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Jessica Alba as Max the genetically engineered super soldier
By Lawrance M. Bernabo
I do not do not forget why I missed “Dark Angel” when it in the first place aired, but now that I have seen the basi season I am more than willing to confess I made a huge fault (Mea Culpa, James Cameron). The story is set in Seattle, Washington, in the year 2019, which is after “The Pulse,” an electromagnetic bomb that fundamentally pushed reset on the United States. However, that is only the setting, because the star is Jessica Alba as Max Guevera, who at primary glimpse has a day occupation as a bike courier, and at second glimpse works as a cat burglar at night, bit at third glimpse and closer examination turns out to be a genetically intensified superhuman formulated by the government who escaped from a military training school ten years earlier.
“Dark Angel: The Complete First Season” has a couple of plot lines that make Max both the hunter and the hunted. Max is always on the lookout for her “siblings,” the other kids who escaped from Manticore, while Lydecker (John Savage), the head of the mystery program is attempting to find both them and Max to return them to government service. Meanwhile, Max’s days as a cat burglar are over when she tries to rob Logan Cale (Michael Weatherly), a rich kid who is the mystery cyber-journalist known as “Eyes Only,” who enlists her into his idealistic effort to clean up corruption in Seattle. Of course, the two are made for each other, but we have to wait for them to catch out to this rather apparent fact. What actually makes “Dark Angel” work is the extent to which this futuristic dystopia has been worked out. This is not so much a series where the mythology emerges over time, as it is one where the premises are so strong that they sustain multiple sequences and provide compelling sub-text for the rest. Compare this to similar series that take a while to find themselves, and you may see why these solid premises permitted this one to be capable to have so numerous solid sequences early on.
Creator James Cameron’s imprint is distinctly on this production, but mention ought to be made of the show’s Vancouver crew, which plainly includes a lot of “X-Files” veterans. The production values on “Dark Angel” are pretty striking in creating the seedy world of post-pulse Seattle and it is icon Space Needle where Max likes to go and contemplate existence. But the sense of style comes as much from the characters as the setting. Alba is veritably stunning as Max, capable to play hard, soft, or whatsoever the scene demands. Weatherly has one of the squarest jaws in television history, and Savage has fun milking everything out of the bad guy (he actually does care for his children, but responsibility never gets in the way of such emotions). The supporting cast has galore compelling texture types, from Normal (J.C. MacKenzie), the overbearing dispatcher at Jam Pony (“Bip! Bip! Bip!”), to urban philosopher Herbal Thought (Alimi Bllard), and everybody’s favorite, Original Cindy (Valerie Rae Miller), Max’s roommate and co-worker, who basically has the right attitude for each occasion.
After watching the finish firstborn season of “Dark Angel” you will want to move on to the finish second season, which just came out and you will be disappointed that there were only two seasons of the series. However, when you see the overall drop in quality for the duration of season two, you will not be that amazed (it takes half of that second season for the series to actually get going). But “Dark Angel” is one of the better science fiction series to be devised in the last ten years, and the firstborn season does provide a finish story arc.
92 of 99 humans found the following review helpful.
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Pulse…
By Joshua Boone
I had never watched Dark Angel for the duration of it is short run on FOX. I’m a huge Cameron fan, but mixed reviews and lack of interest on my portion held me from giving it a shot. I didn’t even know the show had been cancelled when the firstborn season popped up in stores on DVD. One thing I love with regards to DVD is the prospect to experience full seasons of TV shows in one huge serving. I’ve become a Buffy/Angel addict, had the prospect to gather all The X-Files (which I watched religiously since it original aired when I was a kid) and have also came across outstanding shows like Felicity, Six Feet Under, and The Shield. I’ve always been a big movie buff but I’ve found that television done right may be much more satisfying than any film. Stories unfold like novels and characters manufacture in ways that films just can’t match. Greg Berlanti’s new show Everwood that’s on the WB is a good example of this. Hands down, that show is superior to 90% of the rubbish at theaters this year. Which brings me to Dark Angel.
As an Amazon addict, I read innumerable reviews before settling whether or not to buy movies and TV shows I haven’t seen before. I’m reasonably busy, I’m a writer/director and I run a production company in Los Angeles, and ordinarily don’t have the time to post my own thoughts. But I feel Dark Angel merits a post to hopefully get more folks to give this show a shot.
After reading a ton of reviews on respective DVD web sites and here on Amazon, I purchased the set. Based on the remarks online, all seeming to either love the show or loathe it, I actually wasn’t sure what to expect. The set arrived and it sat on my desk for a week or two before I even popped it in. Some free time came up and in a very short perod of time I watched the whole series, for the most part late at night on my PC. Some albums, movies and TV shows come into your life at the right time and fill a void or make you feel a sure way. I don’t know precisely what was going on but I found myself genuinely moved and involved in this show. I got in truth with regard to emotions involved in Max’s journeying to find her long lost siblings and in her kinship with Logan. The scenes where they percentage blood in peculiar are touching and original. If you like thought provoking sci-fi with Cameron’s fingerprints stamped all over it, this show is for you. Its got action, drama, romance, humor and a decent dose of darkness to keep you enthralled. Jessica Alba, lovely and tough as Max, genuinely shines. Michael Weatherly and John Savage are likewise terrific.
The introductory season of Dark Angel builds to a nightmarish conclusion in the season finale that will have you screaming at the screen and wanting to rip your hair out because the second and last season isn’t freed until October. I’ve already pre-ordered my copy.
The 6 disc DVD set holds all 22 sequences of the original season and a nice set of extras. Commentaries on four sequences including the Pilot demonstration are chock full of details regarding the production, hefty budget, special effects and Cameron’s involvement as co-creator and writer. Also included are four featurettes, auditon tapes, gag reel/bloopers, and a trailer for Cameron’s Dark Angel video game. Highly commended in my opinion.
31 of 32 humans found the following review helpful.
Some Original Ideas & A Sexy Star Make It Worthwhile.
By SUPPORT THE ASPCA.
The series is set two decades in the future from 2009-2019 in Seattle, Washington, & stars the in an unambiguous manner pretty Jessica Alba. One of the freshening things is that the main reputation is a brooding beauty who seldom smiles, rather than the stereotypical phony smiling or hysterical heroins that pollute so a good deal of series.
Jessica Alba is very believable in her torment. Her reputation sprang from a military genetic experiment called “Project Manticore” where kids were genetically modified to be super-human fighters & they were kept as prisoners in their training school. In their early teens the kids rebel & a few escape. Soon terrorists set off an electro magnetic pulse bomb that wipes out all debt & personal information, this distinctly helps her to disappear. Her former captors pursue her obsessively as corruption runs wild in this highly chaotic society that in a heap of ways has regressed into a third world country.
Meanwhile, a rogue underground news network regularly hacks into the government networks to inform the public of respective conspiracy theories. Alba’s love interest Michael Weatherley comes from this group. Dark Angel mixes assorted dissimilar genre’s of storytelling{ part The Fugitive & percentage Outer Limits} that makes for a somewhat slow, but still agreeably diverting series. In conclusion, the particular effects are most times more inviolable than the suspense & plots.
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