Engaging enough, but superficial and pretentious

Rating: 6/10 (13 August 2016)

The effects were good, as was the acting. The story? Each story is OK, but this pretense that they have something deep to sell, something profound that ties them all together -- was nauseating. Trying to shove mindless gobbledygook down your throat through lecturing? Gimme a break. Without that, I would have pegged it at 7. But that alone knocks it down by one. P.S. The strange futuristic dialect was cool. The high tech futuristic city, very cool (except for the gross parts). The obvious re-use of actors for different roles? That's just nonsensical, as it implies parallels between stories that are superficial at best, if they even exist.