Is it bad that I'm kinda digging the absurdity of it?
I'm kinda intrigued by this, although I'm hoping that the show will try to subvert a possible message of "privatizing the police force is a good thing." Which, y'know, it's not.
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Way to go Fox. You replaced Second Chance, a halfway decent show, with this? Not watching. Settle on a show and build it for more than one season dipshits.
I'm gonna watch just because of the absurd premise.
See, if the premise was supposed to be absurd, this might work. But it sounds like "everything would be better if billionaire white guys owned everything."
This is a title.
The last time a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist tried to privatize justice things kinda went screwy. Bad guys started coming out of the woodwork to kick his ass. Also, there was an evil robot.
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!
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Iron Man reference wins the thread!
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
......Goddamit, couldn't he just put on a Jerboa-themed spandex suit and punch criminals in an alley then? Maybe adopt a adorable pubescent ward?
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Well, and last time a billionaire genius tried to find who was responsible for killing his friend, he wasn't so ostentatious and decided to find Jesus to help.
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We could call him Money Man! And his call signal could be a dollar sign in the night sky. Not a light. A giant floating dollar sign blimp or something. With emeralds worked into the paint so it blinds the bad guys and innocent bystanders when it flashes.
I only trust genius billionaires with bird names anyway.
As soon as I started watching it, I thought of Iron Man.
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
Oh, hey, its Fusco.
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Going to give it a spin. Kind of like the premise somewhere in-between what if batman wasn't a vigilantly and mass produce Robocop.
The real life inspiration sounds a bit unnerving though haven't read it, anyone else?
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Which makes Julep's post above yours even funnier.
Well, this show is terrifying. And learning that it's actually happened in real life is even worse.
At least Continuum, whose protagonist was literally a corporate goon, had the self awareness to note that privatized police are a bad thing.
One of the great things about Continuum was how the bad guys kept calling the hero a fascist. We're so used to people overusing that word that no one really paid attention... and then flashbacks make it clear that no, she really is a fascist. That show had problems in its later seasons, but it was at least aware of its politics.
So, yeah. At least this show is on Fox, and thus destined to die an ignoble death.
So far the show is not half bad, definitely worth a shot.
This is basically Robocop with the idea OCP had the right idea, isn't it?
Also, lacking cyborgs.
Which seems to be the part which is worst to lose.
Edit:
Neon Dystopia wrote an article on it.
edited 16th Mar '17 11:41:16 PM by CharlesPhipps
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Sounds like Robocop meets Batman.
Delightfully absurd.
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This means it will not be renewed for second season.
i thought i should post this on here. this seems like the inspiration for the series
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/magazine/who-runs-the-streets-of-new-orleans.html
Pass me a bucket, I'm gonna throw up. On the upside - it's science-fiction show on Fox, so it'll be a small wonder if it has one full season.
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