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Bridgerton is back. But all my eyes are on Netflix's new Squid Game wannabe.
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Bridgerton is back. But all my eyes are on Netflix's new Squid Game wannabe.

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May 18, 2024
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Bridgerton is back. But all my eyes are on Netflix's new Squid Game wannabe.
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Last night I watched Mother of The Bride, Netflix’s Brooke Shields original film released last week. It was such a powerful movie that it has ruined me for all cinema. Okay, that might not be entirely true. But, it has left me with a pretty serious distaste for any filmed entertainment.

When season one of Bridgerton was released, I was living with my parents for a spell as part of an interstate move. Still scarred after watching a fairly graphic gay love scene in the first episode of HBO’s High Maintenance with my mum a few months prior, I thought I’d give watching Bridgerton with her a miss. But, I’ve since never gotten back to ever seeing the show. As such, this weekend’s third season return is not as big a drawcard for me as it may be for many other viewers.

Those with a big Squid Game-sized whole in their viewing might want to check out The 8 Show - a South Korean drama about eight contestants in a dangerous game show. I’m a bit curious about when the show was pitched and greenlit - I suspect straight after Squid Game became the biggest show in the world back in September 2021.

It is based on a comic that ran on Web Toons in August 2021 (so, just a few weeks before Squid Game debuted on TV). You can read all seven chapters in the original series for free on Web Toons.

I'd like to recommend season 2 of Outer Range on Prime Video as a good, under-the-radar pick. And it's fine, I guess. It's great TV for those who list “giant hole in the ground stories with a dash of time travel” as a favoured genre. But maybe lacks wider appeal.

I'm left with two thoughts today:

  1. TV has been a bit light on anything I've found especially engaging lately.

  2. I don't understand why Nandos is pushing overpriced bottomless cups of soft drink. Can't they just sell me Vanilla Coke in a bottle?

Sorry, only one of those thoughts was actually about TV. I blame Brooke Shields. That movie broke me.

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