Squid Game [Netflix] [** SPOILERS **]

Binged it yesterday and my own thoughts on links between characters and such were well borne out.

It is a solid well made show, but it is quite formulaic. If I had to give a quick synopsis? It's the hunger games crossed with bum fights for the entertainment of the rich rather than governments and an added focus albeit belatedly on survivor guilt.

I'll certainly watch a season 2 and hope that it ties up what I feel are big loose ends.

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Think he was confident of winning it as he knew the skills of that game.

finished it last night, very enjoyable show.

Ok, fair enough, I stand corrected but I thought the person who asked the question simply forgot about Han Mi surviving so not sure what happened to the other 3 pairs.

Just finished it there, thought it was okay but it ended very poorly - peaked in episode six and was downhill from there.

All the big twists were sign-posted a mile off, the 001 thing was obvious from the moment he survived the riot and they really gave the game away when they didn't show him die after the marble game. Same with the cops' brother being involved and Gi Hun's mam being dead when he got back.

Binged it too over a few nights.

Decent show but not as great as many are saying. An interesting idea but quite formulaic as others have said. And also think that some of the twists were fairly obvious.

6.5/10

Just finished it and thought it was fantastic.

it was a very good show, kept me hanging on for the most part, though there were a few things I wasn't mad about.

The episode with the marbles hit me the hardest, was on the verge of tears after it.

I quite enjoyed the bit in the last episode where they showed the pictures of the finalists taken for the first game and you can see how much they've changed.

Some of the topics addressed felt a bit cliched but they were done in an interesting way. Survivor's guilt, survival of the fittest, empathy vs. selfishness, class differences, treatment of immigrants.

I wasn't mad about the ending though I'd also wonder what would be a satisfying ending in this case. It didn't really do anything new for me. It felt like it lost the run of itself a bit towards the end.

Quite disappointed that they left the door open for a second season. I hope it doesn't dilute the quality.

That's what I was saying. It's a pretty niche show compared to others in the top 10. Like why didn't Alive in Borderland get the same reaction? But it seems a series just gets talked about by people then others want to see. Wouldn't surprise me if it was due to some celeb or "influencer" or someone along those lines.

It might increase viewership for those other shows like AiB, Sweet Home and Kingdom. But we know Netflix counts those who watch the first 2 minutes, which is a strange idea, so how many actually like it enough to finish the series and seek out the similar shows?