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The exact same show, without the really weak attempts at comedy you see packed into the first 10 minutes of episode 1, would be a 8 or 9/10 show.

It has serious potential as a continuing show, just needs to actually be funny when it tries to be. Peacemaker himself, Murn and Vigilante are the only likeable and well written characters. Action and story are very good. The janitor in the first scene, the taxi driver, the old man in the garden - it's not fun it's cringy for no reason.

With the right editing - cutting out all the unfunny conversations that don't contribute anything, you could take the show that has been broadcast, without filming any new scenes and turn it into something great.

It's a parody and it does what it's supposed to, the plot isn't supposed to matter, you aren't supposed to care about it, don't worry about it. You might as well complain about the cinematography.

It is supposed to be fun and likeable and it is. The complaints from most reviews are as relevant to this genre as saying this film isn't historically accurate. They make no sense. Films should be judged based on what they try to be, in the genre they choose to fill. It's not very serious and it shouldn't be. Some of the comedy is very dumb, and that's fine, that's allowed.

This gets way more hate than it deserves for no real reason.

Karl Urban was bad enough, but Butcher's Aunt Judy is too much. By far the worst accent on big budget TV in the last 10 years. She would have been laughed out a high school play, it's so bad it's scary.

The whole episode was generally pretty boring, unfortunately no amount of wokeness makes up for that.