Post by Monika on Mar 18, 2011 19:41:52 GMT -5
So, we all know how Cartoon Network sucks, right? How it's gone completely downhill since the loss of Toonami? Well, while flipping away from the Syfy channel (one of these days I'm going to catch a Syfy original movie that doesn't suck) and I caught a show called "Generator Rex" on Cartoon Network, figuring it was another cheap attempt by Americans to make anime. I watched 2 minutes of the show and was like "HOLY CRAP THIS IS AWESOME". I then looked up the premise to the show and said "HOLY CRAP THIS IS MORE AWESOME."
As Wikipedia puts it: Five years prior to the series, a massive explosion released nanites into the atmosphere, infecting almost every living thing on Earth. These nanites randomly activate inside their hosts that mutate the subject into a monster known as an E.V.O. (Exponentially Variegated Organism) which are usually mindless creatures that attack everything around them. To combat the Evo threat, the organization known as Providence was created.
Rex is an amnesiac teenager who is infected with nanites like everyone else. However, unlike most Evos, Rex is able to control his nanites, allowing him to manifest a variety of powers and even cure others of their mutations. Working with Providence under Agent Six, he helps stop the Evos as they appear. Working against Providence is Van Kleiss, an Evo with connections not only to the event which released the nanites, but to Rex as well.
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I'm not a huge science fiction nut (I was only watching Syfy earlier because nothing interesting was on the Bloomberg channel) but the concept of the show and decent animation made for a fairly enjoyable 30 minutes. Seriously, a show about a guy who can produce chain saw swords, battle axes and giant robotic fists out of himself...Awesome. That said, if any of you has an idea to use this premise for a Sci Fi story on the boards that won't fail, go for it.
...It's a shame the next show was about a spiky haired Lego kid training to be a ninja so he can find 4 magical elemental weapons.
As Wikipedia puts it: Five years prior to the series, a massive explosion released nanites into the atmosphere, infecting almost every living thing on Earth. These nanites randomly activate inside their hosts that mutate the subject into a monster known as an E.V.O. (Exponentially Variegated Organism) which are usually mindless creatures that attack everything around them. To combat the Evo threat, the organization known as Providence was created.
Rex is an amnesiac teenager who is infected with nanites like everyone else. However, unlike most Evos, Rex is able to control his nanites, allowing him to manifest a variety of powers and even cure others of their mutations. Working with Providence under Agent Six, he helps stop the Evos as they appear. Working against Providence is Van Kleiss, an Evo with connections not only to the event which released the nanites, but to Rex as well.
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I'm not a huge science fiction nut (I was only watching Syfy earlier because nothing interesting was on the Bloomberg channel) but the concept of the show and decent animation made for a fairly enjoyable 30 minutes. Seriously, a show about a guy who can produce chain saw swords, battle axes and giant robotic fists out of himself...Awesome. That said, if any of you has an idea to use this premise for a Sci Fi story on the boards that won't fail, go for it.
...It's a shame the next show was about a spiky haired Lego kid training to be a ninja so he can find 4 magical elemental weapons.