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The show started pretty strong, peaked at around 3-4 episode and it was all downhill after that. The characters have made illogical decisions which really makes you cringe and questions the intelligence of viewer. I would have loved if the show went slow and steady no need to create unnecessary drama by making illogical decisions, a bit less drama but with logical sequence would have been much appreciated.

To be honest after episode 7 I was totally fed up and did not watch the last episode. I watched episode 7 just in hope they will make at least some sense but I was wrong, Episode 7 was worse than 6, 6 was worse than 5, 5 was worse than 4.

This drama blends the gameplay and brutality of the Korean show Squid Game, the Japanese series Kaiji, and the Spanish movie Platform. While Some Korean dramas have become somewhat predictable, often ending in forced emotional climaxes that evoke tears, I still found this show quite entertaining. It offers numerous lessons, delving into human psychology and nature, as well as philosophical ideas like democracy, communism, socialism, dictatorship, and utilitarianism. The watchers monitoring through CCTV cameras in the drama could represent the elite globalists at the top of the capitalist pyramid, or they could symbolize us. After all, most of us likely enjoyed the show as mere spectators rather than feeling disturbed by it. Still, I always like and want to support this style of drama. That's why I believe it deserves at least an 8 out of 10. This drama had too many of his monologues and it was a bit annoying, so I deducted 1 star.

P. S. While watching Squid Game, I couldn't help but notice the irony that the creators and investors of "The 8 Show," including Netflix, are likely not members of the ordinary working class. Yet, they seem to be fans of George Orwell's Animal Farm. They seem to know us very well, understanding that instead of resisting upon learning the truth, we tend to accept reality and even strive to climb higher within the system's pyramid.

I was fine up until characters had to be incredibly stupid, morons just for the plot to go in certain directions. They also don't do certain things, logical decisions, because then it wouldn't be "entertaining".

The premise is not bad, a lot of things could have been done with this ideea, but they had to have some lunatics and idiots to drive the story.

There are to many concepts, to many things stuffed in just to impress, to shock. It tries, for no reason at all, to be artistic, but only manages to be very annoying and a cheap attempt.

The 7th episode is a test, it wants to know how much nonsense you can handle.

The premise of the show might give Squid Game like impressions (Koreans playing money game for a big cash prize.) However, the 8 Show is nothing like Squid Game.

Instead, the show is more thought provoking and it is even more precise and harsher criticism on the society we live in, with much more humor than Squid Game. Each episode is filled with very interesting and brilliant ideas. The structure of the show is very thought-out. The acting is amazing. The cinematography and music are also perfect. However, the best part of the show is in the message. Behind its ruthless depiction of the the social structure, the show makes us question about our common misconception of "justice" and "fairness" in a very original way. After all, we are all born into random social classes just like the characters in the 8 show.

"The 8 Show" on Netflix starts off with great promise but ultimately disappoints. The first episode reels you into the realities of life with a compelling narrative that hooks you instantly. It sets a high bar, making you eager for more. The second episode builds on this by exploring a fantasy of immense wealth, sparking dreams of how such riches could solve one's problems. The third episode introduces the intricacies and wit of the characters, adding depth and complexity that keeps you engaged.

However, by the fourth episode, the show begins to falter. The characters start making irrational decisions that undermine the story's credibility. This shift is jarring, considering the initial promise of a smart, well-crafted narrative. Despite my growing frustration, I gave the fifth episode a chance, hoping it would redeem the show. Unfortunately, it didn't. The plot continued to unravel, and the characters' actions remained inconsistent and poorly justified.

I had high hopes for "The 8 Show" because the beginning hinted at a series with substantial wit and logical sense. The early episodes suggested a thought-provoking storyline with clever characters, but these elements quickly dissolved as the show progressed. The initial intrigue and promise faded, leaving behind a series that struggled to maintain its early momentum and coherence.

Ultimately, I decided it was not worth continuing. The potential for a great show was there, but it was squandered by a lack of consistent character development and logical storytelling. I wish the series had stayed true to the sharp wit and logical foundation it initially presented. While "The 8 Show" starts strong, it unfortunately loses its way, making it a frustrating watch for those looking for a series that maintains its quality throughout.

While the design and style of the new Korean Netflix series definitely seems inspired by squid game, the story itself is based on a Webtoon called "Pi Game".

Which was released throughout 2020~2021.

I'd say this is a Great, and even a Better adaptation of the original.

It has lots of Humor, Violence, and a sharp, deep insight in modern social structures...

Though it shares lots of similarities with Squid game, The platform, etc... The 8 show feels different and new. And clever.

While it does have some flaws, If you are a fan of survival game genre, This series is for you.

Enjoy the show.

Let's start strong, if you like dystopian and bleak set up for stories, you could defintely like this series, but there are many unfortunate situations due to poor screenplay that waste all the potential of the premise.

Even if good portions of the setting is stolen from here and there, the overall situation is enough unique and brings to the table many things to keep you interested and intrigued, but for some reason, many of the problems about our society that this series seems to want to emphasize, get actually nowhere, cause the plot gets progressively more unreasonable, episode by episode.

I don't want to spoil anything, but I suggest to come prepared, this series seems way better than it actually is at first glance, but many times you can't really relate with what happens because it's just way to unbelievable.

Another amazing social commentary show from Korea. I binged it all in one day. The premise of the show is incredible. The setting and metaphors, as well as the commentary on how society works, are perfect. The out-of-touch "elite" girl is annoyingly insufferable.

One thing, though, is that I feel like things got a bit too extreme toward the last two episodes. I'm not saying it's impossible for humans to be cruel in the pursuit of money-people have literally killed for money in real life. But for the last two episodes, even though such extreme actions are possible, when it went there so abruptly in the show, it just broke the immersion and suspension of disbelief and make the show felt unsettlingly too weird to watch.

Still, this is a highly recommended show to watch. An important reminder that power corrupts even the most well-intentioned people.

Not sure what the other reviews saying it's not similar to Squid Game are referring to. It's definitely not similar in quality , but its message and theme are identical. The game makers have essentially preyed upon people in difficult life circumstances to play a game for their amusement. Just like Squid Game it was inevitable that would involve strategic deception between the characters and violence.

Many of the ideas used with the games within the show are interesting , but ultimately end up feeling underwhelming. Further, while you do end up feeling some connection to the characters by the end of the series it pales in comparison to those in Squid Game.

If another season was made I'd probably still watch it, but also won't be spending any time hoping for a season 2.

While it has a similar message to Squid Game regarding systemic poverty and exploitation for entertainment, this series plunges into it much more deeply and explicitly. The violence sometimes devolves briefly into overt gore, though is offset with the dark and slapstick humor which gives this series a life of its own.

The acting and English voices were both very good. Obviously the budget wasn't huge, with nearly all of the season taking place in a single building, and with a cast of 8 characters. But the set and the filming were both excellent, and the script was pretty brilliant, including in briskly moving along the plot.

The plot twists kept coming, and were pretty inventive even when the general progression of events could be guessed at. It made for a compelling binge watch over 2 days.

A real Dark Comedy in its true sense! In the first go, looks similar to Squid Game but quite a different Korean series. Story explores the portrayal of Capitalism Vs Humanity. Entire series does have only 8 characters. Definitely does offer lots of intense emotions, thrill, excitement, frustration n keeps you completely hooked up. Though starts on lines of innocence, it ends up getting very violent. If you are only into very sober series, avoid it but if you know what exactly a dark series n like them, then definitely must watch on those terms. A limited series of 8 episodes with an average time of 40 mins each. Available in Hindi too. My ratings 7/10!

Excellent premise, Excellent acting

Terrible writing and overall execution.

If 3's internal narration is supposed to completely stress out the audience, congrats you won.

The writing failed because it missed the mark on the rules of the game leaving too many plot holes. The rules seemed like they were so clever but there were easy solutions to every problem if they actually worked together or had at least one intelligent being among them.

Things escalated from bad to worse seemingly overnight but at the same time every thing seemed to just drag on.

Hold on. Hold on. Wait. Did I actually describe perfect writing and execution because this show so accurately portrays the world state? Yep.

The parallels are many. Write your thesis on this show folks.

That said, it's a show I only need to see once. Lil too depressing as a societal 1st - 3rd floor member and there truly is no one to root for which accounts for my low rating. That's life.

The spitting image of today's society, of course, depicted somewhat exaggerated but that resonates with so many things that we have lived, been a part of, spectated or simply watched in the news.

This is not an easy watch, mind you, you will be filled with feelings of anger, frustration at times but doing a retrospective analysis of each and every episode will make a wiser (and hopefully better) person.

I cannot recommend it enough even if it might hurt the way some uncomfortable truths are presented but what might burt more is the realisation that we are living what is happening in this tv show now, in the real world.

"The Platform" and "Squid Game" come together in "The 8 Show".

You might like it because it's good, even though it's not the best.

The story mixes parts of "The Platform" with bits of "Squid Game."

But why isn't it the best? It doesn't bring anything new, especially if you've seen "The Platform."

Most of the show keeps you interested, but there are parts I didn't watch and many things I didn't like ( for instance, the predictability of the girl on the 8th floor, where the nice people are on the lower levels and the mean ones are up high, this part is literally the same as the Platform ).

Both "The Platform" and "Squid Game" were much better, but "The 8 Show" is okay to watch.

Also , there are many parts in the story that they don't make any sense, but it has good tense and mystery vibes.

I don't have enough good words to describe this film masterpiece and I would like maybe to watch season2 I think they have material to make the great one. It's everything that one life contains-suffer,joy,happiness and dieing as the part of life. I watched it in 2 days, every episode is more and more exciting and cruel. It shows to us every and each side of one human being. Everyone of us can be all that if its necessary. I loved this one and can't wait to watch season 2. All love and prizes for actors they were perfect. And the biggest prize goes to writer of this master mind life story! Enjoy!

When I started to watch this show I was really excited. I like series and movies with an social experimental kind of undertone so I got really excited by the build up.

But I must say the last three episodes disappointed me.

The pacing which started of very well became changed and it seemed like the last episodes where forced and rushed at the same time.

Which made them lose the essence of the plot.

While at the start I was going to rate this an 8 in the end it dropped to a six because I didn't fully care anymore how it would be ending.

When you love Squid game and things like the liar game this can be for you (even though the liar game doesn't get as extreme as this one gets).

A condensed version of the world we live in.

I feel almost sad at the evidence of the eerily similar reality of this society.

Almost 70 years have passed since the Cold War between capitalism and communism after World War II, and it clearly shows the reality that capitalism is no longer fair.

However, there were some shortcomings in many areas,

For example, there was no consideration for the disabled, but also promoted too much misogyny, it created too much prejudice and misunderstanding about politicians, and it promoted hatred towards some Korean jobs.

But no work is perfect. Overall, it was a pretty complete and great piece of work.

There may be references of squid game and it doesn't replicate all the part. However this series involves just 8 artists on the whole and not even noticable support artists to name or remember. Similar to the squid game the series wakes up from the initial episode and creates interest to go further. The plot director delivers from several point of views of the cast but strongly wanted to show up the poor ones part. There is a classification of privileged and unprivileged where the privileged labours the others and when revolution happens the the table turns. Since there are no other characters available on the plot, the story and scenes stick on within the same faces and tend to bore in middle.

If you watch the play from the unprivileged side, director wins and if you watch neutral, you are working the master and to share my experience - I went cruel and slightly supported the privileged side...

The first episode is quite enjoyable. After that, it goes downhill quite fast. There are a lot decisions characters make that are unbelievable and stupid. The story is also full of plot holes and there are too many scenes that later turn out to be a dream/thought. I quit after 4 episodes. The whole show is just too unrealistic, and I didn't feel anything for the main character as he's weak and an idiot.

I honestly don't know why this serie scores that great and people praise it through the roof.

The only interesting thing of this show is the premise, with the hiarchy system and the link to real life.