Pluskylang Great Film overall

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

edck-08603 I've watched the first 6 episodes so far. I think the story line is good and the casting is fab. I think the show explores a lot of social restrictions and thinking from this era in an accurate way. The story of Jack Parsons is an interesting one, and it works well as a TV series.It's not heavy on shock value (lazy writing) which could have been a problem with the topics of occult and sex parties. I think the pace is a little slower than I would like but it's acceptable. Surprised by the low rating as this show is definitely higher quality than most of the stuff that is out there. Most comments are favorable.

Wes C It's a shame the only few bad reviews left here are unrealistically low to the point that they obviously have a problem giving credit where it's due. Everyone is entitled to an opinion but a 1 or 2 rating for a show that clearly is deserving of more only exposes the fact that these people lack the attention span to read a novel or even a comic book all the way to the end. They are likely best suited to read the funnies section in a newspaper and that's about it. Strange Angel is only 2 episodes in and it's a slow build so far but an intriguing one. If you have any interest in scientific history or the occult, there is more than enough here to keep you interested. Parsons is a rebel and free thinker at heart forced by societal and financial conditions to maintain a pretense of normalcy for the time being. You really get the sense however that it's all eating at him and he only needs to be presented with the right opportunity to become reacquainted with his true self. Enter the quirky unpredictable neighbor "Ernest" who lives by his own rules. He's not your typical rebel without a cause however, quite clearly he is driven by a deeper philosophy. On the surface Jack feigns rejection and they clash a little in the first couple of episodes though there's something about him that Jack finds undeniably compelling. I'm looking forward to seeing where this story leads as Jack is inevitably introduced to Aleister Crowley the infamous British Occultist & Philosopher. This will be where things get interesting and the story will truly take off.

jaoneal The is an excellent show that I desperately hope finds its audience. It is an excellent portrayal of 1930s California, as well as the seeds of the counter-culture movement and the ground-work for the evolutionary technological leaps of California's aerospace industry and, later, silicon valley. It is told through an examination of a Jack Parsons, a founder of the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) at Cal tech that would become center of the academic world for space exploration in the decades that followed.Much like Kerouac's New York of the 1950s, California in the 20s and 30s was chaffing against the "High Church" Protestant paradigm of what it meant to be 'American'. It was a hotbed of spiritualist movements, with reading groups and acolytes of Blavatsky, Gurdjieff, and Rosicrucian/Kabalist/Hermeticist, popping up on every corner. Into this mix, add the influx of serious intellect from Europe as it sought to escape Hitler's rise, and you have an extremely fertile ground for open-minded questioning of 'established truth' and important intellectual break-throughs on all fronts. You also have the ingredients of what may become a ground-breaking tv show.In general, when this period of exploration into the Western mystical tradition is treated at all in TV or Movies, it turns into a cheap excuse for regurgitating tired "Manson Family" tropes. Eastern Spiritual traditions = Good; Western Spiritual Traditions = satanic/bad. This show offers some hope avoiding that dichotomy, although I do worry it will eventually play up that angle just to grab more eyeballs. But at least the first few episodes are truly an excellent exploration of a unique cauldron of sociological, historical, and spiritual ingredients that would go on to change the world.

josh langberg So far, very accurate and seems to have minimal speculation. Excellent acting, anyone who has an interest in science or the occult should see this, as they have always been tied together throughout history.