Moist Meter | Squid Game

[@senshiru285]

I'm surprised he didn't mention Hunger Games despite being the lead actor

[@swuzzyduz3204]

He's humble as always, never wants to take the spotlight away from another show.

[@xoraika]

his explanation at the start reminded me of the plot of saw XD

[@dv9239]

He is very very down to earth at 5'3

[@thefootballpunnedit]

When youre that tall and alpha you have to play things down to minimise the damage us bets males feel leering into his masucline features

[@warpath77]

People still recycling this old played out comment

[@kylesmith5633]

“There’s no really GOOD people playing” *ali didn’t suffer for this shit*

[@primordius777]

he is too kind and trust everyone and now he’s the one killing himself slowly

[@kaokoki5983]

He's there just because his boss didn't pay him. He was the only one who worked hard in his life and he got the short end of the stick. And it breakes my heart.

[@reven06]

@@kaokoki5983 Facts

[@NoblesseOblige-17]

Ali was a freaking trooper. Loved that guy. And hated how he died. Giving Sangwoo the marbles seemed too much/ a bit forced even for how trusting Ali was. And we didn't even get any proper farewell from him. He just got executed as he realized he was betrayed by his "friend".

[@jeremy7556]

@@NoblesseOblige-17 he didn't give Sangwoo the marbles. it was switched. Plus he respected sangwoo a lot

[@indicardi]

the realisation of betrayal portrayed within ali’s facial expression was just fucking heart wrenching man.

[@iscott3187]

For real everyone talking about the girl that died which was sad but watching Ali’s face as he is about to get shot made me fricken cry

[@tunafish5462]

I usually don't cry watching shows but by the end of that episode I was so close to crying. Ali's face when he realized, Gi hun walking away from the old man and how the girl sacrificed herself for Sae Byeok. It was all too much. The acting is fucking sick!

[@nunull6427]

@@tunafish5462 "Thanks for playing with me"

[@arthurmorgan1950]

Bro looked so disappointed confused and betrayed all at once

[@Odinsday]

Ali was a king. Seeing him get axed like that fucking hurt.

[@MitchellD249]

"There's no really good people that participate in the game" Ali had never heard such bullshit before.

[@tfx9223]

really sad when he was betrayed

[@xenosbreed]

YES! Remember he was a Pakistani immigrant, in most cases their wages (In a lot of countries) are held and their visas are held by their bosses who can basically extort them. When he crushed that mans hand and took the money, it was HIS money he was reclaiming. It was actually really cool to see a Korean show call out that predatory behavior of migrants

[@jayes_]

*well he didn't hear it*

[@broadcasting_marcophilipss2285]

He killed his boss so... What are you on to ?

[@btsinfiresmealot5463]

@EnglishSpoon did he even kill the boss?

[@zaammy3584]

No possibility Charlie was gonna hate it with a slapping game in the first episode.

[@hynori1819]

meanwhile in Russia the 6th game is a slapping contest, 1v1 last man standing wins.

[@narenkarthikeyan9306]

@@hynori1819 lmao those are amazing

[@darrenplace5562]

how does this not have more likes

[@Linosek279]

@@hynori1819 It’s the only game that ends with a 150% mortality rate, as the presiding judge is vaporised by the sheer ambient force the slaps generate

[@turbovince3891]

Imagine if vasili was the dude who challenges people

[@billybatts8283]

Sangwoo was a brilliantly developed and performed character. Before going back in, the guy was literally killing himself before they stopped him by offering him a chance to go back, he was already dead and he had to win, the game was his lifeline. And he got darker and more desperate while still maintaining some humanity in his desperation through a fantastic performance.

[@shirashows5661]

Adding to that I think they ruined it in the last game. He did everything to win up until this point and then he suddenly kills Himself because of his old friend? It just felt like plot armor for the Protagonist, wich needed to win. It made me kind of sad, because he was doing what he needed to do up until this point and was a really realistic Character.

[@nazimkhan6322]

​@@shirashows5661 I like to think that Sangwoo actually feels guilty about all the betrayal he had done and when Gi-hun still offer him mercy even after all of that, he realize he doesn't deserve to live and give Gi-hun the win. Given Gi-hun personality, Sangwoo could easily manipulate him into losing but he didn't. Maybe it's because of guilt and probably because even he doesn't want kill his childhood friend.

[@pbrakeosrs]

@@nazimkhan6322 100%

[@marsmagius]

@@shirashows5661 He probably thought it was better to die than to not have anyone win the money, especially after all the humans that died for it. I think in the condition he was in, he probably knew he didn't have a chance at winning the game and his friend was willing to give up all that money for them both to walk out alive, so even if he would have been able to get up and pull himself together to try to win, it probably would have been harder for him to bring himself to kill his friend who was willing to give it all up at that moment

[@ranniwolves]

@@shirashows5661 he very CLEARLY felt guilt for his actions, they made sure to show that almost every time. he didn’t want to do what he did, but he had to to survive. in the end, it was too much for him, he had nothing to live for anymore, and he gave up so that everything that he and gi hun had fought for wouldn’t go to waste.

[@Lumiere20]

When Ali cried before he died, it's not because he's gonna die but because he got betrayed. He was too kind for his own good, he deserved better.

[@Abdirahman_Mohamed]

Most characters on Squid Game were kinda asshole but Sangwoo is a special piece of shit in the last half of Squid Game

[@Smeik2901]

@@Abdirahman_Mohamed Is he an asshole for wanting to survive though? I bet if your life was on the line, you would sacrifice a stranger too.

[@MushroomKing30]

​@@Abdirahman_Mohamed He was kind to ali at the beginning though, even though he had no reason to be. Just goes to show that people are complex and that you can be selfish and kind. It also goes to show that the characters were wonderfully written :)

[@Phixcer]

Thx for spoiling 😃

[@Smeik2901]

@@Phixcer Don't read comments, if you haven't watched it yet..

[@MitchellD249]

"It's very well acted up to a certain point" Ah yes, the VIPs, lmao.

[@europeankid98]

*insert 69 joke here *

[@williamsweeney5249]

@@virileagitur7403 same lmao

[@williamsweeney5249]

The dubbing is so bad that I just thought that the characters were insane, and I was okay with that.

[@naominerd4075]

Imo they're terrible in the dub too. Sounded like just some shmoes hanging out at their pal John's man cave and making comments about the sportsball game. I even said to the friend I was watching it with, "Wow, these rich guys are boring!" The only thing I guess they added by being there was kind of a sick subplot, maybe?? Could've been better without them.

[@Catceptionv2]

@@naominerd4075 i think it's meant to portray them as snobby and impatient, also there have been so much games prior to this one so it basically is like them watching the sportball game

[@benwagner742]

When Sangwoo mentioned that that glass manufacturer guy watched 10 people die when he knew how to spot the difference in the types of glass all along was chilling. Small moment but those added up are what made this show great

[@ch3esey]

If the glass manufacturer chose to go to the front sooner, the lights would have been turned off sooner, leading to everyone losing

[@naominerd4075]

@@ch3esey But he had no way of knowing they would dim the lights.

[@ch3esey]

@@naominerd4075 yeah I know. I’m just saying that things could have been bad.

[@acog_quarks8753]

They could’ve wrapped their jacket around their hand and hammer fisted the glass in front. Sure your hand might get hurt but it’s better than falling. But maybe the glass was too spread out to do that.

[@ch3esey]

@@acog_quarks8753 the glass was to far to touch, but they could have thrown the zipper part of their jackets at the glass to hear the sound

[@Tran1234.]

Ali’s face when he found out sangwoo betrayed him just broke me. That was the moment I lost all respect for sangwoo.

[@linkedwinters]

Yeah, though I lost quite a bit of trust when he didn't tell anyone about his cookies theory in the second game. The only time he saved the team was in the third game, the one time where if they were to die, so would he. He really only cared about himself.

[@lifanovl]

You had respect for him before? He betrayed his group at the honeycomb game for no reason. Even from a cold-hearted survivalist perspective, it was too early to be eliminating people who trusted him / want to work with him.

[@reusablebags1047]

Lol they aint watch Dunkey b4 ^^^

[@dansmithbyu1784]

@@linkedwinters True, but ultimately he did sacrifice himself in the end when he could have tried to kill Gi-Hun, so he could ensure his mother would get the money. I don’t think he was completely one dimensional, but there was seriously no reason to screw his team over in the honeycomb game, besides selfishness.

[@LouisK.]

I mean I don't really hate him because what he did was survival tho I do think what he did in the second round was kinda unnecessary but again survival and debt. But as much as I love Ali what he did in the marble round was absolutely necessary for his survival and I think that would be the top priority of alot of people

[@mem3ntomori]

“Well if I can’t do 69, I’ll try 96” - Comedic genius

[@manalkhalid2130]

Man I was making that joke in my head and they ACTUALLY did it 😂

[@ДанилаЛимонов-ж3е]

This is actually clever moment. If viewer was making theories about what kind of experiment this game is , like, government studying human behaviour and shit like that, he would be surprised that a bunch of super rich idiots just making bets on funny numbers

[@singami465]

@@ДанилаЛимонов-ж3е Amazing surprise, you expect the backstory to have depth and meaning, and then it's shallow and predictable.

[@ДанилаЛимонов-ж3е]

@@singami465 ahaha, okay then. Maybe you right

[@kerocz3363]

@@singami465 I wouldn’t say predictable tho. It shows you how these people don’t view the participants as humans. It’s all about having fun regardless of their suffering.

[@unoriginalname6354]

Yo, 199 was a pure angel. Don’t downplay the goodness of my dude Ali.

[@robboss204]

F for Ali

[@reno3666]

he did also crush a guys hand to smithereens

[@robboss204]

@@reno3666 his boss was a fucking thief who did not pay him for 6 months and he didn't do it on purpose too

[@dannacht6827]

@@robboss204 We should do this to all owners that pay low wages.

[@jaynixon3129]

@@reno3666 My personal head cannon is that since Ali was missing 2 fingers, that’s what happened to him while he was working there and the money he was trying to get was his settlement with the company he was promised for not filing suit.

[@yobamayobama8940]

everyone talking about Alis death. When sang woos mom asked gi hun where sang woo was, that was really sad

[@hoesmad3568]

i agree

[@ryuuisnothere]

yeah, that part hit especially hard for me since sangwoo is my favorite character, he's such an interesting character, man.

[@JustGoob]

He’s a pos but his didn’t deserve anything bad that happened to her because of his debt

[@elly7633]

everyone keeps talking about sangwoo and ali but sae-byeok.

[@bruh.5620]

alis was still worse he was such a sweet honny bun

[@pascal__vhs]

Such a shocking twist when they revealed Charlie is the frontman.

[@maxeddonarmy1804]

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[@CDELLO66]

I know it’s insane

[@astrophage8633]

Nut

[@vectorus8036]

Wtf I didn't finish it, is it true ?!

[@grimm7435]

bro, a spoiler warning next time 😔?

[@MyNamesNotJaral]

Charlie's camera quality gets worse and worse the richer he gets.

[@whatislife1337]

The PewDiePie Cascade

[@scamthesam]

More like lazy since he is rich

[@cycy8699]

the P.D.P. Effect

[@kyovibe]

@@whatislife1337 🙏

[@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis]

prolly cause its zoomed

[@justaustin7563]

The reason that the VIPs were so "horribly" acted out was because since it was a Korean film they wanted to use as dumbed down English as possible.

[@captainjacksparrow1518]

Yeah.. thats why I didn't like the VIPs. Most foreign shows dumb down their English and it really doesn't work well. They should keep it regular with Korean subtitles for those that don't understand.

[@vincentmaio4415]

I thought that the dumbed down English really helped show the contrast between the poor people in the game and the VIPs who barely act like humans anymore. They feel almost artificial compared to the very humanized characters that we’ve met, which shows that the VIPs and the upper class have lost their humanity and relatability. They are so bored of “human” goals and values that they devolve into animals with their only goal to be entertainment. Or maybe they are just bad actors and I am reading into this way too hard lol

[@davidc.]

@@vincentmaio4415 Definitely number 2

[@cortster12]

@@vincentmaio4415 Yeah, they're just bad actors and you're reading too much into it.

[@simplythatguy-o6n]

@@vincentmaio4415 I actually had the same reaction

[@nivorann]

i think the reason why they gave out plenty of answers to the mysteries was because the director wasn't sure about making another season, which makes sense imo

[@kevinrule123]

The ending kinda hints at a season 2 tho

[@bobbyboo22_]

@@kevinrule123 true i hope there is another and that's its just as good or better

[@Odinsday]

@@kevinrule123 It does, but how do you go on from here? How much more batshit crazy can the show get?

[@drizzleup3570]

....whoever believes in the Lord Jesus Christ shall not perish but have everlasting life repent Jesus is returning ...Jesus loves you God bless Jesus loves you repent Jesus is returning God bless..

[@Cwrigz]

@@drizzleup3570 true

[@sirius9108]

I still find it insane that Jung Ho-Yeon, who plays Sae-Byeok, had never acted before... she's just a Korean model. How the hell do you debut in such an amazing way. I hope she continues to act.

[@deftomnivore215]

Some people got that natural talent.

[@oliver-04]

she is super hot so i can understand that she was a model

[@SpiralMX]

she was fucking great, but those lips .. really distracting haha

[@kari548]

I think it's because 1 we don't understand the language to evaluate weird language cues, and 2 she prolly just has natural talent. It could be average or mediocre but when u don't understand and damn thing but feel the emotions it's all good.

[@indibiningingman6510]

@@oliver-04 whats wrong with u

[@esiedler1]

Charlie is the host, this is his secret way of advertising his games

[@xbox-uwnv6200]

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[@joshprime8568]

The reason the games never got stale was they weren't overused in the show. The episodes you complained about gave a necessary exhale to the constant inhale of terror of all the games. If it just kept going game after game without any side plot or answers it would have been exhausting and repetitive.

[@LiTTleGaBi21]

Facts. Episode 2 was way better than episode one for that very reason. Games were fun to watch but we cannot care about it if we don't care about who plays them.

[@georgetitsworth8919]

Yes👍 I noticed yesterday my best friends ex (who is self centered and selfish and short sighted in many ways) complaining of the same thing and I thought to myself "pearls before swine" haha just real quick in a jokingly negative way

[@Olympia958]

Exactly. I never had a single issue with any of the episodes, OR the American actors. Some reviewers are just too critical of things, no pun intended.

[@octopus8420]

Exactly!

[@bassie756]

Agree, but those episodes could have been much better anyway. Like Charlie said the VIP acting was pure cringe to watch. Plus the background story so far feels a bit all over the place and raises many questions. Whether that's a good thing or not depends on how/if these questions are answered in season 2 (if there will be one).

[@pimp_floyd5024]

Ali Abdul was the most pure hearted character in the whole show. Man didn’t deserve the fate he got

[@minister2965]

Iirc the point of his character is to show that kindness can only get you so far. Everyone who played the marble game wins majorly in an unfair methods.

[@vcgc554hg]

@Simon Rudbech ji yeong*

[@Sanches7557]

@Simon Rudbech well, it was unfair. She compared her life and future with SB. But it was definitely not deception that made it unfair, it was life

[@RBNN69]

I cried when i see the rocks instead of the marbles

[@emz1412]

Yeah its basically a contrast to real life. Its unfair and there are people who will try to screw you over.

[@MedioCore]

My favorite part was when the dude calculated his chances of survival on the spot without a calculator and exactly right too.

[@reecemesser1422]

and how he was a math teacher it just ties in so well

[@BSoloe]

Yeah he just knew he was screwed lol

[@Tem797]

At that point I thought he would jump, just to screw the rest of the players.

[@emilesagot6992]

You just need to have played 2048 to calculate that fast 2 squares

[@minecraft-hw7kh]

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[@turtle2fast684]

I’m pretty sure the reason that the American actors’ acting was so lackluster was so that it was easier for the Korean audience to understand. That’s why the conversations weren’t very realistic

[@halfmanhalfcool]

Ah makes sense. Their dialogue annoyed the shit out of me with their forced laughter and stating the obvious.

[@thejesse4922]

I just think they had a shortage of actors. I heard they went through a financial hell just to make this show see the light of day.

[@zakral1]

in one of the interview, the director/writer said the series had fewer episodes, they stretch it by adding the detective character (Joon-Ho). so I think every scene including this character is added later, that's why the quality is different

[@Grahmps]

Yeah, living in Korea and seeing lots of K-Dramas and Korean films, good foreign actors are hard to come by in their movie industry. It took the studio a long while to even find Ali.

[@quanvuamuoihai9390]

It's like Hollywood movies having a foreign character saying a line in a foreign language

[@Sonny2299]

The reason there they revealed everything is because they wasn’t expecting for there to be a season 2 from low funding. It took him since 2009 to make this show.

[@heatherperleberg7816]

They *weren't. I apologize in advance.

[@AGXJDM]

imagine making a show since 2009 and ruining it at the very end

[@Sonny2299]

@@AGXJDM how was it ruined?

[@ashtar3876]

@@Sonny2299 because we now know everything. We know the guy with the black mask isn't the real organizer, who he is, who actually is the one behind it and why they made the squid games

[@thehomiedan6378]

@@ashtar3876 Well the dude just told us why everything was explained. A season 2 wasn’t something they thought would be wanted.

[@Lowgenn]

SPOILER WARNING: Ali is hands down the best character. Moved to try and find a better life with his family, was victim to repeated acts of racism in and out of the game, secured his wife and kid's return to his home country before reentering and was betrayed by someone who depended on him consistently in the game.

[@codgod6848]

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[@hankhenk1084]

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[@moonshadow0078]

I honestly don't get why he's everyone's favorite. He's great but in terms of character I really enjoyed Gi-Hun

[@gooeyboy706]

RIP Ali

[@pranav2169]

@@moonshadow0078 i can't stand his character because of the shows stupid attempt to milk a season 2 by introducing his hero complex. he's not particularly smart, he's not particularly strong, yet he effectively gives up on his relationship with his daughter to try and take down an organisation that's been running this game in multiple countries for years

[@8ENSON]

this show became so popular out of no where

[@cstorres9383]

Dead channel lol

[@CARMENRodriguez-ch7sd]

Dead channel lol

[@1DK.]

Your channel died out of no where

[@mozzarella8646]

Dead channel lol

[@cleverdesigner54]

Dead channel lol

[@warwickeng5491]

Everyone is talking about how Sangwoo got progressively more evil, but I found that Gi-hun was the other way around, at the beginning he was essentially just an out of control, thieving bum, who at the end looked like an anime hero, he went from being evil to good, which was quite interesting.

[@yaman9463]

literally had colored hair by the end, a true anime protagonist

[@iloveblackmentwerking]

@@yaman9463 yes lmfao

[@madelinebitts2766]

Sangwoo was always shitty, dude gambled his mother's shop and home on the stock market without even telling her.

[@uncleclem7381]

He wasn’t evil, he was just a loser

[@Sam-ij7co]

He was more apathetic than evil but I do agree with your point. Didn't like him at all at the start but slowly started to root for him as the show progressed.

[@lightfractals]

Ali should've won. he was the best person of them all, but his kindness let him down.

[@nnnnavr]

games like this punishes good people

[@bluesyace9564]

"Should've won" lmao no being a good person and being dumb af are two different things

[@bluesyace9564]

He was still best boi tho, but he shouldn't have won bc it would make no sense, he wasn't made to win it

[@lightfractals]

@@bluesyace9564 i mean yeah, but i also think he or Saebyouk deserved the money the most

[@leila_de_hautjardin]

No he was too naive. Giving his marbles to Sangwoo was stupid. It was obvious that Sangwoo would betray him.

[@LeonAlexGuitar]

Charlie is the only reviewer I blindly trust. Have watched a couple movies based on his judgment, loved them all

[@rayman4976]

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[@rayman4976]

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[@rayman4976]

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[@emileew420]

im watching it rn just cuz of him

[@xxmushisushixx1049]

Ok own channel promoter

[@gusta4865]

everyone is just talking about ali, but i cried when that other girl died for Sae

[@virus8057]

Wow. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4LEoKV-Z8eJecU . .

[@bobobsen]

I cried when the grandpa died. Bastard tricked me too.

[@youregonewiththesin]

@@bobobsen me too. i was rooting for him and ali the entire time, when i heard the gunshot that “killed” him, i was literally sobbing

[@vanessawalker6666]

The only time I cried was for her. It's the fact that even while she was trying just to stay alive she tried to pretend everything was fine. She literally fought til the end and watching her lose the fight was really hard. Especially since she was pretty neutral. Wasn't naive but wasn't blood thirsty. Just pure determination for her brother.

[@transjiro1735]

bro it was so obvious she was going to do so

[@Matt.Radiant]

I think it’s worth noting that the director fought for over a decade to be able to get the funds/support to even make the show. So considering he never expected to be able to make a second season, that might explain why the secrets of the plot/game were spoon fed out in the last episodes, especially the story of player 001 which essentially let everything out. Still though, for someone who says they only intended on being able to make 1 season, he sure didn’t close all storylines, we never got to know much more about the history of the frontman and the undercover cop. Which was the storyline I was most interested in 🤷🏼‍♂️ Edit: and yea why the F would he have player 456 NOT GET ON THE FLIGHT if he wasn’t originally gonna be able to make another season? 😂

[@q-tip_]

From 2008 to 2020

[@Samstrex]

probably just wanted to leave possibility for a second season because if not, then it would’ve been difficult to make a second season

[@hexakon]

He had no plans to make a sequel, but it's always good to leave a show on a vague cliffhanger in case it blows up (which in this case it did) and they can milk it some more

[@az_street_walker4181]

Most likely once Netflix got pitched the idea the extra funding and outside interest probably compelled the director to get the ending and leave some loose ends to make us want more

[@ArxGaming67]

@@hexakon Still means, he should have left the character in the middle of the Airplane Boarding Walkway instead of have him turn around, IMO. I still would have liked to have kept everything about The First a secret too, and even The Front Man. I feel like with all the hesitation The Front Man brought to his final major interaction, we had more than enough to infer that the connection was there. again, just my Opinion though. Also the VIPS fucking suck.

[@Lex02615]

Kinda of disagree with “all the people there are bad” Ali is just a guy who wants to make a good life for his family but was overworked and never paid leading him to joining the game. Sae-byok escaped from north korea with her brother and is only joining the game to get her mother and for them to have a fresh start in south korea. She did pickpocket but not as fucked up as others there. Just my 2 cents.

[@Lex02615]

@Kaleb Kurian i mean him being a gambler is the exact reason he’s not with his daughter. He did it to himself. I still like him as a character but his financial demise was caused by his acts unlike the 2 characters that I’ve mentioned who were victims in their own situations.

[@RK-lq2ud]

@@Lex02615 The nose pin girl too, she had a bad dad

[@Lex02615]

@@RK-lq2ud you’re right, she chose to be there out of boredom and only the moment she found her purpose was in her last moments.

[@mattdamon5650]

👌😂😂

[@hornetsilksong]

Yeah some of them were just criminals and assholes but also some were in huge debt just trying to survive in life. Gi hun did get into debt via gambling but his downward spiral into depression was kicked off from being laid off and watching his coworker die from a riot cop.

[@Ptslammer]

Minor spoiler, but despite being named “squidwards game,” squidward does not actually make an appearance. Rumor has it his agent demanded too high a fee for his likeness

[@convection20]

ruined the whole show for me ngl

[@cubixman9676]

So true, I was waiting for squidward to pop up the whole time but he never did 😢😢😢

[@mayomason1745]

😐

[@BMoney8600]

Squidward should’ve been the Front Man

[@wilabanodeniro9780]

Actually, the “Squidward Game” was the one you played and lost. He did make an appearance, on your bank statement.

[@ShortHax]

The marble game broke me but Charlie didn’t even say a a word about it. Jesus is becoming the new Davie

[@fatneek6569]

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[@samrogerdog]

poo

[@damenthrall8799]

I watched Alice in borderland before this, similar concept and it had a game where 5 people played and only 1 of them could survive, I liked that more

[@ProfessionalFartSmeller]

@@damenthrall8799 I watched Alice after Squid Game and yeah Alice was kinda better but both good asf

[@Trustfuleevees]

It really does a good job of getting it's message across: human greed makes us act like a bunch of little kids.

[@demigod4343]

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[@rayman4976]

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[@vichidna]

the bots found you take cover

[@anythingatall7105]

Yeah

[@jayplays1710]

Everything was going fine until the bot nation attacked

[@BigYabai]

When it comes to the VIPs, I think it's less that they're bad actors but more that their lines were specifically written to be stiff and simple because it's a show primarily targeted at a non-English-speaking audience. You'll see the same thing in anime or games. Most recent anecdote I can come up with is Sam in Metro Exodus. In one scene, if you have English voices on he says "Hell yeah!" but if you have Russian voices on he instead says "Oh, yes!"

[@ecru_5819]

Same It really felt like their lines were intentionally simple for that reason. Yea they sounded cheesy but it was within reason The usual sleazy/rich bad guy characters being one of the reasons and it being for a Korean audience as a second reason

[@kalebmiller3528]

@@homiee590 I agree. I think that their lines were intentially simple and immature. For me it demonstrated just how out of touch and lacking in any kind of empathy they were. They were so removed from the dispair and pain that the contestants were going through, that they could make jokes about 69. This and the way that Front Man compares the games to horse racing definitely shows the point that they are completely detached from humanity. Especially when you constrast it with the horse racing scene with Gi-Hun at the start.

[@mongoose1628]

subtitles exist. just auto automatically have captions in Korean whenever the dialogue is in English or chinese

[@ssgoko88]

I think of Lillian wyneburg from DrStone singing in English

[@cannibal.cxrpse]

the way this show makes u care abt backround characters and side characters deaths is unique and most films and shows dont use this to their advantage, u feel the sympathy for them and their panic

[@emiliabestwaifu]

Doesnt anime do that?

[@insertname8811]

Not exactly unique to me cause I’ve consumed a lot of media that did well on that aspect. But, I do agree that there’s not enough representation of that trope though.

[@cannibal.cxrpse]

@@insertname8811 just saying unique to the industry, since most dont utilize it

[@cannibal.cxrpse]

@@emiliabestwaifu i mean, besides attack on titan, I cant really think of an anime that made me upset for the side characters and civilian backround characters, yeah theres anime with sad side character deaths, but not really so much backround characters, so no not really

[@Scragg-]

Reading battle Royale back in high-school was probably the first time I encountered a story that almost focused more on the side characters lives and deaths than it did the story or main characters. Should give it a read someday it's real good.

[@tchanthaphaeng]

It’s like SAO but nothing like SAO. I’m sold.

[@cumdepositor]

In a way it does, second half kinda drop

[@jjdude5531]

@@cumdepositor ha

[@lioreubm677]

What is sao

[@DaGremlin710]

@@lioreubm677 It’s an anime Sword Art Online

[@ravager10]

@@lioreubm677 sword art online

[@seorin__]

i think the vps didn’t actually tell us everything. one of them said “the games in korea this year are the best” so he tells us that other versions of squid game are going on in other places. perhaps gihun will tackle that in the next season because at the end of this one it clearly sounded like his goal was to take the squid game down. also i noticed how bad the acting from the american dudes was but they spoke very clearly and like “unnatural” so it would be easier for koreans to understand even tho there were subtitles but i think that’s the reason they sounded like listening comprehension english speakers lol

[@abirhasankhan9327]

I also thought that was the case. Granted, the voice actors were shitty. But why were their dialogues also shitty and so simple, like sentences a 10y/o would write for their homework?... That's when I thought that maybe they kept it like that on purpose to make it easy to understand for the Korean viewers.

[@magsibold]

They spoke like that intentionally so korean audience would easily understand them. Or They're just shitty extras they picked off the roadside lol.

[@LouisK.]

I seriously also hope the cop is alive his story was just starting to get kinda interesting and he just dies

[@kingeddeh9327]

@@LouisK. its 100% a setup for the next season (I hope)

[@mmymmy315]

@@abirhasankhan9327 the writing for them fr was so shit. "69, my favourite number" ._.

[@january1494]

The haircut and dye in the last episode was the biggest twist, absolutely did not fit him and made me and my partner cackle because of how insane he looked with it lol

[@zedwoodoso]

It was a critique of Korean culture, the working class can't get hair styles like that because it isn't professional and you won't find work - things like that don't work so well for a western audience

[@momogi618]

same lmao i thought they way camera pan to that haircut is the way mc remember the girl but then he actually dying his hair red like fcking mcdonald lmao

[@elanorpuppydoggowoofles2147]

@@momogi618 Not McDonald 💀 I was digging it until you said that HAJHSKSHAKAJ-

[@jetlag1488]

I thought it looked good, but then again I'm used to seeing older people dye their hair in colours like that, both in Asia and the west.

[@ashtar3876]

I don't think it looked too bad

[@christyhosford261]

the show would be over in ten seconds if they invited jimwool to play.

[@joaopires3917]

His very presence would scare everyone in Green light, Red light and he would be the winner

[@someone-xp8ii]

Jim wool's a true menace to society

[@onlinemodus]

We really should support gay people more!

[@christyhosford261]

@@onlinemodus agreed I’m not sure what it’s got to do with jim wool though.

[@PolishEngineer456]

Jimwool is one of the strongest Moist Verse characters. Like holy shit.

[@Mattslayba]

I think with Charlie’s expertise acting experience in the Hunger Games, it would be a disservice to humanity to not include him in the season 2 cast.

[@maxeddonarmy1804]

CRITIKAL SECRET YT HAS BEEN FOUND kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZiWnpqworB_as0 !

[@Someone-is4lx]

I think they said that they still haven't planned a season 2, but they might consider it.

[@voetbal4696]

THIS IS THE GREATEST MOIST CRITIKAL CLIP OF ALL TIME kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZiWnpqworB_as0 !

[@michealjackson7129]

you got attacked by so many bots lol

[@syn7407]

When Mr Beast eventually organizes real life squid game I’ll put my money on Charlie

[@demigod4343]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q52ViKyLd7pqjrM

[@mikepilkington2156]

Charlie be like the old guy, happy and enjoying each challenge lol

[@minecraft-hw7kh]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKO3cqCIf5udj5o..

[@gamerx1796]

Really glad that Gi-Hun is tough enough to enter the salty spitoon.

[@gabbievee]

HELP

[@cjplask]

Squid Game was something I didn’t think I’d enjoy. Before you knew it I was so invested in each individual character. Rooting for some, hoping some would die, the overall character development and how they’re introduced & how they talk, act and marinate with others is honestly brilliant. I’ve finished watching season one and I’m so damn excited for season 2 & how it ends is such a blue ball it’s crazy, literally didn’t want it to finish. If you haven’t watched it yet, definitely give it a try if Charlie’s review still didn’t have you convinced.

[@rayyankhan512]

Literally the same exact thing I'm thinking bro lmao

[@iseeyou9488]

What is marinate. I swear lingvists these days

[@cjplask]

@@iseeyou9488 my bad, I used the wrong word. I meant as in ; mix in with others, blend in sort of thing.

[@iseeyou9488]

@@cjplask Couldve said that since its a good metaphor

[@NewWaveEnthusiast]

Same I thought it was overhyped. Well, it still kinda of is, but at least it wasn’t that bad. They got me really invested, gotta give it to them.

[@P13Rat]

Charlie should be in season 2 He’d put the moves on everyone

[@rayman4976]

Wow kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4LEoKV-Z8eJecU . .

[@maxeddonarmy1804]

CRITIKAL SECRET YT HAS BEEN FOUND kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZiWnpqworB_as0

[@thewisepleb]

fr

[@mysticalbtch]

Omg he's the dude behind the mask lmao

[@darfoz8807]

hollow knight gang

[@Acheeto]

incredible concept, well executed, hot woman.

[@Jimbofallingstinky]

Ok

[@oso332]

Ok

[@muhajir1427]

that one old lady with the mafia?

[@benjiusofficial]

@@muhajir1427 He's talking about Charlie.

[@CouchMan88]

This is the best 6 word review I have ever seen. Enough said.

[@SoggySlopster08]

Gotta give the show more props on how well it developed characters. I was deeply invested in the life’s and struggles of the main character but even more so at all the side characters. Mostly the ones on 456s team, the cop, and the frontman. I don’t typically cry I’m just not a crying type, but during and after the marble game with 001 I had tears flowing and it was weird that a show managed to make me feel so strongly about a very small character. Of course they kinda made me eat those tears with the reveal in the end but still. The way they wrote characters and had all these different lives and storylines mixing together to lead them to be in that horrible place, it got me invested into these people who under any other circumstances I would not care about. Brilliant writing

[@amorettais7969]

I just wanna say that for the pacing, it’s extremely normal in Korean dramas. Almost all Korean dramas have an amazing buildup to the tensions, and often answer all questions in the ending episodes. I’m still holding out for a second season though, the pacing might be better by then.

[@shlomoshlomo963]

Interesting, did they do that for sweet home kdrama as well? I have read the manwha (140+ chapters) and its seem kinda hard to end it in 1 season

[@NGC-qm1so]

Yeah too bad the old guy in the last episode, who is going to pay for the games now.

[@Mohamed_Asad]

They didn't give all the answers there is more thing that needs explanation

[@xbooqie]

with that fucking cliff hanger ending and all the views and revenue made? i would sure hope so. ill be waiting lmfao

[@fakhiryt2753]

I am not sure if I want a season 2, it should stop at season 1.

[@ziggyctobin]

Even when Charlie talks about spoilers he really doesn’t spoil anything, talent at its finest

[@Pytatoon]

@Maximum Payne shut

[@sulthan_m1938]

Gigguk does the same too and i wonder how they managed to fo this type of things

[@Yuricorru]

He’s as vague as possible

[@aniqnxbil]

What a shocking twist when they revealed NikoAvocado as one of the VIP's

[@minecraft-hw7kh]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKO3cqCIf5udj5o..

[@ItsHonski]

@@minecraft-hw7kh shut up

[@ianism1103]

LOL underrated comment

[@kevintrang3007]

Dude would definitely play just to be seen

[@bornofstardust5910]

This is exactly the kind of stuff Charlie wouldn't want his fans saying

[@thepotatoduke1948]

I actually liked being spoon fed in the last episodes since in other shows the "mystery" drags on for seasons, fans make theories about it (and most of them are just stupid, they show insignificant things as evidence etc.) I liked having the answers for a change.

[@conniescurse7325]

Shows that string the important questions on for 5 seasons bug the hell out of me, tell me the answers in a realistic time frame, and then make more interesting content playing with the implications that come with big revelations. I don't think it's "spoon feeding" to be told what's going on after the cop guy spent most of the season figuring it out basically, it was a rewarding payoff that didn't feel rushed, or delayed, imo. I think they set up a lot of interesting questions for how things might play out in season 2 and I'm excited to see what happens personally, so I'm gonna have to disagree here with Charlie. Shows like Lost for instance just make me feel like I'm wasting my time.

[@conniescurse7325]

@@visigoth3696 honestly I didn't think the VIPs were that bad either, imo. And the detective side story was one of my favourite parts, I wouldn't call it filler. *spoilers ahead for anyone who hasn't finished it* Also I suspect some of the data that the detective attempted to send back to the station on his phone *did* go through, and we'll see more law enforcement trying to figure this out in season 2. But that's just my theory.

[@NeeCheful]

@@conniescurse7325 *SPOILERS* I feel like the detective might not be dead. Like I know we had the flash forward in the last episode but we never saw his body. I thought it was weird we didn't see the old man die and then he came back so I feel like there could be a chance for the detective to still be alive.

[@fangirl5940]

@@NeeCheful yeah and he was only shot in the shoulder, same place as his frontman brother who survived, so it’s likely

[@theguyinhd]

@@visigoth3696 well except this time it's not the case. The director said he didn't even want a season 2 at first, since it was insanely stressful for him to do this one alone, he lost six teeth due to stress etc. during this shoot. Now though after this insane success, he said he is considering it, but it will take a while. He's also gonna get some people to help him with the next one, since he doesn't wanna do something like that alone again.

[@icewallowkids6628]

Jung ho yeon is the new Aubrey plaza, literally the entire internet now has a collective crush on her

[@kleptrep94]

Yo the way she and the other girl met was basically a meeting between a North and South Korean Aubrey Plaza.

[@MFESPFTWKF]

Who?

[@memroli5919]

politikz

[@bhris0hhh11]

When tf was Aubrey Plaza anyone’s crush? Lmao she’s not that pretty at all.

[@amarrgalente9395]

@@bhris0hhh11 Being pretty isn't the only criteria by which people gauge attractiveness.

[@Professorlicme8]

I personally loved that they fully explained things eventually. The beginning where you dont understand does make things alot more interesting but i hate when shows wait too long to explain things until nobody cares anymore or just never explain anything. Im one of those viewers that needs to know what actually happens not hundreds of possibilities of what could be happening.

[@whatswiththisnewhandlesthing]

I personally hated that it seemed like they were going to explain how the winner evades tax laws but then it never did.

[@LouisK.]

Yea the show was very easy to watch for me since everything was put very simply and I could kinda guess the plots about the cops brother and the old man. And personally I think me being able to guess what was happening made me watch the show because I was so caught on whether I was right or wrong lol

[@LouisK.]

@@whatswiththisnewhandlesthing Also how the bank didn't say anything at all when this dude who had like terrible dept out of nowhere became a billionaire but there is the theory about the bank being related to the game

[@note.da.gøat]

@Tom Spencer they definitely should have made the ending more clear is kind of vague & confusing but I'm assuming next season may explain the ending of S1 more

[@Aaron-un4jo]

I agree just a never ending shroud of mystery just becomes boring and the pay of is almost never worth it… each episode brought us a tiny bit closer to what’s happening while in the end still being pretty mysterious

[@danielcharles4431]

Charlie also wants to tell us about his achievements of winning the Squid Game in Roblox as well.

[@virus8057]

Wow. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4LEoKV-Z8eJecU . .

[@notbadok5833]

Charlie beated 6 year olds in a roblox game. He must be proud!

[@icyclestick178]

episode 6 made my eyes waterfall like full on sobbing , my first time while watching a show

[@ordjk4797]

Seriously 😭

[@KenanTheFab]

episode 6 broke me snot, red eyes, and more tears than an onion cutting competition

[@ordjk4797]

@@KenanTheFab Yeah I mean I had a similar experience just without the red eyes

[@sobored6026]

Yes I wet my pants while watching it

[@Vanillabean315]

That drop-off in quality he's talking about I didn't notice at all. I thoroughly enjoyed it almost the entire time. Except when I cried. This video could be like 2 minutes long.

[@vanessawalker6666]

I think it was when we started finding out about the cop and his brother. Revealing the villain halfway through a movie/series can be kind of jarring since that's usually at the end. On top of that I think a lot of viewers were anxious to see the next game and focus more on the main established characters, so cutting from that excitement to randomly focus more on lore was kind of weird. At least for me. But I understand why they did it and I don't think it was THAT bad. I just didn't really care about it

[@thejesse4922]

I feel like the show just feel off a fucking cliff the moment they showed us that Il Nam (the grandpa) was actually the host with shabby and basic "rich people are as sad as the poor ones" morals. Entirely useless.

[@danielburley8563]

@@thejesse4922 yeah I agree it felt kinda forced and unnatural.

[@StratosTitan]

@@thejesse4922 I think you completely missed the point of the show then. Doesn't it stress that those rich people are so far removed from us normal people, that we can't recognize them as human anymore? It is one of the rich guys who comes up with "rich people are as sad as the poor ones", but as the audience we aren't supposed to agree with it. We can see that they just live in a sort of bubble. The message of the show is not that "rich people are as sad as the poor ones", but somewhat the opposite, it's a critique of capitalism and the uber wealthy being so far removed from common folk that they're not human/inhumane.

[@thejesse4922]

@@StratosTitan I'm not saying that Il Nam's moral is something that feels out of place, it's just that this idea was thrown at you so bluntly and right in your face at the very end, and came from a character that was so random, that it comes off as unnatural. Can't help but feel like they hastily whipped up a weak plot twist for the sake of a plot twist or they just were unsure if the viewer got the point across, that they decided to round everything up in one small refundant scene .

[@SolarDr3w]

The reason why some answers were spoon fed is because the writer was initially rejected throughout the years for being too complicated of a plot

[@n0rthsh0w98]

Too complicated of a plot? It was extraordinarly basic from the 1st episode you knew that 456 will win and also the shows most frequently used factor is just watchers feeling and overusing them by killing off most of the minor characters (and in the end killing everyond) where is this fascinating and hard plot?

[@kombuchas4684]

Too complicated? Wtf how?

[@cat8506]

@@n0rthsh0w98 I mean obviously the protagonist is gonna win because all the other people have similar stories to him we just zoom in on him

[@n0rthsh0w98]

Also he was recejted only because Korea didnt have proper funds at that Time and now netflix just bought it

[@GiselleGarcia-yf5rq]

@@n0rthsh0w98 literally it’s considered too complicated because of people like you who think it’s just a show about a guy who wins a game to get money it’s a commentary about capitalism.

[@voxlmao]

I literally started crying when Ali got betrayed and he started crying. That part made me want to strangle sangwoo lol

[@andrewpatterson3662]

They killed my boi ali :(

[@johncurrydemesa5252]

To make it more sadder, Ali's family mustve been suffering right now. Sangwoo never gave any information about Ali's family, nor did Ali did so, in turn 456 could not help Ali's family. Damn

[@atrocious7766]

Anupam's a great actor. I truly felt for Ali at that moment.

[@JuTakii]

@@johncurrydemesa5252 didn’t they get a stack of cash before he left them

[@mtmartian7252]

It still surprises me they never showed Gi-hun give Ali's family money. I thought that was what the trip was about at first

[@salikali2]

I never felt the show dropped off, I enjoyed the entire seasoning . American characters are not amazing but I wasn't really focused on them.

[@bruh.5620]

ali?

[@astrokori]

@@bruh.5620 the VIPs

[@doink3570]

ayo ali?

[@salikali2]

@@bruh.5620 yes indeed I am Ali.

[@AdityaSathya]

The vips had a screentime of like 15 mins in total, it didn't really ruin anything

[@randompersonontheinternet3481]

It should be a 100% for bringing us incredible characters like Jim Wool.

[@maxeddonarmy1804]

CRITIKAL SECRET YT HAS BEEN FOUND kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZiWnpqworB_as0 !

[@noahpjacobi5415]

Jim wool the most terrifying opponent

[@blizzit1211]

Jim Wool is a fucking menace

[@brotherhoodofsteelsoldier1356]

Don't talk to me about him

[@rgkong8783]

Don’t forget Sir Poop or Marv.

[@squamsh122]

Im seeing a lot of people upset at Gi-Hun for turning around and leaving the flight. My initial reaction was frustration as well. Upon further reflection, I think its very admirable to sacrifice his happiness to attempt to save a group of helpless people. I also think his daughter would understand his decision as an adult. It’s a lose-lose situation, just like when Gi-Hun leaves his mother for the game. She dies if she doesn’t get money for treatment, she dies if he stays.

[@luckyzs6067]

How is he helping helpless people if they sign up for it on their own free will, sure they don’t know exactly what they’re signing up for but they can choose to leave if majority vote too. Gi-Hun has a fuck ton of money to just forget about that whole thing and rebuild his relationship with his daughter but instead abandons that to fight some rich people who have been doing this for decades.

[@latenightthinker4737]

Still goofy and corny af, like someone said before he's not exactly a genius and he doesn't have super strength. He knows that yet he's trying to take down an organization with the power of a 1st world nation.

[@citrusterps]

yeah it was literally the whole message of the last episode "it's not fun to watch the game, it's fun to play" he couldn't just sit there and watch life go by as a now wealthy man. he wants to play. to make a difference. with real life or death consequences. i figured that was the main takeaway from the whole show really.

[@firstnamelastname8790]

No, fuck that. His responsibility is his daughter and he is fucking her over again just to take down some people that he is angry at. He is selfish, it also explains why he waited over a year to visit the brother when he had made a promise to do it when he got out.

[@citrusterps]

@@luckyzs6067 man what a wild perspective. i mean i guess youre not wrong, but that would've contradicted the whole fuckin character development of him

[@RuNoMai]

"There's no really GOOD people that participate in the game..." Excuse me. His name is Ali. Apologize.

[@TheSecondVersion]

Fans: Make way for Prince Ali

[@broodingsoap9469]

We dont really know how good or innocent Ali is. But he seems innocent in the show.

[@virus8057]

Wow. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4LEoKV-Z8eJecU . .

[@rotting.kin11]

he still crushed his bosses fingers lol

[@EV3oLYN]

@@rotting.kin11 on accident.

[@Pheminon1]

Absolutely agree with the complaints. Also, how the hell did that detective get on the boat without being seen? You're telling me that they have dozens of workers, HUNDREDS of security cameras, and not one person saw the guy get into the car on the boat, wrestle with the driver, toss him off the side of the boat, and then change into his outfit? That and the VIPS kinda killed the vibe. ESPECIALLY after the heart wrenching 6th episode. That almost made me cry, and then you got the fat old VIP guy going, "haha 69 lol" in the next episode Like come on dude...

[@briannamcfarland5974]

The detective parts strained credibility for me too. You're telling me he tailed the van for hours in the middle of the night without being spotted? And then all the stuff you mentioned about sneaking on the boat?

[@xaviert4748]

@@briannamcfarland5974 what if the person driving wanted him to infiltrate and expose the games ?

[@sleepingtom9337]

I thought the vips were funny

[@Pheminon1]

@@xaviert4748 I thought that too, but again, how did no one else see it? Also, why would he die for it?

[@daderpybanana8499]

I'm glad that I was too depressed after watching episode 6 and then watched the last 3 all last night (a week after I saw ep 6), I think it made the lacing better for myself

[@shehransalam4838]

It's quite sad that the directors didn't have enough budget to hire Charlie (renowned Hunger Games actor and Chess Grandmaster). Otherwise, the show would've been drowning in Oscars..

[@ZQZHD]

shows can't win-- nvm

[@q-tip_]

hahaha😐

[@shawnfromstatefarm8822]

Hunger Games was ass though lmfao

[@WAVE0025]

@Shawn from State Farm *It would've been, if Charlie never carried that entire franchise on his shoulders

[@TheSIKHkid123]

TV shows can't win oscars tf lol

[@irakliburduli]

2:08 I would like to say 199-Ali did not do anything wrong, he just needed money for his family

[@JZillaGamin]

I mean, you could consider how he got the money from his boss (which was supposed to be paid to him anyways) could have been a negative deed, but fuck that boss and his hand.

[@missingno2401]

@@JZillaGamin c r u n c h

[@dopamineleaks2908]

@Kaido Sama BALLS SACK D R I L L R A P 👇👇👇

[@Konitama]

Sure but anyone willingly participating in this game knowing they are potentially going to be responsible for other people's deaths isn't exactly an angel. *SPOILER* I mean they straight up murdered the other team in tug of war. Their direct actions lead to people dying.

[@captainguyman7382]

What did Gi-Hun do?

[@as.017]

I believe the writer felt compelled to give us all the answers as he wasn't sure if there would be a S2. Although seeing how insanely popular Squid Game is I doubt there won't be a second season.

[@maxpayne69.]

You're probably right. The writer said that he's burnt out after this season & no plans exist for s2 yet.

[@AH-lx5nj]

I believe a second season will eventually come. Maybe not soon, maybe not even a couple years judging from how long it took the writer to make the story, but I beileve at some point in time, it will come.

[@KatieLou925]

Korean shows very rarely go on for more than one season so most writers don’t plan for more seasons.

[@El1society]

@@AH-lx5nj i read that if he were to make a second season, he’d hire more writers instead of doing it all himself. it’ll make the process go faster

[@Spiralr]

I hope a season 2 doesn’t happen. I don’t think that it would much to the table other then new games and the main characters trying to potentially end the Squid Game. If they do, I hope they take their time, like a few years of writing so it can feel properly connected with season 1.

[@thenarratorsfourthwall]

“There’s no really GOOD People Playing” *He says while Ali single handedly saves a person who he doesn’t even know*

[@cerealenjoyer3000]

ali fuckin pushes his boss and gets the boss's hand grinded because he wasnt paid

[@parry111]

@@cerealenjoyer3000 The boss was a dickhead, and it's not like Ali did it on purpose, the boss wasn't paying any of his workers, so ali, being the brave and angelic soul that he is, confronts him, gets in a tussle, and ACCIDENTALLY pushes his boss's hand into the grinder. He deserved it.

[@thenarratorsfourthwall]

@@parry111 Not to mention the money he took he would give it to his wife and kid and tell them to flee the country to keep them safe. Ali Is most definitely a righteous person

[@parry111]

@@thenarratorsfourthwall Yes, Ali was a pure soul😔

[@ishigamiyu1991]

quite literally single handedly lol

[@royfablooo2810]

The show Director Actually made this concept 9 years ago and was rejected by 10 studios. And now Squid Games is set to be #1 Most Watched in Netflix.

[@michgto1049]

Honestly I think it’s better that it was made later instead of 10 years ago cuz I feel like it would’ve been poorly executed

[@metasprite5648]

Yeah that always happens sounds familiar with attack on titan and Harry Potter..

[@helloworld2784]

Uhm.. yeah you said the exact thing that went trending on Twitter.

[@TrenMonster]

Who asked

[@delusionalnoodles]

@@TrenMonster hey back off, I was the one who asked

[@Ironhide97]

Charlie’s last round of the squid game would be forcing the players to only wear white t-shirts for the rest of their lives

[@demigod4343]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q52ViKyLd7pqjrM

[@maxeddonarmy1804]

CRITIKAL SECRET YT HAS BEEN FOUND kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZiWnpqworB_as0 !

[@rayman4976]

Wow kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4LEoKV-Z8eJecU .. .

[@yesplease4093]

Bots love you don’t they

[@averagepotatoenjoyer9719]

@@yesplease4093 five out of the first six replies being bots is the most I’ve ever seen

[@tuber420]

Ali and Sae-Byeok will forever be in my memories, both backstabbed and killed indirectly/directly by Sang-woo.

[@mintjamss]

Sae-Byeok was front stabbed tho

[@theeggineer]

@@mintjamss amazing funny comment

[@margarethmichelina5146]

Not gonna lie, when Sang-Woo died, I cheered up. Such a backstabbing character.

[@bongzilla4172]

@@margarethmichelina5146 Agreed. But he was played perfectly.

[@MMAisTHEbestSPORT08]

@@margarethmichelina5146 To survive, anyone would be a sang woo, sang woo is just the definition of humanity and it scares me that everyone else and i would do the same as him, i felt bad for him.

[@jasonpark1960]

All of Us: Jun-Ho ain’t dead bro, he’s just swimming back to shore that’s all. He’ll be back in season 2. Also Us:🤞🥺😭😭

[@YSLZOMBIE]

fuck no. the only thing worse than killing off a good character is bringing them back with some overly convenient half assed explanation

[@stargirl1589]

@@YSLZOMBIE but we never saw him die like the old man, I have a feeling if a killing isnt shown on screen, theres a high chance they alive

[@BariNgozi]

I think he survived the gunshot and cliff dive. Or at the very least, the evidence he was trying to send got out. That character was great to follow.

[@monke5403]

@@YSLZOMBIE except it would actually make sense if he was left alive, the explanation wouldnt be overly convenient or half assed, did you watch the show bro?

[@atrocious7766]

I'm guessing some detective will pick up where he left off for next season. Seems to me like the police won't follow up on his evidence whatsoever, but then the ONE guy/girl sees it and begins investigating.

[@lunaluna2100]

I feel like they should have saved the vips for season 2 so that people could make theory’s about it first

[@isabellek-q3183]

to be fair this was a decade long project so season 2 wasn't a question at the time

[@anonomys6143]

They should get mark zuckerberg and elon musk to play the next cast of vips lol

[@helpiambeingheldhostage1818]

@@anonomys6143 wait so you’re saying that mark zuckerberg wasn’t already one of the vips in season 1?

[@johnpaul5241]

Or maybe just removed the VIPs. Instead this game is just for an entertainment of one person. And that person is an adult with a childlike mind.

[@cadenmelvin5438]

Like someone already said in this thread, the director wasn’t planning on making a season 2 when it came out. I believe he said IF he makes a new season it’ll probably be a while as well.

[@Bxrry]

I knew this day would come…

[@maxeddonarmy1804]

CRITIKAL SECRET YT HAS BEEN FOUND kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZiWnpqworB_as0

[@demigod4343]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q52ViKyLd7pqjrM

[@demigod4343]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q52ViKyLd7pqjrM

[@johnjo3409]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4XKl3iEjrJ3hM0 . ..

[@kaarido8442]

Squid Game responded☺

[@MustardManiac]

“What is this, some kind of squid game?” - Gi Hun probably

[@rayman4976]

Wow kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4LEoKV-Z8eJecU . .

[@maxeddonarmy1804]

CRITIKAL SECRET YT HAS BEEN FOUND kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZiWnpqworB_as0

[@VitalityBoi99]

@@rayman4976 no

[@VitalityBoi99]

@@maxeddonarmy1804 no

[@VitalityBoi99]

@@joshroehl6098 no

[@Cosmolax]

The “bad” american acting or if youre referring to the slower english is just so native koreans can understand easier. Keep in mind this is a south korean drama and not just >insert survival game here

[@TurtleGamers1]

That is actually something I hadn't thought about. I just assumed that they dubbed over it with people who hadn't done voice-acting before or smth. Perhaps it was a combination of what you mentioned and that.

[@bojangle8850]

Even so you can talk slow and simply and still sound like you’ve voice acted before

[@TheFunkNeva]

They don't have subtitles in korea?

[@beesedchurger]

@@TheFunkNeva in many foreign countries its necessary to learn english so in korea they probably know some english but just the basics

[@TheFunkNeva]

@@beesedchurger That's not what I mean.. I've never studied korean but i can read subtitles, why can't they do the same?

[@bladerunner9012]

spoilers: the old man actually made the series so damn good, actual sadness after he stayed up and how he was the only one without a partner.

[@Bilbocosity58]

Just occurred to me now that he wasn’t sad that no one was his partner, he was sad that he wouldn’t be able to play the game. As he says in the hospital bed at the end, all he wanted to do was play these games instead of watch. He wasn’t sad because he thought he’d be killed or because no one wanted to partner with him, he was just sad he wasn’t gonna get to play.

[@blackstack54]

@@Bilbocosity58 he didn’t think he was gonna be killed, he’s the leader. He didn’t even get killed when he gave his marbles away

[@janthran]

also the fact that the girl who ended up without a partner just lived, because he was planning on that being him

[@thesuccromancer6164]

Honestly I was so invested and curious as to what the game was that I didn't mind the VIPs and explanations, especially because the decective character's plotline was more interesting than the games imo

[@codicon6132]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q52ViKyLd7pqjrM

[@legromp640]

Same, I personally don't like mysterious and ambiguous situations in shows like this

[@amel3457]

Me too. Personally i think the show got a lot more exciting when the detective came in. I wanted him to answer all my questions

[@Vanadiummmo]

You mean the police?

[@ycfeed9245]

Yeah but even his plotlines ending sucked ass

[@stanton1270]

could you imagine "The final game is... face slapping!"

[@codicon6132]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q52ViKyLd7pqjrM .

[@frackingfluidinjection]

i mean, the game the main character played in the subway before being invited to squid game involved him getting repeatedly slapped until he won lol

[@minecraft-hw7kh]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKO3cqCIf5udj5o..

[@helpiambeingheldhostage]

Main character can tank slaps like a god

[@i3cq]

The show is fire and the ending was solid. But the whole part of the story with the cop was mad ass (not the ideas but how they were executed). Mf has to be the luckiest person ever to not get caught with all the dumb shit he was doing, and it was obvious how the front man was his brother.

[@fearodactyl2886]

I honestly think the cop storyline starts out really strong but (unless I missed something) the whole plot just goes nowhere

[@chapertoedits]

The director even told that this plot was added later when the movie was changed into a series

[@theguyinhd]

Yea it was later added in, wasn't in the original script from 10 years ago. Although I liked his part, the director said one of the reasons he added him in was to serve as eyes for the viewer to see the whole organisation from inside.

[@jeremy0828]

I dispise the last episode. felt so fucking weird compared to the previous 8 episodes except the cop dude just getting shot with no arc or anything like

[@ashtar3876]

How was it obvious the front man was his brother?

[@mcbvideogames]

Ignore the people saying it's copying Battle Royale or Alice in Borderland. The premise is literally a whole genre, being death/survival games

[@SS-th7hc]

Idk about those , but it's a straight rip off of Kaiji: The Ultimate Survivor

[@yoshi6854]

Its not battle royale or aib its a clear rip off of as the gods wills japanese movie watch it and you can draw many many parallels down to the games

[@SS-th7hc]

@@yoshi6854 Have you watched Kaiji ? If you haven't you should and you will know how heavily "inspired" SG is by it; down to the games, characters, their motives and outcomes.

[@yoshi6854]

@@SS-th7hc i think he took inspirations from both like taking societies scum and pitting them against each other from kaiji and starting games and creepy doll closeups from as the gods will

[@SS-th7hc]

@@yoshi6854 yup, it's like a mashup of all of these series ; I am not angry about it but just a little butthurt that SG is getting more views and attention than Kaiji and others. Maybe popularity of SG will even make Kaiji and others popular

[@jackmarquez5822]

I don’t care that the VIPs acted goofy, j actually loved it. They were acting how the characters probably would act, billionaires so inhuman and disconnected with reality they’re getting off on this sick shit and they gave off a vibe of awkwardly contained, giddy excitement. At least to me. Other people also mention how they HAVE to speak strangely so Asian audiences, or people who can speak a little English, maybe even the directors/editors, can hear the words clearly. Similar to Dhar Mann and other content made for a wide range of languages.

[@VaunShiz]

Yea I didn't mind the vips

[@chrischika7026]

probalby would act. How do you know how billionaires act? its safe to assume billionaires arent doing 69 jokes and other billionaires finding it funny . I would think the opposite you don't have billions by being stupid

[@rhyzekarnage7154]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpfPZJWBgbadnbM this is why they did

[@Hero-qg9ch]

@@chrischika7026 They acted like how a group of friends would act when they went to watch a game of football together. Which for them Is the same as watching those games. They're just having sick fun and enjoying the show.

[@seandent3732]

@@chrischika7026 Two words: Lolita Express. Don’t pretend the sickest of individuals arent among the wealthiest of social circles.

[@streetgamer3452]

Talking about the thing about comparisons with Alice in borderland: Thre only similarity is death game. Outside of that they aren’t similar. A way way better comparison that has more then just one element is Kaiji:Ultimate Survivor which is extremely good like this show. Also watch Alice it’s great or read the manga which is way better. Also I agree I hated the VIP’s because it was way way too much goffyness for how serious the rest of the show was. Also the director said he has no plans for another season, apparently from what I heard so uh ye

[@demigod4343]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q52ViKyLd7pqjrM

[@rayman4976]

Wow kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4LEoKV-Z8eJecU . ..

[@sahira04]

omg yeah it is a lot like kaiji

[@user-oc7ei2le6t]

I agree Alice in borderland was nothing like squid game was lowkey disappointed by it even tho its supposedly similar

[@xaniyat9491]

Same concept as kaiji just more brutal( more gore) instead of psychological warfare

[@ayanna875]

My only critique on Charlie’s critique is that a wet fart is anything but fleeting.

[@shendlila2689]

Until the last moment of season 1 I was about 99% certain that the show wouldn't continue after this season, they gave us every single answer to our questions, season 2 probably has to be a completely different plot with new headmasters or something.

[@Hannah4765]

The creator said if they did season 2, it would be following The Front Man (black mask guy)

[@collin833]

they always leave it kind of loose ended in case it makes good money after the absolute smash hit that stranger things was

[@MitchellD249]

Considering that a certain character was very conspicuously shot in the shoulder rather than anywhere lethal and then we distinctly heard him land in water, I think he's for sure gonna return if season 2 is greenlit. Plenty of potential to continue his plotline.

[@spoony8485]

yea same. there are a few unanswered questions like "why DID the headmaster kill his own brother, and what's the point of it?" or "who was the guy in the suit supposed to be?" plus a few others. I don't think people will like the second season as much though because it will most likely be much more drama-heavy and not as tension filled and entertaining.

[@rizkyramdhanitaken]

@@Hannah4765 *Dr. Doom

[@oopsallbugs]

"I'm going to be a responsible father now!" and then he just....doesn't. Love the consistency, king

[@muhajir1427]

yeea!! I'mma dye my hair red and don't go to her despite my promise... I'll watch S2 just to see what excuse he'll give to his daughter.

[@sophk.5645]

i respectfully disagree with these complaints but i understand why ppl say this. imo i feel like that part paralleled with when it was shown that the reason why gihun wasn't present when his daughter was being born was because his co worker died infront of him and now he once again neglected his daughter for the sake of those participating in the game who are risking their life;; i think the odd choice of him not boarding the plane was to show how his morals retained throughout the series + how he doesn't want to see people die in front of him again

[@emtee2925]

@@sophk.5645 His inconsistency was a character trait. Several times he tries or believes he'll do what's 'right' but then back out of it when the stakes are too high, or when temptation hits. Ala the marble game and despite having been a friend with 001 the entire time, still 'cheating.' He's nice to a point, but he has backtracked on his own morals and ideals a number of times. Which isn't bad narratively, he's flawed as a character. Not a complaint, just a note that he stayed a pretty shitty person right until the end...maybe. I just didn't notice him ever becoming entirely moral throughout any of the show. I guess you could argue in the ending he's not going to his daughter for a greater cause, if indeed he is trying to stop the games, at least.

[@Yaqins]

@@muhajir1427 sadly the writer said that there's no plan for season 2 / sequel yet at this point.

[@minecraft-hw7kh]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKO3cqCIf5udj5o...

[@hood3243]

I think there's a cultural reason why the first season had reveal halfway through. Very rarely do Korean shows have second seasons, or shows that go on forever like all American shows do. They tend to wrap up the whole story in the first season. So as a common kdrama watcher I preferred them revealing the whole point/background of the game. So annoying when thrillers don't tell you anything and then get cancelled.

[@codgod6848]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q52ViKyLd7pqjrM

[@rayman4976]

Wow kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4LEoKV-Z8eJecU .. .

[@bandito6782]

good point, apparently the director has no intentions of making a season 2 either. There are definitely storylines left open for a season 2 still but yeah if the show was made with multiple seasons in mind it could have been executed better

[@onlinemodus]

I think gay people matter too

[@alifbat1562]

This drama was always planned to have a second season. The ending was crying for it. Other things like the bomb that the VIPs can detonate in case things go south is a Chekov's gun that never got mentioned again. Also, what were the pink hazmat suit soldiers doing and how did they get stuck into the situation they got in? We know that when the recruiter ask you to choose a color (red or blue), it affects your role in the game as a player or hazmat soldier. What the hell was the police detective and the search for his brother all about? What about the fact he literally exposed the organization to the police via Kakaotalk? Too many loose plot holes. It's far too messy if it ends now, although I doubt a second season can redeem the messy writing, but it might at least give us another fun and mindless season of death games

[@TheDustyForest]

I get why everyone is talking about Ali having the saddest death and being the only completely good person, but for me Ji-yeong's death was the saddest, and I felt like both her and Sae-byeok's wrongdoings could be excused. Sae-byeok's pickpocketing to survive and Ji-yeong's killing of a man who had abused her and murdered her mother, near-enough in front of her, for me made them feel completely justified in their actions. Idk.

[@anni5111]

They were never bad people for me either

[@foxygamerxdyt7356]

When he said "It's just like SAO but less nerdy" i immediately thought "How the fuck is it like SAO?" and then he said "Nevermind, the only thing they have in common is that people die"

[@رجلاً-مجهول]

Ok

[@Blulocku]

Ok

[@faplordozai]

Ok

[@J43Pr0t0]

kO

[@ye4439]

ye

[@QueenKhoob]

Squid Game is the closest thing I'll get to a finished Deadman Wonderland

[@andrewk8175]

Imagine a Netflix adapted Live action Deadman Wonderland

[@muhajir1427]

wait, what happened to Deadman Wonderland?

[@spinceiling7442]

But the manga ended

[@Ijustfarted0o]

I watched deadman wonderland I know what you mean, but if you watched "Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor" its exactly the same, the protagonist was also in debt and the secret group took him along with other people that are in debt on an Isolated ship and kept playing simple games if you lose you die and if you win you will get alot of money there was even a game similar to one in the show (don't want to spoil any thing) the only difference is that in Kaiji the games were actually rigged so no one could win. And actually the guy that convinced him to go also kept telling him that there are only a limited number of seats available to kinda pressure him to agree to go. Tbh I feel like I was watching a less exiting version of Kaiji

[@TheSecondVersion]

After reading the Lucifer comics, I thought the Fox-Netflix TV series was a corny, unwatchable adaptation... until I just decided to instead view it as a stand-alone, live-action "anime" similar to The Devil Is A Part Timer. It became much more tolerable, and funny

[@elizabetharanda5452]

With Charlie's complaints, I think he'll like Alice in Borderland more. All the answers to the questions just lead to more questions, it's great.

[@ckpn4771]

Yesss. Personally, AiB is better than Squid Game but both are really good series! Another thing I like about the hype towards Squid Game is that AiB is getting the attention it deserves when compared to its release last year haha

[@shirashows5661]

@@ckpn4771 omg yes, I was kinda sad AiB Never was hyped and Not many people watched it. Now everyone watched Squid Game and I really Hope more are Watching AiB After it! Ist deserves so much more attention!

[@elizabetharanda5452]

@@ckpn4771 Yes! I hope it gets the same hype Squid Game got when season 2 of AiB drops.

[@chrisrelhard]

yeah, personally i'd put AiB on the same level as Squid Game. definitely a lot of room for theorizing which is fun, but where the american acting in Squid Game pulled me out of it, some of the anime logic in AiB was just way too much. like the goddamn tiger punch.

[@infinity_sh4816]

i never heard anyone complain about the last two or three episodes dropping off a little bit, the last two episodes might not be on top as the first five or six episodes but they are still really good episodes and all the episodes range from good to fantastic, like there are no bad episodes at all, i like all the episodes equally but maybe some a bit better than the other ones but the whole show was amazing and i recommend whoever to give it a try because you wont regret it

[@noncreativearts5360]

the marble game episode should win an award. it was so well done

[@tefalos2155]

Jim Wool could've single handedly won the game if he was in the show. Man's just a walking catastrophe

[@con3879]

Jim wool is the GOAT.

[@yazdazkafraz3419]

Jim Wool?

[@yazdazkafraz3419]

Nvm

[@fakhiryt2753]

Jim wool can singlehandedly clap the what if Ultron ass cheeks.

[@FlameOnDeck]

*SPOILER ALERT* One fun theory about the whole show is that all of the main characters deaths were foreshadowed in some way in the series: Deok-su (the thug) jumped off a bridge, and was eliminated from the game when he died in the glass bridge segment. Ali (the thief) took money from his boss, and was eliminated from the game after his marbles were stolen from him. Sae-byeok (the defector) held a knife to someone’s throat, and was eliminated from the game by being stabbed in the throat by Sang-woo. Sang-woo (the businessman) tried to kill himself, and was eliminated from the game when he killed himself after Gi-hun refused to. Gi-hun (the winner) was never eliminated, but at one point swore on his mother’s life, and when he returned home, found his mother had died in his absence.

[@kevintrang3007]

Can you really call Ali a thief though if his pay was withheld from him for 6 years?

[@ra_khvc]

dude i never thought of this, thanks lmao

[@abbedurgut3743]

80% of this is a HUUUUGE reach

[@piregale]

Also Il Nam on his death bed

[@FlameOnDeck]

@@kevintrang3007 I personally would not, but that's how the show portrayed it

[@QroMan13]

i actually liked how the vips were shit actors it made it seem more realistic as to how real twisted billionaires would be

[@cortster12]

It ruined the impact of the good parts for me, so I hated how shitty actors they were.

[@jasoncarvalho588]

You still need to act well if you are twisted, not that goofy-ass C movie-level acting they had.

[@TCMODS]

I’d like to believe this is how most super rich country clubs have their patrons behave on a typical Friday evening.

[@friedrichzizek6700]

It’s just not realistic. Rich people live different, yes, but they aren’t cartoonish villains.

[@goodtimesgivecancer1]

I saw the jeff bezos video and i could imagine him being a VIP

[@winderius_4542]

This show really changed my vision on what "Debt" was. This is probably the best show I've seen since a while now, has a great message too.

[@YSLZOMBIE]

tbf half these guys were billion won in debt thats a million usd. they probably did some shady shit to get into that much debt

[@winderius_4542]

@@YSLZOMBIE You have a point tbh

[@henris8367]

This show actually fucked me up, I haven’t had a show actually affect me emotionally in years 2:03 I will say that Ali is basically the one character that is actually a good person. He’s basically an indentured servant in Korea working to send money to his poor family and that’s the only reason he’s in a debt like that 3:45 I also think it’s possible that the VIP’s seem goofy and badly acted because it’s a translated version of how Korea sees a typical corrupt American businessman. I bet if a Korean saw how American movies represent a “Korean gangster” they would think it’s a pretty ridiculous and cheesy representation of Koreans

[@divine7484]

what about the old man?

[@jlee-mp4]

perfectly said

[@youregonewiththesin]

@@AliceSoung if you are looking for accurate representation of asians, look in asia. america never does it right tbh

[@youregonewiththesin]

@@AliceSoung yeah, not to mention korea is a homogeneous society. mainland korean familiarity with the social culture in america is just caricatures they see on media, it’s mostly just cringey english phrases at worst. the things i’ve seen for koreans (and other east asians) in american media is a whole other story… not even accidental either

[@OneShotMarkimoo]

@@divine7484 ll-nam and ali were the two most wholesome characters in the show

[@Boo-lz7fm]

This is like if Charlie himself made a movie like Hunger Games after getting so popular by his lead.

[@OoTaLs]

i always thought the criticism ppl had of the concept not being "original" is so bad, concepts can be reused obviously they are all the time, totally agree

[@Mangolite]

I agreed and disagreed with a particular point regarding how the show reveals some of its mysteries. I love Cube, the first one, but the following sequels are no better. Overall, Cube series are all in the same line of horror where all the victims don’t know how they get to be put in the position and then get grotesquely killed off. Cube started the trope where Saw and Final Destination continued. Squid Game, on the other hand, revealed that both puppeteer and players are in a locked system, and both must do their parts. Granted, the VIPs sucked, but how the show’s message is about humanity versus the previous films above, it’s just about survival except for Saw.

[@jasoncarvalho588]

The puppeteers are the VIPs they arent stuck in the system.

[@singami465]

The issue is that the explanation sucks ass. Dozens of movies and anime since Battle Royale have done the "death game" theme and the explanation that "It's rich people's entertainment" is the most generic one you can come up with.

[@JumpFloater4]

My buddy said the same thing about cube.

[@Mangolite]

@@jasoncarvalho588 Naked VIP thinks differently though, lol!

[@jasoncarvalho588]

@@Mangolite My point is that the puppeteers aren't stuck in the system. They don't suffer from anything, just like hunger games and other works.