I saw a post on social media earlier this week suggesting that, seeing Netflix capitalizing on Squid Game's success, the creator chose this bleak ending as a "fuck you".Okay, that makes more sense why that was the show's ending. I still don't like how bleak it was, but I get where they're coming from.
Which is to say that the point is that one man can't defeat the system, no matter his ideals. To defeat the Games is to defeat the system that led to the creation of the Games. As long as unfettered capitalism exists, the Games will exist. The best one can hope for is small victories, like the saving of Jun-hee's baby, Gyeong-seok's escape, and the Korean facility being destroyed.
Furthermore, In-ho was "infected" by Gi-hun's humanity, as he showed by following up on Hwang and Gi-hun's daughter.
Small victories, which is all individuals can hope for attacking such a system. That's what I believe was being said.
A bleak ending is fine but they could have at least flushed out any of the characters they built upI feel like they've been doing this the entire series. Any interesting or cool characters get unceremoniously killed without more fleshing out because that's how the Games go.
or made even the last game between people we give a s*** aboutWell that's what we got in S1. Two people facing off who still are trying to cling to their humanity, with a personal relationship between the characters on top of that. I don't think we needed that again. This time it's a horrible battle of survival against overwhelming odds in "piece of shit" territory when you're trying to protect a baby. Also I was interested to see if Myung-gi (333) would have a turnaround or not, because he was teetering and tottering the whole way through. There was a payoff in some sense to have him finally plunk down squarely in one corner.
I meant the death games being put to an end and the bad guys getting their comeuppance.
Yep, that's how I took it.I guess that's kind of the point
I meanThe ending was about what I expected. I figured the detective might have got some proof and killed by others higher up that were taking some bribes. But he really went nowhere.
Didn't like it. Detective brother plot stayed stupid. Ending sucked ass lol capitalism wins now go watch as we milk this franchise for America.I mean "lol capitalism wins" is literally the subtext of the show.
Are we forgetting that the majority of the players are shitty people?All the females on the contestant sides die before reaching the end. Ends up being men with all the voting power. Would have been nice to show the ugly side of both.