know that I got sent a brand new BenQ W1800i 4k HDR Projector. BenQ said they wanted me
to review the new system whilst talking about a movie or tv show that's had a lot of impact
on me so as a thank you to them I'm gonna be giving my thoughts on towards the end of
the video whilst also going over how much I love Squid Game.
I used to have the w2700 projector from them which has one of the best projector pictures
I've ever seen and we'll be going over whether this improves on it or not.
Now in this video we're gonna be answering all the big questions you have on Squid Game
including why Il-Nam created it, what happened to the front man and also why Gi-Hun did things
like dying his hair.
And it's beyond it looking great.
Now the first thing we're gonna be going over is why Il-Nam created the tournament. Though
very little is actually known about the character, we learn in the series that when he was growing
up that the character played lots of games as a kid. These included all of the things
that we see in the show and this also explains why he's so good at playing them.
Il-Nam's entire life is centred around games and well, gambling. Even on his death bed
he still attempts to play a final one with Gi-Hun in which he bets whether anyone will
help a man passed out in the freezing cold. Just as he loses this he loses his life and
everything is all tied together in such a way that it makes for an awesome final scene.
Now firstly I wanna just take the reason why he won at face value before going into what
I think the hidden meaning behind it is. We learn that Il-Nam built a vast fortune for
himself and because of this, money was never an object. Whatever he wanted to do he could
but this also came with it's downsides. Nothing was out of his reach any longer, there was
nothing else that would prove a challenge to him and thus everything became rather pedestrian.
It reminded me a lot of an old twilight zone episode called a Nice Place To Visit due to
the psychological aspects in it. That episode followed a man named Rocky who was shot dead
after robbing a pawn shop.
In the afterlife he meets what appears to be an angel that tells him it's job is to
give his heart whatever it desires.
Initially he believes he's in heaven because he wins everything single game that he plays
and he's loved and adored by all that he comes across.
However as the episode goes on he realises he's in hell because everything goes his way
no matter what and that the need to do better and improve has been stripped away from him.
This is very much how I view Il-Nam and he tells us that he found some common ground
with his other rich friends who felt the same way. Thus they set up the Squid Game and started
to recruit people from across the world. In episode five we see that this has gone back
decades and that over the years, thousands upon thousands have met their deaths for the
entertainment of the VIPs.
At one point it's said that this is very much a form of gambling for them and we as humans
subject animals such as horses to partake in games for us, much like how Il-Nam and
co do.
Now why the twist is so shocking is because Il-Nam comes across as one of the nicest people
in the show. During the marbles game I'm pretty sure everyone was upset when he died and,
not gonna lie, it made me hate Gi-Hun for a bit.
I think what Il-Nam and the VIPs do to ease their conscience is that they make the majority
of the games something that the contestants have to agree to. Everyone signs a waiver
before entering the competition and they are given options to forfeit and leave with their
lives should they wish to.
I think what's likely the case is that they've done the games enough times now to know that
many will want to quit after the first one but the prize money will always bring them
back. These are of course desperate people that we're dealing with and they're hand selected
by the recruiter likely due to their appearance and circumstances.
Thus to ease the conscience of the VIPs, they are given the opportunity to quit and then
it's entirely on them if they decide to come back.
Il-Nam very much had lived a life of betting and gambling and we know from the show that
he was diagnosed with a tumour. I believe before he got gravely ill that the character
wanted to have one more real big gamble and thus he decided to play his game from the
otherside.
He picked up number one and interestingly Il-Nam actually translates to one as well
which is a clue that he was behind it all.
Now in the game I believe that he finds something he did not expect to and that is an heir.
When we join him at his death bed there's no relatives there or anyone close to him
to keep him company. He is truly alone except for Gi-Hun and it is possible that in this
game he came across someone that literally or figuratively was like a son to him.
Now why I say literally is because there are some hints in the series that the pair are
actually related. In Episode 3, Gi-Hun goes to get some milk and he tells a guard that
he can't have it and asks for chocolate flavour instead.
Il-Nam makes fun of him and says that his son used to do the same and that he'd beat
him for it.
When they're playing marbles Il-Nam walks through the streets and he comes across somewhere
that resembles his childhood home. Interestingly Gi-Hun also says that an alleyway resembles
where he lived when he was younger and it is possible that the pair are related.
If that's indeed the case then it would mean that Il-Nam abandoned Gi-Hun when he was younger
in order to gamble and to play the games. This is not dissimilar to how we meet Gi-Hun
who is betting on horses, in debt over his head and also at a point where his daughter
is taken away from him.
At the end of the season he is meant to be flying out to LA in order to meet with her
but instead he ends up heading back to seemingly stop the games.
All of these similarities makes me think that Il-Nam wasn't just playing in the games in
order to see what they were like but he was also trying to find a replacement. Il-Nam
had no heirs or people to pass on his legacy to and thus I believe that he went through
the selection process in order to see if there was anyone else worthy to take up the leadership
of the Games.
Now this definitely has been seen in the past and how they've operated.
In Episode 5 we learn that In-Ho aka The Front Man had actually been a part of the games
and because he's still alive, it's likely that he won them. He's also been drafted into
the running of the games probably because he's now so rich that he realises he has more
in common with Il-Nam and the like than he does the typical man.
That being said I have no idea how much that amount of money is actually worth and maybe
he still needs a job.
Anyway this idea of Gi-hun becoming closer to those in powers is pretty much telegraphed
to us at the end. Not only does he completely change his appearance and start dressing smarter
but he also dyes his hair red.
Red throughout the series is seen as a colour that showcases power and whether it was the
cards given out by the recruiter or the guards themselves, Red indiciates someone is part
of the system rather than being a player.
Thus I think the real reason that Il-Nam created the games is because he not only wanted a
fun time for him and his friends but he also wanted someone to take over them. In the finale
we learn that the games are still going on and thus they are likely looking for other
people to either watch over it or run it. Il-Nam has left a void in the operation that
needs to be filled and I'd absolutely love to see Gi-Hun step into it. Gi-Hun has demonstrated
he's willing to abandon his family to take the tournament down but it might end up being
the key to see him becoming the very thing that he hates.
Now the similar to this ideology, The Front Man was also willing to cast his family to
the side in order to continue playing the game. In the series we watched as his brother
attempted to find out his connection to the game and the two eventually came face to face.
The Front Man ended up shooting his brother and he seemingly fell to his death.
After the review part of the video I'll talk about whether I think Hwang Jun-Ho is alive
or not but this move by In-Ho is important.
It shows that he is now completely detached from his family and as we know someone is
still running the games in Il-Nam's absence. Thus I would imagine that he has now taken
up the leadership position as he was pretty much being put in that place anyway due to
his closeness to Il-Nam.
The Front Man describes things as being a dream and he says to Gi-Hun that it really
wasn't a bad one for him. Because of this I believe that he has accepted what he himself
went through and instead of seeing it in a negative light like Gi-Hun does, hes now just
viewing it as gambling with people as the horses.
Anyway before we get into final part of the video it's time to tell you about the W1800i
and what I thought about it. Like I mentioned at the start
Anyway before we get into final part of the video it's time to tell you about the W1800i
and what I thought about it. Like I mentioned at the start of the video I used to have the
W2700 and I absolutely loved that projector so was happy to get this new one from the
company.
Now where this differs from the previous model is that it's a smart projector and it comes
with a built in dongle that has apps especially built for the projector such as prime video
and more. These aren't just your typical bog standard version and just in the same way
your YouTube app might look different on your phone to your TV, these have been designed
with projectors in mind.
The brand new remote also gives voice control so you can quickly look up shows in a matter
of seconds without having to type things out. This leads to a super easy to use system that's
very straight forward to set up and it means you can immediately get to watching your favourite
shows and film. The new smart system also can connect to your wifi and it allows screen
mirroring from your phone and IPAD. The projector is super simple to set up and you pretty much
just take it out the box, plug it in, point it at the wall and turn it on. We already
had things set up for an overhead one and it was just a case of unscrewing that and
putting this new one in whic took less than ten minutes.
The projector itself provides the best picture I've ever seen and though my phone isn't really
giving the true detail that it gives off, trust me when I say it looks incredible in
real life.
Due to the 4k HDR picture it projects it really sucks you into whatever your watching and
it's capable of projection a 100 inch image across your room to really bring that cinema
experience home. I thought that the w2700 was as good as the image could get but this
somehow improves on it and makes it an absolutely incredible picture that allows you to see
films and shows like never before.
The projector comes with a state of the art Cinematic Color Technology that provides a
millions of different shades and when you're watching something like Squid Game it really
pops from the screen. That show is of course filled with a number of different colours
and it's got a HDR presentation that makes it a blast to watch on things like the W1800i.
Now there are some downsides to it as well and whereas the last remote lit up when you
pressed a button on it, this one doesn't so it can make it difficult to select options
when you're in the dark.
The sound is also something that you might need to buy additional speakers for if you
want that true cinematic experience but I'm not a big audiophile so I didn't mind it too
much.
However I know some of you will and it's pretty much about equal to what you'd get out of
most flat screens these days.
Whilst the Dongle is also a nice addition it is also missing some apps at the moment
but if you've got a firestick or something to that effect you shouldn't really notice
it too much as you can of course use that instead.
Overall though I really really love the projector and if you're looking to move in this direction
I think it's definitely the way to go.
So picture I'm gonna score it a 10/10 and that's purely because I haven't seen one better.
It's cinema quality and it perfectly projects 4k UHD discs and also it streams in really
high quality.
Sound I'm gonna give a 6/10 just due to the limitations of the speaker onboard it. You
probably will wanna buy additional ones if you want the full cinematic experience at
home but it's nothing too bad.
Usability I'm gonna give an 9/10 and that's because of the remote. Overall though really
good projector and thanks to BenQ for sending it out for me to review.
Ok and finally we're gonna be talking about whether Jun-Ho is still alive at the end of
Squid Game. Throughout the series we watched as he investigated his brothers whereabouts
and he was shot by him at the end. His body was never found and there are some hints that
he's still alive and that he managed to escape. Now the first tease is that he got shot in
a similar position to his brother. The pair both fire at one another and it's almost an
eye for an eye situation. We know that In-ho survives the bullet wound and therefore it
is possible that Jun-Ho does to.
Now he also has a number of options to escape, firstly is the scuba gear that he brought
in and there are also several boats leaving the island that he could've snuck aboard.
There is definitely a lot of options for him to take to get out of there and personally
I believe that he made it.
Now one of this counter arguments to this is that the games are still running and thus
he hasn't brought them down. People have argued that this is becuase he's dead but there could
be another reason.
The fall likely destroyed all of the evidence that he had and thus he would have to wait
it out another year until the tournament started up again so that he could sneak into the facility
under the guise of being a guard.
Jun-Ho would have to pretend to be dead for a year in order to accomplish this and it
will allow for him to strike without anyone finding out.
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