It looks like that's intentional. It's trying to capture the vibe of games from the original Half Life era and seems to be doing a fine job from what I can see.
You just named 2 of my favorite episodes. Clearly they just weren't for you? The fantasy one did a fantastic job showcasing a father's love for his daughter and the musical episode was both funny and moved the characters forward a lot... I don't see how either of these could possibly be bad things but ig to each his own.
That movie wasn't like those ancient Greek stories because in quite a few ways but most notably the prophecy is just some guy believing that 3 teens are going to kill him. In the end... Madame Web kills him with a Pepsi sign! (Buy Pepsi! Drink Pepsi! PRAISE PEPSI!)
The movie does actively try to be like those ancient stories but it falls flat with even a slight amount of thinking about it because the villain's motivations make no sense... Let's break it down!
For the last 20ish years he's had the same recurring nightmare about 3 teens showing up into his New York apartment, smashing some of his stuff, stealing from him and then throwing him out a window...
During that time every action he took seemed to recreate that dream? He moved to New York (he didn't live there before), bought the apartment from his nightmare, bought all of the furniture from the nightmare, decorated it exactly the same, and then spent the rest of his time making sure that the 3 teenage girls he is afraid of have a reason to dislike him. This whole movie could've been prevented by... Moving to a different place... At any point in the last 20 years...
Unrelated to the story but also every single line from the villain is dubbed for some reason??? Every other character clearly sounds like they did the voice during the scene and then he sounds like he's in a recording booth and they just slapped it on... ???
This turned into more of an essay/rant than I planned but holy fuck that movie was so bad. Funniest shit I've seen in so long and will watch it again. I'd never seen a superhero movie before where the main character's super power includes hitting people with her car.
I would NOT call Oppenheimer a major improvement! It was one of my least favorite theater experiences because I couldn't hear half of the dialogue and the whole thing was way too loud.
That last bit is really the issue that led to the shut down. They stopped staying independent and were bought by a big company years and years ago. That company was then bought by someone else who then sold it and it was bought and sold and bought and sold until we got to Warner Bros which likes to kill things just for funsies.
I really hope that the talented creators they had can find a way to branch out independently like Dropout managed to when College Humor was getting shut down.
Bastion was definitely indie when it was made so it counts