It was certainly interesting, and most of it was entertaining. It felt a bit like somebody imagining scenes and sections of larger projects and working these imaginings all the way up to finished chunks. In fact, that's likely to be what happened. I thought parts were very successful, others not so much. Some was very original; some was not.
The opening section dropped us into a post apocalyptic world with an extract from his short film Rakka, which is itself a "part" project.
The various bits have been produced by Oats Studios, which is Blomkamp's experimental studio. The basic idea (apparently) is to produce snippets for release of YouTube, Steam etc. to see if there's an appetite for the full production. He May Be Your Dog But He's Wearing My Collar
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