I just finished binge-watching Netflix's Maniac and let me tell you smtg, the show is brilliant. It's dark, a little twisted & trippy but unsurprisingly relatable to me. The show has the whole Mr Robot vibe, i love it.
Jonah Hill and Emma Stone played their characters SO well. I felt Owen's (Jonah) lonliness and pain. I can relate to Annie too. I understand what it's like to want to repeat a bad memory over and over again just to feel it. I guess Maniac is tryna tell us to find great importance is human connection as it will, in a way, save ourselves from crippling depression (or other mental disorders). Those people came in, wanting a cure but did all the pills work or was it just in their heads? And was Annie and Owen still in simulation at the very end because of the artistic flairs of the creators? The pills did sort of "save" Annie and Owen but i feel like they saved themselves because of their strong connection with each other.
I just found out that there won't be a Season 2 and that the ending is up to the viewers' imagination. I feel like i NEED a season 2 because i want to know how they worked out or are they "McMurphy-ed". I am hopeful though. It has been a while since a TV serie made me feel so many things.
I read a lot of comments saying the show is "overhyped" or things like "i just don't get it". As much as the show is pretty dark and intense, the story-line was pretty straightforward, i feel. A few people came together to be "lab rats" for a few reasons. Some wanted cash as they were broke AF and being tested on would give em heaps. Some wanted a permanent cure for their depression or schizo or anxiety (or all of em at once). The episodes are mostly about what Annie and Owen experiences in their "reflections" as they go in a dream-like state after injesting the pills. There were a few twisted and highly inappropriate scenes but it somehow fits because the whole TV show is strange.
Good kind of strange i would say.
I need Mr Robot to be on Netflix by the way. I hate having to find random-ass links just to watch it. Most of em are full of ads anyway.
If you guys have not watched Maniac, please do.
It's literal art.
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I don't want to be THAT person but i'm tryna be on a social media break. My self-esteem and confidence are back to being non-existent and i'm tired of feeling so shit about myself. I know blogging is a part of social media too but i'm referrin to the mainstream ones like IG of FB or idek, even public twitter. It'd good to take breaks every now and then i guess. I've been sleeping a lot on my off days. I just want to sleep more. I even dreamt of taking an MC just so i could extend hibernation. I thought it was real until i woke up. My mind is going bonkers.