Illness leads to the Mercury Men

Mercury Men is a fun little series I watched today. The episodes are about 8 minutes long, so it only took about an hour and a half to watch. It's about an office drone being caught up in an alien world destruction plot, oh and there's a Buck Rogers-type thrown in for god measure.

I don't care much for the 'reality' shows on SyFy, but tend to really enjoy the fictional series they put on. Despite the quality of the show I wonder if there is room for it to become a 30 minute show. I wonder how much background was written for the show. I've seen a few shows fail because they started off with a good premise, but the writers/producers didn't spend enough time fleshing out the world.

Mercury Men has steampunk elements, which is great, but the last show I can think of really showcasing that style was The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne. Before that Briscoe County Jr. We're seeing steampunk show up more often in movies, Sherlock Holmes, Pirates of the Carribean, The Three Musketeers, and Hugo (The Invention of Hugo Cabret), so it wouldn't be a stretch that it comes back to TV.

Check out Mercury Men even if you're not a steampunk enthusiast. It's set in the 70s and shot like a noir serial. Here's the link to their main website.

After I wrote this I came across The League of STEAM. It looks fun too and I may have to do another blog soon.

What does everyone else think? If you have more I should see in the steampunk genre let me know.

I just realized after writing and posting that Mercury Men is really pulp era, though it still has a steampunk sensibility. I think steampunk and pulp would mash-up greatly. I must be way sicker than I thought.