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I enjoyed watching season one but it's not for the squeamish. ( spoilers )

posted 3 years ago by joej2923 (2959)
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I decided to watch Squid Game even though I usually don't like to watch people die. I tend to develop an attachment to my favorite characters and I don't like to lose them during the movie. I do like the suspenseful elements of the show since i wanted to know who would survive, whether the cop would find his brother and who is running this contest. I also would never have gone back to finish the games after the first game.

The old man might have stolen the show. He was certainly my favorite character during the games and he revealed his identity towards the end. I don't understand why it took Gi-Hun a year to touch the money. He and the others knew the risks when they decided to come back to play the game again. e certainly shouldn't have any hard feelings about Sang Woo's death since Sang Woo would have slit his throat to get ahead. He never promised to help the kid but he did get Sae Byeok's brother out of the orphanage after one year.

I don't think Gi-Hun has the training necessary to stop the game but he might be able to get the police involved. I wonder if a new season with new challenges and new characters would have been just as exciting. It might have gotten old if it was too similar so it might be more enjoyable to see Gi-Hun try to stop the game. It was cool to get a glimpse of South Korean culture with the scenery, food and the games like Ddakji. It was also nice that the homeless man was assisted in the end and that demonstrated that not everyone in society is a ruthless sociopath.

[–] TimMC (9143) 3 years ago

OH YES>

Not for the squeamish indeeeed.

Lots of scenes had me twisting in my chair.

Great show.

Congrats NETFLIX.

[–] AtomicReturns (1252) 3 years ago

I don't understand why it took Gi-Hun a year to touch the money. He and the others knew the risks when they decided to come back to play the game again. e certainly shouldn't have any hard feelings about Sang Woo's death since Sang Woo would have slit his throat to get ahead.

I guess we could see it as him having the worst PTSD and with his mother dying (and being the one of the reasons he tried to earn that money), I could see him drifting off mentally and being completely shaken to the core. Also, in the beginning he was probably caught up in the fervor of it all along with the other contestants vying for the same prize money that will change their lives. But then, after winning and being the final survivor, all he sees in that money are the hundreds of dead bodies, dreams and ruined lives that were involved in the collection of that prize money. As he got to know people more, he really understood the crushing loss and futility of it all. Outside of a few necessities like food, he was probably so disgusted at the thought of using that money and saw it all as dirty.

The 2nd season will be very interesting. It hasn't been formally announced, but it has to be a certainty at this point considering the shows massive global success. The director said he doesn't have a thoroughly developed plan for Season 2 though. It may only exist as rough brainstorming ideas in his head now, and the story can certainly go a number of different ways (does Gi-Hun infiltrate it all himself? Enlist help of authorities? What if some police authorities are actually in on this wicked game show idea?)