Squid Game

[Gandalf]

Ok, after hearing all the hype, I started watching this last night.

Fairly entertaining, about half way through. The voice acting (English overdubs) for all the guards is pretty terrible though. Lots of plot holes it seems.

 

[Validuz]

I tend to ignore public hype for a good year and then swing around and download an episode and see if it's worth piss.

 

[Falhawk]

It is ok, but only like part of each episode. The main character is not likeable at all. I hope he dies.

 

[Fool]

I enjoyed it despite the obvious flaws with the narrative. It's a little lame that most of the deaths are essentially pre-ordained by choices made before any game takes place. Red light, green light is basically the best game and it's the first.

 

[Pagy]

i usually dismiss gandalf as a creationist but his interest and fanatical belief in sci-fi may prove beneficial in rare instances

 

[-SS-]

worth the watch

 

[Synth]

i fast forward through all the dialog and watched the game world and it was pretty good

 

[Paladin-5]

Only through episode 6 but it's been decent. Honestly, after seeing the internet explode thought it would be better. First episode was the best so far, imo.

Also, far better viewing experience just putting on english subtitles. Kind of a pain having to constantly be looking at the screen, but not as much of a pain as listening to awkward dubs. (have never been able to get over not noticing how the dubs don't match the lip movements)

 

[Gandalf]

I finished it last night. There are so many things I can't abide with in this story. I know, need to suspend disbelief, but just so many things just don't make any sense.

Spoiler

Why is <mastermind> doing this? Motive was never explained and murdering over 450 people seems to be a bit severe to teach a morality lesson.
This entire story was a bloody version of willy wonka essentially.
What is funding it all, which appears to be set in a complex that cost 100s of millions of dollars to construct?
What game was the bridge supposed to represent?
Who would actually volunteer to work there, in those conditions? Workers sleep in nothing more than a prison cell and face drastic consequences for not following the rules. And because of the organ harvesting, you would assume the workers aren't paid all that much if they have to resort to that.
Hard to believe that <mastermind> would be able to recruit so many cold blooded killers. It takes a special mindset to be able to pull the trigger and kill someone for losing a game of marbles. Especially in a relatively small country like South Korea.
And the VIPs in the end, obviously rich fat americans. You would think the rich chinese would be a better choice.
Also, the VIPs in the end - they make a comment about how this was going to be better than watching it on the big screen - only to watch it on the big screen.

I enjoyed the show, but just some of the things that kept bugging me while watching it.

 

[Soup]

i am halfway through episode 2. Do we have any koreans that can explain how much of the "off" feeling you get is from the dub's attempt to keep the flow going versus a cultural thing? I kinda assumed netflix would have a great dub team, so maybe that's all this is?

i am enjoying it. i always use subtitles anyway. i hope the main character and his stupid face die.

 

[SkittleBrew]

Ok, after hearing all the hype, I started watching this last night.

Fairly entertaining, about halfway through. The voice acting (English overdubs) for all the guards is pretty terrible though. Lots of plot holes it seems.

I read some news story about how ridiculously violent the show was. So much so that the world was ablaze with people trying to get it shut down or restricted.

Turns out it wasn't anything crazy. It was entertaining, I suppose. The news story was an obviously reverse psychology play.

Jokes on them... I torrented it.

 

[Fool]

As far as death games go it was pretty tame. Everyone either falls to their death or is executed by a single gunshot.

 

[Validuz]

This show is a great example of how listening to people speak in a different language covers up horrendous acting and normally automatically makes a show/movie better. This is why subtitled anime is always better.

 When the "American" VIPs arrive, their voice-acting/acting is fucking excruciating, along with their lines. 

It's a good-ish show with a ton of plotholes. It has a shit ending.

 

[Gandalf]

As far as death games go it was pretty tame. Everyone either falls to their death or is executed by a single gunshot.

I think the hand in the wringer was about the most gruesome of the gore. I think John Wick is more violent honestly. Director certainty loves his squibs though.

 

[Synth]

This show is a great example of how listening to people speak in a different language covers up horrendous acting and normally automatically makes a show/movie better. This is why subtitled anime is always better.

 When the "American" VIPs arrive, their voice-acting/acting is fucking excruciating, along with their lines. 

It's a good-ish show with a ton of plotholes. It has a shit ending.

i agree the vip's were cringy. I think its a Korean thing, their take on how english works for a Korean audience

I ended up just watching the games and skipped the rest

 

[Validuz]

Yeah, honestly if you skip literally every scene with the horrendous, show-ruining non-Korean actors, it's instantly better.

Literally the first words out of their mouth made us both cringe and comment on it, along with every other word they said. Writing, acting, voices, audio. The lot.

 

[SuperTrap]

S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge from 'Squid Game' | Reuters

Last year, Netflix had brought its own lawsuit on whether it had any obligation to pay SK for network usage, arguing Netflix's duty ends with creating content and leaving it accessible. It said SK's expenses were incurred while fulfilling its contractual obligations to Internet users, and delivery in the Internet world is "free of charge as a principle", according to court documents.

But the Seoul Central District Court ruled against Netflix in June, saying that SK is seen as providing "a service provided at a cost" and it is "reasonable" for Netflix to be "obligated to provide something in return for the service".

SK estimated the network usage fee Netflix needed to pay was about 27.2 billion won ($22.9 million) in 2020 alone, the court document said.

Netflix has appealed against the ruling, court records showed, with fresh proceedings to start in late December.

 

[bowl of blood]

i watched the first 2 eps & it seems like its just misery/poverty porn. he can't keep a job AND he's broke AND he lives w his mom AND his mom is broke AND he steals from his mom AND he's a gambler AND he's divorced AND he's a bad dad AND he's about to lose his daughter AND he borrows from loan sharks AND he gets beat up AND he gets pickpocketed AND his mom is sick AND she needs surgery AND his ex-wife is broke AND his daughter's stepdad hates him AND he punches him for no reason

damn i get it already this guy sucks (but ohh he gives the cat a fish how sweet . . . frankly i thought he was gunna eat the cat given how it was going)

the protagonist being a stupid good for nothing seems like it must be a korean trope bc almost every korean movie i watch has that. only the old guy is likeable and idk maybe the gangster after that ridiculous scene where he stabs a guy then jumps off a bridge

the first 2 eps seem needlessly redundant & structured to get the plot going without leaving the obvious questions that people would start bitching about. they wanted the suspenseful abduction so that the first episode would seem like saw. but then also wanted the characters to be in the game prison willingly. but also the characters couldn't know about the game prison already. so they had to get out and then come back

that said i'm still gonna watch e3 bc i want to see if they even try to dig out of this bleak course of events let alone how

 

[Brasstax]

I finished it.

I was entertained. The fact that it was Korean let me move past parts I would never forgive in a Western story. Perhaps they knew that and are experimenting.

I may post about it later after people have watched it.