Generator Rex

[Ordo]

All right I just got finished watching the first episode, and I felt the show has some potential. It might just be the fact that I like Agent Six, but we'll see how the other characters grow as the show continues.

Some thoughts.

The set-up feels like a mix between Parasite Eve and Prototype just done with nanites. Like Parasite Eve, every human on the planet is carrying the 'agent of change' within them. All it takes is the correct factor (external or internal) to initiate the change.

The similarity to Prototype came to mind after Van Kleiss claimed that he and Rex both came from ground zero of the nanite event. I'm thinking that Rex is like the BLACKLIGHT virus, while Van Kleiss would fulfill the role of the REDLIGHT virus. Whereas Kleiss' power seems designed to control the biological, Rex is master of the mechanical. In essance Rex has the potential of an enhanced 'Upgrade' from Ben 10, though right now he seems to foucs his gifts on altering his own physical form/building mechanical attachments to his body.

All right now we're getting into spoiler territory for the Episode

Providance: They appear to be determined to end the EVO threat at any cost. I have concerns about their white suited boss, especially since he wants Rex 'Controlled'. However, for the moment I won't call them evil. At worst they are well intentioned extremists.

Agent Six: I think he likes Rex more than he let's on. However he's not exactly the type of person to get all touchy feely. That said, he did succeed where an army failed in getting to and defeending his charge. Also, he did eventually listen to the good doctor's advice about rewarding Rex. I don't know if he and the doctor will hook up, as she's obviously interested, because he seems reluctant to form bonds. Since every person on the Planet is a ticking time bomb this does make sense.

All right people, what are your thoughts?

 

[Rabe]

I have to say its refreshing that Providence actually did send an army.

 

[DrTempo]

I have to say its refreshing that Providence actually did send an army.

Though said army got slaughtered..Have to agree with ya on the Prototype similarity, though.

 

[Rabe]

I have to say its refreshing that Providence actually did send an army.

Though said army got slaughtered..Have to agree with ya on the Prototype similarity, though.

Of course we can't have an army of mooks that we the audience care about.

OTHO it does nicely illustrate just how deep Providence's pockets are and just how highly the value Rex as a resource.

 

[zerohour]

Given that they established that Evos aren't automatically mindless, it pretty obvious that Rex is going to have to deal with issues regarding them. Providence seems pretty bent on stopping and controlling Evos, so I could see a rift when thy order Rex to fix someone who doesn't want to be fixed and hasn't done anything bad. Might also have some Rex/Evo romance at some point, but probably not for awhile.

heck, let's just list some likely episodes:

-Rex loses his ability to suppress the Nanites for some reason, beyond momentary loss for drama points. (Check on this one or the next one)
-Rex's nanites mutate/are infected/plot deviced so he goes Berserk Evo (Check on this or the previous one.)
-Six/Noah goes Evo.
-Rex is conflicted over doing what he does.
-Female Evo, possibly recurring antagonist/love interest (Big Check on that.)
-Dark side of Providence is revealed. Rex either goes rogue or works to change it.
-Rex experiments with new abilities.
-Bonding/Coming to an understanding episode between Rex/Six
-Van Kleiss shows up again, probably at least twice, one of the appearances being season finale. (Check)

So that's at least 11 episodes, including the pilot. Probably at least one two partner, so we're up to 12, throw in a couple of irrelevant episodes, and you're pretty set for awhile.

Despite the fact that these are pretty cliche and likely to show up, I'm interested in seeing their take on it.

 

[Rabe]

Idea: REX isn't an EVOS hes the evolved Nano-core that was tampered with that started the evos problem.

 

[zerohour]

Well, new episodes have been coming out for the past couple of weeks, what are your thoughts on them?

I found it interesting that Rex periodically loses his memory, and that he wasn't always running with Providence. I'm kinda curious what he was up to between The Event and Hong Kong, and Hong Kong and Providence.

 

[Himitsu the Hunter]

Hmm... all you guys watch the show, but have yet to mention the most awesome... BROKEN character on it (Broken in every possible way)... Breach.

Personally I'm left wondering what exactly happened to her... and to her old favorite house keeper. Also i do hope that I'm not the only one to notice just the share possibilities for utter brokeness her powers represent? Hell with slight bit of Malevolence or sanity to replace her hopeless kleptomania she would easily become a threat exceeding that of Van Kleiss.

 

[zerohour]

Now I can't help but think of an April Fools episode where Breach returns and starts stealing all of the National Monuments.

 

[Rift120]

Now I can't help but think of an April Fools episode where Breach returns and starts stealing all of the National Monuments.

would hse be wearing a reddish trench coat and fedora?

 

[zerohour]

Hm... let's see if we can make a rough timeline....

-5 Years ago: Nano Event, creating EVOs.

-5 years to 4 years ago: Rex wanders around on his own, or possibly with his brother. Memory is apparently on the fritz.

-Some time period, 6 months to one year in length, possibly longer: Rex meets Cricket, Sqwidd, and Tuck, and works for Quarry.

Minimum gap of 3 months for Rex to wander off somewhere and lose his memory.

-6 months to 1 year ago, possibly longer: Providence gets a hold of Rex.



I think that while Rex has learned a few new tricks since he was with his gang, he probably forgot a few as well, since he has no idea about the "ink check." Putting that together with Frostbite, when Rex blanked out for a bit when trying something with the nanites, it's possible that using the full abilities of his Nanites causes the memory loss. Given how that supposedly happened often between the Event and the Gang, when things were more chaotic, it could fit. With his Gang and Quarry's protection, Rex wouldn't have a need to use "Super Mode," which would explain why he never blanked out with them. Once he left, he was more vulnerable to dangerous situations, and probably had to resort to it at some point. Since he left the journal with Quarry, he wouldn't be able to refresh his memory and remember how to "Super Mode." Having to start over from scratch might also explain why he has new abilities, since he wouldn't be biased to using his original tricks...


You know, it's possible that Providence was responsible for Rex's most recent memory loss. He didn't demonstrate any real respect for the law, and given the Knight Templar tendencies of Providence, Rex might have been a target to be eliminated before they realized he could cure EVOs.


@Rift: That would be awesome, though I was thinking more along the lines of the New York Governor from Futurama. She's already got the crazy part down, after all.

 

[Rift120]

And of course there is that Mystery Nanite Rex got injected with... perhaps some control nanite meant to stop his memory loss?

 

[zerohour]

And of course there is that Mystery Nanite Rex got injected with... perhaps some control nanite meant to stop his memory loss?

That's definitely possible, though it's probably a master control nanite that helps deal with all of the bad things Rex might have, such as nanite overload. Probably needs to be activated though.

 

[Rift120]

interesting new epsiode Van Kleiss is back...

but it subverted the 'I'm back and stronger than ever' concept....

 

[DrTempo]

Yeah. He got cured.

And Breach is back as well...A lot of people called it.

 

[Rift120]

Yeah. He got cured.

And Breach is back as well...A lot of people called it.

A interesting question tho.. is this Van Klieus... or a backup copy of Van Klieus he left in Abyssus while he journyed to South AMerica? (Which could open the door for two Van Klieus's in the future ! )

 

[zerohour]

I don't think we'll have 2 Van Kliess running around, at least not until Season 3+. Besides, it looks like they used the machine that he got sucked into in the earlier episode.

I really want to see a Catfight between Circe, Breach, and Cricket over Rex at some point. It has the potential to be as funny as it is awesome.

 

[Rift120]

Well that was a interesting episode... explaining the origins of both White Knight and how Rex got to providence.

interesting that Knight was Six's old partner...

And also apparantly REx has a Kaijuu mode.... (which probably links to his amnesia...)

 

[zerohour]

Interesting episode. Definitely establishes Six as the father figure to Rex.

I'm curious about "The Council." It seems that White Knight isn't the guy in charge. Could be some interesting backstory about Providence.

So why can't White Knight leave his sterile environment? Is it just because of the risk of reinfection by nanites, or has his immune system been completely destroyed?

Kaiju!Rex is definitely linked to his amnesia, and it looked like he was on his way into transforming again when they tried to kill him. I'm curious how they learned to unlock his various transformations after finding him.

The bike and wing transformations seems to be something separate from Kaiju mode, which could be interesting to explore...

 

[Coelacanth]

Interesting episode. Definitely establishes Six as the father figure to Rex.

I'm curious about "The Council." It seems that White Knight isn't the guy in charge. Could be some interesting backstory about Providence.

So why can't White Knight leave his sterile environment? Is it just because of the risk of reinfection by nanites, or has his immune system been completely destroyed?

Kaiju!Rex is definitely linked to his amnesia, and it looked like he was on his way into transforming again when they tried to kill him. I'm curious how they learned to unlock his various transformations after finding him.

The bike and wing transformations seems to be something separate from Kaiju mode, which could be interesting to explore...

Definitely agree with you there. I think we might be seeing more of that Kaiju mode thing sooner or later.

The other thing that comes to mind is Knight.

We all recognize that in the episode he was shown with a normal appearance. And he also worked alongside Six, unprotected from the atmosphere.

He wasn't wearing his custom suit like we saw a few episodes back.

My assumption is whatever reaction that occurred when the room was heating up, must have burnt his skin severely. This must have left his immune system weakened significantly. Because of that, he spends his entire life in a special pressurized room, devoid of contact.

However this brings up another question.

If during the time that he was a field agent, he was still a nanite free human, what changed it for everyone else?

Because that would mean while he was partners with Six, both were nanite free.

There must have been some event that happened that changed that for Six, and everyone else.

Some other global event.

I don't see how else that could be unless the producers are gonna pull a retcon.

 

[DrTempo]

I doubt Knight was nanite-free before the accident..He states what happened to him made him the only nanite-free human.

 

[Himitsu the Hunter]

As a field Agent, Knight was infested like everyone else. The incident was what cleansed him of all nanites. And as the only Nanite free human on the planet he seems to be being used as a kind of leader figure-head/political pawn. But i really don't think for all he demands it of those under him that he's the type who quietly sits back and takes orders. So if his strings are being pulled then he's only dancing to the tune cause they are singing his song.

 

[zerohour]

Badlands was a decent episode. I loved the over the topness of the weeks villain. Probably just a one shot but I'd like to see him again.

 

[Rift120]

A odd thought, aside from Rex's new power up, of the new episode..

Breach... when she planted the bomb in front of BObo and NOah....

well she seems ot have a pretty good idea of whats going on where she opens portals... and she did turn to wave at them...

And interestingly we also know from the episode where she kidnaps Rex that BReach isn't exactly 100% obedient to Van Klieus.

now the question is was she taunting Bobo and Noah by planting the bomb practically in front of them... or perhaps in her own barmy way trying to warn them?

Oh and you have to love the poking fun at the Evil villian capture the Hero schtick

"Wouldn't it be more fun to.. you know ... lock me up.. and torture me slowly to death later?"

"No."

 

[Coelacanth]

So, new season of Generator Rex.

Looks like his new powers still fizz out at times, but the times they do work, they're pretty interesting.

It looks that whatever his uncle or whoever that was that injected him with the nanite had big plans for Rex.

But if I remember correctly, he created that nanite without even having it in mind for it to be personally used by Rex. I'm guessing that as van klieus is going to be even more active this season, he's going to try to capture rex in order to understand his new powers.

Any ideas for what that generator may be used for besides powering his jungle place thing?