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Powers (2015)
Decent TV, but a blatant Ripoff.
This is a blatant ripoff of the Brandon Sanderson "The Reckoners". Some details are changed but the premise is essentially the same. Some of the "powers" are actually identical to those in the book.
OK, the actual program. The lead actor seems a little unsure of himself, does not stand up straight, and seems to be always slouching in his seat - even when he's not sitting down. Stand up straight man, be more alpha! His sidekick was decent, could be better, I'd like to see her acting more professional and to be better dressed.
Retro girl was good, I like her attitude in this just like I liked her kick ass attitude in BSG. She behaves appropriately for a jaded but "good" super.
Calista was extremely annoying. Her script seems to not connect to anyone else, it's almost as if she was written to be a bit retarded.
The world, the perception and attitude of normal people towards those with powers: again straight out of "the Reckoners" book by Brandon Sanderson. A mixture of Awe and Fear, where the most powerful exist outside of the law regardless of their behavior.
It's a decent "super" series. It has a lot of mileage and a lot of room for improvement. But definitely a ripoff of someone else's work.
Capture (2013)
It's pretty good. Shaky camera work though.
I was a bit skeptical at first but I quickly warmed to this show. The camera-work is very shaky, they do repeat a lot of footage and monologue but its not that annoying
The show is basically an escape and evade competition with the winner getting a cash prize. The prey have a head start and the capture team has to capture 2 teams in 2 days or face expulsion. There is a vote on who leaves out of the 2 captured teams.
There are a few other mechanics, sabotage, food checkpoints etc but its fairly simple.
The shows designers do a good job of quickly wearing the contestants down so the are tired, hungry and irritable. They sleep out in the open and get minimal rations. The relationships the teams have with each other are fun to watch too. When the gay fella from the green team puts the hammer down on the blue team, it was so funny.
I would like to see some variations on the theme. having the capture and prey teams starting at different locations. Having objectives the prey teams must reach, prey teams need to cap a flag for food but when they have the flag they are on capture teams radar. Etc etc.
I like it but I feel the shaky camera and lack of variation on the theme could be lowering the score.