Squid Game

[webbo3]

Anyone been watching this?
It quite blood thirsty and very violent, its a very strange korean series but also pretty good.

[Buenchico]

Erm, I think I'll pass on that one!
https://lifestyle.livemint.com/how-to-lounge/movies-tv/squid-game-review-why-the-biggest-show-today-is-one-of-the-weirdest-111633587252510.html

[Vagus]

We watched it for about 15 minutes and gave up.
Very, very, very strange series.

[Buenchico]

Here's the trailer for anyone who might be interested. (It's not got me rushing to subscribe to Netflix though!):

[Ellipsis]

Quite an oversight to put a real phone number into the programme ...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58824544
Netflix says it will edit out a phone number that appears in its hit series Squid Game after a woman said she was deluged by calls to her mobile phone.

The gory South Korean drama sees cash-strapped contestants invited to ring the number to take part in life-and-death children's games for money.

The woman said the number actually came through to her phone - and she had been inundated with requests to play.

[Ken4155]

I gave it about 20 mins of the first episode - up to the point he signs the contract with his thumbprint. Definitely not my cup of tea.

[tiggerblue10]

Just watched the trailer and I think I'll give it a miss. I know it's not real but it looks terrifying and I remember watching a film with a similar theme.

[Mozz71]

Tigger @23:06

Was it Cube? it seems to have a similar pretence. I have Netflix, so I might give it a look. The Koreans do great horrors.

[tiggerblue10]

Don't think it was that, Mozz. Could've been a TV series even. It was basically people knowing they were going to be bumped off whilst being forced to take part in something.

[Canary42]

Just watched the trailer - the ultimate in disgustingly bad taste, so no thank you.

[fender62]

binged watched it, reminds me slightly of rollerball, death race 2000
cube 1,2,3 hunger games etc, it was good.

[webbo3]

But a lot more brutal ^

[Mozz71]

Canary- //the ultimate in disgustingly bad taste//

Someone here hasn't seen The Human Centipede or Meet The Feebles then.

[bednobs]

"basically people knowing they were going to be bumped off whilst being forced to take part in something"
the hunger games? the running man?

[Ken4155]

Wasn't the prospect of violence and goriness that put me off. It was the utter 'naffness'.