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"Do you still have faith in people?"
Squid Game Season 3 ended with a bang. Everyone came to understand the value of life and our shared humanity. The VIPs and creators of the game were inspired by the self-sacrifice of characters to use their endless piles of money to benefit those who need it most and the planet as well. The players voted to end the games and sat in a circle singing Kumbaya. Yeah, no. For the most part Squid Game continued the rant that human beings tend to be greedy, desperate, selfish rat bastards. While not perfect, I thought the show’s creators brought the drama to a fitting end. As billionaires in the real world flaunt their wealth and buy their way out of trouble, the drama felt even more timely in its last installment.
After last season’s failed coup, Gi Hun is carrying around a pink ribboned coffin load of guilt. The games continue with the same high stakes and gruesome outcomes. Loyalties are forged and tested and a pivotal new competitor is added.
This season saw more of the VIPs, a weakness in my opinion. The English speaking actors were dreadful. Their dialogue was stilted and the lines were beyond cheesy. “It’s like watching one of those family reality shows.” Apparently, gazillionaires never bathe, can’t afford decent haircuts, and don’t own a razor. Sometimes less is more, and I preferred the anonymity of the VIPs.
There were new games that often telegraphed which contestants were going to be the upcoming victims. The problem with three seasons based on the same premise meant there was a lot of repetition. The two “heroes” could still be terribly dense, missing clues dangled in their faces.
Aside from the greedy and treacherous, there were also people good at heart who became caught in the net of the game. For them, it came down to how they died, not when. What lines were they not willing to cross? If a person had to indiscriminately murder other people, could they live with themselves, even if they survived? “Bad people do bad things but they blame others and go on to live in peace. Good people on the other hand, beat themselves up about the smallest things.”
Would the rich really attend and sponsor such amoral games? Sure. Too many people who have money or power do not look at people “beneath them” as truly human or even remotely significant. Here in my country, a politician held a town hall recently. When someone brought up that the medical care the government wanted to cut would cost people their lives, she replied, “We are all going to die.” She has plenty of food, exceptional shelter, and the best health care available. What did it matter to her if the poor died because they did not have access to any of those basic needs. That people are greedy and often desperate and will kill each other over money is hardly something new. But the class of people pushing them further to the edge of despair have rarely been bolder and less accountable, something Squid Game nailed right on the nose.
27 June 2025
Spoiler comment below
How on earth did they get freakin’ Oscar winning Cate Blanchett, Galadriel herself, to do a cameo?!❤
After last season’s failed coup, Gi Hun is carrying around a pink ribboned coffin load of guilt. The games continue with the same high stakes and gruesome outcomes. Loyalties are forged and tested and a pivotal new competitor is added.
This season saw more of the VIPs, a weakness in my opinion. The English speaking actors were dreadful. Their dialogue was stilted and the lines were beyond cheesy. “It’s like watching one of those family reality shows.” Apparently, gazillionaires never bathe, can’t afford decent haircuts, and don’t own a razor. Sometimes less is more, and I preferred the anonymity of the VIPs.
There were new games that often telegraphed which contestants were going to be the upcoming victims. The problem with three seasons based on the same premise meant there was a lot of repetition. The two “heroes” could still be terribly dense, missing clues dangled in their faces.
Aside from the greedy and treacherous, there were also people good at heart who became caught in the net of the game. For them, it came down to how they died, not when. What lines were they not willing to cross? If a person had to indiscriminately murder other people, could they live with themselves, even if they survived? “Bad people do bad things but they blame others and go on to live in peace. Good people on the other hand, beat themselves up about the smallest things.”
Would the rich really attend and sponsor such amoral games? Sure. Too many people who have money or power do not look at people “beneath them” as truly human or even remotely significant. Here in my country, a politician held a town hall recently. When someone brought up that the medical care the government wanted to cut would cost people their lives, she replied, “We are all going to die.” She has plenty of food, exceptional shelter, and the best health care available. What did it matter to her if the poor died because they did not have access to any of those basic needs. That people are greedy and often desperate and will kill each other over money is hardly something new. But the class of people pushing them further to the edge of despair have rarely been bolder and less accountable, something Squid Game nailed right on the nose.
27 June 2025
Spoiler comment below
How on earth did they get freakin’ Oscar winning Cate Blanchett, Galadriel herself, to do a cameo?!❤
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