Three years ago the premiere took place Game “Squid” It was an unprecedented success, surprising specialist critics. The story of the deadly competition, which pushed hard-working participants to their limits, was as brutal as it was brutal. But it also contained a sharp social commentary on modern greed and the struggle to survive in the face of inequality. What has become the series gained a popularity phenomenon that was unexpected for Netflix.
The second season has been awaited for a very long time. But finally, by the end of the year, it will become one of the highlights of the platform’s catalogue. At the moment, the producers have already shown their first trailer and made it clear that what is coming is a combination of violence, pain and cruelty. And all this in a gaming arena that is more complex, larger and more brutal than ever. Something that makes it clear that Game “Squid”barely showed the most general points of its premise and that it leads to much darker places than those it showed.
But one of the details that caught the attention of the trailer was that it will answer one of the most important questions of the first part. This is the identity of the Salesman (played by Korean actor Gong Yoo), who is responsible for recruiting new players to the grim center stage. This would allow us to understand how the mechanism that maintains bloody competition selects the next participants and how this affects their chances of success.
Mysterious character in the deadly gaming arena
During its first season Game “Squid” revealed most of its secrets. What started as an invitation to a confrontation that promised a fabulous prize quickly turned into horror territory. From deadly games, murders in the middle of competitions, from unprecedented cruelty to a test of ethics and morality, which could very well end in the death of one of the participants. The truth is that the series Netflix has turned a simple concept into a strange mixture of gore, violence and social criticism.
But the plot was not limited to demonstrating increasingly extravagant abilities. He also explored the world that surrounded (or allowed) such a game. Hierarchies of guards responsible for monitoring the participants, those who sheltered the observers from the most severe tests. Step by step, the plot reimagined a universe that seemed much more complex, unique, and strange. Which led to the final revelation of the identity of the leader and organizer of this experience. to the main reasons for creating such dynamics.
Now, Game “Squid” He kept one of his riddles to himself. And this is the role of the seller. Besides finding, pitching and convincing new players, this is the perfect way to begin what appears to be a journey towards a tragic fate. Which suggests that the character is much more of a reason to show how to enter the gaming arena. The moment that the trailer for the second season showed and which suggests that this will be of great interest in the plot of the second season.
Secrets of the Expanding Universe
As you may remember, we first see the Salesman at a subway station challenging Song Gi Heon (Lee Jeong Jae). But it’s not just about enticing a desperate person to find a seemingly permanent solution to his business problems. In addition, he assumes that he has confidential and far-reaching information about possible new prospects to enter the arena. But the idea goes further: is it really The seller is probably the only bridge to the underworld that shows Game “Squid”?
The trailer shows the character breaking the fourth wall and somehow involving the audience in the dynamics of the game. But for now, the very fact that he is the only person connected to what is happening on the mysterious island where the events take place, and in the world beyond, indicates that his identity is something more complex. Could the trailer announce that the Seller is in charge of investigating and choosing scapegoats for this creepy event? We can only wait for the premiere of new episodes of the series.And Game “Squid” to know the answer.
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