Spring is
upon us! Join us as we view new pilots this season, and
see where they fit on the highly-scientific Rock-or-Suck Scale… FAIRY TAIL SEASON 2
It goes to show how even just the smallest touches can make even the
most stereotypical watchable. BLACK BULLET is culpable of so many tropes that
have irritated me in so many other pilots that I’ve… well…
I’ve pretty much grown
numb to them. But I still enjoyed this pilot for the most part.
Maybe it’s just the flash of the design? I looked at some pages from
the manga, and they’ve definitely got an unusual fluidity that’s just simply
nice to look at. I prefer to think it comes down to the choice lines I just mentioned. Like when our lead shows up at the crime scene and the contact he
meets with outright states all the incredulity we’re voicing as viewers. Yeah… who
does this snot-nosed kid in the cheap think he is, presenting himself as this 'mysterious super-agent?'
The confrontation with the evil, tokusatsu Smiley Face had some of the
most on-the-nose dialog I’ve ever encountered. The bad guy all but comes out
and says, “That’s right, I’m the villain you’re going to have to defeat!” But
the set-up of the scene (blood dripping from the lower floor’s ceilings!),
and its abrupt roll-out somehow made it feel like the most die set-up. It’s
like some optical illusion.
Lastly, I couldn’t care less about the backstory with the mutants, and
the special metal bullets, and all that. I did find it striking, however, that
the show would pair its lead up with some nymphomaniac young bride (or something
along those lines?) who just desperately needs some lovin’ from her man.
Again, we’ve seen countless shows listlessly abide by that old wish fulfillment
set-up of having a hot chick drop into a nerdy guy’s life. At least, in this
case, the dream girl’s pointing out how preposterous it is that the guy’s
social awkwardness would be so bad that he’d spurn her advances.
That’s all I’ve got to set about BLACK BULLET. The appeal really does
lie in these precise angles.
Watch "The
Last Hope" and decide for yourself.
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 | Tom Pinchuk’s a writer and personality with a large number of comics, videos and features like this to his credit. Visit his website - - tompinchuk.com - - and follow his Twitter: @tompinchuk |
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