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yellowistherainbow t1_j5xokpf wrote

Reply to comment by a_millenial in Netflix denies any Squid Game reality show contestants have suffered ‘serious injury’ by trashcan_paradise

Yes this is just SAW, right? I liked it alot more than the SAW sequels tho.

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N_Who t1_j5zdahp wrote

Not quite. At least, not by my estimation.

SAW was (at least originally) about a self-righteous psychopath pushing people to face their own failings and prove they had the will to live, in order to encourage them to not waste their lives. There was, of course, the underlying motivations of said psychopath's own anger and judgement, but entertainment was not a motivation.

Squid Game was about a group of wealthy elite taking advantage of people in dire financial situations - situations created, either actively or passively, by the behavior of a culture that serves those wealthy elite - and killing them for entertainment. Those wealthy elite aren't psychopaths, they simply believe themselves above moral concerns and the people they set up to die.

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DeepEb t1_j5xparv wrote

We haven't seen the squid game sequels yet... I believe they're coming.

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