jesse-greathouse

This is not a grounded, serious take on horror. It's very whimsical and sometimes the motivations can be completely bizarre and unrealistic.

I liked Michael B. Jordan sometimes, other times he was corny. He did a decent job at playing distinctly different characters, but I didn't really find the way his characters were written to be very believable.

If you want to turn your brain off and enjoy a tub of popcorn then there's fun to be had here. It's Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the deep south during the 1920's. Not my cup of tea, but it's at least somewhat enjoyable if you set your expectations accordingly.

So far I'm really enjoying this series: Like a Dragon. The characters are charming and they have very interesting dispositions and motivations. The action scenes are fun. The plot and story is pretty interesting albeit simple.

Yes its a bit corny, but much like it's main character, the show has a charisma that can't be denied. It sucks you in and makes you wonder where all of this is going.

The show is based on a game series by Sega. I have played one of the games but I don't know enough about the series as a whole to say whether the show is faithful to the games in story. To me it does capture the essence of what the game was about, but it doesn't seem to follow the story of the game that I played.

After seeing the original British Office, and the American Office, for over a decade, it's hard to tell if I've become immune to this formula, or if this rendition is just not all that charming.

It gets off to a slow start, but by episode 4 or 5 you may find yourself chuckling occasionally. The characters are analogous to characters from previous renditions and it really tries hard to stick to the same formula that you've already seen. There does not seem to be much effort into breaking new ground or surprising us with new character archetypes or story lines. Despite being a carbon copy of previous renditions, the players seem to have a bit less charisma than their analogs, and so you'll find yourself not being drawn in like you did when you saw the Office the first time.

To sum up, it's the same Office you've already seen before, being played by new people. The characters. The stories and gags are almost identical to that which you've already seen. There is nothing fresh or new to entice people to watch this. If you simply want more of the same, or you want to turn your brain off and have very few chuckles, it may be worth a watch.