'Squid Game' Fans Call out Netflix Over Spinoff Plans
06/15/2022 04:42 pm EDT
'What could go wrong?'
"A massive international corporation offering 456 people the biggest prize in reality TV history if they'll compete in games-based on ones in which losers die-with the footage used to entertain their subscribers. What could go wrong?" tweeted one person. "Also of concern: Netflix having absolutely no idea what its most-popular series ever is actually about, and just using it as exploitable IP that will cast only English speakers in a reality TV version of a South Korean show."
Fans criticize Netflix for doing exactly what the series 'was commentating on'
"So we take a show that's supposed to be social commentary and do exactly what it was commentating on," wrote another person. "Sure, sounds about right."
Many believe NEtflix completely missed the point
"The whole point of Squid Games was how hypercapitalism is basically causing us to kill each other just to survive," noted somebody else. "So of course execs thought hey let's milk this concept to get more money."
The streamer doesn't 'understand the point' of 'Squid Game'
"The fact that the takeaway from Squid Game- one of the most popular examples of anti-capitalist art recently- is to turn it into a reality show competition really shows us what we are up against," added one social media user.
Netflix executive dubbed ''Squid Game' VIPs'
"If you wanna play Squid Game so bad just play the Roblox version," tweeted one. "Don't encourage multi-billion dollar companies to facilitate the same bulls- that the creator was critiquing in the first place."
'Darkest timeline'
"squid games: capitalism and living conditions for the lower class (in south korea) is worse than hell and they would do ANYTHING just to be able to actually Live, and rich people watch them die for fun," wrote somebody else. "netflix: hey rich white people, want more clout and money? Lol."
'Squid Game' has been 'completely misunderstood'
"I don't think I've ever seen the moral stance of a show so completely misunderstood by the general public like Squid Game has been," tweeted another person.
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