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illuvattarr t1_j29e4f8 wrote

Reply to comment by bravetab in Alice in Borderland by EkaterinaGagutlova

Enjoyed season 2 as well but it's clear they were trying to be more like squid game and be 'deeper' with more emphasis on inequality and the value of human life, but it didn't work and turned into overlong melodramatic monologues with generic epic music. They should have just embraced their campiness and go all out with the games cause those were pretty awesome.

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bravetab t1_j29rq9t wrote

Yea I agree. Where squid games made the plight of the players very relatable (crippling debt, class inequality), Alice made the characters almost laughable. In squid games the main character is going to lose his daughter and his mother is dying because he can't afford medication... All because of his drinking and gambling addiction.

In Alice, the main character is sad because he played too many video games.

Not to mention in Alice the characters speak in frustratingly vague generalities. All life is equal, don't abandon your ideals etc, without ever really quantifying them in any significant way.

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