There used to be a lot of serial shows like The Outer Limits, Tales From the Darkside, or Monsters, which were ripoffs of their more successful counterparts, Twilight Zone and Tales From the Crypt, that weren't as good, but could be entertaining. This is in that vain...but not entertaining. It's immediately clear in the first episode that this show is trying to be different by saying each episode is a metaphor, and trying to be deep. Sure, but doesn't change the fact that they're still bleak, not particularly entertaining, not particularly thought provoking, and don't really "give" the audience anything. And despite trying to seem deep, the episodes are pretty shallow and don't have much beyond the metaphor.
The first episode, the story is interesting, and the acting is good. Each episode has actors you vaguely recognize, including this one. The metaphor in this one was change, that was obvious, but, didn't really go anywhere. Really, the first episode felt more like a vaguely interesting podcast than a show. Not much happens, so, ultimately it's a let down, 'cause, it's not particularly deep, it's not flashy, it's not thought provoking, so it doesn't really give the audience much to chew on, other than the reveal...but then you're like okay, and then it's over.
The second episode is equally bleak, depressing, etc., and starts off interesting, like the first...then, just gets boring, cliche, cheesy, etc. I can see having people in a room together rather than following text on a screen of a chat room is more interesting, but, they just sit and talk and don't do anything within the room, and don't say much that's interesting, so, those scenes were very stale and boring. And the common layman isn't going to know that Lone Wolf, which is the main character's screen name is some Nazi youth group, which we were informed by one in our group who was watching the show. If not for her input, we probably would not have put together this was supposed to be some alt-right knid of group he comes upon online. By the end, from what I could stay conscious through, it reminded me of when in the '80s the people who said if your kids listened to heavy metal music they would turn into Satan worshippers. That's what this felt like. That if your kids play MMO games online they'll become Nazis. So, what started out interesting became boring, ridiculous, and pointless. I was pretty sure the writer had never played MMO game, or maybe even video games, and more likely read an article in HuffPost about the dangers of 4 Chan, and not doing their research to understand, that was a site built for anime fans and is unmonitored, and that's it. It's like saying What'sApp was built for Nazis. Simply, people who don't know anything about technology, gaming, or psychology shouldn't be writing about them. At least do your research. It was extremtely hard to make the leap that a kid being sad and playing video games turns him into a metaphorical killer, as there is zero scientific data to back that, and is just as boogeyman as what the episode is about.
I can see the show is trying to be edgy and deep, it's just commonplace and shallow.
The first episode, the story is interesting, and the acting is good. Each episode has actors you vaguely recognize, including this one. The metaphor in this one was change, that was obvious, but, didn't really go anywhere. Really, the first episode felt more like a vaguely interesting podcast than a show. Not much happens, so, ultimately it's a let down, 'cause, it's not particularly deep, it's not flashy, it's not thought provoking, so it doesn't really give the audience much to chew on, other than the reveal...but then you're like okay, and then it's over.
The second episode is equally bleak, depressing, etc., and starts off interesting, like the first...then, just gets boring, cliche, cheesy, etc. I can see having people in a room together rather than following text on a screen of a chat room is more interesting, but, they just sit and talk and don't do anything within the room, and don't say much that's interesting, so, those scenes were very stale and boring. And the common layman isn't going to know that Lone Wolf, which is the main character's screen name is some Nazi youth group, which we were informed by one in our group who was watching the show. If not for her input, we probably would not have put together this was supposed to be some alt-right knid of group he comes upon online. By the end, from what I could stay conscious through, it reminded me of when in the '80s the people who said if your kids listened to heavy metal music they would turn into Satan worshippers. That's what this felt like. That if your kids play MMO games online they'll become Nazis. So, what started out interesting became boring, ridiculous, and pointless. I was pretty sure the writer had never played MMO game, or maybe even video games, and more likely read an article in HuffPost about the dangers of 4 Chan, and not doing their research to understand, that was a site built for anime fans and is unmonitored, and that's it. It's like saying What'sApp was built for Nazis. Simply, people who don't know anything about technology, gaming, or psychology shouldn't be writing about them. At least do your research. It was extremtely hard to make the leap that a kid being sad and playing video games turns him into a metaphorical killer, as there is zero scientific data to back that, and is just as boogeyman as what the episode is about.
I can see the show is trying to be edgy and deep, it's just commonplace and shallow.