No Human Target this week, but last week was "Lockdown", which was more Game of Death/Die Hard than Prison Break (as I had surmised from the preview clip).
As usual, I'm happy if there are fun stunts and fight scenes. Chance enters a high security building from the top and must escape with the engineering nerd he's been assigned to rescue from the evil corp who wants to use his genius for war.
Cool fights: Close quarters fighting is still the order of the day. On this episode, elevators!
Crazy stunts: Chance parachutes onto a specific ledge on top of a specific building.
Crazy Guerrero: Can't stay in cuffs for long, not even as a ruse, even while in FBI custody.
So what am I gonna do without Human Target on tv this week? How about dig out the Human Target's first Action Comics back-up? Sorry to say, I don't have his very first appearance from 1958's Gangbusters #61, but 1972's Action Comics #419 is a lot easier to come by. At any rate, Action 419 is the first appearance of "Christopher Chance". Let's call Chance the Earth-1 Human Target, shall we? And interestingly for fans of the new show's pilot, it ALSO features a high speed train heading to San Francisco.
That's what happens when when Chance pulls on the emergency break while the assassin is running on top of the wagons. So that's another similarity between TV Human Target and comic book Human Target. They're both baaaaaaad mo-fos.
CONFIRMED!
As usual, I'm happy if there are fun stunts and fight scenes. Chance enters a high security building from the top and must escape with the engineering nerd he's been assigned to rescue from the evil corp who wants to use his genius for war.Cool fights: Close quarters fighting is still the order of the day. On this episode, elevators!
Crazy stunts: Chance parachutes onto a specific ledge on top of a specific building.
Crazy Guerrero: Can't stay in cuffs for long, not even as a ruse, even while in FBI custody.
So what am I gonna do without Human Target on tv this week? How about dig out the Human Target's first Action Comics back-up? Sorry to say, I don't have his very first appearance from 1958's Gangbusters #61, but 1972's Action Comics #419 is a lot easier to come by. At any rate, Action 419 is the first appearance of "Christopher Chance". Let's call Chance the Earth-1 Human Target, shall we? And interestingly for fans of the new show's pilot, it ALSO features a high speed train heading to San Francisco.
That's what happens when when Chance pulls on the emergency break while the assassin is running on top of the wagons. So that's another similarity between TV Human Target and comic book Human Target. They're both baaaaaaad mo-fos.
CONFIRMED!
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