Her daffy roommate Lacey (Brit Morgan) is an activist, and their friend Noser (Jake Smollett, my favorite character) apparently lives in the hall outside their apartment and speaks in song lyrics. (Also, very handsome.) Wendy is realistic and respected for her skills and coolness under pressure, even when unsure of what she’d been recruited for.
The Middleman (Matt Keeslar) is a grown-up Boy Scout, admirable and interesting even though he drinks milk and refuses to use bad language. It took a little while to get going and for the audience to get used to its unique view of the world, which makes a marathon viewing of several episodes at once an ideal way to try it out.
THE MIDDLEMAN COMICS FULL
It was full of action and jokes (especially in the scene-change captions), fun and uplifting without being sappy or stupid. It presented the idea that heroism was hopeful, not something that would be a burden, a wonderfully refreshing approach. He recruits her to work with him as a Middleman, and they actually describe themselves as superheroes without the spandex, fighting unusual threats and villains.Īs the creator says, it was “a show by geeks and for geeks”, with terrific pop culture allusions and a very modern attitude. Instead of freaking out, she has a “whatever” approach to saving herself, which impresses the mysterious troubleshooter in an Eisenhower jacket who saves the day.
The concept (there’s more information at my earlier link) is that artist Wendy (Natalie Morales) is temping at a lab to pay bills when she’s attacked by some crazy genetic monster. If you don’t want to read all the detail, here’s the short version: buy the DVD set and enjoy it. The dialogue is wonderful and knowing, and I love the suit-up Avengers homage montage when Wendy finally joins the team. It’s fun, clever, adventurous, and imaginative. Salvata in extremis da Middleman, un agente di polizia bello, tenebroso e specializzato in casi bizzarri e un tantino inverosimili (scienziati pazzi, alieni, mostri, scimmioni parlanti e così via), la ragazza finisce per diventare l’assistente del suo benefattore, che la coinvolgerà nelle sue pazzesche e stravaganti avventure spazio-temporali.I’ve loved this show since I watched the pilot. La storia di Middleman è piuttosto semplice, ma non meno coinvolgente e interessante, ed è incentrata sulle vicissitudini di Wendy Watson, un’aspirante artista e lavoratrice precaria, che un giorno, durante un incidente sul posto di lavoro, si ritrova ad affrontare un agghiacciante mostro geneticamente modificato.
THE MIDDLEMAN COMICS SERIAL
Trasmesso dal noto network ABC Family, Middleman deve il suo enorme successo al geniale taglio narrativo di sceneggiatori e produttori, che hanno immaginato e realizzato questo serial come un’accattivante combinazione di fantascienza e horror, con abbondanti dosi di humour, che rimandano continuamente al celebre fumetto indipendente che lo ha preceduto.
THE MIDDLEMAN COMICS TV
Nato dal talento visivo e visionario di Javier Grillo-Marxuach, già fortunato autore dell’omonimo fumetto edito dalla Viper Comics, su cui la nuova serie TV si basa quasi interamente, Middleman è un originale e avvincente prodotto televisivo destinato a conquistare anche l’Italia, dopo aver letteralmente spopolato tra gli spettatori statunitensi.
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