Online Series: Maniac - Emma Stone - Jonah Hill

[Hammettf2b]

Finished watching the series this weekend. I really liked it. It could be slow in some parts, but overall was really good.

 

[Osprey]

I finished it last night. I hate to say it, but I didn't really like it. I did like the premise, the retro-futurism (1980s world and tech mixed with future tech) and the performances of Stone and Hill. It was also interesting and funny in spurts. It just felt incoherent (in how it jumps around) and loaded with filler. Literally half of the episodes felt like they existed just to stretch the series out to 10 episodes and entice name actors like Stone and Hill to sign on because of the opportunity to play wildly different, fun characters from a range of genres. In the end, it was watchable, but it didn't grab me and I started to lose interest halfway through. I agree with an earlier poster that the concept was better than the execution.