I’m glad it didn’t become the New Matrix, which started with some decent ideas, but devolved into standard scifi/fantasy with All Powerful Hero.
On your points.
I don’t have a problem with the one-dimensional characters, because I see them as serving functional roles in a symbolic narrative—the point is to fulfill the effect.
I thought the link between layers was fine, but more importantly, the link to us was very well done.
Not seeing her dance was a practical necessity. What would she have actually been able to do that would have warranted the reactions she received?
I also disliked the bus driver bit, because it seemed to subvert the entire point for me. The voice over of Sweet Pea says early on that our angels “aren’t here to fight our battles, but to whisper from our hearts, reminding that it’s us, it’s every one of us who holds power over the world we create.” Yet there is the bus driver, saving her bacon at the end.
I’m glad it didn’t become the New Matrix, which started with some decent ideas, but devolved into standard scifi/fantasy with All Powerful Hero.
On your points.
I don’t have a problem with the one-dimensional characters, because I see them as serving functional roles in a symbolic narrative—the point is to fulfill the effect.
I thought the link between layers was fine, but more importantly, the link to us was very well done.
Not seeing her dance was a practical necessity. What would she have actually been able to do that would have warranted the reactions she received?
I also disliked the bus driver bit, because it seemed to subvert the entire point for me. The voice over of Sweet Pea says early on that our angels “aren’t here to fight our battles, but to whisper from our hearts, reminding that it’s us, it’s every one of us who holds power over the world we create.” Yet there is the bus driver, saving her bacon at the end.