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Its direct commentary on the tendency for people like "bootstrap republicans" to suggest the system isnt rigged in their favor. The messaging we get about neoliberal capitalism is that it gives everyone an opportunity without interference. This sort of messaging obviously benefits those at the top by affirming their own efforts and by never actually leveling the playing field.
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I still don't get why Sang-woo killed Sae-byeok when she was going to die in 5 seconds anyway. I guess they explained it away by having him think she was going to end the game but she was probably the least likely to do that in the whole group. Also, as far as the main character knew, the only lovely thing that Sang-woo had done by the last episode was push that one guy down because he was blocking their way when they only had 30 seconds left, basically saving 3 people at the expense of one who also would have died if he ran out the clock. The amount of rage he had was clearly meant to be based on the audience's knowledge.
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Oct 18, 2021 10:31
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Do… is that really how you perceive subtitled movies? Yes. As someone else said it often spoils an emotional beat just a moment before it should land. Like watching a baseball game on tv in a condo and hearing the crowd roar before the home run comes onto the tv edit: this doesn't make me smart or anything. for a long time I had an inflated idea about my intelligence because I could read well. but it's just a skill. and it even has some downsides, I will often start saying the second part of an idea before the first just because I get ahead of myself and its all kind of just one 'block' of information more than a sequential one in my brain The Walrus fucked around with this message at 13:02 on Oct 18, 2021 |
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Oct 18, 2021 12:32
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womb with a view posted:I still don't get why Sang-woo killed Sae-byeok when she was going to die in 5 seconds anyway. I guess they explained it away by having him think she was going to end the game but she was probably the least likely to do that in the whole group. Sang-woo isn't a random person to Gi-Hun. He's a childhood friend that Gi-Hun had a lot of respect for, he went to business school and made it big! Thus his rage that he's a psychopath that killed a guy he didn't have too is more shock and surprise than full on rage...
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Oct 18, 2021 12:50
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I wish they would have cut like 15-30 minutes out of each episode but then I guess it wouldn't have been as bingeworthy for Netflix
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Oct 18, 2021 12:51
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Sang-woo is a jerk and I’m glad the squid ate him!
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Oct 18, 2021 13:09
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The Walrus posted:Yes. As someone else said it often spoils an emotional beat just a moment before it should land. Like watching a baseball game on tv in a condo and hearing the crowd roar before the home run comes onto the tv Lmao
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Oct 18, 2021 17:42
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Sang woo is a daft oval office. Team Ali all day.
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Oct 18, 2021 18:15
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you gets ever watch Nailed It! also on Netflix
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Oct 18, 2021 18:29
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Bape Culture posted:Sang woo is a daft oval office. God that made me so mad  (what happened to him, not your post obvs)
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Oct 18, 2021 18:42
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Seth Pecksniff posted:God that made me so mad He didn't die on camera, either.
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Oct 18, 2021 19:10
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:SNL is good again though. Agreed, just crack a JCP and relax. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBpgqRbEFVg
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Oct 18, 2021 19:11
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Jalumibnkrayal posted:He didn't die on camera, either. 
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Oct 18, 2021 20:08
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womb with a view posted:I still don't get why Sang-woo killed Sae-byeok when she was going to die in 5 seconds anyway. I guess they explained it away by having him think she was going to end the game but she was probably the least likely to do that in the whole group. A little thing on this I don't think everyone caught, the playstation guys wanted them to kill Sae-byeok - when they all get their steak dinner the guys come out and give them clean fresh knives, but don't bring any more food out. They obviously intended them all to stash the knives and go back to the bunk with them. If they were supposed to have knives just for the final game they could have just handed them out then. They probably wanted to trim it to 2 as the final game didn't make sense to have an odd number of players as it's a team game. Also they didn't interfere at all when Sang-woo killed Sae-byeok, but immediately stopped Gi-hun from trying to kill Sang-woo afterwards. I don't think Sang-woo knew for sure that Sae-byeok was going to die, and him betting that her and Gi-hun were gonna vote to stop is pretty legitimate, especially as she gets closer to death. If she's barely alive for sure she would vote to end, and Gi-hun probably would too.
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Oct 18, 2021 20:13
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squid game is fun but impossibly unsubtle and it's astounding that the OP missed the whole point of the final episode so badly, like after the pounding thematic hammer of his last meeting in the hospital where the guy is telling him pretty much straight-up "go save that guy on the street", but Gi-hun just completely ignores the subtext and waits for random humanity to save the guy. Sure, he's taken off the street thirty seconds to midnight, but he sure as hell looks pretty dead there. He didn't learn anything. Maybe a big flashing endcard sign saying "WINDFALL CASH CAN'T FIX PEOPLE COMPLETELY ENSLAVED BY CAPITALISM" would have helped, but holy poo poo.
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Oct 18, 2021 20:23
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Poohs Packin posted:Its direct commentary on the tendency for people like "bootstrap republicans" to suggest the system isnt rigged in their favor. People went splat. Teehee. That's the message idiots, sorry that was too sophisticated and went over so many people's heads. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Oct 18, 2021 |
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Oct 18, 2021 20:28
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I actually ended up watching it. It was p good
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Oct 18, 2021 20:34
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hmmmm gotta find some salt and pepper squid
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Oct 18, 2021 20:50
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the cop character kills a bunch of people before getting killed himself, ultimately accomplishing nothing despite lots of violence. because he's a cop and ACAB. the real problem with the last episode was the scene where the backer's gold masks are all lined up on the table after the final game, like it's a cool shot to look at but them taking off their masks doesn't make any sense at all
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Oct 18, 2021 20:51
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it's a lot better if you turn of subtitles so you have no idea what anyone is saying
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Oct 18, 2021 20:52
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Jalumibnkrayal posted:He didn't die on camera, either. Looks like somebody didn’t watch Squid Game
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Oct 18, 2021 23:54
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i'm tired of all these mother loving squids in my mother loving game!
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Oct 19, 2021 00:25
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The Walrus posted:Yes. As someone else said it often spoils an emotional beat just a moment before it should land. Like watching a baseball game on tv in a condo and hearing the crowd roar before the home run comes onto the tv they need the little red bouncy ball, so you can slow down and follow word for word. but, nah, i'm the same. it doesn't really take away from the action, though i dont think. maybe the emotional poo poo, like you said
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Oct 19, 2021 00:27
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DarkSoulsTantrum posted:Looks like somebody didn’t watch Squid Game Are you insinuating that Ali died on camera? If so, you saw a different version than I.
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Oct 19, 2021 22:20
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Prince Ali, Mighty Is He.
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Jalumibnkrayal posted:Are you insinuating that Ali died on camera? If so, you saw a different version than I. Yeah. You may be right in that the actual gunshot occurred off camera but you 100% see his body with a bullet hole through his face.
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Oct 19, 2021 23:42
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Calling it now, the cheesiest bit of season 2 is going to be when it turns out the police guy survived the gunshot and falling into the ocean and makes a surprised reappearance.
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Oct 19, 2021 23:46
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Nice Van My Man posted:Calling it now, the cheesiest bit of season 2 is going to be when it turns out the police guy survived the gunshot and falling into the ocean and makes a surprised reappearance. Guaranteed. Nobody is dead until you see a body.
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Oct 19, 2021 23:48
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Nice Van My Man posted:Calling it now, the cheesiest bit of season 2 is going to be when it turns out the police guy survived the gunshot and falling into the ocean and makes a surprised reappearance. It would honestly be more of a twist if he didn't
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Oct 19, 2021 23:56
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its fine. im not buying that its so popular because the general public is suddenly capable of understanding *and* agreeing with its anti-capitalist themes
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Oct 20, 2021 00:15
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I like the theme "youre a useless piece of poo poo and youll always be a useless piece of poo poo and youre already dead."
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Oct 20, 2021 01:37
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I’m watching reruns of Wipeout! and it’d be a lot better if they died
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Oct 20, 2021 03:09
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WILDTURKEY101 posted:I like the theme "youre a useless piece of poo poo and youll always be a useless piece of poo poo and youre already dead." It's nice to finally have shows with themes people identify with  No more barely employed 20 and 30 somethings living in palatial apartments and having shenanigans
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Oct 20, 2021 03:11
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vaginite posted:I’m watching reruns of Wipeout! and it’d be a lot better if they died Are they the ones with the lady from the Blade tv series
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:Are they the ones with the lady from the Blade tv series No the new ones with the wrestling guy and Oprah
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vaginite posted:I’m watching reruns of Wipeout! and it’d be a lot better if they died A few of them did
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This show started out strong for me but ultimately I got pretty tired of it like every other TV series. Prestige TV doesn't know how to have focus - it just needs to be X Too Many Hours to satisfy people who love to binge rather than just have some coherent theme or story. We need extra hours of content exploring characters who don't even matter to add a 'richness' that is pointless and empty. We spent hours with the cop character. Is there any moron who watched the show and did not IMMEDIATELY know who exactly the cop was looking for? The reveal was a wet fart that came way too late and led to nothing interesting whatsoever. What a lovely sequel hook. The movies with the best sequels never bother to leave a sequel hook because they are confident enough in their story to have it stand alone. Alien managed to get a perfect sequel going without some cheesy camera swooping through the derelict vessel to show MORE EGGS as ominous music plays over scenes of Weyland Yutani execs steepling their fingers evilly at the thought of the carnage to come. I'd like to blame Marvel but I guess horror movies have done it forever, but they at least seem to be gleefully acknowledging how dumb the whole idea is. Knowing there is a Season 2 of something makes me far less likely to watch it at all, because it posits the existence of a Season 3 and then some undignified decline in quality or abrupt death as the money runs out. More shows like The North Water, please, and less of everything loving else.
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Oct 20, 2021 06:29
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I like the show but I agree with the OP for the ending. Ending seems to be hard to do, not the first show that fumbled at the finish line. For people complaining how long this show is, I watched Sisyphus and it's actually over 16 hours long. It is very good but, god, it need some editing.
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Oct 20, 2021 10:01
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Bleusilences posted:I like the show but I agree with the OP for the ending. Would you say it was a... Sisyphean experience? 
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the squid from squid game
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