Squid Game

[Velocity Girl]

Well, I've finished the new series now - and, I did enjoy it, but I have a few thoughts:

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First of all: they did manage to keep it compelling. Which I think is quite an achievement: the first series relied on the element of surprise, and the second series obviously wouldn't have that. But they did still throw some curveballs .

However, I do wish this series was a bit longer. We only got 7 episodes this time - and we only got 3 games (4 if you count the 'special game'). To be honest, it felt like half a series!

The final episode was epic. But, it did force me to suspend my disbelief pretty heavily... I'm surprised the players held out for so long, given how heavily-outnumbered and outgunned they were - and I'm stunned that Front Man (Player 001) allowed them to go through with their plot for as long as he did!

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I didn't feel like the show "finished" either. Well, now we know because we're going to have the third season in the middle of 2025. I feel like this season should've been titled "Squid Game 2 (Part I)". With season 1 the show felt completed though there are some parts in the last episode that sparked our curiosity. But they did it very well and it didn't make me feel "huh? what?" like the second season's last episode.

Yeah, agree with what you said there .

And the other thing that I forgot to mention:

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Why is Gi-hun so trusting of Player 001 to begin with?

"Young-il" is a very fake sounding name: it's Korean for 'zero one' (as Gi-hun himself points out ). And even if it weren't for that: did he not forget that, the last time he bonded with a player numbered 001, they turned out the be the man behind the entire operation? Evidently, he did forget - because he did exactly the same thing all over again .

I feel like this is a case of "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me"...

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Oh yeah, I was expecting some sort of flashback scene for Gi-hun. It was kinda frustrating to see lol