Squid Game Was Wrong about Humanity
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Squid Game is a Korean drama that took the internet by storm recently. So today I wanted to take some time to talk about one of the shows major themes. Is Man Inherently good?
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I think man is inheretly neutral, especially with how sudjective concepts like good and evil are
I see they made Kaiji into an korean TV show.
The glass scene in Squid Game reminds me of brave men road.
Knew I wasn't alone in thinking this
Yeah! It also reminds me of Kamisama no Iutoori ("As the Gods Will") as well.
Matt, I know it isn't really important, but Gi-Hun isn't unemployed, in the show it's mentioned multiple times he works as a Chauffeur, and in the 2020 squid archive his occupation is Chauffeur.
Oops, Yeah I kinda overlooked that. mb.
The scary thing about this show is that it seemed very realistic. I can see it happening in the future if it’s not already happening.
@quit yeah yeah you're special for not liking something that other people like, are you happy now?
@quit You are the sheep.
@@dome3459 Not liking a show makes you a sheep?
@@louiswalsh70 I don't like the way you phrased that, not liking a show, that's not what I wrote. Mainstream is not the same as sheep. Following an idea/ideology/view only to disagree with someone is sheep.
No.
I think its more like you can be bith good or bad, depends which part of you wanna feed and grow! You know... like the story of the good wolf and bad wolf.
So glad you recommended this show! It’s a blast so far!
Came back to watch this video having finished the whole show XD
I think the show captures the essence of realization of humanity..
Our characteristics on everyday lives..
We're all
Dishonorable
Dishonest
Manipulative
Unworthy
Compassionate
Loyal
Naive
Caring
And Loving
We all see the characteristics
Of every person in the show.
I’ve been watching reviews on this non stop today it’s so interesting
Since you love well written characters and i like hearing you talk about said characters i recommend watching the case study of vanitas at first it seems like a generic anime about vampires but when watching you realise its really damn deep with its selling point being the characters
I know nothing about this show before watching this video, it does seem to have an interesting premise. Personally I would say that people are inherently good but that we all struggle to look past are own experiences causing us to not see the struggles of others a lot of the time, and to determining what we have been through as more important. It is also normally difficult to see the full extent of our actions.
I agree. And it's not necessarily inherently bad if people are practically desperate to live better lives.
you sold the series for me, I'd love to see you doing another video on it
Bro, I feel you on the names thing. I feel so bad when I say it wrong and get corrected. 😂
he said he will give heads up for spoilers, then entire footage is spoilers
I'm hooked. I'm watching this tonight.
I feel most people are good, but we all have some selfishness within us. For instance, I'll donate money to charity if I see one outside a store, but I were in a situation where I could risk my own life to save a random innocent or just walk away, I would walk away. That may sound cruel, but to me survival takes center stage. If I can make it out of the situation with little amount of damage I'm taking that route. The only thing that would change my mind is if the person in danger is important to me, like a friend of family member.
I love how the show doesn't give a final verdict on that theme. It gives us, viewers, enough room to interpret our own thoughts on the subject. Also, money really seems to be likely the root of all evil
Great vid, Matt!!!
Even if what your saying is true we can all agree on one thing.
GI HUN IS FREAKING ADORABLE OMGDSDdffFdas
You mistakenly called Kang Sae-byeok's character by her actor's name Hoyeon Jung
I would win selfishly and pay the funeral of the innocents and those who helped me. I’m not 100% sure others would do the same for me so I’m not letting them win.
potential north korean girl being good scene:
[spoiler]
when she told mc not to kill his best friend
The game is rigged. In NO game prior has bore than one person won. Essentially the players were lied to. They are basically told that more than one person can win, but they rig the games so that only one survivor is around at the end.
So it is kinda like liar game? That was the first reason why I dismissed it but maybe I should give it a go.
You did miss one. Ho yeong shong literally threw her life away by giving a weak throw to the marble. The only reason she lived is because her friend gave an even weaker throw.
Listen, I'm aware that I don't have any high quality videos on my own channel, so you have every right to completely dismiss my opinion, but how the fuck did you manage to miss such an important detail? The themes of "are people inherently good or bad" is pretty surface level, and not at all the main question the show is asking. Obviously the answer to the previous question is both.
This analysis is well made, organized, and has good editing, but it's all very surface level. Very shallow. I know that sounds harsh, but I think you're far more capable of diving deeper.
i think the only reason he didn't dive deeper was to keep this video spoiler free. that being said, i would love for him to give a spoiler analysis of the show so he can discuss it more in depth.
@@RhythmLP You're definitely right about that. I guess it does make sense to keep spoilers to a minimum for the time being
Can't wait until the west gets a show like this and calls it Duck Duck Goose LUL
Truth is, existence is a game of life and death, filled with good people and bad people and everything in between. The grand prize is reproduction, passing on one's genes. Squid Game is one big metaphor. In some situations, it pays to be good and help others, while other times being a heartless bastard is the only way to survive. This is life.
Damn that's kinda dark man.
sup early birds! 👋
Dang you're fast!
They aren't goid or bad most of them are just desperate