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These days, mutants have Xavier's School for Gifted Boys, agents have Secret Service Academy, and even killers have killer schools.
Recently, the TV series "Killer Class", which was produced by the famous American science fiction TV station syfy and adapted from the comic "Deadly Class", was broadcast. At present, the score of foreign media is quite good - 8.3 points on IMDB.
The background of the play is set in the 1980s and the location is San Francisco, USA. It tells the story of Marcus, the protagonist who died of both parents, who has the notoriety of arson and murder, and has to wander the streets like a mouse crossing the street. Until one day, he was chased by the police and accidentally rescued by a mysterious and sassy leather-clad royal sister, which opened the door to a new world.
It turns out that the cool and handsome lady who rescued Marcus came from a killer school. The compulsory courses in it turned out to be assassination art classes, close-hand combat classes and poison experiment classes.
This killer school setting from the comics is very interesting although the three views are not correct. After all, there are many movies and TV shows that have won because of the dark tone, such as the dark trilogy directed by Nolan - "Batman", or the comic TV series "Gotham".
However, the performance of the first episode of this show is still a little monotonous in my opinion, not reaching the so-called dark tone. The producers of the show are the Russo brothers who have directed many Marvel movies. The action scenes are first-class and very hearty. The storyboards also refer to the original comics, with a unique perspective. However, the plot that has nothing to do with action scenes is not deep enough.
It is said that the original comic of "Killer Class" was inspired by the high school life of comic screenwriter Rick Remender, and the extreme narrative style directly depicts the chaos and darkness of the 1980s.
The author hasn't had time to read the original comics. Judging from the first episode of this season, I don't feel any profound meaning, only the wonderful design of the action and the too-secondary setting of the characters. In fact, in my opinion, the technical flow of killer-related film and television is a little boring. After all, with the development of science and technology, both the improvement of anti-detective methods and the artisticization of killing methods are inevitable.
For the genre of movies, it is more suitable to cut in from the perspective of the killer's skills. After all, the time is limited, and even the character setting of itself can be done directly with anti-social personality, but the TV series is slightly different. If it is still such a thin character setting Certainly, it can only be said that the audience is of a lower age or that it is a love drama in the shell of a killer story.
There are dark characters in the setting, but there is no deeper core. It is difficult for such a plot to win audiences in the many American dramas produced by the assembly line, whether it is adapted from comics or not. In the first episode, Marcus joined the Killer Academy and completed the first kill. During this period, he did not elaborate on the mental process of making this choice, and even the character did not have any relevant settings.
Marcus has been on the streets for a long time. Why did he suddenly change his mind and return to the Killer Academy after he was bullied by the Killer Academy? If it is to seek asylum, what is the advantage of continuing to wander rather than being bullied by others and experiencing various life and death trials in such a school of the law of the jungle? If it is for women, it is even more ridiculous. People who have been on the streets for a few years will not know that some women use their bodies and other means to exchange their needs in order to survive?
Of course, some netizens commented that this is a brainless cool drama, why pay attention to what story to advance. But this cool method is too quick and quick. In the first episode, the male protagonist received the care of the two girls and the inexplicable attention of the teacher. What else can be cool behind this operation, people are also looking forward to it. After all, domestic Shuangwen also pays attention to the sweetness after the bitterness.
Relying on the very hard-core dark comics setting, but going to teenagers' campus emotional dramas really consumes word of mouth, and it can only be said that syfy is also going downhill. In particular, the male protagonist entered the killer's campus and was bullied. Then the setting of the bully and the weak was no different from that of an ordinary high school. The bully was nothing more than a fraternity composed of rich second-generation officials and second-generation officials, a triad composed of gang members, and racists. Or Nazis; the weak are nothing more than civilians without any background, different goth girls, maybe this is related to the setting of the era, but it is too old-fashioned. Compared with ordinary school dramas, it does not break through any settings .
If you like smooth action, dark settings, and don't pursue the logic of the plot, this drama is still a meal, otherwise you can only expect the reversal of the subsequent plot.
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