pointlessly obtuse plot devices and laboriously obvious characters don't make for good storytelling.

it was entertaining enough from episode 4-7 to keep me going to the end, but all that was wiped away by one of the most got-awful finales in a long time. I wasn't sure I could roll my eyes and unintentionally laugh so hard at Velcoro's ending (*zoom into "MESSAGE UPLOAD FAILED"* / *audience gasps!*). but he was just one of many horrible missteps over the last 90 minutes.

there's not much to go back to here. my attitude for future installments of this series has turned pessimistic.