Squid Game Korean Drama Review
Hello to all of you from a gloomy day! I sat in front of my computer, thinking that such a gloomy series would be worthy of a review on such a gloomy day. And yes, today I will review the Squid Game series, which I finished in one breath, under the title of 'Squid Game Commentary'.
The first time I translated the Squid Game series information, it caught my attention and made me set an alarm for the day it would be broadcast on Netflix. The subject was so interesting that I really wondered what kind of work would come out. I rarely watch TV series except romantic comedies. As a result, both the subject of the series and the first published trailer, my expectations were raised to the sky before the series started, and it made me wait with excitement.
First of all, I would like to briefly touch on the subject of the series and move on to the interpretation of the series. Let's get started then!
This article is excerpted from Jaze's Jazetel.com website, the famous TV show commentator.
Squid Game
The series is about people who are unemployed and in debt, entering a game with a 40 million dollar prize and what happened in this game. The people who created this game do it secretly on a mysterious island. The main reason why they do this in secret is that the game is not a normal game. Each game consists of children's games, and in order to survive in the game, it is necessary to successfully complete the game. Those who fail are killed and their bodies burned. Only 1 person will win this game, in which hundreds of people participate, only 1 person will survive...
You can find information about the director, genre, number of episodes, etc. from the article I wrote before, the link is above. In conclusion, as you can understand from the subject, it is a very interesting series. Which is only a very, very small part of the issue. Let's not prolong the issue here, let's just interpret the series under the title of series interpretation.
This Part Does Not Contain Spoilers, I Will Warn You When I Go To The Part With Spoilers, You Can Read It Easily For Now.
Squid Game Review
I have already mentioned above that I watched the series with excitement in one breath. Let me just say for the series, it was the most exciting and the most intriguing series I've ever watched. The subject was already interesting, but I never expected that it would satisfy me so much.
So much so that I, who normally watch TV series without skipping, never skipped a scene until the last two episodes. I watched every single scene very carefully. So, as you can see, I loved the series very much.
Besides, I was amazed that children's plays were thought and written in this way. If I thought for forty years, I wouldn't have thought that the supposed death of my friend in the game and leaving the game would become a reality. The screenwriter walked from a really great idea and wrote the script, which was great.
Of course, in addition to all these, thinking about the psychological state of each player on the island and trying to empathize was different. I was stunned by the murder of characters that I thought were particularly good. However, I did not find the characters strange, but if I were in the same situation, I would probably do the same.
Another aspect I liked in the series was that it didn't go into the lives of the characters deeply. Each recent series delves deep into the past of all the characters, good and bad. This is making me quite bored. In real life, we don't really care why a bad person is bad. The man is bad, why are you taking me back to his past for sympathy? As a result, our series did not go into such in-depth topics, it did well.
Here were my spoiler-free comments about the series. If you haven't watched the series, you can skip the next stop and see the score I gave to the series at the last stop.
Think Before You Go Down Full of Spoilers!!!
Series Review
I made my sweet spoiler-free comment above. But now I'm going to close my eyes, run my fingers and write down everything that catches my eye on the show.
First of all, Ki Hoon, who is the main character of the drama, I got weird with the player number 456.
It's not like that, it really pissed me off throughout the series. No, so you've come to live, you still live on your mother's back, it's not enough, you gamble, it's not enough, you also owe money to the loan shark. What a pity! He was a useless cheesy character.
Honestly, I didn't like Ki Hoon's attitude and behavior in the game. Knowing the seriousness of the game, he was a person who participated in the game for the second time and did not play the game according to the rules. He had an unnecessary sense of conscience. No, until the end, 454 men died, there is only one man left, you say let's quit the game. I had tears in my eyes. What a ridiculous business.
Ayyyyy I never really liked this character. The fact that it came to the end got on my nerves a lot. When the series started with this character, I knew that this gentleman would be the last, but I thought maybe maybe maybe he would die in the finale, but... I think it's the first time that a character hasn't died, I think, where have we come...
I liked Sang Woo as much as I didn't like the Ki Hoon I mentioned above. I think you can understand how much I love this word. By the way, the player number is 218.
The biggest factor in my liking for Sang Woo was definitely his intelligence. The man is a total poison pot. In addition to his intelligence, he also has a sweet conscience until the middle of the game. I say halfway because he's doing something like that halfway through the series... Yes, I'm talking about Ali, what kind of treachery is this...
To tell the truth, I was very, very saddened by Ali's death. However, I did not find it strange what Sang Woo did, because the man played the game by the rules. What would he do, would he die? No way!
The only thing that remains a question mark for Sang Woo is his attitude towards his childhood friend Ki Hoon. No, why was he so distant from the man, why did he act like he didn't like him? I don't understand anything. I think that the screenwriter could at least convey to us why these two have an attitude towards each other in this part. This part is always a question mark for me.
Squid Game Season 2
Another point I will criticize in the series is that our detective bey will easily enter the island.
It's been a series of nonsense and stuff like this, but I mean, the detective's entry into such a place where security measures are at a high level, like this, I was more or less satisfied. It seems that the entrance to the island could have been different.
On the other hand, the detective's brother's discovery of black bugs surprised me...
So you come to the big island to look for your brother, risk death, but let your brother be one of the leaders of this criminal organization. I'm past that, put a bullet in your heart. No way! By the way, I can't go without saying, but I think the detective is not dead, I think that somehow the 2nd season will come out alive.
I was angry with this uncle from the beginning to the end of the series, and he got my hate in the final.
You're sixty or seventy, sit at home, eat your tea, pastry and watch Running Man. What are you doing in the game, uncle, when I was being told that you will die, I was shot in my heart in the final... So what can I say, I leave this uncle's interpretation to you.
Squid Game Finale
I'd be lying if I said I didn't get angry at this part of the script. I expected the finale to be different, more descriptive and more logical. I can't say the finale sucks because it's open ended, probably a 2nd season will come. However, as it stands, the finale was incomplete for me.
The fact that your uncle started the game, did not touch a single penny of the main character's money (this was the most ridiculous part), and wanted to re-enter the game when he was going to return to America, bla bla... To be honest, I watched the finale without skipping. It never hugged me, it never hugged me.
No, I mean, you know that only one remaining person will get the money when you enter the game, you also know that everyone will die, but you still win the game, eeee. Well, why don't you spend the money? If you are such a compassionate person, why did you enter the game? The screenwriter has created a hated lead character, I can't predict what will happen in Season 2.
Finally, I finished Alice in Borderland just to make this distinction, even though I left it unfinished because there were too many comparisons of Squid Game and Alice in Borderland. In my opinion, it is ridiculous to compare two different series that are wandering in different lanes. But which show did you enjoy more than comparison, Jaze? If you ask me, my answer would be clear Squid Game.
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