Squid Game 2 - Episode 3 | REACTION (Patreon)

Man crazily enough, so far all I've really seen in my YouTube comments about this season are complaints about how "boring" it is or how it "sucks and will never live up to the first season", but do people not understand that this isn't the purpose of this season?

Season 1 was so novel and out of control with its reception that nothing, let alone a second season could even hope to live up to that. On top of that even, as the novelty has worn off and this season expands on the story which many of us are already familiar with, things are going to feel new but familiar, and exciting, but in a different way: here we have the excitement of kind of knowing how this thing goes, as opposed to the shock factor that season 1 had.

That said, I think this season so far for me is so much more about paying attention to the social commentary and underlying themes - something which I didn't really pay much mind to in season 1. Season 1 for me was so much more about action and death and the tough to watch scenes that the underlying themes didn't hit until later, whereas this season is the opposite. So far, its a really refreshing change of pace and whilst action and pew pew pew KABOOM is great and all, seeing these characters become more complex and lines blurring between who/what is right or wrong is so much more enjoyable for me.

What do you guys think? Let me know below!

Oh also - enjoy the episode! We're back on the island! Ahhhh