Discusión Maniac
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I really wanted to like this series...and about half-way through I was convinced I did, but somehow in the second half (the final act?) the series devolved into cliche with a super weak ending. It seems crazy given all the work put into detail and development to fall so flat. I don't get it. I mean, I get the series, I just don't get the failure. Anyone else feel this way? Differently?
Contestado por lonegunman
el 24 de octubre de 2018 a las 19:05
I get what you mean. But i dig the ending. The plot seems complicated and detailed like you said and i liked that a lot. But the ending was very human and it made sense which is more important for me. The abstract things are interesting to observe but they never stay with you. It's hard to relate to them. They could have done super complicated ending with multiple meaning, it's seems to be a trend now. But i liked that they choose to give us something simple and relatable.
Contestado por Jacinto Cupboard
el 20 de junio de 2020 a las 00:49
Maniac belongs to what I call The Prisoner School of storytelling. That is, like the 60s, show, it is often baffling, willfully avoids explanation, and when all is said and done probably doesn't mean much at all. Still, folks will always want to try to make sense of something that is absurd.
Taken at face value, the start is promising: quirky design, gobbledygook dialogue, strange splicing of events, all add up to a fun ride. But the OP is right, it dropped off a cliff in the last 3 or 4 episodes. The conceit of the Ep 9 is a standout for all the wrong reasons. Sure it has moments of laugh out loud humour, but the 'look at us clever guys playing with the medium' tone is pure vanity. Sure we are included in the joke, but it is still disrespectful to an audience to dismiss the audience's investment in a story. It's not subversive. It's not transgressive. It's not challenging. It is time writers got over this sort of thing.