Everyone
had
high
expectations
of
Squid
Game
season
3,
expecting
the
same
level
of
emotion,
the
same
thrills,
and
the
same
cinema.
But
it
failed
to
deliver,
sighs
Vihaan
Kulkarni.
That’s
right,
folks!
The
infernally
entertaining
Squid
Games
are
back!
A
game
in
which
456
participants
enter
and
play
games
to
relieve
themselves
of
crippling
debts
by
winning
a
prize
of
45.6
billion
won.
Sounds
like
the
dream
deal,
right?
It
should
be.
But
456
players
play
the
games,
and
only
one
player
wins.
The
rest?
They
die.
Squid
Game
Season
one
had
an
ability
to
keep
the
viewer
at
the
edge
of
his
seat.
In
any
other
show
or
movie,
a
person
might
think,
‘This
person
is
the
main
character,
he/she
will
not
die.’
Squid
Game
took
away
that
certainty.
The
character
arcs
in
season
one
were
flawless,
with
each
character’s
humanity
fading
away
bit
by
bit.
A
prime
example
was
Sang-woo,
with
his
innate
desire
to
survive
at
any
cost
turning
him
from
an
honourable
gentlemen
to
a
backstabbing
killer.
The
protagonist
Gi-hun
went
from
an
irresponsible
gambling
addict
to
a
broken
shell
of
his
former
self,
scarred
forever
by
the
deaths
he
witnessed.
Season
two
saw
a
magical
reunion
between
Gi-hun
and
the
games
that
broke
him,
and
was
also
executed
masterfully.
New
characters
were
introduced,
each
one
greedier
than
the
next.
New
games,
new
ideas,
and
the
Frontman
himself
participating
in
these
games.
A
masterpiece.
So
everyone
had
high
expectations
of
season
3,
expecting
the
same
level
of
emotion,
the
same
thrills,
and
the
same
cinema.
Instead,
it
failed
to
deliver,
with
a
mediocre
soundtrack
(unlike
in
the
first
two
seasons),
an
inability
to
give
the
characters
good
deaths,
and
way
too
much
melodrama.
Season
3
starts
with
a
broken
Gi-hun,
still
recovering
from
the
death
of
his
best
friend,
Jung-bae,
at
the
end
of
S2.
There
were
many
good
characters
like
Geum-ja,
Hyun-ju
and
Dae-ho,
and
all
see
bad
endings.
Especially
Yong-sik’s
death,
when
he
almost
killed
a
baby.
The
Frontman’s
unmasking
was
meant
to
feel
like
a
climax.
It
was
meant
to
bring
to
the
viewer,
‘OHHH
HE’S
GONNA
UNMASK
HE’S
GONNA
UNMASK
OH
MY
GOD!’
But
the
confrontation
between
Gi-hun
and
Frontman,
the
moment
that
we
were
all
really
looking
for,
is
such
a
letdown.
One
wonders
why
Frontman
even
took
off
his
mask
at
that
moment.
Jun-ho
is
a
great
detective
but
it
took
him
two
whole
seasons
to
find
the
island,
where
the
games
were
held.
Squid
Game
Season
1
and
2
were
peak
cinema.
There
was
no
detail
spared,
such
meticulous
planning.
Season
3,
on
the
other
hand,
was
a
poorly
executed
attempt
at
making
the
audience
feel
a
certain
set
of
melancholic
and
gut-wrenching
feelings.
Of
course,
it
was
the
darkest
and
most
twisted
season
of
them
all.
But
the
first
2
seasons
set
the
bar
too
high,
and
Season
3
didn’t
quite
get
there.
And
oh,
why
did
they
show
all
the
bad
guys
drinking
so
much?!!
Vihaan
Kulkarni,
15,
enjoys
his
fair
share
of
Korean
dramas.
Squid
Game
3
streams
on
Netflix.
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