Weird City

This serie has a great concept, like black mirror with comedy and weirdness. I really enjoyed the weirdness and binge watched it. Give it a chance!

The only reason I watched it was because Dylan O'Brien was in it, and i couldn't make it to the 3rd episode. The 1st episode was weird and comforting but then the 2nd episode was weird and creepy. It was very disturbing (the 2nd ep.) I would say you should try and watch it but i don't recommend.

The basic idea of Weird City - an anthology series taking place in a city divided between the haves and have nots - seems promising. But the first episode, involving a guy who goes to a dating agency that promises to find your perfect match, seemed about 20 minutes too long even though the whole series is a half hour. It would have been better had they intertwined a couple of stories, or wrote one that had more meat on it.

The series seems very well meant, dealing with themes of love and freedom and government overreach and the right to choose your own sexuality. It's just that it's not an especially interesting idea, it's not done particularly well, and after ten minutes it feels like its spinning its wheels.

I'm not sure why Jordan Peele is doing this, since my understanding is he's doing a reboot of Twilight Zone and why would you do two such similar series simultaneously? Also don't understand how the very talented Peele could do something so mediocre. Very puzzling.

Not going to watch another episode.

I see that the producers had arranged cleverly the episode order in a certain way, starting with strong one carried by Dylan O'Brian and Ed O'Neill in hope the audience would continue watching the next several episodes. It is similar to Apple's "Amazing Stories" that started with Dylan O'Brian in the first episode before the whole serial fell apart with second episode that is too "SJW" and has ruined the mystique of "Amazing Stories".

Lot of reviewers have commented about the similarity between "Weird City" and "Black Mirror". I tend to agree, but "Weird City" has lot of pointless "comedy" that fall flat like the bad comedians who couldn't get the audience to laugh. I watched about ten minutes of second episode before skipping to the next episode and repeated the same thing to the subsequent episodes.

I gave the serial one star but had to add three more for the excellent Dylan O'Brian episode.

High quality writing and excellent production values help Weird City separate itself from a crowded field.

No doubt this has been influenced by the somewhat repetitive Black Mirror, but its innate optimism and feel good vibe are an improvement on that show, which can be pretentiously handwringing at times.

Great costumes, colour palettes, music and plenty of laughs. A triumphant debut.