I can boldly say that among the series that I saw recently, I consider this series as breaking bad and I recommend it to my friends.
As I write this today, the news of the series' lead as the most watched series on Netflix was released. Something like 110 million people. Of course, if we add illegal downloads, such as those in Iran, to this number, it will be much more.
I read several reviews and comments about this series. But the issue that occupied my mind about this series was not mentioned in any of these reviews.
What is important to me about this series is the inner layer and the core of the story. In my opinion, this story was not about people, games and competitions at all. Therefore, we should take a different look at this series and contract it from a cosmological point of view.
In my opinion, the creator, or rather the creators of this series, used all the cinematic elements to express their cosmological point of view, and they happened to be successful. The photography, scenery, costumes, story elements, characterizations, etc. were all commissioned to publish the text of the creators' cosmological statement.
If this series does not have a second or third season, I still accept it as an independent mini-series and I am not waiting for the next seasons.
In my opinion, the core of this series is to express the fact that all the people of this world are in a competition that, if we look at it from a higher perspective, it does not matter who wins in this competition. We are a means of entertainment for a superhuman phenomenon, for whom it does not matter who wins this game, and the important issue for that phenomenon is its own satisfaction and contentment. I refer to the dialogue between Satan and Kim in Devil’s Advocate (1997). Where the devil (played by Al Pacino) tells Kim (played by Keanu Reeves): "Let me tell you a little bit about God. God loves to take care of everything. He is a clown. think. He instincts human beings. He gives this wonderful gift and what does he do next? I swear he does it for his own entertainment. What does he do? Sets the rules against your instincts. Look, but do not touch. Touch but do not try. Give it a try but don't eat ... and what does he do when you have this and that? "He is making fun of you."
Isn't the story of this series reminiscent of this dialogue for you? Masters who sit and watch the struggle between death and life of hundreds of people and enjoy their despair and helplessness.