Delicate spoilers for “Squid Recreation” season 2 observe.
In season 1 of “Squid Recreation” there was a mind breaking reference that understandably made some viewers heads explode. One of many unlucky contestants caught up in these video games of life and demise speaks of well-known Korean actor, Lee Byung Hun, just for Lee Byung Hun himself to be taking part in the masked Entrance Man that has been managing the video games this entire time. It makes us marvel then, given the arrival of a brand new contestant named Thanos in season 2 of the sequence, if the ultimate episode will see a Mad Titan make an look as an enormous plot twist and it seems that “Squid Recreation” is definitely all a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In all probability not, however stranger issues have occurred.
Within the case of this explicit Thanos although, the identify is completely a reference to Marvel’s feared world-wrecker and Josh Brolin’s ribbed chinned villain that was seen snapped out of existence by Tony Stark in “Avengers: Endgame.” Out of respect to Marvel’s universe shaking unhealthy man, this Thanos even has purple hair in keeping with Thanos’ pores and skin colour and has his fingernails painted to match the colour of the Infinity Stones — a set of stones that would definitely change the sport a bit in the event that they have been out there proper now. Alas, the Thanos in “Squid Recreation” season 2 and the remainder of the unlucky challengers must rely on their wits to make it out alive. And if the final batch of gamers are something to go by, backstabbing is, dare we are saying, inevitable.
Thanos is a real-life rapper, T.O.P.
On this planet of “Squid Recreation,” Thanos is a rapper who has fallen on onerous instances after investing in cryptocurrency and dropping all of it, due to the recommendation of economic YouTuber “Wonderful Myung-gi” (Yim Si-wan), who additionally finds himself within the video games as effectively. In an effort to get again on high, Thanos joins the Squid Recreation to revive his profession, and like everybody else, his checking account. For the actor behind the Marvel-obsessed character, it does not take a lot to get into the mindset of a large Korean rap star, provided that he is been one for years already.
Moreover the 4 unique characters returning for Season 2 of “Squid Recreation,” Choi Seung-hyun, also called T.O.P., is among the newcomers to the present and has been within the music trade since 2006 the place he was lead rapper for BigBang. In 2007 he tried his hand at performing and in doing so, delivered critically acclaimed performances in each tv and movie, together with his flip in Korean warfare movie, “71: Into the Fireplace,” incomes him a nomination for the Asian Movie Awards. “Squid Recreation” would mark the star’s first performing efficiency in seven years, and whereas we do not wish to name it too quickly, we marvel if he’ll dwell lengthy sufficient to see the third and last season. Effectively, the universe does want stability in any case.
“Squid Recreation” season 2 is now streaming on Netflix.
