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Mr. Brain? A new Japanese TV show...
May. 30th, 2009 04:08 pmJust an odd review of a Japanese TV show...
Mr. Brain -- it's a new television show, Saturday nights, Mainichi TV -- channel 4 in this area. And it's a very odd show.
The season opener last week started with a close-up of a box under a car. And a digital display ticking down. Then it backed up to show us a downtown area. And kaboom! The box exploded, sending a burning wreck flying up to flip and land in an intersection nearby. Where four or five cars proceeded to run into it.
( Plot Spoilers! )
My rating -- I found it really hard to maintain a proper suspension of disbelief. Mr. Brain -- the character -- is just too quirky for me. The bits and pieces of brain research are kind of fun, but they didn't seem to be particularly relevant to the story, either. I think maybe they're trying too hard? I mean, I think it could be a workable format, but I'd make the mysteries the story, not so much the quirkiness of Mr. Brain and the bits of brain research.
Mr. Brain -- it's a new television show, Saturday nights, Mainichi TV -- channel 4 in this area. And it's a very odd show.
The season opener last week started with a close-up of a box under a car. And a digital display ticking down. Then it backed up to show us a downtown area. And kaboom! The box exploded, sending a burning wreck flying up to flip and land in an intersection nearby. Where four or five cars proceeded to run into it.
( Plot Spoilers! )
My rating -- I found it really hard to maintain a proper suspension of disbelief. Mr. Brain -- the character -- is just too quirky for me. The bits and pieces of brain research are kind of fun, but they didn't seem to be particularly relevant to the story, either. I think maybe they're trying too hard? I mean, I think it could be a workable format, but I'd make the mysteries the story, not so much the quirkiness of Mr. Brain and the bits of brain research.
