The good: production design is outstanding, and the retro-futuristic world they created is incredibly cool. Choice of period songs is unique and very well-done. Acting is generally above-average, although clearly they were going for an affected line delivery with several of the characters, with varying degrees of success.
The bad: there's really no reason for the sci-fi or futurism elements to exist, as they mostly take a back seat to a middling, sometimes quirky (though not quirky enough to be entertaining) drama about relationships and a salesman pulling one over on his customers.
I'm sure this was greenlit because of the premise (and the name actors attached), but it falls way short of its potential.
This feels to me like a story that could have been much better suited to a single, hour-long episode of Black Mirror or some other anthology series, where they could just focus on the interesting parts and leave the tedious bits (of which there are many) on the cutting room floor.
The bad: there's really no reason for the sci-fi or futurism elements to exist, as they mostly take a back seat to a middling, sometimes quirky (though not quirky enough to be entertaining) drama about relationships and a salesman pulling one over on his customers.
I'm sure this was greenlit because of the premise (and the name actors attached), but it falls way short of its potential.
This feels to me like a story that could have been much better suited to a single, hour-long episode of Black Mirror or some other anthology series, where they could just focus on the interesting parts and leave the tedious bits (of which there are many) on the cutting room floor.