Not really. Happiness is inside of you. It is all about accepting and embracing who you are and being content with yourself. It can magnify when shared but it begins with oneself
I just finished watching it. And although the violence and blood made me extremely uncomfortable, the storyline and the psychology of the characters needed to discussed further which is how I got to this video
My favorite scene has got to be where gi-hun lays next to his mother. You expect him to cry or scream over her death, but he’s so emotionally worn out that he just lays there. God it’s so beautiful
The front man also described the game as "egalitarian" ostensibly everyone gets treated the same but the rigors of the game alter how you treat the elderly, women, and migrant workers
@@niko-ni6ps once one of the guys actually could distinguish the glass from one another and determine which panels where safe (solving the challenge through merit instead of guessing and dying), the Frontman dimmed the lights to stop him because the guys with the golden masks told him to, cheating the contestants by moving the goal posts cause they're winning. Basically, the guys with the money can change the rules whenever they want to make things more fun for them, yet they can kill you if you break the rules. They're hypocrites, they should hold that L if/when someone can solve the problem.
This analysis reminds of Japan and Korea two countries that have high number of suicidal rate. Instead of focusing on finding what true happiness in life is, most of them only focus on being rich and how much money will they gain which makes them feel miserable and stress, but not just in these two countries but this apply to other people out there who focus on momentarily pleasure called money. Just to remind you guys, people overrate the value of money, well yes money is substantial to our life, but it isn't our everything. Sure we may be able to buy many things using it specially food, medicine, and water but if we're talking about love, trust, friendship and happiness, money is just another piece of paper with writings on it...
@@TheTuberguy1000 In your world, true happiness doesn't exist, probably because you're one of the people who focus only on momentary gain instead of focusing on what brings you happiness (long-lasting happiness), not momentary happiness. I don't need to repeat the same thing I've said you should know what I mean
@@sighted7134 This isnt subjective. It objectively doesnt exist. If anything chasing "happiness" is a short term goal as opposed to being a long term one. Just because you choose to take something good that happens go overboard and larp around it doesnt mean it matters or is relevant. Gotta leave the neverland sometime peter pan
@@TheTuberguy1000 Bruh, you sound so depressed even though you don't admit it. When I say true happiness I don't mean that life will always go well and that everything will be happy and perfect just like in a fairy tale movie, or if you do some mistake in the past in your life, you can reset your life meaning your entire existence and your environment just like in a game, all of these are just pure imagination Maybe you didn't get what I've said, so let me say it again. When I say true happiness, I'm talking about Love, Friendship, Trust, and family, and we all have this, yet some of us didn't realize the value of these things. If you say true happiness doesn't exist-means you're saying that family, friends, love, and trust don't exist; You're not a human, but you're just another yet again computer programmed A.I robot who is incapable of feeling any emotions and rely only on your program and you shouldn't be called as He or She but as It. I don't mean to debate against you about this topic, what I want is for you to open your eyes and realize that there's a rainbow always after the rain.
im glad that you made this video. you articulated all the messages really well. its really sad that alot of kids are watching this. because theyre not gonna understand any of these deeper meanings. to them the show is just about a twisted game where people die
Great review. I hated those reaction vids where they say the participants had a choice when there was actually no choice for them. How fair and equal is playing tug of war when you're a woman or old man? I mean weak? Is that really fair? When the players figured out how to cross the bridge, the front man who was talking about fairness all the time turned off the lights. Is that fair? Sang Woo thinks he was alive only because he worked so hard and others are dead because they are not as smart, but was it really? People who we thought must have done wrong things and deserved bad situations, could just be unlucky or was born with poor conditions. It's like they just got the bad starting point to play and chose the wrong step on the bridge when others got the good starting point and chose the right step by luck. Also, about the players coming back knowing they could die. Does that make their deaths suicides? Think about why a sucide is also called the social murder. Unlike most other famous death games, in this show, players are not killed directly by other players at least during the games. They are mostly killed by the authorities as the result of losing the cruel life games. That's telling us something. These are the questions director is throwing at us and not many reviewers seem to get it.
The games are not forced. It's their choice to return. They did. This shows you that a lot of these participants didn't learn even in the face of death. They're willing to face death rather than return home and make a difference. This is why for me I can't feel bad for most except a few(Ali was cheated by his boss and pickpocket girl was cheated by the trafficker). The rest knew the end game. They returned.
@@hangguy209 but the only reason they returned it because the world outside of squid game was just as bad for them. But at least in the games they had a chance of winning, when outside there was no hope at all.
Here is my interpretation: The old man was guilty on how he made money throughout his life. Therefore, he wanted to proof that everyone is equally bad in order to relief his own guilt before he died. That's the real purposes of the games; the games are not just for entertainment. Yet, the main character has changed the old man's view and showed him that humanity still exists. Yet, sacrifice has boundary. The main character is willing to sacrifice the money, but not his life, for preserving integrity.
I think its more that the old man represents the capitalist ruling class, the people with real power have a dim view of human nature ( as is the homless man at the end), as it justifies their reasons to expolit and increase wealth no matter the human consequence, people need controlling as given the chance they will end up killing and robbing each other hence they need leaders and 'owners' to rule over them.
@@johnnyjohnson947 Exactly this, no disrespect to the Original commenter, but it’s mind boggling how people still try to sympathize with the old man. Maybe it goes to show how brainwashed we are into thinking the ruling class are humans like this and share the same feelings and “potential” empathy as us, which would be true, except you can’t ignore the class differences between us and them. The capitalist class has long since alienated itself from the rest of humanity, no matter how hard people like bezos and musk try to appeal to the masses, they will never genuinely feel what it’s like to live life under a capitalist society that always undermines your efforts and work when your purpose in life is to live content and happy with your family and surroundings, rather than constantly seek profit. Even when the old man forced himself to be in the position of the average working class person, he was still more privileged and indirectly cheated his way into survival til the end. And a perfect way to demonstrate this is when the fights break out in the room, he immediately gets on top of everyone else, fearing for his life (which i believe was a genuine expression of fear, it wasn’t him pretending to be someone else) so much so, that the frontman force stopped the fighting as soon as the old man called out for help. The old man, never once in the entire competition felt sympathy towards anyone, he treated everyone as disposable, despite the fact he could’ve ended everything right there and then, but didn’t. I hope people stop misinterpreting the show and stop sugarcoating the class conflict in the show.
@@AmusingMusic You know I still don’t think the old man is evil. I found his character very interesting and heartwarming in a way. Although he wasn’t content with his life, he wanted others to see that even with the money guilt will hold them back and they would still feel in discontent. It was more of an experiment, and a way for people that are watching to learn that the journey is more than the end result, and also helping people and empathy plays a big part as to why he wanted to show the majority of people don’t have a good heart. The last scene he was in played a big part in that, and whether he saw the homeless man being helped or not, it showed that there is still signs of humanity left. So honestly, it felt like a mixture of an experiment and content for himself since he didn’t enjoy his life until it came down to his life. It was a learning curve for the other characters like #456. It showed the lack of empathy in some characters during the squid games like the doctor and homeboy with the glasses, this is because their incentive was the prize money and they did anything they could to gain the advantage. However, with that advantage they felt guilt, mostly seen with the man with glasses and #456. The difference between #456 and the man with glasses acknowledged his guilt but it was never enough to effect him, as opposed to #456 he acknowledged his guilt but he felt bad and was effected when he cheated il-nam. I think it’s more to il nam than just being evil for the sake of it, he taught a lesson to the viewers and to #456. Humanity, kindness, empathy, it’s important. And although il-nam made a game that involved killing and death, he did it for fun, because living can be full of regrets and you only get one life on earth so you can miss out on the fun.
@@AmusingMusic good points i never considered the part where he is scared, but yes i agree that he was genuinely scared also. I find it curious how netflix would fund a show with this subject type, i think its well made and the themes are resonating with ppl to such a degree that its been so popular. ' In a time of universal deciet, telling the truth is a revolutionary act' .... so i feel that its striking a chord with so many ppl talks more to the state of culture currently than to the gravity of the themes, but nonetheless its great to see something that has substance and is not treating the viewer like a moron. I agree with you tht there seems to be a sugar coating of the themes in certain parts of the press, like they are saying its a commentary on the debt problem in s. Korea, even though the vips were all forign and from different countries, done imo to portray a globalist group with their countries of origin being of lesser importance.I liked your assesment, some great points made.
Damn. I had the suspicions that the old man and detective's brother had something to do with it after watching episode one. Based on how the old man was reacting in each game, how he was calm the entire time, he knew what to do next while also not knowing, or well, holding up the appearance of such
@@Its_Asteria Front man stopped the fighting among participants and opened the lights of chamber after noticing the high temperature of old man while he did nothing to stop earlier fights. This gave an idea there was some kind of favour against old man.
The old man no, but the brother being the front man was really obvious from the beginning, because having one person mysteriously disappeared and misterious frontman was too much of a coincidence
i knew the detective's brother is the front man; after the police officer of the detective found his brother's name amongs the winner's list of 2016; without any trace of him in the Outside world!; but i could never guess that the old man is the inventor of the games!; mind blowing.
I agree and disagree at the same time. I think in exteme circumstances such as war, poverty, genocide, imprisonment, etc.. people must force themselves into animal instincts to survive. Morals are for humans, its foolish to get angry at a lion for eating a baby zebra. The lion is not feeling guilty, just munches on its bones, it will even kill lion cubs. When humans turn into animals, they do what they need to do. But where I agree is that most people resort to being animals without justified extreme circumstances. Like black friday sale at the mall is not reason enough to be an animal. The social norms, rules, judgement, laws all apply.
@@dwaynejpeterkin Don't watch too much movie and series. In case of life and death, almost all will cling to life because it's in your biology to survive. Until and unless it's family and very dear ones, no one is losing life for a stranger like in this game. The way Ali was treated reflected this perfectly. Kindness is not rewarded and you shouldn't be kind just to get a reward. We should do good things just we want to not because we want good things to happen to us. Took me some time to figure this out.
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Very good. One detail that you might be interested in is the title of the last episode. It is a title of book, which is a required reading for Korean H.S. it is a commentary of what being too poor in society does. Book is about a couple who is very poor, and wife who is malnourished. One day wife tells her husband to not goto work.. but it was a day when he could earn some good money to feed her, so he leaves and works the entire day, and when coming back he buys wife's favorite food she wanted... but subconsciously he feels that his wife is dead. This is what happened with #456. He gets a hint that his mom is not responding to calls... but he had won...
Some of the characters in the show are dishonorable, cunning, Manipulative and Unworthy Then some characters there too are.. Compassionate Caring Loyal Naive And Loving You Can tell who's who is I'm talking about.
I mean that’s the problem with w “free will” because they were essentially coerced into it. The devil shows up as everything you wanted and in the end you sell your soul for it. So while yes you have the money and whatever else you wanted, it’s still meaningless and your life is still empty and that’s what we see at the end of the show. Was it worth it? Clearly not for him . And I think that says a lot about his character. Because had it been the girl who won she would have actually made some good use of the money and she woulda had her family back. Cuz that’s just the kind of person she was before the money. Same w the businessman: bet he woulda lost it all in poor investments once again. If you’re empty and lacking purpose and meaning before the money, it ain’t gonna change it once the money comes in. We can see that for him it was more about the THRILL of gambling. That’s what really put a smile on his face. The fact he won! So even when he got robbed by the pickpocket he just found another way to gamble his life away. It was never about the money for him. It wasn’t about having enough to provide for his daughter so he could finally be a good dad. Unfortunately. The money changed nothing for him. But the game, the experience he had, that’s what mattered to him. Just like the old man said: it was a nice experience . I’m not surprised he turned around and went back. He was never gonna be a father cuz that’s just not who he is. Even with all the money in the world
I started watching this show in June and I was blown away. One thing you learn is you need to forgo emotional attachments to make the most money which is something America's richest men know something about.
Nice review!!! You know what it just dawned on me😳 Do you think it's possible the soldier helped Il Nam guess accurately through some sort of gesture to initially outwit Gi-hun? I mean we clearly saw how desperate Gi-hun was to get Il-Nam to participate and they found themselves on a seemingly private alley that Il-Nam's "dementia " led them to... 🤔
Who in their right mind watches the English dub?! The voice acting done here is even worse than the acting of the VIPs.. Seriously watch the original version with subs. Thank me later.
if you dont benefit from the dub you are not the target audience for it. dubs are accessibility features for people who can't read or who may be blind etc
@@Strawb_Goblin But they could at least do a better job with the dub.. This sounds like early 90s Resident Evil cringe voice acting. There are so many talented voice actors in the world and THIS is what they thought was ok?!
I also found that pretty bizarre lol. I mean, all art is open to interpretation but I think the anti-capitalist messaging is really heavy handed if you know what to look for. I mean, Gi-hun literally has a PTSD flashback of when cops killed his coworker at a strike (which was inspired by the real-life Ssangyong motors strike in South Korea, where a union literally fought the police after being mistreated by their employers) and the VIPs very obviously represent the worlds billionaires who make the rules others have to play by. At least in the case of the US, and I’m sure South Korea, government corruption is rampant and corporations more or less game the system so that they will always come out on top, no matter what, leaving very little true opportunity for working class people, who fight each other in order to survive instead of fixing their anger at the ones puppeteering the whole thing.
The ironic thing about all this is that we only need to eat, a warm place to sleep, and antibiotics. But we always want more or things that are worthless like a fast car or an expensive house. But life is painful and money makes it less painful. We could pay for hospitalization when sick. We can pay for oxygen when we can’t breath. It’s about pain and suffering and money makes it less painful.
A fast car or an expensive house is only "worthless" if you make it that way. The biggest limiting thing in life is time. If someone wants to spend that limited time in a fast car or expensive house, who are you to tell them it's worthless. People who fixate on how others spent their life are often some of the unhappiest people in life..
10:17 yeah fuck it I’d feel the same way everyone he ever connected with or loved is gone. Except for his daughter because he could still get her back, but yet in the end he chooses not to which just further cements that he is always going to choose himself and his interests or addictions or in this case new obsession rather than being a father to his daughter. Forever stuck in some kind of Peter Pan like state and while he no longer has to live off his mother as he can finally provide for himself, he is still empty inside and has no purpose his life still lacks meaning and that’s why he turns around and wants to go back to the game. I bet if there’s a season 2 he might become just like the old guy; before he was broke and could barely afford to have fun in life and found joy in the thrill of gambling and now he’s rich af with no family and no friends and nothing to live for and if that ain’t exactly what the old man was like.... 😗 just saying
I had not heard of this show until watching a random SNL skit, I don't watch regular programming for years now, I know Hunger Games, and Lost ( just plain stopped watching lost for the weirdness. I've never seen one episode of Game of Thrones, all the witch ones, or werewolves. I was thinking this was a real lottery of some kind in a digital sense...
"They can stop the game and leave with nothing" Yes, but remember, rule #2. Particpants that refuse to play, are eliminated. In other words: you can only vote in between games. Once a game is in progress, you CANNOT NOPE OUT. (unless you want to get shot in the head)
One thing I didn’t quite understand is how the brother ended up being the front man??? Because early in the show we see the cop going to his apartment cuz his mother says she hasn’t seen him around in a few days and that he disappeared and the landlord says he’s behind on rent and he’s got one of those cards in his bookshelf, so the whole time the show is alluding to him having been one of the recent players that went missing for a few days. But clearly we see he was a player in 2015 and won. So like... none of that shit adds up to me and the show didn’t really explain it and I’m and abt it. And the cop brother asked “why?” Just before dying and THAS WHAT ID LIKE TO KNOW!!! The fact they never explained that is so annoying. How does one become frontman? Why? Why didn’t he just go live his life with the prize money?? Etc cmon I NEED ANSWRS!!
So I believe that if you win the game you have a chance to become front man.And obviously the VIPs and the front men are very evil, watching many people fight to the death, and we see at the end that the main character died his hair red which is symbolism and I believe in the second season the main character will be part of the VIPs or the front man because at the start he was a good guy and he got so caught up in the game and he had forgotten about his daughter and he was thinking about the game instead of his daughter. You need to read this article I’m about to send, it explains it completely. It’s actually messed up how much they manipulate us. vigilantcitizen.com/moviesandtv/squid-game-the-meaning-of-its-messages-and-symbolism/
The Squid game was also to show how fundamentally flawed we are as human beings, that we are ultimately self interested and we will do what it takes for our own selves, take the main character, right when they're put back into real life the first thing he can think about is his money that the woman took, he goes to say "please help me I'm freezing" and the lady says "no because you're just going to ask me where your money is" and he says "no I'm not I swear on my mother" she helps him and instantly asks where his money is Also the last exchange between Jim and the Old Man he says it straight up, "after all this, do you still think you can trust Man?" And play a game multiple people walk by a homeless man who is dying, not a single one lifts up a finger, but only one person actually did the right thing and called the police just before midnight, the point of that wasn't that "man is good because of this" no the point of that was to give hope that there are some good people in this society filled with people who are self interested, also with the marbles, Jim was taking advantage of the Old Man's supposed Dimentia, we will do whatever it takes to win even in dishonest ways, even the best of us who want to do the good thing
In the essence it's painful to see that people are willing to bet their own lives on the line, only to have tiny chance of getting rid of their financial problems. Sort of depicts how root of all evil in our world is money. People really falling so far into the debt that they cant function as humans anymore, only mere ghosts to society and their own loved ones. Just sad.
The whole concept of the game being “fair” is so contradictory. The creator being in the game with no stakes, the “everyone is equal except here’s a game where teams with strength end up winning except the team with the creator who knows strategies and even then they only won thanks to a last minute trick that wouldint have been there without the old man stalling most likely. Then the glass game with going first. Dosent matter if the numbers are blind it’s not an equal opportunity when you have a 2 to the power of thousands of getting across vs everyone else
Movies aren't books. Saying "Oh but you need to read the books to understand it" is a terrible argument. The movies should be able to stand alone on their own merit.
@@ozricaurora6943 no sh!t, books aren’t movies. I didn’t say you should have to read a book to understand a movie. A straw man is a terrible argument. Hunger Games movies still had a lot of social social commentary, just not as obvious as in the books. Apparently commentary/allegory have to smack some of you in the face before you’ll see it. Squids Games the show almost did the opposite of the game; took adult topic/concept and delivered at a child’s level of media comprehension (obviously, the sex/violence aren’t appropriate for children)
i think the friend 001 told to gi-hun after the first game and meeting each other at a shop the friend 001 told about may relate some one in Squid Game..
This show does a good job of mirroring our current human existance. Were all lead to believe we have to all play the game of life, regardless if you like the rules or really want to play, as not playing the game leaves you homeless and broke and eventually dead, the game uncourages people to compete with each other and try to gain financial edge and cripple everyone else around them. As capitalism is rewarded and being overly generous is not. Sad but true
@@nerif2849 Well that's the dominant belief right, that hierarchy rules, that competition is the solution. Strong survive and the weak die off. that might be true in most cases but if there was some way to organize society in a way that rewards teamwork and frowns upon competitive advantage. I know it doesn't seem real yet, but every 100 years or so you see it leaning towards these ideals. Maybe it's a dream but it's something I feel all humans really strive for as when you are born your innate moral compass tells you this, kids don't want to backstab and steal or cheat it's not really in our nature but somehow that's how life leads you, away from your ideals.
I mean even when was it fare, the old man was protected through the red green light. So this shows the hypocrisy of the game organizers. The rules are only for the poor, but not the rich. I found it on the same lines on parasite movie.
A funner look at a slightly exaggerated version of real life where slave labour and human trafficking occur while those in power do bugger all about it.
At this point it's not even a critique of the worst excesses of capitalism it's a critique of capitalism, of what we're living under NOW. The story is set now not in a far off future but in the current climate and it's all too real, that's what separates it from stuff like hunger games.
"happiness is only real when shared"
It’s a fun little slogan to say but why can’t you have happiness whether shared or not? Why not both?
Into the wild?
Into the wild
Not really. Happiness is inside of you. It is all about accepting and embracing who you are and being content with yourself. It can magnify when shared but it begins with oneself
@@gian71390 yup
I’ve been looking all over UA-cam for an analysis like this, brilliant
I just finished watching it. And although the violence and blood made me extremely uncomfortable, the storyline and the psychology of the characters needed to discussed further which is how I got to this video
Same. The other videos all repeat the same things.
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My favorite scene has got to be where gi-hun lays next to his mother. You expect him to cry or scream over her death, but he’s so emotionally worn out that he just lays there. God it’s so beautiful
The front man also described the game as "egalitarian" ostensibly everyone gets treated the same but the rigors of the game alter how you treat the elderly, women, and migrant workers
Because no matter how much equality you allow a woman to have she is still a woman.
@@pennyproud1621 wtf the wording
It's also a lie. The front man cheats the players for the interests of the moneyed elites who actually control everything and risk nothing.
@@ZhangHe2369 what cheat exactly are you talking about?
@@niko-ni6ps once one of the guys actually could distinguish the glass from one another and determine which panels where safe (solving the challenge through merit instead of guessing and dying), the Frontman dimmed the lights to stop him because the guys with the golden masks told him to, cheating the contestants by moving the goal posts cause they're winning.
Basically, the guys with the money can change the rules whenever they want to make things more fun for them, yet they can kill you if you break the rules. They're hypocrites, they should hold that L if/when someone can solve the problem.
This analysis reminds of Japan and Korea two countries that have high number of suicidal rate. Instead of focusing on finding what true happiness in life is, most of them only focus on being rich and how much money will they gain which makes them feel miserable and stress, but not just in these two countries but this apply to other people out there who focus on momentarily pleasure called money.
Just to remind you guys, people overrate the value of money, well yes money is substantial to our life, but it isn't our everything. Sure we may be able to buy many things using it specially food, medicine, and water but if we're talking about love, trust, friendship and happiness, money is just another piece of paper with writings on it...
True happiness doesnt exist. Everybody has their place in life and they are obligated to find and then know it. Grow up...
@@TheTuberguy1000 For you, yes, but for the people who knows what brings true happiness is, it does exist!
@@TheTuberguy1000 In your world, true happiness doesn't exist, probably because you're one of the people who focus only on momentary gain instead of focusing on what brings you happiness (long-lasting happiness), not momentary happiness. I don't need to repeat the same thing I've said you should know what I mean
@@sighted7134 This isnt subjective. It objectively doesnt exist. If anything chasing "happiness" is a short term goal as opposed to being a long term one. Just because you choose to take something good that happens go overboard and larp around it doesnt mean it matters or is relevant. Gotta leave the neverland sometime peter pan
@@TheTuberguy1000 Bruh, you sound so depressed even though you don't admit it. When I say true happiness I don't mean that life will always go well and that everything will be happy and perfect just like in a fairy tale movie, or if you do some mistake in the past in your life, you can reset your life meaning your entire existence and your environment just like in a game, all of these are just pure imagination
Maybe you didn't get what I've said, so let me say it again. When I say true happiness, I'm talking about Love, Friendship, Trust, and family, and we all have this, yet some of us didn't realize the value of these things.
If you say true happiness doesn't exist-means you're saying that family, friends, love, and trust don't exist; You're not a human, but you're just another yet again computer programmed A.I robot who is incapable of feeling any emotions and rely only on your program and you shouldn't be called as He or She but as It.
I don't mean to debate against you about this topic, what I want is for you to open your eyes and realize that there's a rainbow always after the rain.
im glad that you made this video. you articulated all the messages really well. its really sad that alot of kids are watching this. because theyre not gonna understand any of these deeper meanings. to them the show is just about a twisted game where people die
BRAVO
Great review. I hated those reaction vids where they say the participants had a choice when there was actually no choice for them. How fair and equal is playing tug of war when you're a woman or old man? I mean weak? Is that really fair? When the players figured out how to cross the bridge, the front man who was talking about fairness all the time turned off the lights. Is that fair? Sang Woo thinks he was alive only because he worked so hard and others are dead because they are not as smart, but was it really? People who we thought must have done wrong things and deserved bad situations, could just be unlucky or was born with poor conditions. It's like they just got the bad starting point to play and chose the wrong step on the bridge when others got the good starting point and chose the right step by luck. Also, about the players coming back knowing they could die. Does that make their deaths suicides? Think about why a sucide is also called the social murder. Unlike most other famous death games, in this show, players are not killed directly by other players at least during the games. They are mostly killed by the authorities as the result of losing the cruel life games. That's telling us something. These are the questions director is throwing at us and not many reviewers seem to get it.
The games are not forced. It's their choice to return. They did. This shows you that a lot of these participants didn't learn even in the face of death. They're willing to face death rather than return home and make a difference. This is why for me I can't feel bad for most except a few(Ali was cheated by his boss and pickpocket girl was cheated by the trafficker). The rest knew the end game. They returned.
@@hangguy209 but the only reason they returned it because the world outside of squid game was just as bad for them. But at least in the games they had a chance of winning, when outside there was no hope at all.
@@hangguy209 Who is the Trafficker?
Here is my interpretation:
The old man was guilty on how he made money throughout his life. Therefore, he wanted to proof that everyone is equally bad in order to relief his own guilt before he died. That's the real purposes of the games; the games are not just for entertainment. Yet, the main character has changed the old man's view and showed him that humanity still exists. Yet, sacrifice has boundary. The main character is willing to sacrifice the money, but not his life, for preserving integrity.
I think its more that the old man represents the capitalist ruling class, the people with real power have a dim view of human nature ( as is the homless man at the end), as it justifies their reasons to expolit and increase wealth no matter the human consequence, people need controlling as given the chance they will end up killing and robbing each other hence they need leaders and 'owners' to rule over them.
perpect interpretation
@@johnnyjohnson947 Exactly this, no disrespect to the Original commenter, but it’s mind boggling how people still try to sympathize with the old man. Maybe it goes to show how brainwashed we are into thinking the ruling class are humans like this and share the same feelings and “potential” empathy as us, which would be true, except you can’t ignore the class differences between us and them. The capitalist class has long since alienated itself from the rest of humanity, no matter how hard people like bezos and musk try to appeal to the masses, they will never genuinely feel what it’s like to live life under a capitalist society that always undermines your efforts and work when your purpose in life is to live content and happy with your family and surroundings, rather than constantly seek profit.
Even when the old man forced himself to be in the position of the average working class person, he was still more privileged and indirectly cheated his way into survival til the end. And a perfect way to demonstrate this is when the fights break out in the room, he immediately gets on top of everyone else, fearing for his life (which i believe was a genuine expression of fear, it wasn’t him pretending to be someone else) so much so, that the frontman force stopped the fighting as soon as the old man called out for help.
The old man, never once in the entire competition felt sympathy towards anyone, he treated everyone as disposable, despite the fact he could’ve ended everything right there and then, but didn’t. I hope people stop misinterpreting the show and stop sugarcoating the class conflict in the show.
@@AmusingMusic You know I still don’t think the old man is evil.
I found his character very interesting and heartwarming in a way.
Although he wasn’t content with his life, he wanted others to see that even with the money guilt will hold them back and they would still feel in discontent.
It was more of an experiment, and a way for people that are watching to learn that the journey is more than the end result, and also helping people and empathy plays a big part as to why he wanted to show the majority of people don’t have a good heart.
The last scene he was in played a big part in that, and whether he saw the homeless man being helped or not, it showed that there is still signs of humanity left.
So honestly, it felt like a mixture of an experiment and content for himself since he didn’t enjoy his life until it came down to his life.
It was a learning curve for the other characters like #456.
It showed the lack of empathy in some characters during the squid games like the doctor and homeboy with the glasses, this is because their incentive was the prize money and they did anything they could to gain the advantage.
However, with that advantage they felt guilt, mostly seen with the man with glasses and #456.
The difference between #456 and the man with glasses acknowledged his guilt but it was never enough to effect him, as opposed to #456 he acknowledged his guilt but he felt bad and was effected when he cheated il-nam.
I think it’s more to il nam than just being evil for the sake of it, he taught a lesson to the viewers and to #456.
Humanity, kindness, empathy, it’s important.
And although il-nam made a game that involved killing and death, he did it for fun, because living can be full of regrets and you only get one life on earth so you can miss out on the fun.
@@AmusingMusic good points i never considered the part where he is scared, but yes i agree that he was genuinely scared also. I find it curious how netflix would fund a show with this subject type, i think its well made and the themes are resonating with ppl to such a degree that its been so popular. ' In a time of universal deciet, telling the truth is a revolutionary act' .... so i feel that its striking a chord with so many ppl talks more to the state of culture currently than to the gravity of the themes, but nonetheless its great to see something that has substance and is not treating the viewer like a moron. I agree with you tht there seems to be a sugar coating of the themes in certain parts of the press, like they are saying its a commentary on the debt problem in s. Korea, even though the vips were all forign and from different countries, done imo to portray a globalist group with their countries of origin being of lesser importance.I liked your assesment, some great points made.
What a profoundly analyzed review explained so well ever! Thank you.
I knew Gi-hun would win but totally wasn't expecting old man to be the mastermind and for the detective's brother to be the front man!
Damn. I had the suspicions that the old man and detective's brother had something to do with it after watching episode one. Based on how the old man was reacting in each game, how he was calm the entire time, he knew what to do next while also not knowing, or well, holding up the appearance of such
@@Its_Asteria Front man stopped the fighting among participants and opened the lights of chamber after noticing the high temperature of old man while he did nothing to stop earlier fights. This gave an idea there was some kind of favour against old man.
The old man no, but the brother being the front man was really obvious from the beginning, because having one person mysteriously disappeared and misterious frontman was too much of a coincidence
i knew the detective's brother is the front man; after the police officer of the detective found his brother's name amongs the winner's list of 2016; without any trace of him in the Outside world!; but i could never guess that the old man is the inventor of the games!; mind blowing.
What an amazing twist.
Wow. This video was so amazing that I thought it was from a big video-essay channel. Keep up the work!
When u have nothing to lose your true self comes out
no such thing as 'true self', in such situations it activates fight or flight, basically instinct/nature.
@@vivvy_0 there is some people are good at hiding it until a situation goes down where it’s life or death
Isn’t this just a human in survival mode ?
I agree and disagree at the same time. I think in exteme circumstances such as war, poverty, genocide, imprisonment, etc.. people must force themselves into animal instincts to survive. Morals are for humans, its foolish to get angry at a lion for eating a baby zebra. The lion is not feeling guilty, just munches on its bones, it will even kill lion cubs. When humans turn into animals, they do what they need to do.
But where I agree is that most people resort to being animals without justified extreme circumstances. Like black friday sale at the mall is not reason enough to be an animal. The social norms, rules, judgement, laws all apply.
@@dwaynejpeterkin Don't watch too much movie and series. In case of life and death, almost all will cling to life because it's in your biology to survive. Until and unless it's family and very dear ones, no one is losing life for a stranger like in this game. The way Ali was treated reflected this perfectly. Kindness is not rewarded and you shouldn't be kind just to get a reward. We should do good things just we want to not because we want good things to happen to us. Took me some time to figure this out.
BRAVO. I love this. It’s nice to see a deeper video about the human nature side of squid game. 8:50
One of the greatest YT videos of all time
Funny sang woo doesn’t understand the concept of sunk costs, even though he went to business school
Absolutely. The funny part is that he probably had the largest amount of debt of any of them.
@@swopekat and he was likely to be imprisoned if he left
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Another excellent analysis.
So glad I subscribed all those months back as I never miss an upload!
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Nice analysis,.makes me wonder so much about decisions and life thoughts
Man.. your videos is just as good as it is. Liked, commented, and subscribed. Keep it up bro!
Found your channel again after a long time,
what an underrated channel love your work
this channel is a true gem
This is very well put together
Very good. One detail that you might be interested in is the title of the last episode. It is a title of book, which is a required reading for Korean H.S. it is a commentary of what being too poor in society does. Book is about a couple who is very poor, and wife who is malnourished. One day wife tells her husband to not goto work.. but it was a day when he could earn some good money to feed her, so he leaves and works the entire day, and when coming back he buys wife's favorite food she wanted... but subconsciously he feels that his wife is dead. This is what happened with #456. He gets a hint that his mom is not responding to calls... but he had won...
Awesome break down! Loved every minute of the explanation! Thank you!
We are all stuck in a mind game. The mind constantly making something out of nothing. At the end, returns to nothing. And body becomes fertilizer.
I thought Oh Il-Nam was just a little out of it from his dementia. Had NO IDEA he was actually happy about the prospect of people dying
Nice interpretation and video. I like the script and the way you talk. Keep it up bro
Nice video man
Just finished watching this and what a rollercoaster
Well observed critique. Thanks.
I respect how you structure your lecture. amazing quote: " you may know how to win but not how to play"
Some of the characters in the show are dishonorable, cunning,
Manipulative and Unworthy
Then some characters there too are..
Compassionate
Caring
Loyal
Naive
And
Loving
You Can tell who's who is I'm talking about.
Ali🤧
Beautifully illustrated. Well done bro.
Thanks God - that means a lot coming from you
you are the most underrated youtuber
Choice is an illusion
Just an Observation," Did he chooses this path ? Or life made him an offer you simple couldn't refuse ".
I mean that’s the problem with w “free will” because they were essentially coerced into it.
The devil shows up as everything you wanted and in the end you sell your soul for it. So while yes you have the money and whatever else you wanted, it’s still meaningless and your life is still empty and that’s what we see at the end of the show.
Was it worth it? Clearly not for him . And I think that says a lot about his character. Because had it been the girl who won she would have actually made some good use of the money and she woulda had her family back. Cuz that’s just the kind of person she was before the money. Same w the businessman: bet he woulda lost it all in poor investments once again.
If you’re empty and lacking purpose and meaning before the money, it ain’t gonna change it once the money comes in. We can see that for him it was more about the THRILL of gambling. That’s what really put a smile on his face. The fact he won! So even when he got robbed by the pickpocket he just found another way to gamble his life away. It was never about the money for him. It wasn’t about having enough to provide for his daughter so he could finally be a good dad. Unfortunately. The money changed nothing for him. But the game, the experience he had, that’s what mattered to him. Just like the old man said: it was a nice experience . I’m not surprised he turned around and went back. He was never gonna be a father cuz that’s just not who he is. Even with all the money in the world
I expected to watch a simple analysis video but got a great philosophy lesson instead. Very well explained!
thank you for focusing the messaging of the show, i think people are just begining to scrape at the surface of everything that was said with it
I started watching this show in June and I was blown away. One thing you learn is you need to forgo emotional attachments to make the most money which is something America's richest men know something about.
great video! really enjoy your analysis
Nicely summed up!! 🙏
I was looking exactly for this.Thank you :)
"you may know how to win, but not how to play..." perfect line
Great video, great show. Appropriate metaphor for our messed up world.We can do so much better.
Thanks for the video
Awesome analysis
This really needs more views. Squid game is about politics and how we’re in a game of life or death
Great video. Breathing some of those dubs for the first time made me laugh out loud
Nice review!!!
You know what it just dawned on me😳
Do you think it's possible the soldier helped Il Nam guess accurately through some sort of gesture to initially outwit Gi-hun? I mean we clearly saw how desperate Gi-hun was to get Il-Nam to participate and they found themselves on a seemingly private alley that Il-Nam's "dementia " led them to...
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excellent analysis...
This is SO good!
Great video man!!!
btw have you watched the mentalist???
I have not yet. It’s good?
@@JustanObservation oh i find it very enternaining though its a pretty long series.
I just tought you watched it, thats why i asked
Fantastic Video
Lovely vid, thanks!
Excellent analysis!
the quote from last 20 sec
who knew tha squid game sent a beautiful message
This channel is so brilliant and backward to the spirit of his time that it should be illegal
Who in their right mind watches the English dub?!
The voice acting done here is even worse than the acting of the VIPs..
Seriously watch the original version with subs.
Thank me later.
if you dont benefit from the dub you are not the target audience for it. dubs are accessibility features for people who can't read or who may be blind etc
@@Strawb_Goblin But they could at least do a better job with the dub.. This sounds like early 90s Resident Evil cringe voice acting.
There are so many talented voice actors in the world and THIS is what they thought was ok?!
@@recht_voor_zijn_raap5506 everyone just hating on it. Don't watch the dub then lol
why not?
This analysis, very strategically, avoids most if not all of the anti capitalist notions of the show
well, the show is as much a critic on capitalism as of communism or any other apparent egualitarian system - which is really authoritarian.
@Alive Outside He blinked when the huge piggy bank came floating down from the ceiling.
I also found that pretty bizarre lol. I mean, all art is open to interpretation but I think the anti-capitalist messaging is really heavy handed if you know what to look for. I mean, Gi-hun literally has a PTSD flashback of when cops killed his coworker at a strike (which was inspired by the real-life Ssangyong motors strike in South Korea, where a union literally fought the police after being mistreated by their employers) and the VIPs very obviously represent the worlds billionaires who make the rules others have to play by. At least in the case of the US, and I’m sure South Korea, government corruption is rampant and corporations more or less game the system so that they will always come out on top, no matter what, leaving very little true opportunity for working class people, who fight each other in order to survive instead of fixing their anger at the ones puppeteering the whole thing.
But he literally says “it’s a metaphor for the worst excesses of modern capitalism and then explains it lol
@@fattidiliberta How is this show a critic on communism
a literal representation of game theory perhaps?
100% true, glad to see it put so simple even die hards can’t just look past what they don’t wish to see! It’s a painful wake up call for many!
You know when you are in english class and as a class are annotating a book so it suddenly becomes more interesting this video was exactly that
- Love those who gave you birth, who played with you when you were child and those who respect you.
- Earn money but more than that, earn respect.
Well done. Thanks
Nice video thanks!!!
Very nice. Thank you!
The ironic thing about all this is that we only need to eat, a warm place to sleep, and antibiotics. But we always want more or things that are worthless like a fast car or an expensive house. But life is painful and money makes it less painful. We could pay for hospitalization when sick. We can pay for oxygen when we can’t breath. It’s about pain and suffering and money makes it less painful.
A fast car or an expensive house is only "worthless" if you make it that way. The biggest limiting thing in life is time. If someone wants to spend that limited time in a fast car or expensive house, who are you to tell them it's worthless. People who fixate on how others spent their life are often some of the unhappiest people in life..
10:17 yeah fuck it I’d feel the same way everyone he ever connected with or loved is gone.
Except for his daughter because he could still get her back, but yet in the end he chooses not to which just further cements that he is always going to choose himself and his interests or addictions or in this case new obsession rather than being a father to his daughter.
Forever stuck in some kind of Peter Pan like state and while he no longer has to live off his mother as he can finally provide for himself, he is still empty inside and has no purpose his life still lacks meaning and that’s why he turns around and wants to go back to the game.
I bet if there’s a season 2 he might become just like the old guy; before he was broke and could barely afford to have fun in life and found joy in the thrill of gambling and now he’s rich af with no family and no friends and nothing to live for and if that ain’t exactly what the old man was like.... 😗 just saying
Finally someone said it
I thought he will become the new front man and there will be a different protagonist. Best way I think to make the show more interesting.
i think it’s also his empathy. he can go back to his daughter, or he can stop another from going through the absolute turmoil he went through.
@@kennythelenny6819 yes; exactly; i thought that's what will happen.
I had not heard of this show until watching a random SNL skit, I don't watch regular programming for years now, I know Hunger Games, and Lost ( just plain stopped watching lost for the weirdness. I've never seen one episode of Game of Thrones, all the witch ones, or werewolves. I was thinking this was a real lottery of some kind in a digital sense...
Something worth watching
great vid man, squidgame was amazing... but pls tell me you didn't watch the dub ahahha
Awwww YEAAA baby DUBBY DUB MC DUBSTER all day for THIZ BOIIIIII
"They can stop the game and leave with nothing" Yes, but remember, rule #2. Particpants that refuse to play, are eliminated. In other words: you can only vote in between games. Once a game is in progress, you CANNOT NOPE OUT. (unless you want to get shot in the head)
Brilliant piece of agitprop, simultaneously stunning AND brave
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@@JustanObservation it’s a great show comrade
@@questioneverything6667 Sarcasm aside, the show is about what the show is about
Hasanabi head?
My left ear is satisfied
this was awesome!!🥰🥰🥰🥰
Never watched it. But I will now.
One thing I didn’t quite understand is how the brother ended up being the front man???
Because early in the show we see the cop going to his apartment cuz his mother says she hasn’t seen him around in a few days and that he disappeared and the landlord says he’s behind on rent and he’s got one of those cards in his bookshelf, so the whole time the show is alluding to him having been one of the recent players that went missing for a few days. But clearly we see he was a player in 2015 and won. So like... none of that shit adds up to me and the show didn’t really explain it and I’m and abt it. And the cop brother asked “why?” Just before dying and THAS WHAT ID LIKE TO KNOW!!! The fact they never explained that is so annoying. How does one become frontman? Why? Why didn’t he just go live his life with the prize money?? Etc cmon I NEED ANSWRS!!
So I believe that if you win the game you have a chance to become front man.And obviously the VIPs and the front men are very evil, watching many people fight to the death, and we see at the end that the main character died his hair red which is symbolism and I believe in the second season the main character will be part of the VIPs or the front man because at the start he was a good guy and he got so caught up in the game and he had forgotten about his daughter and he was thinking about the game instead of his daughter. You need to read this article I’m about to send, it explains it completely. It’s actually messed up how much they manipulate us.
vigilantcitizen.com/moviesandtv/squid-game-the-meaning-of-its-messages-and-symbolism/
great video
The Squid game was also to show how fundamentally flawed we are as human beings, that we are ultimately self interested and we will do what it takes for our own selves, take the main character, right when they're put back into real life the first thing he can think about is his money that the woman took, he goes to say "please help me I'm freezing" and the lady says "no because you're just going to ask me where your money is" and he says "no I'm not I swear on my mother" she helps him and instantly asks where his money is
Also the last exchange between Jim and the Old Man he says it straight up, "after all this, do you still think you can trust Man?" And play a game multiple people walk by a homeless man who is dying, not a single one lifts up a finger, but only one person actually did the right thing and called the police just before midnight, the point of that wasn't that "man is good because of this" no the point of that was to give hope that there are some good people in this society filled with people who are self interested, also with the marbles, Jim was taking advantage of the Old Man's supposed Dimentia, we will do whatever it takes to win even in dishonest ways, even the best of us who want to do the good thing
Good one...
Peace to thus who live a humble life...
In the essence it's painful to see that people are willing to bet their own lives on the line, only to have tiny chance of getting rid of their financial problems. Sort of depicts how root of all evil in our world is money. People really falling so far into the debt that they cant function as humans anymore, only mere ghosts to society and their own loved ones. Just sad.
It's the LOVE of money that is the root of all evil....NOT money
The whole concept of the game being “fair” is so contradictory. The creator being in the game with no stakes, the “everyone is equal except here’s a game where teams with strength end up winning except the team with the creator who knows strategies and even then they only won thanks to a last minute trick that wouldint have been there without the old man stalling most likely. Then the glass game with going first. Dosent matter if the numbers are blind it’s not an equal opportunity when you have a 2 to the power of thousands of getting across vs everyone else
Did you actually watch Hunger Games? Clearly you didn’t read the books if you think they lacked societal commentary
Movies aren't books.
Saying "Oh but you need to read the books to understand it" is a terrible argument. The movies should be able to stand alone on their own merit.
@@ozricaurora6943 no sh!t, books aren’t movies. I didn’t say you should have to read a book to understand a movie. A straw man is a terrible argument.
Hunger Games movies still had a lot of social social commentary, just not as obvious as in the books. Apparently commentary/allegory have to smack some of you in the face before you’ll see it. Squids Games the show almost did the opposite of the game; took adult topic/concept and delivered at a child’s level of media comprehension (obviously, the sex/violence aren’t appropriate for children)
i think the friend 001 told to gi-hun after the first game and meeting each other at a shop the friend 001 told about may relate some one in Squid Game..
Amazing video! Now I'm gonna give the show a chance!
This show does a good job of mirroring our current human existance. Were all lead to believe we have to all play the game of life, regardless if you like the rules or really want to play, as not playing the game leaves you homeless and broke and eventually dead, the game uncourages people to compete with each other and try to gain financial edge and cripple everyone else around them. As capitalism is rewarded and being overly generous is not. Sad but true
@@nerif2849 Well that's the dominant belief right, that hierarchy rules, that competition is the solution. Strong survive and the weak die off. that might be true in most cases but if there was some way to organize society in a way that rewards teamwork and frowns upon competitive advantage. I know it doesn't seem real yet, but every 100 years or so you see it leaning towards these ideals. Maybe it's a dream but it's something I feel all humans really strive for as when you are born your innate moral compass tells you this, kids don't want to backstab and steal or cheat it's not really in our nature but somehow that's how life leads you, away from your ideals.
I mean even when was it fare, the old man was protected through the red green light. So this shows the hypocrisy of the game organizers. The rules are only for the poor, but not the rich. I found it on the same lines on parasite movie.
I got a Stanley Kubrick vibe from watching Squid Game.
God squid game's english dub is really trash and I normally watch the dub :/ so glad i watvhed the sub this time
Nice
It's correct
Really good analysis but did you need to show the dubbed version? Sounds so cringe.
I've realized, in the glass game could they have used the shoes to figure out which glass was safe?
Right?
Yes. That’s why they were asked to remove them.
A funner look at a slightly exaggerated version of real life where slave labour and human trafficking occur while those in power do bugger all about it.
At this point it's not even a critique of the worst excesses of capitalism it's a critique of capitalism, of what we're living under NOW. The story is set now not in a far off future but in the current climate and it's all too real, that's what separates it from stuff like hunger games.
I see this like buying a lottery.
*subscribed*
Religiosity...ethnicity and race are also worth mentioning.
I miss my mom.