SummaryA trio of bounty hunters (Hannah John-Kamen, Aaron Ashmore and Luke MacFarlane) hunt warrants in the Quad galaxy in this sci-fi series from the producers of Orphan Black and Lost Girl.
SummaryA trio of bounty hunters (Hannah John-Kamen, Aaron Ashmore and Luke MacFarlane) hunt warrants in the Quad galaxy in this sci-fi series from the producers of Orphan Black and Lost Girl.
Although Killjoys has ambition and creativity to spare, it often lags in execution. Compelling storylines find themselves saddled with heavy-handed exposition and clunky, B-grade dialogue.
Great show! Solid characters, universe and story. This fills a niche of space shows that I have been missing for a while. The more I see the more it grows on me. I am really hoping for a second season!
Hannah-John Kamen's strong performance and plenty of family drama do result in some solid personal lore, but the show lacks a sense of place. [19 Jun 2015, p.58]
Killjoys tries to build a mythology, but both the low-rent look--a red filter for this scene! a green filter for this scene!--and the emphasis on fights over character development dooms the show to medocrity.
Killjoys boasts slick outfits and action sequences, but the rest is pretty fuzzy. Characters are hard to define beyond their physical attributes, making them difficult to root for (or against).
Frankly, the only moderately ambitious thing about the show is the set design--immersed as it is in brownish hues and grunge--and even that feels borrowed from any number of sources blessed with more expansive budgets or simply a heftier dose of wit.
This show is amazing! I come away feeling envigorated and happy, just like I did with Firefly (albeit, not quite to the same level, but close).
I don't get the negative reviews... cliche? sure... unoriginal? maybe... but it's damn good space opera, and we DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE OPERA!
I really want to like this show. It's fun, I love Science Fiction, and it's action-packed, adventures-in-space-with-outcasts-who-may-be-bad-guys story just like a shiny little Sci-Fi show I fell in love with years ago. And, while I don't expect anyone to fill that show's shoes, Killyjoys throws some major roadblocks up for people trying to get into it. The first thing Killjoys needs to do to become a great show is explain its setting a little bit. It looks as though a lot of thought went into creating the mythology for this show, but very little of it came out in the first season. As such, the environment these characters inhabit is confusing and you don't really know what you're getting ,what to expect, or why you should care about certain plot points.
I found the star performances likable, the stories told interesting if somewhat formulaic, and the overall tone of the show appealing. I think the background characters need some work. The doctor and the bartender in particular, if they are to continue as recurring characters, are flat and uninteresting.
Not every show on TV needs to be Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones and Killjoys seems to recognize that. It's a campy, beat-em-up, space cowboy-y good time, but with a little tweaking to their formula, could really be something great.
Well i love sci fi but this show i dont know what to think, never got my interest... i only watched the first 3 episodes and i couldnt watch anymore i was bored....
It is summer. That used to mean re-runs, but these days it often means neat summer programming. Shows you are going to DVR, because who is home on a Friday night in summer? There are a bunch of shows competing for DVR space in my house, and while we tried to get into Killjoys, it lost to space on the DVR. I have to compare it to Dark Matter in this case, which we really like. Dark Matter kind of only can be a Sci-Fi show. It does not really work if not in the future, or it would be very clunky. KillJoys is kind of just a procedural in the future. If you take away the tech and the future stuff, all of these stories still work and can be translated into other time periods. This is the weakness of the show. It does not properly take advantage of its setting for anything more than backdrop and props.
When you hear a pitch for a show about bounty hunters in space, you get excited about the possibilities. Will this be like "Firefly?" Will it be more like Han Solo in a modern story? This show was none of those things, nor was it very compelling. Instead, it's bogged down by poor effects, tepid characters, and middling performances.