TomNook posted...
The high scores/reviews for this series has confused me. I enjoyed it, but I'm also a fan of this sub-genre. There are so many deathmatch/deathgame films out there, and they almost always get shit scores. Yes, they are a guilty pleasure for me, so I don't care, but seeing Squid Game suddenly be super praised just confuses me. And it's not like Squid Game has some kind of high art or quality to propel it over other good ones in the genre...it really plays out like alot of others. Is it really just that most mainstream watchers have only seen Hunger Games and nothing else?
yeah i don't really get why it succeeded where alice in borderland's netflix series last year "failed"
... i guess its focus on the "human" element of "having a choice" and still participating because lottery (wow relatable) is the key difference
i also don't like being that guy but in retrospect it's really got some issues with gender
these issues may not be viewed as such everywhere and i guess that's why?