I understand and can agree with this. I've watched several of these types of 'survival game' shows, both animated and live-action. While I did enjoy Squid Game, it didn't surprise or shock me because I've seen it all before. It had a few things that made it stand out visually, but the overall story was nothing new. I liked it because I like the genre, but in my opinion it was no better than many of the other shows out there with a similar premise.
Now this is an unpopular opinion I can get behind, haha. I appreciate how this series opened a lot of foreigners to the notion of watching Asian shows, but as a story, Squid Game was just okay at best. I don't regularly watch that type of genre, but still, I've seen all its plot twists before elsewhere. I've told my friends SG isn't something I'd highly recommend outside "Watch it for the memes I guess." It's cool, but if you're looking for some unique content then you're better off watching other series.
I think this definitely ties in to actions speak louder than words. You can say pretty much anything, but that doesn’t mean crap. Your actions have to show you care. I value actions so much more than words. Yes, you can ask these phrases, but like I said they mean nothing if your actions convey you don’t care.
Honestly, I’ve never seen it and it has never interested me. I never really understood why it’s so popular.
I enjoyed Squid Game a lot. That said, it didn't take much digging for people to realize it was "influenced" quite heavily by a Japanese manga...
Not a fan of the Crystal/reboot and stuff, but yeh part nostalgia partly a well-written story that comes better alive in the manga (even though SM had some legit fillers considering other animes lol). Great characters et etc I could go on lol...
Pickles don’t belong on anything, in my opinion.
