…in the end- that’s all he really has to his name…
Styrofoam sets, really clean CGI, terrible production sound, a female Jesus and dudes with the ‘Force Push’ ability… from the trailer, this is basically what Dark Metroplis (created by the guy who did The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers) looks like it is about.
of course… according to the synopsis, that isn’t at all what it’s about. Who’da thunk?
Mankind has lost a 300-year war against a genetically enhanced race that man created, abused and finally tortured. Now the descendants of that race – known as “Ghen”; control planet Earth. An entire new universe has risen inside the remnants of our world. Humans work the surface as factory slaves in the New World Order, with pockets of resistance carrying on the freedom fight. As rising Ghen politician Crecilius Pryme takes power he urges his people to annihilate the remaining human population unleashing a shocking secret that will change the world forever… In the beginning – man created Ghen…, In the end – Ghen ruled man.
Don’t get me wrong, I love a good post-apocalyptic, 500 year in the future venture into the “what if” as much as the next guy- I also love me some nostalgic romps into the MMPR franchises from time to time… you know… as a good laugh. But, come on… this looks like they just gave the Power Rangers a slightly larger budget and a lot less of a concept to work with. Who is their audience here?
I think it is a concept slightly too boring for kids; 8-14 and the execution is a bit too childish for any of those adults; 18-49 still stuck in the nerd world… as for those 15-17 year old’s… well they’re too busy being on the drugs to even care… (or maybe that’s what’ll make them watch it…) I really think the thing that bothers me most about this whole thing is that some of the sets are rather interesting and intriguing and then there is crap like the crap up above. (funny story: the Styrofoam brick door there was the highest quality photo they had available.)
I’ve been watching the ScyFy channel since well before it ceased to be the SciFi channel and I’ve been watching it grow and mature- sure, they still show ultimately awful movies and shows all the time, (let’s be honest, that’s part of the channel’s appeal) but, this is a channel that got behind the new Battlestar Gallactica. This is the channel that has shows like Eureka and Warehouse 13 (which, if you haven’t been watching, you have been missing out).
Why, oh why would they get behind something like this other than it was created by Stewart St. John? (yes… that is his name: bad… ass…)
Who knows… maybe I’ll be ultimately surprised when all is said and done- but it is going to take a lot more than some really talented CGI Artists to make this show watchable.