They should have done one of the grander games (like tug of war or the glass bridge) in the first couple of episodes. Those were awesome. Instead they started with a very basic game involving merely shooting everybody, followed by an anticlimactic episode of no games.
Overall, the games were cool, the story was solid, and all of the production other than the cheesy dialogue was crisp. It's just that cheesy dialogue, man... and I don't think the story lived up to its potential. I think they broke the mystical mask too fast, especially with the cop infiltrating the compound. It was cooler when it felt like the players were at the mercy of gods. As you can tell I didn't look for lessons in living from this show, just coolness. But the story and the themes were strong nonetheless. I just think they could have maximized the wow a little further.
I watched the first few episodes, then skimmed the rest of the first season. Parts of it were fun; all in all I didn't feel the need to pay a whole lot of attention. I don't figure the class commentary has anything profound to tell me.
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