Squid Game was first released on September 17, 2021. It is a game based on Korean children’s games, 456 players versus each other for a handsome cash prize. The players are chosen by the salesman, Gong Yoo. They scope out people who feel like their lives are at the end of a cliff, where there is no escape but death, to play the games. In their eyes, the players are “trash” that deserves to be taken off the Earth.
The players go through 6 games over the course of 6 days, if a player is eliminated, they die. The more players that die, the more money is collected, leading up to 45.6 billion won which is 31.5 million in USD. Most people who are brainwashed by money are doing whatever they can to survive and win.
Season 1 was slow and sad, it really focused on each character’s emotions. In season 2, everything was fast paced and it was more of a fast action show with a lot of killing. The casting for this season was picked out perfectly.
One actor in particular that stood out was the actor for Thanos, Choi Seung Hyun. Choi Seung Hyun was in a popular K-Pop band called BigBang. He was a very successful rapper until he went to jail for substance abuse. This caused him to get a lot of hate from everyone and it brought him to an even lower point. He was almost forgotten because nobody wanted to hire him for any shows.
Player 456, or Lee Jung-jae in real life, told the director to give Seung Hyun a chance in the show. He agreed but on the terms that he really didn’t get a script and didn’t get paid. Seung Hyun agreed because he wanted to make his debut.
After the show was released, people made him apologize for his acting even though he was just being himself since he didn’t have a script. In my opinion, he played his part very well.
“What’s your opinion on Season 2 of Squid Game?”
Jocelyn Aguilar, a student at Pitman High School, “I would say it’s a pretty good season, it’s more intense than season 1. I still feel like season 1 was better because the characters were smart. It was more of a thriller because we didn’t know what was going to happen. As in season 2, we kind of expected it more. Overall though, I would say it was a good season.”
Marvin Polanco, a senior at Pitman High School, says, “I think it was good and the characters were really good.”
“Who was your favorite character?”
Aguilar “I’m not really sure about my favorite character but I definitely like player 120, because in the last episode she really had carried them and shot a lot of guards.”
Polanco said, “I liked player 456, the main character, because had played the games before and knew more than everyone else.”
Squid Game season 2 definitely created some controversy, will season 3 live up to everyones expectations?