"M.A.N.T.I.S." (1994) Série TV

Note Générale:

5,8/10   

Créateurs:

Sam Hamm
Sam Raimi

Saisons:

1

Date de sortie:

26 août 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Science-Fiction

Accroche:

Call me... the Mantis!

Intrigue:

A paralyzed African-American scientist builds a powerful exo-skeleton in order to walk again, and uses his new abilities to fight crime.

Plot Keywords:

African American | Scientist | Entire Title Is Capitalized Acronym | Paraplegic | Superhero

Récompenses:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Curse you, Mantis!

Ensemble

Carl Lumbly	...	Dr. Miles Hawkins (Episodes, 1994-1997)
Galyn Görg	...	Lt. Leora Maxwell (Episodes, 1994-1997)
Gary Graham	...	Capt. Ken Hetrick (Episodes, 1994-1995)

Durée:

60 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Lieux de tournage:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Société:

Renaissance Pictures

Anecdotes:

The series was subjected to a drastic overhaul midway through its first (and only) season. After a half-season of serious urban action stories with a science-fiction twist, the show's focus shifted to overt fantasy, involving parallel universes, super-villains and monsters. This failed to reverse the program's weak ratings and the show was cancelled at the end of the season with two episodes unaired. The final episode anticipated this cancellation by killing off the title character.

Connexions:

Suite de M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994) (TV)

Curse you, Mantis!

Yes, it was a poor series. So poor, in fact, that I could tell you the entire plot of the episode within about two minutes of its start. Sam Raimi produced this nightmare I believe and boy was I surprised. I really thought it would turn out OK. It went on right before the X-files, a spot which became legendary for its cancelled shows. The acting was poor, not due to the talent of the actors I believe, it is just hard for people to buy into this stuff into the first place.

I can't remember much about the plots of the shows since its been almost ten years, however there was this one where this buff guy turned out to be a robot. The writing was so lame. In comic books a decent writer can make a super hero come to life and comic fans (like me) buy into it, here I just gasped at how uninteresting it was. I only watched because I wanted to watch a show about superheros.

On a positive note I was flipping around the channels when I saw the unaired final episode of Mantis on the Sci-Fi channel. And god bless Raimi's heart, the main character mercifuly dies at the hand at of an invisible Tyrannasaurus Rex, his main squeeze by his side. Quite lame, Quite appropriate.