S01.E02: Delivery Guy

[AnimeMania]

Willis figures out where he fits into the story. 

Premiere Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024     Hulu     

[arc]

I liked in the scene outside the precinct when Willis is a weird extra in the scene, esp when a dude with a beanie walked by him going screen left, and then the very next shot had the same dude walking from screen right again, and then soon after that he walks by Willis again. It would have been less noticeable without the beanie, and in any case any competent show has extra wranglers to make sure continuity errors like that don't happen, but I guess Interior Chinatown wants to highlight how unreal (the show-within-the-show) Black & White is. (also the color grading changes too when the show gets taken over by Black & White.)

Lana's "I had other jobs before this" is bending my mind. Does she know she's an actor in a show?

I'm sorry, I've never liked the extreme kitschiness of LA's Chinatown Central Plaza, but at least here it's playing (a) Chinatown. I feel like some other shows from less enlightened times have used it to stand in for actual China.

I'd also love to hear the creative team's thoughts on why some of the Chinese is Mandarin and some of it Cantonese.

[shapeshifter]

Great 2nd episode. I was worried the show would lose me.

11 hours ago, arc said:

Lana's "I had other jobs before this" is bending my mind. Does she know she's an actor in a show?

I loved that ambiguity.

So, in some universe Lana Lee was girlfriend to Willis' brother. 

[edhopper]

I was unsure where this was going in the first ep. But this one has me staying with it. I just hope they stick the ending. I love how Lana is the only TV person who can see Willis.