Watched the digital circus because the jester girl is all over the internet and had nothing better to do.
- Premise is fine. In spite of being zoomer slop I'd like to know what happens. Not that hopeful they will stick the landing.
- Not being political or pozzed is why it's been so successful, everyone wants shit they can just enjoy without being reminded of current year.
- All attempts at humor not funny, but not offensively bad attempts. I somewhat forgive this because it wasn't made for me, it was made for tweens who are hearing these kind of jokes for the first time and will find it funny. Yes they deserve better media, "it's for kids" isn't really a good excuse, but setting that aside I'm not gonna get mad at lame jokes.
- Going along with the above, it's over-written. Someone mentioned earlier that Don't Hug Me I'm Scared did the same vibe better, and I agree, too much exposition tells me you don't trust the viewer to figure it out.
- Caine is going to be played up as the slightly sinister all-powerful guy keeping them all stuck, but the twist will be that he's just as trapped, or making the best of a bad situation.
- Jax is trope of the sarcastic jerk who deep down has a heart of gold, but the twist will be that he's actually an irredeemable asshole who will betray everyone for a chance to escape (probably with immediate karmic consequences).
- If C&A actually means Cain and Abel like most of the internet theorizes then that's retardedly hamfisted and the show is doomed.
- The fanbase seems utterly insufferable, as expected.
Info for the thread that I hadn't seen mentioned earlier: the creator has said the plan for the show is one season, 8 episodes, which is wise. Means they can go bigger with character reveals and/or killing people off, rather than needing to maintain a status quo for filler.
The whole thing is an obvious metaphor for the zoomer mindset: being born into a world offering fun and endless adventure, but feeling a strange desperation that you should be more free than you are. Giving up and embracing the fun that's spoon-fed to you is the only thing that keeps you from going insane. Looking up beyond your entertainment, you won't find anything but endless drudgery, cubicles, and death. The promise of entertainment (and the dull hope of further attempts at finding meaning) is the only thing that drags you back from the void.
What's funny is it's also a metaphor for the internet and living under the megacorp media regime. No Pomni, you're not allowed to say nigger. The show is an acknowledgement of the lame gilded cages and walled gardens everyone is stuck in, but since it's made by a troon it's not going to be smart enough to offer a real solution.
