After Squid game
At the end of 2021 the Netflix platform went online Squid game. Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk, this South Korean series quickly became a reality international phenomenon. As a reminder, the show features a group of people in debt who agree to risk their lives in a puzzling and dangerous game of survival. Upon arrival, the winner walks away with a huge sum of money.
At the time of its release, Squid game broke all records. According to a ranking carried out by Nielsen streaming content ratingsthe South Korean thriller has arrived first place in video on demand programsfilms and series together, the most watched in 2021. In the month of its launch alone, the show attracted more than 110 million subscribers. He also recorded more than three billion minutes of views in its first week of operation.
Transmitted by September 17, 2021, Squid game therefore became the series with the best start ever. According to the information on the site Bloomberg, even the South Korean series has already grossed more than $891.1 million to Netflix. Netflix is currently working on a second season.
Squid game: the challenge arrives on Netflix
THE November 22the universe Squid game will return to Netflix, but in a new format. Get out of fiction, since the streaming platform has capitalized on Reality show inspired by the world of Squid game. Squid game: the challenge will stage 456 participants who will have to work to win the jackpot which amounts to more than 4 million dollars. Of course, unlike Hwang Dong-hyuk’s series, there is no murder here. However, participants will have to use deception, betrayal and lies to achieve their goal. Contestants will have to pass tests inspired by the series, such as the mortal 1 2 3 Sunderived here in the form of paintball.
A new production that inevitably raises some ethical questions. After all, Squid game it was a criticism of our capitalized society, capable of playing with people’s poverty, to the point of pushing them to kill each other. It was also a comment on the danger of reality TV, on the dangers of consumerism and voyeurism. The fact that Netflix is riding the success of Squid game to produce his own reality show is confusing and an obvious contradiction to Hwang Dong-hyuk’s warning message.
However, the first images of the trailer announce a series that will resume the aesthetics of its predecessor. Thus we find the costumes and sets of Squid game, reproduced to perfection. See you on November 22nd to see it IRL version of SquidGame.
Source: Cine Serie
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