Squid Game season 2: bold evolution or a cash-grab that tarnished the original?

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  Zara1mo ago

  Season 1 was lightning in a bottle and lightning doesn't strike the same numbered account twice. S2 felt like a victory lap nobody needed.

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• OM

  Omar M.1mo ago

  Hot take: people who say 'cash grab' would've also complained if they DIDN'T make a sequel to the biggest show ever. No winning.

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  Drew1mo ago

  The new characters didn't get a fraction of the development the S1 cast did. That's the real downgrade.

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• Z

  Zara1mo ago

  I'll defend S2. The games were inventive and the tension held. Recency hatred is its own genre at this point.

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• RB

  Riley B.1mo ago

  Netflix saw a billion hours watched and went 'do it again' and you can feel the boardroom in every episode.

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• H

  Hana1mo ago

  S1 ruined my sleep. S2 I watched while folding laundry. That gap tells you everything.

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  Quinn1mo ago

  The cliffhanger ending made me feel like I watched half a story to sell me the next half. That's the cash-grab part for me.

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• L

  Leo1mo ago

  The whole magic of S1 was that it was complete. It didn't NEED a sequel and that's exactly why this one feels hollow.

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• Q_

  Quinn _x1mo ago

  Gi-hun's arc in S2 is darker and more interesting than S1 and y'all are too nostalgic to admit it.

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• LT

  Liam T.1mo ago

  S1 was a social critique. S2 is a franchise. The moment art becomes IP it loses something and S2 proves it.

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• R

  Reese1mo ago

  S2 is actually smarter than S1, it just doesn't have the shock of being new. People mistook 'familiar' for 'worse'.

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• R

  Riley1mo ago

  Comparing any sequel to a once-in-a-decade phenomenon is unfair, but the franchise asked for it by existing.

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