Going into this, I had heard it got a lot of praise from everyone. Initially I just believed these were just elitists and mostly disregarded these claims of granduer.
Yet as I first watched this, I slowly started to understand how the praise that was given to this was not unjustified. Touching on ideas that somehow are still relevant almost thirty years later, ideas that were able to predict how the internet would go on to influence our society.
Serial Experiments Lain is amazingly profound, confusing and when the parts are finally understood, allows for the audience to truly appreciate what was given to them.
Post rewatch: My enjoyment of Serial Experiments Lain has greatly improved after I have rewatched it, being able to recognise what is actually going on and along with content provided through the Lain wiki. Lain is understandably confusing and I am almost still as confused as I was in the beginning. I now understand why many people have this so high.
Yet as I first watched this, I slowly started to understand how the praise that was given to this was not unjustified. Touching on ideas that somehow are still relevant almost thirty years later, ideas that were able to predict how the internet would go on to influence our society.
Serial Experiments Lain is amazingly profound, confusing and when the parts are finally understood, allows for the audience to truly appreciate what was given to them.
Post rewatch: My enjoyment of Serial Experiments Lain has greatly improved after I have rewatched it, being able to recognise what is actually going on and along with content provided through the Lain wiki. Lain is understandably confusing and I am almost still as confused as I was in the beginning. I now understand why many people have this so high.