Foreign media reacts mixed to the release of Season 2
BBC “4 out of 5 stars… “I have a feeling of great success”
American media “lack of fun and insight”
Hwang Dong-hyuk “Season 3 will be released next summer and fall”
Overseas media outlets responded enthusiastically to season 2 of the Netflix series ‘Squid Game’, which was released on the 26th. However, the temperature difference between the works was large.
The British BBC gave the new work 4 out of 5 stars in an article titled ‘A welcome return to a hellish world’ on the 26th (local time). The BBC said, “There is no doubt that it will be as big a success as season 1,” adding, “It is the ‘role of a lifetime’ for the main character, Lee Jung-jae. Lee Jung-jae won the 2022 Emmy Award for Drama, and there will be more winners at the next awards ceremony, he said.
American film media Variety commented, “It went beyond most of the points repeated with Season 1 by illuminating from a new angle the things that seem to plague modern Korean society, such as capitalist exploitation, corruption of morality, and class inequality.” Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP) commented, “The only problem with season 2 is the painful wait for season 3, which will be released in 2025.”
On the other hand, there were also negative reviews saying that it was not as good as Season 1. The New York Times (NYT) pointed out in an article titled “Squid Game Turns on the Red Light,” “It shows stylish slaughter, but the story is stagnant.” The British Guardian also criticized the fact that Season 2 ended unfinished, saying, “One of Hollywood’s many bad habits is splitting stories in half to double profits.” The American film media Hollywood Reporter said, “It lacked fun and ingenuity, and it also lacked new details or insight into the essence of the game.”
Director Hwang Dong-hyuk, who directed ‘Squid Game’, said in an interview with foreign media such as the Associated Press that was released on this day, “I expect season 3 to be released probably in the summer or fall of next year.” As for the reason for dividing it into seasons 2 and 3, “I originally planned to write the story over 8 to 9 episodes, but when I finished the story, it expanded to more than 10 episodes. “I thought it was too long to fit into one season,” he said. “I wanted to create an appropriate point to end season 2.” As for his next work after Squid Game, Director Hwang said, “I am thinking about a feature film set 10 or 20 years in the future. It will be darker and more cruel than ‘Squid Game,’ but at the same time, it will be quite ingenious and humorous.”
Reporter Hojae Lee [email protected]
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