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February 2, 2025 47 mins
The Second Wall - Squid Game Season 2, Ep 5-7: Honestly, We'd Rather Talk About Blue Lock www.beardyandthebeast.com/ SOCIALS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atbeardy/ Discord: https://discord.gg/dATxzkvj4w Twitter: https://twitter.com/atbeardy/ PODCAST SERVICES SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/beardy-and-the-beast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/beardy-and-the-beast/id1561848108 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjkyMTI4OTcwMi9zb3VuZHMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3fR474JT9NgtfqpsnyNgUi iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/80459828/ TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Media--Entertainment-Podcasts/Beardy-And-The-Beast-p1421217/ VIDEO SERVICES Youtube: https://youtube.com/@BeardyAndTheBeast Join us as we discuss topics such as: - So little occurred in episodes 5 and 6 that we cut our series by an episode - Season 2 was only half a season's worth of story - A whole lot of putting things out there and not a whole lot of tying things up - Felt like just a poor rehash of Season 1 - Drew poorly tells Dev about Korea's mandatory public service - Fever dream of a kid telling you a story. Story of "And Thens". - No excitement for Season 3 - Season 2 should have been 30 minute episodes to pace it better and cut out unneeded material - It seems like the show is allergic to character growth 456: - Motivations and actions are understandable - He would not sacrifice the few for the sake of the many - Lucks out on everything he does Handsome Cop: - Was even more useless in Season 2 - May have even ha negative/backward character progression - Nothing was accomplished by HC or the paramilitary force 011: - The season successfully got the audience to not care about 011 - Doesn't seem to have a path to redemption 222: - Needed more lines 230: - TOP and Big Bang were awesome but Thanos was not - Suspect that writers or producers changed TOP's character to be campy and over-the-top - Very akin to wrestlers moving to acting 120: - Directly saw the outcome of her choices and was the only powerful moment in the season - Was a great moment with even better acting - Refreshingly did not treat the trans character as campy or comedic 380: - Death season was pulled directly out of Saving Private Ryan Blue Lock - Drew an Dev talk about Blue Lock for 20 minutes - Succeeded in every way Squid Game season 2 failed - Motivations and character progression make sense - Contains character growth - Actually describe the purpose of bringing the people together ... Thanos = Comedic and annoying Joffrey from Game of Thrones
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