https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Drive_(TV_series)


A show with a concept like this should not work at all, but it kind of does??!?! Maybe it's because it's summer and it's hot and the brain doesn't think much, but there's something really enjoyable about this crazy gory show.

This is my BrainDead so far. BrainDead was a fun summer show last year, but outside of those months, I'm not sure it would have worked. Blood Drive has taken that role this year. It's so fucked up and over the top silly, but it does work in a weird way.

Also really into Dark Matter. Not sure if that's on right now in the US, but Season 3 is about four episodes in here in Canada.

I gave up after episode 5, but then I decided to binge the last three episodes on Tuesday and I'm back into it again. I don't think there will be a second season so I'll finish it out. It's still a lot of fun, but my complaint might be the glossy sheen to everything. It's like a Grindhouse flick executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It's too clean looking. There should be a gritty, grimyness to it.

But the fact that it exists is pretty cool.

The show lost nearly all steam. Having everything being over the top is what made it work in the first couple of episodes, but it feels like despite having a clear idea on the world of Blood Drive, they didn't clearly map it all out story wise. The reveal with Karma was downright stupid even in the context of the show which is on the side of stupid but still fun anyway.

I'll watch the whole season (only one more episode left), but if there's a season 2 (which I doubt) I won't be coming back.

It's a show that would benefit from a binge watch rather than week to week. Half the time, I don't even know what they're going for. I loved it, hated it, loved it, and now I just want it to end.

I didn't even realize each episode paid homage to some subgenre of exploitation films from the 70s. That just makes it more of a misfire.

It has been canceled. No surprise there. At least that final shot was glorious.

Finally watched the finale. Thank god this is gone. I like the idea of what they went for, but it was too fucking all over the place. It should have stuck with a singular, straight-forward story. The genre-hopping wasn't nearly as fun as it sounded. And I honestly thought the show would be one thing and it never was. It was a mess.

I still kind of hope we get a second season on Netflix/Starz or some other channel and have all the nudity this show wanted to show but couldn't.