I thought it was great. Lots of allusions to ugly truths and little details like how floor 1 tried to cheat the system both in real life and inside the game. It’s not for the feint of heart, but the social commentary kept me watching.
I think that they were live but in some kind of dark web show. So for me it made sense that so many sadist and perverts were donating. Like squid game.
I stopped before episode 5 was over. The show started to make me stressed and everything was very discouraging. I enjoyed Squid Games more since it was better digestible, but I would have to agree with you that this show had further commentary on social class. Thanks for the video.
as an artist myself, the making art scene was just brilliant ! its a commentary on contemporary art and artists; the context of making that art piece couldn't be further in reality than the art work itself, the result was polarising for me as a viewer as you would expect something much more deep and profound but end up with a girl face and a Chanel logo ; also the actress did an amazing job in that scene !
i think the torture porn became too much that i lost interest; like it’s hard to care and became boring. especially when they did the truth and dare again and again. the mind games and outwitting the other team was more interesting overall.
I think the show is commentating on the depravity of the elite. Those are the people who are funding the show. They want more extreme things to be shown. That’s who floor 7 had to appeal to. Not us the audience. We the audience only have enough power to consume what has been given to us. It is the elite that are in charge of what we see. And that extends to the 8 show itself, and how that power dynamic plays out with the contestants.
I loved this show especially that my favourite actress is Chun woo hee ! I do agree though on your comments about sadistic violent part ; some of these scenes were hard to watch , but thinking about isn't a reality that the more you are have pleasure from something the more you go extreme in attaining that level of pleasure ?
Maybe we need some "cultural filter" to understand the torture issue and other ideas. On the one hand, the characters behave like a cartoon (anime?) heroes. After being hit so many times, they seem to be almost healthy - yes, they look bad, but only for 2-3 days. This violence is somehow NOT REAL. Until showrunners change their mind. Or people in the show seem to be so used to experiencing violence... Next, the idea of privacy and sex is understood a bit different than in Western cultures. I'm sure that buying common toilet and putting it in the "open space" would be one of the first decisions of Europeans (instead of keeping sh*t in own rooms). And I guess most of them would prefer to touch someone's breast to avoid being hit in the head. Btw, it's sooooo strange to name each other by numbers for such a long time and not to say real names.
I just hate the lack of common sense and plot holes. It just got more brain dead per episode that I had to stop watching. The biggest one for me is they could have poop outside of their rooms in the large common area outside. Secondly, once the crazy lady on the 8 floor started being unfair, they could have gave her a piece of their mind till she starts acting right. Even if she locked herself in the room, they could have just bought a sledge hammer and bash her door in and teach her a lesson, maybe confiscate her room card. Or just order some damn food with your room money. But no, they chose to buy expensive clothing for Miss crazy as an apology after she decided to starve them, instead of buying less expensive items like, I don’t know… FOOD.
I stopped at episode 4 it disinterested me it's so bad I like squid game better I thought it good it of in the begging but now when their were playing king game that were it lost especially when they let number 8 get the power just to showr her so called talent that ridiculous
Watched it completely up to episode 6, at which point it got so repetitive and infuriating I had to skip through a majority of the last 2 episodes. Was extremely promising until you watch your main characters basically lose over and over again with little to no lee way. Sad to see how downhill it went and how weirdly gruesome and brutal it got? Thought it was a mix of comedic and drama with a bit of social commentary, then just turn to a weird little torture porn gore fest with no redeeming quality’s
I'm watching right now and I'm thinking that some people can learn about the math but through the show keep goes on I feel like a the game gradually goes on more violent and I'm concerning that many people especially young kidt can learn about how it can become a violent person more and more and trying to use in real life because it can make to die someone without feeling any guilty
What did you think of “The 8 Show?”
I thought it was great. Lots of allusions to ugly truths and little details like how floor 1 tried to cheat the system both in real life and inside the game.
It’s not for the feint of heart, but the social commentary kept me watching.
It was a great show it was a lot better then squid game and it is under rated
I agree that this show is far more complex and intriguing than squid game.
A better and more interesting social commentary for sure
It’s is more complex but in my opinion squid game was more entertaining. Surprisingly I found the 8 show more disturbing.
@EmilyGRogers oh definitely more disturbing, I ended up hating the show when it became more about torture towards the end
I think that they were live but in some kind of dark web show. So for me it made sense that so many sadist and perverts were donating. Like squid game.
I stopped before episode 5 was over. The show started to make me stressed and everything was very discouraging. I enjoyed Squid Games more since it was better digestible, but I would have to agree with you that this show had further commentary on social class. Thanks for the video.
as an artist myself, the making art scene was just brilliant ! its a commentary on contemporary art and artists; the context of making that art piece couldn't be further in reality than the art work itself, the result was polarising for me as a viewer as you would expect something much more deep and profound but end up with a girl face and a Chanel logo ; also the actress did an amazing job in that scene !
which is also reflected on the final scene of number 8 where she bulldozer an art gallery and put a statement ' this is not art '
Yes! I loved that so much
i think the torture porn became too much that i lost interest; like it’s hard to care and became boring. especially when they did the truth and dare again and again.
the mind games and outwitting the other team was more interesting overall.
Completely agree
I think the show is commentating on the depravity of the elite. Those are the people who are funding the show. They want more extreme things to be shown. That’s who floor 7 had to appeal to. Not us the audience. We the audience only have enough power to consume what has been given to us. It is the elite that are in charge of what we see.
And that extends to the 8 show itself, and how that power dynamic plays out with the contestants.
I loved this show especially that my favourite actress is Chun woo hee ! I do agree though on your comments about sadistic violent part ; some of these scenes were hard to watch , but thinking about isn't a reality that the more you are have pleasure from something the more you go extreme in attaining that level of pleasure ?
Maybe we need some "cultural filter" to understand the torture issue and other ideas.
On the one hand, the characters behave like a cartoon (anime?) heroes. After being hit so many times, they seem to be almost healthy - yes, they look bad, but only for 2-3 days. This violence is somehow NOT REAL. Until showrunners change their mind.
Or people in the show seem to be so used to experiencing violence...
Next, the idea of privacy and sex is understood a bit different than in Western cultures.
I'm sure that buying common toilet and putting it in the "open space" would be one of the first decisions of Europeans (instead of keeping sh*t in own rooms).
And I guess most of them would prefer to touch someone's breast to avoid being hit in the head.
Btw, it's sooooo strange to name each other by numbers for such a long time and not to say real names.
I just hate the lack of common sense and plot holes.
It just got more brain dead per episode that I had to stop watching.
The biggest one for me is they could have poop outside of their rooms in the large common area outside.
Secondly, once the crazy lady on the 8 floor started being unfair, they could have gave her a piece of their mind till she starts acting right.
Even if she locked herself in the room, they could have just bought a sledge hammer and bash her door in and teach her a lesson, maybe confiscate her room card. Or just order some damn food with your room money.
But no, they chose to buy expensive clothing for Miss crazy as an apology after she decided to starve them, instead of buying less expensive items like, I don’t know… FOOD.
Agree with all of this except it was a rule you can’t buy food… I think…
@@MintVolcano yea you cant buy food/drinks thats why tjey haf to distill make booze on therr own.
Gr8 show.
Intriguing, complex, hard to watch at times : this is a well-crafted freak of a show that I enjoyed watching.
A lot.
I stopped at episode 4 it disinterested me it's so bad I like squid game better I thought it good it of in the begging but now when their were playing king game that were it lost especially when they let number 8 get the power just to showr her so called talent that ridiculous
Watched it completely up to episode 6, at which point it got so repetitive and infuriating I had to skip through a majority of the last 2 episodes. Was extremely promising until you watch your main characters basically lose over and over again with little to no lee way. Sad to see how downhill it went and how weirdly gruesome and brutal it got? Thought it was a mix of comedic and drama with a bit of social commentary, then just turn to a weird little torture porn gore fest with no redeeming quality’s
Yeah I didn’t understand why they went the torture porn route
I'm watching right now and I'm thinking that some people can learn about the math but through the show keep goes on I feel like a the game gradually goes on more violent and I'm concerning that many people especially young kidt can learn about how it can become a violent person more and more and trying to use in real life because it can make to die someone without feeling any guilty