I wanted to like this, I really did but it's just not interesting me. I'm currently watching episode 4 and I'm struggling to watch it and pay attention. I was going and try to get through all 8 episodes but I don't know if I'm able to.
It's a shame, I really wanted to like this.
I couldn't stop watching, the very end is so worth it. I'm in awe. Sobbed my eyeballs out. It can be hard to stay into at times but I think you should reconsider.
shareI loved it, but if you are not hooked by episode four than you never will be and shouldn't bother watching the rest
shareThe opposite for me. I watched the last three episodes back to back. Something I almost never do. The writers did their job from that point of view which is the bottom line for Netflix.
shareDon't worry, you aren't going to miss anything by NOT watching it. It had an interesting premise but terrible writing, inconsistency, and just stupid behavior all around, really lets the show down.
I wanted to like this, I really did but it's just not interesting me.
That's a weak insult since you really don't have to pay attention to this show, it's incredibly straightforward. And before you try to insult me, yes I paid attention to this show, I pay attention to everything I watch but I thought this show was pretty bad in all honesty.
shareAlso did you really use "network shows" as an insult? LOL, there are A LOT of network shows better than The OA, where you have to pay attention to it.
share"Sooooo... you come to IMDB to see if you're in a minority"
Well....yes. I've heard such positive things about the show so I wanted to see if I was the only one who couldn't connect to it. Nothing wrong with that. Also, there's nothing wrong with network shows.
I don't know what you deem acceptable TV but I've watched many shows that I find better than The OA that I would gladly, and have, re watch over and over. For example, The West Wing <3
It's immortality, my darlings
Personally I liked the show until the ending which for me, was straight up laziness. They painted themselves into a corner then tacked on a horrible ending which ruined everything. I saw it as a total cop out because they obviously could not resolve the story properly. A real waste.
shareIt's an intriguing concept and is appropriately captivating. It's resolution was disappointing to many, but that disappointment was quite possibly provoked to cause a sense of disillusionment, a recurring theme in the story's narrative about Stockholm Syndrome, as demonstrated in the emptiness of each OA's and Steve's manic behavior when faced with the loss of their captors. (Maybe some don't see OA as a captor, but I think this was reinforced in her storytelling being presented to the five people as something of a "captive audience.")
My overall opinion is it is one of several recent shows to embark on a new type of TV storytelling that favors connecting emotionally with its audience over connecting intellectually. I don't think "The OA" achieves this as well as HBO's "The Leftovers," but then again neither show is completed yet, so we'll see how the two play out. By this same token, it isn't necessary to compare the two. Each is its own show, and each stands on its own merits.
Maybe "The OA" is intriguing enough to warrant people withholding judgment as it is an avant garde work.
I have come out of watching the show with the opinion of I neither hated or overly enjoyed it. I just really can't describe what it was that I watched, but I would likely watch the next season. And though at the same time it's not a show I could really ever recommend to others. I will say I was in a similar position as you where through the first four episodes I was really unsure with what I was watching.
I pretty much watched watched the show in this pattern:
Day 1 - first episode
Day 2 - second episode
took a break for a couple of days and then watched episode 3 and 4, and then took a break for the weekend watched 5 and 6 and then 7 and 8 a day after that.