Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix

It's fine. Or rather, it would have been fine if there were more episodes and/or the story wasn't being rushed through at a ridiculous pace. The first three episodes should really have been it's own season of 8+ episodes. It would have made so much more sense.

Now, because of its fast pacing, you never really get to know characters and their death/survival is never interesting because who cares about a character you've been introduced to literally 5 minutes ago. Similarly, the show pretends like some of the characters have built up some kind of rapport when they even barely know each other. None of their relationships feel earned. None of their feelings about each other feels earned.

The same is true for the show's tendency to want to do some kind of PLOT TWIST! Oh no they were a traitor the entire time that makes so much sense omg that was such a good reveal... Spoiler, none of it makes sense and none of it is a good reveal. None of it feels earned.

I can't believe Ubisoft would prod such a small anime serie so based in every way, and yet have such a terrible decision making in their own studios.

Lost crown devs ? Fired.

AC, GR, WD, SW Outlaws ? Underwhelming.

For Honor and SIx Siege ? Losts to endless milking.

But then they prod this cartoon, and not only it's one hell shot of adrenaline, it's refreshing good stuff. Like a fresh pair of pants at New Year.

Also, i expected it to be yet again an opportunity taken by Ubislop to make money on Edgerunners success by trying to make a bad copy, but no, Blood Dragon Remix started production BEFORE Edgerunners, and it's two shows that plays in different sports.

Animation is so smooth and nice, the various arts styles are so well done, music is catchy... Scenario is braindead but it's so funny. The amount of references BY THE MINUTE without breaking immersion is an incredible experience.

Shoutout to Bloodbill studio ! Wish you luck !

It feels like such a waste. Time and time again, Ubisoft has failed to deliver something truly memorable in their own gaming experiences due to trend surfing. Now that they have one of their best ideas to date, they (or Netflix) cut it down to mere bullet points.

Captain Laserhawk is 6 episodes long. You experience all of the twists and turns of a 2-season, 20 episode TV series in six 25-minute episodes. The show sprints through heartbreak and elation without a second to breathe. You see an entire world that could be explored, only to decide it's pointless by the next 2-3 scenes. You meet a main character, hear them say a few lines and watch them die. It was so easy to fall behind, that I had to rewind several times an episode.

I ended up not caring about any of the characters plights and achievements as a result (besides Rayman). How would I even care if they died? I have nothing to know about them beyond the fact that they're from an old game! Do I need to buy and play the videogame so I can feel sad when a character's life gets snubbed by another character from a different videogame??????

When it comes to themes, I do vibe incredibly well with the cyberpunk aesthetic. Blood Dragon the premier setting for the Ubisoft animated series. If anything, I wish the show wasn't as openly silly as Blood Dragon presented itself.

While I don't really have much to say about the animation quality, the decision of shifting animation styles to reflect a certain videogame aesthetic is cute (even though they don't usually reference Ubisoft games). I personally LOVE the show's brief use of mixed media and it's something I want to see in other animated shows and films. Seeing a real person in an animated environment with animated characters just tickles something in my ape brain.

I seriously wanted to like this project, and I do like a lot of what it has to offer. It's just so undercooked. I'm interested to see if this story goes anywhere in the future, but I can't help but expect Captain Laserhawk to be forgotten once another game publisher steps in with their own realized series.

Just watched the whole "show" and really wish Netflix and other services would stop chopping what essentially could be a 2 hour movie into 6 episodes of 25 minutes (including 3-4 minutes of intro and credits). But I digress, I thought this was a fun watch, thought it was funny and cool to see characters and lore from Ubisoft games mixed into a story. I know people will call it woke and really I am so sick of that word, it has lost all meaning to me. I enjoyed the show, having played a lot of these Ubisoft games made it more enjoyable. Oh one more thing: Bullfrog and Rayman steal the show, they were awesome.

Captain Laserhawk is the wackiest action-comedy alternate history crossover of video games I've ever seen, and it feels like its crossover craziness is comparable to Roger Rabbit and The Lego Movie; but this time the main draw is Ubisoft's many gaming properties.

So basically it's the 1990s here: Rayman is a talk show host, Assassin's Creed accepts talking animals into its syndicate, Sam Fisher is like a crippled Batman, and the United States no longer exists; and the Rabbids are gigantic monsters with peanut brains (probably).

This show is an interesting experiment for Netflix considering they're dipping their toes into ACTUAL video-gaming it doesn't feel like much of a surprise that they're trying to adapt more properties for film and tv too.

Of course the show begs this simple question: will there be a sequel series or Season Two in the future? Captain Laserhawk may be not to everyone's liking, but its zany fun and punchy action is a nice fit for the series and its intentions regarding parodying modern America as a paradox-laden maze of insanity.

Captain Laserhawk may become some viewers' 'gateway drug' to other adult animations on the internet, and hopefully this series isn't a one-off thing for Ubisoft adapting its properties going forward.

3.5/5 stars. 7/10 IMDb points. A fun watch that's uneven at times but never boring.