The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You!) (2022)

Watchseries; Hasn't this barely original trope been beaten like a dead horse for more then a decade now? The "alternative" take on superhero nonsense that pretends it has "something to say"!

It really is pathetic that writers/producers have latched onto this gimmick just so they do not have to come up with something new, but instead can leech off of a genre that is FOR CHILDREN!!!

It add nothing to a "cultural" subset that by itself is rather empty and flaccid by definition. The number of "alt" superhero shows and movies is utterly rediculas and we as a society should hang our heads in shame for such pulp to be even considerer somewhat viable as entertainment!

Hasn't this barely original trope been beaten like a dead horse for more then a decade now? The "alternative" take on superhero nonsense that pretends it has "something to say"!

It really is pathetic that writers/producers have latched onto this gimmick just so they do not have to come up with something new, but instead can leech off of a genre that is FOR CHILDREN!!!

It add nothing to a "cultural" subset that by itself is rather empty and flaccid by definition. The number of "alt" superhero shows and movies is utterly rediculas and we as a society should hang our heads in shame for such pulp to be even considerer somewhat viable as entertainment!

The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You!) watchseries. If I'd seen this muddled mess on YouTube in the mid-2000s, I might have been a fanboi.

However, being force-fed recommendations for it on Netflix in CURRENT_YEAR, I have to judge it against actual commercial shows.

And, oh my, but does it come up lacking. There are no original tropes here, just things that we've seen done many, many times in the past three decades, from Dark Knight Returns, though Kingdom Come and Miracle Man, to The Boys and the more recent The Tick.

The "low budget" CGI is obviously where all the budget went, and even that's not original, being a superhero take on Kung Fury, or a grimdark pastiche of Scott Pilgrim.

The whole thing is just references and callbacks which will appeal to a tiny subset of a tiny audience.

Not good enough. In CURRENT_YEAR, with a Netflix budget, I needed to see an original take, compelling acting, decent sets, costumes, cinematography, lighting, score, foley and editing.

I got precisely none of those, and my rating is generous and mostly out of pity.

I have enjoyed irreverent quality superhero shows like The Boys, Invincible, Arcane, The Legend of Vox Machina, and even Jupiter's Legacy, but this low-budget, low-quality-in-every-way, mess was so disappointing! :-( I could not get much beyond the terrible, low-budget cinematography / crappy visuals and weak backstory story telling :-(

The plot: after the world's greatest superhero kills himself on live television, his teammates try to make sense of the tragedy and figure out how to save the world from descending into nuclear holocaust.

This basically comes across as a precocious 12-year-old's Watchmen fan series starring pastiches of his favorite superheroes. Like Watchmen, the story is kickstarted by the death of a superhero. Unlike Watchmen, which put its characters in a more grounded reality, Guardians of Justice celebrates comic book absurdity. And then it throws in every other absurd element of pop culture that it can think of, including anime, superhero cartoons. Video games, etc. Every fight has hit point bars like a video game battle, and a Mortal Kombat-style "finish him!" announcer appears frequently. Nevermind that Mortal Kombat is from the 1990s, and this is set in the 1980s. But I don't think the writers of this show really care about details like that.

The odd thing is that some of the emotional scenes actually have weight. When the Superman character described his misery and killed himself, it was reasonably well done. And then a Mortal Kombat announcer said "Fatality!" and ruined the mood. I guess you're not really supposed to take it so seriously. And there's an element of humor to be found in the show's crazy mood swings. Just don't expect any consistency when it comes to mood or atmosphere from minute to minute.

The other thing that makes this show interesting is the editing. I have a feeling many people are going to dislike it. It's just as crazy as everything else. Characters will start a scene live-action, suddenly turn into a cartoon character, and finish the scene as a sprite from a Commodore 64 computer game. Sometimes I liked how this work, but other times it was done so haphazardly that it was annoying. In particular, I found the video game sequences kind of dumb and pointless. I love retro gaming, but Nintendo-style pixel art as an aesthetic choice is way overdone.

Some of the acting was good, but I didn't like the wrestler who played Knight Hawk, our Batman pastiche. I got the feeling that he was supposed to be intimidating, but he just struck me as goofy and dumb. Given the 1960s Batman TV series, it's entirely possible the goofiness was intentional. If so, it didn't work for me. If you're a fan of professional wrestling, maybe it would work for you. The other characters tend to be played fairly straight, though they have little to no characterization or backstory. Usually they get introduced with enough backstory to tell you which DC comic book superhero they're imitating, though.

Like Six String Samurai and Turbo Kid, this series is desperately trying to appeal to cult movie fans and people who grew up in the 1980s. I think this has potential to live up to its desires, though. It's overboard and crazy like anything trying to achieve a cult following should be. Like any true cult property, it's also got some truly questionable aspects that make you wonder if the creators were visionaries or incompetent. It's got B movie actors that you might recognize and love. And even if you don't love this show, you'll have something to tell your friends about: "You won't believe this crazy, borderline incompetent but kind of cool show I just saw!"

Its a Parody dramedy of Superheroes.

Some aspects of the edit mishmash was very creative in its mixture of different styles, i like the many switches as its unconventrional. I give an 8 for that as it keep me watching.

The love woke aspects start showing more and more by mid season, a bit is find , but putting to much time emphasis on that get ennoying as it is nearly everywhere in medias now.

It lack the right ammout of dry and wet humors/comments for a decent Parody, not enouph to make the series a good one.

The low budgets and desing of the sets and acting direction is less then ok,

Still, recommended watch for the diff styles but the last episode(7) conclusion was overall bad. Series should have been a 9o min movie in retrospective.

I had low expectations but honestly, they weren't low enough. I couldn't endure more than 5 minutes of this try hard choppy mess.

Love sci fi, superhero stuff but this is not going to be one.

Be my hero and see if you can endure more than 5 minutes.