# The OA - netflix original **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, netflix\ **Created:** [December 17, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955 "2016-12-17T18:47:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/41 "2016-12-24T16:29:48Z")
I do not hate the ending by any means, but do think they misfired. We should have seen: Prairie lead her new friends through a portal to another dimension in order to find her friends. I think that would have been an earned cliffhanger for us. I hope there is a second season. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/42 "2016-12-24T17:13:15Z")
Good build up of the story but the ending is a major suck. It could have been better than that. That was just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/43 "2016-12-24T22:55:11Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > If you made it to the end, you got what you paid for. Netflix? Anywho… wasn’t terrible, but wasn’t even remotely in the same league as Stranger Things, not that I think it was intended to be. I’m kinda over cop out endings, though. I would like another season to explain the real deal, assuming they’d actually do that and not just jerk us around again. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/44 "2016-12-24T22:58:14Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > This is the first thing I’ve binged in a while on Netflix and for this show it only gave about 5 seconds before automatically starting the next episode. I’m used to it being something like 20 seconds. Have they globally changed that or was that a ploy just for The OA? Depends on the platform and version of the player being used. Some don’t autoplay at all (good, IMO). ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/45 "2016-12-25T02:29:37Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Netflix? > > Anywho… wasn’t terrible, but wasn’t even remotely in the same league as Stranger Things, not that I think it was intended to be. I’m kinda over cop out endings, though. I would like another season to explain the real deal, assuming they’d actually do that and not just jerk us around again. I want a second season if there really is something to the five movements, but if they’re going to keep us forever guessing what’s real and what’s not, then they might as well leave it as is. I really think something’s up with the FBI guy and the books. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/46 "2016-12-27T01:45:58Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I want a second season if there really is something to the five movements, but if they’re going to keep us forever guessing what’s real and what’s not, then they might as well leave it as is. > > I really think something’s up with the FBI guy and the books. When “French” turned into “Homer” in the mirror, then FBI showed up, I was worried FBI was going to kill him and turn out to be “HAP” from the “real” world. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/47 "2016-12-27T03:26:01Z")
> [@Driver8](#): > > I’m about five episodes in so far. I’ve kind of enjoyed what I’ve seen so far, and might even be willing to suspend my disbelief more than usual given that some woo seems inevitable at this point. But I’m at red alert, ready and half expecting to be punched in the face by an inept and stupid TV writer yelling “Ha! Wasted your time!”. Aaaand, I just got sucker punched. I should have switched off at the first signs of fucking interpretive dance. Jesus H. Christ that was stupid. And they played that straight, right to the end in the cafeteria, intending for us to take it seriously. What a waste of time. What a bunch of incoherent nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/48 "2016-12-27T03:28:27Z")
> [@Driver8](#): > > Aaaand, I just got sucker punched. I should have switched off at the first signs of fucking interpretive dance. Jesus H. Christ that was stupid. And they played that straight, right to the end in the cafeteria, intending for us to take it seriously. What a waste of time. What a bunch of incoherent nonsense. We need to form a support group. OAA. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/49 "2016-12-27T03:43:29Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > We need to form a support group. OAA. Look, I don’t have a problem, alright? I can stop binge watching whenever I want to. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/50 "2016-12-27T03:47:24Z")
Do you hide netflix capable devices around your house? ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/51 "2016-12-27T14:00:27Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Anywho… wasn’t terrible, but wasn’t even remotely in the same league as Stranger Things, not that I think it was intended to be. Man, I do not get the “Stranger Things” love. I suffered through it, thought the ending was horrible, and generally found it dull and the acting, especially from Winona, really bad. The OA, I loooooved. Yeah, the ending was slightly contrived, but overall in a much better league than Stranger Things. More interesting storyline, much better acting, much more intriguing concept. To each their own, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/52 "2016-12-27T14:32:40Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Man, I do not get the “Stranger Things” love. I suffered through it, thought the ending was horrible, and generally found it dull and the acting, especially from Winona, really bad. > > The OA, I loooooved. Yeah, the ending was slightly contrived, but overall in a much better league than Stranger Things. More interesting storyline, much better acting, much more intriguing concept. > > To each their own, I guess. Finally. I felt so alone. 🙂 I think the Stranger Things love is 99.9% driven by nostalgia. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/53 "2016-12-27T17:16:15Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > Finally. I felt so alone. 🙂 I think the Stranger Things love is 99.9% driven by nostalgia. As a child of the 70s and 80s, I should loooooove Stranger Things. I was pretty much of an age with the kids in the show. Maybe I’m nostalgia-challenged. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/54 "2016-12-27T18:25:18Z")
I actually liked Stranger Things quite a bit. I’m not usually a big nostalgia guy, and in general think we have more and better television and music now than ever before. But that show really worked for me. I thought it was really well made, and the atmosphere alone really sold it. Heck, even the title sequence was really creepy. I agree that the plot was very goofy. But to misquote from the political sphere, it was goofy within normal parameters for a sci-fi / fantasy TV show. OA was just embarrassingly dumb, and the interpretive dance scenes (especially in the cafeteria) were cringe worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/55 "2016-12-27T19:59:20Z")
> [@Driver8](#): > > OA was just embarrassingly dumb, and the interpretive dance scenes (especially in the cafeteria) were cringe worthy. It worked for me, no cringes here at all. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/56 "2016-12-27T21:01:36Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > It worked for me, no cringes here at all. I liked that part as well. No issues for me. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/57 "2016-12-27T21:13:53Z")
I thought the school shooter came out of nowhere, storywise and literally, and the dance was weird. But I rewatched it and the whole thing grew on me. Prairie did see the cafeteria in her dreams, and teaching the group the 5 movements did prevent a tragedy, and it looked like she got herself another NDE. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/58 "2016-12-27T22:36:22Z")
+15 for cringe worthy dances, the instant they started them. BUT, I gave it the benefit of the doubt, hoping it would turn out there would be cool pan-dimensional portals. Nope. Just extra super stupid cringe worthy dance. I felt embarrassed for the characters. I felt embarrassed for the actors. I feel embarrassed for my friends who are going to sit through it, despite my warnings. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/59 "2016-12-29T23:49:19Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > I think the Stranger Things love is 99.9% driven by nostalgia. There ain’t nothin wrong with that! The young actress playing Eleven was really good, too. She could say volumes without uttering a word. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955/60 "2016-12-30T01:33:13Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > Finally. I felt so alone. 🙂 I think the Stranger Things love is 99.9% driven by nostalgia. I had almost no nostalgia for the time period it was set in. Loved the show, anyway. I guess I’m the .1%? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955.md?page=4)