Honestly a surprisingly intriguing and entertaining start to this new Marvel series. Oscar Isaac is great, and I love the exclusive focus on his character throughout the entire episode. It is an interesting take on the psychological thriller genre with a character who has dissociative identity disorder, and this aspect blends in well with the seemingly supernatural things going on around him.
Some notable sequences include the "dream" sequence (which was not really a dream), which was both thrilling and comedic, and had an interesting introduction to what seems to be the main antagonist of the series.
Another neat sequence is the mirror scene near the end of the episode, where Steven finally has a proper discussion with his alternate personality. Great cinematography, and it ends with the superhero reveal which somehow did not feel as cheesy as it should have!
There is some obvious exposition here and there. In my opinion, this series could have benefited from taking a narrator approach from the main character's POV (similarly to "Mr. Robot"), to avoid awkward moments where the character speaks to himself, but they do a good enough job of making it feel like a personality quirk rather than it feeing too forced.
One other small detail that brings this down is knowing that there will be only five more episodes. It just really doesn't seem like enough, and is especially disappointing because this seems like it will be great!
Regardless, hopefully the momentum keeps up in the next episode!
Some notable sequences include the "dream" sequence (which was not really a dream), which was both thrilling and comedic, and had an interesting introduction to what seems to be the main antagonist of the series.
Another neat sequence is the mirror scene near the end of the episode, where Steven finally has a proper discussion with his alternate personality. Great cinematography, and it ends with the superhero reveal which somehow did not feel as cheesy as it should have!
There is some obvious exposition here and there. In my opinion, this series could have benefited from taking a narrator approach from the main character's POV (similarly to "Mr. Robot"), to avoid awkward moments where the character speaks to himself, but they do a good enough job of making it feel like a personality quirk rather than it feeing too forced.
One other small detail that brings this down is knowing that there will be only five more episodes. It just really doesn't seem like enough, and is especially disappointing because this seems like it will be great!
Regardless, hopefully the momentum keeps up in the next episode!