6/22/2023 0 Comments Bloodshore actorsThe rest of his “drop group” is made up of awkward familiar stereotypes: Scarlett is the vapid, naive Instagrammer who isn’t remotely prepared for reality, Reah is a tough, confident MMA fighter, Otto is a cocky streamer whose fans are probably Gamergaters. Protagonist Nick Romeo is an ex-child actor looking to redeem himself on Kill/Stream for his own reasons. The real heroes of Bloodshore are its cast, a group of working actors that really makes the best of what they’re given. Now, in the 13th season, they’re trying to claw back viewers with a change of scenery and new rules. But after Kill/Stream’s original creator, the enigmatic Eugene Christoph, stepped down, the show has devolved into a seasonal slopfest. We learn that the show’s debut season had a specific gimmick: the contestants were notorious death row inmates who fought for their freedom and went on to become famous and mind-bogglingly wealthy. The corporate antagonist in Bloodshore is also Russian and runs the popular game series Kill/Stream, where “Z-list” personalities are dumped on an island and forced to kill their way to victory. In recent years, this particularly noxious breed of sensationalism took form as “ Game2: Winter ”-a Russian wilderness survival show where anything, including rape and murder, was supposedly “fair game.” Thankfully it turned out to be a market research experiment and not a real-life variation of dystopian fiction like The Running Man and most recently, Squid Game. The basic premise of Bloodshore is Battle Royale/Fortnite/Hunger Games meets overclocked streaming culture-not an especially distant concept based on our current reality where corporations will do anything to get eyeballs, clicks, and money.
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