Sunday 2 July 2023

FUBAR and Gotham Knights (TV)

Season 1 reviews of a pair of weak shows.

FUBAR (Season 1)

In this action comedy (with a heavier weight on comedy) a father / daughter pair of CIA agents (played by Arnold Schawrznenegger / Monica Barbaro) just learns that they each work for the same company, and unload their baggage of disapproving each others life choices at the worst possible times (on the job) now that they don't have to pretend to be something else. Weak acting and weak jokes make it hard to like the series but at least it improves as the characters gain a modicum of depth (but not a lot). Hopefully it gets better in the already confirmed Season 2.

Gotham Knights

This one season superhero show begins with a bunch of random minor criminal teens framed for the death of Bruce Wayne aka Batman. Also framed is Wayne's adopted son Turner, who decides to join forces with said teens to clear their names, and maybe do some good on the side while they're at it. While the character development arcs are pretty decent, the main plot is not great and the action scenes while for the most part are OK its strange to see said teens be able to take down more experienced (and in some cases super powered) enemies in hand to hand. I would have liked a Season 2 for this one, but it couldn't dodge the cancellation axe.

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