This premieres in 2 weeks. I have to admit, it looks fun. I heard this was filmed in secrecy in the UK earlier this year. The prize money is huge.

Shit.. Does this mean the series is not coming back, and it's just this?

Unfortunately, this doesn't interest me, at all.

A 2nd season of the scripted version is still planned. When it will get made is unknown.

Okay, that's good to know. Thanks!

Conceptually, these reality game shows do interest me. However, based on the execution of most of them . . . not terribly interested. Unless they are really killing contestants. Then I will tune in to see the douchebags that always get cast in these things get knocked off en masse.

I loved the original series so I’m intrigued by the idea of making it a real game where nobody dies. I’ll give it a chance.

This is up today. 5 episodes are up.

I watched the first two episodes tonight. It’s basically a reality competition game show based on the original show. The TV critics who have reviewed this so far seem to hate it. And the audience score is also terrible.

They started with 456 contestants. It’s now down to 118. Those who “die” are shot with a paint gun. Red Light, Green Light and the cookie challenge from the original show eliminated most of the contestants. There is a little bit of strategy involved and being a good talker and manipulator with how episode 2 ended and the phone call. I like the Mom and Son. The athletic guy who is a former football jock is kind of a cocky D bag.

I don’t fault anyone who has no interest as most of you probably have so many other things to watch that take bigger priority. I’ll try to finish this 5 episode batch and see if I feel like continuing when more episodes drop on the 29th.

I gave up after the 1st episode.

For a supposed unscripted reality show, it feels really scripted. I watched all five current episodes, the way people spoke was less actual speech and more written for them speech. Its weird how they all instantly bonded after only a day or two too.

Surprisingly enjoying this.

Excited for the second season of the scripted series but I don’t have much interest in the reality show.

I watched the 1st episode, and I view it as a comedy. The game itself generates some tension (even if we've seen it before) but the rest is laughably bad. All the comments/dialogues are cliche, dumb and ridiculous. I mean "I love myself so much". Really? The only reason for me to keep watching is to laugh my ass off and I hope they all die and nobody wins.

To be fair, there's one thing this show does very well, they make it hard for you to guess who's next to be booted out. In the first episode you had a few interviews with some of the contestants. So as a viewer, you think, well if they bother doing segments on 4-5 of them, surely those are in for the long run. Nope! Well done.

I wasn't planning on watching this, but ending up doing so after visiting family, and we started watching it during Thanksgiving weekend. So dramatic haha, but well made.

I liked that the tug-of-war game was changed and made a twist.

My wife commented wondering why everyone was so dramatic on the show. Potential for $4.5M would make me emotional too. AS eXcentris mentioned, I like how they interview random people to keep you guessing who is getting booted. I was certain a few people would be gone by the episode I'm on (episode 4) and others would be around for the long haul and have been proven wrong over and over.

I've randomly come across alot of contestants on TikTok talking about the show and one of them asked why so many peoples' hands were in their pockets during the red/green light game. Apparently the actual game took 4-5 hours (which makes sense as I assume they review footage to see who moved and that takes time) so they were standing still for a very long time. This also explains why so many people choose to lay down after running which I thought was a terrible tactic as it takes some time to drop and get back up. I'm sure that girl that stopped in a squatting position was dying after about 10 min.

Renewed for a 2nd season:

https://tvline.com/news/squid-game-t...ix-1235095082/

Just finished, the editing for this was fantastic.

No “winner’s edit” in the early episodes and even the final game had some great trick editing.

I was surprised how well this was done. I expected the overly dramatic confessionals, but what I didn’t expect was how true they were to the show and the feel of the gameplay. I’d definitely watch another season.

I thought I came back to this thread to eat crow, but apparently I didn't. Don't know why, but I did enjoy season 1.

I don't keep Netflix, but my daughter left hers signed in, and last night I stumbled across S2 accidentally.

Season 2 dropped the first 4 episodes a couple of weeks ago, the next 4 last week, and the finale a couple of days ago. Of course, I am sucked right back in. I haven't watched S2 of the scripted show, but I'm down with the reality show. I rarely engage with the "lead" characters in these shows; rather, I love observing human behavior and the interpersonal dynamics.

One thing I am fascinated by right now (on Episode 4) is how quickly people associate with being part of a "team." Perhaps modern politics and some of the conversations I am having are putting me in this head space. In the first episode, 456 people are split into two teams: Xs and Os. There is NO true team aspect of the first game, yet people are immediately absorbing the "team" as part of their identity. As episodes roll on, the remaining contestants are constantly thrust into new "teams" and immediately fall into these roles, even when there is no "team" reward.

There is a game where players are split into four groups, lined up on the arms of an X. One player comes to the middle and must throw a tennis ball to another person lined up on the X. If the person catches it, the thrower is safe and the catcher steps up to throw. The games ends after 16 drops, regardless of the number of player eliminated or remaining. No team aspect whatsoever. However, by placing people on the four distinct arms, they adopted a team mentality, including frustrations and strategies "against" others. Even after people are safe and have no affiliation or interest, they continue to root for their team and complain about the others.

Maybe I am weird, but this is fascinating.