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bravetab t1_j21afuk wrote

I really am enjoying season 2, albeit a little less than i enjoyed season 1.

I think that while i typically enjoy the heavy science fiction nature of Alice in Borderlands more, Squid Game is a better show imo. Mostly i find that overly excessive Japanese melodrama to be exhausting. Characters standing around, looking in opposite directions, speaking in philosophical terms... its just too much.

When the show gets to the actual story and the action and the games, its pretty damn entertaining.

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EkaterinaGagutlova OP t1_j21b8vj wrote

The drama can get exhausting, I agree. But I enjoy the games themselves much more. The game with the King of Clubs team was awesome.

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MicooDA t1_j23xkam wrote

I loved how the background nobody-characters were actually trying. Of course they wouldn’t win because they’re just randos but they really gave it a shot instead of running around like fools.

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Pokerhobo t1_j22ds8k wrote

Alice in Borderland is an adaptation from the original manga and my understanding is that it's pretty faithful although leaves out some details (like the King of Spade's motivation or the joker character). Season 2 essentially ends with the end of the manga (except more details of the joker), so unless the show runners want to create new plots for a whole season around the joker, there shouldn't be a season 3. The thing about how characters act/talk is not uncommon in manga.

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Jimmni t1_j2421ok wrote

Given the ending, they definitely seem to want to leave the door open for a season 3, but don't expect to get one.

Could you give me spoilers on the motivation of the King of Spades though? They teased that in a pretty annoying way.

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Pokerhobo t1_j25nxtt wrote

Watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3keWHPJ2_68

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Jimmni t1_j25oaye wrote

I get "This video isn't available any more." :(

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bmabizari t1_j22zpcb wrote

To be fair the manga also left out in a way that a sequel could happen. And I think there was even a one shot set in the future.

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drakebalrog t1_j21se5u wrote

yuppp thats what happens when you adapt a manga lmao. Its typical manga dialogue/monologue. Drone on about some this or that blah blah lol

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Thromkai t1_j24ezsm wrote

> I really am enjoying season 2, albeit a little less than i enjoyed season 1.

I see them as very different seasons, honestly. Season 1 fell for me at The Beach. Season 2 has been consistent all throughout.

It's the anime stuff that bothers people a lot but knowing that going in, I let it go and just enjoyed it for what it is.

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bravetab t1_j24knsg wrote

Honestly I've been into anime, manga and jrpgs since I was like 8 so it's nothing new to me. I guess getting older it's just lost most of its charm.

Despite that I think Alice has been a really entertaining series, and better than the majority of adaptations I'm used to.

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illuvattarr t1_j29e4f8 wrote

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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Bissrok t1_j224z51 wrote

Season 2 is out?

They suck at promoting these things.

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