The first glimpse of this abortion's trailer was enough to convince me that American hegemony is dead. If its sample of genetic dumpster crud is representative of the nation's future then I shudder to think of what awaits those of us with actual sentience. If only this was a real Squid Game and the participants its cannon fodder, then this show would have gained my 5 stars; in fact, 5 stars would hardly have contained my applause. The hastily constructed cashgrab we got instead was more reality than television--and that's how you know you got a dud. Not that I watched it, but just knowing of its existence was enough to rob the original series of its luster, however faint it may have been. I wrote this review because Squid Game 2: Tranny Games is not on this site yet, and I had plenty to say about that travesty too--but being reminded of this conjunctive entry in the franchise dragged my thoughts a few flights down from disappointment into abject despair. The central argument of Squid Game (or really Kaiji, the property it wholesale ripped off), was whether all human life has value, or if some people are just trash that should f**k off and die. When I look at something like Squid Game: The Challenge, I've never more convinced of the latter side of that argument.