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no before Squid Game there was Liars' Game and that one teaches muuuch better lesson - that players can cooperate so that nobody loses, no matter how much org
by NooneAtAll3 2y ago
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before Squid Game there was Liars' Game
and that one teaches muuuch better lesson - that players can cooperate so that nobody loses, no matter how much organizers want to make players clash with each other
- hnlmorg 2y agoThere’s literally hundreds of shows and movies. What some people have missed is that this is its own sub-genre of horror. You have shows like Alice in Borderland that doesn’t get nearly enough love (and is far better than Squid Games in my opinion). Cube is a late 90s movie that’s on this theme too. You could argue the SAW movies are too, though I’m not personally a fan of those. There are also plenty of comics on this theme too. The aforementioned Alice in Borderlands is based on a manga by the same title.
- euroderf 2y agoCube is a great lesson in budget filmmaking.
- NooneAtAll3 2y ago...horror?
- hnlmorg 2y ago…yes…
- ndsipa_pomu 2y agoI came here specifically to recommend Alice in Borderland. I believe season 3 is due out soon this year. I just watched season 2 of Squid Games and whilst it was fun and I enjoyed it, it didn't really seem to add much to the series.
- flocciput 2y agoI've been waiting for someone to mention Liars' Game! When I started watching Squid Game that's the direction I hoped it was going in. Still good, and season 2 seems to be more in that vein than the first was. But in general I'm a huge fan of stuff that makes you wonder "how are they going to game their way out of it this time?"
- slightwinder 2y ago[..]Squid Game’s creator Hwang Dong-hyuk openly admits to taking inspiration from Battle Royale[..] To be fair, they seem to also name Liar Game, as also Kaiji.
- charlieyu1 2y agoLair’s Game was like a decade after BR