A Parasite movie review from Jack, Colin and special guest Hugh McStay.

Hugh writes for The London Horror Society and brings some brilliant insight on to our first ever movie review. The Oscar-winning movie ranks highly on both Colin and Shuggie's list of top films of all time, while Jack wasn't blown away on first time viewing. Tune in to hear why 2/3rds of the guys rank it so highly.

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Episode nine of Squid Game is “One Lucky Day”. Join Player 456’s hosts Jack and Colin as they finally deep dive into the ninth episode of Netflix’s most popular show of all time. They offer their insight, thoughts and appreciation, and also cover your questions, queries and theories.

“When we were kids, we would play just like this, and our moms would call us in for dinner. But no one calls us anymore.”

An original production from Glasgower

Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMilan

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Email: player456pod@gmail.com

Jack and Colin also host Wrong Term Memory - a weekly podcast with episodes out every Monday.

Episode eight of Squid Game is “Front Man”. Join Player 456’s hosts Jack and Colin as they deep dive into the eighth episode of Netflix’s most popular show of all time.

They want to hear more of your questions, queries and theories - along with your hopes for season two, so please get in touch!

The shortest episode of Squid Game by some way, but the show’s eighth instalment, “Front Man,” is full of deaths that matter. With only one episode to go, perhaps that was to be expected?

Every remaining death means something, because every remaining character is a major one. There’s no escaping the pain that comes with the deaths.

Jack and Colin discuss Jun-ho's island adventure, one of the best reveal's in TV history and Gi-hun, Sang-woo and Sae-byeok's final meal - alongside some murder.

Jack cries again.

An original production from Glasgower

Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMilan

Twitter: @player456pod

Email: player456pod@gmail.com

Jack and Colin also host Wrong Term Memory - a weekly podcast with episodes out every Monday.

Episode seven of Squid Game is “VIPS”. Join Player 456’s hosts Jack and Colin as they deep dive into the seventh episode of Netflix’s most popular show of all time. They offer their insight, thoughts and appreciation, and also cover your questions, queries and theories.

VIPs overall purpose: an introduction to the horrible, wealthy men this organized homicidal tournament is meant to entertain.

The Front Man juggles searching for Jun-ho and greeting the VIPs while the players get one potato for their dinner today.

Sang-woo starts to reveals a certain logical brutality and becomes the ultimate heel after the last six episodes have been leading to this.

The fifth game involves a glass stepping-stone bridge and is the first solo game since the honeycomb candy. The circus setting is different again but highlights how much of a game and how much fun these VIPs find these games – also, it is somewhere you only go as a child, or with children.

VIPs is a clear try at satire - does it work? You better listen to hear Jack and Colin's thoughts.

An original production from Glasgower

Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMilan

Twitter: @player456pod

Email: player456pod@gmail.com

Jack and Colin also host Wrong Term Memory - a weekly podcast with episodes out every Monday.

Episode six of Squid Game is “Gganbu”. Join Player 456’s hosts Jack and Colin as they deep dive into the sixth episode of Netflix’s most popular show of all time. They offer their insight, thoughts and appreciation, and also cover your questions, queries and theories.

Squid Game has largely eschewed tugging on the heartstrings - until now…

Apart from a short scene in which Jun-ho overhears the Front Man taking a telephone call about the arrival of the games’ VIPs, the action is focused on the players and their next game - marbles.

Player 101 vs Player 278:

Player 101 winds up winning after petitioning his guard to change the game they’d been playing (and at which he’d been losing badly).

Player 067 vs Player 240:

Neither Sae-byeok nor her partner 240 know how to play marbles - 240 dismisses the game as the province of “boomers”.

Player 218 vs Player 199:

Sang-woo and Ali begin by guessing whether their opponent is holding either an even or odd number of marbles in his hand. Sang-woo gets mad when Ali takes a big lead, accusing him of cheating, then begging for his life, and finally devising an alternate plan.

Player 456 vs Player 001:

Gi-hun and Player 001 also play the guessing game, though it takes some doing to get there, as the dementia-addled old man believes the fake street to be the street where he grew up.

One of the best things about Squid Game is that, for all its brutality, it does not seem to share the games’ sadism itself. The scenarios are awful to contemplate, but the awfulness is the point.

Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk values the interpersonal connections he’s creating, even as he destroys them. It’s an exploration of violence, not an exploitation of violence. 

Dong-hyuk makes sure that when he kills people you care about, you know their names.

An original production from Glasgower

Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMilan

Twitter: @player456pod

Email: player456pod@gmail.com

Jack and Colin also host Wrong Term Memory - a weekly podcast with episodes out every Monday.

Episode five of Squid Game is “A Fair World”. Join Player 456’s hosts Jack and Colin as they deep dive into the fifth episode of Netflix’s most popular show of all time. They offer their insight, thoughts and appreciation, and also cover your questions, queries and theories.

**Sorry we're late - Jack forgot to upload the file**

Back in the main room, Gi-hun notices there’s something wrong with 001 and realizes that he has a fever. He helps the old man lie down, and Sae-byeok gives him a bottle of water to help lower the fever.

Jack and Colin discuss some more of their favourite things - synchronisation and numerology - as well as trying to figure out the Front Man's timeline and how long the Squid Games have been going - it's at least 35 years by all accounts!

An original production from Glasgower

Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMilan

Twitter: @player456pod

Email: player456pod@gmail.com

Jack and Colin also host Wrong Term Memory - a weekly podcast with episodes out every Monday.

Episode five of Squid Game is “A Fair World”. Join Player 456’s hosts Jack and Colin as they deep dive into the fifth episode of Netflix’s most popular show of all time. They offer their insight, thoughts and appreciation, and also cover your questions, queries and theories.

At the control room, a square guard watches as the doctor and a triangle guard move through the colourful maze of staircases, Just like last time he erases the footage afterwards.

Jack and Colin discuss the theme of luck (or bad luck) again, alongside more brilliant and key backstory building - everyone has a story and grey areas from their past. Gi-hun uses some mind tricks to get the upper hand over Player 101 and they work to perfection!

An original production from Glasgower

Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMilan

Twitter: @player456pod

Email: player456pod@gmail.com

Jack and Colin also host Wrong Term Memory - a weekly podcast with episodes out every Monday.

Episode five of Squid Game is “A Fair World”. Join Player 456’s hosts Jack and Colin as they deep dive into the fifth episode of Netflix’s most popular show of all time. They offer their insight, thoughts and appreciation, and also cover your questions, queries and theories.

Squid Game episode 4 ended with a big cliff-hanger, episode 5 begins with people falling off that cliff. Sang-woo comes up with a last-minute plan and his team wins the tug of war. Somehow he convinced everyone to take three steps forward to force the other team to the ground.

Jack and Colin discuss the use of silence to create atmosphere and also add to the realisation of what the players have just had to do during the tug of war. Again, the use of colours are key (BLACKPINK) and there are some nods and references to Hollywood films e.g. The Matrix.

An original production from Glasgower

Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMilan

Twitter: @player456pod

Email: player456pod@gmail.com

Jack and Colin also host Wrong Term Memory - a weekly podcast with episodes out every Monday.