OK Rooster Teeth fans i've just finished watching the second episode of the companies newest show and as you might have guessed by the name of this post this is only my first impressions of the show. Which basically means it's not going to be as detailed as my reviews usually are so let's crack on with my first impressions of Gen:Lock.
Now since there has only been two episodes released I can't really say what the story but I can say that it does involve some kind of alien invading earth. At least that's what I got from it anyway I will also say that the story does seem alot like Pacific Rim to me just with the whole giant fighting robot thing and yes I know that that idea isn't exclusive to that film but it is one of the more recent films to use that concept.
Acting wise we have the likes of Michael B. Jordan as Julian Chase , Dakota Fanning as Miranda Worth , Maisie Williams as Cameron 'Cammie' MacCloud , Golshifteh Farahani as Yasamin Madrani and current Scrooge McDuck actor David Tennant as Dr. Rufus Weller. So far the acting has been pretty solid if you've seen any of these actors in anything else then you know what to expect from them acting wise.
As you'll know by the list of people that i've just mentioned this is pretty much an all star cast even for Rooster Teeth since alot of there voice actors are usually people who work for them. I think they were able to attract such big names because of the fact that not only do they make some good stuff but also because Michael B. Jordan as well as starring in the show is also producing it and he is a big name actor so if he's involved then you know that alot of other name stars are going to get involved.
I can't say for sure if Rooster Teeth is a good animation company since the only other thing of there's i've seen is the mega hit RWBY and Nomad Of Nowhere. I can say tho that so far the animation seen in these first two episodes blows away anything seen in either of those two shows i'm not even kidding the animation here so far is freaking fantastic i'm not sure what budget they had for this show but it must have been pretty big.
Also being really good are the action scenes which to me is nothing new since the action scenes in RWBY are always a joy to watch. So seeing great action in this series to me is to be expected heck even the big action scene in episode one kind of reminded me of alot of action scenes in various anime and I think that's because Micheal B. Jordan is himself an anime fan so it would only make sense that the action scenes be that good.
Overall so far this looks like it's going to be a great show but of course only time will tell if it is or not. I'm not going to say if it'll be as big as RWBY because that would be a stupid thing to say at this point but it is a show worth watching.