Squid Game is returning to Netflix sooner than you might have thought.
The Korean smash will return for its third and final season on June 27. This is only six months after season two launched on the streamer on Boxing Day.
I have trouble getting through the second season. First one was on the slower side as well, which was fine, but here it really feels like they are dragging their feet.
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
- Albert Camus
Recap didn't help me much, it took me a while to remember who is who and all the people that died in previous season I completely forgot about. Games are ok, but nothing special. Except the last game which I've liked more than the last one from the first season.
Finally there are couple of deaths that I gave a shit, so that is a plus in comparison to s2 where I didn't care about any of them.
About the ending (no spoilers, just the impression below, but hiding so nobody read it by mistake)
Spoiler:
I actually really liked it. It wasn't something I was expecting, as I was worried they will try to please western audience, but no, they've chosen different route. Huge plus for that.
Solid 8 for the whole series. I hope they will end it where they did and don't try to milk it any further
I thought it was a bit weak actually. The whole search party thing was totally useless. I did like the savage jump game, and the last one was decent as well. But this show really should've ended with season 1, or at least come up with something different in season 2+3. Most games were largely a recap of season 1, and it was almost a given that player 456 would make it to the end in this 2+3 season.
The woman crawling to the elevator for the MP5, as if the guy would have forgotten about that
The guy saying 'don't go here' on the map. He should have crossed out half of the map, not a very specific sector.
And let me go and blast 90% of the team on the boat without knowing where the other guy is, the one guy who is more motivated than anyone
Then we're in fog, at a distance with no visibility, and multiple guys in pink are shot in one boat, but the guy in pink in the other boat is left alone
And as usual, the VIPs add nothing but dumb commentary
It feels very lazily written with lots of convenience - which is something a lot of Korean shows go against vs Western television tropes. There's a fantastic movie called 'I Saw the Devil' with Lee Byung-hun (fella who runs the games) which showcases such things very well.
Also, it seemingly takes hours for him to swim from the boat to the island, but 15 mins (after the bomb is triggered) to swim back. The coast guard is said to be 2hrs away, but the game that is seemingly going on at the same time, with 5 and 15 minute timers, and somehow takes longer than that. You could explain away that they don't occur the same time if it weren't for how quick he seems to swim away from the island.
It was boring as hell. The last couple episode were slow just so they would have 6 episodes as I presume. The whole police plot was LOL.
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great season and great show overall, sure it had some problems but i liked how bleak it was all the way to the end, some very sad moments, had great characters and score, im curious now wat david fincher will do with his version, its very hard to top this one but still its david fincher...
The writing in S3 (and parts of S2) was so forced this time around, they wanted to force certain outcomes and it became illogical, frustrating and sluggish. Also the baby ruined it.
I would still recommend it though, still better than most shows out there and very unique.
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