The Ten Dumbest Thoughts I Had While Watching Squid Game
"Is this a sequel to 'The Squid and the Whale?'" didn't make the top ten
THIS LIST CONTAINS SPOILERS! Obviously — it really contains nothing but spoilers. If you haven’t seen Squid Game, I recommend it, especially if you watch Tarantino movies and think “should be bloodier”. I agree with those who argue that it didn’t have anything profound to say, but I thought it was good storytelling and undeniably unique.
Here are the ten dumbest thoughts I had while watching.
10. Who’s their contractor?
Say what you will about that dehumanizing murder factory: It was built with some real panache. The textures, the colors, the spatial of flow in the VIP observation grotto — it’s all quality. It’s also functional design; someone showed real foresight to put those blood sluices in the tug-of-war pit. The only issue I have is that at one point, we see coffins being carried down stairs — you really need to put the incinerators on the same floor as the games. It’s like putting a washer/dryer on the third floor; it might not seem like a big deal when you do it, but you’re not going to want to be constantly schlepping heavy stuff up and down those stairs. Now that’s inhumane!
9. What are the organization’s safety protocols?
The forklifts that carry the coffins away beep. That’s good; those things are dangerous. You should have a guy walk in front of the fork lift with flags like they do at Home Depot, but I’m nit-picking. At any rate: This organization obviously has safety protocols, but what are they? Are the mask guys unionized (seems unlikely)? Are they covered by the South Korean version of OSHA? This is where it would really help to know where the island is located; jurisdictional issues are going to affect the labor laws.
Maybe they’ll address that in the sequel!
8. Is the whole cell phone situation just much, much better in Korea?
The cop is in the compound for several days, and his phone works the whole time. Did he bring a charger? Maybe he used the Front Man’s charger — that seems plausible, because I’ll bet most of Korea uses Samsung. Plus, the cop and the Front Man turned out to be brothers, so maybe their family had brand loyalty. At any rate, the cop swims ashore and is way out in the wilderness, and he sends like 2,000 MB of data and fully expects it to go through. If I send my wife a photo from the grocery store asking “which brand of beans?”, there’s about a 60 percent chance that she gets it.