▲ 2 ▼ South Korean filmmakers every couple of years dropping absolute bangers (lemmygrad.ml) submitted 4 years ago by KomradeKristian@lemmygrad.ml to c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 4 years ago (4 children) Is squid game worth watching? I've seen MLs either really hate it or really like it. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] CrushKillDestroySwag@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago I'm not familiar with any theories, but after watching only season 1, I liked it a lot. The metaphors for police/democracy/everything else and the parallels between The Game and The Real World are really obvious to a Marxist, but its got a lot of twists and turns and is fun in the moment even if what it has to say has been done to death. I'll also say that Season 1 explicitly states that The Game was made up by American businessmen, who are portrayed pretty over-the-top and basically treat the Korean characters as cattle, so if they decide to go North Korea Bad in Season 2 that will be a big retcon. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RedBritBully@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 4 years ago It's a decent show that mocks the modern capitalist society as money being valued more than life. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 4 years ago It's fine. For me it it peaked around episode 7. The ending was meh. Worth watching once i'd say. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 4 years ago* (1 child) There's a theory that season 2 is about to reveal that it's set in the DPRK and is meant to showcase that North Korea is the worst: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=gmEVUxVwUWk (warning, lib video) Which, if true, makes it libtrash. It's just a theory though and we'll have to wait and see. In general, it's a pretty good commentary on capitalism and what it forces people to do, but certainly not the best in that category. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 4 years ago (1 child) That's sad.. going the stranger things route :( That's one thing about movies made in capitalist countries with anti-capitalist themes... since they can't show a successful revolution, they by consequence can't have happy endings, or protagonists who win, and so are almost always incredibly depressing. I wanna see a goddamn successful revolution and a happy ending, we have so few of those, but they moved mountains. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 4 years ago* Yeah, Western media can be really good at showing the horrors of capitalism, but they almost always just go "well it's what it is" instead of solving it. Not even fantasy pretend solving it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CrushKillDestroySwag@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago I'm not familiar with any theories, but after watching only season 1, I liked it a lot. The metaphors for police/democracy/everything else and the parallels between The Game and The Real World are really obvious to a Marxist, but its got a lot of twists and turns and is fun in the moment even if what it has to say has been done to death. I'll also say that Season 1 explicitly states that The Game was made up by American businessmen, who are portrayed pretty over-the-top and basically treat the Korean characters as cattle, so if they decide to go North Korea Bad in Season 2 that will be a big retcon. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RedBritBully@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 4 years ago It's a decent show that mocks the modern capitalist society as money being valued more than life. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 4 years ago It's fine. For me it it peaked around episode 7. The ending was meh. Worth watching once i'd say. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 4 years ago* (1 child) There's a theory that season 2 is about to reveal that it's set in the DPRK and is meant to showcase that North Korea is the worst: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=gmEVUxVwUWk (warning, lib video) Which, if true, makes it libtrash. It's just a theory though and we'll have to wait and see. In general, it's a pretty good commentary on capitalism and what it forces people to do, but certainly not the best in that category. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 4 years ago (1 child) That's sad.. going the stranger things route :( That's one thing about movies made in capitalist countries with anti-capitalist themes... since they can't show a successful revolution, they by consequence can't have happy endings, or protagonists who win, and so are almost always incredibly depressing. I wanna see a goddamn successful revolution and a happy ending, we have so few of those, but they moved mountains. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 4 years ago* Yeah, Western media can be really good at showing the horrors of capitalism, but they almost always just go "well it's what it is" instead of solving it. Not even fantasy pretend solving it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 4 years ago (1 child) That's sad.. going the stranger things route :( That's one thing about movies made in capitalist countries with anti-capitalist themes... since they can't show a successful revolution, they by consequence can't have happy endings, or protagonists who win, and so are almost always incredibly depressing. I wanna see a goddamn successful revolution and a happy ending, we have so few of those, but they moved mountains. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 4 years ago* Yeah, Western media can be really good at showing the horrors of capitalism, but they almost always just go "well it's what it is" instead of solving it. Not even fantasy pretend solving it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 4 years ago* Yeah, Western media can be really good at showing the horrors of capitalism, but they almost always just go "well it's what it is" instead of solving it. Not even fantasy pretend solving it. permalink fedilink source parent
