Apple TV+ is excitedly referring to its new drama Calls as a "genre-bending thriller" and a "groundbreaking, immersive television experience." Put more transparently:Calls is a nine-episode series made up of seemingly unrelated phone calls that eventually form a creepy mystery, told with audio and abstract visuals.
Put more literally: Congratulations, Apple TV+, you've created a narrative podcast and attached a squiggly screensaver to it.
You probably don't want to tell actual professional narrative podcasters how much money you spent on this. Now to be fair, the abstract visuals are definitely more advanced than a screensaver, but is the story being told by creator Fede Alvarez and a strong stable of writers presented with more complexity.
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