Reaper

Been wanting to write something about this rather new series on Chanel 5 called Reaper. It's been running for just 4th episode in here. The story itself is about Sam, just turned 21 when suddenly Satan visited him and told him that his soul was sold before he was even born and now Sam must work for Satan capturing the hell's fugitives and bring them back to hell. Off course, it's presented in American way with the company of Sam's retarded buddies, Sock and Ben, and the love of his life, Andi.
But, the idea of having to hunt the Hell's fugitives and send it back to where they're belonged? It sounds familiar, hmmm... let me think.... Does Shinigami (Death God) ring a bell? Here's the complete article on wikipedia.
The idea of Shinigami has been played out in so many ways, whether it's Anime, Dorama or movies. The Shinigami term becomes very popular because of the anime Bleach, which is still airing since 2004. The idea of Shinigami in Bleach is that their duties are to protect humans and hunting down Hollow and send them back to where they belong. How come it's so similar?
So here I am, every time I watch Reaper, I keep thinking why Shinigami needed all those weird vessels to catch the bad guys. The idea may be fun for 1st season, but the possibility of it becoming boring is there when it gets to 2nd season.
Sure it has some comedy part to it. But somehow, I cannot really relate to it. You can be annoyed with Sock's continuous retarded attitudes and way of thinking. Once in a while may look funny, but continuously? It's annoying! Another part is how Also the Andi's indecisiveness of whether she want to do part time or full time college is just silly. I think it's common sense that if you're short of cash, then do part time, but if you're loaded, then do full time, take some internships or whatever. How hard can it be. It's not like you need to decide on where you leave and whether you'll marry somebody or whether to abort your pregnancy. Moreover, she's not an international student, so college is cheap!!! You just save more money, get a loan, and you'll survive.
But apart for that, I'll just keep watching for now on because there's nothing else to watch at Sunday 10.30pm besides the news.