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little pixie - January 28, 2008 04:36 PM (GMT)
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Reaper

1/12 - Pilot
This bizarre but boisterous variant on the slacker sitcom sees Sam Oliver (Brett Harrison) discovering, on his 21st birthday, that his parents sold his soul to the Devil before he was born. As you do. Now Satan (Ray Wise, see the Inside Story below) comes calling and wants Sam to be his personal bounty hunter, so the initially reluctant recruit gets his loser friend Sock (Tyler Labine, the real star here) to assist. It's a wacko premise, but there are some solid laughs and a pleasing grunge soundtrack, plus distinctly non sitcom- budget effects that tap into the superhero (or should that be antihero?) market. And if the writers stick with the interplay between no-hopers Sam and Sock (think Shaun of the Dead meets Bill and Ted), Reaper could gather a lot of friends along the way.

RT reviewer - Mark Braxton
VIDEO Plus+: 28144491
Subtitled, Audio-described
Cast
Sam Oliver - Bret Harrison
Andi - Missy Peregrym
Bert "Sock" Wysocki - Tyler Labine
Ben - Rick Gonzalez
The Devil - Ray Wise


Is it just me who watched this the other day ? :blink:

Really enjoyed the pilot episode. Lots of really funny stuff - the `team` dressing up in flame retardent suits, then waiting for the dust devil to recharge, for instance. :lol:

I particularly enjoyed the bit when they hand over the soul at the DMV and the woman behind the counter - with the horns ! :lmao: - turns out to be Christine Wiles, who was Dolores in Dead Like Me. :lmao:

Liked how the new job as a Reaper has redeeming qualities, ie, he`s going after bad people. :)

I couldn`t recall where I`d seen Tyler Labine - he was in Invasion as the conspiracy theory brother. :)

And yay, how good was Ray Wise ?! :thumbsup:

melian - January 28, 2008 06:53 PM (GMT)
I saw the pilot ages ago and really liked it. I watched it again on saturday nigt with my housemate and we both laughed.

I loved the bit where Sam thinks that the Devil wants to carjack him :lol: Plus the little bouncy dog :lmao:

Will you be tuning in again next week?

little pixie - January 28, 2008 07:33 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (melian @ Jan 28 2008, 06:53 PM)
Will you be tuning in again next week?

You betcha. :01: ;) :lol:

little pixie - January 28, 2008 08:39 PM (GMT)
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Reaper

Tuesday 29 January
10:00pm - 11:00pm
E4
Pilot


Here`s the repeat, if anyone wants to catch up. :D

prophecy girl - January 29, 2008 09:53 AM (GMT)
an excellent pilot, some hilarious scenes, ray wise stole every scenes he was in :thumbsup:

melian - January 29, 2008 01:35 PM (GMT)
I liked the bit at the end where the Devil is all like 'I can be nice!' when he has helped Sam win the ham :lol:

prophecy girl - January 29, 2008 07:06 PM (GMT)
just wonder about the dogs chasing sam during the episode and then looking kind of friendly by the end of it :unsure: (but then again, it wouldn't be that hard as sam shared his ham with them :lol: )




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