Yes but they were working outside the game rules (and paid for it). Player 1 was doing the same thing but it was just fine for the obvious reason.
I asked the wife about this, and she said it’s obviously a Korean television trope as a real cop wouldn’t be caught dead (or likely would be caught did if he did) try such a stupid Barney Fife stunt.
What are you referring to here?
The bit about the cop’s gun having a blank in the first chamber. Click on the curved arrow next to Banquet_Bear’s avatar in the upper right of my post.
Idea for Season 2: the cop manages to expose everything about the Squid Game…but the public loves the concept, it becomes hugely popular, and everyone tries out for a chance to compete in the next season. TV ratings go through the roof.
:hissing noise as smoke fills the room:
Who enters the room? That’s right. Arnold Schwarzenegger. That’s right, this is Squid Game season 2 and a sequel to The Running Man. Running Man 2: Squid Games.
I presume in season 3, Katniss Everdeen shows up and we get Hunger Games 5: The Squid Game.
I’m really not sure how they can improve on the season we just watched. Some things should just be left alone IMHO.
I’d be interested in seeing a prequel about the first games. Judging from the folders the cop looked at in episode 6/7, they’ve been running since at least the '90s.
I agree, but if TV was run like that, almost every series ever made would be one season.
I dunno, not really. This one was announced as a one season thing and it definitely felt like it was filmed that way. I will, of course, check out the second season. But I will be very wary. I hope early reviews end up saying it’s great.
So, like a reboot of Most Extreme Elimination?
Right you are Ken!
Then the only question is whether the name on the copyright infringement lawsuit is Richard Bachman or Stephen King.
I watched this series very late, and while it’s incredibly gripping, I couldn’t “fan wank” away idea that a Squid Game could possibly continue year after year, resulting in that many people missing in Korea. Most of the characters had close family and friends ties. Perhaps a Season 2 would involve a proper explanation of this, which would surely involve conspiracy up to the highest levels of government.
That might be preferable to be honest. Better than the take a good concept and milk it to death that we so often see.
Yeah. A good series with a solid ending is like a good movie. The story ends and you remember it with approval.
This was addressed above, but I think people underestimate how many people going missing each year (and how big South Korea is). I can’t find the stats for South Korea, but in the US it’s hundreds of thousands reported missing each year. And while the people all have connections, there also all outcasts in trouble. If someone goes missing but they’re also in debt for millions of dollars or about to be arrested for fraud or work for a gang, they’re not going to look that hard.
Actually, someone is going to look very hard - the creditor, the police with an arrest warrant, the gang - they just aren’t going to be surprised when they can’t find the person.
But we’re looking at at least a decade of this type of game with over a hundred players. Somehow, no one ever mentioned that they were going to participate in such a game to others, either before they went in, when they chose to leave and invited back in, or in a “tell-all” book after they quit or won? I certainly wouldn’t think the game organizers would let everyone back out “into the wild” after voting that way, and expect that all 100 or so would keep it a secret.
Not only do the organizers have to deal with the suspicion aroused by all those missing people but I also seem to remember that there is a promised death benefit for the families of those that are eliminated (it’s been a while since I watched so I might be misremembering.) How are those disbursements explained?