pretty wild how the second season of the biggest show ever on netflix appears to have had zero cultural impact?? - ThreadSky

davidmackau.bsky.social • 47 days ago

pretty wild how the second season of the biggest show ever on netflix appears to have had zero cultural impact??

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seannie1215.bsky.social•47 days ago

That prick Mr Beast made it a game show and the sheep keep marching to the ovens

billyesmith.bsky.social•47 days ago

There aren’t any more moments of cultural impact…just trending hashtags…viral songs…and binged shows of the moment.

logiehaus.bsky.social•47 days ago

i think we just have such a siloed culture what does cultural impact even mean anymore? Something has to be VERY big to break through

danismashingit.bsky.social•47 days ago

huh…. Now that you mention it.

ptklein.com•47 days ago

What show

domant.bsky.social•47 days ago

Guessing Squid Game? Feels like it was a weird choice to drop it between Christmas and New Year

bobbylewis.bsky.social•47 days ago

i did buy the puma tracksuit but yeah

willkeats.bsky.social•47 days ago

i think the timing of the release was off. day after christmas with very little promo? kind of makes sense in theory but didn't seem to work. also season 1's blow up was a tough-to-repeat flash in the pan moment

jnardino.bsky.social•47 days ago

I don’t think Netflix goes for or needs “cultural impact.” It probably did crazy numbers for the habitual subscribers who binged it between Xmas and nye. That’s enough for them!

willkeats.bsky.social•47 days ago

totally. i just saw some of their data & it did well & they’re very happy with it. it’s just interesting how season 1 consumed the world to the point I had to binge it to avoid spoilers, meanwhile and i’ve only heard a few conversations about season 2.

cinemattic.bsky.social•47 days ago

Luigi won the Squid Game

rvbdrm.com•47 days ago

A friend of mine bought a Funko Pop, so yeah

jbillinson.bsky.social•47 days ago

also surprised by this because it was actually a lot better than I expected for a second season that should not exist!

jeffreymkirk.bsky.social•47 days ago

At least it was better than the second "Joker" movie, but it's a bit old hat in terms of cultural impact.

The upcoming final season of "Stranger Things" will be a very different story, however.

quorum.bsky.social•47 days ago

Which show

anthelonious.bsky.social•47 days ago

I think one of the reasons is that their decision to split the season up made this new one feel incomplete. 6 hours to get zero closure of anything took all the air out of it.

(That and the Xmas timing was kinda dumb.)

knaugh.bsky.social•47 days ago

We're all kinda in the middle of something rn

jennifergrand.bsky.social•47 days ago

I really enjoyed the first season, but their decision to spin it into an actual reality series, Squid Game: The Challenge, was pretty grotesque and it turned me off so much, I don’t have any interest in season two.