The OA

This feels like a spiritual sequel to Another Earth. Again, Brit Marling shows particular interest in juxtaposing the supernatural with the quotidian. The story feels like a melding of Another Earth, John Fowles' "The Magus," and a certain Kevin Spacey film that would spoil this show by mere invocation. The result has some solid character transformations and some intriguing metafiction and Jesus and Joan of Arc imagery... but it drags. Holy sweet Mary, mother of fuck, it DRAGS.

I didn't finish this one, so my criticism is unfair and unfounded, but I got a heavy sense of the Lost-esque mystery box going on here, and I didn't want to stick around to find out if that was accurate or not.

S1: Awful writing. I say that as a Brit Marling fan. Some of the most cringe-worthy dialogue I have seen in a TV series. Hipster trash. On the flipside there is some nice imagery and some okay writing. The performances are pretty good and the music is ok. I kind of liked the ending. Was it worth the 8 hours? Only if you are a Brit Marling fan or don't care if the plot is ridiculous. Most of the characters weren't very likeable. Badly executed. 60 S2: Much better than S1, far more interesting. 74

More on the side of "The Sound of My Voice" rather than "I Origins" and its metaphysical/creationist bullshit, so that's good at least. But the final act is so weak that I am not sure it needs a second season if the story will tie the same way after all. Maybe Marling and Batmanglij should try a different thing for once, plot-wise?

deserved to finish its story 🐙

After 2 seasons I was sick of the spooky nonsense, asinine dances, and jarring plot curves. It became impossible to enjoy with so much intelligence-insulting garbage in each installment. Interesting but infuriating. Extra points for the Brit Marling performances, but not her writing. F#&K the writing, it is cockamamie idiocy designed to be confusing, shocking, and surreal. I waited for a reasonable conclusion but was disappointed by the pathetic finale that made it feel like a waste of time.

I hate justification through the supernatural.

Rating this based on the first season alone, it was not terrible but a tad too kooky for me. The dancing was the main culprit.

Bad writing goes to another dimension. The last three episodes of the 1st season are among the absolutely worst things ever filmed. Will never watch the 2nd season or anything else that has Marling or Batmanglij names on it.

This show is different. I'm sure the plot is similar in some ways to shows I haven't seen, but this show is executed differently from anything i've seen before. Would I sound pretentious if I called it avante garde? I can absolutely see how some people would find this show cringey or bizarre. But, as with some Lynchian whatthefuckery, it is most satisfying consumed without scrutiny. I can just feel where the creators minds were at with this show, and I really enjoyed it.