I found out this weekend when someone told me it sucked. Didn't watch season 2. Also, found out there was a Squid Games reality show, also didn't watch.
The show isn't subverting genre and including porn. It's a show about everyday citizens being put into a murder contest out of desperation. A trans character being included isn't that big of a deal.
Didn't watch any of it but is the trans being good and surviving when not suppose to? Is the trans liked for no reason? Is it good and nice and forcing the watcher to like the trans character?
edit: Does it make a statement about how oppressed he/she is? Does it try to portray it as something normal rather then a mental illness?
I mean, I gotta be honest I think they handled it well from a Korean culture perspective (I did live there for pretty much 5 years) -- it's just so completely unnecessary.
Does it add a dimension to the character? Kinda? Maybe? In that he's not a sexual creep in any way and definitely still acts quite masculine.
Is it a dimension this show needed? Well, it didn't need a second season at all but it certainly didn't need the injection of modern politics into it... it's not even related to what the show's about.
But, to be fair, a real life squid games would be full of the most degenerate homeless and sexual deviants you could imagine, so maybe it's not so far off...
The games that are played are kids games, like red light green light or marbles, where you don't have to necessarily be hyper athletic or anything to succeed. They have older characters as well. The point is that the ones participating are poor and destitute which is why they continue to play despite penalty of death.
The characters are all, largely, fighting to survive, not necessarily each other. Most of the characters do form alliances with each other, in order to help each other make it to the end, so for the most part characters do support one another. However, there are conflicts, and some characters like the trans character and others don't, but largely there isn't as much relevance there.
You're not forced to like the character, but generally you're following the plot of people who are fighting against the major overlords of the game, so I'm not sure why you'd root against any of them especially for a superficial reason.
There is a statement made about trying to win the money for transition surgery, and yeah there is dialogue about the struggles, but it's barely a focus at all. It's a character arc, nothing more. There are comments about mental illness and others about "who cares, we're trying to survive a game"
Beyond the initial character introduction, it's not referenced much
Since you are asking to define "not suppose to" I assume it is being actively pushed and that ruins any form if immersion. Putting a DIE character in anything it means it will always survive and hence no tension, it will always be good so no back stabbing possibilities. Crappy writing.
Since you are asking to define "not suppose to" I assume it is being actively pushed and that ruins any form if immersion.
When I asked about "not suppose to" I meant in reference to your comment about surviving when not suppose to. At what point is a trans person "supposed to" die in a game where many survive based on wits, hiding, and dumb luck?
I will say that the character does eventually die, so I think you're just running yourself ragged from assumptions.
Saying "crappy writing" without even knowing the story lol
I'm so fucking tired of this shit being shilled everywhere
If you want an actually good story in a similar vein go watch Kaiji or read Liar Game, they're both far better.
There was a season 2?
There’s another season already?
It was surprisingly fast considering s2 took like what? 3 years
Only because some of the reviewers I'd listen to said S2 wasn't a complete story. I haven't even watched any of the series.
Season 1 was awesome. S2 I've only seen a few eps and it's a lot slower but it's okay
Watched it all.
It didn’t really need a 2nd season though.
Is it allowed for a non trans to act trans? Seems like some black-face crime was committed by netflix.
Season 3 more like just season 2 part 2, feels like season 2 was stretched out and cut in half to hold on to more subscribers for couple more months
I found out this weekend when someone told me it sucked. Didn't watch season 2. Also, found out there was a Squid Games reality show, also didn't watch.
Yes and I didn't even watch S1. I just heard S3 mentioned in passing.
i found out when i saw it on netflix
Disturbing.
Yep!
I don't care if there's a trans character in a show. They exist in the world, so they can exist in a fictional world too
Gay porno also exists in the world, but I’m not going to watch it.
That's a bit of a leap from a trans character.
The show isn't subverting genre and including porn. It's a show about everyday citizens being put into a murder contest out of desperation. A trans character being included isn't that big of a deal.
Didn't watch any of it but is the trans being good and surviving when not suppose to? Is the trans liked for no reason? Is it good and nice and forcing the watcher to like the trans character?
edit: Does it make a statement about how oppressed he/she is? Does it try to portray it as something normal rather then a mental illness?
I mean, I gotta be honest I think they handled it well from a Korean culture perspective (I did live there for pretty much 5 years) -- it's just so completely unnecessary.
Does it add a dimension to the character? Kinda? Maybe? In that he's not a sexual creep in any way and definitely still acts quite masculine.
Is it a dimension this show needed? Well, it didn't need a second season at all but it certainly didn't need the injection of modern politics into it... it's not even related to what the show's about.
But, to be fair, a real life squid games would be full of the most degenerate homeless and sexual deviants you could imagine, so maybe it's not so far off...
Define "not suppose to"?
The games that are played are kids games, like red light green light or marbles, where you don't have to necessarily be hyper athletic or anything to succeed. They have older characters as well. The point is that the ones participating are poor and destitute which is why they continue to play despite penalty of death.
The characters are all, largely, fighting to survive, not necessarily each other. Most of the characters do form alliances with each other, in order to help each other make it to the end, so for the most part characters do support one another. However, there are conflicts, and some characters like the trans character and others don't, but largely there isn't as much relevance there.
You're not forced to like the character, but generally you're following the plot of people who are fighting against the major overlords of the game, so I'm not sure why you'd root against any of them especially for a superficial reason.
There is a statement made about trying to win the money for transition surgery, and yeah there is dialogue about the struggles, but it's barely a focus at all. It's a character arc, nothing more. There are comments about mental illness and others about "who cares, we're trying to survive a game"
Beyond the initial character introduction, it's not referenced much
Since you are asking to define "not suppose to" I assume it is being actively pushed and that ruins any form if immersion. Putting a DIE character in anything it means it will always survive and hence no tension, it will always be good so no back stabbing possibilities. Crappy writing.
When I asked about "not suppose to" I meant in reference to your comment about surviving when not suppose to. At what point is a trans person "supposed to" die in a game where many survive based on wits, hiding, and dumb luck?
I will say that the character does eventually die, so I think you're just running yourself ragged from assumptions.
Saying "crappy writing" without even knowing the story lol
You're asking to define something completely obvious hence I'm assuming it is being asked in bad faith. Fair thing to assume.
Big tech propaganda.
Lol how do you figure?
No
No but I don't really follow normie TV so that's to be expected.