I've watched three I think. It's pretty good but yeah, the writing is cliched as fuck. I actually think the main actor is doing a pretty good job, because his character is the typical detective noir asshole but he's kind of funny sometimes at least. The hardass female cop is a total cliche too. I like the Edgar Allan Poe AI. He's fun. And there's been some interesting things done with the "sleeves." Hardly any Dichen Lachman so far, sadly. Looks really pretty in places. But again, it's totally cliched as fuck. Why does every future city end up having giant animated neon billboards? Are they just inevitable in all possible futures? I'll watch more and REPORT BACK.
I also watched...
The Cloverfield Paradox - So the idea of putting a new Cloverfield movie on Netflix out of nowhere could be really cool if the movie was as good as Ten Cloverfield Lane (which was really good.) This is not anywhere near that good. It's not as good as the original Cloverfield either (which I didn't think was all that great!) It's just a really standard space movie with some Cloverfield stuff stuck on it. The first half is fairly entertaining. There's some science fiction bits that are at least fun (the guy with the weird eyes, Chris O'Dowd's hand.) But at one point the Asian girl says "there's no logic to any of this!" and it's one of those lines where you think "yeah, that's the problem." It's all a bit random and poorly explained. I don't know what the people ont he space station were even trying to do. Something about finding a new energy source...by opening a portal to another dimension that sends monsters back in time (but also the the present day and also there's another reality where the tall woman is part of the crew)? It's all kept vague and mystery box-y and it's really tiresome and makes me remember why people hate JJ (I know he didn't write or direct it but it's definitely influenced by his style.) And none of the characters were memorable or likable, despite there being some good actors in the cast. Like there's one point where a charactetr sacrifices himself and it should have been a big deal but instead I just thought "oh, that guy died." Also all the stuff on Earth is completely pointless and was obviously added later when they decided to make it a Cloverfield movie. So yeah, this isn't very good, really, other than a few fun bits that don't add up to much. Maybe the next Cloverfield movie which has already been released on Youtube three years ago and you have to assemble it yourself is better.