Squid Game: Season 2 | 오징어게임2 [Q4 2024]

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Reference to the outage on Oct 5 

 

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Players Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram were eliminated. Only Player Twitter survived.

 

 

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How many people did this when they watched?

 

 

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10 hours ago, Chocolate said:

@NetflxUpdates

How many people did this when they watched?

 

That is totally hysterical! Part of me said "How could anyone not know Gong Yoo?" but then the rest of me acknowledged that Train to Busan was the internationally highest profile project that GY has done.

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The religions have taken a hit in SK, especially since churchgoers insist on attending church even despite pandemic restrictions, causing the coronavirus to spread further. Plus, the initial outbreak in SK was traced to the Shinchunji (translated to New Heaven) group, even though there are some who will argue that it is a cult rather than a Christian sect.

 

Like in a number of democratic countries, religion has been decreasing in importance for a number of people in SK, but the pandemic seems to have pushed it even further, especially with the number of religious fanatics becoming more commonplace. So, perhaps some soul searching is in order?

 

I thought the religious fanatic in the Game reflected how fanatics can twist arguments and logic to suit themselves and to blame others rather than admit to their own human failings and desires. I don't think this reflects the majority of churchgoers or Christians or other religious people in general though.

 

15 hours ago, Chocolate said:

I remember these mosquito coils! There's 2 coils in one piece and you've got to push them apart. And they often break! 😆

 

I just hope that no one tries to lick the coils apart, though. Yuck!

 

12 hours ago, Chocolate said:

He's pretending to eat! The spoon is empty 

 

I can understand how, especially when there are numerous takes of a scene, one can not want to eat any more. LOL

 

@Chocolate, thanks for posting all of these!  The motivational posters were the best. I was seriously laughing as I read them!

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4 hours ago, stroppyse said:

 

@Chocolate, thanks for posting all of these!  The motivational posters were the best. I was seriously laughing as I read them!

You’re welcome @stroppyse. It’s just amazing that there’s so much material. I don’t even have to hunt for it!

 

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The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

 

Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon and Jung Ho-yeon talk about starring in Squid Game, the show’s massive popularity and the origin of the Red Light, Green Light doll.

 

 

Jimmy challenges the cast of Squid Game to face off against each other in rounds of classic schoolyard games like slapsies, egg and spoon races and more.

 

 

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‘Squid Game’ Is Eligible for a Primetime Emmy, and Netflix Could Make TV History

By Michael Schneider | Oct 6, 2021 1:08pm PT

 

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Could “Squid Game” beat the most challenging TV contest of them all? The Korean-language survival drama, which has quickly become one of the most-watched Netflix series of all time, is indeed eligible for Primetime Emmy consideration, the Television Academy confirmed to Variety.

 

According to an Academy spokesperson, because “Squid Game” was produced under guidance from Netflix, which is an American company, and it was always intended to be distributed in the U.S., it can be entered in the Primetime Emmy race.

 

But since “Squid Game” was produced internationally, it is also eligible to enter the International Emmys. But it has to choose and can’t enter both, as both the Los Angeles-based TV Academy and the New York-based International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences have rules preventing Emmy double-dipping.

 

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Here is the specific rule from the TV Academy: “Foreign television production is ineligible unless it is the result of a co-production (both financially and creatively) between U.S. and foreign partners, which precedes the start of production, and with a purpose to be shown on U.S. television. The producer of any production produced in the U.S. or outside the U.S. as a co-production between U.S. and foreign partners, in a language that is substantially (i.e. 50% or more) in a language other than English, shall have the discretion to enter the production and its individual achievements in any category where they are eligible in the Primetime Emmy Awards competition or in the awards competition of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, but not both.”

 

Fans are already buzzing that perhaps “Squid Game” could be TV’s version of “Parasite” — another unexpected smash from Korea that utilized violence to tell a tale about class divisions — which broke new ground at the Oscars. In 2020, “Parasite” became the first non-English film to receive the best picture Academy Award.

 

Of course, the Emmy Awards are much more competitive, given the sheer volume of eligible entrants. There’s also the issue of content — “Squid Game” is ultraviolent, and although TV Academy voters have become more open to genre (“Game of Thrones,” “Lovecraft Country,” “Watchmen”), it’s still rare.

 

Nonetheless, Netflix has a bonafide phenomenon on its hands with “Squid Game,” and the exciting prospect of a Korean-language hit hitting the FYC rounds could immediately elevate it to the top of the awards conversation. Netflix might test the Emmy waters by first entering “Squid Game” into the winter awards season races where it is eligible. That includes the SAG Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Independent Spirit Awards and other guild awards, depending on eligibility.

 

TV is quickly turning global, and the expansion of U.S.-owned streamers around the world and into local non-English production — such as “Squid Game” — is about to make things much more complicated for the Television Academy.

 

In the past, U.S. producers and networks focused on the U.S. market, and if their international subsidiaries produced for networks outside of the country, it was for those local markets — and not targeted to American audiences. That made the split between the Primetime Emmys and International Emmys pretty clear.

 

But as Netflix, Amazon, HBO Max and other streamers ramp up local productions around the globe, those shows are also immediately available to U.S. viewers. So even though “Squid Game” was not really made with U.S. viewers in mind (the idea that it might hit it big here was truly an afterthought), it technically was — since Netflix was making the show for subscribers everywhere.

 

That worldwide reach can now allow for the streamers to submit any program they make, anywhere, to the Primetime Emmys — as long as the program was developed in-house, and not acquired from an outside party.

 

But even that’s sometimes hard to prove: A network can say it retroactively got involved in shaping a show, unless it’s obvious that the project was acquired after it already aired on a partner in another country.

 

That’s why so many well-known Canadian and even U.K. series are still not eligible for Emmys, “Schitt’s Creek” being a rare exception. As deserving as “Kim’s Convenience” might be for a Primetime Emmy, it’s very well documented that the comedy was first developed at the CBC, and only available later on Netflix.

 

The definition of “foreign television production” has become tricky in the age of international co-productions. Perhaps the most prevalent over the decades has been WGBH’s and PBS’ “Masterpiece,” which co-produces British dramas such as the Emmy magnet “Downton Abbey” with U.K. partners.

 

International co-productions have also become an HBO staple, also mostly via the U.K., with recent entries such as “Chernobyl” and “I May Destroy You.”

 

Netflix has generally steered its non-English programs to the International Emmys. “Unorthodox,” a German-U.S. co-production for the streamer, was shot in both English and Yiddish, and was submitted in the Primetime Emmy race, where landed eight nominations in 2020.

 

Fully non-English fare has had a tougher time breaking into the Primetime Emmys. U.S.-based Spanish-language programming from networks such as Univision and Telemundo have long been eligible for Primetime Emmys — but because there are no Spanish-language categories, the two networks generally opt to compete at the International Emmys.

 

In 2011, Telemundo decided to try to break in, via its hit telenovela “La Reina del Sur,” starring Kate del Castillo. It was rare — and still is — for Spanish-language series to campaign in the Primetime Emmy race, and there has never been a major winner coming out of a show that is not in English. Telemundo felt it had the goods — at the time, “La Reina del Sur” was its highest-rated series ever — but it didn’t score a nom. Later, the series’ second season was submitted in the International Emmys, where it won for non-English language U.S. primetime program.

 

This past Emmy eligibility season, it appears that just one series in a language other than English was submitted for Emmy consideration: Netflix’s Argentine comedy telenovela “Millennials,” which entered the comedy race. (It’s believed that the show’s producers submitted the show, not Netflix.)

 

The Primetime Emmy Awards currently have no categories for non-English programs, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t add them at some point. The streamer revolution might very well lead to conversations inside the TV Academy about creating some, if the interest in and accessibility to non-English global fare continues to rise.

 

“If such categories are to be created, the Television Academy will give the International Academy at least eighteen months’ notice prior to such effect,” the org says in its rulebook. “Creation of new non-English categories will not affect the International Academy categories and the producer shall have the option of entering the existing Primetime Emmy Awards category or the new Primetime Emmy Awards non-English category or the International Academy category for which eligible, but may enter only one such category.”

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[stroppyse]

@Chocolate, the subtitle issue actually became a joke on Jimmy Fallon's opening monologue!

 

 

 

 

Btw, I don't think I appreciated until I saw the clips on Jimmy Fallon that Squid Game was #1 in over 90 countries. Wow! That's pretty impressive for a non-English language show.

 

Btw, Ha Wi Jun is pretty darn cute!

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Hahahah @stroppyse, yes that was good! At times, I so envy you all who can understand Korean 😍

 

8 hours ago, stroppyse said:

Btw, Ha Wi Jun is pretty darn cute!

 

Haha, I wouldn't know since I only eyes for one man 🤣

 

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Netflix Is Now Selling Official ‘Squid Game’ Merchandise in Its Online Store [Source: Variety]

 

 

You can customise the design at https://www.netflix.shop/pages/squid-game-customizer.

 

 

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‘Squid Game’ Halloween Costumes Are Already Selling Fast Online [Source: Variety]

 

This is the best lol! On Amazon for $18.99!

 

 

 

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Amazon $23.99

 

Amazon $53.99

 

Amazon $15.98

 

 

The ‘Squid Game’ Costume Effect: White Slip-On Vans Spike 7,800% Since the Series Premiere [Source: Variety]

 

 

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A Shout-Out to Ali, a Character Too Pure for the Dark Humanity in ‘Squid Game’

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5db74b/ali-netflix-squid-game-character-interview-anupam-tripathi

 

 

 

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I wonder what the producer did with the money 

 

 

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Hahahaha, even CLOY is playing Squid Games! ❤❤❤

 

Art by @randompetite

 

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[Squid Game BTS 02] Behind the scenes of shooting Ogem! | Squid Games | Netflix

 

 

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Jeff Bezos’ Congratulatory ‘Squid Game’ Tweet Spotlights Streamers’ New Local Language Originals Battleground

By Nellie Andreeva | October 3, 2021 4:00pm

 

Netflix’s Korean drama Squid Game is taking the world by storm, topping the streamer’s rankings in more than 90 countries en route to likely becoming Netflix’s most watched program ever, a first for a non-English language series. The milestone success got the attention of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, who congratulated Netflix on making their “internationalization strategy” work, calling the feat “impressive and inspiring.”

 

The Saturday tweet set the Internet abuzz, with reactions ranging from comparing Bezos to the Squid Game VIP villains, to hypothesizing about an Amazon acquisition of Netflix to wondering what Bezos’ praise for Netflix’s international content strategy means about the one employed by Amazon Studios.

 

 

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Netflix, Amazon Studios and Apple TV+ have all been aggressive in their expansion into local language originals, recently joined by other streamers that are going global, including Disney+. Netflix and Amazon have gone toe-to-toe in India, which is considered a top growth opportunity given its size, and Amazon Studios has been gaining on Netflix in Latin America.

 

The Squid Game’s success caps a concerted effort as Netflix has been actively ramping up Korean originals. It paid off as the streamer’s K-dramas’ US viewership has jumped over 200% between 2019 and 2021, culminating in the Squid Game breakthrough.

 

While it doesn’t have a Korean content pipeline, in Asia, Amazon Studios has been strong in Japan, with local format Last One Laughing as its most successful Local Original franchise, which has launched or been greenlit in ten regions to date including Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Spain. (In the U.S. the company has gotten most traction with Indian titles.)

 

Amazon Studios also has been investing in global drama formats, like the Russo brothers’ Citadel, which was designed to incorporate local offshoots.

 

Still, Netflix had a head start and is starting to reap the benefits of implementing a global content strategy early and in more markets with more resources than any of its competitors. The streamer already has had success with shows like Elite, Money Heist as well as Lupin, which earlier this year became the first French-language series to hit No. 1 in the U.S.

 

After leaving pundits scratching their heads for 20 hours, Bezos, who previously had professed his love for HBO’s Game of Thrones and Netflix’s Stranger Things, went back to Twitter Sunday to squash the wild theories about the meaning of his Squid Game comment. Netflix and Amazon are both slated to report earnings within the next month.

 

 

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Ooooh, harsh but there's a tinge of truth...

 

 

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Why Is Everyone Talking About Squid Game?

BY LIAM HESS October 4, 2021

 

Photo: Courtesy of Netflix

 

If you’ve been on social media over the past few weeks, you’ll have noticed that Netflix has another inescapable hit on its hands with their new show Squid Game. The Crown or Bridgerton, however, it is not. Created by the acclaimed South Korean director Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Game is a bracingly violent thriller series that has drawn comparisons to The Hunger Games and Battle Royale for its eye-popping gore and nail-biting tension—even if the real reason it has become a runaway success is its timely message.

 

In the show, a motley crew of South Koreans—all mired in debt—are lured to a remote island where they’re to play a series of games from which the winner will emerge a multimillionaire. Soon things take a turn for the darker, beginning with the most gruesome game of Red Light, Green Light you’ve ever seen. A razor-sharp indictment of inequality and economic exploitation in contemporary Korea (and beyond), Squid Game’s deeper resonances—conveyed by the powerful performances of its stars—will stay with you long after the contests reach their grisly conclusion.

 

As of last week, the show has rocketed to number one on the Netflix charts in more than 90 territories. “It’s only been out for nine days, and it’s a very good chance it’s going to be our biggest show ever,” said Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos of the word-of-mouth hit. So, what are you waiting for? Here, we round up everything you need to know about Squid Game, from its breakout stars to all the best memes. Warning: There are mild spoilers ahead.

No, there aren’t any actual squid involved.

First things first, let’s clear up what the squid game actually is (and no, it doesn’t involve actual squid): It’s a playground game that was popular among children in South Korea during the 1970s and ’80s. So how does this play into the show’s brutal series of challenges? Each of the six games played by the contestants is based on a classic Korean children’s game—some, like Red Light, Green Light and tug-of-war, will be known to Western audiences—and the squid game is the final one.

There’s a lot—and I mean a lot—of gore.

The cheery, pastel-hued aesthetic of the various game setups might suggest that the competition is all sunshine and rainbows, but you’ll soon discover that couldn’t be further from the case. Brace yourself for an endless conveyer belt of blood-soaked killings and body horror from the first episode: everything from stabbings and shootings to a particularly stomach-churning sequence involving organ harvesting. Still, the most devastating parts of the series are the emotional cruelties and betrayals the contestants inflict on each other, as anyone who’s watched the episode with the marble game can attest.

It’s the performances that steal the show.

While the games provide the most thrilling and hair-raisingly tense sequences in the show, the richly drawn participants—and, of course, the brilliant performances that bring them to life—are what have made Squid Game such a hit. First, there’s Lee Jung-jae’s charming performance as the bumbling but ultimately good-hearted protagonist, Gi-hun, through whose eyes we largely see the other contestants. Other standout performances come courtesy of Park Hae-soo as Gi-hun’s morally ambiguous childhood friend, Sang-woo, and Kim Joo-ryoung as a delightfully unhinged scammer whose tryst with a mobster inside the games leads to chaos among the contestants. The real breakout star of the show, however, is former model Jung Ho-yeon, who plays a steely North Korean defector hoping to raise enough money to take her brother out of an orphanage. Don’t just take our word for it, either: Since the show premiered on Netflix a few weeks ago, Jung’s Instagram following has soared from a few hundred thousand to more than 13 million. It’s safe to say that this won’t be the last you see of her.

It has a universal (and political) message too.

It’s not just the high-octane excitement that has made Squid Game such an international sensation but the universal themes it explores—specifically its implicit critique of capitalism and exploration of class anxiety. Unlike in other dystopian thrillers with battle-to-the-death tournaments, here, every person has arrived at the island electively. Even after witnessing the horrors that the games entail, the majority of the contestants return out of sheer desperation, ground down by the bleak future of living with insurmountable debt. (The series arrives at a moment when household debt is at a record high not only in Korea but in the U.S. as well, and it’s contributed to a massive mental-health crisis.) “We are simply here to give you a chance,” say the masked villains overseeing Squid Game’s horrific proceedings, in words that distinctly echo the every-man-for-himself spirit of neoliberal late capitalism that is more than familiar to Western audiences.

Naturally, the memes have been coming in thick and fast.

Of course, for a new Netflix show to spread like wildfire, it helps to have a little traction on social media; and the bleak goings-on of Squid Game have proven perfect meme fodder, seeing users take the most chilling moments of the series and inject them with a dose of anarchic humor. A particularly popular subject has been the giant robot doll overseeing the Red Light, Green Light game (Vulture even ran a satirical interview with her), with people dubbing clips of the doll dancing to everything from Azealia Banks to Beyoncé’s “Green Light.” For a bit of relief after watching all those grueling deaths, you can find a few of our favorites here:

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This made it into the drama 

 

Credit to minmusic_ on tiktok

 

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@NetflixKR

시간 관계상 세모는 다음 기회에 이용해 주세요. 고객님.

Due to time constraints, please use the triangle next time. Sir. [???🤔]

 

 

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@gatamchun

I've seen some good reads that talk about how SQUID GAME relates to a variety of social issues and historical events in Korea, but few that point to the very specific reference the show makes to Ssangyong Motors.

 

 

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6 hours ago, Chocolate said:

Ooooh, harsh but there's a tinge of truth...

 

I disagree that Gi Hun cared about everyone but his daughter. He cares about his daughter, but she lives with her mom and step-dad in much better circumstances than he can provide for her. It's clear that he loves his daughter very much.

 

4 hours ago, Chocolate said:

@gatamchun

I've seen some good reads that talk about how SQUID GAME relates to a variety of social issues and historical events in Korea, but few that point to the very specific reference the show makes to Ssangyong Motors.

 

Interesting perspective. I wasn't aware of the Ssangyong Motors incident. The writer/director really did pack a LOT of social commentary, both general and specific in this drama.