The OA [Netflix]

kaptainmarc · 8 Aug 2019 at 09:10

shame its been cancelled really enjoyed both seasons

Trifid · 8 Aug 2019 at 09:20

I finished the first season with no expectations for a second. Although I really enjoyed it, I am not sad to hear this is cancelled.

R3X · 8 Aug 2019 at 21:31

TriedandTested said:
Not suprised it's been cancelled. Season 1 was very good, two was just too much and IMO it lost its way.

Was about to say the same thing, the shows that tend to be simple with lesser characters and less sub plots tend to be easier to digest and more popular, season 2 just didn't need it and really season 1 kinda ended well enough to give closure to the show somewhat.

Am glad its cancelled.

arknor · 7 May 2020 at 02:22

binged this in the last 2 days, never heard of it until googling for something to watch.

really loved season1 and still really enjoyed season2.

shame it got cancelled

the whole movement thing was cringe as hell though... they could have done something much better

even if it was something really dumb like origami folding atleast it wouldn't have been so cringe to catch

FoxEye · 1 Apr 2023 at 22:37

I can't believe how slow this show is (yes, I'm very late to the party).

In ~5 hours almost nothing of interest has happened. They say the S1E8 is where it properly starts? That's only 8 hours into it...

TriedandTested · 1 Apr 2023 at 22:39

I thought this show was really decent. Interesting and very different! Stick with it i'd say.

FoxEye · 1 Apr 2023 at 23:22

Gray2233 said:
I really tried to like this show but I couldn't get away with it.

I found the cast as a whole unlikable and their characters painfully naive, bordering on outright stupid at times. Then you've the awkward interpretive dance that I found painful to watch, especially when used at the end of season 1. I generally love weird sci-fi and fantasy and I'm pretty open to new things, but the OA was a huge miss for me, it just came across as pretentious.

Heh, I've just finished Ep5. I literally couldn't look at the screen for the dancing part. I couldn't do it, even tho I was alone.

I kept thinking to myself, "If I had to explain what I'd watched last night to my colleagues, I would be extremely embarrassed."

I'm a massive fan of sci-fi, not so much fantasy, but I wouldn't say this was either. This was like, I don't know, take a bunch of actors, give them a Monty Python script, force them all to take a huge amount of acid, and film the result.

I have to say it's without doubt the silliest thing I've watched in a long time.

Gray2233 · 2 Apr 2023 at 07:17

FoxEye said:
Heh, I've just finished Ep5. I literally couldn't look at the screen for the dancing part. I couldn't do it, even tho I was alone.

I kept thinking to myself, "If I had to explain what I'd watched last night to my colleagues, I would be extremely embarrassed."

I'm a massive fan of sci-fi, not so much fantasy, but I wouldn't say this was either. This was like, I don't know, take a bunch of actors, give them a Monty Python script, force them all to take a huge amount of acid, and film the result.

I have to say it's without doubt the silliest thing I've watched in a long time.

My memories of the show are a little vague at this point.

The majority of people I knew that were into it came across as the type that huffed their own farts, and then declared themselves smarter than everyone else in the room in short order.

It was pretentious nonsense to my mind, with a whole lot of people pretending to "get it" even though there was frankly nothing there to get. I too have had fever dreams, in my now distant youth I experimented with drugs. Recreating your mushroom inspired trip with magical dance moves and an utter lack of coherence doesn't make it great, it just means the people agreeing with you are the sorts that would claim a painting by a monkey was fine art.

randal · 2 Apr 2023 at 10:04

100% agree with @FoxEye, the conclusion of series 1 was laughable to the point of "is this a joke".

We didn't watch series 2.

Richdog · 3 Apr 2023 at 05:15

Gray2233 said:
My memories of the show are a little vague at this point.

The majority of people I knew that were into it came across as the type that huffed their own farts, and then declared themselves smarter than everyone else in the room in short order.

It was pretentious nonsense to my mind, with a whole lot of people pretending to "get it" even though there was frankly nothing there to get. I too have had fever dreams, in my now distant youth I experimented with drugs. Recreating your mushroom inspired trip with magical dance moves and an utter lack of coherence doesn't make it great, it just means the people agreeing with you are the sorts that would claim a painting by a monkey was fine art.

I do enjoy reading posts like this from people who are completely unaware of how ironic their posts are.

stoofa · 3 Apr 2023 at 09:16

Richdog said:
I do enjoy reading posts like this from people who are completely unaware of how ironic their posts are.

It reminds me of reviews that go against the grain from critics who like to be "edgy" - but they themselves just come across as pretentious p*****

Gray2233 · 3 Apr 2023 at 16:15

Richdog said:
I do enjoy reading posts like this from people who are completely unaware of how ironic their posts are.

I'm completely aware of how my post comes across.

That show took away hours of my life, one way or another I'm getting some entertainment out of it.

Yaayuh! · 3 Apr 2023 at 16:52

It was a great initial concept but executed badly, resulted in an aimless disappointment and swiftly cancelled.

Fubsy · 4 Apr 2023 at 15:36

It was cancelled after one of the most WTF?! cliffhangers I've ever witnessed. It needed a chance to explain. It was cruel to cancel at that point and I hope the writers, who claimed to have 5 seasons mapped out, share how the story would unfold at some point.

Edit: It was less aimless disappointment than, for example, Lost