Squid Game 1x2 REACTION!! "Hell" 

Eric your maths are rusty hahahah, 45 billion won are 38 million dollars more or less and 100 million won are like 100 000 dollars, a little bit less but around that

Not sure if this will help… 45 billion won is averagely abt US$ 37 million (US$ 37,598701.50 to be exact as of 12th oct 2021). There’s 9 x 0s in 45,000,000,000 Korean won. Maybe just divide whatever Korean Won amount by 1,200 just to get a rough average in US$?

He did not have a hole in his pocket. She cut it out.

An important tip!! Please watch it with the normal "English" subtitles and NOT the "English [CC]". As a Korean, I can promise you that the [CC] version's translations are trash!

Hey, I subscribed to your Patreon and the rewards are still locked. Does it take a while to go through? Btw, as a 2nd generation American whose parents fled from Communism. I noticed that people tend to think that the acting is over exaggerated ; but look at how things are "performed" in DPRK and PRC; a lot of compelled speech and compulsory behavior for the sake of survival. It would be worth discussing why, "Squid Game" is banned in China. .....and why people who've watched it end up "disappeared".

101 is so perfectly written

That crazy old fuck was smiling past dead bodies in episode one. He already felt like a maniac so it's a good swerve whether it's intentional or cause he's dying and fucks up. Damn its good tho

@@ryuhitsuya21 It is intentional. He gives the people a second chance to back out of the game. His intention was never to force people to be part of it.

It is one of the best moments of the show because it goes against what is expected.

@@ryuhitsuya21 he wanted people to get a second chance going home. So if you think about it, most of the people that came back, came back on their own will. And also him smiling (imo) was because he’s enjoying the game because ,you know at the end of the show.

and then the ending made it one of the most overhyped shows of the year

@@ygkemosabi8280 I really liked the ending. Ik everyone has different opinions but I want to know why you didn’t like it? Just curious

@@sib-dragonemperor3409 one of the players dies randomly to make the last game a 1 v1 (bad writing) the mc decides to go back into the game but its not clear if hes doing it because hes still addicted to gambling or if he is trying to be a badass, both kind of out of character (bad writing) no resolution on his struggling friend, he is rich did he help him, ignore him, we dont know (bad writing) no resolution with his daughter (bad writing) 1 v 1 was kinda lame woulda rathor had like a 3 v 3 vs the guards or something like they set up in the beginning off the top of my head

@@ygkemosabi8280 I get where u r coming from. Personally, I love when they don’t answer some questions in the show. Like they don’t tell us what’s going to happen at the end. They want the viewers to think, to create their own ending. For example, when that guy left the plane at the end. We don’t know why he did it. Might be because he wants to go back in the game, might be because he wants to stop it or might be because he’s afraid they’ll kill him as they know what’s he doing. They want us to thnk our own ending. That’s why I love the ending.

I think letting them leave was pretty brilliant, those who came back were even more ready to play the game. Also it makes it seem more legitimate and harder to believe. Is it kidnapping if you’re always free to leave?

At least in the game every person have an equal chance. In the real world however, inequality changes everything.

It's actually also based on the specific Korean term for work hell

Pretty sure that was the point

that implies that place is limbo because if youre rich, the earth could potentially be a heaven. (potentially) because ive seen people go crazy having too much money.

@@tatianaferreira5998 Technically some people have an advantage in the game too, and most games are about said advantage, they very much comment on that with the physical challenges where men are much more likely to win, and later that very advantage is subverted through the marble challenge where choosing a strong partner isn't necessarily good. In fact not being chosen at all is best.

Damn how long before do you get access by patreon?

@@sujalbageriya2619 2$ - 1 week 5$ - 2 weeks 15$ - 4 weeks

@@bekss3 4 weeks?? damn. I thought the recorded the reactions a week in advance.

@@SuperThisen How do you think they make time for vacations from time to time and uploads couple of videos daily?

I feel like eventually you start subconsciously picking up how certain words come across in their language so sometimes you only need to read like the first two words, and by context from the previous sentence, kind of mesh an idea of what they are trying to convey, at least thats what i do.

And also foreshadow a lot of thing of the future of each character..

He stole her money to gamble after begging for more. His mother barely matters to him anyway.

@@ryuhitsuya21 Ever heard "we don't know what we have until we lose it"? His character is way more complex than you are trying to portray.

@@ryuhitsuya21 Thats a big leap in logic. Or rather over it.

Hits different when u know how it ends

@@ryuhitsuya21 did you even watch the last episode?

Yep, even the pink soldiers say that in this episode.

Holy moly, Aaron was right about something!

It looks like they had the CC subs on for episode 3. Hopefully they fixed it for the episodes after that

@@exessen1684 Yes, starting with episode 4 they switched to the "English" subtitles. They had watched the first 3 with the CC version

How do you access the CC version on Netflix anyway?

@@johnglue1744 You can find it under the audio and subtitle feature. The CC version is the default one so you can change it there

@@bebeh_gee Ah on AppleTV I just switched on the English subs and never saw CC so now I know. Thanks.

yeah the fact that those people are the ones pushed to the point of chancing this thing knowing how much of a risk it is adds so much to their tragedy

Yeah I don’t think people realize that the gambling thing (aside from the symbolic aspect of it as it parallels the games) is specific to Gi-Hun, it’s not how every player got there.

@@releve-hs thats crazy, as im writing this im sitting next to an ar 15 lol

I'm late to this but I took it as symbolism to what happens to the players, gun because most are killed by gunfire when they lose a game and fire because their bodies are put in that box and incinerated

Or are immigrants who have no legal way to make money so they get exploited

Rick might be a robot, or possibly a talking potato.

I wonder how he's gonna react during that certain episode

@@cookiedestroyer2801 or he's watched already

@@cookiedestroyer2801😂😂😂😂😂

In episode 9 the owner of the games says his business is giving people money they cant pay to go in depth so they can play the game Its definitely related

Some other reactors as well got confused by that. Yeah, i took it as he is in massive debt because i think most people know there is some illegal organ harvesting happening in China so it's culture there. That's also why they have that one doctor helping them because organs are very valuable.

@@cracktoon_powerscaling I’m sure some of the competitors over the years were there because they owed money to one of the VIPs. Before internet and background searches, it’s probably how they were able to find enough people to play.

@@cracktoon_powerscaling I'm pretty sure what Colby Varney meant was that signing the contract wasn't Gi Hun signing up for the games or anything like that.

@@cracktoon_powerscaling Insurance companies do that, banks do that as well. That doesn't mean he has anything to do with the loan shark gang that chased Gihun in the beginning.

thank you~ no one even caught that detail.

@@_blink_xg carbon monoxide poisoning is the most common suicide in korea. If you would go back to that scene you will see it on the floor the charcoal thing.

He was burning a piece of coal brisket, which releases carbon monoxide. Its a common suicide method on Asia :(

잘 알고 계시네요. 연탄이라는 것인데요 옛날에 사용했던 지금은 거의 볼 수 없는것입니다. 방을 따뜻하게 해주거나. 음식을 조리하며. 난로로 쓰기도 했던 석탄의 종류인데. 일산화탄소가 나와서 중독되면 사망하죠. 상우는 연탄을 피우며 자살을 시도한 것입니다

@@aj897 omg glad to see you're okay, be careful next time.

I was kind of sad that this was with the CC because some words were changed, the characters mentioned the word "hell", the title of the episode, several times and I think that gave it more depth.

He did it to himself. Most or all of the players problems are self inflicted. His buddy stole people's money. Most of them are only suffering the consequences of their own mistakes.

@@Jordan-Ramses None of their actions justify what's happening in the game, and just because their actions lead to the circumstances they currently face does not mean they deserve that fate. Plus you cannot say their problems are self-inflicted, we only know they're mostly all in debt. Debt systems are predatory by design, and depending on the need for money they may have been entirely justified in taking the money. In fact almost half the characters we focus on in the game are justified in their actions leading to the cause of their involvement.

@@VegaSlides they don't deserve to be killed. But I don't feel like they are victims. I mean, yes victims inside the game. But not victims before that. They did it to themselves. They made really bad and usually illegal choices. How are they justified? The main character illegally borrowed money he can't repay from a criminal organization. His friend stole money from his clients and was facing jail time.

@@Jordan-Ramses not all of them. Take a look at Ali for example. The reason Ali joined the game was the fact that his scumbag boss didn’t pay him or the other workers.

It's true. I've watched House M.D..

@@steverogers6572 Was that a joke? Or are you genuinely watching House M.D for medical information? Cause that show is considered one of the least realistic by doctors. I hope a joke.

@@sardonicus1739 It is a joke. Lighten the hell up. Also, doesnt mean some of the stuff in that show wasn't real. There were many examples of realistic medical diagnosis and treatment which one of them happens to be what OP said.

@@sardonicus1739 nah im three years into med school and everything you see in house is 100% accurate

Same. This show is nicely-shot. The tug-o-war segment with narration was one of my favorites, but also here Eric complimented how no matter what angle it's shot you could still tell which option the players chose because of the color reflecting onto their face.

Yeah it's a weird people can't see of such an obvious thing...

He seems weird to me. Always smiling. I wouldn't be surprised if he's behind this whole thing. Crazy theory but he weird 🤣

@@bensenzo not sure I think he is behind it all but there is more than meets the eye.

See you all in a few episodes. :)

@@_skyfullofstars yeah we all suspect he’s behind it all.

Rick calls everything lol

He has a devious mind lol.

I was calling for organ harvesting in the second episode as well. A little extra cash to fund the game or workers wouldn’t hurt.

Didn't he say he already finished the show?

@@SamuraiBre That was a joke

When he meets the slap game guy he says he signed away his physical rights

@@mattchamp1541 Ttakgi game/recruiter man is simply listing off Gi Hun's financial desperation - how much money he owns to banks and loan sharks, his previous small business failings, etc. His message is that "I know so much about your life that I even know what you signed with your own noseblood earlier today." Fact: a loan shark/gangster's "signing away of physical rights" is legally recognized in 0% of Korea's courts. It's simply a threat document that lets borrowers know the mob is coming after them if they don't pay.

At the end mr man(dont wanna say his name) says that hes a money lender, nostril cutter couldve worked for him

@@miketrujillo3677 Money lender to me sounded like a bad sub translation of major banker. Not saying banking executives can't have shady underworld types carrying out their dirtywork (actually common in Korea), but on the surface level I just felt 001 loaned out millions to real estate developers while nostril goon was a petty street level shark preying on losers like Gi Hun.

@@atkim122 oh ok

😳😳😳

And place where they picked up the old man was front of the hospital.

They're watching the correct "English" subs, not the "English [CC]" subs that are shown with the reactions. You can tell when Sang-woo mentions clause 3 of their contract. The "English" translation of the actual Korean video mentions they can end the game if a majority of players agree. However, in this reaction video we see him say that they can end the games if every player agrees. This is the "English[CC]" translation (a transcript of the dubbed version). But seconds later, the crew of Blind Wave start asking if he meant a super majority or a regular majority.

Exactly! So at 21:20, Eric is wrong with his calculations. 45 billion won is about 40 million US dollars, not 4 million US dollars.

Conversion is around 1179:1 won:usd

@@swedishshortsnout5610 yep. He's using 11090 won per dollar not 1190.

Best way. Exchange rate fluctuates and it's been as low as 950 to 1 dollar and 1200 to 1 dollar. Just easier to assume 1000 to 1

I did see something about that, the show makers offered money to the number owner to change their own number, i don't think it was alot though

Actually when filming the number was confirmed by the Korean phone company to be an unused number. Something after they finished filming they ended up giving the number to someone. So originally it was a number that would have gone to no one.

@@marcushankins8171 I thought the guy said he has been using it for 10 years.

Gnats why in US all numbers in movies and TV shows start with 555. It's a fake exchange that is never used.

@@crystalfire5564 Yeah, that's what I remember seeing. Not only that, another person was getting calls too because his number was one off and so people mis-dialing were calling him. But seriously, this is childish lol. Who calls a number from a show??? Don't y'all have better things to do?

Which is kinda chump change for the VIPs

@@ArunaUtd right but for anyone that's enough to live on for the rest of your life.

Yeah i looked this up when i first saw the series. I might move to South Korea honestly lmao.

@@marcushankins8171 My point was, even though the winners went through literal hell playing these games, watching hundreds of people die, scarring them for life, they still don't even get close to the people who were born into their riches (or at least didn't have to go through the same struggle as the players). I think it's a good commentary on real life.

@@ArunaUtd it is but also not. Being born into poverty and PUTTING yourself in it are two separate things all of these characters got where they were from bad decisions. Ali maybe the only one who couldn’t help his situation since he had a good paying job but just wasn’t getting paid.

Either this or Gganbu.

@teshi and then ends in some bullshit

5 was boring imo

🤔

Infact, an irl clue that someone will will commit suicide is that they suddenly become overly generous, giving away things that are valuable to them.

they've already watched the first 6

@@oyasumiihi It’s for the RU-vid audience 👍🏻

Have watched Squid Game more than once and used both, found CC English had simpler explanations of some terms, like in Episode 4 in that particular game at the end, in the English subs, the old man mentions the word _Ssireum_ which I had to look up means Korean Style Wrestler whereas the CC English just had the word _Wrestler._ There are other examples in CC English that flow better in terms of the way something is explained and is easier to read but _overall_ , English is better for sure. Wish Netflix would use some of the CC English in the official English subs.