I recently blew by all 12 episodes of Javier Grillo-Marxuach's The Middleman and I can clearly deduce that this is pretty much one of those intentionally campy sci-fi shows that the average TV-viewing public tends to cringe at while simultaneously gaining so much love from a fat-bellied, absurd facial-hair sporting fanboy like me.
It's pretty much an amalgam of various western pop and cultural mythos. From vampires to zombies, to aliens posing as boy-bands, nano-technology, and puppetry (that Vlad the Impaler puppet episode was a gem)--everything one ever came to love as a kid (well, not the boy-band stuff per se but I think you guys get the picture). And you know what, its snappy and witty dialogue, great casting, and absurdly hysterical premise make it a helluva entertaining hodgepodge of sci-fi, comedy, horror and mystery--everything you could truly ask for in a TV show of its kind despite a couple of hohum episodes (which could be properly attributed to it being a new show and all).
So yeah, watch it, and don't take it too seriously--it isn't House M.D. The show is all about having fun while saving the world in more cool (and geeky) ways than one--a throwback to those days when TV shows were actually watched on TV while sitting on a couch and eating popcorn and drinking soda at the same time (nowadays you just download it from, or watch it straight off the net). And, you know what, it actually really feels nice knowing that somebody is brave enough to put together a show that tackles that--makes me glad somebody out there still has the cajones to have fun by being nostalgically geeky while not being too forceful that everything seems out of place or just a rip-off of things past (*cough* Heroes *cough*).
And besides, it features a sexy, ass-kicking, raygun-totting latina as its protagonist. Plus it constantly jabs at over the top artsy fartsy people/scenes--who in their right, testosterone-driven mind would not watch that?
It's pretty much an amalgam of various western pop and cultural mythos. From vampires to zombies, to aliens posing as boy-bands, nano-technology, and puppetry (that Vlad the Impaler puppet episode was a gem)--everything one ever came to love as a kid (well, not the boy-band stuff per se but I think you guys get the picture). And you know what, its snappy and witty dialogue, great casting, and absurdly hysterical premise make it a helluva entertaining hodgepodge of sci-fi, comedy, horror and mystery--everything you could truly ask for in a TV show of its kind despite a couple of hohum episodes (which could be properly attributed to it being a new show and all).
So yeah, watch it, and don't take it too seriously--it isn't House M.D. The show is all about having fun while saving the world in more cool (and geeky) ways than one--a throwback to those days when TV shows were actually watched on TV while sitting on a couch and eating popcorn and drinking soda at the same time (nowadays you just download it from, or watch it straight off the net). And, you know what, it actually really feels nice knowing that somebody is brave enough to put together a show that tackles that--makes me glad somebody out there still has the cajones to have fun by being nostalgically geeky while not being too forceful that everything seems out of place or just a rip-off of things past (*cough* Heroes *cough*).
And besides, it features a sexy, ass-kicking, raygun-totting latina as its protagonist. Plus it constantly jabs at over the top artsy fartsy people/scenes--who in their right, testosterone-driven mind would not watch that?
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