Vagrant Queen

Well I watched episode one and here's my 2 cents.

The storyline isn't original by any standards , you know the age ol' heir to the throne trying to survive while the current over lords try to capture or kill them gag . The acting was mediocre at best there were times that I looked away cause it was embarrassing to keep watching but being a sci fi nerd I had to get through it . The special effects and CGI feels like they were done by a graphic designer finishing up their degree ( I am sure you will be great mate but you arnt there yet) Overall not a good start but I will give it another episode or two a chance and then stop following.

First up this is clearly a show with a tiny budget, and so it has some rough edges. But damn it's fun. Funny, energetic, and irreverent yet somehow is already injecting some solid heart and feels in there.

The show looks stunning, the three core characters have great chemistry, the villain is the best kind of over the top unstable. Fun soundtrack keeps the pace up. So many nods to other sci-fi seemingly poking fun at the cliches it's using.

I couldn't believe how quickly the episode went, and how much happened. In an age of film length stories dragging themselves out over the hours and hours of a tv series, this was a breath of fresh air. So sad not to be able to binge the lot.

Some of the VFX are a bit shoddy, the CG feels especially dated, and while I appreciated the bright colours and style they were going for, I wish they had opted for an even more lofi approach and used old school physical models instead.

But I've already watched the pilot twice, and am eager for more, I hope they keep it up, and if they do, it'll be the easy tv pleasure I so often crave.

Based on the comic that no one bought, comes the TV series that no one watched.

Sadly this is not some hidden gem that was overlooked. It is a series that crashed and burned because it wasn't very good.

The overall impression is that the people making this didn't care about the quality of the show If the people being paid to produce, write or direct a series don't care about it then why should the audience.

Acting is underwhelming but in fairness the cast were not well served by either the awful script, the cringey humour or the lazy direction.

Not recommended.

I'm really enjoying following the series so far, it's surprising. It plays with tropes in such a way that you get thrown around emotionally, and narratively. I've laughed a lot, but then something will happen, or there'll be a moment which hits you out of the blue, and suddenly your sad, or feeling the love and warmth between these characters. The baddie is a truly bad baddie, and the sudden spikes of extreme violence in this show keep you on your toes and offset the almost Dad joke style humor. But why do Dad's get to have all the funny cheesy jokes. Reclaim the cheese.... yes please!!!

Think Babylon 5 or Farscape but with sinfully cheese jokes. This show knows what it is and doesn't pull its punches. The actors know they're making B-list, '80's-esque sci-fi and they LEAN INTO IT! It's corny, cheese, borderline cheap, and perfect. I'm looking forward to watching more.