Essentially this is an advertisement for the pseudo documentary that the writers/directors made a few years ago to to hype an "immersive experience game" they helped create in 2008. (Really just an interactively rigged room in a San Francisco office that they created with a bunch of supporting art work, flyers, video etc..
Jason Segal is one of the most fascinating "creatives" in the entertainment industry. He is constantly re-inventing himself and his career, from "Freeks & Geeks" to "How I met your mother," from "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" to re-inventing The Muppets.
Tried to watch the pilot episode, turned it off about three quarters through. Absolute nonsense, no plot, just random rubbish.
After watching the first episode i had no idea what it is all about, But i found it intriguing enough that i will watch a few more to see how it goes.
I'm 20min in and getting a big Brazil vibe.
I saw the pilot and deduced that this is the kind of programme that attempts to communicate a profound series of points but merely comes across as an amateur surreal experimental college project farce! In fact, it is like watching a series of experimental college films all rolled into one.
This is absolutely story telling at is best. Nothing but sheet magnificence.
So as of yet, I don't know what to think of this one. As to what star rating I'd give this, my place holder is a 7.
Reviewed after 1 episode: I know, I know but I will update it later.This is a mystery drama, set in the US and follows an ordinary every day person called Peter, until his life is turned upside down by a mysterious place called Elsewhere, ran by Octavio ( Richard E Grant ), and is thrown into a series of events reminiscent of a certain Michael Douglas film.