Two episodes were provided prior to broadcast.
There are smatterings of humor in Pacific Heat – an animated cop spoof created by Aussie outlet Working Dog for Netflix, and incorporating the voice talents of Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Rebecca Massey, Lucia Mastrantone, and Tom Gleisner – that hint at the devotedly wacky, willingly meta send-up of adult animation as a genre that a show like it could one day become.
In one scene, a coarsely caricatured Asian drug lord (dubbed Mr. Bang Choi, naturally) is menacing the four members of the titular Pacific Heat special unit through a borderline-indecipherable accent, when his dialogue starts to appear at the bottom of the screen. His eyes flickering down, he yells, “Are you putting subtitles on me?” The villain seethes beside an army of gun-toting henchmen as an officer blithely reassures, “Just the key verbs.”
The joke lands but, unfortunately, such fourth-wall-breaking wisecracks are a...
There are smatterings of humor in Pacific Heat – an animated cop spoof created by Aussie outlet Working Dog for Netflix, and incorporating the voice talents of Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Rebecca Massey, Lucia Mastrantone, and Tom Gleisner – that hint at the devotedly wacky, willingly meta send-up of adult animation as a genre that a show like it could one day become.
In one scene, a coarsely caricatured Asian drug lord (dubbed Mr. Bang Choi, naturally) is menacing the four members of the titular Pacific Heat special unit through a borderline-indecipherable accent, when his dialogue starts to appear at the bottom of the screen. His eyes flickering down, he yells, “Are you putting subtitles on me?” The villain seethes beside an army of gun-toting henchmen as an officer blithely reassures, “Just the key verbs.”
The joke lands but, unfortunately, such fourth-wall-breaking wisecracks are a...
- 12/2/2016
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Pacific Heat.
Pacific Heat, dubbed Australia.s first adult animation, will premiere on the Comedy Channel November 27.
Set on the Gold Coast, Pacific Heat is the brainchild of Working Dog Production.s Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch and Michael Hirsh.
The 13-part comedy series is based on the exploits of an undercover special unit known as 'Pacific Heat', established by police authorities to tackle everyone from petty crooks to international drug cartels. Unconventional, uncompromising and with an arrest rate second to none, the team are not afraid to operate outside the law — provided at least one of them is wearing a fluorescent safety vest.
Characters are voiced by Sitch, Cilauro and Gleisner along with Rebecca Massey and Lucia Mastrantone.
Commissioned for Foxtel, the show has also. been picked up by Netflix for the Us, Canada and Ireland, where it will go online in early December.
.Adult animation has always...
Pacific Heat, dubbed Australia.s first adult animation, will premiere on the Comedy Channel November 27.
Set on the Gold Coast, Pacific Heat is the brainchild of Working Dog Production.s Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch and Michael Hirsh.
The 13-part comedy series is based on the exploits of an undercover special unit known as 'Pacific Heat', established by police authorities to tackle everyone from petty crooks to international drug cartels. Unconventional, uncompromising and with an arrest rate second to none, the team are not afraid to operate outside the law — provided at least one of them is wearing a fluorescent safety vest.
Characters are voiced by Sitch, Cilauro and Gleisner along with Rebecca Massey and Lucia Mastrantone.
Commissioned for Foxtel, the show has also. been picked up by Netflix for the Us, Canada and Ireland, where it will go online in early December.
.Adult animation has always...
- 10/5/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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