Sorry, but you're already living in the “Squid Game”
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Sorry, but you're already living in the “Squid Game”
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#2Yes I took the squid game message to be “we’re gonna shock you with all this gore but at the end of the day it’s not far from real life. Well maybe not for you as you are rich… after all you can afford to watch this”
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#3A bit off-topic but : ‘Arcane’ knocks ‘Squid Game’ off the top of Netflix’s most-watched chart https://www.nme.com/news/tv/arcane-knocks-squid-game-off-top...
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#4Yes I took the squid game message to be “we’re gonna shock you with all this gore but at the end of the day it’s not far from real life. Well maybe not for you as you are rich… after all you can afford to watch this”
Remind me of Black Mirror on that point.
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#5I don't see the appeal of this show. It's a prepackaged, shallow production that adds little to the actual works it undoubtedly inspires and gets much from, FKMT's manga.
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#6Worse. In this game they do not give head shot, but only immobilize and then drag you into some hole to slowly rot to death.
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#7To be completely honest I don't understand the appeal of Squid Game. It's a very thin metaphor around super shocking imagery --- and don't get me wrong, although it's not my thing, I can understand people liking slasher movies and the like, but I don't understand why this discourse that Squid Game is very deep (and anything other than cheap gore horror) became so popular.
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#8To be completely honest I don't understand the appeal of Squid Game. It's a very thin metaphor around super shocking imagery --- and don't get me wrong, although it's not my thing, I can understand people liking slasher movies and the like, but I don't understand why this discourse that Squid Game is very deep (and anything other than cheap gore horror) became so popular.
… because some people found it entertaining
Re: Sorry, but you're already living in the “Squid Game”
#9To be completely honest I don't understand the appeal of Squid Game. It's a very thin metaphor around super shocking imagery --- and don't get me wrong, although it's not my thing, I can understand people liking slasher movies and the like, but I don't understand why this discourse that Squid Game is very deep (and anything other than cheap gore horror) became so popular.
I don't understand the appeal of Squid Game. It's a very thin metaphor around super shocking imagery
Sounds to me like you understand the appeal of Squid Game perfectly :)
Squid Game is very deep
I don't think many people are saying that Squid Game itself is very deep, rather that it seems to work as a catalyst for many to have deeper conversations about these topics that they haven't really been having before.
Re: Sorry, but you're already living in the “Squid Game”
#10To be completely honest I don't understand the appeal of Squid Game. It's a very thin metaphor around super shocking imagery --- and don't get me wrong, although it's not my thing, I can understand people liking slasher movies and the like, but I don't understand why this discourse that Squid Game is very deep (and anything other than cheap gore horror) became so popular.
The acting is superb, I really have not seen a single actor fail to deliver. They are all shocked beyond reason given the circumstances. It's like watching what would happen in real life.
It has high realism precisely because not everyone believes in a dog eat dog world. There are those that sacrifice themselves to save someone else. The immigrant that believes he is inferior simply because he came to the land and you have genuine human elements come to the surface even in the brutal world.
It doesn't lose a second on pointless discussions. It just starts strong and goes on and on until the very end. Substance all the way through. It's not just gore for the sake of gore or for shock value.