huge penalties and possibly sentence elevations for repeated violations as that’s more than one pay period. Safe to say at minimum his boss is facing SEVERE civil liability and possibly criminal penalties for negligence)
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I was wondering about one thing. Taking off your mask means death.
What about the furniture people in the VIP lounge?
And what about the guy with the envelopes in the beginning? He never even had a mask.
North Korea has already said that this movie is an allegory of capitalism, and impliedly that communism is the better system. A superb movie regardless. The South Koreans are really good!
Wait it's a movie? Are you watching like octopuse movie or something lol
I’ve lost my faith in humanity too, so help the non-humans
The irony is that things seem more blown out of proportion, exaggerated during early youthful years. Does she like me back (and vice versa)? Gotta sneak back into the house because I'm late, felt like mission impossible. ;D
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To be fair with the English actors, it’s not their fault how their character ended up
What pissed me off about this show was how nobody asked how many winners can there be. But that question would have destroyed the whole show. Good show though.
My guess is that will be a part of season 2
They probably would have answered that anyone who can beat all six games can win.
@@cherylpyodeamedha9346 no because only one can win lol not two. To win the last game you have be the last one standing to win
@@feddytownucetuigamala-lolo6788 well yeah, but that's what they would still tell them. It's not like the guards are being completely honest during the games lol
@@feddytownucetuigamala-lolo6788 in this round. But if you looked at the records the cop found there were years in the past that had multiple winners. I believe the games change each time so there could be different games that allow for more than one winner. This iteration was tailored to Il-nam and the games he wanted to play, it just so happened only one could win this time but thats not true off every squid game round.
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Gi-hun's number is 456 and the prize money is 45 600 000 000. It's a sign Gi-hun was bound to win
Or its just that each players life was valued individually at 100000000 won. I think the point that that was deliberate foreshadowing Gi Huns win is way overstated a not predictive as much as him being the main character of the players who we view the games through and spend the most time with telegraphs his win. Had Sang Woo won and Gi Hun lost and been killed, Sang Woo would have received the same amount despite his number not being 456. I have yet to see an explanation that Gi Huns number is foreshadowing if his win that doesn't involve a huge leap in logic that ignores the point that org is placing a monetary value on individual human life.
Very good analysis... - thanx.
Nailed it well done
Glass stepping stones? 😂
Thats why I find it funny when people judge sung woo because it doesn't what he needed to do to win..if was them they would do the same thing
bro can you give me an idea of a similar game?
But who said that only one person can win the game? Techniqually multiple people can win the game as the last game "the squid game" is a team game not one on one. Right?