The first feeling after reading it is very warm and healing! Of course, I didn't realize it in the first 9 episodes and the first half an hour of the last episode...
From the plot point of view, a word borrowed from Weibo is "Science Fiction Fairy Tale". It is indeed full of things that only appear in science fiction works. The experimental content is also a bit like Inception?
But in fact, from the perspective of science fiction, the work itself focuses on emotion and psychology. Although each dream story is bizarre and confusing, it actually reflects a lot of emotional problems in the protagonist's heart. I have to say that when I see the protagonist’s reality elements in each story, I still admire the screenwriter’s imagination.
I personally feel that Owen and Annie represent a large part of the society. One is timid and afraid of things, thinking that they are not important and insecure, and will mess up all relationships; the other is holding on to the pain of the past, just wanting to indulge in the past and unwilling move on, thinking that oneself is not worthy of happiness. "Maniac" used a full 8 episodes to reconcile themselves with themselves, telling everyone "No one is normal". The two protagonists are actually very kind-hearted. Owen finally chose tell the truth between family and justice, even if he would go to a mental hospital for it; Annie also put down her dead sister and decided to become someone else’s friend to help Owen escape from mental illness. hospital. So after all, they both deserve good stuff, and so do all the people who are like them.
The most special thing in the play should be Gertie, an emotional AI. "Maniac" does not tell the clichés about AI like other works, but allows everyone to truly enter Gertie's heart, experience her sadness and frustration, and experience her pain and helplessness in losing her lover.
In fact, there are many metaphorical plots in the play that I don’t understand very well. It’s a bit like "Big Group" but the latter doesn’t have this kind of healing feeling... But it is also inexplicably connecting the two protagonists in unexpected ways. The way of being together attracted me.
In the first few episodes, I created the typical maniac in the eyes of Owen and Annie. In the next few episodes, I will tell everyone——
"We all are, no big deal."
And I like the last scene very much. Owen dreamed that he and Annie were in the car. They drove very fast. It seemed that someone was chasing them, but he smiled happily.
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