lol @ study coordinator's coffee mug ("I can read your mind and you should be ashamed of yourself")
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 October 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link
Justin Theroux's cybersex setup alone...
this was legit incredible, from inside and out. as i said on the netflix thread though the ep 4 dream sequence killed all momentum and interest for me, and a little light wikipediaing did not encourage me to stick with it any further.
― Toss another shrimpl air on the bbqbbq (ledge), Friday, 5 October 2018 08:45 (five years ago) link
agree w flop, liked the show generally but the ending is not good really
― johnny crunch, Friday, 5 October 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
hard agree
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 5 October 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
I dunno, how did you expect it to end? Maybe the breaking-out-of-psychiatric ward bit was too much, but I liked how they didn't get us any kind of overt closure. The miracle cure didn't quite work as intended; Annie was able to confront her trauma but it's obvious she still needs a lot of help to get back on track, as she told her dad. And Owen was able to tell his family to screw themselves, but he's still a schizophrenic and has to live with that for the rest of his life. What he realised was that that doesn't mean necessarily mean he has to isolate himself from everyone else. So basically they gave a tentatively positive ending with the two starting form a connection, but it didn't feel sugar-coated. It seemed pretty apt for a series which, despite all the black humour and dystopian tropes, had a pretty humane and warm approach to people with mental issues trying to cope in the world.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 6 October 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
I... agree with Tuomas?!
I did feel like some of the dramatic tension kind of petered out of the last couple episodes, but the ending was not the schlmaltzfest I was anticipating, they even made it clear that this was not some overtly romantic conclusion (with Annie rejecting the paid-friend's pseudo marriage proposal with a "it's not like that"), it was just two damaged people trying to help each other.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 October 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
nah the ending was a total schmalzfest, like 30% of it was romantic strings swelling in anticipation of people kissing
― flopson, Monday, 8 October 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link
there was def schmaltzy strings but I don't recall Annie and Owen kissing...? maybe I blocked that part out idk
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 October 2018 18:35 (five years ago) link
There was no kissing, and it was left ambiguous whether it was even a romance, or rather a deep friendship forged by the mindmeld.
― Tuomas, Monday, 15 October 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link
my interpretation was obviously the latter
― Οὖτις, Monday, 15 October 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
loved it, loved the ending
4 stars out of 4
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
"a triumph"
it was good
― puppy bash (darraghmac), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5wEhXxva2w
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
finished ep 6 last night and it's really growing on me. the "furs by sebastian" episode was the first clue that this was gonna be anything more than an enjoyable oddity, but now i'm totally along for the ride and excited for more of the dynamic between justin theroux and sally field.
― harvey wall/barrier (voodoo chili), Monday, 14 January 2019 16:05 (five years ago) link
Loved this. Wanted to spend more time in their 'real' world too.
Did anyone else attempt to watch the original Norwegian show?
― S-, Friday, 25 January 2019 19:15 (five years ago) link
I watched the Norwegian show. It is unrecognisable as source material.
― I am using your worlds, Friday, 25 January 2019 21:11 (five years ago) link
There were flashes of real brilliance in this, especially in terms of the acting, even if it didn’t totally cohere. I plan to rewatch.
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 25 January 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link
I went through this whole show and have thought about it a fair amount since and not once did it occur to me that both Hill and Stone had previously appeared together (albeit as a different kind of "couple") in "Superbad" until my wife pointed it out yesterday
― Οὖτις, Friday, 5 July 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link