Gollum Ei

The execution is utterly lifeless, vapid, dull, surface-level, and lacking in a unique stylistic flair to distinguish itself amongst an over-stimulated world of mass-produced mediocre content that gets mindlessly promoted and quickly forgotten. It is sad to see another dull tv-show get overhyped by the masses, accumulating loads of popularity for no reason other than notoriety and big budget cinema ($20 million per episode ~ $160 million in total - which is absolutely abhorrent, that money could cure child poverty). Unfortunately this one never utilises its big budget in any meaningful or profound way. - Wooden/one-note/mediocre/cheesy acting - Out of place "comedy" - Too much melodrama when it wasn't the selling point of the show. - Bland CGI - There are no audio-visual stylistic risks to hide the wooden acting and bland CGI. - Presents it's thoughts on Astronomy/Science/The Fermi Paradox/The Dark Forest Hypothesis/Philosophy/The incompressible vastness of space in such simplistic and surface-level ways. You can learn a lot more about these topics from Fraser Cain, SciShow, Elderfox Documentaries, Anton Petrov, Cool Worlds, Dr Becky, Dreksler Astral, Geographics, etc... and to go beyond that Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Brian Cox, Frank Drake, Vera Rubin, Michio Kaku, etc... - Loads of DEI bollocks that is deforming the perception of art, brainwashing people into accepting mediocrity in contemporary media, and ultimately encouraging conformity to the point where opinions in the minority are frowned upon because they don't meet a societal standard. A sensible way to actually embrace cultural diversity/variety is to travel, reflect, express gratitude, continuously improve yourself, find purpose, stay curious, and keep an open mind. Surely this is common sense? Instead what is currently happening is people are blindly accepting mediocrity because it aligns with an agenda, an agenda that is limiting the possibilities of art. Reading other reviews here is quite funny. The people hyping this up have probably seen < 100 films in their life, and < 5 tv-shows in their life, and they're probably hyping up mainstream dross like barbie, oppenheimer, lord of the rings, every batman film, every nolan film, every scorsese film, etc... If you want real profundity in the form of cinema, go watch Avalon, Serial Experiments Lain, Blame!, Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Patlabor 2, Steamboy, Stalker, Involution, instead. Genuine pieces of art that don't pander to the viewer and prioritise atmosphere/style/mood/detail/intimacy over plot and dialogue - unfortunately this will never appeal to the masses because it's easier to talk about plot than it is to talk about atmosphere/style/mood/detail/intimacy. Gradually, year-by-year, I find myself drifting farther and farther apart from mainstream cinema. This is another stepping stone to a personal appreciation for true artistic enlightenment. Disappointing and sadly forgettable. Not worth the hype. 1 / 10