Salvage Marines

I personally really connected with book series, but this show representing the book is a whole lotta trash. Terrible actors? Check. Sets made of cardboard? Check. Terrible special effects? Check. This would be bad if it was released in the early 90's. How was this ok'd and allowed to air? I hope Crackle didn't pay any money for this. With all the amazing series out there, this is what you come limping to the starting line with? Wow. This would have at least be somewhat enjoyable if it was a satire comedy, but the cast tries so hard to act cool and badass, but it's just a joke all around. This whole show is a complete joke.

I have been a long time fan of the books, so you can assume I was massively excited to hear about a live action show. Well, ITS TERRIBLE AND I AM FURIOUS! This looks like it was directed by someone who has no understanding of filmmaking. The acting is beyond terrible, especially the two leads, I can see why Casper Van Dien hasn't acted in anything worth a damn in 30 years. The brunette is also just terrible, is this her first acting role? Was this a student project? Why are the effects 90s level bad? Was the budget for the whole show 10k? I'm left with so many angry questions. I just hope these books get remade by a team of filmmakers that actually know how to make quality work.

UTTER FAILURE!

PS I made this account just for this review, that's how disappointed I am in this series.

I gotta tell you, this was the last straw for Crackle. That platform had so much potential when it first launched, but after terrible series after terrible series, THIS ONE really makes it known that Crackle does not care about quality entertainment. I honestly just can't believe that this is the standard they have aligned themselves with. Let's give this show the benefit of the doubt, let's compare the effects to a hit scifi show of the 90's, Sliders, and still Salvage Marines doesn't even compare. This show is an embarrassment to Crackle and just scifi shows in general. The show runner and director should have been fired, plain and simple. My only hope is that the budget for the entire series was under 200k, otherwise someone is REALLY BAD at filmmaking.

I came of age in the 90s, and this show reminded me of the type of low budget action sci-fi shows you could catch on weekend afternoons. I'm also a big Starship Troopers fan, having watched all of the movies and also read the book. So it's safe to say I'm right in the wheelhouse as far as demographics for a show like this.

This show is not designed to be very good. It is however designed to be entertaining, and honestly it struggles with that at times.

The armor, helmets, and props are superb. Like really badass looking. The soundtrack is spot on awesome. And the intro with all the artwork is the best part of the show.

The acting is what we all expect. I love some overreacted "I'm from Buenos Aires, and I say kill'em all!" lines, but there was nothing like that bravado. Cardboard thin characters are fine by me too, but there was just too much boring dialogue. I think it's really a writing issue. Takeda did a decent job displaying PTSD and grief though.

Overall if you're a sicko like me who enjoyed the Starship Troopers sequels, you probably can slog through this. It's not very good though. And I do feel for fans of the Necrospace books. I had never heard of them before, but after watching this I can tell there's a good concept in there, but this wasn't the series that could display it. In fact I'll probably pick up those books to find out, so thanks for the book recommendation Mr. Van Dien!

Came across this on Crackle, they were hyping it up, I told my roommates I got something good to watch... and I have been apologizes ever since. CRACKLE! HOW ON EARTH DID YOU THINK THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?! To explain to you how bad this series was, we turned it into a drinking came, but that couldn't even save this pile of crap. Even the Starship Troopers guy couldnt save this, he was terrible in this too. Whoever made this should be emailing everyone who got swindled into watching this terrible terrible show and apologize. The acting was bad, the special effects were bad, the studios were bad, the costumes were bad, there was NOTHING good about this! My roommates will NEVER let me live this down.

TIME TO CANCEL CRACKLE!