Though I almost gave up on it a couple of times in the early episodes, I did in the end stick with Futureman throughout this whole run. On the whole I'm just about glad that I stuck with it to completion, though I concede that there's some room for improvement.
The story revolves around Josh Futterman (Josh Hutcherson) a janitor at a medical research lab who becomes the first person in human history to complete particular video game. But it's no ordinary game, it's a test sent back through time to find "Futureman" a hero who can wipe clean a dystopian future. Two soldiers Tiger (Eliza Coupe) and Wolf (Derek Wilson) are sent back to locate Futureman, and recruit him to they're cause.
A lot of my decision to keep with "Futureman" came from the good feeling that Howard Overman has from me for his previous creations "Misfits" and "Crazyhead". Like those shows, "Futureman" mixes some genre stylings with some examination of human personal failings, although it should be said, it is a comedy, and an extraordinarily broad comedy at that. Unfortunately, therein lies the principle problem with "Futureman", it's not always a particularly funny comedy. I think it's because it never quite nails what sort of comedy it's trying to be, at times firing at period comedy, with trips to the 60's and 80's, sometimes spoofing Time Travel films and science fiction plots, with "The Terminator" and "Back To The Future" being influences and occasionally hitting straight at the gross out comedies, with violence, drug taking and sex content. Patchy, is a good description.
It's better in other areas though. The storyline is clever and both manages to avoid repetition and, at 13 episodes doesn't outstay its welcome. I liked how the time travel changes effected the present day and how the characters personalities changed over the course of the series. Special effects we're usually pretty good as were performances.
Decent but not the absolute top tier, I'll still be back for the second season.
The story revolves around Josh Futterman (Josh Hutcherson) a janitor at a medical research lab who becomes the first person in human history to complete particular video game. But it's no ordinary game, it's a test sent back through time to find "Futureman" a hero who can wipe clean a dystopian future. Two soldiers Tiger (Eliza Coupe) and Wolf (Derek Wilson) are sent back to locate Futureman, and recruit him to they're cause.
A lot of my decision to keep with "Futureman" came from the good feeling that Howard Overman has from me for his previous creations "Misfits" and "Crazyhead". Like those shows, "Futureman" mixes some genre stylings with some examination of human personal failings, although it should be said, it is a comedy, and an extraordinarily broad comedy at that. Unfortunately, therein lies the principle problem with "Futureman", it's not always a particularly funny comedy. I think it's because it never quite nails what sort of comedy it's trying to be, at times firing at period comedy, with trips to the 60's and 80's, sometimes spoofing Time Travel films and science fiction plots, with "The Terminator" and "Back To The Future" being influences and occasionally hitting straight at the gross out comedies, with violence, drug taking and sex content. Patchy, is a good description.
It's better in other areas though. The storyline is clever and both manages to avoid repetition and, at 13 episodes doesn't outstay its welcome. I liked how the time travel changes effected the present day and how the characters personalities changed over the course of the series. Special effects we're usually pretty good as were performances.
Decent but not the absolute top tier, I'll still be back for the second season.