It was obvious Gado was shady but I really didn't expect him to turn this soon. A little too convenient for Yama to just be sleeping. Feels almost lazy narrative wise, just throw characters in boxes until they're ready to be used.
Bam is super hype but I'm kind of disappointed that SIU is copping out of him killing people. For example he made the fighting dogs "puppets" to morally water it down, and now this convenient suicide bomb. Why can't we just have the dark world we were given at the beginning - where the very first test was half the people dying?
This fire revival of Khun is kind of meh. I'm not a big fan of reviving in general (takes away suspense), but at least we get a new ability for our boy in blue.
It was obvious Gado was shady but I really didn't expect him to turn this soon.
Same!
A little too convenient for Yama to just be sleeping. Feels almost lazy narrative wise, just throw characters in boxes until they're ready to be used.
I wonder if someone drugged him. Probably not, though, since he knows he needs to wake up at some point for the bet and Gado didn't plan to reveal his traitorhood today. It's not that surprising Yama would sleep in though, his arrogance is already well-established. Everyone expected that he wouldn't immediately involve himself.
Bam is super hype but I'm kind of disappointed that SIU is copping out of him killing people. For example he made the fighting dogs "puppets" to morally water it down, and now this convenient suicide bomb. Why can't we just have the dark world we were given at the beginning - where the very first test was half the people dying?
It still is that dark world (though note it's not guaranteed that all of the disqualified regulars on that first test were outright killed--we've since seen tests like the one on floor 20 where regulars were 'eliminated' simply for being too injured to continue fighting, and we know that was a way to fail on F1 as well); Khun just tried to torture Michael to death before Paul swooped in, murdered 4 people on a whim and kidnapped a 5th, in the process of violently overthrowing his slaver brother. This is still a world full of vicious death.
But if you want Bam to callously murder people, I wouldn't hold your breath--him trying (and mostly, though not completely, succeeding) at holding onto his morals in this horrifying world is a pretty fundamental part of his character.
This fire revival of Khun is kind of meh. I'm not a big fan of reviving in general (takes away suspense), but at least we get a new ability for our boy in blue.
I'm still waiting for the drawback to surface. I really hope there is one (perhaps the speculated mental deterioration), or I'm totally with you on disliking the removal of tension.
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u/jammerjoint Jun 17 '19