Korea Squid game or Japan Alice in borderland?

Squid game or Alice in borderland?

  • Squid game

    Votes: 80 41.7%
  • Alice in borderland

    Votes: 112 58.3%

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Hello_Kitty

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Squid game game is too simple, the plot is very predictive until I can guess the old man could be the big boss, the 2 lead actors will compete against each other in the end, the cop's bro is behind Dr Doom's mask and whole game funded by ultra riches​

agreed, squid game script too simplistic and the game is boring too
 

Moonnite_Firefly

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my ranking

1. gantz - first few arcs damn nice... become boring when entering alien arc
2. battle royale - read manga... story, plot and character development more indept... live action sucks no to need watch
3. alice in wonderland - read manga... more dark and sinister... live action so-so only... 6/10

squid game just watered down version and a mix of the above 3... korea dunno copied how many idea from japan manga story liao~~ :frown:
 

Loratadine10mg

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Squid game game is too simple, the plot is very predictive until I can guess the old man could be the big boss, the 2 lead actors will compete against each other in the end, the cop's bro is behind Dr Doom's mask and whole game funded by ultra riches​

What do u expect?

In singapore look at the situation, who are controling the economic?

Ultimately, moral of story, u are a horse to the rich.. who is bored..
 

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squid game is more grounded, whereas alice is more fantasy, sci-fi futuristic...overall moi prefer alice cos female lead jin chio :s13:
Technically, Alice in Borderland should be considered as supernatural...
 

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in gganbu they never show Ali tio shot also. only gunshot sound. but guessed he still died. unless there is season 2 which i dun tink will have or it cant be called squid game anymore since it is will not be korea-theme supposedly as we are told in the show that the game rotates around different countries.

Unless you can’t see in Episode 8 they clearly showed Ali’s head with a face shot by a bullet.
 

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Squid game game is too simple, the plot is very predictive until I can guess the old man could be the big boss, the 2 lead actors will compete against each other in the end, the cop's bro is behind Dr Doom's mask and whole game funded by ultra riches​

Spoiler alert 🚦
 

TerryPower

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Having finished watching Squid Game, I think it is not a bad series. The story is very compact and the cinematography is quite creative. The focus on emotional content is very effective and powerful.

But to me, it suffers from the same reason why a lot of Korean movies and shows do not speak to me a lot - the characters in the show are often very unlikeable and anti-heroic. Korean shows often have lead characters that have very dark and demented qualities. This is probably due to the Korean national psyche with their very bleak and hopeless outlook in their shows, e.g Parasite, The Host, etc.

Alice in Wonderland is more in the vein of Japanese shows that tries to spin conspiracies and deeper philosophical explorations into traditional disaster film genres, e.g. Neon Genesis Evangelion, Liar Game. Sometimes these ideas or the execution are weak and ridiculous, but when they work well together, we have a great film like AIW. And in many Jippun movies, you will have positive do-gooder characters and of course the all-important Jippun chiobu.
i agree with you as i find SG more realistic as well. that's the kind of humans we have in this world.

"others before self" heroes are found in too many movies/dramas
 

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Please don’t tell me you guys like seeing Arisu screaming his head off like a ****er in every episode of AiB
 

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Squid game for a 2021 series, the writing feels extremely underwhelming. So many weak characters and relationships. Everything else like acting etc, is decent which kinda saved it
 
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