It is strange and meandering. Not as satirical or parody as people made out, at least so far. It's less parody and more it's own strange creation.
It feels a bit like a soap-opera and murder mystery combo, but the dialogue isn't that good, neither are the story and characters. The dialogue can't carry a strange story, at least so far.
What elevates it all though, is the synth music. If you have synth music, that's going to help win me over. But it's not just any music, it's by Angelo Badalamenti, who made one of my favorite video game scores in Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, which is also another strange murder mystery game. The music in this episode was sublime, and even when sad things are going on, the music gives off a happy feeling, helping to give more of that feeling or strangeness and that something is off.
The thing is though, it's not as strange as i'm making out. Things are a little off with how people are acting (it's not helped by the sub-par dialogue, even if it's intentional), and that's it, but it was nice sometimes to see that it all wasn't just part of a standard formula of tv shows. Things are just generally not that interesting though, but i'm interested enough to continue. The episode should definitely not have been 1.5 hours. It should have been the usual 45 minutes.
Review by WardVIP 8BlockedParent2022-09-22T09:59:58Z— updated 2022-09-23T20:40:12Z
It is strange and meandering. Not as satirical or parody as people made out, at least so far. It's less parody and more it's own strange creation.
It feels a bit like a soap-opera and murder mystery combo, but the dialogue isn't that good, neither are the story and characters. The dialogue can't carry a strange story, at least so far.
What elevates it all though, is the synth music. If you have synth music, that's going to help win me over. But it's not just any music, it's by Angelo Badalamenti, who made one of my favorite video game scores in Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, which is also another strange murder mystery game. The music in this episode was sublime, and even when sad things are going on, the music gives off a happy feeling, helping to give more of that feeling or strangeness and that something is off.
The thing is though, it's not as strange as i'm making out. Things are a little off with how people are acting (it's not helped by the sub-par dialogue, even if it's intentional), and that's it, but it was nice sometimes to see that it all wasn't just part of a standard formula of tv shows. Things are just generally not that interesting though, but i'm interested enough to continue. The episode should definitely not have been 1.5 hours. It should have been the usual 45 minutes.