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#Vaporum game cast series#

The ‘main’ superhero present in the series so far is Retro Girl and she’s just as unlikeable as the rest, though for her you can tell-because there has to be at least one good performance-that it’s because of years on the job and keeping a nice public image, as Powers are both heroes and celebrities. It’s forgivable for Walker & his partner, because they start out disliking each other but not even when they ‘make up’ do you feel any rapport between them, and it’s on their relationship that the entire thing hangs on. Beyond quips and vain attempts at cheap laughs, there is no depth to them.Īnd if this wasn’t bad enough, there is absolutely no chemistry between any of the characters. They are all tired clichés: the brash younger cop, the ball-busting female detective, the old-timer only six months away from retirement and afraid to die before he gets there. The rest of the police are a forgettable bunch, so much so that after six episodes I couldn’t remember any of their names. She is unwavering, uncompromising and the only things she’s capable of are sarcasm and aggression. Walker’s partner is the stereotypical hard-ass female cop. Asking for information on the witness they already lost twice in as many episodes! During the first couple of scenes, his partner dies and instead of showing him grieving and thus making him human enough to relate to, they show him watching the news with extreme indifference and then going back to work as if nothing had happened. But his inability to display any emotion makes it impossible to connect with him.īut it’s not just the abominable performances but also the direction and editing for the show. As a former superhero-now depowered-he should be our bridge between the regular folk and the Powers, to help us understand them all. I only found his anger convincing and only because of the Batman-factor: snarling voice and scowl. Sharlto Copley can’t manage a single emotion as Christian Walker, he has the same expression for happiness, sadness and everything in between. Procedurals hinge on their likeability, on the chemistry between the partners and on how much you can relate to the things they go through. The cast…only the one in the garish spandex does a good job!įirst are the characters.

So why didn’t powers do that for me? Well, several reasons in fact. Add a former-Power protagonist and you should have enough to make me jump for joy. But the idea of cops dealing with superhuman criminals and sometimes working along the superheroes, aka Powers, is extremely appealing. I’m not a fan of procedurals, having seen so many in my life that the genre bores me on principle alone. In a departure from my usual 3-episode limit for first looks, I saw more than half of Powers’ current season, up to the latest one (6/10) and getting there was as struggle. I wasn’t thrilled about the PSN exclusivity, but didn’t know enough about the comic to actually care that much. I first heard of this series during 2014’s E3. Adapting the Brian Michael Bendis comic by the same name and set in a superhero-filled world, Powers stars the Detectives from the Powers Division, the ones tasked with dealing with superhuman crimes.Ĭreated By: Brian Michael Bendis | Charlie Huston