The 'Squid Game' Reality Show Is A Brutal Adaptation Of Its Source Material
defector.com
“Who’s not in debt? We’re facing a recession. What’s that like, to be able to pay off your house?” These are some of the first words uttered by a cast member in Squid Game: The Challenge, a new Netflix reality show inspired by Squid Game, the South Korean thriller that became one of the most […]

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    They’re killing people? If they’re not killing people it doesn’t sound like a brutal adaptation, sounds like a Disneyfied TV remake

    • mke_geek@lemm.ee
      21·
      1 year ago

      Of course they’re not really killing people. There’s just the usual reality show drama.

      • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I just tried to watch an episode. It’s talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk. I skipped around to 12 different places and they were all just talking BS the entire time. No action.

        Reality TV is just so lazy