'Squid Game' Season 1

Finished Squid Game today. (small spoilers)

今天看完了《鱿鱼游戏》（一点点剧透）

What can I say, it wasn’t bad, it just also wasn’t really good either. I think it was mostly because the show seemed to really want to dive into the niches of the human soul, but it also chose to do so in an ordinary and already well-worn out way, so much so that it seemed like a spinoff of the Hunger Games, and wasn’t really that intriguing.

怎么说呢，也不是不好看，但是好像也没有很好看。主要是因为全剧最中心的就是对人心的探讨，但是使用了很普通的方式，一点都不独特，很像饥饿游戏这种，就似乎也没什么很大的看点。

The things about this show I found most interesting were the three main characters: the main male lead (456), Cho Sang-woo (218), and Kang Sae-byeok (067)

这部剧我觉得最有趣的是三位主角：男主（456），尚佑（218），还有姜晓（67）。

First, 456. The show kept trying to make him seem like this sweet and kind-hearted person, but this trait was so weirdly developed that sometimes it seemed more like he was just faking it (even though the ending was super saint-like and kind, the process there seemed like he was faking it at times). I feel like this is also somehow one of the defining characteristics of the male lead, and seemed pretty realistic: when something doesn’t threaten ourselves, kindness is great and preferred. When something does threaten ourselves (like the old man 001 threaten 456), then living is the most important thing.

首先说男主。剧中似乎是想让他成为一个善良的并且相信人性的人，但是这一点总是莫名其妙的没有办法体现，反倒让男主有一点伪善的感觉（虽然最后结局的确很善良，但是同时过程还是很装）我觉得这也算是男主的一个特点，而且也算是一个比较真实地对普通人的认知：在没有威胁到自己的时候，善良是王道。当威胁到自己了（像老人一样）那么保命最重要。

Then there was Sang-woo, who I felt like should’ve been the ultimate winner. He was smart and cunning and willing to do cruel things; these are the people who generally succeed in life. We are lead and chose, oftentimes, to believe that kindness will win, but most of the time in life the people who will stop at nothing to win are the ones who win.

然后是尚佑，我觉得他其实才应该是大结局的胜利者。他聪明有心机还肯下狠心，这种人感觉才是会胜利的人。我们都愿意相信善良的人会获胜，但是很多时候是肯下毒手的人获胜。

And then there is Sae-byeok. I disagree and dislike the way the character died. She was the character with the most at stake and the one who had the strongest will to live, and the one who had gone through probably the most hardships, and this is how she dies? This just doesn’t fit with her characterisation. She was different from everyone else; she had no desire to help anyone else (although she did help 456 once, but only once), and she was entirely focused on winning, so in order to kill a strong character the show had to use something as ridiculous as a shard of glass? I can’t with this death.

最后是姜晓。我对这个角色的死法很不认同。她是全剧对活着的愿望最强大的人之一了，而且也是经历过最多的人，为什么到最后却是这样下线了？这对于她的角色设定而言就很有问题。而且她跟别人不一样，她一心就是为了自己（虽然有帮男主 但是大多数时候都是一个人的），所以为了杀掉一个强大的角色就只能用玻璃片这种东西了吗？什么无语的死法。

Anyway, I think the show was seriously way too long. If each episode would’ve been 20 minutes long it may have made the show a super good one, but because it is so long the show just lost some of its steam halfway and I got bored. So if I had to recommend this to someone I would say 3/5 stars.

总体来说，我觉得真的太长了，如果电视剧20分钟一集可能还比较好看，但是因为太长所以导致我有点无聊，所以如果说推荐的话那就只能五颗星里面给三颗了。

Finally (I promise this is the end): Jung Ho-yeon is so cool OMG!!!!! I’m fangirling over her so much!!!! I LOVE WOMEN!

最后的最后：郑浩妍太好看了吧啊啊啊太帅了吧啊啊啊好喜欢这个小姐姐！我爱美女！

Happy Tuesday!!

周二快乐！！