For the record, this totally sounds like the title of some
Asylum release that’s meant to confuse distracted TRANSFORMERS fans into buying
a cheap knock-off from Target's bargain bin. Like, this is the next
generation re-brand/reboot of TRANSMORPHERS.
And… maybe that’s a good thing,
actually?
The details of this plot sound absolutely awful on paper.
Just recalling them now makes me think of that bit Stephen Colbert did last
week to parody Bill O’Reilly’s half-baked ‘international mercenary’ idea with a
bunch of crayon doodles showing off a unit of ninjas wielding dynamite-stick nunchucks. It feels like the creators are definitely in on the joke,
too. And as such, there’s a lot of fun to be had in how the show just absolutely
relishes in its own pulp excesses. It’s campy, but not the quality camp of JOJO’s or anything. It’s more like BLOOD DRAGON. Jacked-up human cockfighters
enlisting in a war against literal cockroaches from outer space? Light it up, baby!
Weirdly enough, this pilot actually gets along by having
something of an emotional core. I’m not going to act like it’s high drama or
anything, but the assorted flashbacks to our lead’s tragic loss actually adds just a pinch of gravitas to his vengeful brawl with the bear. The show’s more
than just a joke - - if that difference is only by degrees.
The over-stuffed promo card above draws unfavorable comparisons to
K: MISSING KINGS’ hilariously bloated cast, but I get the feeling that show’s only putting
those pretty faces up there because it’s intending to do horrible things to
them quite soon. No point in trying to straddle the line of so-bad-for-you-it’s-good horror
if you aren’t going to have a shockingly-high body count. Or so we can hope,
right?
Watch this pilot episode and decide for yourself.
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