I just finished watching season 3 of Future Man and it was glorious. After telling my wife why I’d stayed up late on a week night, she immediately binged the whole show. Because it’s that awesome.
The premise of the series revolves around Josh Futturman, a janitor who still lives with his parents and spends his free time playing a video game; a game sent back from the future to find the perfect warrior who will change the course of humanity and save the last survivors from the biotics. When Tiger, a fearless leader, and Wolf, her deadly second in command, arrive in Josh’s bedroom so begins one of the most epic time travel escapades ever.
Clearly, Josh is not the warrior they expect him to be. He’s nothing like the toughened, brutal Tiger or the muscular, psychotic Wolf. He’s a video game addicted, sci-fi nerd. However, his library of knowledge about movies and games comes in useful as the trio embark on a periless journey to change history “back-to-the-futuring” around in time, creating all manner of time-holes, mishaps and mayhem as they seek to make things right, over and over again.
The mix of comedy, action, self reference and sci-fi cannon create such a ridiculously watchable mix, it makes Future Man as good as it gets. And that’s without mentioning some of the big names that appear in the series. The characters are equal parts hilarious, engaging and (kind of) relatable as the banter and comraderie builds up in each episode. However, whilst the show references lots of great movies it’s also it’s own, very unique, thing. There’s strong storytelling here with lots at stake. Yet all the diversions and side journeys continue to make up such a fantastic tapestry of ideas, it’s completely engrossing.
Each season just gets better and, for once, it’s a show that seems to understand what it set out to do as the finale is everything you’d want. Rather than outstaying it’s welcome, Future Man hits the perfect send off note, leaving (perhaps) just enough wiggle room for a little more.
Original, engaging, super watchable, Future Man is a definite favourite of mine and I will be rewatching it very soon.
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