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What a good way to ruin a completely fine story.
If you haven't watched Squid Game, then I'd recommend watching only the first season. Don't bother to watch the whole series; don't even think about it.
This season comes off as a disappointment because many would agree that Squid Game S1 itself was such a good story and didn't need a continuation if they were going to do it like this. While I was grateful for the 2nd season announcement and seeing the list of actors and actresses, now it's all just become a big why, because most of them didn't even make an impact to the story.
The writing is very meh. While the 2nd season actually made a nice hook, the 3rd season feels like an abandoned draft that you come back to just for the sake of giving an ending. What's worse is that this whole season seems like only an introduction to the US spin-off. Which is another why.
I really don't understand why Gihun would be so eagerly hunting Daeho and blaming him for what happened, show no remorse after killing him, but then feel bad about killing other players that are actually worse than Daeho. God forbid a guy having a fear of being killed in an obvious situation that they'll lose. Even after this unnecessary witch hunting, I thought that he'd talk about Youngil or Jungbae more, as their impact throughout his journey was undeniable, but no, he just doesn't talk at all.
One of the other things that should not have happened is Junhee's giving birth in the middle of the game. It's just a weird approach. At one point when Junhee's water broke, I did predict that the baby was going to survive because some stories like to push the "parents will do anything to save their baby" narrative. Like, I don't have a problem until it's going worse with Hyunju's death, and the next game is a jump rope. Hyunju's death feels like a bigger throw-off even, because she has been a great addition, and it doesn't make sense that she died that way because she has served in the military and has a very good survival instinct in the 2nd season, and they just slide it off.
Don't even get me started with Myunggi. They wanted to make a second Sangwoo so bad, and I'm glad it failed. Was he really supposed to be the villain all this time? He literally shows a few times of going back and forth, not sure about what to do next, easily swayed. He has no resolve, just a no-brainer, a disgusting character.
I know they want to show that there's still humanity left in that place after what they're going through, but leaving a baby alone in that place was a mistake, a selfish choice, because under whose care would that baby even grow up if not with the people who know her background there? I kind of hope that at least Junhee, Hyunju, or Gihun will win and raise the baby, but then they killed everyone and forced Junho into parenthood, omfg. This guy has failed in what he was supposed to do the entire series, mind you.
While the game's whole plot is beyond help, kudos for the soldier sub-plot, though. Noeul did what she had to. She was one of a few great characters in the series. Also, shout out to Geumja and Yongsik too; their story was actually great and heart-wrenching that they had to end that way.
Anyway, I still think that there are a lot of better options for the story. I don't know why the hell they decided to go with this half-ass writing, God bless.
This season comes off as a disappointment because many would agree that Squid Game S1 itself was such a good story and didn't need a continuation if they were going to do it like this. While I was grateful for the 2nd season announcement and seeing the list of actors and actresses, now it's all just become a big why, because most of them didn't even make an impact to the story.
The writing is very meh. While the 2nd season actually made a nice hook, the 3rd season feels like an abandoned draft that you come back to just for the sake of giving an ending. What's worse is that this whole season seems like only an introduction to the US spin-off. Which is another why.
I really don't understand why Gihun would be so eagerly hunting Daeho and blaming him for what happened, show no remorse after killing him, but then feel bad about killing other players that are actually worse than Daeho. God forbid a guy having a fear of being killed in an obvious situation that they'll lose. Even after this unnecessary witch hunting, I thought that he'd talk about Youngil or Jungbae more, as their impact throughout his journey was undeniable, but no, he just doesn't talk at all.
One of the other things that should not have happened is Junhee's giving birth in the middle of the game. It's just a weird approach. At one point when Junhee's water broke, I did predict that the baby was going to survive because some stories like to push the "parents will do anything to save their baby" narrative. Like, I don't have a problem until it's going worse with Hyunju's death, and the next game is a jump rope. Hyunju's death feels like a bigger throw-off even, because she has been a great addition, and it doesn't make sense that she died that way because she has served in the military and has a very good survival instinct in the 2nd season, and they just slide it off.
Don't even get me started with Myunggi. They wanted to make a second Sangwoo so bad, and I'm glad it failed. Was he really supposed to be the villain all this time? He literally shows a few times of going back and forth, not sure about what to do next, easily swayed. He has no resolve, just a no-brainer, a disgusting character.
I know they want to show that there's still humanity left in that place after what they're going through, but leaving a baby alone in that place was a mistake, a selfish choice, because under whose care would that baby even grow up if not with the people who know her background there? I kind of hope that at least Junhee, Hyunju, or Gihun will win and raise the baby, but then they killed everyone and forced Junho into parenthood, omfg. This guy has failed in what he was supposed to do the entire series, mind you.
While the game's whole plot is beyond help, kudos for the soldier sub-plot, though. Noeul did what she had to. She was one of a few great characters in the series. Also, shout out to Geumja and Yongsik too; their story was actually great and heart-wrenching that they had to end that way.
Anyway, I still think that there are a lot of better options for the story. I don't know why the hell they decided to go with this half-ass writing, God bless.
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