Squid Game

[Trexller]

If you haven't watched it, you need to.

It's a perfect metaphor for the world we live in today.

a pure, unfiltered mirror to our global society.

[Tunabros]

I watched it

it was ok

not something I recommend though

[Jibartik]

no spoilers plz halfway through episode 1 but I am hoping someone explains to me why a debtor would want someone that owes them money dead instead of working in a factory.

[Tunabros]

no spoilers plz halfway through episode 1 but I am hoping someone explains to me why a debtor would want someone that owes them money dead instead of working in a factory.

wdym

[Trexller]

I watched it

it was ok

not something I recommend though

I'm Korean, maybe something resonates with me subconsciously.

cant elaborate further, for fear of dropping spoilers.

[Jibartik]

wdym

Just makes no sense to take all this debt people owe and delete it all by killing all the people who would spend the rest of their lives breaking their backs to pay it off.

[Trexller]

Just makes no sense to take all this debt people owe and delete it all by killing all the people who would spend the rest of their lives breaking their backs to pay it off.

keep watching ;)

[Cecily]

People can have their debt used as motivation to do things that don't necessarily align with their best interests.

[Jibartik]

keep watching ;)

haha cool

Im finishing midnight mass, plz watch that next its the sheeeeeeeaaaaaat! keeps twisting and turning and stuff.

[Arteker]

Boring shit done to death with the excuse to show traditional games.

started with king and running man and went to battle royal hunger games the prey long etc.

Now if producers filmakers would have the balls to make the long Walk,,,,,

[branamil]

Continuing the path bravely trailblazed by gangam style and parasite, the Korean hit "Capitalism Bad" volume 3 is really opening our eyes. Keep the fresh hits coming, Korea..

[Swish]

Pulling prisoners out of jail to play for the public's entertainment was a far better idea (Running Man)

[vegam]

It's basically Korean "SAW" except it is far more predictable.

I did find some of the games they played entertaining though. Worth a watch if you're bored.

[Arteker]

Pulling prisoners out of jail to play for the public's entertainment was a far better idea (Running Man)

That`s the movie not the book. the book use broke people with no money for entertaintment .

From the wiki:
In 2025, the world's economy is in shambles and America has become a totalitarian dystopia. 28-year-old Ben Richards, an impoverished resident of the fictional Co-Op City, is unable to find work, having been blacklisted from his trade. His gravely ill daughter Cathy needs medicine, and his wife Sheila has resorted to prostitution to bring in money for the family. In desperation, Richards turns to the Games Network, a government-operated television station that runs violent game shows. After rigorous physical and mental testing, Richards is selected to appear on The Running Man, the Network's most popular, lucrative, and dangerous program.


Still seems the long walk is bein made , wich is by far one of the most painfull horrible books in regard of the subgenre.And if im not wrong was the first novel and basics for the whole sub genre

from wiki:
In a dystopian America, a major source of entertainment is the Long Walk, in which one hundred teenage boys walk without rest. If they fall below a pace of four miles per hour, they receive three warnings and are subsequently shot by a group of soldiers on an accompanying half-track. The last boy left walking receives a large sum of money and a "Prize" of their choice.

the book is brutal for a 1979 book , with no compromises and a must read

[Gatordash]

I watched it this weekend. The first game was awesome and I felt like the games went downhill from there. As the show went on I was less interested in the games and more interested in the behind the scenes storyline. I feel like once that happens the payoff is never as good as the mystery behind it. Kind of reminds me of Westworld in that way.

It was an interesting choice making the main protagonist kinda unlikeable, but the ending where the gambling addiction comes around is a good payoff for that choice.

[Jibartik]

Im getting through it..

Trexller, is the fiscal reason this makes sense:

organ harvesting? or is that a side hustle...?!

for me the only reason i watch the show is the mystery of why it's happening.

fun mystery! I cant figure it out yet!

[Swish]

That`s the movie not the book. the book use broke people with no money for entertaintment .

From the wiki:
In 2025, the world's economy is in shambles and America has become a totalitarian dystopia. 28-year-old Ben Richards, an impoverished resident of the fictional Co-Op City, is unable to find work, having been blacklisted from his trade. His gravely ill daughter Cathy needs medicine, and his wife Sheila has resorted to prostitution to bring in money for the family. In desperation, Richards turns to the Games Network, a government-operated television station that runs violent game shows. After rigorous physical and mental testing, Richards is selected to appear on The Running Man, the Network's most popular, lucrative, and dangerous program.


Still seems the long walk is bein made , wich is by far one of the most painfull horrible books in regard of the subgenre.And if im not wrong was the first novel and basics for the whole sub genre

from wiki:
In a dystopian America, a major source of entertainment is the Long Walk, in which one hundred teenage boys walk without rest. If they fall below a pace of four miles per hour, they receive three warnings and are subsequently shot by a group of soldiers on an accompanying half-track. The last boy left walking receives a large sum of money and a "Prize" of their choice.

the book is brutal for a 1979 book , with no compromises and a must read

I'm going to read the book, didn't know there was a difference. Thanks :)